TUMULTUOUS
TUMULT'UOUS, adjective Conducted with tumult; disorderly; as a tumultuous conflict; a tumultuous retreat.1. Greatly agitated; irregular; noisy; confused; as a tumultuous assembl...
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TUMULTUOUSLY
TUMULT'UOUSLY, adverb In a disorderly manner; by a disorderly multitude.
TUMULTUOUSNESS
TUMULT'UOUSNESS, noun The state of being tumultuous; disorder; commotion.
TUN
TUN, noun [Latin teneo, to hold; Gr. to stretch.]1. In a general sense, a large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops.2. A c...
TUN-BELLIED
TUN'-BELLIED, adjective [tun and belly.] Having a large protuberant belly.TUN'-DISH, noun [tun and dish.] A tunnel.
TUNABLE
TU'NABLE, adjective [from tune.] Harmonious; musical.And tunable as sylvan pipe or song.1. That may be put in tune.
TUNABLENESS
TU'NABLENESS, noun Harmony; melodiousness.
TUNABLY
TU'NABLY, adverb Harmoniously; musically.
TUNE
TUNE, noun [Latin tonus.]1. A series of musical notes in some particular measure, and consisting of a single series, for one voice or instrument, the effect of which is melody; ...
TUNED
TU'NED, participle passive Uttered melodiously or harmoniously; put in order to produce the proper sounds.
TUNEFUL
TU'NEFUL, adjective Harmonious; melodious; musical; as tuneful notes; tuneful birds.
TUNELESS
TU'NELESS, adjective Unmusical; unharmonious.1. Not employed in making music; as a tuneless harp.
TUNER
TU'NER, noun One who tunes.1. One whose occupation is to tune musical instruments.TUNG, noun A name given by the Indians to a small insect, called by the Spaniards pique, which ...
TUNG
TUNG, noun [Ant. Latin tingua; digitus and dug. Our common orthography is incorrect; the true spelling is tung]1. In man, the instrument of taste, and the chief instrument of sp...
TUNGED
TUNG'ED, adjective Having a tongue.Tongued like the night-crow.
TUNGLESS
TUNG'LESS, adjective Having no tongue.1. Speechless; as a tongueless block.2. Unnamed; not spoken of.One good deed dying tongueless. [Not used.]
TUNGSTATE
TUNG'STATE, noun A salt formed of tungstenic acid and a base.
TUNGSTEN
TUNG'STEN, noun In mineralogy, a mineral of a yellowish or grayish white color, of a lamellar structure, and infusible by the blowpipe. It occurs massive or crystallized, usuall...
TUNGSTENIC
TUNGSTEN'IC, adjective Pertaining to or procured from tungsten.
TUNIC
TU'NIC, noun [Latin tunica. See Town and Tun.]1. A kind of waistcoat or under garment worn by men in ancient Rome and the east. In the later ages of the republic, the tunic was ...
TUNICATED
TU'NICATED, adjective In botany, covered with a tunic or membranes; coated; as a stem.A tunicated bulb, is one composed of numerous concentric coats, as an onion.
TUNICLE
TU'NICLE, noun [from tunic.] A natural covering; an integument.
TUNING
TU'NING, participle present tense Uttering harmoniously or melodiously; putting in due order for making the proper sounds.
TUNING-FORK
TU'NING-FORK, noun A steel instrument consisting of two prongs and a handle; used for tuning instruments.
TUNING-HAMMER
TU'NING-HAMMER, noun An instrument for tuning instruments of music.
TUNKER
TUNK'ER, noun The tunkers are a religious sect in Pennsylvania, of German origin, resembling English baptists.
TUNNAGE
TUN'NAGE, adjective [from tun.] The amount of tuns that a ship will carry; the content or burthen of a ship. A ship pays duty according to her tunnage1. The duty charged on ship...