Index of English words, starting with "ty"

(1) - Tympanitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or affected with, tympanites.

(1) - Tympanitis (n.) Inflammation of the lining membrane of the middle ear.

(1) - Tympanum (n.) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation.
(2) - Tympanum (n.) The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.
(3) - Tympanum (n.) The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table.
(4) - Tympanum (n.) One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse.
(5) - Tympanum (n.) A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds.
(6) - Tympanum (n.) The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear.

(1) - Tympany (n.) Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness.
(2) - Tympany (n.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites.