UL'CER, noun [Latin ulcus; Gr.]
A sore; a solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, attend with a secretion of pus or some kind of discharge. Ulcers on the lungs are seldom healed.
UL'CERATE, verb intransitive To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous.
UL'CERATE, verb transitive [Latin ulcero.] To affect with an ulcer or with ulcers.
UL'CERATED, participle passive Affected with ulcers.
UL'CERATING, participle present tense Turning to an ulcer; generating ulcers.
ULCERA'TION, noun [Latin ulceratio.]
1. The process of forming into an ulcer, or the process of becoming ulcerous.
2. An ulcer; a morbid sore that discharges pus or other fluid.
UL'CERED, adjective Having become an ulcer.
UL'CEROUS, adjective
1. Having the nature or character of an ulcer; discharging purulent or other matter.
2. Affected with an ulcer or with ulcers.
UL'CEROUSNESS, noun The state of being ulcerous.
UL'CUSLE, noun [Latin ulcusculum, from ulcus.] A little ulcer.
FORM'ULA, 'ULE, noun [Latin]
1. A prescribed form; a rule or model.
2. In medicine, a prescription.
3. In church affairs, a confession of faith.
4. In mathematics, a general expression for resolving certain cases or problems.
VIR'ULENCE, 'ULENCY, noun [from virulent.]
ULIG'INOUS, adjective [Latin uliginosus, from uligo, ooziness.]
Muddy; oozy; slimy.
UL'LAGE, noun In commerce, the wantage of casks of liquor, or what a cask wants of being full.
UL'MIN, noun [Latin ulmus, elm.] A substance obtained from the elm tree, of very singular properties. It resembles gum, but is hard of a black color, and considerably bitter. In its original state it is soluble in water, and insoluble in alcohol or ether; but when nitric or oxymuriatic acid is poured into its solution, it changes into a resinous substance no longer soluble in water, but soluble in alcohol.
A substance originally obtained in the state of an exsudation from the elm; but it is found to be a constituent of the bark of almost all trees.
ULNAGE. [See Alnage, Aunage.]
UL'NAR, adjective [Latin ulna.] Pertaining to the ulna or cubit; as the ulnar nerve.
ULTE'RIOR, adjective [Latin comparative.]
1. Further; as ulterior demands; ulterior propositions. What ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain.
2. In geography, being or situated beyond or on the further side of any line or boundary; opposed to citerior, or hither.
UL'TIMATE, adjective [Latin ultimus, furthest.]
1. Furthest; most remote; extreme. We have not yet arrived at the ultimate point of progression.
2. Final; being that to which all the rest is directed, as to the main object. The ultimate end of our actions should be the glory of God, or the display of his exalted excellence. The ultimate end and aim of men is to be happy, and to attain to this end, we must yield that obedience which will honor the law and character of God.
3. Last in a train of consequences; intended in the last resort.
Many actions apt to procure fame, are not conductive to this our ultimate happiness.
4. Last; terminating; being at the furthest point.
5. The last into which a substance can be resolved; constituent.
UL'TIMATELY, adverb Finally; at last; in the end of last consequence. Afflictions often tend to correct immoral habits, and ultimately prove blessings.
ULTIMA'TUM, noun [Latin]
1..In diplomacy, the final propositions, conditions or terms offered as the basis of a treaty; the most favorable terms that a negotiator can offer, and the rejection of which usually puts an end to negotiation. It is sometimes used in the plural, ultimata.
2. Any final proposition or condition.
ULTIM'ITY, noun the last stage or consequence. [Little used.]
ULTRAMARINE, adjective [Latin ultra, beyond, and marinus, marine.]
Situated or being beyond the sea.
ULTRAMARINE, noun [supra.]
1. a beautiful and durable sky-blue; a color formed of the mineral called lapis lazuli, and consisting of little else than oxyd of iron.
2. Azure-stone.
ULTRAMARINE ashes, a pigment which is the residuum of lapis lazuli, after the ultramarine has been extracted. Their appearance is that of the ultramarine a little tinged with red, and diluted with white.
ULTRAMON'TANE, adjective [Latin ultra and montanus, from mons, mountain.]
Being beyond the mountain. Thus France, with regard to Italy, is an ultramontane country.
Bouffin is the only ultramontane painter whom the Italians seem to envy.
ULTRAMUN'DANE, adjective [Latin ultra and mundus, world.]
Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system.
ULTRO'NEOUS, adjective [Latin ultro, of one's own accord.] Spontaneous; voluntary. [Not used.]
U'LULATE, verb intransitive [Latin ululo, to howl.] to how, as a dog or wolf.
ULULA'TION, noun a howling, as of the wolf or dog.