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=trou-madame=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) bagatelle, nine-holes (game).

=troupe=, _n.f._, troop, band, company, crew, gang, set; soldiery, soldiers; crowd (of children); flock. _pl._, troops, forces. _Aller en —_; to flock together. _—s de terre_; land-forces. _—s de mer_; sea-forces.

=troupeau=, _n.m._, flock, herd, drove. _— de moutons_; flock of sheep. _— de gros bétail_; drove of cattle.

=troupier=, _n.m._, soldier, trooper. _Vieux —_; old campaigner, veteran.

=trousse=, _n.f._, bundle, truss; (surg.) case of instruments; case (of a barber); ☉quiver. _Être aux —s de l’ennemi_; to be upon the enemy’s heels. _Je suis à ses —s_; I am after him.

=troussé=, =-e=, _adj._, tucked up. _Bien —_; well set up, neat, nice, well got up, well turned; dapper. _Compliment bien —_; well turned compliment.

=trousseau=, _n.m._, bunch (of keys); ☉small sheaf of arrows; trousseau (of a lady about to be married); outfit (of nuns, school-boarders, etc.); (anat.) fasciculus.

=trousse-col=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_). _V._ =torcol=.

=trousse-étriers=, _n.m._, (_—_) stirrup-leather.

=trousse-galant=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (fam.) cholera.

=trousse-pète=, _n.f._, (_—_) (pop.) hussy, jade.

=trousse-queue=, _n.m._, (_—_) (man.) tail-case.

=troussequin=, _n.m._, cantel, cantle (of a saddle).

=trousser=, _v.a._, to tie up, to tuck up, to turn up, to pin up; to truss; to dispatch (business); to hasten. _— ses jupes_; to tuck up one’s petticoats. _— un poulet_; to truss a chicken. _— baggage_ or _ses guenilles_; to make off, to cut one’s sticks, to be off, to hook it, to cut it. _— de la besogne_; to get through a lot of work (quickly).

_se_ =trousser=, _v.r._, to tuck up one’s clothes; to be tucked up.

=troussis=, _n.m._, tucking up, tuck.

=trouvable=, _adj._, that can be found, discoverable.

*=trouvaille=, _n.f._, thing found (by chance); godsend, windfall; discovery, hit, lucky hit. _Faire une —_; to make a discovery, to discover something.

=trouvé=, =-e=, _part._, found. _Bien —_; felicitous, happy, new, original (of words). _Enfant —_; foundling. _Croire avoir trouvé la pie au nid_; to have found a mare’s nest. _Mot bien —_; happy word, felicitous expression.

=trouver=, _v.a._, to find, to find out, to discover, to detect; to meet with, to meet, to light on, to hit upon, to come across; to like; to think, to deem, to deem it, to dream, to judge. _Comment le trouvez-vous?_ how do you like it? _Aller —_ or _venir —_; to go to, to go and see, to call _or_ wait upon, to visit. _Je lui trouve bon visage_; I think he looks well. _— à dire_, or _— à redire_; to find fault with. _— bon_; to approve, to think fit. _— mauvais_; to blame, to dislike, to disapprove, to be displeased with. _— beau_, _belle_; to admire, to think handsome. _Où avez-vous trouvé cela?_ what made you think of that? what put that in your head? _Vous trouvez!_ that’s your opinion, is it!

_se_ =trouver=, _v.r._, to find one’s self; to be present, to be, to be by; to feel, to feel one’s self, to prove, to turn out; to happen, to chance, to chance to be. _Il s’est trouvé à cette action_; he was in that action. _Se — mal_; to faint, to feel unwell, to be taken ill; to fare ill. _Se — bien_; to be well, to feel comfortable, to derive benefit from. _Cela se trouve bien_; that is lucky. _Il se trouve_; there is _or_ there are; we find; it happens, _or_ turns out.

=trouvère= _or_ ☉=trouveur=, _n.m._, Trouvère, northern bard (name of old poets of the North of France).

=truand=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, _adj._, (pop.) (l.u.) vagrant, beggar, vagabond.

*=truandaille=, _n.f._, (pop.) (l.u.) vagrants, beggars, vagabonds.

=truander=, _v.n._, (pop.) (l.u.) to beg, to mump, to rove, to loaf.

=truanderie= (-an-drî), _n.m._, (pop.) (l.u.) mumping, begging; vagrancy, loafing.

=truble=, _n.f._ _V._ =trouble=.

=truc=, _n.m._, (thea.) machinery; (pop.) knack, dodge, trick. _Il a le —_; he has the knack of doing it, he is up to it. _V._ =truck=.

=trucage=, _n.m._, Jewing.

=trucheman= (trush-mān) _or_ =truchement=, _n.m._, interpreter; dragoman, drogman.

☉=trucher=, _v.n._, (pop.) to beg from laziness.

☉=trucheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (pop.) beggar.

=truck= _or_ =truc=, _n.m._, (railways) truck, trolley.

=truculent=, =-e=, _adj._ truculent.

=truelle=, _n.f._, trowel; fish-slice, fish-carver.

=truellée=, _n.f._, trowelful.

=truffe=, _n.f._, (bot.) truffle.

=truffer=, _v.a._, to stuff with truffles.

=truffière=, _n.f._, truffle-ground.

=truflier=, _n.m._, (bot.) privet.

=truie=, _n.f._, (mam.) sow.

=truisme=, _n.m._, truism.

=truite=, _n.f._, (ich.) trout. _— saumonée_; salmon trout. _Vivier à —s_; trout stream.

=truité=, =-e=, _adj._, spotted (porcelain); speckled; trout-colored (of dogs and horses). _Fonte —e_; (metal.) pig-iron spotted white and gray.

=trullisation=, _n.f._, (arch.) troweling.

=trumeau=, _n.m._, (arch.) pier; pier-glass; leg, _or_ shin, of beef.

=trusquin=, _n.m._ _V._ =troussequin=.

=tsar=, _n.m._ _V._ =czar=.

=tsarien=, =tsarine=, =tsarowitz=. _V._ =czarien=, =czarine=, =czarowitz=.

=tu=, _pron._, thou, you. _— es_; thou art, you are. _Être à — et à toi avec quelqu’un_; to be on very familiar terms, _or_ very intimate, with any one.

=tuable=, _adj._, fit for killing.

=tuage=, _n.m._, killing, slaughter (of an animal).

=tuant=, =-e=, _adj._, killing, toilsome, tiresome, laborious, tedious. _C’est un homme —_; he is a regular bore. _V._ =assommant=.

=tu-autem= (-ô-tèm), _n.m._, (_n.p._) main thing, difficulty, rub.

=tube=, _n.m._, tube, pipe; (anat.) duct; (bot.) tube; (zoöl.) duct, tube.

=tuber=, _v.a._, to tube.

=tubercule=, _n.m._, (bot., med.) tubercle.

=tuberculé=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) tuberculate, tubercled.

=tuberculeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, tubercular, tuberculous; (bot.) tubercular, tuberculous, grained; (med.) tubercled, tubercular, tuberculous.

=tuberculisation=, _n.f._, (med.) formation and growth of tubercles.

=tubéreuse=, _n.f._, (bot.) tuberose.

=tubéreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) tuberous.

=tubérifère=, _adj._, tuberiferous.

=tubérosité=, _n.f._, (anat.) tuberosity.

=tubiforme=, _adj._, tubiform.

=tubulaire=, _adj._, tubular.

=tubule=, _n.m._, small tube, tubule.

=tubulé=, =-e=, _adj._, tubular, tubulated, tubulous.

=tubuleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, tubulated, tubulous.

=tubulure=, _n.f._, (chem.) tubulature; (bot.) tubes, tubing.

=tudesque=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Teutonic, Germanic (language); inelegant, rough, coarse.

=tudieu=, _int._, zounds!

=tue-chien=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (bot.) meadow saffron, dog’s bane, colchicum.

=tuer=, _v.a._, to kill, to slay, to slaughter, to butcher; to kill, to tire to death, to be the death of; to while away. _— des bœufs_; to slaughter oxen. _— le temps_; to kill time. _Se faire —_; to get killed, to expose one’s life.

_se_ =tuer=, _v.r._, to kill one’s self, to make away with one’s self, to commit suicide; (fig.) to wear one’s self out. _Se — de peine_; to work one’s self to death.

=tuer=, _v.n._, to kill, to be baneful (to); to tire, to be irksome.

=tuerie= (tû-rî), _n.f._, slaughter, massacre, butchery, carnage; slaughter-house.

_à_ =tue-tête=, _adv._, (of shouting and quarreling) with all one’s might, as loud as one can, at the top of one’s voice.

=tueur=, _n.m._, killer, slayer. _— de gens_; bully, braggart.

=tuf=, _n.m._, (min.) tuff, tufa.

=tufacé=, =-e=, _adj._, (min.) tufaceous.

=tuffeau=, _n.m._, (min.) tuff, tufa.

=tufi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, tufaceous.

=tuile=, _n.f._, tile. _— faîtière_; crest-tile; ridge-tile. _— en S_; pantile. _— de Guienne_; gutter-tile. _— vernissée_; glazed tile; (fig.) blow; hard luck, mishap.

=tuileau=, _n.m._, broken tile, shard.

=tuilerie= (tuil-rî), _n.f._, tile-works, tile-fields. _Les —s_; Tuileries, a palace in Paris.

=tuilier=, _n.m._, tile-maker.

=tulipe=, _n.f._, (bot.) tulip.

=tulipier=, _n.m._, (bot.) tulip-tree.

=tulle=, _n.m._, tulle, net.

=tulliste=, _n.m.f._, tulle-maker.

=tuméfaction=, _n.f._, (med.) tumefaction.

=tuméfier=, _v.a._, (med., surg.) to tumefy.

_se_ =tuméfier=, _v.r._, (med., surg.) to tumefy.

=tumeur=, _n.f._, tumor. _pl._, (vet.) warbles.

=tumulaire=, _adj._, of the grave, sepulchral. _Pierre —_; tombstone.

=tumulte=, _n.m._, tumult, uproar, riot, hubbub, confusion.

=tumultuaire=, _adj._, tumultuary; against the law.

=tumultuairement= (-èr-mān), _adv._, in a tumultuary manner.

=tumultueusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, tumultuously.

=tumultueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, tumultuous, riotous.

=tumulus= (-lus), _n.m._, tumulus, barrow; cairn; mound (burial-place).

=tungstène=, _n.m._ (_n.p._), (chem.) tungsten.

=tunique=, _n.f._, tunic; (bot.) tunic; (anat.) tunic, coat, film; wall, coat (of the stomach); tunic (of the eye).

=tuniqué=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) tunicated.

=tunnel=, _n.m._, tunnel.

=tuorbe=, _n.m._ _V._ =téorbe=.

=turban=, _n.m._, turban. _Prendre le —_; to turn Mahometan.

=turbine=, _n.f._, (mec.) turbine.

=turbiné=, =-e=, _adj._, turbinate, turbinated.

=turbinite=, _n.f._, (conch.) turbinite, turbite.

=turbith=, _n.m._, (pharm.) turbith, turpeth. _— minéral_; turpeth mineral, subsulphate of mercury.

=turbot=, _n.m._, (ich.) turbot.

=turbotière= (ti-è-r), _n.f._, turbot-kettle.

=turbotin=, _n.m._, (ich.) young turbot.

=turbulemment= (-la-mān), _adv._, turbulently.

=turbulence=, _n.f._, turbulence, wildness.

=turbulent=, =-e=, _adj._, turbulent, noisy; rude, wild (of children).

=turc=, _n.m._, Turk; wood-worm. _Se faire —_; to turn Turk.

=tur-c=, =-que=, _adj._, Turkish.

=turcie=, _n.f._, (l.u.) dike, embankment.

=turcisme=, _n.m._, Turcism.

=turco=, _n.m._ (_—s_), turco (Algerian soldier).

=turcoin=, _n.m._, mohair.

=turelure= (tur-lur), _n.f._, tol de rol, fol de rol, words (burden of a song). _C’est toujours la même —_; it is always the same thing over and over again.

=turf=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) turf.

=turfiste=, _n.m._, turfite.

=turgescence=, _n.f._, turgescence, turgidness.

=turgescent=, =-e=, _adj._, turgid, turgescent.

=turlupin=, _n.m._, punster; sorry jester.

=turlupinade=, _n.f._, sorry jesting; bad joke.

=turlupiner=, _v.n._, to pun (badly).

=turlupiner=, _v.a._, to laugh at, to turn into ridicule, to jeer (at), to banter, to provoke.

=turlurette=, _n.f._, kind of guitar (in use in the 14th century).

=turlut=, _n.m._, (orni.) titlark.

=turlututu!= _int._, hush! hush!

=turlututu=, _n.m._, (bot.) reed-pipe.

=turnep= (-nèp), _n.m._, field-turnip.

=turpitude=, _n.f._, turpitude, baseness, vileness, filthy language. _Dire des —s_; to tell filthy stories.

=turque=, _n.f._, Turkish woman.

=turquette=, _n.f._, (bot.) rupture-wort.

=turquin=, _adj._, dark (of blue); deep blue.

=turquoise=, _n.f._, turquoise.

=tussilage=, _n.m._, (bot.) colt’s-foot, horse-foot.

=tutélaire=, _adj._, tutelary, protecting, guardian.

=tutelle=, _n.f._, (jur.) tutelage, guardianship, protectorship; committeeship (of lunatics). _Enfants en —_; children under the care of a guardian, minors.

=tut-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, (jur.) guardian, trustee; protector; (hort.) prop.

=tutie= (-tî), _n.f._, (chem.) tutty.

=tutoiement= _or_ =tutoîment= (-toa-mān), _n.m._, theeing and thouing, saying thou and thee.

=tutoyer=, _v.a._, to thee and thou.

_se_ =tutoyer=, _v.r._, to thee and thou each other; to be on familiar terms.

=tutrice=, _n.f._ _V._ =tuteur=.

=tuyau=, _n.m._, pipe, tube, tunnel, funnel; barrel (of a quill); stalk (of corn); stalk, stem (of feathers); nozzle (of bellows, of candlesticks); shank, stem (of tobacco-pipes); goffering (of frills, etc.). _— aspirant_; suction pipe. _— atmospherique_; vacuum-pipe. _— de conduite_; delivery-pipe. _— de dégagement de la vapeur_; waste steam-pipe. _— d’embranchement_; branch-pipe. _— de trop-plein_; waste-pipe. _— de descente_; stack-pipe. _— de la cheminée_; flue of the chimney. _— de cheminée_; chimney flue.

=tuyautage=, _n.m._, goffering, quilling, fluting.

=tuyauter=, _v.a._, to goffer, to frill, to plate (frills, linen, etc.).

=tuyauterie= (tui-io-trî), _n.f._, system of pipes; pipe-store; pipe-trade.

=tuyère= (tu-iè-r), _n.f._, tue-iron; tewel; blast-pipe.

=tympan=, _n.m._, (anat.) tympanum; drum of the ear; (print., arch., mec.) tympan; spandrel (of bridges).

=tympaniser=, _v.a._, (fam.) to run down, to inveigh against, to decry, to lampoon, to traduce.

=tympanite=, _n.f._, tympanite, tympany; wind (in horses).

=tympanon=, _n.m._, (mus.) dulcimer.

=type=, _n.m._, type, model; symbol; emblem; standard, character; (astron.) plan drawing; (print.) type. _C’est un véritable —_; (fig.) he is quite a character. _Quel — d’homme!_ what a character!

=typha=, _n.m._, (bot.) reed-mace, Indian grass.

=typhoïde=, _adj._, (med.) typhoid, typhus.

=typhon=, _n.m._, (phys.) water-spout; typhoon.

=typhus= (-fus), _n.m._, (med.) typhus, typhus fever, camp-fever, gaol-fever. _— du gros bétail_; cattle-plague.

=typique=, _adj._, typic, typical, emblematic, emblematical, symbolical.

=typographe=, _n.m._, typographer, printer.

=typographie=, _n.f._, typography; printing; printing-office.

=typographique=, _adj._, typographical. _Caractères —s_; printing-type.

=typographiquement= (-fik-mān), _adv._, typographically.

=tyran=, _n.m._, tyrant, despot, oppressor. _Cette femme est un vrai —_; that woman is a regular shrew.

=tyranneau= (-ra-nô), _n.m._, petty tyrant.

=tyrannicide= (-ra-ni-), _n.m._, tyrannicide.

=tyrannie= (-ra-nî), _n.f._, tyranny, oppression. _S’affranchir de la —_; to free one’s self from tyranny; to throw off the yoke of tyranny.

=tyrannique=, _adj._, tyrannical.

=tyranniquement= (-ra-nik-mān), _adv._, tyrannically.

=tyranniser= (-ra-ni-), _v.a._, to tyrannize (over), to oppress.

=tyrolienne=, _n.f._, mountain song (dance _or_ waltz popular in the Tyrol).

=tzar=, _n.m._ _V._ =czar=.

=tzigane=, _n.m.f._, gypsy (Hungarian).

U

=u=, _n.m._, the twenty-first letter of the alphabet, u.

=ubiquiste= (-kuist), _n.m._, (ecc. hist.) Ubiquist.

=ubiquitaire= (-kui-), _n.m._, (ecc. hist.) Ubiquitarian, Ubiquitary. _adj._, ubiquitous, omnipresent.

=ubiquité= (-kui-), _n.f._, ubiquity.

=udomètre=, _n.m._, (phys.) udometer, pluviometer, rain-gauge.

=uhlan=, _n.m._, (_—s_) uhlan (German lancer).

=ukase=, _n.m._, ukase (edict of the Emperor of Russia).

=ulcération=, _n.f._, (med.) ulceration.

=ulcère=, _n.m._, ulcer.

=ulcéré=, =-e=, _part._, (med.) ulcerated, gangrened; (fig.) embittered, full of deep resentment, cankered.

=ulcérer=, _v.a._, to ulcerate; (fig.) to exasperate, to embitter, to provoke, to incense.

_s’_=ulcérer=, _v.r._, (med.) to ulcerate, to exulcerate.

=ulcéreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) ulcerous.

=uléma=, _n.m._, (_—s_) ulema (in Turkey a doctor of law).

=ulex=, _n.m._, (bot.) ulex, whin, gorse.

=uligineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) uliginous.

=ulmaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) common meadow-sweet.

=ulmine=, _n.f._, (chem.) ulmine.

=ulmique=, _adj._, (chem.) ulmic. _Acide —_; ulmic acid.

=ultérieur=, =-e=, _adj._, ulterior, subsequent; further.

=ultérieurement= (-eur-mān), _adv._, subsequently, later, beyond, further, besides.

=ultimatum= (-to-m), _n.m._, (_—s_) ultimatum.

=ultra=, _n.m._, (_—s_) ultra (person of violent opinions).

=ultraïsme=, _n.m._, ultraism.

=ultra-mondain=, =-e= (-dīn, -dè-n), _adj._, ultra-mundane.

=ultramontain=, =-e= (-tīn, -tè-n), _n._ and _adj._, ultramontane; tramontane.

=ultramontanisme=, _n.m._, ultramontanism.

=ultrazodiacal=, _adj._, (astron.) ultrazodiacal (applied to those planets, the orbit of which is not limited to the width of the zodiac).

=ululation=, _n.f._, ululation; howling, hooting.

=ululer=, _v.n._, to ululate, to hoot, to howl.

=umble=, _n.m._, (ich.) umber, char _or_ charr, grayling.

=un=, _n.m._, one; unit.

=un=, =-e=, _pron._, one. _— pour cent_; one per cent. _L’— vaut l’autre_; one is as good as the other. _L’— après l’autre_; one after another. _— à —_; one by one. _Les —s disent oui, les autres disent non_; some say yes, the others say no. _L’— ou l’autre_; either, the one or the other. _L’— et l’autre_; both. _Les —s et les autres_; all, all together. _Ni l’— ni l’autre_; neither the one nor the other, neither. _L’— portant l’autre_; (taking) one with another, on an average. _En donner d’—e à quelqu’un_; to take any one in. _N’en faire ni —e ni deux_; to make no bones about; not to hesitate, to decide there and then. _C’est tout —_; it matters not, it is all one.

=un=, =-e=, _art._, a, an, any.

=un=, =-e=, _adj._, one. _Sur les —e heure_; about one o’clock.

=unanime=, _adj._, unanimous.

=unanimement= (-nim-mān), _adv._, unanimously.

=unanimité=, _n.f._, unanimity.

=unau=, _n.m._, (mam.) sloth.

=unciale= (ōn-), _adj.f._ _V._ =onciale=.

=undécennal=, =-e=, _adj._, undecennial.

=unguis= (on-gu-iss), _n.m._, (anat.) unguis.

=unguiculé=, =-e=, _adj._, unguiculate, unguiculated.

=uni=, =-e=, _adj._, united; smooth, even, level; plain, simple, unaffected; uniform. _Chemin —_; level road. _Du linge —_; plain linen. ☉_À l’—_, _adv._, level. _Etoffe —e_; plain material. _Les Etats —s_; The United States.

=unicorne=, _n.m._, unicorn; sea-unicorn, narwhal, narwal.

=unième=, _adj._, first. [Only used in _vingt et —_, _trente et —_, etc.; 21st, 31st, etc.]

=unièmement= (-èm-mān), _adv._, firstly. [Only used when preceded by 20, 30, 40, etc.]

=unification=, _n.f._, unification, amalgamation.

=unifier=, _v.a._, to amalgamate, to unite.

=uniflore=, _adj._, (bot.) uniflorous.

=uniforme=, _adj._, uniform. _D’—_; regimental.

=uniforme=, _n.m._, uniform; uniform, regimentals. _Quitter l’—_; to quit the service. _Grand —_; full-dress uniform.

=uniformément=, _adv._, uniformly.

=uniformité=, _n.f._, uniformity.

=unilatéral=, _adj._, (bot.) unilateral; (of contracts) binding on one party only.

=uniloculaire=, _adj._, (bot.) unilocular.

=uniment=, _adv._, evenly, even, smoothly; plainly, simply. _Tout —_; simply, plainly, and no more.

=uninominal=, =-e=, _adj._, of one name.

=union=, _n.f._, union, conjunction; concord, agreement, harmony, blending, mixture; (jur.) deed of agreement; (jur.) concurrence.

=unionisme=, _n.m._, unionism.

=unipare=, _adj._, uniparous.

=unipersonnel=, =-le=, _adj._, (gram.) unipersonal, impersonal.

=unique=, _adj._, only, sole; single, unique; matchless, unrivaled; unparalleled, unprecedented; odd, singular. _Fils —_; only son.

=uniquement= (u-nik-mān), _adv._, only, solely; above the rest; above all things.

=unir=, _v.a._, to unite, to join, to combine; to smooth, to level, to plane, to make smooth; to pair.

_s’_=unir=, _v.r._, to unite, to be united, to join together, to coalesce.

=unisexué=, =-e= (-ni-cèksué), _or_ =unisexuel=, =-le= (-ni-cèksu-èl), _adj._, (bot.) unisexual.

=unisson=, _n.m._, (mus.) unison, keeping, harmony, concert. _Deux cordes à l’—_; two strings in unison. _À l’—_; in unison, in concert.

=unitaire=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, Unitarian.

=unitarisme=, _n.m._, unitarianism.

=unité=, _n.f._, unity, unit; unity, concord, agreement.

=uniti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (theol.) of pure love.

=univalve=, _adj._, (bot., conch.) univalve, univalvular.

=univers=, _n.m._, universe.

=universaliser=, _v.a._, to make universal.

=universalité=, _n.f._, universality, generality.

=universaux=, _n.m.pl._ of =universel=, _n._, _q.v._

=universel=, =-le=, _adj._, universal; residuary sole (of legatees).

=universel=, _n.m._, (_universaux_) (log.) predicable, universal.

=universellement= (-sèl-mān), _adv._, universally, generally.

=universitaire=, _adj._, of, _or_ belonging to, the university; academic.

=université=, _n.f._, university.

=univocation=, _n.f._, univocation.

=univoque=, _adj._, univocal.

=upas= (u-pâs), _n.m._, (bot.) poison-tree, bohun upas.

=urane= _or_ =uranium= (-nio-m), _n.f._, (min.) uranite, uranium.

=uranie=, (astron.) Urania; (bot.) traveler’s tree.

=uranographie=, _n.f._, uranography.

=uranographique=, _adj._, uranographic, uranographical.

=uranoscope=, _n.m._, (ich.) uranoscopus.

=uranus= (-nus), _n.m._, (astron.) Uranus, (Georgium Sidus).

=urate=, _n.m._, (chem.) urate.

=urbain=, =-e= (-bin, -bè-n), _adj._, urban.

=urbaine=, _n.f._, hackney carriage (sort of).

=urbains=, _n.m.pl._, townspeople.

=urbanité=, _n.f._, urbanity.

=urcéolé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) urceolate.

=ure=, =aurochs=, _or_ =urus=, _n.m._, (mam.) ure, ure-ox, urus.

=urédo=, _n.m._, (bot.) uredo.

=urée=, _n.f._, (chem.) urea.

=uretère=, _n.m._, (anat.) ureter.

=urètre= _or_ =urèthre=, _n.m._, (anat.) urethra.

=urgence=, _n.f._, urgency. _D’—_; urgent, immediate; in case of urgency.

=urgent=, =-e=, _adj._, urgent, cogent, pressing.

=urinaire=, _adj._, urinary.

=urinal=, _n.m._, urinal.

=urine=, _n.f._, urine, chamber-lye; stale (of animals).

=uriner=, _v.n._, to urine, to make water; to stale (of animals).

=urineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, urinous.

=urinoir=, _n.m._, urinary, urinal.

=urique=, _adj._, (chem.) uric.

=urne=, _n.f._, urn; ballot-box. _— de scrutin_ or _— électorale_; ballot-box.

=ursuline=, _n.f._, Ursuline nun, Ursuline.

=urticaire=, _n.f._, (med.) urticaria, nettle-rash.

=urtication=, _n.f._, (surg.) urtication.

=urticées=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) nettle tribe, urticaceæ.

=urus=, _n.m._ _V._ =ure=.

=us=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) used only in; _un savant en —_; a man learned in Latin; Latin scholar.

=us= (us), _n.m.pl._, (_n.s._) usage, use, way. _Les — et coutumes_; the ways and customs.

=usage=, _n.m._, custom, practice, use, usage; wear (of clothes). _pl._, church-books. _L’— le veut ainsi_; custom will have it so. _Cela est hors d’—_; that’s out of use. _Mettre une chose en —_; to use a thing. _Hors d’—_; obsolete. _Peu en —_; little used. _Mettre tout en —_; to spare no pains, to use every endeavor. _L’— du monde_; knowledge of the world; ways of the world. _Avoir de l’—_; to have manners, a certain breeding.

=usager=, _n.m._, (jur.) commoner.

=usance=, _n.f._, (com.) usance. _À l’—_; at usance.

=usante=, _adj.f._, (jur.) (of spinsters) making use of, using.

=usé=, =-e=, _adj._, worn out, threadbare; stale, common, trite, hackneyed. _Conte —_; stale story.

=user=, _v.n._, to use, to make use of. _— de violence_; to use violence. _— de douceur_; to use gentle means. _En — bien avec quelqu’un_; to use, _or_ treat, any one well. _En — mal avec quelqu’un_; to use, _or_ treat, any one ill. _En — bien_, _en — mal_; to make a good, _or_ bad, use of.

=user=, _v.a._, to use, to consume; to wear out, to wear off; to use up, to spend, to waste; to wear away; to wear down; (surg.) to eat off, to consume. _— des souliers_; to wear out shoes. _— ses yeux_; to impair one’s sight (by reading, etc.).

_s’_=user=, _v.r._, to wear out; to be worn out, to be used, to be consumed; to waste, to decay; to be spent.

=user=, _n.m._, wear, service. _Ce drap est d’un bon —_; this cloth wears well. _On ne connaît les gens qu’à l’—_; (fig.) it takes time to know people. _Être bon à l’—_; to improve on acquaintance.

=usine=, _n.f._, works, mills, manufactory, factory.

=usinier=, _n.m._, manufacturer, mill-owner.

=usité=, =-e=, _adj._, usual; customary; used, in use. _Ce mot n’est guère —_; that word is seldom used.

=usquebac= (us-kĕ-bak), _n.m._, usquebaugh (spirits).

=ustensile=, _n.m._, utensil; tool, implement. _—s de cuisine_; kitchen utensils.

=ustion= (u-sti-on), _n.f._, ustion, combustion.

=usuel=, =-le=, _adj._, usual, customary, ordinary, common.

=usuellement= (-èl-mān), _adv._, usually, customarily.

=usufructuaire=, _adj._, (jur.) usufructuary.

=usufruit=, _n.m._, (jur.) usufruct, use.

=usufruiti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._ (-tié, -tiè-r), usufructuary, tenant for life.

=usufruit-ier=, =-ière=, _adj._, (jur.) usufructuary.

=usuraire=, _adj._, usurious.

=usurairement= (-rèr-mān), _adv._, usuriously.

=usure=, _n.f._, usury, unlawful interest; wearing, wear, wear and tear. _Prêter à —_; to lend upon usury. _Rendre avec —_; to return with interest.

=usuri-er= (-rié), _n.m._, =-ère= (-riè-r), _n.f._, usurer.

=usurpat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, usurper.

=usurpation=, _n.f._, usurpation, encroachment.

=usurper=, _v.a._ and _n._, to usurp; to encroach.

=ut= (ut), _n.m._, (mus.) ut, do, C.

=utérin=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) uterine; (jur.) uterine, on the mother’s side.

=utérins=, _n.m.pl._, (jur.) brothers of the half blood, by the same venter; brothers and sisters of the half blood, by the same venter.

=utérus= (-rus), _n.m._, womb, matrix, uterus.

=utile=, _adj._, useful, of use, advantageous; expedient, proper, due, beneficial; profitable, serviceable; subservient. _En temps —_; in proper, _or_ due, _or_ good, time.

=utile=, _n.m._, utility, usefulness. _Joindre l’— à l’agréable_; to combine utility and pleasure.

=utilement= (u-til-mān), _adv._, usefully, profitably, beneficially, advantageously.

=utiliser=, _v.a._, to find use for, to turn to account, to make use of, to avail one’s self of. _S’—_, to be utilized.

=utilitaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, utilitarian.

=utilité=, _n.f._, utility, use, usefulness, benefit, profit, service, avail, advantage, purpose; (thea.) utility (actor). _But d’—_; purpose, useful end.

=utopie=, _n.f._, utopia.

=utopique=, _adj._, utopian.

=utopiste=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, utopist; utopian.

=utricule=, _n.m._, utricle.

=utriculé=, =-e=, _adj._, utricular.

=uvée=, _n.f._, (anat.) uvea.

=uvelte=, _n.f._, (bot.) sea-grape.

=uviforme=, _adj._, uviform, grape-shaped.

=uvulaire=, _adj._, (anat.) uvular.

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