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Ua River (noun): a vast river found in the Ukanga Region of the Jungles of Schendi, it winds between Lake Shaba and Lake Ngao. It is navigable, and the splendor of it's scenery and the variety of life and resources around it are eloquently described. Ua is an inland word for flower. It's source is Lake Shaba. Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 100, 338, and 383

ubar (noun): war chief Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 42 Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 242

ubar san (noun, lit. 'one ubar'): war chief chosen, during the Omen Year, to be supreme commander of the 4 tribes of the Wagon Peoples. The decision to make a choice rests largely on omens and signs reported by haruspexes. At the time of Tarl Cabot, a new ubar san had not been chosen for 100 years. Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 146

ubara (noun): the Free Companion (consort) of a ubar Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 38

ubarate (noun): the territory governed by a ubar Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 129

Ugly Acts (noun): term for heterosexual sex used by the Sames, also known as the Waniyanpi, a collective slave community of the Red Savages. Sex is monitored by their owners and is performed, en masse, on an appointed day, the male and female slaves being hooded and brought to a maize field for breeding. Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 234

ul (noun): winged, monstrous, hissing, predatory tharlarion, found flying over the deltas surrounding Port Kar. This reptile has a 25 foot wing span and a long, snakelike tail, terminating with a flat spade like structure. Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 1 Book 14: Savages of Gor, page 18 Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 179 and 180

ulo (noun): woman's knife of the Red Hunters. It has semicircular blade in a wooden handle which is not suitable for carving, but good for cutting meat and sinew. Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 262

umbrella bird (noun): bird that lives in the lower canopies of rainforest near Schendi. Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311

umiak (noun): a type of kayak used by the Red Hunters. It is made of tabuk skin, stretched over a framework of driftwood and long bows of bone and lashed together with sinew cords. Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 257

urt, canal (noun): rapid moving water mammal living along canals; particularly found in Port Kar. Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 67

urt ,giant (noun): fat, sleek, and white, it has three rows of needle-like white teeth and 4 horns Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 86

urt, ground (noun): a small rodent which inhabits the floor of the rainforests inland of Schendi Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312

urt hunter (noun): men who attach ropes to the necks of slave girls and swim them in the canals to attract canal urts. The urts are speared as they rise to the bait. The urt hunters are credited with keeping the urt population of the canals manageable. Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 32

urt, leaf (noun): a small tree-dwelling rodent, having 4 toes, which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312

urt people (noun): the urt people are narrow-shouldered and narrow-chested, measuring only three and a half feet tall when upright with a narrow, elongated face and rather large, ovoid eyes. They have long, thin arms and short, spindly legs along with a bent-over gai,t often bringing the knuckles to the ground, and commonly kept inconspicuously among the large, migratory urt packs. Book 20: Players of Gor, page 267

Urt Soldiers (noun): a warrior society of the Yellow Knife tribe of Red Savages. Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 314

urt, tree (noun): a small tree-climbing rodent found in the rainforests inland of Schendi Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311

Urt Soldiers (noun): a warrior society of the Yellow Knife tribe of Red Savages

use discipline (noun): a punishment which avows the free man's prerogative to sexually use a house-owned girl as discipline. There are examples which state that these rights are governed by a Code, wherein a girl may not be used or disciplined without the permission of her owner. Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 226 Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 174 Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 329-330

use-master (noun): a master that is given temporary use of a girl by her owner Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 197 Book 22: Dancers of Gor, page 207 Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 354

use-name (noun): a practice, apparently supported by First Knowledge, which is followed by members of lower castes. Their 'real' name is held privately. Their 'use-name' is public knowledge. The belief is that public knowledge of their real name allows someone to have power over them. Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 58 and 107

Ushindi fisher (noun): long-legged, wading bird near the Schendi; long, white, curling feathers used for headdresses. Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 236