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.

To form a mass of earth or a hillock about; as, to tump teasel.

A strap placed across a man's forehead to assist him in carrying a pack on his back.

Consisting in a heap; formed or being in a heap or hillock.

To swell.

Tumulous.

The quality or state of being tumulous; hilliness.

Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose.

To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.

In a tumultuary manner.

The quality or state of being tumultuary.

Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; promiscuous; confused; tumultuous.

To make a tumult.

Irregular or disorderly movement; commotion; as, the tumultuation of the parts of a fluid.

Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent.

An artificial hillock, especially one raised over a grave, particularly over the graves of persons buried in ancient times; a barrow.

To put into tuns, or casks.

Having a large, protuberant belly, or one shaped like a tun; pot-bellied.

A tunnel.

Having the circumference of a tun.

Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the mackerel family Scombridae, especially the bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, formerly Orcynus thynnus or Albacora thynnus), called also the common tunny or great tunny, a native of the Mediterranean Sea and of temperate parts of the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is caught commercially in large quantity for use as food; -- also called, especially in Britain, tunny. It is also one of the favorite fishes used by the Japanese in preparing sushi. On the American coast, especially in New England, it is sometimes called the horse mackerel. Another well-known species is the yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) of warm seas. the See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse.

Capable of being tuned, or made harmonious; hence, harmonious; musical; tuneful.

One of the level or undulating treeless plains characteristic of northern arctic regions in both hemispheres; the term is most commony associated with the arctic plains of Siberia. The tundras mark the limit of arborescent vegetation; they consist of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, but support a dense growth of mosses and lichens, and dwarf herbs and shrubs, often showy-flowered.

To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds.

Harmonious; melodious; musical; as, tuneful notes.

Without tune; inharmonious; unmusical.

One who tunes; especially, one whose occupation is to tune musical instruments.

A salt of tungstic acid; a wolframate.

A rare element of the chromium group found in certain minerals, as wolfram and scheelite, and isolated as a heavy steel-gray metal which is very hard and infusible. It has both acid and basic properties. When alloyed in small quantities with steel, it greatly increases its hardness. Symbol W (Wolframium). Atomic weight, 183.6. Specific gravity, 18.

Of or pertaining to tungsten; containing tungsten; as, tungstenic ores.

Of or pertaining to tungsten; derived from, or resembling, tungsten; wolframic; as, tungstic oxide.

The oxide of tungsten, a yellow mineral occurring in a pulverulent form. It is often associated with wolfram.

A group of roving Turanian tribes occupying Eastern Siberia and the Amur valley. They resemble the Mongols.

Of or pertaining to the Tunguses; as, the Tungusic dialects.

Ground ivy; alehoof.

One of the Tunicata.

A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and in modern classifications considered a subphylum of the vertebrates; called also urochordata. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and serves as a gill.

One of the Tunicata.

Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with layers; as, a tunicated bulb.

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.

A slight natural covering; an integument.

a. n. from Tune, v.

A sharp blow; a thump.

Same as Dunker.

See Tonnage.

To make a tunnel; as, to tunnel under a river.

The chiefly British equivalent of tuna; any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Thunnus thynnus syn. Albacora thynnus, formerly Orcynus thynnus) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called horse mackerel. See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse.

A ram.

Any one of the tupaiids.

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.

A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to split. Called also black gum, sour gum, and pepperidge.

An Indian of the tribe from which the Tupian stock takes its name, dwelling, at the advent of the Portuguese, about the mouth of the Amazon. Also, their language, which is the basis of the Indian trade language of the Amazon.

Designating, or pertaining to, a linguistic stock of South American Indians comprising the most important Brazilian tribes. Agriculture, pottery, and stone working were practiced by them at the time of the conquest. The Tupi and the Guarani were originally the most powerful of the stock, which is hence also called Tupi-Guaranian.

A man who breeds, or deals in tups.

A former U.K. silver coin; a U.K. bronze decimal coin worth two pennies.

the collective trade name for a type of plastic food-storage container with a translucent bottom and a close-fitting lid designed to seal the container tightly. It is in common use in the late 20th century and early 21st century in the U. S. It comes in a variety of shapes and sizes, suitable for storing a variety of items. Also used attributively.

a social gathering at which the host (or more typically hostess) entertains the guests, and provides them with an opportunity to order Tupperware. This was used as an effective sales strategy by the Tupperware manufacturer, and provided income to the host(ess) from commissions on sales.

A kind of warm cap winter wear, made from a knit bag with closed tapered ends by pushing one end within the other, thus making a conical cap of double thickness.

The urus.

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.

Any one of several species of large brightly crested birds of the genus Turacus, native of Africa. They eat plantain and are remarkable for the peculiar green and red pigments found in their feathers.

A green pigment found in the feathers of the turacou. See Turacin.

One of the Turanians.

An extensive division of mankind including the Mongols and allied races of Asia, together with the Malays and Polynesians. A group of races or tribes inhabiting Asia and closely related to the Mongols.

The hare kangaroo.

A headdress worn by men in the Levant and by many Muslims of the male sex, consisting of a cap, and a sash, scarf, or shawl, usually of cotton or linen, wound about the cap, and sometimes hanging down the neck.

A sea urchin when deprived of its spines; -- popularly so called from a fancied resemblance to a turban.

A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus (Helvella esculenta syn. Gyromitra esculenta.).

A turban.