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
unilateral descent
Noun
line of descent traced through one side of the family
uncus
Noun
(biology) any hook-shaped process or part
ungradable opposition
Noun
an opposition that has no intermediate grade
undecagon
Noun
an eleven-sided polygon
upper bound
Noun
(mathematics) a number equal to or greater than any other number in a given set
ubiety
Noun
the state of existing and being localized in space
ubiquity
Noun
the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)
ubiquitousness
Noun
the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)
ultimacy
Noun
the state or degree of being ultimate
ultimateness
Noun
the state or degree of being ultimate
umbra
Noun
a region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light
unemployment
Noun
the state of being unemployed or not having a job
unanimity
Noun
everyone being of one mind
unbalance
Noun
a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
unbalance
Noun
a state of mental disturbance and disorientation
unbalance
Verb
derange mentally, throw out of mental balance
unbalance
Verb
throw out of balance or equilibrium
undernourishment
Noun
not having enough food to develop or function normally
ulatrophia
Noun
recession of the gums
unwellness
Noun
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism