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.

Wearing a turban.

A turban.

A right of digging turf on another man's land; also, the ground where turf is dug.

An extensive group of worms which have the body covered externally with vibrating cilia. It includes the Rhabdoc/la and Dendroc/la. Formerly, the nemerteans were also included in this group.

One of the Turbellaria. Also used adjectively.

See Turpeth.

Not clear; having suspended matter that scatters light passing through; having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; -- used of liquids of any kind; as, turbid water; turbid wine.

Turbidness.

In a turbid manner; with muddiness or confusion.

The quality or state of being turbid; muddiness; foulness.

A whirl; a vortex.

Of or pertaining to peat, or turf; of the nature of peat, or turf; peaty; turfy.

A turbinal bone or cartilage.

To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.

Whirling in the manner of a top.

The act of spinning or whirling, as a top.

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.

A genus of large marine gastropods having a thick heavy shell with conspicuous folds on the columella.

A petrified shell resembling a member of the genus Turbo.

Like or pertaining to Turbo or the family Turbinidae.

A fossil turbo.

See Turpeth.

Sontaining or using a turbine; -- a combining form; as, turbojet.

An electric generator or dynamo which is combined on one frame with a turbomotor, by which it is driven.

A large European flounder (Rhombus maximus) highly esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to forty pounds. Its color on the upper side is brownish with small roundish tubercles scattered over the surface. The lower, or blind, side is white. Called also bannock fluke. Any one of numerous species of flounders more or less related to the true turbots, as the American plaice, or summer flounder (see Flounder), the halibut, and the diamond flounder (Hypsopsetta guttulata) of California. The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda. The trigger fish.

The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumult; disorder; agitation.

Turbulence.

Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean.

In a turbulent manner.

A mode of speech peculiar to the Turks; a Turkish idiom or expression; also, in general, a Turkish mode or custom. Same as Turkism.

A member of a tribe of Turanians inhabiting a region east of the Caspian Sea.

A division of singing birds including the thrushes and allied kinds.

A genus of singing birds including the true thrushes.

A large, deep vessel for holding soup, or other liquid food, at the table.

As much as a tureen can hold; enough to fill a tureen.

To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, or the border of a terrace.

Made of turf; covered with turf.

Quality or state of being turfy.

The act or process of providing or covering with turf.

A votary of the turf, or race course; hence, sometimes, a blackleg.

Destitute of turf.

A turfite; a votary of the turf, or race course.

Abounding with turf; made of, or covered with, turf.

Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors.

To become turgid; to swell or be inflated.

The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent.

Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big.

Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit.

The quality or state of being turgid.

Turgid.

A shoot or sprout from the ground.

The golden oriole.

Same as Turio.

Producing shoots, as asparagus.

A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.

A knot of turbanlike form worked on a rope with a piece of small line.

Turkish.

Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of America.

An eccentric ragtime dance, danced with the feet well apart and with a characteristic rise on the ball of the foot, followed by a drop upon the heel. The original form, owing to the positions assumed by the dancers, is offensively suggestive. Similar dances are the bunny hug and grizzly bear, so called in allusion to the movements and the positions assumed by the partners in dancing.

Turkish.

Turkish.

Turquois.

Of or pertaining to Turkey or the Turks. The language spoken by Turks, esp. that of the people of Turkey.

A Turkish idiom or expression; also, in general, a Turkish mode or custom. Same as Turcism.

A turtle.

One of a body of native Algerian tirailleurs in the French army, dressed as a Turk.

A member of any race of the Turko-Iranian type.

Turquoise.

Same as Turcoman.

One of the precursors of the Reformation; -- a nickname corresponding to Lollard, etc.

A troop; a company.

See Tourmaline.

Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from, turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the oxidation of turmerol.

Turmeric oil, a brownish yellow, oily substance extracted from turmeric by ligroin.

To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.

The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel.

A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc. A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp.

The act of coming forth; a leaving of houses, shops, etc.; esp., a quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike; -- opposed to lockout.

A disease with which sheep are sometimes affected; gid; sturdy. See Gid.

A turnspit.

One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate; a defector to the enemy.

An act of refusing or of being refused; as, to get a turndown in an application for a job, a grant, etc.