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古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Ultratropical
(a.)
Situated beyond, or outside of, the tropics;
extratropical; also, having an excessively tropical temperature; warmer
than the tropics.
Ultraviolet
(a.)
Lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end;
-- said of rays more refrangible than the extreme violet rays of the
spectrum.
Ultrazodiacal
(a.)
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.)
Spontaneous; voluntary.
Ulula
(n.)
A genus of owls including the great gray owl (Ulula cinerea)
of Arctic America, and other similar species. See Illust. of Owl.
Ululant
(a.)
Howling; wailing.
Ululate
(v. i.)
To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating
jackals.
Ululated
(imp. & p. p.)
of Ululate
Ululating
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ululate
Ululation
(n.)
A howling, as of a dog or wolf; a wailing.
Ulva
(n.)
A genus of thin papery bright green seaweeds including the
kinds called sea lettuce.
Umbe
(prep.)
About.
Umbecast
(v. i.)
To cast about; to consider; to ponder.
Umbel
(n.)
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.)
Of or pertaining to an umbel; having the form of an
umbel.
Umbellate
(a.)
Alt. of Umbellated
Umbellated
(a.)
Bearing umbels; pertaining to an umbel; umbel-like; as,
umbellate plants or flowers.
Umbellet
(n.)
A small or partial umbel; an umbellule.
Umbellic
(a.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, certain umbelliferous
plants; as, umbellic acid.
Umbellifer
(n.)
A plant producing an umbel or umbels.