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Urson
n.
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The Canada porcupine. See Porcupine.
Ursuk
n.
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The bearded seal.
Ursula
n.
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A beautiful North American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, astyanax). Its wings are nearly black with red and blue spots and blotches. Called also red-spotted purple.
Ursuline
n.
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One of an order of nuns founded by St. Angela Merici, at Brescia, in Italy, about the year 1537, and so called from St. Ursula, under whose protection it was placed. The order was introduced into Canada as early as 1639, and into the United States in 1727. The members are devoted entirely to education.
Ursuline
a.
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Of or pertaining to St. Ursula, or the order of Ursulines; as, the Ursuline nuns.
Ursus
n.
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A genus of Carnivora including the common bears.
Urtica
n.
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A genus of plants including the common nettles. See Nettle, n.
Urticaceous
a.
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Of or pertaining to a natural order (Urticaceae) of plants, of which the nettle is the type. The order includes also the hop, the elm, the mulberry, the fig, and many other plants.
Urtical
a.
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Resembling nettles; -- said of several natural orders allied to urticaceous plants.
Urticaria
n.
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The nettle rash, a disease characterized by a transient eruption of red pimples and of wheals, accompanied with a burning or stinging sensation and with itching; uredo.
Urticated
imp. & p. p.
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of Urticate
Urticating
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Urticate
Urticate
v. t. & i.
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To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy.
Urtication
n.
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The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; -- sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis.
Urubu
n.
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The black vulture (Catharista atrata). It ranges from the Southern United States to South America. See Vulture.
Urus
n.
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A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal (Bos urus / primigenius) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius Caesar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, ur, ure, and tur.
Urva
n.
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The crab-eating ichneumon (Herpestes urva), native of India. The fur is black, annulated with white at the tip of each hair, and a white streak extends from the mouth to the shoulder.
Us
pron.
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The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; -- the objective case of we. See We.
Usable
a.
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Capable of being used.
Usage
n.
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The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.
Usage
n.
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Manners; conduct; behavior.
Usage
n.
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Long-continued practice; customary mode of procedure; custom; habitual use; method.
Usage
n.
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Customary use or employment, as of a word or phrase in a particular sense or signification.
Usage
n.
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Experience.
Usager
n.
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One who has the use of anything in trust for another.
Usance
v. t.
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Use; usage; employment.
Usance
v. t.
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Custom; practice; usage.
Usance
v. t.
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Interest paid for money; usury.
Usance
v. t.
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The time, fixed variously by the usage between different countries, when a bill of exchange is payable; as, a bill drawn on London at one usance, or at double usance.
Usant
a.
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Using; accustomed.