<B>unisexed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not distinguishable by sex. <BR> <I>Ex. In the background busy young men and women, sartorially unisexed, were laying out the ground plans (Punch).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unisexual">
<B>unisexual, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that is not a hermaphrodite; having the essential reproductive organs of only one sex. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Botany.) diclinous. <DD><B> 3. </B>having to do with one sex. <DD><B> 4. </B>restricted to one sex. <DD><B> 5. </B>of or having to do with unisex. adv. <B>unisexually.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unisexuality">
<B>unisexuality, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> unisexual condition or quality. </DL>
<A NAME="unison">
<B>unison, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>harmonious combination or union; concord; agreement. <BR> <I>Ex. that unison of sense which marries sweet sound with the grace of form (Keats).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>agreement in pitch of two or more sounds, tones, voices, or instruments. <DD><B> 3. </B>the state of sounding at the same pitch, as performed by different voices or instruments. <DD><B> 4. </B>the relation of two tones of the same pitch considered as an "interval"; prime. <DD><B> 5. </B>a combination of tones or melodies one or more octaves apart, as performed by male and female voices. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>(Music.) <DD><B> a. </B>characterized by two or more tones having the same pitch, or pitches an even octave or octaves apart, or both, sounding together. <BR> <I>Ex. unison music, a unison phrase or passage.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>done in unison; producing unison music; <BR> <I>Ex. unison playing or singing.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>(of strings) tuned to the identical pitch. <DD><B> 2. </B>(of sounds in general) sounding as one; in unison; unisonous. <DD><B> 3. </B>done in unison; performed together as one. <BR> <I>Ex. a unison movement, unison marching, unison bowing.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>in unison,</B> </I>as one; together. <BR> <I>Ex. to act in unison. The feet of marching soldiers move in unison. The children sang "Happy Birthday" in unison.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unisonal">
<B>unisonal, </B>adjective. =unisonous.</DL>
<A NAME="unisonance">
<B>unisonance, </B>noun. =unison.</DL>
<A NAME="unisonant">
<B>unisonant, </B>adjective. =unisonous.</DL>
<A NAME="unisonous">
<B>unisonous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> rendered, or composed to be rendered, in unison or in octaves. </DL>
<A NAME="unit">
<B>unit, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a single thing or person; individual member or part (of a group or number of things or individuals). <BR> <I>Ex. to regard husband and wife as the primary units of the family.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>any group of things or persons considered as one; division or section. <BR> <I>Ex. The family is a social unit.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>one of the individuals or groups of which a whole is composed. <BR> <I>Ex. The body consists of units called cells. The world ... so terrible in the mass, is so ... pitiable in its units (Thomas Hardy).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a standard value, quantity, or amount, used as a basis for measuring. <BR> <I>Ex. A foot is a unit of length; a pound is a unit of weight.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a part of a machine or other apparatus that has one specific purpose. <BR> <I>Ex. the storage unit of a computer.</I> <DD><B> 6a. </B>the amount of a drug, vaccine, serum, or other agent, necessary to produce a specified effect. <BR> <I>Ex. international units of vitamins.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the amount necessary to produce a specified effect upon a particular animal or upon animal tissues. <BR> <I>Ex. a rat growth unit.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>the smallest whole number; one; 1. <DD><B> 8. </B>(Mathematics.) a single magnitude or number considered as the base of all numbers. <DD><B> 9. </B>(Especially U.S.) a certain number of hours of classroom attendance and the accompanying outside work, used especially in computing credits and fees. <DD><B> 10. </B>any one of the basic administrative and tactical groups or divisions of an armed force, forming part of a larger group or division. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1a. </B>of, having to do with, or equivalent to a unit. <BR> <I>Ex. a unit measure, a unit weight, a circuit of unit resistance.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>consisting of, containing, or forming a unit or units. <BR> <I>Ex. a unit dose of medicine, the unit consumption of wheat per year.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having the distinct or individual existence of a unit; individual. <BR> <I>Ex. All things in the exterior world are unit and individual (Cardinal Newman).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unit">
<B>Unit.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Unitarian. </DL>
<A NAME="unita">
<B>UNITA</B> or <B>Unita, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> Uniao Nacional para Independencia Total de Angola (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola). <BR> <I>Ex. UNITA was still carrying on its struggle to drive the Communists out of the country (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unitage">
<B>unitage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> detailed statement of the quantity making up a unit of measure. </DL>
<A NAME="unitar">
<B>UNITAR</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> United Nations Institute for Training and Research. </DL>
<A NAME="unitard">
<B>unitard, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a leotard covering the torso and legs and, usually, the feet. </DL>
<A NAME="unitarian">
<B>unitarian, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who believes in unity or centralization, as in government. </DL>
<A NAME="unitarian">
<B>Unitarian, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person who accepts the moral teachings of Jesus, but does not believe that he was divine; Christian who denies the doctrine of the Trinity. <DD><B> 2. </B>a member of a Christian group or sect holding this doctrine and stressing individual religious freedom and the independence of local congregations. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or having to do with Unitarians or their doctrines. <DD><B> 2. </B>characteristic of Unitarians or their doctrines. <DD><B> 3. </B>adhering to Unitarianism. </DL>
<A NAME="unitarianism">
<B>Unitarianism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the doctrines or beliefs of Unitarians. </DL>
<A NAME="unitary">
<B>unitary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with a unit or units. <DD><B> 2. </B>of, based upon, or directed toward unity. <BR> <I>Ex. a unitary policy of government.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>under one control; unified; centralized. <BR> <I>Ex. a unitary government.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>like that of a unit; used as a unit. <DD><B> 5. </B>of the nature of a unit; undivided or indivisible; single; separate. </DL>
<A NAME="unitcard">
<B>unit card,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a card in a library's card catalog, duplicated to serve as a unit for other cards, to which only a heading has to be added. The cards of the Library of Congress are unit cards. </DL>
<A NAME="unitcell">
<B>unit cell,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the basic building block of a crystal, consisting of the smallest group of molecules, atoms, or ions repeated over and over to make up the crystal's geometric pattern. </DL>
<A NAME="unitcharacter">
<B>unit character,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a trait caused by one gene, or by a group of inseparable genes. </DL>
<A NAME="unitcircle">
<B>unit circle</B> or <B>sphere,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Mathematics.) a circle or sphere whose radius is one unit of distance. </DL>
<A NAME="unite">
<B>unite</B> (1), verb, <B>united,</B> <B>uniting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to join together; make one; combine. <BR> <I>Ex. to unite bricks with mortar in a wall.</I> (SYN) merge, consolidate, unify, couple. <DD><B> 2. </B>to bring together; amalgamate or consolidate into one body; join, as in action, interest, opinion, or feeling. <BR> <I>Ex. to unite one's forces against an enemy. Several firms were united to form one company.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to join by a mutual agreement or other formal bond; cause to become a union. <BR> <I>Ex. to unite a man and woman in marriage.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to have or exhibit in union or combination. <BR> <I>Ex. a child uniting his father's temper and his mother's red hair.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to join in action; be united. <BR> <I>Ex. The class united in singing "America."</I> (SYN) merge, consolidate, unify, couple. </DL>
<A NAME="unite">
<B>unite</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an English gold coin, issued by James I after the union of England and Scotland, originally worth 20 shillings. </DL>
<A NAME="united">
<B>united, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>made one; joined; combined; unified. <DD><B> 2. </B>having to do with or produced by two or more persons or things; joint. <BR> <I>Ex. united efforts.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>that harmonizes or agrees; in concord. adv. <B>unitedly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unitedbrethren">
<B>United Brethren,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an American Protestant denomination, founded in the early 1800's, Methodist in polity and Arminian in doctrine. </DL>
<A NAME="unitedchurch">
<B>United Church,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a Canadian Christian church formed in 1924-1925 as a union of Methodists, Presbyterians, and Congregationalists. </DL>
<A NAME="unitedchurchofchrist">
<B>United Church of Christ,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the union of the Congregational Christian Churches and the Evangelical and Reformed Church. </DL>
<A NAME="unitedempireloyalist">
<B>United Empire Loyalist,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of British colonists in America who emigrated to Canada during and after the Revolutionary War because they chose to remain British subjects; Loyalist. </DL>
<A NAME="unitedgreeks">
<B>United Greeks,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the members of Christian communities which retain the liturgy, rites, etc., of the Greek or Eastern Church but are united to or in communion with the Church of Rome. </DL>
<A NAME="unitednations">
<B>United Nations,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=UN.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>the nations that fought against Germany, Italy, and Japan in World War II. </DL>
<B>United Nations Conference on International Organization,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a conference held in San Francisco to write a charter based on the Dumbarton Oaks proposals. </DL>
<A NAME="unitednationsday">
<B>United Nations Day,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> October 24, commemorating the date in 1945 when the UN was officially established. </DL>
<B>United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration,</B> =UNRRA.</DL>
<A NAME="unitedstates">
<B>United States,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a federation or union of states constituting a distinct, sovereign country, usually with territorial integrity. <BR> <I>Ex. the United States of Brazil.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the United States of America. (Abbr:) U.S. </DL>
