Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
ural |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or designating, the Urals, a mountain range between Europe and Asia. |
urao |
noun |
See Trona. |
urdu |
noun |
The language more generally called Hindustanee. |
urea |
adjective |
A very soluble crystalline body which is the chief constituent of the urine in mammals and some other animals. It is also present in small quantity in blood, serous fluids, lymph, the liver, etc. |
urge |
verb t. |
To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward., To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity., To provoke; to exasperate., To press hard upon; to follow closely, To present in an urgent manner; to press upon attention; to insist upon; as, to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case., To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat., To press onward or forward., To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist. |
uric |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to urine; obtained from urine; as, uric acid. |
urim |
noun |
A part or decoration of the breastplate of the high priest among the ancient Jews, by which Jehovah revealed his will on certain occasions. Its nature has been the subject of conflicting conjectures. |
uro- |
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A combining form fr. Gr. o’y^ron, urine., A combining form from Gr. o’yra`, the tail, the caudal extremity. |
urox |
noun |
The aurochs. |
urry |
noun |
A sort of blue or black clay lying near a vein of coal. |
ursa |
noun |
Either one of the Bears. See the Phrases below. |
urus |
noun |
A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal (Bos urus / primigenius) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius Caesar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, ur, ure, and tur. |
urva |
noun |
The crab-eating ichneumon (Herpestes urva), native of India. The fur is black, annulated with white at the tip of each hair, and a white streak extends from the mouth to the shoulder. |