English Word Dictionary | Page 148

noun · a board to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United States constitution does not provide for the cabinet

us congress

noun · the legislature of the United States government

us house of representatives

noun · the lower legislative house of the United States Congress

noun · the United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal judicial system

usama bin laden

noun · Arab terrorist who established al-Qaeda (born in 1957)

use

noun · exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage

Example: his manipulation of his friends was scandalous

use up

verb · use up (resources or materials)

Example: this car consumes a lot of gas

usher in

verb · be a precursor of

Example: The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period

usher out

verb · end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave

Example: I was dismissed after I gave my report

using

noun · an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)

Example: capitalistic exploitation of the working class

ussher

noun · Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656)

ustilaginales

noun · parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes

usually

adverb · under normal conditions

Example: usually she was late

usuriously

adverb · to an exorbitant degree

Example: prices are exorbitantly high in the capital

usurp

verb · seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession

Example: He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town

usurpation

noun · wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)

Example: a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation

ut

noun · the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization

uterine

adjective · of or involving the uterus

Example: uterine cancer

uterine cervix

noun · necklike opening to the uterus

utilise

verb · put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

Example: use your head!

utility program

noun · (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer

Example: a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users

utilization

noun · the act of using

Example: he warned against the use of narcotic drugs

utricularia

noun · bladderworts: large genus of aquatic carnivorous plants; cosmopolitan in distribution

utter

adjective · complete

Example: came to a dead stop

uttered

adjective · communicated in words

Example: frequently uttered sentiments

uttermost

adjective · (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order

Example: had traveled to the farthest frontier

uveous

adjective · of or relating to the uvea of the eye

uygur

noun · the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language

vacancy

noun · an empty area or space

Example: the huge desert voids

vacant

adjective · without an occupant or incumbent

Example: the throne is never vacant

vacantly

adverb · in a vacant manner

Example: she was staring vacantly into the room

vacate

verb · cancel officially

Example: He revoked the ban on smoking

vaccaria pyramidata

noun · European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort

vaccinate

verb · perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation

Example: We vaccinate against scarlet fever

vaccine

noun · immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies

vaccinia

noun · a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox

vaccinium pallidum

noun · low deciduous shrub of the eastern United States bearing dark blue sweet berries

vacillate

verb · move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern

Example: the line on the monitor vacillated

vacillating

adjective · uncertain in purpose or action

vacuolated

adjective · formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell

vacuous

adjective · void of expression

Example: a blank stare

vacuum-clean

verb · clean with a vacuum cleaner

Example: vacuum the carpets

vagabond

adjective · continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another

Example: a drifting double-dealer