Ulcer
Ul´cer, n. [F. ulcère, L. ulcus, gen. ulceris, akin to Gr. .]
1. (Med.) A solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, discharging purulent matter, found on a surface, especially one of the natural surfaces of the body, and originating generally in a constitutional disorder; a sore discharging pus. It is distinguished from an abscess, which has its beginning, at least, in the depth of the tissues.
2. Fig.: Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character. Cold ulcer (Med.), an ulcer on a finger or toe, due to deficient circulation and nutrition. In such cases the extremities are cold.

Ulcer
Ul´cer, v. t. To ulcerate. [R.] Fuller.

Ulcerable
Ul´cer•a•ble, a. Capable of ulcerating.

Ulcerate
Ul´cer•ate, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Ulcerated p. pr. & vb. n. Ulcerating.] [L. ulceratus, p. p. of ulcerare, fr. ulcus ulcer.] To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous.

Ulcerate
Ul´cer•ate, v. t. To affect with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers. Harvey.

Ulcerated
Ul´cer•a•ted, a. Affected with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers; as an ulcerated sore throat.

Ulceration
Ul•cer•a´tion, n. [L. ulceratio: cf. F. ulceration.] (Med.) The process of forming an ulcer, or of becoming ulcerous; the state of being ulcerated; also an ulcer.

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. ulcereux.]
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. { Ul´cus•cle, Ul•cus´cule } n. [L. ulcusculum, dim. of ulcus. See Ulcer.] A little ulcer. [R.]

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.

Ulema
U•le•ma´, n. [Turk. & Ar. ’ulama the wise or learned men, pl. of ’alim wise, learned.] (Mohammedanism) A college or body composed of the hierarchy (the imams, muftis, and cadis). That of Turkey alone now has political power; its head is the sheik ul Islam.

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. { 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 ( 48), 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.

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.

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.]

Ulna
Ul´na, n. [L., the elbow. See Ell.]
1. (Anat.) The postaxial bone of the forearm, or branchium, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. See Radius.
2. (O. Eng. Law) An ell; also a yard. Burrill.

Ulnare
Ul•na´re, n. ; pl. Ulnaria (#). [NL. See Ulna.] (Anat.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus, which articulates with the ulna and corresponds to the cuneiform in man.

Uloid
U´loid, a. [Written also ouloid.] [Gr. scar + -oid.] (Med.) Resembling a scar; scarlike.

Ulonata
U•lo•na´ta, n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A division of insects nearly equivalent to the true Orthoptera.

Ulotrichan
U•lot´ri•chan, a. (Anthropol.) Of or pertaining to the Ulotrichi. — n. One of the Ulotrichi.

Ulotrichi
U•lot´ri•chi, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.,, woolly-haired; woolly +,, hair.] (Anthropol.) The division of mankind which embraces the races having woolly or crispy hair. Cf. Leiotrichi.

Ulster
Ul´ster, n. A long, loose overcoat, worn by men and women, originally made of frieze from Ulster, Ireland.

Ulterior
Ul•te´ri•or, a. [L., comp. of ultra, ultro, beyond, on the other side, properly cases of an old adjective, formed with a comparative suffix, which is akin to OL. uls beyond, L. olim formerly, hereafter, orig., at that time, ille that, OL. olle, ollus. Cf. Outrage.]
1. Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; - - correlative with hither.
2. Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain. Ulterior object or aim, an object or aim beyond that which is avowed.

Ulterior
Ul•te´ri•or, n. Ulterior side or part. [R.] Coleridge.

Ulteriorly
Ul•te´ri•or•ly, adv. More distantly or remotely.

Ultima
Ul´ti•ma, a. [L., fem. ultimus last.] Most remote; furthest; final; last. Ultima ratio [L.], the last reason or argument; the last resort. — Ultima Thule. [L.] See Thule.

Ultima
Ul´ti•ma, n. [L., fem. of ultimus last.] (Gram. & Pros.) The last syllable of a word.

Ultimate
Ul´ti•mate, a. [LL. ultimatus last, extreme, fr. L. ultimare to come to an end, fr. ultimus the farthest, last, superl. from the same source as ulterior. See Ulterior, and cf. Ultimatum.]
1. Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final.
"My harbor, and my ultimate repose." Milton.
"Many actions apt to procure fame are not conductive to this our ultimate happiness." Addison.
2. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.
"Those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we can not rationally contradict." Coleridge.
3. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental; as an ultimate constituent of matter. Ultimate analysis (Chem.), organic analysis. See under Organic. — Ultimate belief. See under Belief. — Ultimate ratio (Math.), the limiting value of a ratio, or that toward which a series tends, and which it does not pass.
Syn. — Final; conclusive. See Final.

Ultimate
Ul´ti•mate, v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Ultimated p. pr. & vb. n. Ultimating.]
1. To come or bring to an end; to eventuate; to end. [R.]
2. To come or bring into use or practice. [R.]

Ultimation
Ul•ti•ma´tion, n. State of being ultimate; that which is ultimate, or final; ultimatum. [R.] Swift.

Ultimatum
Ul•ti•ma´tum, n. ; pl. E. Ultimatums (#), L. Ultimata (#). [NL. See Ultimate.] A final proposition, concession, or condition; especially, the final propositions, conditions, or terms, offered by either of the parties in a diplomatic negotiation; the most favorable terms a negotiator can offer, the rejection of which usually puts an end to the hesitation.

Ultimity
Ul•tim´i•ty, n. [LL. ultimatus extremity, fr. L. ultimus the last.] The last stage or consequence; finality. [Obs.] Bacon.

Ultimo
Ul´ti•mo. [L. ultimo ( mense) in the last month.] In the month immediately preceding the present; as on the 1st ultimo; — usually abbreviated to ult. Cf. Proximo.

Ultra
Ul´tra, a. [See Ultra-.] Going beyond others, or beyond due limit; extreme; fanatical; uncompromising; as an ultra reformer; ultra measures.

Ultra
Ul´tra, n. One who advocates extreme measures; an ultraist; an extremist; a radical. Brougham.

Ultra-
Ul´tra-, a. 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.

Ultragaseous
Ul•tra•gas´e•ous, a. [Pref. ultra + gaseous.] (Physics) Having the properties exhibited by gases under very low pressures (one millionth of an atmosphere or less). Matter under this condition, which has been termed the fourth state of matter, is sometimes called radiant matter.

Ultrage
Ul´trage, n. Outrage. [Obs.]

Ultraism
Ul´tra•ism, n. [Cf. F. ultraïsme. See Ultra-.] The principles of those who advocate extreme measures, as radical reform, and the like. Dr. H. More.

Ultramarine
Ul•tra•ma•rine´, a. [Pref. ultra- + marine.] Situated or being beyond the sea. Burke.

Ultramarine
Ul•tra•ma•rine´, n. [Cf. Sp. ultramarino. So called because the lapis lazuli was originally brought from beyond the sea, — from Asia.] (Chem.) A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli, but now produced in large quantities by fusing together silica, alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass, colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. Also used adjectively. Green ultramarine, a green pigment obtained as a first product in the manufacture of ultramarine, into which it is changed by subsequent treatment. — Ultramarine ash or ashes (Paint.), a pigment which is the residuum of lapis lazuli after the ultramarine has been extracted. It was used by the old masters as a middle or neutral tint for flesh, skies, and draperies, being of a purer and tenderer gray that produced by the mixture of more positive colors. Fairholt.

Ultramontane
Ul•tra•mon´tane, [LL. ultramontanus; L. ultra beyond + montanus belonging to a mountain, from mons, montis, mountain: cf. F. ultramontain, It. ultramontano. See Ultra-, and Mountain.] Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the Alps, in respect to the one who speaks. This term was first applied, somewhat contemptuously, by the Italians, to the nations north of the Alps, especially the Germans and French, their painters, jurists, etc. At a later period, the French and Germans applied it to the Italians. It is now more particularly used in respect to religious matters; and ultramontane doctrines, when spoken of north of the Alps, denote the extreme views of the pope’s rights and supremacy maintained by Bellarmin and other Italian writers.

Ultramontane
Ul•tra•mon´tane, n.
1. One who resides beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps; a foreigner.
2. One who maintains extreme views favoring the pope’s supremacy. See Ultramontanism.

Ultramundane
Ul•tra•mun´dane, a. [L. ultramundanus. See Ultra-, and Mundane.] Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system. Boyle.

Ultratropical
Ul•tra•trop´ic•al, a. [Pref. ultra- + tropical.] Situated beyond, or outside of, the tropics; extratropical; also having an excessively tropical temperature; warmer than the tropics.

Ultraviolet
Ul•tra•vi´o•let, a. [Pref. ultra- + violet.] (Physics) Lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end; — said of rays more refrangible than the extreme violet rays of the spectrum.

Ultrazodiacal
Ul•tra•zo•di´a•cal, a. [Pref. ultra- + zodiacal.] (Astron.) Outside the zodiac; being in that part of the heavens that is more than eight degrees from the ecliptic; as ultrazodiacal planets, that is, those planets which in part of their orbits go beyond the zodiac.

Ultroneous
Ul•tro´ne•ous, a. [L. ultroneus, from ultro to the further side, on his part, of one’s own accord. See Ultra-.] Spontaneous; voluntary. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. — Ul•tro´ne•ous•ly, adv. [Obs.] — Ul•tro´ne•ous•ness, n. [Obs.]

Ululate
Ul´u•late, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Ululated p. pr. & vb. n. Ululating.] [L. ululatus, p. p. of ululare to howl, yell, shriek.] To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as ululating jackals. Sir T. Herbert.

Ulva
Ul´va, n. [L., sedge.] (Bot.) A genus of thin papery bright green seaweeds including the kinds called sea lettuce.