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   Ulmaceae
         n 1: a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera
               Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema [syn: {Ulmaceae}, {family
               Ulmaceae}, {elm family}]

English Dictionary: Ulmaceae by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ulmus
n
  1. type genus of family Ulmaceae; deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves; widely distributed in temperate regions
    Synonym(s): Ulmus, genus Ulmus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ulmus alata
n
  1. North American elm having twigs and young branches with prominent corky projections
    Synonym(s): winged elm, wing elm, Ulmus alata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ulmus americana
n
  1. large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America
    Synonym(s): American elm, white elm, water elm, rock elm, Ulmus americana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ulmus campestris sarniensis
n
  1. a variety of the English elm with erect branches and broader leaves
    Synonym(s): Jersey elm, guernsey elm, wheately elm, Ulmus sarniensis, Ulmus campestris sarniensis, Ulmus campestris wheatleyi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ulmus campestris wheatleyi
n
  1. a variety of the English elm with erect branches and broader leaves
    Synonym(s): Jersey elm, guernsey elm, wheately elm, Ulmus sarniensis, Ulmus campestris sarniensis, Ulmus campestris wheatleyi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ulmus carpinifolia
n
  1. European elm with lustrous smooth leaves used as an ornamental
    Synonym(s): smooth-leaved elm, European field elm, Ulmus carpinifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ulmus crassifolia
n
  1. elm of southern United States and Mexico having spreading pendulous corky branches
    Synonym(s): cedar elm, Ulmus crassifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ulmus glabra
n
  1. Eurasian elm often planted as a shade tree [syn: {witch elm}, wych elm, Ulmus glabra]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ulmus hollandica
n
  1. any of various hybrid ornamental European shade trees ranging from dwarf to tall
    Synonym(s): Dutch elm, Ulmus hollandica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ulmus hollandica vegetata
n
  1. erect vigorous hybrid ornamental elm tree [syn: {Huntingdon elm}, Ulmus hollandica vegetata]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ulmus laevis
n
  1. Eurasian elm closely resembling the American elm; thrives in a moist environment
    Synonym(s): water elm, Ulmus laevis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ulmus parvifolia
n
  1. small fast-growing tree native to Asia; widely grown as shelterbelts and hedges
    Synonym(s): Chinese elm, Ulmus parvifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ulmus procera
n
  1. broad spreading rough-leaved elm common throughout Europe and planted elsewhere
    Synonym(s): English elm, European elm, Ulmus procera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ulmus pumila
n
  1. fast-growing shrubby Asian tree naturalized in United States for shelter or ornament
    Synonym(s): Siberian elm, Chinese elm, dwarf elm, Ulmus pumila
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ulmus rubra
n
  1. North American elm having rough leaves that are red when opening; yields a hard wood
    Synonym(s): slippery elm, red elm, Ulmus rubra
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ulmus sarniensis
n
  1. a variety of the English elm with erect branches and broader leaves
    Synonym(s): Jersey elm, guernsey elm, wheately elm, Ulmus sarniensis, Ulmus campestris sarniensis, Ulmus campestris wheatleyi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ulmus serotina
n
  1. autumn-flowering elm of southeastern United States [syn: September elm, red elm, Ulmus serotina]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ulmus thomasii
n
  1. tall widely distributed elm of eastern North America [syn: rock elm, Ulmus thomasii]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ulmic \Ul"mic\, a. [L. ulmus an elm: cf. F. ulmique.] (Chem.)
      Pertaining to ulmin; designating an acid obtained from ulmin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humin \Hu"min\, n. [L. humus the earth, ground.] (Chem.)
      A bitter, brownish yellow, amorphous substance, extracted
      from vegetable mold, and also produced by the action of acids
      on certain sugars and carbohydrates; -- called also {humic
      acid}, {ulmin}, {gein}, {ulmic} or {geic acid}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ulmic \Ul"mic\, a. [L. ulmus an elm: cf. F. ulmique.] (Chem.)
      Pertaining to ulmin; designating an acid obtained from ulmin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humin \Hu"min\, n. [L. humus the earth, ground.] (Chem.)
      A bitter, brownish yellow, amorphous substance, extracted
      from vegetable mold, and also produced by the action of acids
      on certain sugars and carbohydrates; -- called also {humic
      acid}, {ulmin}, {gein}, {ulmic} or {geic acid}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whahoo \Wha*hoo"\, n. (Bot.)
      An American tree, the winged elm. ({Ulmus alata}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus
            Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of
            wheels, and for other purposes.
  
      {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.
           
  
      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show
            the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.
  
      {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees
            of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.
            concolor}.
  
      {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under
            {Ruffed}. [Canada]
  
      {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.
  
      {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.
  
      {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.
  
      {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})
            with greenish-white pale[91].
  
      {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The white ptarmigan.
            (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]
  
      {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other
            allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and
            other plants, and often do much damage.
  
      {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under
            {Squirrel}.
  
      {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.
  
      {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become
            incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
            they emit.
  
      {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}
            ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.
  
      {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
            distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.
  
      {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.
  
      {The White House}. See under {House}.
  
      {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})
            having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the
            wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and
            the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.
           
  
      {White iron}.
            (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
            (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
                  proportion of combined carbon.
  
      {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.
  
      {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
            but blackish after rain. [Eng.]
  
      {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.
  
      {White lead}.
            (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
                  other purposes; ceruse.
            (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
  
      {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
            salt.
  
      {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.
  
      {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under
            {Rattlesnake}.
  
      {White lie}. See under {Lie}.
  
      {White light}.
            (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the
                  same proportion as in the light coming directly from
                  the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
                  through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.
            (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
                  illumination for signals, etc.
  
      {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for
            whitewashing; whitewash.
  
      {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,
            on a printed page; a blank line.
  
      {White meat}.
            (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
            (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
  
                           Driving their cattle continually with them, and
                           feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.
  
      {White metal}.
            (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
                  etc.
            (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
                  certain stage in copper smelting.
  
      {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common clothes moth.
            (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma
                  Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black
                  spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin
                  moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.
  
      {White money}, silver money.
  
      {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common
            mouse.
  
      {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})
            ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --
            called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.
  
      {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white
            crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
            head, which give the appearance of a hood.
  
      {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.
  
      {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The snowy owl.
            (b) The barn owl.
  
      {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.
  
      {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})
                  valued as a food fish.
            (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
            (c) Any California surf fish.
  
      {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.
  
      {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often
            cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.
  
      {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.
           
  
      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
            exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
            [Obs.]
  
                     A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.
  
      {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
            (b) An albino rabbit.
  
      {White rent},
            (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --
                  opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.
            (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
                  every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of
                  Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros
                  Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.
            (b) The umhofo.
  
      {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain
            organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
            purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.
  
      {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.
  
      {White rot}. (Bot.)
            (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
                  butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
                  called rot in sheep.
            (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.
  
      {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia
            lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter
            fat}.
  
      {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.
  
      {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.
  
      {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})
            injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under
            {Orange}.
  
      {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See
            under {Shark}.
  
      {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under
            {Softening}.
  
      {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.
  
      {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious
            blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
            otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
            the surface of the sea.
  
      {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
            England. --Macaulay.
  
      {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.
  
      {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}
            (d) .
  
      {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common sucker.
            (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).
  
      {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,
            produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
            membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
            the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
            to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.
  
      {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.
  
      {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver
            squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United
            States.
  
      {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White
            vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.
  
      {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.
  
      {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.
  
      {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.
  
      {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.
  
      {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
            bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --
            distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
            Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
            are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
            purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.
  
      {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of
                  Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and
                  {Thibetan wolf}.
            (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.
  
      {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called
            from the color of the under parts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Elm \Elm\, n. [AS. elm; akin to D. olm, OHG. elm, G. ulme, Icel.
      almr, Dan. & Sw. alm, L. ulmus, and E. alder. Cf. {Old}.]
      (Bot.)
      A tree of the genus {Ulmus}, of several species, much used as
      a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is
      {Ulmus campestris}; the common American or white elm is {U.
      Americana}; the slippery or red elm, {U. fulva}.
  
      {Elm beetle} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of beetles
            (esp. {Galeruca calmariensis}), which feed on the leaves
            of the elm.
  
      {Elm borer} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of beetles of
            which the larv[91] bore into the wood or under the bark of
            the elm (esp. {Saperda tridentata}).
  
      {Elm butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of
            butterflies, which, in the caterpillar state, feed on the
            leaves of the elm (esp. {Vanessa antiopa} and {Grapta
            comma}). See {Comma butterfly}, under {Comma}.
  
      {Elm moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of moths of
            which the larv[91] destroy the leaves of the elm (esp.
            {Eugonia subsignaria}, called elm spanworm).
  
      {Elm sawfly} (Zo[94]l.), a large sawfly ({Cimbex Americana}).
            The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe,
            feeds on the leaves of the elm.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slippery \Slip"per*y\, a. [See {Slipper}, a.]
      1. Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or
            causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and
            easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances
            render things slippery.
  
      2. Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery
            promise.
  
                     The slippery tops of human state.      --Cowley.
  
      3. Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.
  
                     The slippery god will try to loose his hold.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      4. Liable to slip; not standing firm. --Shak.
  
      5. Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant;
            fickle. [bd]The slippery state of kings.[b8] --Denham.
  
      6. Uncertain in effect. --L'Estrange.
  
      7. Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals. --Shak.
  
      {Slippery elm}. (Bot.)
            (a) An American tree ({Ulmus fulva}) with a mucilagenous
                  and slightly aromatic inner bark which is sometimes
                  used medicinally; also, the inner bark itself.
            (b) A malvaceous shrub ({Fremontia Californica}); -- so
                  called on the Pacific coast.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wych-elm \Wych"-elm`\, n. [OE. wiche a kind of elm, AS. wice a
      kind of tree. Cf. {Wicker}.] (Bot.)
      A species of elm ({Ulmus montana}) found in Northern and
      Western Europe; Scotch elm.
  
      Note: By confusion this word is often written witch-elm.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ulnage \Ul"nage\, n. [See {Ulna}, and cf. {Alnage}.] (Old Eng.
      Law)
      Measurement by the ell; alnage.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Uehling, NE (village, FIPS 49425)
      Location: 41.73429 N, 96.50540 W
      Population (1990): 273 (131 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Ulm's Modula-2 System
  
      A {Modula-2} {compiler}, library and tools by
      Andreas Borchert .   The
      compiler is derived from the {ETHZ} compiler for the {Lilith}
      system.   Version 2.2.1 conforms to {PIM3}.   It requires {gas}
      version 1.36 (to be found in the same directory).   Commercial
      use requires a licence.   It runs on {Sun-3}, {Nixdorf}
      {Targon}/31, {Concurrent} 3200 Series.
  
      {(ftp://titania.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/pub/soft/modula/ulm/sun3/modula-2.2.1.tar.Z)}.
  
      (1992-03-02)
  
  
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