Definition of uncle

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Uncle (n.) The brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative of aunt in sex, and of nephew and niece in relationship..

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Stem :: Stem (n.) A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry..
Filiform :: Filiform (a.) Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillae of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of AntennAe..
Pollute :: Pollute (v. t.) To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse..
Aunt :: Aunt (n.) The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.
Nautilus :: Nautilus (n.) The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata..
Sectiuncle :: Sectiuncle (n.) A little or petty sect.
Triflorous :: Triflorous (a.) Three-flowered; having or bearing three flowers; as, a triflorous peduncle..
Unclean :: Unclean (a.) Morally impure.
Immundicity :: Immundicity (n.) Uncleanness; filthness.
Profane :: Profane (a.) Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.
Impure :: Impure (a.) Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas..
Siphon :: Siphon (n.) The tubular organ through which water is ejected from the gill cavity of a cephaloid. It serves as a locomotive organ, by guiding and confining the jet of water. Called also siphuncle. See Illust. under Loligo, and Dibranchiata..
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids..
Gier-eagle :: Gier-eagle (n.) A bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. 18and Deut. xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)..
Lustration :: Lustration (n.) A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified..
Carunculous :: Carunculous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, a caruncle; furnished with caruncles..
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
Siphunculated :: Siphunculated (a.) Having a siphuncle.
Unclean :: Unclean (a.) Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.
Ceremonially :: Ceremonially (adv.) According to rites and ceremonies; as, a person ceremonially unclean..
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