Definition of union

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Union (n.) A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a device; especially, the flag of Great Britain..

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Fusion :: Fusion (v. t.) The union, or binding together, of adjacent parts or tissues..
Crispin :: Crispin (n.) A member of a union or association of shoemakers.
Agamogenesis :: Agamogenesis (n.) Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.
Unionism :: Unionism (n.) The sentiment of attachment to a federal union, especially to the federal union of the United States..
Unionistic :: Unionistic (a.) Of or pertaining to union or unionists; tending to promote or preserve union.
Tibiotarsus :: Tibiotarsus (n.) The large bone between the femur and tarsometatarsus in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the proximal part of the tarsus with the tibia.
Synchondrotomy :: Synchondrosis (n.) An immovable articulation in which the union is formed by cartilage.
Syntax :: Syntax (n.) Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism.
Impanation :: Impanation (a.) Embodiment in bread; the supposed real presence and union of Christ's material body and blood with the substance of the elements of the eucharist without a change in their nature; -- distinguished from transubstantiation, which supposes a miraculous change of the substance of the elements. It is akin to consubstantiation..
Triphthong :: Triphthong (n.) A combination of three vowel sounds in a single syllable, forming a simple or compound sound; also, a union of three vowel characters, representing together a single sound; a trigraph; as, eye, -ieu in adieu, -eau in beau, are examples of triphthongs..
Regeneration :: Regeneration (n.) The union of parts which have been severed, so that they become anatomically perfect; as, the regeneration of a nerve..
Nonunionist :: Nonunionist (n.) One who does not belong, or refuses to belong, to a trades union..
Albuminate :: Albuminate (n.) A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance..
Mordant :: Mordant (n.) Any substance, as alum or copperas, which, having a twofold attraction for organic fibers and coloring matter, serves as a bond of union, and thus gives fixity to, or bites in, the dyes..
Secede :: Secede (v. i.) To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire; especially, to withdraw from a political or religious body..
Metalepsis :: Metalepsis (n.) The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a different kind in one word..
Collectiveness :: Collectiveness (n.) A state of union; mass.
Column :: Column (n.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids..
Hermaphrodite :: Hermaphrodite (n.) An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helmi
Unionist :: Unionist (n.) One who advocates or promotes union; especially a loyal supporter of a federal union, as that of the United States..
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