Too much apparatus, designed to guide us in our experiments and to supplement the exactness of our senses, makes us neglect to use those senses. — from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
mangunguut ug nahibalu ta ug
Misúka na ang mangunguut ug nahibalu ta ug kinsay íyang kaúban, The pickpocket squealed and we know who his companions were. n vomit, the contents expelled from the stomach. — kalíbang n intestinal disorder of vomiting combined with diarrhea. — from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
monogamy Uncorn n the unicorn
above: adv. above Ud, n. a howl, a yell; a blast Udfa, n. a howling, a yelling Udgan, n. a sound of a trumpet Udganiad, n. the act of sounding a trumpet Udganu, v. to sound a trumpet Udgorn, n. a trumpet Udiad, n. a howling, a yelling Udlef, n. a howling voice Udo, v. to howl, to yell Udol, a. howling, yelling Udon, n. a solemn cry Udoniad, n. an imprecation Udoniaeth, n. imprecation Udd, n. what is over; a chief Uf, n. what is over or spread Ufelai, n. oxygen Ufelier, n. what flames out Ufelu, v. to generate fire Ufelyddiad, n. ignition Ufell, a humble, obsequous Ufudd, a. humble, obedient Ufudd-dod, n. obedience Ufuddgar, a. obsequous, meek Ufuddâd, n. humiliation Ufuddâu, v. to obey, to be humble Ufuddoldeb, n. humbleness Uffarn, n. the ankle Uffern, n. hell, hades Uffernol, a. infernal, hellish Ug, n. what is enveloping Ugain, Ugaint, a twenty Ugeinfed, a. twentieth Ugeinplyg, a. twenty-fold Ul, n. what is humid; closeness, a. damp; close, muggy Ulai, a. hydrogen Uliad, n. a making damp; a growing muggy Uliar, n. a plegmatic habit Ulo, v. to damp; to smother; to become close or muggy; to heat with dampness Ulw, Ulwyn, n. ashes, cinders Ull, n. what is abrupt or quick Ullda, n. a crazy one, a fickle one, an oaf Ulliad, n. a sudden driving Un, n. an individual, one: a. one; identical, same Unad, n. a making one, union Unarbymtheg, a. sixteen Unarddeg, a. eleven Unben, Unbeniad, n. a monarch: sir Unbenaethol, Unbenol, a. monarchical Unbriodas, n. monogamy Uncorn, n. the unicorn Undad, a. of the same father Undeb, n. unity; concord Undeg, a. eleven — from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards
So eager were the friends to see it that they could not journey fast enough to satisfy themselves, and from morning until night they urged each other on. — from The Story-teller by Maud Lindsay
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