Definition of u

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U () the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is a cursive form of the letter V, with which it was formerly used interchangeably, both letters being then used both as vowels and consonants. U and V are now, however, differentiated, U being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and V only as a consonant. The true primary vowel sound of U, in Anglo-Saxon, was the sound which it still retains in most of the languages of Europe, that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood, answering t

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Orchestration :: Orchestration (n.) The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral treatment of a composition; -- called also instrumentation.
Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up; as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest..
Statuelike :: Statueless (a.) Without a statue.
Dole :: Dole (n.) Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
Demise :: Demise (v. t.) To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath.
Heedless :: Heedless (a.) Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant.
Mayor :: Mayor (n.) The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge.
Verrucous :: Verrucous (a.) Verrucose.
Glome :: Glome (v. i.) To gloom; to look gloomy, morose, or sullen..
Annual :: Annual (n.) A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
Mullet :: Mullet (n.) Small pinchers for curling the hair.
Untraded :: Untraded (a.) Not dealt with in trade; not visited for purposes of trade.
Element :: Element (v. t.) To compound of elements or first principles.
Counter :: Counter (n.) An encounter.
Request :: Request (v. t.) To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence, or a favor..
Spine-finned :: Spined (a.) Furnished with spines; spiny.
Hogskin :: Hogskin (n.) Leather tanned from a hog's skin. Also used adjectively.
Subscribed :: Subscribable (a.) Capable of being subscribed.
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