African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
upland cotton
Noun
native tropical American plant now cultivated in the United States yielding short-staple cotton
unicorn root
Noun
any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic
umbelliferous plant
Noun
any of numerous aromatic herbs of the family Umbelliferae
urn fungus
Noun
an urn-shaped discomycete with a nearly black interior
umbel
Noun
flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point
undershrub
Noun
a low shrub
universal veil
Noun
membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth
umbrella fern
Noun
large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds
u-drive
Noun
a rented car
unearned income
Noun
(accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)
unearned income
Noun
personal income that you did not earn (e.g., dividends or interest or rent income)
unearned revenue
Noun
(accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)
unearned revenue
Noun
personal income that you did not earn (e.g., dividends or interest or rent income)
undivided interest
Noun
the interest in property owned by tenants whereby each tenant has an equal right to enjoy the entire property
undivided right
Noun
the interest in property owned by tenants whereby each tenant has an equal right to enjoy the entire property
unit cost
Noun
calculated cost for a given unit of a product
upset price
Noun
(auction) the minimum price at which a seller of property will entertain bids
unsecured bond
Noun
the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future
utility bond
Noun
a bond issued to finance the construction of public utility services
utility revenue bond
Noun
a bond issued to finance the construction of public utility services
unearned increment
Noun
an unearned rise in the market value of property resulting from general market factors
unlisted security
Noun
a security traded in the over-the-counter market
unlisted stock
Noun
stock that is not listed and traded on an organized exchange
urinary incontinence
Noun
inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination
use of goods and services
Noun
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
urination
Noun
the discharge of urine
unary operation
Noun
an operation with exactly one operand
ulceration
Noun
the process of ulcer formation
ulceration
Noun
a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue
unit of measurement
Noun
any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
ultracentrifugation
Noun
centrifugation at very high speeds
underdevelopment
Noun
(photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast
underdevelopment
Noun
state of inadequate development
unfolding
Noun
a developmental process
urbanization
Noun
the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban
urbanization
Noun
the condition of being urbanized
urbanisation
Noun
the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban
urbanisation
Noun
the condition of being urbanized
urge incontinence
Noun
urinary incontinence that is generally attributable to involuntary contracts of the bladder muscle resulting in an urgent need to urinate accompanied by a sudden loss of urine
urochesia
Noun
passage of urine from the anus
urochezia
Noun
passage of urine from the anus
universal gas constant
Noun
(physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature
universal gravitational constant
Noun
in physics, the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation
unit of viscosity
Noun
a unit of measurement for viscosity
ullage
Noun
the amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full
unformatted capacity
Noun
(computer science) the total number of bytes on a disk including the space that will be required to format it
unemployment rate
Noun
the percentage of the work force that is unemployed at any given date
unconnectedness
Noun
the lack of a connection between things
unrelatedness
Noun
the lack of any particular manner of connectedness