Index of English words, starting with "tu"

(1) - Tubulous (a.) Containing, or consisting of, small tubes; specifically (Bot.), composed wholly of tubulous florets; as, a tubulous compound flower.
(2) - Tubulous (a.) 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.

(1) - Tubulure (n.) A short tubular opening at the top of a retort, or at the top or side of a bottle; a tubulation.

(1) - Tuck (n.) Food; pastry; sweetmeats.
(2) - Tuck (n.) The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.
(3) - Tuck (n.) A pull; a lugging.
(4) - Tuck (n.) A small net used for taking fish from a larger one; -- called also tuck-net.
(5) - Tuck (n.) A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait.
(6) - Tuck (v. i.) To contract; to draw together.
(7) - Tuck (v. t.) To full, as cloth.
(8) - Tuck (v. t.) 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.
(9) - Tuck (v. t.) To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.
(10) - Tuck (v. t.) 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.
(11) - Tuck (n.) The beat of a drum.
(12) - Tuck (n.) A long, narrow sword; a rapier.