英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Utmost
(a.)
Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out;
most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost
extent of human knowledge.
Utmost
(a.)
Being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number,
or the like; greatest; as, the utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony;
the utmost misery or happiness.
Utmost
(n.)
The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest
power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost.
Utopia
(n.)
An imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a
work called Utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics,
laws, and the like. See Utopia, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in
Fiction.
Utopia
(n.)
Hence, any place or state of ideal perfection.
Utopian
(a.)
Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence,
ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary
perfections; as, Utopian projects; Utopian happiness.
Utopian
(n.)
An inhabitant of Utopia; hence, one who believes in the
perfectibility of human society; a visionary; an idealist; an optimist.
Utopianism
(n.)
The ideas, views, aims, etc., of a Utopian;
impracticable schemes of human perfection; optimism.
Utopianist
(n.)
An Utopian; an optimist.
Utopical
(a.)
Utopian; ideal.
Utopist
(n.)
A Utopian.
Utraquist
(n.)
One who receives the eucharist in both kinds; esp., one
of a body of Hussites who in the 15th century fought for the right to
do this. Called also Calixtines.
Utricle
(n.)
A little sac or vesicle, as the air cell of fucus, or
seaweed.
Utricle
(n.)
A microscopic cell in the structure of an egg, animal, or
plant.
Utricle
(n.)
A small, thin-walled, one-seeded fruit, as of goosefoot.
Utricle
(n.)
A utriculus.
Utricular
(a.)
Of or pertaining to a utricle, or utriculus; containing,
or furnished with, a utricle or utricles; utriculate; as, a utricular
plant.
Utricular
(a.)
Resembling a utricle or bag, whether large or minute; --
said especially with reference to the condition of certain substances,
as sulphur, selenium, etc., when condensed from the vaporous state and
deposited upon cold bodies, in which case they assume the form of small
globules filled with liquid.
Utricularia
(n.)
A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the
submersed leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See Ascidium,
Utriculate
(a.)
Resembling a bladder; swollen like a bladder; inflated;
utricular.