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- English Word Tunable Definition Capable of being tuned, or made harmonious; hence, harmonious; musical; tuneful.
- English Word Tundra Definition A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia.
- English Word Tune Definition A sound; a note; a tone.
- English Word Tune Definition A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. See Air.
- English Word Tune Definition The state of giving the proper, sound or sounds; just intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice or an instrument; adjustment of the parts of an instrument so as to harmonize with itself or with others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune.
- English Word Tune Definition Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood.
- English Word Tune Definition To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of; as, to tune a piano or a violin.
- English Word Tune Definition To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
- English Word Tune Definition To sing with melody or harmony.
- English Word Tune Definition To put into a proper state or disposition.
- English Word Tune Definition To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds.
- English Word Tune Definition To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum.
- English Word Tuned Definition of Tune
- English Word Tuneful Definition Harmonious; melodious; musical; as, tuneful notes.
- English Word Tuneless Definition Without tune; inharmonious; unmusical.
- English Word Tuneless Definition Not employed in making music; as, tuneless harps.
- English Word Tuneless Definition Not expressed in music or poetry; unsung.
- English Word Tuner Definition One who tunes; especially, one whose occupation is to tune musical instruments.
- English Word Tungstate Definition A salt of tungstic acid; a wolframate.
- English Word Tungsten Definition A rare element of the chromium group found in certain minerals, as wolfram and scheelite, and isolated as a heavy steel-gray metal which is very hard and infusible. It has both acid and basic properties. When alloyed in small quantities with steel, it greatly increases its hardness. Symbol W (Wolframium). Atomic weight, 183.6. Specific gravity, 18.
- English Word Tungsten Definition Scheelite, or calcium tungstate.
- English Word Tungstenic Definition Of or pertaining to tungsten; containing tungsten; as, tungstenic ores.
- English Word Tungstic Definition Of or pertaining to tungsten; derived from, or resembling, tungsten; wolframic; as, tungstic oxide.
- English Word Tungstite Definition The oxide of tungsten, a yellow mineral occurring in a pulverulent form. It is often associated with wolfram.
- English Word Tunguses Definition A group of roving Turanian tribes occupying Eastern Siberia and the Amoor valley. They resemble the Mongols.
- English Word Tungusic Definition Of or pertaining to the Tunguses; as, the Tungusic dialects.
- English Word Tunhoof Definition Ground ivy; alehoof.
- English Word Tunic Definition An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the waist by a girdle.
- English Word Tunic Definition Any similar garment worm by ancient or Oriental peoples; also, a common name for various styles of loose-fitting under-garments and over-garments worn in modern times by Europeans and others.
- English Word Tunic Definition Same as Tunicle.