Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
ullage |
noun |
The amount which a vessel, as a cask, of liquor lacks of being full; wantage; deficiency. |
ulluco |
noun |
See Melluc/o. |
ulmate |
noun |
A salt of ulmic acid. |
ulnage |
noun |
Measurement by the ell; alnage. |
ulnare |
noun |
One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus, which articulates with the ulna and corresponds to the cuneiform in man. |
ulster |
noun |
A long, loose overcoat, worn by men and women, originally made of frieze from Ulster, Ireland. |
ultima |
adjective |
Most remote; furthest; final; last., The last syllable of a word. |
ultime |
adjective |
Ultimate; final. |
ultimo |
|
In the month immediately preceding the present; as, on the 1st ultimo; — usually abbreviated to ult. Cf. Proximo. |
ultion |
noun |
The act of taking vengeance; revenge. |
ultra- |
adjective |
A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc. |