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   uracil
         n 1: a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in
               DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine [syn:
               {uracil}, {U}]

English Dictionary: Uhrschlag by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
urceolate
adj
  1. urn-shaped; large below and contracted toward the mouth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
urceole
n
  1. a vessel that holds water for washing the hands
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
urocele
n
  1. extravasation of urine into the scrotal sac
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Urcelate \Ur"ce*late\, a. [L. urceolus, dim. of urceus a pitcher
      or waterpot.] (Nat. Hist.)
      Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contrasted
      at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Urceolar \Ur"ce*o*lar\, a.
      Urceolate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Urceole \Ur"ce*ole\, n. [See {Urceolate}.] (R. C. Ch.)
      A vessel for water for washing the hands; also, one to hold
      wine or water.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Urceolus \[d8]Ur*ce"o*lus\, n.; pl. {Urceoli}. [L., a little
      pitcher.] (Bot.)
      Any urn-shaped organ of a plant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Urocele \U"ro*cele\, n. [1st uro + Gr. [?] tumor.] (Med.)
      A morbid swelling of the scrotum due to extravasation of
      urine into it.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Uroglaucin \U`ro*glau"cin\, n. [1st uro- + L. glaucus bright.]
      (Physiol. Chem.)
      A body identical with indigo blue, occasionally found in the
      urine in degeneration of the kidneys. It is readily formed by
      oxidation or decomposition of indican.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drill \Drill\, n.
      1. An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making
            holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with
            its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a
            succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill
            press.
  
      2. (Mil.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the
            military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution
            of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict
            instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of
            any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as,
            infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill.
  
      3. Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity
            and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin
            grammar.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) A marine gastropod, of several species, which
            kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through
            the shell. The most destructive kind is {Urosalpinx
            cinerea}.
  
      {Bow drill}, {Breast drill}. See under {Bow}, {Breast}.
  
      {Cotter drill}, [or] {Traverse drill}, a machine tool for
            drilling slots.
  
      {Diamond drill}. See under {Diamond}.
  
      {Drill jig}. See under {Jig}.
  
      {Drill pin}, the pin in a lock which enters the hollow stem
            of the key.
  
      {Drill sergeant} (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer whose
            office it is to instruct soldiers as to their duties, and
            to train them to military exercises and evolutions.
  
      {Vertical drill}, a drill press.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ursal \Ur"sal\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The ursine seal. See the Note under 1st {Seal}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ursula \Ur"su*la\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A beautiful North American butterfly ({Basilarchia, [or]
      Limenitis, astyanax}). Its wings are nearly black with red
      and blue spots and blotches. Called also {red-spotted
      purple}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ursuline \Ur"su*line\, n. [Cf. F. ursuline.] (R. C. Ch.)
      One of an order of nuns founded by St. Angela Merici, at
      Brescia, in Italy, about the year 1537, and so called from
      St. Ursula, under whose protection it was placed. The order
      was introduced into Canada as early as 1639, and into the
      United States in 1727. The members are devoted entirely to
      education.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ursuline \Ur"su*line\, a.
      Of or pertaining to St. Ursula, or the order of Ursulines;
      as, the Ursuline nuns.
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