Having tubercles; affected with, tubercles; tuberculate; as, a tubercled lung or stalk.

Having tubercles; affected with tubercles; tubercled; tuberculate.

To infect with tuberculosis.

Tubercled; tubercular.

A fluid containing the products formed by the growth of the tubercle bacillus in a suitable culture medium.

The development of tubercles; the condition of one who is affected with tubercles.

able to kill Mycobacterum tuberculosis.

A special substance contained in tuberculin, supposed to be the active agent of the latter freed from various impurities.

Resembling a tubercle.

Affected with tuberculosis.

A constitutional disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (also called the Tubercle bacillus), characterized by the production of tubercles in the internal organs, and especially in the lungs, where it constitutes the most common variety of pulmonary phthisis (consumption). The Mycobacteria are slow-growing and without cell walls, and are thus not affected by the beta-lactam antibiotics; treatment is difficult, usually requiring simultaneous administration of multiple antibiotics to effect a cure. Prior to availability of antibiotic treatment, the cure required extensive rest, for which special sanatoriums were constructed.

Pertaining to, or affected with, a tuberculosis.

Having tubercles; affected with, or characterized by, tubercles; tubercular.

A tubercle.

Producing or bearing tubers.

Tuberous.

The state of being tuberous.

Any annelid which constructs a tube; one of the Tubicolae.

The sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). See Illust. under Gurnard.

As much as a tub will hold; enough to fill a tub.

To blow a trumpet.

A division of annelids including those which construct, and habitually live in, tubes. The head or anterior segments usually bear gills and cirri. Called also Sedentaria, and Capitibranchiata. See Serpula, and Sabella.

Tubicolous.

One of the Tubicolae.

Inhabiting a tube; as, tubicolous worms.

Any ruminant having horns composed of a bony axis covered with a horny sheath; a hollow-horned ruminant.

Having hollow horns.

Having the form of a tube; tubeform.

A tribe of sea birds comprising the petrels, shearwaters, albatrosses, hagdons, and allied birds having tubular horny nostrils.

The act of making tubes.

A genus of halcyonoids in which the skeleton, or coral (called organ-pipe coral), consists of a mass of parallel cylindrical tubes united at intervals by transverse plates. These corals are usually red or purple and form large masses. They are natives of the tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Any species of the genus Tubipora.

Any fossil coral of the genus Syringopora consisting of a cluster of upright tubes united together by small transverse tubules.

A shell or tube formed by an annelid, as a serpula.

One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer. Cf. Postman, 2.

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.

A genus of hydroids having large, naked, flowerlike hydranths at the summits of long, slender, usually simple, stems. The gonophores are small, and form clusters at the bases of the outer tentacles.

See Tubularida.

Of or pertaining to the tubularians.

An extensive division of Hydroidea; the tubularians; -- called also Athecata, Gymnoblastea, and Tubulariae.

Tubular; tubulated; tubulous.

Made in the form of a small tube; provided with a tube, or elongated opening.

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.

A tubulure.

A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.

One of the Tubulibranchiata.

A group of gastropod mollusks having a tubular shell. Vermetus is an example.

Any hydroid which has tubular chitinous stems.

Having teeth traversed by canals; -- said of certain edentates.

Having the form of a small tube.

Any one of numerous species of Bryozoa belonging to Tubulipora and allied genera, having tubular calcareous calicles.

Resembling, or in the form of, a tube; longitudinally hollow; specifically (Bot.), having a hollow cylindrical corolla, often expanded or toothed at the border; as, a tubulose flower.

A short tubular opening at the top of a retort, or at the top or side of a bottle; a tubulation.

The Mexican pocket gopher (Geomys Mexicanus). It resembles the common pocket gopher of the Western United States, but is larger. Called also tugan, and tuza.

See Tucket, a steak.

A dark-colored kind of marble; touchstone.

A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait.

See Tuck, n., 2.

A curious vegetable production of the Southern Atlantic United States, growing under ground like a truffle and often attaining immense size. The real nature is unknown. Called also Indian bread, and Indian loaf.

To tire; to weary; -- usually with out.

A fine, strong fiber obtained from the young leaves of a Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum vulgare), used for cordage, bowstrings, etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. Called also tecum, and tecum fiber.

A Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum Tucuma) which furnishes an edible fruit.

Of or pertaining to a royal line of England, descended from Owen Tudor of Wales, who married the widowed queen of Henry V. The first reigning Tudor was Henry VII.; the last, Elizabeth.

The parson bird.

See Tuy/re.

A pair of blacksmith's tongs.

See To-fall.

The third day of the week, following Monday and preceding Wednesday.

The lapwing.

A silk fabric formerly in use, having a nap or pile.

Pertaining to tufa; consisting of, or resembling, tufa.

Same as Tufa.

See Typhoon.

To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.

Adorned with a tuft; as, the tufted duck.

A hanger-on to noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady. See 1st Tuft, 3.

The practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities.

Abounding with tufts.

A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort.

Same as Tucan.

See Tug, n., 3.

One who tugs.

In a tugging manner; with laborious pulling.

In plate armor, a suspended plate in from of the thigh. See Illust. of Tasses.

Superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship.

Of or pertaining to tuition.

A burrowing South American rodent (Ctenomys Braziliensis). It has small eyes and ears and a short tail. It resembles the pocket gopher in size, form, and habits, but is more nearly allied to the porcupines.

A large bulrush (Scirpus lacustris, and Scirpus Tatora) growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and elsewhere.

Any plant of the liliaceous genus Tulipa. Many varieties are cultivated for their beautiful, often variegated flowers.

Having erect, pointed ears; prick-eared; -- said of certain dogs.

A large, handsomely colored, marine univalve shell (Fasciolaria tulipa) native of the Southern United States. The name is sometimes applied also to other species of Fasciolaria.

A person who is especially devoted to the cultivation of tulips.

A violent passion for the acquisition or cultivation of tulips; -- a word said by Beckman to have been coined by Menage.

One who is affected with tulipomania.

The beautiful rose-colored striped wood of a Brazilian tree (Physocalymna floribunda), much used by cabinetmakers for inlaying.

To allure; to tole.

A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc.

Belonging to, or in the style of, Tully (Marcus Tullius Cicero).

A whitefish (Coregonus tullibee) found in the Great Lakes of North America; -- called also mongrel whitefish.

A dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled plantain quite soft in a wooden mortar.

Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.

Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house.

See Tumbledung.

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.

One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.

As much as a tumbler will hold; enough to fill a tumbler.

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; such as witch grass, wild indigo, Amarantus albus, etc.

a. vb. n. from Tumble, v.

A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds.

Producing swelling; tumefying.

The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a tumor; a swelling.

To rise in a tumor; to swell.

The act of becoming tumid; the state of being swollen; intumescence; -- applied especially to the state of swelling of the vascular tissue in the male and female sex organs when they have been stimulated to readiness for sexual intercourse.

Slightly tumid; swollen, as certain moss capsules.

Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh.

The quality or state of being tumid.

A great quantity or heap.

A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm.

Distended; swelled.

Swelling; protuberant.