Uniat 
II. it. Of or pertaining to the Uniats. .7. A/. 
\ml< , K;i-trrii Clinrcli, i. 56. 
uniauriculate (u"ni-a-rik'u-lat), a. [< L. H n us. 
one, + auricula, ear- SIM- ouriMiafc.] Having 
one ear-like process or auricular formation, an a 
bivalve: as, the iniiaurirulatr :in<l hiauriculate 
hammer-shells of the genus Miillt us. 
Ifmaurieulate animals, the gastropods. Rotriter. 
uniaxal (ii-ni-tik'yal),<i.und H. Sameasunuma/. 
uniaxally (u-ni-aki'sal-i), adv. Same as unuu-i- 
allu. 
uniaxial (u-ni-ak'si-al), a. and n. [< L. nuns. 
, + axis, axis: see axial.] I. o. 1. Having 
hut one optirul axiSj or axis of double refrac- 
tion. Iceland spar is a wuiucial crystal. See 
n-friu'tiiiH, and cut under interference. 2. In 
biol., having one main axis to which the other 
axes are subordinate ; growing lengthwise. 
3. In hot., having a single axis, as when the 
primary stem of a plant does not branch and 
terminates in a flower. 4. Mouaxon, as a 
sponge-spieule. 
II. n. A uniaxial crystal 
Also uniajcal. 
uniaxially (u-ni-ak'si-al-i), adv. So as to be 
or become uniaxial ; iu"a uniaxial manner: as, 
to grow uniaxially. 
unibasal (u-ni-ba'sal), a. Having but a single 
basal. 
Pectoral fins, unltatat type. Amtr. Nat., Hay, 1890 
unible (u'ni-bl), . [= Sp. unible = It. univile, 
< L. unire, unite: see unite."] Capable of being 
unified; that may be made one. [Rare.] 
As I said before, either souls are partible substances or 
not ; if not partible, how are they unMr > 
Baxter, Dying Thoughts. 
unibranchiate (u-ni-brang'ki-at), a. [< L. unus, 
one, + brancliiir, gills: see branchiate.] Hav- 
ing but one gill. 
unict (u'nik), . [< L. unicus, one only, < unus, 
one, = E. one. see one. Cf. unique.] A thing 
which is the only one of its kind; a unique 
thing. 
Sir Charles Mordaunt's gold medal, mean as it is in 
workmanship, is extremely curious, and may be termed 
an I'm'i; being the only one of the kind that has come to 
our knowledge. Archaol., III. 374 (1774). (Davict.) 
unicameral (u-ni-kam'e-ral), a. [< L. untis, one, 
+ camera, a chamber, "+"-?.] Consisting of a 
single chamber: said of a legislative body. 
No one attempt at introducing the unicameral system 
in larger countries [than the Italian Republics of the 
middle ages] has succeeded. 
Creasy, On the English Constitution, p. 179. 
unicamerate (u-ni-kam'e-rat), a. [< L. unus, 
one, + camera, & chamber, + -ate 1 .] Having 
one chamber or loculus ; unilocular. 
unicapsular (u-ci-kap'su-lar), a. [< L. unus, 
one, + capsula, capsule, 4- -r 2 .] Haying a 
single capsule; specifically, monocyttarian, as 
a radiolarian. 
unicarinate (u-ni-kar'i-nat), a. [< L. unus, one, 
+ carina, keel, -I- ^flte 1 .] Same as unicarinated. 
unicarinated (u-ni-kar'i-na-ted), a. [< unicari- 
nate + -e(ft.] Having but one ridge or keel. 
unicellate (u-ni-sel'at), a. [< L. unus, one, + 
cella, a cell, + -ate 1 -.] One-pronged,as a sponge- 
spicule. 
unicelled (u'ni-seld), a. [As unicell(ate) + -erf 2 .] 
Unicellular. 
unicellular (u-ni-sel'u-liir), a. [< L. unus, one, 
+ cellula, a cell, + -or 2 .'} Consisting of a sin- 
gle cell, as some infusoriaus and some crypto- 
gams ; pertaining to or exhibiting only a single 
cell, as most of the protozoan animals and pro- 
tophytie plants, and the undeveloped ova of all 
meta/.oan animals. Most unicellular structured or or- 
ganisms HIT microscopic, but many attain considerable 
size, preserving their unicellular state notwithstanding 
the addition of adventitious protoplasmic material, as the 
eggs of birds or reptiles. .See cut under Protocwcu*. Also 
manocelhtlar Unicellular anlmala, the Protozoa. 
unicentral (li-ni-sen'tral), </. [< L. unus, one, + 
i-i-ii/rniii, center, + -at."] Having a single cen- 
ter (of growth), as an animal ; proceeding from 
a center in all directions, as growth or develop- 
ment. H. Spencer, Prin. of Biol., I. 134. 
unichord (u'ni-kord), n. Same as monochord. 
uniciliate (u-ni-sil'i-at), . [< L. units, one, + 
NL. cilitim + -ate 2 .] J, Having one ciliuni; 
uniflagellate. Micros. So., XXIX. 348. 2. In 
/ml., having one cilium or hair-like process: as, 
:i Hiiiriliiitr luicterium. 
uniciliated (li-ni-siri-a-ted), a. Same as IIHI- 
I'iliatr. 
unicism (u'ni-sizin), . In nied., the doctrine 
that there is but one venereal virus producing 
chancre, as opposed to dualism, which teaches 
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that there are two forms of venereal ulcer, due 
to the action of distinct specific poisons, one 
being followed by syphilis and the other not. 
unicist (u'ni-sist), . In mi-il.. a lirliever in uni- 
eism. 
unicity (u-nis'i-ti), n. [< L. uiiiciw, one only 
(see uiiic, unique) unus, one), + -ity.] 1. 
The state of being unique ; uniqueness. [Hare.] 
2. The state of being in unity, or of being 
united into one. De (Juincey. [Kare.] 
uniclinal (u-ni-kli'nal), . [< L. wins, one, + 
Or. i&iveiv, slope, bend (see dine), + -al.] Same 
a inn, n, I'll, ml. 
unicolor, unicolour (u-ni-kul'or), a. [< L. - 
color, having one color, < unus, one, + color, 
color: see color.] Of but one color; whole- 
colored. Also unicolorous. 
unicolorate (u-ni-kul'or-at), a. [< unicolor + 
-atel.] Same as unieolor. 
unicolored, unicoloured (u-ni-kul'ord), o. [< 
unicolor + -erf 2 .] Same as unicolor. Ure, Diet., 
III. 849. 
unicolorous (u-ni-kul'or-us), o. [< unicolor + 
-ous.] Same as unicolor. 
Uniconchae (u-ni-kong'ke), n. pi. [NL. (La- 
i iville), < L. unus, one, + concha, a shell.] The 
univalve shells collectively. 
uniconstant (u-ni-kon'staut), a. Characterized 
or defined by one constant only. 
I ,:uni adopted the molecular theory which leads to imi- 
ctnutant Isotropy, but expresses his results by Inconstant 
formulas. Amer. Jour. Set'., XXXIX. 837. 
unicorn (u'ni-kora), M. [< ME. unicomc, uny- 
corne, < OP. (and P.) unicorne, < LL. unicornuus 
(also called monoceros, < Or. /jovoitepus), a fabu- 
lous one-horned animal, the unicorn, < L. uni- 
cornis, one-horned, < unus, one, + cornu, horn, 
= E. horn."] 1. A traditional or fabulous ani- 
mal, with a single long horn, the monoceros of 
classic writers, commonly described as a native 
of India, but in terms not certainly applicable 
to any known animal. It is supposed that one of 
the several large antelopes may have furnished the basis 
of fact of accounts, since the long straight or recurved 
horns viewed in profile would appear single. See def. 3. 
lu that Contre ben raanye white Olifantes with outen 
nombre, and of Unycornes, and of Lyouns of many 
maneres, and many of snche Bestes, that I have told be- 
fore, and of many other hydouse Besteu with onten nom- 
bre. Mandfrille, Travels, p. 298. 
The roots of Mandioca had almost killed them all, but 
by a peece of Vnicornet home they were presented. 
Purchat, Pilgrimage, p. 841. 
2. A mistranslation in the authorized version 
of the Bible (Deut. xxxiii. 17, and elsewhere) 
of the Hebrew word re 1 em . Tills named a two-horned 
animal, which has been supposed to be the urus. In the 
revised version the word is translated tcild-ox. 
3. In her., the representation of the fabulous 
animal used as a bearing. It is delineated as a 
horse, but with the tail of a lion and a long straight horn 
growing out of the forehead between the ears ; often the 
hoofs are represented as cloven. The actual animal most 
like this bearing is the gnu. 
4. The unicorn-fish, unicorn-whale, sea-uni- 
corn, or narwhal, whose enormously long single 
incisor tooth projects like a horn. See Mono- 
don, monoceros, 3. 5. The kamichi or horned 
screamer, Palamedea cornitta; the unicorn-bird. 
N. Grew. See cut under Palamedea. 6. A kind 
of beetle having a single long horn; a unicorn- 
beetle. Various large beetles literally answer to this 
definition, being unicomous. with a large single protho- 
racic horn. See Dynaxtts, ekptutnt-beetif, Herculen-beetle. 
7. In conch., a unicorn-shell. See cut under 
Monoceros. 8. A pair of horses with a third 
horse in front; also, the whole equipage. 
Let me drive you out some day In my unicorn. 
Jfwi Edffeworth, Belinda, xvll. 
9. A Scottish gold coin issued by James HI., 
James IV., and James V., having the figure of 
unideal 
unicorn-bird (u'ni-koru-berd), n. Same as MMI- 
eurn, 5. 
unicorneal (u-ni-kor'ne-al), a. [< L. unus, one, 
4- NL. i-nriiea, cornea, -f -<//.] Having but one 
coniea, as an ocellus or simple eye of an insist . 
The unicorneal ocelli are principally present in larval 
life. Clint, Zoology (trans.), p. 538. 
The narwhal. 
A North 
L.trv.1 of Unicorn-moth. 
Obverse. Rff 
Unicom. James 111. British Museum. (Size of original.) 
a unicorn on the obverse. Its standard weight 
was 58.89 grains troy, and it was current for 23 
shillings Scotch. 10. [cap.] In astron., the 
constellation Monoceros. 
unicorn-beetle (u'ni-korn-be'tl), . Same as 
itiin-tn'n, (j. 
unicorn-fish (u'ni-k6rn-fish), n. 
Src itnu-nrn. 4. 
unicorn-moth (u'ni-koni-mflth), . 
American bomby- 
cid moth, of the 
family Notiidonti- 
dte, Ctflodasyx uni- 
cornis : so called 
from the horn on 
the dorsum of the 
first abdominal 
segment of its 
larva. Also called 
unicorn prominent. 
unicornous (u-ni- 
k6r'nus), a. [< 
L. untcornig, one- 
horned: see uni- 
eorii.J 1. Having 
only one horn : as, unirornoiis beetles. Sir T. 
Browne, Vulg. Err., v. 19. 2. Extended into 
but one oviducal process, as a womb. See 
uterus unicornitt. 
unicorn-plant (u'ni-korn-plant), M. See Mar- 
ti/nia. 
unicorn-ropt (u'ni-k6rn-r8t), n. The blazing- 
star, Aletris farinosa. The false unicorn-root Is CAa- 
mxlirium Carolinianitin (Uelonvu dioica\ also called 
dfijU's-bit and drooping starwurt. Its root is difficult to 
distinguish from that of the former, and some medical 
virtues are also ascribed to It. Also unicorn' t-harn. 
unicorn-shell (u'ni-kdrn-shel), n. A gastropod 
of the family Muricidse, the lip of whose shell 
has one large spine like a horn, as of the genus 
Monoceros. See cut under Monoceros. 
unicorn's-horn (u'ni-kdmz-h6rn), n. Same as 
unicorn-root. 
unicornuted (u'ni-k6r-nu'ted), a. [< L. unus, 
one, + cornutus, horned: see cornute.] Deco- 
rated with one horn : said of a helmet or other 
object which usually has two horns. 
unicorn-whale (u'ni-k6rn-hwal), n. The nar- 
whal. See unicorn, 4. 
unicostate (u-ni-kos'tat), a. [< L. unus, one, + 
costa, a rib: see costate.] 1. Having but one 
rib; in 601*., noting those leaves which have one 
large vein running down the center, called the 
midrib. Those having more than one great di- 
vision are called multicostate. 2. In zool., hav- 
ing a single costa, rib, or nervure, as an insect's 
wing. 
unicotyledonous (u-ni-kot-i-le'don-us), . In 
bot., having one cotyledon ; monocotyledonous. 
unicursal (u-ni-ker sal), a. [< L. unus, one, + 
cursits, course : see course!."] On one path of a 
moving element Unicuraal curve, a curve which 
can be expressed as the locus of a point defined by ra- 
tional functions of a single parameter. Not every uni- 
partite curve is nniciirsal, because, though such a curve 
may be expressed in terms uf a single parameter, it may be 
only by means of an irrational function having hut oue 
real value ; but such curves are only of odd orders. A 
uuicursal curve may have several branches, owing to its 
passing through Infinity. 
unicuspid (u-ni-kus'pid), a. and . I. n. Hav- 
ing but one cusp, as an incisor or canine tooth ; 
unicuspidate : correlated with bicuspid and mul- 
ticusi>ia or pluricuspid. 
II. . A unicuspid tooth. 
unicuspidate (u-m-kus'pi-dat), a. [< L. unus, 
one, 4- cuspis (cuspid-), point: see cusp.] Uni- 
cuspid. W. H. Flower, Encyc. Brit., XV. 403. 
unicycle (u'ni-si-kl), n. [< L. unus, one, + Gr. 
Kt'KAof, wheel : see cycle.] A vehicle with only 
one wheel : a form of velocipede. 
unidactyl, unidactyle (u-ni-dak'til), a. and n. 
i< L.unux, one, + Gr.iaxTvAof, .digit: see dactul.] 
. a. Having a single (functional) digit, as the 
horse; monodactyl; unidigitate. 
II. n. A unidigitate or monodactyl animal. 
unidactylous (u-ni-dak'ti-lus), a. [< unidactyl 
+ -ous.] Same as unidactyl. 
unideaed (un-i-de'ad), a. Having no ideas or 
thoughts; not intelligent; senseless; frivolous. 
Pretty unidea'd girls . . . seem to form the beau Ideal 
of our whole sex In the works of some modern poets. 
Mrs. Hemant (Memorials by Chorley, i. 99). (Dana.) 
unideal (un-i-de'al), a, 1. Not ideal ; unimagi- 
native; realistic; material; coarse. 
This unideal character marks his style of writing, which 
Is commonly formal, stiff, and rather prim. 
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