| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| tuatera | noun | See Hatteria. |
| tubbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Tub, The forming of a tub; also, collectively, materials for tubs., A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety. |
| tubfish | noun | The sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). See Illust. under Gurnard. |
| tubfuls | plural | of Tubful |
| tubular | adjective | Having the form of a tube, or pipe; consisting of a pipe; fistular; as, a tubular snout; a tubular calyx. Also, containing, or provided with, tubes. |
| tucking | present participle & vb. noun | of Tuck |
| tuefall | noun | See To-fall. |
| tuesday | noun | The third day of the week, following Monday and preceding Wednesday. |
| tuffoon | noun | See Typhoon. |
| tufting | present participle & vb. noun | of Tuft |
| tugging | present participle & vb. noun | of Tug |
| tugboat | noun | See Tug, n., 3. |
| tuition | noun | Superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship., Especially, the act, art, or business of teaching; instruction; as, children are sent to school for tuition; his tuition was thorough., The money paid for instruction; the price or payment for instruction. |
| tullian | adjective | Belonging to, or in the style of, Tully (Marcus Tullius Cicero). |
| tumbled | imp. & past participle | of Tumble |
| tumbler | noun | One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat., A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking., A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter., A drinking glass, without a foot or stem; — so called because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure., A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight., A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. They were formerly used in hunting rabbits., A kind of cart; a tumbrel. |
| tumbrel | noun | Alt. of Tumbril |
| tumbril | noun | A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds., A rough cart., A cart or carriage with two wheels, which accompanies troops or artillery, to convey the tools of pioneers, cartridges, and the like., A kind of basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep. |
| tummals | noun | A great quantity or heap. |
| tumored | adjective | Distended; swelled. |
| tumping | present participle & vb. noun | of Tump |
| tum-tum | noun | A dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled plantain quite soft in a wooden mortar. |
| tumular | adjective | Consisting in a heap; formed or being in a heap or hillock. |
| tumulus | noun | An artificial hillock, especially one raised over a grave, particularly over the graves of persons buried in ancient times; a barrow. |
| tunning | present participle & vb. noun | of Tun |
| tunable | adjective | Capable of being tuned, or made harmonious; hence, harmonious; musical; tuneful. |
| tuneful | adjective | Harmonious; melodious; musical; as, tuneful notes. |
| tunhoof | noun | Ground ivy; alehoof. |
| tunicin | noun | Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the Tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the cellulose of the vegetable kingdom. |
| tunicle | noun | A slight natural covering; an integument., A short, close-fitting vestment worn by bishops under the dalmatic, and by subdeacons. |
| tunnage | noun | See Tonnage. |
| tunnies | plural | of Tunny |
| tupaiid | noun | Any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic insectivores of the family Tupaiidae, somewhat resembling squirrels in size and arboreal habits. The nose is long and pointed. |
| turacin | noun | A red or crimson pigment obtained from certain feathers of several species of turacou; whence the name. It contains nearly six per cent of copper. |
| turacou | noun | Any one of several species of plantain eaters of the genus Turacus, native of Africa. They are remarkable for the peculiar green and red pigments found in their feathers. |
| turband | noun | A turban. |
| turbant | noun | A turban. |
| turbary | noun | A right of digging turf on another man’s land; also, the ground where turf is dug. |
| turbeth | noun | See Turpeth. |
| turbine | noun | A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which the water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing either outward from a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from above downward, etc.; — also called turbine wheel. |
| turbite | noun | A fossil turbo. |
| turbith | noun | See Turpeth. |
| turcism | noun | A mode of speech peculiar to the Turks; a Turkish idiom or expression; also, in general, a Turkish mode or custom. |
| turfing | present participle & vb. noun | of Turf, The act or process of providing or covering with turf. |
| turfite | noun | A votary of the turf, or race course; hence, sometimes, a blackleg. |
| turfmen | plural | of Turfman |
| turfman | noun | A turfite; a votary of the turf, or race course. |
| turgent | adjective | Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors., Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous. |
| turiole | noun | The golden oriole. |
| turkeis | adjective | Turkish. |
| turkeys | plural | of Turkey, Turkish. |
| turkish | adjective | Of or pertaining to Turkey or the Turks., The language spoken by Turks, esp. that of the people of Turkey. |
| turkism | noun | Same as Turcism. |
| turkois | noun & adjective | Turquoise. |
| turmoil | noun | Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion., To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry., To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. |
| turning | present participle & vb. noun | of Turn, The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander., The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road., Deviation from the way or proper course., Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools., The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned., A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned. |
| turnery | noun | The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe., Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe. |
| turnkey | noun | A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder., An instrument with a hinged claw, — used for extracting teeth with a twist. |
| turpeth | noun | The root of Ipom/a Turpethum, a plant of Ceylon, Malabar, and Australia, formerly used in medicine as a purgative; — sometimes called vegetable turpeth., A heavy yellow powder, Hg3O2SO4, which consists of a basic mercuric sulphate; — called also turpeth mineral. |
| turtler | noun | One who catches turtles or tortoises. |
| tussock | noun | A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially, a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge., Same as Tussock grass, below., A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia. |
| tussuck | noun | See Tussock. |
| tutelar | adjective | Alt. of Tutelary |
| tutenag | noun | Crude zinc., Packfong. |
| tutored | imp. & past participle | of Tutor |
| tutress | noun | Tutoress. |
| tu-whit | noun & interj. | Alt. of Tu-whoo |
| tu-whoo | noun & interj. | Words imitative of the notes of the owl. |