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uncial
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noun
  1. a style of writing using uncial letters
  2. a capital letter in this style
adjective
  1. of, or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high
  2. of, or relating to majuscule letters
underlying
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adjective
  1. lying underneath
We dug down to the rock.
  1. basic or fundamental
Points and straight lines are elements of geometry.
  1. implicit
Many nursery rhymes have an meaning.
universal
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adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to the universe.
  2. Common to all members of a group or class.
  3. Useful for many purposes, e.g., universal wrench.
univocal
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adjective
  1. Having only one possible meaning.
There was really little room for debate, with a statement as univocal as that.
  1. (rfv-sense) Containing only one vowel.
"A man, a plan, a canal, Panama." contains only the letter 'a', making it univocal.
Ursprache
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noun (Ursprach, en)
  1. A proto-language.
  • 1993, I had lost him. He might have been speaking , for all that I understood. " Will Self, My Idea of Fun
utterance
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noun
  1. an act of uttering
  2. something spoken
    • 2005, w:Plato, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination, 237a.
    • : To know how one should express oneself in saying or judging that there really are falsehoods without getting caught up in conradiction by such an : that's extremely difficult, Theaetetus.
      1. The ability to speak.
      2. manner of speaking
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