| 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. |
| tuberous |
covered with wartlike tubers; knobby. [2 definitions] |
| tube sock |
a tube-shaped elasticized sock lacking a shaped heel. |
| tube top |
an elasticized, cylindrical women's garment that covers the breasts while leaving the shoulders, and often the midriff, bare. |
| tubifex |
any of various small reddish freshwater worms, often used as food for fish in aquariums. |
| tubing |
a length of tube. [4 definitions] |
| tubular |
shaped or formed like a tube. [3 definitions] |
| tubule |
a small tube or tubelike structure. |
| tubuliflorous |
having flowers with tubular corollas, as certain composite plants. |
| tuck |
to gather up and push in or turn under the loose end or edge of (a shirt, blanket, or the like) so as to secure (often fol. by "in" or "up"). [10 definitions] |