<B>union, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the action of uniting. <BR> <I>Ex. the union of hydrogen and oxygen in water.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the state of being united. <BR> <I>Ex. The United States was formed by the union of thirteen former British colonies. All your strength is in your union (Longfellow).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a group, as of people or states, united for some special purpose. <BR> <I>Ex. a credit union, a customs union, the Pan American Union. The American colonies formed a union.</I> (SYN) combination, consolidation, fusion, coalition, confederation, league, merger. <DD><B> 4. </B>a group of workers, joined together to protect and promote their interests; labor union; trade union. <DD><B> 5. </B><B>=marriage.</B> <DD><B> 6. </B>a flag, or part of one, that is an emblem of union. The blue rectangle with stars in the American flag is the union. <DD><B> 7. </B>a building set aside by an institution for social gatherings, plays, and dances. <DD><B> 8. </B>any one of various devices for connecting parts of machinery or apparatus, especially a piece to join pipes or tubes together; coupling. <DD><B> 9. </B>(Mathematics.) a set including all the members which belong to either or both of two sets without repeating any members; join. (Example:) If set A = {1, 2, 3, 4} and set B = {4, 5, 6}, then the union of the two sets is {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}. <DD><B> 10. </B>a fabric woven of two or more different yarns, especially one containing cotton and another yarn. <DD><B> 11. </B>(Especially British.) <DD><B> a. </B>a number of parishes united for the administration of the poor laws. <DD><B> b. </B>a workhouse maintained by such parishes. <DD><I>adj. </I> having to do with or belonging to a labor union. <BR> <I>Ex. union goods, union workers, union rules. The two union dancers had been supplemented by a dancer ... and ... no one seemed to know whether she was union or not (Renata Adler).</I> </DL>
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<B>Union, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>the United States of America. <BR> <I>Ex. My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery (Abraham Lincoln). The Constitution ... looks to an indestructible Union composed of indestructible States (Salmon P. Chase).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>those states that supported the federal government of the United States during the Civil War. <DD><B> 2. </B>(British.) the United Kingdom. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the Union. <BR> <I>Ex. Union soldiers. Early in the summer of 1861 he espoused the Union cause (Nathaniel P. Langford).</I> </DL>
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<B>union card,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a card indicating membership in the labor union by which it is issued. </DL>
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<B>Union Congress of Soviets,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an earlier name of the former Supreme Soviet. </DL>
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<B>union down,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (of a flag or ensign) displaying the union at the lower corner next to the staff, instead of in its normal position (a flag hoisted in this way forming a signal of distress or of mourning). <BR> <I>Ex. There was an ensign, union down, flying at her main gaff (Joseph Conrad).</I> </DL>
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<B>Union Flag,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) <B>=Union Jack </B>(def. 1). </DL>
<A NAME="unionhuck">
<B>union huck,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of huckaback, or towel fabric, made of both cotton and linen. The cotton threads run lengthwise and the linen ones crosswise. </DL>
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<B>unionid, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any member of a large and widely distributed family of freshwater mollusks, especially numerous in the United States, whose developing larvae are parasitic on fish. </DL>
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<B>unionism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the principle of union. <DD><B> 2. </B>adherence to a union. <DD><B> 3. </B>the system, principles, or methods of labor unions; trade unionism. </DL>
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<B>Unionism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> adherence to the federal union of the United States, especially at the time of the Civil War. </DL>
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<B>unionist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who promotes or advocates union. <DD><B> 2. </B>a member of a labor union. </DL>
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<B>Unionist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a supporter of the federal government of the United States during the Civil War. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who opposed the political separation of Ireland from Great Britain, before the establishment of the Irish Free State. </DL>
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<B>unionistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having to do with or relating to unionism or unionists. <DD><B> 2. </B>promoting union. </DL>
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<B>unionization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the action of unionizing or state of being unionized. </DL>
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<B>unionize, </B>verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to form into a labor union. <BR> <I>Ex. The first big drive of the new organization will be to unionize white collar workers (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to organize under a labor union; bring under the rules of a labor union. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to join in a labor union. </DL>
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<B>Union Jack,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the national flag of the United Kingdom, formed by combining the crosses of the patron saints of England, Scotland, and Ireland on the blue ground of the banner of Saint Andrew; British national ensign. <DD><B> 2. </B>(originally) a ship's flag patterned on this. <DD><B> 3. </B>a ship's flag of any one of various other countries, especially that of the United States. </DL>
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<B>union jack,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any small flag, especially a ship's jack, which shows the symbol of union of a national flag. The United States union jack has 50 white stars against a blue background. </DL>
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<B>union label,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a label on a manufactured product to show that union members worked on it according to union rules. Union labels are registered as trademarks. </DL>
<A NAME="unionmade">
<B>union-made, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> made or produced by unionized labor. <BR> <I>Ex. He smoked union-made cigarettes (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>union security,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the part of a labor contract that provides for the security of union members, including such items as the union shop, preferential shop, and checkoff. </DL>
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<B>union shop,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a business establishment that by agreement employs only members of a labor union but may hire nonmembers provided they join the union within a specified period. <DD><B> 2. </B>a business establishment that follows procedures agreed upon with a labor union concerning employment. </DL>
<A NAME="unionsuit">
<B>union suit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a suit of underwear in one piece. </DL>
<A NAME="uniovular">
<B>uniovular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> derived from a single ovum. <BR> <I>Ex. Uniovular twins are identical twins.</I> </DL>
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<B>uniparous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>bearing or producing one egg or one offspring at a birth. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Botany.) developing a single axis at each branching. <BR> <I>Ex. a uniparous cyme.</I> </DL>
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<B>unipersonal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>consisting of or existing as a single person. <DD><B> 2. </B>(of a verb) impersonal. </DL>
<A NAME="unipetalous">
<B>unipetalous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) having but one petal. </DL>
<A NAME="uniplanar">
<B>uniplanar, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>lying or taking place in one plane. <DD><B> 2. </B>confined to one plane. <BR> <I>Ex. uniplanar motion.</I> </DL>
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<B>unipod, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a stool, frame, or stand with one leg. <DD><I>adj. </I> having only one leg. </DL>
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<B>unipolar, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having a single pole. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Physics.) <DD><B> a. </B>produced by or proceeding from one magnetic or electric pole. <DD><B> b. </B>having or operating by means of one magnetic pole. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Anatomy.) having or confined to only one fibrous process. <BR> <I>Ex. the unipolar nerve cells of the spine and cranium.</I> </DL>
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<B>unipolarity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> unipolar quality or state. </DL>
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<B>unique, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having no like or equal; being the only one of its kind; standing alone in comparison with others; unrivaled; unparalleled. <BR> <I>Ex. a unique person or work. He discovered a unique specimen of rock in the cave. The astronaut described his experience as unique. That which gives to the Jews their unique position among the nations is what we are accustomed to regard as their Sacred History (Spectator).</I> (SYN) unmatched, unequaled. <DD><B> 2. </B>single; sole; solitary. <BR> <I>Ex. He despised play. His unique wish was to work (Arnold Bennett).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal.) very uncommon or unusual; rare; remarkable. <BR> <I>Ex. Her style of singing is rather unique. The most unique fabric service in the whole wide world (House and Garden).</I> adv. <B>uniquely.</B> noun <B>uniqueness.</B> </DL>
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<B>uniquity, </B>noun. =uniqueness.</DL>
<A NAME="unireme">
<B>unireme, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a galley with only one row of oars on each side, used in ancient Greece and Rome. </DL>
<A NAME="uniseptate">
<B>uniseptate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) having but one septum or partition. </DL>
<A NAME="uniserial">
<B>uniserial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> arranged in a single series or row. </DL>
<A NAME="uniseriate">
<B>uniseriate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=uniserial.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Biology.) consisting of a single row of cells. <BR> <I>Ex. a uniseriate hair or filament.</I> </DL>
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<B>unisex, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> designed or suitable for both sexes; not distinguishing or discriminating between males and females. <BR> <I>Ex. "Unisex" clothes were advertised from the walls of London's subway, and the psychological implications of unisex were eagerly discussed (Phyllis W. Heathcote). Garbed in loose-fitting tunics and trousers, the Chinese have a unisex look (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> the quality or condition of being unisex or the same for both sexes. <BR> <I>Ex. the rise of unisex in fashions and in jobs.</I> </DL>
