Tunnel (v. t.) To catch in a tunnel net.
Tunnel (v. t.) To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.
Tunnies (pl. ) of Tunny
Tunny (n.) 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 (v. t. & i.) To butt, as a ram does.
Tup (v. t. & i.) To cover; -- said of a ram.
Tup (n.) A ram.
Tupal (n.) Any one of the tupaiids.
Tupaiid (n.) 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 (n.) 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.
Tupmen (pl. ) of Tupman
Tupman (n.) A man who breeds, or deals in tups.
Tur (n.) The urus.
Turacin (n.) 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 (n.) 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 (n.) A green pigment found in the feathers of the turacou. See Turacin.
Turanian (a.) 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.
Turanian (n.) One of the Turanians.
Turanians (n. pl.) An extensive division of mankind including the Mongols and allied races of Asia, together with the Malays and Polynesians.
Turanians (n. pl.) A group of races or tribes inhabiting Asia and closely related to the Mongols.
Turatt (n.) The hare kangaroo.
Turban (n.) 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.
Turban (n.) A kind of headdress worn by women.
Turban (n.) The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.
Turband (n.) A turban.
Turbaned (a.) Wearing a turban.
Turban-shell (n.) A sea urchin when deprived of its spines; -- popularly so called from a fancied resemblance to a turban.
Turbant (n.) A turban.
Turban-top (n.) A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus (Helvella, / Gyromitra, esculenta.).
Turbaries (pl. ) of Turbary
Turbary (n.) A right of digging turf on another man's land; also, the ground where turf is dug.
Turbellaria (n. pl.) 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.
Turbellarian (n.) One of the Turbellaria. Also used adjectively.
Turbeth (n.) See Turpeth.
Turbid (a.) Having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind; as, turbid water; turbid wine.
Turbid (a.) Disturbed; confused; disordered.
Turbidity (n.) Turbidness.
Turbidly (adv.) In a turbid manner; with muddiness or confusion.
Turbidly (adv.) Proudly; haughtily.
Turbidness (n.) The quality or state of being turbid; muddiness; foulness.
Turbillion (n.) A whirl; a vortex.
Turbinaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to peat, or turf; of the nature of peat, or turf; peaty; turfy.
Turbinal (a.) 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.
Turbinal (n.) A turbinal bone or cartilage.
Turbinate (v. i.) To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.
Turbinate (a.) Alt. of Turbinated
Turbinated (a.) Whirling in the manner of a top.
Turbinated (a.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.
Turbinated (a.) Turbinal.
Turbinated (a.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.
Turbination (n.) The act of spinning or whirling, as a top.
Turbine (n.) 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 (n.) A genus of large marine gastropods having a thick heavy shell with conspicuous folds on the columella.
Turbinite (n.) A petrified shell resembling the genus Turbo.
Turbinoid (a.) Like or pertaining to Turbo or the family Turbinidae.
Turbit (n.) The turbot.
Turbit (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, remarkable for its short beak.
Turbite (n.) A fossil turbo.
Turbith (n.) See Turpeth.
Turbo (n.) 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 (n.) 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.
Turbot (n.) 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.
Turbot (n.) The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda.
Turbot (n.) The trigger fish.
Turbulence (n.) The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumult; disorder; agitation.
Turbulency (n.) Turbulence.
Turbulent (a.) Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean.
Turbulent (a.) Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory; as, turbulent spirits.
Turbulent (a.) Producing commotion; disturbing; exciting.
Turbulently (adv.) In a turbulent manner.
Turcism (n.) A mode of speech peculiar to the Turks; a Turkish idiom or expression; also, in general, a Turkish mode or custom.
Turcomans (pl. ) of Turcoman
Turcoman (n.) A member of a tribe of Turanians inhabiting a region east of the Caspian Sea.
Turcoman (n.) A Turcoman carpet.
Turdiformes (n. pl.) A division of singing birds including the thrushes and allied kinds.
Turdus (n.) A genus of singing birds including the true thrushes.
Tureen (n.) A large, deep vessel for holding soup, or other liquid food, at the table.
Tureenfuls (pl. ) of Tureenful
Tureenful (n.) As much as a tureen can hold; enough to fill a tureen.
Turfs (pl. ) of Turf
Turves (pl. ) of Turf
Turf (n.) 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.
Turf (n.) Peat, especially when prepared for fuel. See Peat.
Turf (n.) Race course; horse racing; -- preceded by the.
Turfed (imp. & p. p.) of Turf
Turfing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Turf
Turf (v. t.) To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, of the border of a terrace.
Turfen (a.) Made of turf; covered with turf.
Turfiness (n.) Quality or state of being turfy.
Turfing (n.) The act or process of providing or covering with turf.
Turfite (n.) A votary of the turf, or race course; hence, sometimes, a blackleg.
Turfless (a.) Destitute of turf.
Turfmen (pl. ) of Turfman
Turfman (n.) A turfite; a votary of the turf, or race course.
Turfy (superl.) Abounding with turf; made of, or covered with, turf.
Turfy (superl.) Having the nature or appearance of turf.
Turfy (superl.) Of or pertaining to the turf, or horse racing.
Turgent (a.) Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors.
Turgent (a.) Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
Turgesced (imp. & p. p.) of Turgesce