| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| tube-nosed | adjective | Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes along the sides of the beak; — said of certain sea birds., Belonging to the Tubinares. |
| tubercular | adjective | Having tubercles; affected with tubercles; tubercled; tuberculate., Like a tubercle; as, a tubercular excrescence., Characterized by the development of tubercles; as, tubercular diathesis. |
| tuberculin | noun | A fluid containing the products formed by the growth of the tubercle bacillus in a suitable culture medium. |
| tuberculum | noun | A tubercle. |
| tuberosity | noun | The state of being tuberous., An obtuse or knoblike prominence; a protuberance. |
| tube-shell | noun | Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its siphon, as the watering-shell. |
| tubicinate | verb i. | To blow a trumpet. |
| tubicolous | adjective | Inhabiting a tube; as, tubicolous worms. |
| tubiporite | noun | Any fossil coral of the genus Syringopora consisting of a cluster of upright tubes united together by small transverse tubules. |
| tubulariae | noun pl. | See Tubularida. |
| tubularian | noun | Any hydroid belonging to the suborder Tubularida., Of or pertaining to the tubularians. |
| tubularida | noun pl. | An extensive division of Hydroidea; the tubularians; — called also Athecata, Gymnoblastea, and Tubulariae. |
| tubulation | noun | The act of shaping or making a tube, or of providing with a tube; also, a tube or tubulure; as, the tubulation of a retort. |
| tubulature | noun | A tubulure. |
| tubulicole | noun | Any hydroid which has tubular chitinous stems. |
| tubuliform | adjective | Having the form of a small tube. |
| tubulipore | noun | Any one of numerous species of Bryozoa belonging to Tubulipora and allied genera, having tubular calcareous calicles. |
| tufthunter | noun | A hanger-on to noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady. See 1st Tuft, 3. |
| tuitionary | adjective | Of or pertaining to tuition. |
| tula metal | An alloy of silver, copper, and lead made at Tula in Russia. | |
| tumbledung | noun | Any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles belonging to Scarabaeus, Copris, Phanaeus, and allied genera. The female lays her eggs in a globular mass of dung which she rolls by means of her hind legs to a burrow excavated in the earth in which she buries it. |
| tumblerful | noun | As much as a tumbler will hold; enough to fill a tumbler. |
| tumbleweed | noun | Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo, Amarantus albus, etc. |
| tumulosity | noun | The quality or state of being tumulous; hilliness. |
| tumultuary | adjective | Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; promiscuous; confused; tumultuous., Restless; agitated; unquiet. |
| tumultuate | verb i. | To make a tumult. |
| tumultuous | adjective | Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent., Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting., Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed., Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech. |
| tungstenic | adjective | Of or pertaining to tungsten; containing tungsten; as, tungstenic ores. |
| tunicaries | plural | of Tunicary |
| tunnelling | of Tunnel | |
| turban-top | noun | A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus (Helvella, / Gyromitra, esculenta.). |
| turbidness | noun | The quality or state of being turbid; muddiness; foulness. |
| turbillion | noun | A whirl; a vortex. |
| turbinated | adjective | Whirling in the manner of a top., Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root., Turbinal., Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; — said of certain shells. |
| turbinella | noun | A genus of large marine gastropods having a thick heavy shell with conspicuous folds on the columella. |
| turbulence | noun | The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumult; disorder; agitation. |
| turbulency | noun | Turbulence. |
| tureenfuls | plural | of Tureenful |
| turgescing | present participle & vb. noun | of Turgesce |
| turgescent | adjective | Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big. |
| turmoiling | present participle & vb. noun | of Turmoil |
| turnbroach | noun | A turnspit. |
| turnpiking | present participle & vb. noun | of Turnpike |
| turnverein | noun | A company or association of gymnasts and athletes. |
| turpentine | noun | A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree (Pistacia Terebinthus), a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir. |
| turritella | noun | Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to Turritella and allied genera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted shell, composed of many whorls. They have a rounded aperture, and a horny multispiral operculum. |
| turtledove | noun | Any one of numerous species of pigeons belonging to Turtur and allied genera, native of various parts of the Old World; especially, the common European species (Turtur vulgaris), which is noted for its plaintive note, affectionate disposition, and devotion to its mate., Any one of several species of pigeons more or less resembling the true turtledoves, as the American mourning dove (see under Dove), and the Australian turtledove (Stictopelia cuneata). |
| turtlehead | noun | An American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead, shell flower, and balmony. |
| tuscaroras | noun pl. | A tribe of North American Indians formerly living on the Neuse and Tar rivers in North Carolina. They were conquered in 1713, after which the remnant of the tribe joined the Five Nations, thus forming the Six Nations. See Six Nations, under Six. |
| tusk-shell | noun | See 2d Tusk, n., 2. |
| tussicular | adjective | Of or pertaining to a cough. |