tuba |
one of a family of large, oval, brass wind instruments that produce notes in the bass range. |
tubal |
of, concerning, or taking place in a tube, esp. the Fallopian tube. |
tubate |
having, consisting of, or forming a tube or tubes; tubular. |
tubby |
short and plump; chubby. |
tub chair |
a low-backed easy chair the arms of which are even with the back or slope up to it. |
tube |
a hollow cylinder made of glass, metal, or rubber used esp. for holding or conveying liquids. [8 definitions] |
tube foot |
any of numerous small fleshy tubes on the body surfaces of most echinoderms, such as starfish, used in locomotion, securing food, and the like. |
tubeless |
combined form of tube. |
tubeless tire |
a pneumatic tire that uses no inner tube. |
tubenose |
any of various seabirds with tubular nostrils, such as the petrel, shearwater, or albatross. |
tube pan |
a deep round cake pan with a hollow tube extending up through the center. |
tuber |
a short, fleshy, rounded or oblong underground stem, such as the potato, with buds from which new shoots can grow. [2 definitions] |
tubercle |
a small, rounded lump or outgrowth on a plant or animal, as on the roots of some legumes or as sometimes on the skin or a bone. [2 definitions] |
tubercle bacillus |
the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. |
tubercular |
of, related to, or suffering from tuberculosis. [4 definitions] |
tuberculin |
a sterile liquid containing a substance derived from a culture of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis, used to diagnose and treat that disease. |
tuberculosis |
a contagious disease of human beings and some animals, caused by a bacterium and characterized by the formation of tubercles on body tissues, esp. in the lungs; TB. |
tuberculous |
of, having, or affected by tuberculosis. |
tuberose1 |
a cultivated plant that grows from a bulb and has a fragrant spike of lilylike white flowers. |
tuberose2 |
variant of tuberous. |
tuberosity |
a knoblike prominence, esp. such a prominence at the end of a long bone. |