English words starting with ul - page 2

Meanings of Ultradry:

adjective

Extremely dry

Usage examples:

The rain quickly evaporates into the ultra-dry atmosphere., this moisturizing cream works well even…

Meanings of Ultrafastidious:

adjective

Extremely fastidious (= giving too much attention to small details and wanting everything to be correct and perfect)

Usage examples:

His writing has the same highly polished quality as his literary idol, the ultra-fastidious gustave…

Meanings of Ultrafiltration:

noun

Filtration using a medium fine enough to retain colloidal particles, viruses, or large molecules.

Usage examples:

The procedure for the isolation of phu from freshly collected male urine included filtration, ultra…

Meanings of Ultrahazardous:

adjective

(especially of chemicals or other substances) extremely dangerous

Usage examples:

The court had to decide whether a laboratory that handles ultra-hazardous materials had a responsib…

Meanings of Ultrahigh:

adjective

At a very great level or height

Usage examples:

The evidence for the meteorite hinges most strongly on the presence of tiny diamonds, which were pr…

Meanings of Ultrahot:

adjective

Very hot in temperature

Usage examples:

The sun has an ultra-hot core that works like an enormous nuclear furnace., the research team uses …

Meanings of Ultrahuman:

adjective

Having more powers than, or seeming outside the powers of, a human

Usage examples:

I do not claim to have any ultra-human abilities when it comes to forecasting the weather., unlike …

Meanings of Ultraism:

noun

The holding of extreme opinions.

Usage examples:

In spain this poetic school was called ‘ultraism’ in recognition of its overseas origin and also of…

Meanings of Ultraist:

noun

A holder of extreme opinions.

Usage examples:

Hot heads and ultraists often have a propensity to think narrow because they are unable to accommod…

Meanings of Ultraists:

noun

A holder of extreme opinions.

Usage examples:

Hot heads and ultraists often have a propensity to think narrow because they are unable to accommod…

Meanings of Ultraliberal:

adjective

Believing or relating to the opinions of the political left, especially that society should change so that money, property, and power are shared more fairly, but in a way that seems extreme to many people

Usage examples:

She believes that the senator's ultra-liberal values are far from the beliefs of ordinary folks., h…

Meanings of Ultralow:

adjective

At a much lower level or amount than usual

Usage examples:

Political leaders fear that ultralow oil prices will curtail domestic production., the company dive…

Meanings of Ultramarine:

noun

A brilliant deep blue pigment originally obtained from lapis lazuli, now made from powdered fired clay, sodium carbonate, sulphur, and resin.

Usage examples:

Ultramarine blue

Meanings of Ultramicroscope:

noun

An optical microscope used to detect particles smaller than the wavelength of light by illuminating them at an angle and observing the light scattered by the tyndall effect against a dark background.

Usage examples:

The tiny particles in colloidal gold were not seen directly until the early twentieth century, when…

Meanings of Ultramicroscopic:

adjective

Too small to be seen by an ordinary optical microscope.

Usage examples:

What is most relevant to bell's theorem is that the non-locality which it makes explicit in quantum…

Meanings of Ultramodern:

adjective

Extremely modern; advanced.

Usage examples:

This computer is a high-performance ultra-modern machine

Meanings of Ultramodernist:

adjective

Following the styles or ideas of modernism (= a movement that uses new styles in art, music, dance, etc. in a way that is very different from the traditions of the past) in a very noticeable way

Usage examples:

The plans for the museum call for a four-story, ultra-modernist structure made primarily of zinc an…

Meanings of Ultramontane:

adjective

Advocating supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline.

Usage examples:

Ultramontane catholicism

noun

A person advocating supreme papal authority.

Usage examples:

A second and related set of tensions divided gallicans, who insisted on the independence of the nat…

Meanings of Ultramundane:

adjective

Existing outside the known world, the solar system, or the universe.

Usage examples:

An ultramundane god

Meanings of Ultranationalism:

noun

Extreme nationalism that promotes the interests of one state or people above all others.

Usage examples:

They are fanning the flames of ultranationalism

Meanings of Ultranationalist:

noun

A person who has an extreme belief in nationalism (= a very great love for your country and a belief that it is better than others)

Usage examples:

He is one of a group of ultra-nationalists who demand stricter controls on immigration., changes in…

Meanings of Ultrapure:

adjective

(of a substance) completely clean and not mixed with anything else

Usage examples:

The tiny machines are sculpted out of the ultrapure silicon that is used to make microchips., the s…

Meanings of Ultrarapid:

adjective

Operating, moving, or happening very quickly

Usage examples:

The engineers designed new, more powerful computer chips for use in ultra-rapid processors., the ce…

Meanings of Ultrarefined:

adjective

An ultra-refined substance has been made extra pure by removing other substances from it

Usage examples:

High-fructose corn syrup is an ultra-refined sweetener found in many processed foods., i began supp…

Meanings of Ultraromantic:

adjective

Very romantic (= expressing or related to love, especially between people who are or want to be in a sexual relationship)

Usage examples:

The pianist played a string of ultra-romantic compositions and dedicated them to the lovers out in …