English words starting with tu

Meanings of Tu-whit-tu-whoo:

exclamation

Used in writing to represent the sound made by an owl

Meanings of Tuan:

noun

Another term for phascogale.

Meanings of Tuareg:

noun

A member of a berber people of the western and central sahara, living mainly in algeria, mali, niger, and western libya, traditionally as nomadic pastoralists.

Usage examples:

For centuries the nomadic tuaregs of the sahara, warned off by legends of diabolical fumes and flam…

adjective

Relating to the tuareg.

Usage examples:

Our analyses helped to establish the earliest possible date of manufacture and to identify the incr…

Meanings of Tuatara:

noun

A nocturnal burrowing lizard-like reptile with a crest of soft spines along its back, now confined to some small islands off new zealand.

Usage examples:

Finally, today's snakes, lizards, turtles, the tuatara, and crocodiles do enjoy a surprisingly broa…

Meanings of Tuataras:

noun

A nocturnal burrowing lizard-like reptile with a crest of soft spines along its back, now confined to some small islands off new zealand.

Usage examples:

Finally, today's snakes, lizards, turtles, the tuatara, and crocodiles do enjoy a surprisingly broa…

Meanings of Tub:

noun

A wide, open, deep, typically round container with a flat bottom used for holding liquids, growing plants, etc.

Usage examples:

A rainwater tub

verb

Plant in a tub.

Usage examples:

Plant them in drifts at the front of your borders, tub them, fill a window box with them: they go a…

Meanings of Tuba:

noun

A large brass wind instrument of bass pitch, with three to six valves and a broad bell typically facing upwards.

Usage examples:

She plays the violin, viola and piano, while antonin plays the viola, cello, double bass, tuba, gui…

Meanings of Tubal:

adjective

Relating to or occurring in a tube, especially the fallopian tubes.

Usage examples:

In nulliparous women, in the upright position, their long axis is vertical; it has lateral and mesi…

Meanings of Tubas:

noun

A large brass wind instrument of bass pitch, with three to six valves and a broad bell typically facing upwards.

Usage examples:

She plays the violin, viola and piano, while antonin plays the viola, cello, double bass, tuba, gui…

Meanings of Tubbable:

adjective

(especially of fabric or clothes) suitable for washing in a tub or washing machine.

Usage examples:

Lovely tubbable crepe and satin

Meanings of Tubbed:

verb

Plant in a tub.

Usage examples:

Plant them in drifts at the front of your borders, tub them, fill a window box with them: they go a…

noun

A wide, open, deep, typically round container with a flat bottom used for holding liquids, growing plants, etc.

Usage examples:

A rainwater tub

Meanings of Tubbier:

adjective

Short and rather fat.

Usage examples:

A small, tubby man

Meanings of Tubbiest:

adjective

Short and rather fat.

Usage examples:

A small, tubby man

Meanings of Tubbing:

verb

Plant in a tub.

Usage examples:

Plant them in drifts at the front of your borders, tub them, fill a window box with them: they go a…

noun

A wide, open, deep, typically round container with a flat bottom used for holding liquids, growing plants, etc.

Usage examples:

A rainwater tub

Meanings of Tubby:

adjective

Short and rather fat.

Usage examples:

A small, tubby man

Meanings of Tube:

noun

A long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc. for holding or transporting something, chiefly liquids or gases.

Usage examples:

A plastic tube is connected to the tap and the beer is ready to be pulled

verb

Fit (a person or animal) with a tube to assist breathing, especially after a laryngotomy.

Usage examples:

The charge stemmed from his failure to properly record how he treated hip wolf on the day she was a…

Meanings of Tubectomies:

noun

Another term for salpingectomy.

Meanings of Tubectomy:

noun

Another term for salpingectomy.

Meanings of Tubed:

verb

Fit (a person or animal) with a tube to assist breathing, especially after a laryngotomy.

Usage examples:

The charge stemmed from his failure to properly record how he treated hip wolf on the day she was a…

noun

A long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc. for holding or transporting something, chiefly liquids or gases.

Usage examples:

A plastic tube is connected to the tap and the beer is ready to be pulled

Meanings of Tuber:

noun

A much thickened underground part of a stem or rhizome, e.g. in the potato, serving as a food reserve and bearing buds from which new plants arise.

Usage examples:

By contrast to leaves, potato tubers represent a non-photosynthetic plant tissue that uses a large …

Meanings of Tubercle:

noun

A small rounded projection or protuberance, especially on a bone or on the surface of an animal or plant.

Usage examples:

The blood supply of the scaphoid comes from the radial artery, feeding the bone on the dorsal surfa…

Meanings of Tubercled:

adjective

Tuberculate.

Meanings of Tubercles:

noun

A small rounded projection or protuberance, especially on a bone or on the surface of an animal or plant.

Usage examples:

The blood supply of the scaphoid comes from the radial artery, feeding the bone on the dorsal surfa…

Meanings of Tubercula:

Plural of tuberculum specialized

Meanings of Tubercular:

adjective

Relating to or affected with tuberculosis.

Usage examples:

A tubercular kidney

noun

A person with tuberculosis.

Usage examples:

The dying tubercular