turnboy
An assistant to the driver of public transport or a truck.

turnboys
plural of turnboy

turndown
A downturn.
A rejection.
The service of turning down the bedcovers and often leaving chocolates, etc., on the pillow.
A downward pointing extension to a vehicle muffler.
The operational range of a device.

turndowns
plural of turndown

turnplate
A turntable (rotating platform for turning vehicles).

turnplates
plural of turnplate

turret
A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.
A siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.
A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes).
An armoured, rotating gun installation on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle.
The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car, with sides that are pierced for light and ventilation.
A turret head.
The central conical ornament atop a spinning roulette wheel.

turrets
plural of turret

turuma
A Swedish warship from the 18th century designed for use in the archipelago fleet.

turumas
plural of turuma

tuteur
A four-sided pyramid- or obelisk-like trellis designed to help train climbing plants.

tuteurs
plural of tuteur

tutorship
The duty of a tutor; tutelage
legal and financial guardianship under which the ward is a minor

tutorships
plural of tutorship

twakow
A kind of single-masted traditional boat with a junk rig, formerly used on the Singapore River along with the tongkang.

twakows
plural of twakow

tweendeck
A deck on some merchant ships between the maindeck and the hold.

tweendecker
A merchant ship that has one or more tweendecks

tweendeckers
plural of tweendecker

tweendecks
plural of tweendeck

twinhull
A boat having two hulls.

twinhulls
plural of twinhull

twinjet
An aircraft powered by two jet engines.
Two jets of particles from an event or source.

twinjets
plural of twinjet

twinset
A combination of a cardigan and a jumper, usually knitted in wool or cashmere.
A pair of cars or locomotives that are permanently coupled and treated as a single unit.
A pair of cylinders containing air for the diver to breathe.

twinsets
plural of twinset

twinships
plural of twinship

twirlies
plural of twirly

twirly
Coiled or curly.

twistlock
A standardized rotating connector for securing shipping containers.

twistlocks
plural of twistlock

twoc
To steal (especially a car).

twocs
third-person singular simple present indicative of twoc

twp
Abbreviation of township.

twps
plural of twp

tyfoon
Obsolete form of typhoon.

tyfoong
Obsolete spelling of typhoon.

tyfoongs
plural of tyfoong

tyfoons
plural of tyfoon

tyfung
Alternative form of tyfoong: obsolete spelling of typhoon.

tyfungs
plural of tyfung

typhoon
A severe tropical cyclone; an intense, rotating storm.
A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane except for its geographical region, typically resulting in wind speeds of 64 knots (119 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia and Australia.

typhoons
plural of typhoon

tyrantships
plural of tyrantship

tyres
plural of tyre

tyrocinium
Alternative spelling of tirocinium.

tzetse
Alternative spelling of tsetse.

tzetses
plural of tzetse

tzetze
Alternative spelling of tsetse.

uc
Initialism of upper case.

udal
Allodial, inalienable.

udals
plural of udal

uke
Clipping of ukulele.

ukes
plural of uke

ulank
Alternative form of oolak.

ulanks
plural of ulank

ulnare
One of the carpal bones, situated at the distal end of the ulna.

ulnares
plural of ulnare

ulock
Alternative form of oolak.

ulocks
plural of ulock

ultradrive
A spaceship drive capable of travelling faster than the speed of light.

ultradrives
plural of ultradrive

ultraintuitionists
plural of ultraintuitionist

ultraleft
Of or pertaining to ultraleftism.
Of a leftist movement or ideology: extreme and uncompromising; sectarian.
Extremely left-wing.

ultralefts
plural of ultraleft

ultralights
plural of ultralight

umbellet
A secondary umbel in a compound umbel such as the carrot; an umbellule.

umbellets
plural of umbellet

umbellule
An umbellet.

umbelule
Alternative form of umbellule.

umbilical
Of, or relating to, the navel (umbilicus) or the umbilical cord.
Such that the curvatures of normal sections are all equal to each other.

umbilicals
plural of umbilical

umiac
Alternative spelling of umiak.

umiack
Dated form of umiak.

umiacks
plural of umiack

umiacs
plural of umiac

umiak
A large, open boat made of skins stretched over a wooden frame that is propelled by paddles; used by the Eskimos for transportation.

umiaks
plural of umiak

umiaq
Alternative spelling of umiak.

umiaqs
plural of umiaq

umiat
plural of umiak

umpireships
plural of umpireship

unavailables
plural of unavailable

uncensorship
Absence of censorship.

uncle
The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
The male cousin of one’s parent.
Used as a fictive kinship title for a close male friend of one's parent or parents.
Used as a title for the male companion to one's (usually unmarried) parent.
A source of advice, encouragement, or help.
A pawnbroker.
An affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
An older African-American male.
Any middle-aged or elderly man older than the speaker and/or listener.

uncles
plural of uncle

uncleships
plural of uncleship

unconstraint
Freedom from constraint.

uncoupler
Anything that uncouples.
Any substance that inhibits ATP synthesis by breaking its connection with the electron transport system.

uncouplers
plural of uncoupler

underbodies
plural of underbody

underbody
The underparts of a bird or animal.
The underside of a vehicle.

underbottom
The lowest part of the profile of a ship or submarine.

underbottoms
plural of underbottom

undercar
The underside or undercarriage of a car.

undercard
A list of minor or supporting contests printed on the same bill as the main event (primarily fighting or racing, such as the main fight at a boxing match or wrestling, horse or car racing, etc.), occurring before or after the main event.
The events so listed.
A card lower than another given card or pair.
The supporting candidate on a ticket, such as vice president.

undercards
plural of undercard

undercarriage
The supporting structural framework of a vehicle.
The landing gear of an aircraft.
The genitalia.

undercarriages
plural of undercarriage

undercars
plural of undercar

undercart
An aircraft's undercarriage.

undercarts
plural of undercart

underclerkships
plural of underclerkship

underfamilies
plural of underfamily

underfamily
A subfamily.

underfootman
A subordinate footman.

underfootmen
plural of underfootman

underframe
The supporting structure of a piece of furniture, a vehicle, etc.

underframes
plural of underframe

undergoer
One that undergoes.
The most patient-like argument of a clause, e.g. 'the boat' in "The torpedo sank the boat" and "The boat sank".

undergoers
plural of undergoer

underguard
A protective guard on the underside of machinery, for example on a vehicle's exhaust.

underguards
plural of underguard

underinflation
Inadequate inflation (of vehicle tyres, etc.).

undermate
A junior officer on board a ship.

undermates
plural of undermate

underministries
plural of underministry

underministry
A subordinate or inferior ministry.

underpad
A mattress protector.
A padding layer underneath a carpet to prevent skidding.

underpads
plural of underpad

underride
A vehicle accident in which one vehicle partially slides underneath another.

underrides
plural of underride