English words starting with tu - page 2

Meanings of Tuberculophobia:

noun

Irrational or excessive fear of becoming or being infected with tuberculosis; an instance of this.

Meanings of Tuberculoprotein:

noun

Any protein obtained from the tubercle bacillus (mycobacterium tuberculosis) or various other mycobacteria; protein of this nature, specifically purified protein derivative of tuberculin.

Meanings of Tuberculose:

adjective

Tuberculate.

Meanings of Tuberculosectorial:

adjective

Designating a sectorial tooth that has one or more tubercles.

noun

A tooth of this kind.

Meanings of Tuberculosed:

adjective

Affected with tuberculosis; tuberculous.

Meanings of Tuberculosis:

noun

An infectious bacterial disease characterized by the growth of nodules (tubercles) in the tissues, especially the lungs.

Usage examples:

The children then succumb to diseases like tuberculosis, pneumonia and meningitis.

Infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of bacilli

Meanings of Tuberculotherapist:

noun

Treatment of tuberculosis.

Meanings of Tuberculotherapy:

noun

Treatment of tuberculosis.

Meanings of Tuberculotrophic:

adjective

Having an (immunological) affinity for tubercle bacilli.

Meanings of Tuberculous:

adjective

Another term for tubercular.

Meanings of Tuberculum:

noun

Tubercle.

Meanings of Tuberose:

noun

A mexican plant with heavily scented white waxy flowers and a tuberous base. unknown in the wild, it was formerly cultivated as a flavouring for chocolate; the flower oil is used in perfumery.

Usage examples:

Cooling fountains mask traffic noise, while hummingbirds and butterflies explore the charms of tube…

adjective

Variant spelling of tuberous.

Meanings of Tuberosities:

noun

A raised part on a bone where a muscle is attached

Meanings of Tuberosity:

noun

A raised part on a bone where a muscle is attached

Meanings of Tuberous:

adjective

Of the nature of a tuber.

Usage examples:

Basal leaves and flowers initiate from a tuberous rhizome and three green cauline leaves arranged i…

Meanings of Tubers:

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 Tubes:

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 Tubesnout:

noun

A small inshore fish with a very elongated snout, head, and body, living along the pacific coast of north america.

Meanings of Tubicolous:

adjective

(of a marine worm) living in a tube.

Usage examples:

In this regard their mode of life may have been quite similar to fossil and recent species of tubic…

Meanings of Tubifexes:

noun

A small red annelid worm that lives in fresh water, partly buried in the mud.

Usage examples:

Artificial plants will suffice (unless you intend to breed your fish), but the glowlight tetra find…

Meanings of Tubiform:

adjective

Having the shape of a tube; tube-shaped.

Usage examples:

Halysis is distinguished from the microproblematicum flabellia by not being tubiform.

Meanings of Tubing:

noun

A length or lengths of metal, plastic, glass, etc., in tubular form.

Usage examples:

Use the plastic tubing to siphon the beer into the bottles

verb

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

Meanings of Tubocurarine:

noun

A compound of the alkaloid class obtained from curare and used to produce relaxation of voluntary muscles before surgery and in tetanus, encephalitis, and poliomyelitis.

Usage examples:

Not all voluntary muscles are equally sensitive to tubocurarine, and fortunately the respiratory mu…

Meanings of Tubs:

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 Tubular:

adjective

Long, round, and hollow like a tube.

Usage examples:

Tubular flowers of deep crimson

noun

Short for tubular tyre.