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A nucleotide base and one member of the A-U (adenine-uracil) base pair in RNA. The other base pair in RNA is G-C (guanine-cytosine). Uracil takes the place in RNA that thymine (T) occupies in DNA.

Value - Buildings and construction industry term referring to insulation effectiveness of materials. See R-Value/U-Value.

for historical evolution, see V. Used punningly for you by 1588 ["Love's Labour's Lost," V.i.60], not long after the pronunciation shift that made the vowel a homonym of the pronou [..]

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Shorthand for the word "you." Commonly used on the internet by those of low intellect, or those who are much to lazy to type a three letter word.

The twenty-first letter of the english alphabet. If you didn't know that already, there must be something horribly wrong with you.

Short for "you". Used by people who are too lazy to make TWO FUCKIN' EXTRA KEYSTROKES. I imagine they all must look like that Jarred asshole, pre-Subway.

A worthless shortening of a three letter word.

A word fucking morons use instead of the word "you." VERY overly used.

The shorthand term for you. Usually used by illiterates with low IQ or intellect, or those who are incapable of typing out a three letter word.

U (Adjective/Noun/Verb/Religion) - pronounced (y-ooo) alternate pronunciations (yoop) - (eeeee y-ooooo) Derived from Soulja Boy's one-hit wonder "Crank Dat," by a group of cl [..]

A parody of other emoticons. Like people who abuse "LOL" "XD" and other emoticons/abbreviations, :u serves absolutely no purpose. In fact, it merely takes up space. [..]

The face somebody makes when they charge their laser or get read to do a light beam attack through their mouths.

this looks like homer simpsons mouth :U

U = IDK -: = 2k12 smiley face ;- = 2k12 Smiley face with a wink

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Sucking up

Sucking up to someone or some people to get something you want.

A face showing general surprise and/or shooping of one's whoop. Can be accompanied by a ! or ? to show either exclamation or questioning. Can also be made into an angry face with the addition [..]

Italian wedding invitation

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uncoupling proteins Proteins in the inner membrane of some mitochondria, including those in brown fat cells, which make that membrane very leaky to protons, resulting in decreased production of ATP and increased production of heat. Involved in body heat production and perhaps in some forms of obesity.

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Unicode A standard character set which uses two bytes or 16 bits to code each character. Compare it to ASCII, which uses only one byte or 8 bits per character. ASCII is limited to 256 characters, enou [..]

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Umbel:

(chiefly British) of or appropriate to the upper classes especially in language use uracil: a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with ade [..]

Understable

Unplayable a player can declare his ball unplayable at any time when it is in play (other than at a tee), and can drop the ball either within two club-lengths, or further from the hole in line with the hole and its current position, or where they played his last shot. A penalty of one stroke is applied.

GOLF TERMS LETTER U

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Upper armor.

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Ubo N cough

Election season, management style, and the metal fabricator

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An industry code indicating that the bulb can be operated in any position: horizontal, vertical (base up) or any other.

umbilical cord

abbreviation Definition: A short word for you. Word History: It's easy to spell.Example Sentence: Is that U?

The unique address identifying a resource accessible at a particular location on the Internet for routing purposes. The same resource, or different versions of it, may be available simultaneously at o [..]

U is the standard unit of measurement for rack-mounted equipment. Racks can be used to house servers, hard drives, switches, routers, and other computer hardware. They are also used for mounting audio [..]

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uvea, uveal tract (YU-vee-uh). Pigmented layers of the eye (iris, ciliary body, choroid) that contain most of the intraocular blood vessels.

Unbalanced

chemistry - the element uranium; quality assurance - EPA data validation code for undetected

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Urethane

UCOLL

Unconscionable conduct - behaviour considered to be unreasonably excessive, unfair or unjust.

Unsolicited Submission

Unstructured interview

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U is the standard unit of measurement for rack-mounted equipment. Racks can be used to house servers, hard drives, switches, routers, and other computer hardware. They are also used for mounting audio [..]

 

User-generated content (UGC):  A phrase that refers to all material created by ‘the public’, it could be comments on a blog post, videos uploaded to YouTube or any form of interaction on a company’s Facebook fan page and is seen as the mark of success on social. People talking about your brand, rather than your brand talking to people.

Underpricing

Upload: to add something, usually an image or file to a website or blog, from another source

 

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Unix, URL

 

(n) a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine(n) a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotope [..]

UAM   UARFCN   UART   UDP   UHDTV   ULP-AID   ULP-AMI   UMA   UMB   UMTS   UMTS Bands   UMTS500   UMTS900   UMTS Releases   Underlay   Unicasting   Uplink   Upstream   USB   UTRA   UTRAN   UWB   UWB i [..]

The symbol used to represent the labiality element. Labial consonants and rounded vowels contain this element.

UCVA See Uncorrected Visual Acuity.

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V virusesextremely small and simple microbes. They are nothing more than a small segment of DNA surrounded by a protective shell. Viruses cannot reproduce on their own, they must take over the normal [..]

V viruses extremely small and simple microbes. They are nothing more than a small segment of DNA surrounded by a protective shell. Viruses cannot reproduce on their own, they must take over the normal [..]

UCA

   [ Back To Top ] Undervoltage Negative change in amplitude of a voltage.

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nit of assessment (UOA)

U-Factor

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User Interface (UI) – User interface (UI) is the way that the user and computer system interact. User Experience (UX) –The nature of a user’s interaction with and perception of a system. User Space – The memory area of an operating system where application software executes.

coating. Liquid laminate bonded and cured with ultraviolet light.

Uni-directional rotating bezel

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UNDERLAP The condition of a spool and body in a servo valve or other spool valve wherein the spool is displaced a specified amount (the underlap) to expose two adjacent cavities to each other.

Uprate

UAHSS

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Upload

 

Unaccompanied IFRS

 This term is used to describe the size of the school. The scale ranges from U1 (1-50 students)  to U16 (2401+). Check the scale here. 

University Union (or “The Union”): Student center on campus—food, event space, student support offices, tutoring assistance, campus activities etc. are all located here.

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United Nations Conference on Environment and Development:

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un, uno, or una – one, as for example in the following entries

unconscious That part of our mental life that remains largely hidden from our direct awareness. The unconscious manifests desires and instincts that may be in conflict with social norms of behavior -- norms that may be accepted at a conscious level. The unconscious nevertheless affects our conscious thoughts and actions. Even when we think we are b [..]

udu drums - "Udu" means "pot". an oblong drum (or pot) made of clay. It has a hole on top that resonates the sound when the drum is struck with a hand. It generally makes a deep sound.

USB port (PC)

una corda – literally “one string”. On the piano, it means to depress the left pedal during performance. See also: “con sordino”, “tre corde”.

This page provides an alphabetical listing of some of the basic hiking, backpacking, mountaineering, camping, and archaeological terms that one might encounter while preparing for an adventure in canyon country. The definitions on these pages are meant only as a beginning, a point from which to get familiar as quickly as possible with the jargon of [..]

Underdog: The participant in a sporting event that is expected to lose. Often shortened to dog.

Unsharp Masking (USM):

Unbleached wheat flour: A flour that has been fully processed but that has not been through the bleaching process. It is a bit better for you since it lacks some chemical processing, but it is not whole grain.

Unclassified

 

Unauthorised absence – This occurs when the school has not given permission for the absence of a pupil. Where the reason for it cannot be established at registration, the absence shall be recorded as unauthorised. Any subsequent correction to the register recording absence as authorized shall be made in such a manner that the original entry and the [..]

You are standing into danger. See also: Signals. Search for Flag books on Amazon.co.uk

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U.S. Flag vessel A U.S. Flag vessel must be crewed by U.S. sailors, and owned and operated by a U.S. company

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Ultrasound examination

Uppsala Monitoring Centre

Urticaria-- The eruption of red marks on the skin that are usually accompanied by itching. This condition can be caused by an allergy (e.g. to food or drugs), stress, infection or physical agents (e.g [..]

Understory

UHTUltra Heat Treatment - used for certain foods such as Milk to prolong shelf life and make the product ambient stable

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Universal Life Insurance A type of life insurance that combines a death benefit with a savings element that accumulates tax deferred at current interest rates, subject to change, but with a guaranteed [..]

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html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel">Underboss: the second in command to the boss.

UCR

Unitarian Universalism

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UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite) - A satellite deployed (1991-2005) by NASA--using the shuttle Discovery--to study the chemistry in the upper atmosphere of Earth. Instruments on-board measur [..]

UTC

    ugli adj. "ugly," s.v. ugly a., adv., and sb. OED. KEY: ugli@adj

 

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U BurstIn solar-terrestrial terms, a fast radio burst spectrum of a flare. It has a U-shaped appear- ance in an intensity-vs.-frequency plot

 

unemployment rate Percentage of the labor force that is unemployed and actively seeking a job. For more information, see Bureau of Labor and Statistics.

UK Biobank – A national population study.

Ultimate Tensile Strength

V Variance – permission granted for a limited time under stated conditions for a person or company to operate outside the limits prescribed in a regulation

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Booking class - use varies depending upon airline

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ultraviolet light radiation having a wavelength shorter than wavelengths of visible light and longer than those of x-rays

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U.S. EPA

 

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UNACCOMPANIED BAGGAGE

Ultrasonic Thickness (UT) - Characterizing material thickness, integrity, or other physical properties by means of high-frequency sound waves.

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nique user ID

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Upselling

 

University of Maine Grant

 

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Upper Deck– Upper Deck is one of the biggest card manufacturer and second to Topps. They are widely known for breaking Topps monopoly on post war cards in 1989 and producing the Ken Griffey Jr. rookie [..]

TUBE MANOMETER - A U-shaped section of plastic or glass tubing that is partially filled with water or mercury. They are used to measure the lower pressure ranges of gases.

Universal Life Insurance A type of life insurance that combines a death benefit with a savings element that accumulates tax deferred at current interest rates, subject to change, but with a guaranteed minimum. Under a universal life insurance policy, the policyholder can increase or decrease his or her coverage, with limitations, without purchasing [..]

Ultrasound:

unload the single-shot...

wand, wang, wedding tackle, weenie, weenus, wee-wee, weiner, wet willy, whacker, whistle, willy, Willy Wonka, Willy Wang, winky, yang, yogurt gun,

Underwriting

Unsought goods

Unconscious: The division of the mind in psychoanalytic theory containing elements of psychic makeup, such as memories or repressed desires - often affect conscious thoughts and behaviour. (See also c [..]

UK ASB system

Ultrasound (U/S)

U (named u , plural ues) is the 21st letter and the fifth vowel in the ISO basic Latin alphabet. It is preceded by T, and is followed by V.