Tufa () A soft or porous stone formed by depositions from water, usually calcareous; -- called also calcareous tufa.
Tufa () A friable volcanic rock or conglomerate, formed of consolidated cinders, or scoria.
Tufaceous (a.) Pertaining to tufa; consisting of, or resembling, tufa.
Tuff (n.) Same as Tufa.
Tuffoon (n.) See Typhoon.
Tuft (n.) 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.
Tuft (n.) A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants.
Tuft (n.) 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.
Tufted (imp. & p. p.) of Tuft
Tufting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tuft
Tuft (v. t.) To separate into tufts.
Tuft (v. t.) To adorn with tufts or with a tuft.
Tuft (v. i.) To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.
Tuf-taffeta (n.) A silk fabric formerly in use, having a nap or pile.
Tufted (a.) Adorned with a tuft; as, the tufted duck.
Tufted (a.) Growing in tufts or clusters; tufty.
Tufthunter (n.) A hanger-on to noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady. See 1st Tuft, 3.
Tufthunting (n.) The practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities.
Tufty (a.) Abounding with tufts.
Tufty (a.) Growing in tufts or clusters.
Tugged (imp. & p. p.) of Tug
Tugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tug
Tug (v. t.) 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.
Tug (v. t.) To pull; to pluck.
Tug (v. i.) To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream.
Tug (v. i.) To labor; to strive; to struggle.
Tug (n.) A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort.
Tug (n.) A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles.
Tug (n.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat.
Tug (n.) A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
Tug (n.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
Tugan (n.) Same as Tucan.
Tugboat (n.) See Tug, n., 3.
Tugger (n.) One who tugs.
Tuggingly (adv.) In a tugging manner; with laborious pulling.
Tulle (n.) In plate armor, a suspended plate in from of the thigh. See Illust. of Tasses.
Tuition (n.) Superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship.
Tuition (n.) Especially, the act, art, or business of teaching; instruction; as, children are sent to school for tuition; his tuition was thorough.
Tuition (n.) The money paid for instruction; the price or payment for instruction.
Tuitionary (a.) Of or pertaining to tuition.
Tuko-tuko (n.) 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 (n.) A large bulrush (Scirpus lacustris, and S. Tatora) growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and elsewhere.
Tulip (n.) Any plant of the liliaceous genus Tulipa. Many varieties are cultivated for their beautiful, often variegated flowers.
Tulip-eared (a.) Having erect, pointed ears; prick-eared; -- said of certain dogs.
Tulipist (n.) A person who is especially devoted to the cultivation of tulips.
Tulipomania (n.) A violent passion for the acquisition or cultivation of tulips; -- a word said by Beckman to have been coined by Menage.
Tulipomaniac (n.) One who is affected with tulipomania.
Tulip-shell (n.) 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.
Tulipwood (n.) The beautiful rose-colored striped wood of a Brazilian tree (Physocalymna floribunda), much used by cabinetmakers for inlaying.
Tull (v. t.) To allure; to tole.
Tulle (n.) A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc.
Tullian (a.) Belonging to, or in the style of, Tully (Marcus Tullius Cicero).
Tullibee (n.) A whitefish (Coregonus tullibee) found in the Great Lakes of North America; -- called also mongrel whitefish.
Tumbled (imp. & p. p.) of Tumble
Tumbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tumble
Tumble (v. i.) To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.
Tumble (v. i.) To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.
Tumble (v. i.) To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.
Tumble (v. t.) 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.
Tumble (v. t.) To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
Tumble (n.) Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.
Tumblebug (n.) See Tumbledung.
Tumble-down (a.) Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house.
Tumbledung (n.) 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 (n.) One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.
Tumbler (n.) 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.
Tumbler (n.) 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.
Tumbler (n.) 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.
Tumbler (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
Tumbler (n.) A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. They were formerly used in hunting rabbits.
Tumbler (n.) A kind of cart; a tumbrel.
Tumblerfuls (pl. ) of Tumblerful
Tumblerful (n.) As much as a tumbler will hold; enough to fill a tumbler.
Tumbleweed (n.) 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 () a. & vb. n. from Tumble, v.
Tumbrel (n.) Alt. of Tumbril
Tumbril (n.) A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds.
Tumbril (n.) A rough cart.
Tumbril (n.) A cart or carriage with two wheels, which accompanies troops or artillery, to convey the tools of pioneers, cartridges, and the like.
Tumbril (n.) A kind of basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep.
Tumefaction (n.) The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a swelling.
Tumefied (imp. & p. p.) of Tumefy
Tumefying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tumefy
Tumefy (v. t.) To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up.
Tumefy (v. i.) To rise in a tumor; to swell.
Tumid (a.) Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh.
Tumid (a.) Rising above the level; protuberant.
Tumid (a.) Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style.
Tumidity (n.) The quality or state of being tumid.
Tummals (n.) A great quantity or heap.
Tumor (n.) A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm.
Tumor (n.) Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity.
Tumored (a.) Distended; swelled.
Tumorous (a.) Swelling; protuberant.
Tumorous (a.) Inflated; bombastic.
Tump (n.) A little hillock; a knoll.
Tumped (imp. & p. p.) of Tump
Tumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tump
Tump (v. t.) To form a mass of earth or a hillock about; as, to tump teasel.