Ulcerative
(Ul"cer*a*tive) a. Of or pertaining to ulcers; as, an ulcerative process.
Ulcered
(Ul"cered) a. Ulcerous; ulcerated.
Ulcerous
(Ul"cer*ous) a. [L. ulcerous: cf. F. ulcéreux.]
1. Having the nature or character of an ulcer; discharging purulent or other matter. R. Browning.
2. Affected with an ulcer or ulcers; ulcerated.
It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.
Shak. — Ul"cer*ous*ly, adv. — Ul"cer*ous*ness, n.
Ulcuscle
(Ul"cus*cle Ul*cus"cule) n. [L. ulcusculum, dim. of ulcus. See Ulcer.] A little ulcer. [R.]
Ule
(U"le) n. [Sp.] (Bot.) A Mexican and Central American tree (Castilloa elastica and C. Markhamiana)
related to the breadfruit tree. Its milky juice contains caoutchouc. Called also ule tree.
Ulema
(U*le"ma) n. [Ar. 'ulema the wise or learned men, pl. of 'alim wise, learned, fr. alima to know.]
A college or corporation in Turkey composed of the hierarchy, namely, the imams, or ministers of religion,
the muftis, or doctors of law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice.
Ulexite
(U"lex*ite) n. [After a German chemist.] (Min.) A mineral occurring in white rounded crystalline
masses. It is a hydrous borate of lime and soda.
Uliginose
(U*lig"i*nose` U*lig"i*nous) a. [L. uliginosus, fr. uligo, -inis, moisture, fr. uvere to be moist.]
Muddy; oozy; slimy; also, growing in muddy places. [R.] Woodward.
Ullage
(Ul"lage) n. [OF. eullage, ovillage, the filling up of a cask, fr. ouillier, oillier, euillier, to fill a
wine cask; properly, to add oil to prevent evaporation, as to a flask that is nearly full, fr. OF. oile oil. See
Oil.] (Com.) The amount which a vessel, as a cask, of liquor lacks of being full; wantage; deficiency.
Ullet
(Ul"let) n. [Cf. OF. hullote, E. howlet.] (Zoöl.) A European owl (Syrnium aluco) of a tawny color; —
called also uluia.
Ullmannite
(Ull"mann*ite) n. [So named after J. C. Ullman, a German chemist.] (Min.) A brittle mineral
of a steel-gray color and metallic luster, containing antimony, arsenic, sulphur, and nickel.
Ulluco
(Ul*lu"co) n. (Bot.) See Melluco.
Ulmaceous
(Ul*ma"ceous) a. [L. ulmus an elm.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a suborder of urticaceous
plants, of which the elm is the type.
Ulmate
(Ul"mate) n. (Chem.) A salt of ulmic acid.
Ulmic
(Ul"mic) a. [L. ulmus an elm: cf. F. ulmique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to ulmin; designating an acid
obtained from ulmin.
Ulmin
(Ul"min) n. [L. ulmus an elm: cf. F. ulmine.] (Chem.) A brown amorphous substance found in
decaying vegetation. Cf. Humin. [Formerly written ulmine.]
Ulmus
(||Ul"mus) n. [L., an elm.] (Bot.) A genus of trees including the elm.
Ulna
(||Ul"na) n. [L., the elbow. See Ell.]
