AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
tubulipore: any one of numerous species of bryozoa belonging to tubulipora and allied genera, having tubular calcareous calicles.
tubulous: resembling, or in the form of, a tube; longitudinally hollow; specifically (bot.), having a hollow cylindrical corolla, often expanded or toothed at the border; as, a tubulose flower.-containing, or consisting of, small tubes; specifically (bot.), composed wholly of tubulous florets; as, a tubulous compound flower.
tubulure: a short tubular opening at the top of a retort, or at the top or side of a bottle; a tubulation.
tucan: the mexican pocket gopher (geomys mexicanus). it resembles the common pocket gopher of the western united states, but is larger. called also tugan, and tuza.
tuck: a long, narrow sword; a rapier.-the beat of a drum.-to draw up; to shorten; to fold under; to press into a narrower compass; as, to tuck the bedclothes in; to tuck up one's sleeves.-to make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.-to inclose; to put within; to press into a close place; as, to tuck a child into a bed; to tuck a book under one's arm, or into a pocket.-to full, as cloth.-to contract; to draw together.-a horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait.-a small net used for taking fish from a larger one; -- called also tuck-net.-a pull; a lugging.-the part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.-food; pastry; sweetmeats.
tuckahoe: a curious vegetable production of the southern atlantic united states, growing under ground like a truffle and often attaining immense size. the real nature is unknown. called also indian bread, and indian loaf.
tucker: one who, or that which, tucks; specifically, an instrument with which tuck are made.-a narrow piece of linen or the like, folded across the breast, or attached to the gown at the neck, forming a part of a woman's dress in the 17th century and later.-a fuller.-to tire; to weary; -- usually with out.
tucket: a slight flourish on a trumpet; a fanfare.-a steak; a collop.
tucum: a fine, strong fiber obtained from the young leaves of a brazilian palm (astrocaryum vulgare), used for cordage, bowstrings, etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. called also tecum, and tecum fiber.
tucuma: a brazilian palm (astrocaryum tucuma) which furnishes an edible fruit.
tudor: of or pertaining to a royal line of england, descended from owen tudor of wales, who married the widowed queen of henry v. the first reigning tudor was henry vii.; the last, elizabeth.
tuf-taffeta: a silk fabric formerly in use, having a nap or pile.
tufa: a soft or porous stone formed by depositions from water, usually calcareous; -- called also calcareous tufa.-a friable volcanic rock or conglomerate, formed of consolidated cinders, or scoria.
tuft: a collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers.-a cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants.-a nobleman, or person of quality, especially in the english universities; -- so called from the tuft, or gold tassel, on the cap worn by them.-to separate into tufts.-to adorn with tufts or with a tuft.-to grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.
tufted: of tuft-adorned with a tuft; as, the tufted duck.-growing in tufts or clusters; tufty.
tufthunter: a hanger-on to noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in english universities; a toady. see 1st tuft, 3.
tufthunting: the practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in english universities.
tug: to pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.-to pull; to pluck.-to pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream.-to labor; to strive; to struggle.-a pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort.-a sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles.-a small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat.-a trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.-an iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
tuition: superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship.-especially, the act, art, or business of teaching; instruction; as, children are sent to school for tuition; his tuition was thorough.-the money paid for instruction; the price or payment for instruction.
tuko-tuko: 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.
tula metal: an alloy of silver, copper, and lead made at tula in russia.
tule: a large bulrush (scirpus lacustris, and s. tatora) growing abundantly on overflowed land in california and elsewhere.
tulip: any plant of the liliaceous genus tulipa. many varieties are cultivated for their beautiful, often variegated flowers.
tulip-eared: having erect, pointed ears; prick-eared; -- said of certain dogs.
tulip-shell: 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.
tulipomania: a violent passion for the acquisition or cultivation of tulips; -- a word said by beckman to have been coined by menage.
tulipwood: the beautiful rose-colored striped wood of a brazilian tree (physocalymna floribunda), much used by cabinetmakers for inlaying.
tulle: in plate armor, a suspended plate in from of the thigh. see illust. of tasses.-a kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc.
tullian: belonging to, or in the style of, tully (marcus tullius cicero).
tullibee: a whitefish (coregonus tullibee) found in the great lakes of north america; -- called also mongrel whitefish.
tum-tum: a dish made in the west indies by beating boiled plantain quite soft in a wooden mortar.
tumble: to roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.-to roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.-to play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.-to turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; -- sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers.-to disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.-act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.
tumble-down: ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house.
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.
tumbler: one who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.-a movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.-a piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.-a drinking glass, without a foot or stem; -- so called because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure.-a variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.-a breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. they were formerly used in hunting rabbits.-a kind of cart; a tumbrel.
tumblerful: as much as a tumbler will hold; enough to fill a tumbler.
tumbleweed: 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; as witch grass, wild indigo, amarantus albus, etc.
tumbling: of tumble-a. & vb. n. from tumble, v.
tumbril: a cucking stool for the punishment of scolds.-a rough cart.-a cart or carriage with two wheels, which accompanies troops or artillery, to convey the tools of pioneers, cartridges, and the like.-a kind of basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep.
tumefaction: the act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a swelling.
tumefy: to swell; to cause to swell, or puff up.-to rise in a tumor; to swell.
tumid: swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh.-rising above the level; protuberant.-swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style.
tumor: a morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm.-affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity.
tump: a little hillock; a knoll.-to form a mass of earth or a hillock about; as, to tump teasel.-to draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.
tumpline: a strap placed across a man's forehead to assist him in carrying a pack on his back.
tumulate: to cover, as a corpse, with a mound or tomb; to bury.-to swell.
tumult: the commotion or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices; hurly-burly; noisy confusion.-violent commotion or agitation, with confusion of sounds; as, the tumult of the elements.-irregular or confused motion; agitation; high excitement; as, the tumult of the spirits or passions.-to make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
tumultuary: attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; promiscuous; confused; tumultuous.-restless; agitated; unquiet.
tumultuation: irregular or disorderly movement; commotion; as, the tumultuation of the parts of a fluid.
tumultuous: full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent.-conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting.-agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed.-turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech.
tumulus: an artificial hillock, especially one raised over a grave, particularly over the graves of persons buried in ancient times; a barrow.
tun: a large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.-a fermenting vat.-a certain measure for liquids, as for wine, equal to two pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. in different countries, the tun differs in quantity.-a weight of 2,240 pounds. see ton.-an indefinite large quantity.-a drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.-any shell belonging to dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell.-to put into tuns, or casks.
tun-bellied: having a large, protuberant belly, or one shaped like a tun; pot-bellied.
tuna: the opuntia tuna. see prickly pear, under prickly.-the tunny.-the bonito, 2.
tunable: capable of being tuned, or made harmonious; hence, harmonious; musical; tuneful.
tune: a sound; a note; a tone.-a rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. see air.-the state of giving the proper, sound or sounds; just intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice or an instrument; adjustment of the parts of an instrument so as to harmonize with itself or with others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune.-order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood.-to put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of; as, to tune a piano or a violin.-to give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.-to sing with melody or harmony.-to put into a proper state or disposition.-to form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds.-to utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum.
tuneless: without tune; inharmonious; unmusical.-not employed in making music; as, tuneless harps.-not expressed in music or poetry; unsung.
tungsten: 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.-scheelite, or calcium tungstate.
tungstenic: of or pertaining to tungsten; containing tungsten; as, tungstenic ores.
tungstic: of or pertaining to tungsten; derived from, or resembling, tungsten; wolframic; as, tungstic oxide.
tungstite: the oxide of tungsten, a yellow mineral occurring in a pulverulent form. it is often associated with wolfram.
tunguses: a group of roving turanian tribes occupying eastern siberia and the amoor valley. they resemble the mongols.
tungusic: of or pertaining to the tunguses; as, the tungusic dialects.
tunic: an under-garment worn by the ancient romans of both sexes. it was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the waist by a girdle.-any similar garment worm by ancient or oriental peoples; also, a common name for various styles of loose-fitting under-garments and over-garments worn in modern times by europeans and others.-same as tunicle.-a membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping an organ or part, as the eye.-a natural covering; an integument; as, the tunic of a seed.-see mantle, n., 3 (a).
tunicata: a grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. 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.
tunicated: covered with a tunic; covered or coated with layers; as, a tunicated bulb.-having a tunic, or mantle; of or pertaining to the tunicata.-having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one, as in certain antennae of insects.
tunicin: 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.
tunicle: a slight natural covering; an integument.-a short, close-fitting vestment worn by bishops under the dalmatic, and by subdeacons.
tunnel: a vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel.-the opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue; a funnel.-an artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like.-a level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel.-to form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests.-to catch in a tunnel net.-to make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.
tunny: any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (orcynus / albacora 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.
tup: to butt, as a ram does.-to cover; -- said of a ram.-a ram.
tupaiid: 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.
tupelo: 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.
turacin: 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.
turacou: any one of several species of plantain eaters of the genus turacus, native of africa. they are remarkable for the peculiar green and red pigments found in their feathers.
turacoverdin: a green pigment found in the feathers of the turacou. see turacin.
turanian: of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade (called also altaic, ural-altaic, and scythian), spoken in the northern parts of europe and asia and central asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages.-one of the turanians.
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.
turban: a headdress worn by men in the levant and by most mohammedans 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 kind of headdress worn by women.-the whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.
turban-shell: a sea urchin when deprived of its spines; -- popularly so called from a fancied resemblance to a turban.
turban-top: a kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus (helvella, / gyromitra, esculenta.).
turbary: a right of digging turf on another man's land; also, the ground where turf is dug.
turbellaria: 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.
turbid: having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind; as, turbid water; turbid wine.-disturbed; confused; disordered.
turbidly: in a turbid manner; with muddiness or confusion.-proudly; haughtily.
turbidness: the quality or state of being turbid; muddiness; foulness.
turbinaceous: of or pertaining to peat, or turf; of the nature of peat, or turf; peaty; turfy.
turbinal: rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; -- applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers.-a turbinal bone or cartilage.
turbinate: to revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.-alt. of turbinated
turbinated: whirling in the manner of a top.-shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.-turbinal.-spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.
turbine: 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.
turbinella: a genus of large marine gastropods having a thick heavy shell with conspicuous folds on the columella.
turbit: the turbot.-a variety of the domestic pigeon, remarkable for its short beak.
turbo: any one of numerous marine gastropods of the genus turbo or family turbinidae, usually having a turbinate shell, pearly on the inside, and a calcareous operculum.
turbot: 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.
turbulence: the quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumult; disorder; agitation.
turbulent: disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean.-disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory; as, turbulent spirits.-producing commotion; disturbing; exciting.
turcism: a mode of speech peculiar to the turks; a turkish idiom or expression; also, in general, a turkish mode or custom.
turcoman: a member of a tribe of turanians inhabiting a region east of the caspian sea.-a turcoman carpet.
tureen: a large, deep vessel for holding soup, or other liquid food, at the table.
turf: that upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod.-peat, especially when prepared for fuel. see peat.-race course; horse racing; -- preceded by the.-to cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, of the border of a terrace.
turfite: a votary of the turf, or race course; hence, sometimes, a blackleg.
turfman: a turfite; a votary of the turf, or race course.
turfy: abounding with turf; made of, or covered with, turf.-having the nature or appearance of turf.-of or pertaining to the turf, or horse racing.
turgent: rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors.-inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
turgescency: the act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent.-empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.
turgid: 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.-swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking.
turk: a member of any of numerous tartar tribes of central asia, etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in turkey.-a native or inhabitant of turkey.-a mohammedan; esp., one living in turkey.-the plum weevil. see curculio, and plum weevil, under plum.
turkey: an empire in the southeast of europe and southwest of asia.-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.
turkish: of or pertaining to turkey or the turks.-the language spoken by turks, esp. that of the people of turkey.
turko: one of a body of native algerian tirailleurs in the french army, dressed as a turk.
turlupin: one of the precursors of the reformation; -- a nickname corresponding to lollard, etc.
turmeric: an east indian plant of the genus curcuma, of the ginger family.-the root or rootstock of the curcuma longa. it is externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. it is used for a dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test.-of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from, turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the oxidation of turmerol.
turmerol: turmeric oil, a brownish yellow, oily substance extracted from turmeric by ligroin.