UTAS, [=u]'tas, _n._ (_obs._) the time between a festival and the eighth
day after it: festivity, stir.--Also U'TIS. [Through O. Fr. from L. _octo_,
eight.]
UTENSIL, [=u]-ten'sil, _n._ an instrument or vessel used in common life.
[Fr. _utensile_--L. _utensilis_, fit for use--_uti_, to use.]
UTERINE, [=u]'te-rin, _adj._ pertaining to the womb: born of the same
mother by a different father.--_ns._ UTER[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the
womb; U'TEROGEST[=A]'TION, the progressive development of the embryo within
the womb; UTEROM[=A]'NIA, nymphomania; U'TERUS, the womb. [Fr. _uterin_--L.
_uterinis_--_uterus_, the womb.]
UTGARD, ut'gard, _n._ (_Scand. myth._) the abode of the giant _Utgard-_Loki
on the other side of the great sea which surrounds Midgard, the earth.
UTILISE, [=u]'ti-l[=i]z, _v.t._ to make useful: to put to profitable
use.--_adj._ U'TIL[=I]SABLE.--_ns._ UTILIS[=A]'TION; U'TILISER; UTIL'ITY,
usefulness: profit: a useful thing; UTIL'ITY-MAN, an actor of one of the
least important parts in a play. [Fr. _utiliser_--L. _uti_.]
UTILITARIAN, [=u]-til-i-t[=a]'ri-an, _adj._ consisting in, or pertaining
to, utility or to utilitarianism.--_n._ one who holds
utilitarianism.--_v.t._ UTILIT[=A]'RIANISE, to make to serve a utilitarian
purpose.--_ns._ UTILIT[=A]'RIANISM, the ethical theory which finds the
basis of moral distinctions in the utility of actions, i.e. their fitness
to produce happiness.
UTMOST, ut'm[=o]st, _adj._ outmost: farthest out: most distant: last: in
the greatest degree: highest.--_n._ the greatest that can be: the greatest
effort. [A.S. _útemest_, formed with double superlative suffix _-m-est_
from _úte_, out.]
UTOPIAN, [=u]-t[=o]'pi-an, _adj._ imaginary: fanciful: chimerical.--_n._
one who advocates impracticable reforms or who expects an impossible state
of perfection in society.--_ns._ UT[=O]'PIANISER; UT[=O]'PIANISM;
UT[=O]'PIAST.--_adj._ UTOP'ICAL (_obs._).--_ns._ U'T[=O]PISM, utopianism;
U'T[=O]PIST, a utopian. [From _Utopia_, lit. 'nowhere'--Gr. _ou_, not,
_topos_, place, an imaginary island represented by Sir T. More in his
famous political romance, or rather satire (Lat. 1516, Eng. 1551), as
enjoying perfection in politics, laws, &c., community of goods, freedom of
creed, &c.]
UTRAQUISM, [=u]'tra-kwizm, _n._ the doctrine of the U'TRAQUISTS or
Calixtines, who asserted the right to communicate in both kinds--_sub
utraque specie_.
UTRICLE, [=u]'tri-kl, _n._ a little bag, bladder, or cell.--_adjs._
UTRIC'[=U]LAR, UTRIC'[=U]LATE, containing or furnished with utricles;
UTRIC[=U]LIF'EROUS, producing utricles; UTRIC'[=U]LIFORM, shaped like a
utricle; UTRIC'[=U]LOID; UTRIC'[=U]LOSE.--_n._ UTRIC'[=U]LUS, any small
pear-shaped sac. [L. _utriculus_, dim. of _uter_, _utris_, a bag.]
UTRICULARIA, [=u]-trik-[=u]-l[=a]'ri-a, _n._ the genus of bladderworts. [L.
_utriculus_, a bag.]
UTRIFORM, [=u]'tri-form, _adj._ having the shape of a leather bottle. [L.
_uter_, a leather bottle, _forma_, form.]
UTTER, ut'[.e]r, _adj._ farthest out: extreme: total: perfect.--_adv._
UTT'ERLY.--_n._ UTT'ERNESS, quality of being extreme. [A.S. _útor_,
outer--_út_, out.]
UTTER, ut'[.e]r, _v.t._ to circulate: to publish abroad: to speak.--_adj._
UTT'ERABLE, that may be uttered or expressed.--_ns._ UTT'ERABLENESS;
UTT'ERANCE, act of uttering: manner of speaking: pronunciation: expression;
UTT'ERER; UTT'ERING, circulation.--_adj._ UTT'ERLESS, that cannot be
uttered in words. [A.S. _útian_, to put out--_út_, out.]
UTTERANCE, ut'[.e]r-ans, _n._ (_Shak._) extremity, deadly contention. [Fr.
_outrance_--_outre_, beyond--L. _ultra_, beyond.]
UTTERMOST, ut'[.e]r-m[=o]st, _adj._ farthest out: utmost.--_n._ the
greatest degree. [Same as _utmost_, the _r_ being intrusive, and _t_ being
doubled on the analogy of _utter_.]
UVA, [=u]'va, _n._ a name for such succulent indehiscent fruits as have a
central placenta. [L. _uva_, a cluster of grapes.]
UVEA, [=u]'v[=e]-a, _n._ the vascular tunic of the eye--iris, ciliary body,
and choroid.--_adjs._ U'VEAL, U'VEOUS. [L. _uva_, a bunch of grapes.]