English dictionary: words starting with u - page 208

Meanings of Uranocircite:

noun

A bright yellow-green mineral typically occurring as thin, tabular crystals.

Meanings of Uranographical:

adjective

Uranographic.

Meanings of Uranography:

noun

The branch of astronomy concerned with describing and mapping the stars.

Usage examples:

Their works covered the range of cosmography, uranography, hydrography, chorogreaphy and topography.

Meanings of Uranolite:

noun

A meteorite.

Meanings of Uranological:

adjective

Of or relating to uranology.

Meanings of Uranologies:

noun

The study of the stars or the heavens; astronomy. also: a treatise or discourse on this subject; an astronomical system. now chiefly historical.

Meanings of Uranology:

noun

The study of the stars or the heavens; astronomy. also: a treatise or discourse on this subject; an astronomical system. now chiefly historical.

Meanings of Uranometria:

noun

= uranometry . chiefly in the titles of works.

Meanings of Uranometrical:

adjective

Of or relating to uranometry.

Meanings of Uranometry:

noun

A work describing the heavens and especially the stars, giving their positions, magnitudes, etc. compare uranoscopy . now chiefly historical.

Meanings of Uranophane:

noun

A yellow mineral occurring as an alteration product of uranium ores, typically as crusts or groups of radiating needle-like crystals.

Meanings of Uranoplastic:

noun

In singular or plural = uranoplasty .

adjective

Of or relating to uranoplasty.

Meanings of Uranoplasty:

noun

Plastic surgery of the palate, especially the hard palate; an instance of this.

Meanings of Uranoscope:

noun

A stargazer fish of the family uranoscopidae; = "stargazer".

Meanings of Uranoscopic:

adjective

In jeremy bentham's terminology: relating to the observation of celestial objects.

Meanings of Uranoscopus:

noun

Originally: a stargazer fish (family uranoscopidae), a fish of the genus uranoscopus. now chiefly (in form uranoscopus): the genus itself.

Meanings of Uranoscopy:

noun

The observation or study of celestial objects. compare uranometry .

Meanings of Uranosphaerite:

noun

A rare orange-yellow to red uranium mineral, often occurring in hemispherical aggregates.

Meanings of Uranospinite:

noun

A yellowish-green mineral of the autunite group, found as an alteration product of uranium ores.

Meanings of Uranotantalite:

noun

Samarskite.

Meanings of Uranothallite:

noun

A pale green form of liebigite, formerly regarded as a distinct variety.

Meanings of Uranothorite:

noun

A variety of thorite containing a relatively high proportion of uranium.

Meanings of Uranotil:

noun

= uranophane .

Meanings of Uranous:

adjective

Of or relating to uranium in one of its lower oxidation states (often +4); designating such a state. contrasted with "uranic".

Meanings of Uranus:

proper noun

A distant planet of the solar system, seventh in order from the sun, discovered by william herschel in 1781.