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English dictionary: words starting with u - page 219

Meanings of Uveas:

noun

The pigmented layer of the eye, lying beneath the sclera and cornea, and comprising the iris, choroid, and ciliary body.

Usage examples:

The remaining chapters include discussions of tumors of the orbit, eyelid, conjunctiva, cornea and …

Meanings of Uveitis:

noun

Inflammation of the uvea.

Usage examples:

Certain forms of uveitis - potentially blinding inflammations of the inside of the eye - respond to…

Meanings of Uveitises:

noun

Inflammation of the uvea.

Usage examples:

Certain forms of uveitis - potentially blinding inflammations of the inside of the eye - respond to…

Meanings of Uvula:

noun

A fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate which hangs above the throat.

Usage examples:

The patient's tongue, soft palate, and uvula were burned.

Meanings of Uvulae:

noun

A fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate which hangs above the throat.

Usage examples:

The patient's tongue, soft palate, and uvula were burned.

Plural of uvula specialized

Meanings of Uvular:

adjective

(of a sound) articulated with the back of the tongue and the uvula, as r in french and q in arabic.

Usage examples:

In some semitic languages the cognate sound is a voiceless uvular stop.
noun

A uvular consonant.

Usage examples:

Their proposal presupposes that the members of this set, i.e., laryngeals, pharyngeals, uvulars and…

Meanings of Uvulars:

noun

A uvular consonant.

Usage examples:

Their proposal presupposes that the members of this set, i.e., laryngeals, pharyngeals, uvulars and…
adjective

(of a sound) articulated with the back of the tongue and the uvula, as r in french and q in arabic.

Usage examples:

In some semitic languages the cognate sound is a voiceless uvular stop.

Meanings of Uvulas:

noun

A fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate which hangs above the throat.

Usage examples:

The patient's tongue, soft palate, and uvula were burned.

Ux

juːˈɛks

Meanings of Ux:

noun

Short for user experience.

Usage examples:

The ux is absolutely seamless and users prefer that

Meanings of Uxorial:

adjective

Relating to a wife.

Usage examples:

She was typecast in uxorial roles

Meanings of Uxoricide:

noun

The killing of one's wife.

Usage examples:

Not only did he never commit uxoricide, he never hit his wife.

Meanings of Uxorilocal:

adjective

Another term for matrilocal.

Meanings of Uxorious:

adjective

Having or showing a great or excessive fondness for one's wife.

Usage examples:

He had always impressed me as home-loving and uxorious

Meanings of Uxoriously:

adverb

In a way that shows too much love or need for your wife

Usage examples:

He plays a writer who is uxoriously in love with his radiant wife., he went on a long holiday with …

Meanings of Uzbek:

noun

A member of a turkic people living mainly in the republic of uzbekistan and also in turkmenistan, tajikistan, kazakhstan, and afghanistan.

Usage examples:

They were a representative ethnic mix of the region: russians, uzbeks and kazakhs.
adjective

Relating to uzbekistan, the uzbeks, or their language.

Usage examples:

But with the loosening of state control in the 1980s, a new generation of writers renewed the uzbek…

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