ULE
U"le, n. Etym: [Sp.] (Bot.)
Defn: A Mexican and Central American tree (Castilloa elastica and C. Markhamiana) related to the breadfruit tree. Its milky juice contains caoutchouc. Called also ule tree.
ULEMA U*le"ma, n. Etym: [Ar. 'ulema the wise or learned men, pl. of 'alim wise, learned, fr. alima to know.]
Defn: A college or corporation in Turkey composed of the hierarchy, namely, the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or doctors of law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice.
ULEXITE
U"lex*ite, n. Etym: [After a German chemist.] (Min.)
Defn: A mineral occurring in white rounded crystalline masses. It is a hydrous borate of lime and soda.
ULIGINOSE; ULIGINOUS U*lig"i*nose`, U*lig"i*nous, a. Etym: [L. uliginosus, fr. uligo, - inis, moisture, fr. uvere to be moist.]
Defn: Muddy; oozy; slimy; also, growing in muddy places. [R.]
Woodward.
ULLAGE Ul"lage (; 48), n. Etym: [OF. eullage, ovillage, the filling up of a cask, fr. ouillier, oillier, euillier, to fill a wine cask; properly, to add oil to prevent evaporation, as to a flask that is nearly full, fr. OF. oile oil. See Oil.] (Com.)
Defn: The amount which a vessel, as a cask, of liquor lacks of being full; wantage; deficiency.