| tsunami |
a very large, often destructive sea wave caused by a marine earthquake or volcanic explosion. |
| tsutsugamushi disease |
see "scrub typhus." |
| tuatara |
a large lizardlike reptile of the area near New Zealand. |
| tub |
a large low, usu. round, flat-bottomed container used for washing, packing, storing, or the like. [4 definitions] |
| 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. |