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Combined; joined; made one. United Brethren. (Eccl.) See Moravian, n. -- United flowers (Bot.), flowers which have the stamens and pistils in the same flower. -- The United Kingdom, Great Britain and Ireland; -- so named since January 1, 1801, when the Legislative Union went into operation. -- United Greeks (Eccl.),…

In an united manner. Dryden.

In a reunited manner.

standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America.

A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology.

The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx.

salts, at the same time losing their own peculiar properties. They all contain hydrogen, united with a more negative element or radical, either alone, or more generally with oxygen, and take their names from this negative element or radical. Those which contain no oxygen are sometimes called hydracids in distinction f…

4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.

One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge. -- a. Of or pertaining to the acrodonts.

To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.

Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals.

icking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.

Having qualities to excite wonder united with approbation; deserving the highest praise; most excellent; -- used of persons or things. "An admirable machine." "Admirable fortitude." Macaulay.

A cultivated variety of the Asiatic gram, now introduced into the United States.

rnished by Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building. African violet African-American, a United States citizen of African descent.

A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; -- distinguished from conglomerate.

United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.

The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.

(Zoöl.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals.

o harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur; as, all parties agree in the expediency of the law. If music and sweet poetry agree. Shak. Their witness agreed not together. Mark xiv. 56. The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemi…