<B>ugly, </B>adjective, <B>-lier,</B> <B>-liest,</B> noun, pl. <B>-lies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>very unpleasant to look at. <BR> <I>Ex. an ugly house, an ugly face.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>loathsome; vile, especially: <DD><B> a. </B>very bad or disagreeable; offensive; nasty. <BR> <I>Ex. an ugly smell, an ugly task.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>morally offensive or repulsive; base. <BR> <I>Ex. ugly language, an ugly act of treason.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>likely to cause trouble; threatening; dangerous. <BR> <I>Ex. ugly clouds. The wound looked sore and ugly. Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide (Alexander Smith).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Informal.) very ill-natured; cross; bad-tempered; quarrelsome. <BR> <I>Ex. an ugly dog, an ugly temper, an ugly customer.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> an ugly person or thing. <BR> <I>Ex. Peers and judges, beauties and uglies (Pall Mall Gazette).</I> Unsightly means unpleasing to the sight through carelessness or neglect. <BR> <I>Ex. Trains approach the station through an unsightly section of the city.</I> <B>Homely</B> means lacking in beauty or attractiveness, but does not suggest unpleasant or disagreeable qualities. <BR> <I>Ex. A homely child often develops into an attractive adult.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="uglyamerican">
<B>ugly American,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an American living abroad who presents an unflattering image of Americans, especially by his insensitivity to the culture of other peoples. </DL>
<A NAME="uglyduckling">
<B>ugly duckling,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a young person, especially a girl, who lacks beauty, charm, or grace but later develops some or all of these qualities to a surpassing degree. </DL>
<A NAME="ugrian">
<B>Ugrian,</B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a member of an ethnic group which includes the Magyars and certain peoples of western Siberia. <DD><B> 2. </B>their languages, as a division of Finno-Ugric; Ugric. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the Ugrians or their division of Finno-Ugric. </DL>
<A NAME="ugric">
<B>Ugric, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a division of the Finno-Ugric linguistic family that includes Hunrian, Ostyak, and Vogul. <DD><I>adj. </I> Ugrian. </DL>
<B>uh, </B>interjection, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sound indicating hesitation, confusion, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. He still uses a number of "uh"s in answers to questions (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="uhf">
<B>UHF</B> (no periods), <B>U.H.F.,</B> or <B>uhf</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> ultrahigh-frequency (of or having to do with the electromagnetic spectrum between 300 and 3,000 megahertz). </DL>
<A NAME="uhhuh">
<B>uh-huh, </B>interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sound to indicate that one is listening to, or agrees with, what is said. </DL>
<A NAME="uhlan">
<B>uhlan, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a mounted soldier of a type first known in Europe in Poland, armed with a lance. <DD><B> 2. </B>a member of the heavy cavalry in the former German army. </DL>
<B>Uigur</B> or <B>Uighur, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a member of the eastern branch of the Turkic people, prominent in central Asia from the 700's to the 1100's, now the majority of the population in Sinkiang, a region in western China. <DD><B> 2. </B>their Turkic language. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>=Uigurian.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="uigurian">
<B>Uigurian</B> or <B>Uighurian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with the Uigurs. <DD><B> 2. </B>used by the Uigurs. </DL>
<A NAME="uiguric">
<B>Uiguric</B> or <B>Uighuric, </B>adjective. <B>=Uigurian.</B></DL>
<A NAME="uintaite">
<B>uintaite</B> or <B>uintahite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mineralogy.) gilsonite. </DL>
<A NAME="uintathere">
<B>uintathere, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a primitive mammal of the Eocene epoch in North America, having a long skull with three pairs of horns, similar in appearance and size to a small elephant. It had stout legs and round feet, and, in the male, a pair of tusks projecting downward from the upper jaws. </DL>
<A NAME="uis">
<B>UIS</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Unemployment Insurance Service. </DL>
<A NAME="uitlander">
<B>uitlander</B> or <B>Uitlander, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in South Africa) a foreigner, especially a British settler in the Orange Free State and Transvaal in the late 1800's and early 1900's. </DL>
<A NAME="uja">
<B>UJA</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> United Jewish Appeal. </DL>
<A NAME="ujamaa">
<B>ujamaa, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a program of introducing socialism in rural areas of Tanzania, based on cooperation between tribal communities. <BR> <I>Ex. Ujamaa is to be substituted for the blood and language kinship of the tribes (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ujifly">
<B>uji fly,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a dipterous insect of Japan whose larva is parasitic on silkworms. </DL>
<A NAME="uk">
<B>U.K.</B> or <B>UK</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> United Kingdom. </DL>
<A NAME="ukaea">
<B>UKAEA</B> (no periods) or <B>U.K.A.E.A.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. </DL>
<A NAME="ukase">
<B>ukase, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an official decree, having the force of law, issued by a Russian czar or his government. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) any proclamation or order of a final or arbitrary nature; decree by authority. </DL>
<B>ukiyo-e, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a style of Japanese painting and printmaking showing scenes from ordinary life, prevalent from the 1600's to the 1800's. </DL>
<A NAME="ukr">
<B>Ukr.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Ukraine. </DL>
<A NAME="ukrainian">
<B>Ukrainian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Ukraine, a republic in southeastern Europe, its people, or their language. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a native or inhabitant of Ukraine. <DD><B> 2. </B>the Slavic language spoken in Ukraine; Little Russian. </DL>
<A NAME="ukulele">
<B>ukulele, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small guitar having four strings. </DL>
<A NAME="ul">
<B>UL</B> (no periods) or <B>U.L.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Underwriters' Laboratories. </DL>
<A NAME="ulama">
<B>ulama, </B>noun. <B>=ulema.</B></DL>
<A NAME="ulcer">
<B>ulcer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an open sore on the skin, or within the body, on a mucous membrane. It sometimes discharges pus. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) any corrupting influence, such as a moral sore spot or other corroding element. </DL>
<A NAME="ulcerate">
<B>ulcerate, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-ated,</B> <B>-ating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to affect or be affected with an ulcer. <BR> <I>Ex. An ulcerated stomach may be very painful.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to form or be formed into an ulcer. </DL>
<A NAME="ulceration">
<B>ulceration, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or process of ulcerating or condition of being ulcerated. <DD><B> 2. </B>an ulcer or ulcers. </DL>
<A NAME="ulcerative">
<B>ulcerative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>caused by or causing ulceration. <BR> <I>Ex. ulcerative colitis.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>like an ulceration. </DL>
<B>ulcerous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having or affected with an ulcer or ulcers; exhibiting ulceration. <DD><B> 2. </B>having the nature of ulcers. <DD><B> 3. </B>like an ulcer; characteristic of ulcers. adv. <B>ulcerously.</B> noun <B>ulcerousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ule">
<B>-ule,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (suffix.) small; little, as in <BR> <I>Ex. ferule, granule, veinule.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ulema">
<B>ulema, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of several bodies of Moslem officials, scholars in the religion and law of Islam, active within their separate countries as judicial bodies. <DD><B> 2. </B>a Moslem theologian; scholar in Islamic law; mullah. Also, <B>ulama.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ulexite">
<B>ulexite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mineral, a hydrous sodium and calcium borate, occurring in loose, rounded masses of white, needle-shaped crystals that transmit light from one end to the other without being transparent. </DL>
<A NAME="uliginose">
<B>uliginose, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>marshy; muddy; oozy. <DD><B> 2. </B>(of animals and plants) living or growing in muddy places. </DL>
<B>ullage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the quantity of wine, brandy, or other alcoholic liquor, by which a cask or bottle falls short of being completely full. <DD><B> 2. </B>(originally) such a quantity lost by leakage or absorption, and required to be made good to the buyer. <DD><B> 3. </B>the quantity of any commodity, such as grain or flour, by which a bag or other container falls short of being full; loss through spillage or sifting at the seams. </DL>
<A NAME="ulmaceous">
<B>ulmaceous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to the elm family of trees and shrubs. </DL>
<A NAME="ulna">
<B>ulna, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nae,</B> <B>-nas.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the thinner, longer bone of the forearm, on the side opposite the thumb. <DD><B> 2. </B>a corresponding bone in the forelimb of a vertebrate animal. </DL>
<A NAME="ulnar">
<B>ulnar, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with the ulna. <DD><B> 2. </B>in or supplying the part of the forearm near the ulna. </DL>
<A NAME="ulnocarpal">
<B>ulnocarpal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the ulna and the wrist (carpus). </DL>
<A NAME="ulnoradial">
<B>ulnoradial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the ulna and the thicker and shorter bone of the forearm (radius). </DL>
<A NAME="uloid">
<B>uloid, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> resembling a scar. <BR> <I>Ex. a uloid mark on the skin.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ulotrichi">
<B>Ulotrichi, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> persons having woolly or kinky hair, as a division of mankind (proposed as an anthropological classification by Bory de St. Vincent and adopted in the classification of Thomas Henry Huxley). </DL>
<A NAME="ulotrichous">
<B>ulotrichous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having woolly or kinky hair. </DL>
