Ultramontane Ul`tra·mon"tane [ Late Latin ultramontanus ; Latin ultra beyond + montanus belonging to a mountain, from mons , montis , mountain: confer French ultramontain , Italian ultramontano . See Ultra- , and Mountain .] Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the Alps, in respect to the one who speaks.

» This term was first applied, somewhat contemptuously, by the Italians, to the nations north of the Alps, especially the Germans and French, their painters, jurists, etc. At a later period, the French and Germans applied it to the Italians. It is now more particularly used in respect to religious matters; and ultramontane doctrines , when spoken of north of the Alps, denote the extreme views of the pope's rights and supremacy maintained by Bellarmin and other Italian writers.

Ultramontane Ul`tra·mon"tane noun 1. One who resides beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps; a foreigner.

2. One who maintains extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy. See Ultramontanism .

Ultramontanism Ul`tra·mon"ta·nism noun [ Confer French ultramontanisme .] The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; - - so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; - - rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Confer Gallicanism .

Ultramontanist Ul`tra·mon"ta·nist noun One who upholds ultramontanism.

Ultramundane Ul`tra·mun"dane adjective [ Latin ultramundanus . See Ultra- , and Mundane .] Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system. Boyle.

Ultrared Ul`tra·red" adjective [ Prefix ultra- + red .] (Physics) Situated beyond or below the red rays; as, the ultrated rays of the spectrum, which are less refrangible than the red.

Ultratropical Ul`tra·trop"ic·al adjective [ Prefix ultra- + tropical .] Situated beyond, or outside of, the tropics; extratropical; also, having an excessively tropical temperature; warmer than the tropics.

Ultraviolet Ul`tra·vi"o·let adjective [ Prefix ultra- + violet .] (Physics) Lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end; -- said of rays more refrangible than the extreme violet rays of the spectrum.

Ultrazodiacal Ul`tra·zo·di"a·cal adjective [ Prefix ultra- + zodiacal .] (Astron.) Outside the zodiac; being in that part of the heavens that is more than eight degrees from the ecliptic; as, ultrazodiacal planets, that is, those planets which in part of their orbits go beyond the zodiac.

Ultroneous Ul·tro"ne·ous adjective [ Latin ultroneus , from ultro to the further side, on his part, of one's own accord. See Ultra- .] Spontaneous; voluntary. [ Obsolete] Jer. Taylor. -- Ul*tro"ne*ous*ly , adverb [ Obsolete] -- Ul*tro"ne*ous*ness , noun [ Obsolete]

Ulula Ul"u·la noun [ Latin , a screech owl.] (Zoology) A genus of owls including the great gray owl ( Ulula cinerea ) of Arctic America, and other similar species. See Illust. of Owl .

Ululant Ul"u·lant adjective Howling; wailing.

Ululate Ul"u·late intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Ululated ; present participle & verbal noun Ululating .] [ Latin ululatus , past participle of ululare to howl, yell, shriek.] To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals. Sir T. Herbert.

Ululation Ul`u·la"tion noun [ Latin ululatio .] A howling, as of a dog or wolf; a wailing.

He may fright others with his ululation .

Wither.

Ulva Ul"va noun [ Latin , sedge.] (Botany) A genus of thin papery bright green seaweeds including the kinds called sea lettuce .

Umbe Um"be preposition [ Anglo-Saxon ymbe ; akin to Old High German umbi , German um . Confer Amb- .] About. [ Obsolete] Layamon.

Umbecast Um"be·cast` intransitive verb [ Umbe + cast .] To cast about; to consider; to ponder. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Malory.

Umbel Um"bel noun [ Latin umbella a little shadow, umbrella, dim. of umbra shade. See Umbrella .] (Botany) A kind of flower cluster in which the flower stalks radiate from a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed. It is simple or compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another little umbel, called umbellet , or umbellule .

Umbellar Um"bel·lar adjective (Botany) Of or pertaining to an umbel; having the form of an umbel.

Umbellate, Umbellated Um"bel·late, Um"bel·la`ted adjective [ New Latin umbellatus .] (Botany) Bearing umbels; pertaining to an umbel; umbel-like; as, umbellate plants or flowers.

Umbellet Um"bel·let noun (Botany) A small or partial umbel; an umbellule.

Umbellic Um·bel"lic adjective (Chemistry) Pertaining to, or obtained from, certain umbelliferous plants; as, umbellic acid.

Umbellic acid . (Chemistry) (a) Anisic acid. [ Obsolete] (b) A yellow powder obtained from umbelliferone.

Umbellifer Um·bel"li·fer noun [ New Latin See Umbelliferous .] (Botany) A plant producing an umbel or umbels.

Umbelliferone Um`bel·lif"er·one noun (Chemistry) A tasteless white crystalline substance, C ₉ H ₆ O ₃ , found in the bark of a certain plant ( Daphne Mezereum ), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the Umbelliferæ , as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy- coumarin .

Umbelliferous Um`bel·lif"er·ous adjective [ Umbel + -ferous : confer French ombillifère .] (Botany) (a) Producing umbels. (b) Of or pertaining to a natural order ( Umbelliferæ ) of plants, of which the parsley, carrot, parsnip, and fennel are well-known examples.

Umbellularia Um·bel`lu·la"ri·a noun [ New Latin Umbellule .] (Zoology) A genus of deep-sea alcyonaria consisting of a cluster of large flowerlike polyps situated at the summit of a long, slender stem which stands upright in the mud, supported by a bulbous base.

Umbellule Um"bel·lule noun [ New Latin umbellula , dim. of umbella : confer French ombellule .] (Botany) An umbellet.

Umber Um"ber noun [ French ombre ocherous ore of iron, terre d'ombre , Italian terra d'ombra , literally, earth of shadow or shade, Latin umbra shadow, shade. Confer Umber , 3 & 4, Umbrage .] 1. (Paint.) A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before being used, and is then called burnt umber ; when not heated, it is called raw umber . See Burnt umber , below.

2. An umbrere. [ Obsolete]

3. [ French ombre , umbre , Latin umbra .] (Zoology) See Grayling , 1.

4. [ Confer New Latin scopus umbretta , French ombrette ; probably from Latin umbra shade, in allusion to its dark brown color. See Umber a pigment.] (Zoology) An African wading bird ( Scopus umbretta ) allied to the storks and herons. It is dull dusky brown, and has a large occipital crest. Called also umbrette , umbre , and umber bird .

Burnt umber (Paint.) , a pigment made by burning raw umber, which is changed by this process from an olive brown to a bright reddish brown. -- Cologne , or German , umber , a brown pigment obtained from lignite. See Cologne earth .

Umber Um"ber adjective Of or pertaining to umber; resembling umber; olive-brown; dark brown; dark; dusky.

Their harps are of the umber shade
That hides the blush of waking day.

J. R. Drake.

Umber Um"ber transitive verb To color with umber; to shade or darken; as, to umber over one's face. B. Jonson.

Umbery Um"ber·y adjective Of or pertaining to umber; like umber; as, umbery gold.

Umbilic Um·bil"ic noun [ From Latin umbilicus : confer French ombilic . See Navel .] 1. The navel; the center. [ Obsolete] "The umbilic of the world." Sir T. Herbert.

2. (Geom.) An umbilicus. See Umbilicus , 5 (b) .

Umbilic Um·bil"ic adjective (Anat.) See Umbilical , 1.

Umbilical Um·bil"ic·al adjective [ Confer French ombilical . See Umbilic , noun ] 1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic.

2. Pertaining to the center; central. [ R.] De Foe.

Umbilical cord . (a) (Anat.) The cord which connects the fetus with the placenta, and contains the arteries and the vein through which blood circulates between the fetus and the placenta; the navel-string. (b) (Botany) The little stem by which the seeds are attached to the placenta; -- called also funicular cord . -- Umbilical hernia (Medicine) , hernia of the bowels at the umbilicus. -- Umbilical point (Geom.) , an umbilicus. See Umbilicus , 5. -- Umbilical region (Anat.) , the middle region of the abdomen, bounded above by the epigastric region, below by the hypogastric region, and on the sides by the lumbar regions. -- Umbilical vesicle (Anat.) , a saccular appendage of the developing embryo, containing the nutritive and unsegmented part of the ovum; the yolk sac. See Illust. in Appendix.

Umbilicate, Umbilicated Um·bil"i·cate, Um·bil"i·ca`ted adjective [ Latin umbilicatus . See Umbilic .] (a) Depressed in the middle, like a navel, as a flower, fruit, or leaf; navel-shaped; having an umbilicus; as, an umbilicated smallpox vesicle. (b) (Botany) Supported by a stalk at the central point.

Umbilication Um·bil"i·ca"tion noun A slight, navel-like depression, or dimpling, of the center of a rounded body; as, the umbilication of a smallpox vesicle; also, the condition of being umbilicated.

Umbilicus Um`bi·li"cus noun [ Latin See Umbilic .] 1. (Anat.) The depression, or mark, in the median line of the abdomen, which indicates the point where the umbilical cord separated from the fetus; the navel.

2. (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled. Dr. W. Smith.

3. (Botany) The hilum.

4. (Zoology) (a) A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells. (b) Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.

5. (Geom.) (a) One of foci of an ellipse, or other curve. [ Obsolete] (b) A point of a surface at which the curvatures of the normal sections are all equal to each other. A sphere may be osculatory to the surface in every direction at an umbilicus. Called also umbilic .

Umble pie Um"ble pie` A pie made of umbles. See To eat humble pie , under Humble .

Umbles Um"bles noun plural [ See Nombles .] The entrails and coarser parts of a deer; hence, sometimes, entrails, in general. [ Written also humbles .] Johnson.

Umbo Um"bo noun ; plural Latin Umbones , English Umbos . [ Latin ] 1. The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.

2. A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane; as, the umbo in the integument of the larvæ of echinoderms or in the tympanic membrane of the ear.

3. (Zoology) One of the lateral prominence just above the hinge of a bivalve shell.

Umbonate, Umbonated Um"bo·nate, Um"bo·na`ted adjective [ New Latin umbonatus . See Umbo .] Having a conical or rounded projection or protuberance, like a boss.

Umbra Um"bra noun ; plural Umbræ . [ Latin , a shadow.] 1. (Astron.) (a) The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra . See Penumbra . (b) The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot. (c) The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra .

2. (Zoology) Any one of several species of sciænoid food fishes of the genus Umbrina , especially the Mediterranean species ( U. cirrhosa ), which is highly esteemed as a market fish; -- called also ombre , and umbrine .

Umbra tree (Botany) , a tree ( Phytolacca diocia ) of the same genus as pokeweed. It is native of South America, but is now grown in southern Europe. It has large dark leaves, and a somber aspect. The juice of its berries is used for coloring wine. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).

Umbraculiferous Um·brac`u·lif"er·ous adjective [ Latin umbraculum umbrella (dim. of umbra shade) + -ferous .] (Botany) Bearing something like an open umbrella.

Umbraculiform Um·brac`u·li·form adjective [ Latin umbraculum any thing that furnishes shade, a bower, umbrella (dim. of umbra a shade) + -form .] Having the form of anything that serves to shade, as a tree top, an umbrella, and the like; specifically (Botany) , having the form of an umbrella; umbrella- shaped.

Umbrage Um"brage noun [ French ombrage shade, suspicion, umbrage, Latin umbraticus belonging to shade, from umbra a shade. Confer Umber , Umbratic .] 1. Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage.

Where highest woods, impenetrable
To star or sunlight, spread their umbrage broad.

Milton.

2. Shadowy resemblance; shadow. [ Obsolete]

The opinion carries no show of truth nor umbrage of reason on its side.

Woodward.

3. The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment.

Which gave umbrage to wiser than myself.

Evelyn.

Persons who feel most umbrage from the overshadowing aristocracy.

Sir W. Scott.

Umbrageous Um·bra"geous adjective [ Confer French ombraqeux shy, skittish, suspicious, in Old French also, shady. See Umbrage .] 1. Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous trees or foliage.

Umbrageous grots and caves
Of cool recess, o'er which the mantling vine
Lays forth her purple grape.

Milton.

2. Not easily perceived, as if from being darkened or shaded; obscure. [ Obsolete] Sir H. Wotton.

3. Feeling jealousy or umbrage; taking, or disposed to take, umbrage; suspicious. [ Obsolete] Bp. Warburton. -- Um*bra"geous*ly , adverb -- Um*bra"geous*ness , noun

Umbrate Um"brate transitive verb [ Latin umbratus , past participle of umbrare to shade, from umbra a shade.] To shade; to shadow; to foreshadow. [ Obsolete]

Umbratic, Umbratical Um·brat"ic, Um·brat"ic·al adjective [ Latin umbraticus , from umbra shade. See Umbrage .] Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; retired. [ R.] B. Jonson.

Umbratile Um"bra·tile adjective [ Latin umbraticus , from umbra shade.] Umbratic. [ R.] B. Jonson.

Umbratious Um·bra"tious adjective [ Latin umbra a shade. Confer Umbrageous .] Suspicious; captious; disposed to take umbrage. [ Obsolete & R.] Sir H. Wotton.

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