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Ultramundane
a.
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Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system.
Ultrared
a.
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Situated beyond or below the red rays; as, the ultrated rays of the spectrum, which are less refrangible than the red.
Ultratropical
a.
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Situated beyond, or outside of, the tropics; extratropical; also, having an excessively tropical temperature; warmer than the tropics.
Ultraviolet
a.
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Lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end; -- said of rays more refrangible than the extreme violet rays of the spectrum.
Ultra vires
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Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.
Ultrazodiacal
a.
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Outside the zodiac; being in that part of the heavens that is more than eight degrees from the ecliptic; as, ultrazodiacal planets, that is, those planets which in part of their orbits go beyond the zodiac.
Ultroneous
a.
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Spontaneous; voluntary.
Ulula
n.
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A genus of owls including the great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) of Arctic America, and other similar species. See Illust. of Owl.
Ululant
a.
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Howling; wailing.
Ululated
imp. & p. p.
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of Ululate
Ululating
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Ululate
Ululate
v. i.
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To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals.
Ululation
n.
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A howling, as of a dog or wolf; a wailing.
Ulva
n.
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A genus of thin papery bright green seaweeds including the kinds called sea lettuce.
Umbe
prep.
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About.
Umbecast
v. i.
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To cast about; to consider; to ponder.
Umbel
n.
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A kind of flower cluster in which the flower stalks radiate from a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed. It is simple or compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another little umbel, called umbellet, or umbellule.
Umbellar
a.
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Of or pertaining to an umbel; having the form of an umbel.
Umbellate
a.
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Alt. of Umbellated
Umbellated
a.
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Bearing umbels; pertaining to an umbel; umbel-like; as, umbellate plants or flowers.
Umbellet
n.
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A small or partial umbel; an umbellule.
Umbellic
a.
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Pertaining to, or obtained from, certain umbelliferous plants; as, umbellic acid.
Umbellifer
n.
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A plant producing an umbel or umbels.
Umbelliferone
n.
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A tasteless white crystalline substance, C9H6O3, found in the bark of a certain plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the Umbelliferae, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy-coumarin.
Umbelliferous
a.
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Producing umbels.
Umbelliferous
a.
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Of or pertaining to a natural order (Umbelliferae) of plants, of which the parsley, carrot, parsnip, and fennel are well-known examples.
Umbellularia
n.
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A genus of deep-sea alcyonaria consisting of a cluster of large flowerlike polyps situated at the summit of a long, slender stem which stands upright in the mud, supported by a bulbous base.
Umbellule
n.
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An umbellet.
Umber
n.
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A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before being used, and is then called burnt umber; when not heated, it is called raw umber. See Burnt umber, below.
Umber
n.
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An umbrere.