TUBULIFORM
TU'BULIFORM, adjective Having the form of a tube.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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TUBULOUS
TU'BULOUS, adjective Longitudinally hollow.1. Containing tubes; composed wholly of tubulous florets; as a tubulous compound flower.2. In botany, having a bell-shaped border, wit...
TUCH
TUCH, noun A kind of marble.
TUCK
TUCK, noun1. A long narrow sword.2. A kind of net.3. [from the verb following.] In a ship, the part where the ends of the bottom planks are collected under the stern.4. A fold; ...
TUCKER
TUCK'ER, noun A small piece of linen for shading the breast of women.1. A fuller, whence the name. [Local.]
TUCKET
TUCK'ET, noun A flourish in music; a voluntary; a prelude.1. A steak; a collop.
TUCKETSONANCE
TUCK'ETSONANCE, noun The sound of the tucket, an ancient instrument of music.
TUCKING
TUCK'ING, participle present tense Pressing under or together; folding.
TUESDAY
TUESDAY, noun s as z. The third day of the week.
TUF
TUF, noun A stone or porous substance formed by depositions from springs or rivulets, containing much earthy matter in solution. Tufa is also formed by the concretion of loose v...
TUF-TAFFETA
TUF-TAF'FETA, noun A villous kind of silk. [Not in use.]
TUFA
TU'FATUFA'CEOUS, adjective Pertaining to tufa; consisting of tufa or resembling it.
TUFFOON
TUFFOON', noun [a corruption of typhon.] A violent tempest or tornado with thunder and lightning, frequent in the Chinese sea and the gulf of Tonquin.
TUFT
TUFT, noun1. A collection of small things in a knot or bunch; as a tuft of flowers; a tuft of feathers; a tuft of grass or hair. A tuft of feathers forms the crest of a bird..2....
TUFTED
TUFT'ED, participle passive or adjective Adorned with a tuft, as the tufted duck; growing in a tuft or clusters, as a tufted grove.
TUFTY
TUFT'Y, adjective Abounding with tufts; growing in clusters; bushy.
TUG
TUG, verb transitive [Latin duco. See Tow, to draw.]1. To pull or draw with great effort; to drag along with continued exertion; to haul along.There sweat, there strain, tug the...
TUGGER
TUG'GER, noun One who tugs, or pulls with great effort.
TUGGING
TUG'GING, participle present tense Pulling or dragging with great exertion; hauling.
TUGGINGLY
TUG'GINGLY, adverb With laborious pulling.
TUITION
TUI'TION, noun [Latin tuitio, from tueor, to see, behold, protect, etc.; Latin duco, to lead.]1. Guardianship; superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and ...
TULIP
TULIP, noun [Latin tulipa.] A plant and a flower of the genus Tulipa, of a great variety of colors, and much cultivated for its beauty.
TULIP-TREE
TU'LIP-TREE, noun An American tree bearing flowers resembling the tulip, of the genus Liriodendron. Also, a tree of the genus Magnolia.
TUMBLE
TUM'BLE, verb intransitive [Latin tumulus, tumultus, tumeo.]1. To roll; to roll about by turning one way and the other; as, a person in pain tumbles and tosses.2. To fall; to co...
TUMBLED
TUM'BLED, participle passive Rolled; disturbed; rumpled; thrown down.
TUMBLER
TUM'BLER, noun One who tumbles; one who plays the tricks of a mountebank.1. A large drinking glass.2. A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from his practice of tumbling o...
TUMBLING
TUM'BLING, participle present tense Rolling about; falling; disturbing; rumpling.Tumbling-home, in a ship, is the inclination of the top-sides from a perpendicular, towards the ...