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- English Word Turriculated Definition Furnished with, or formed like, a small turret or turrets; somewhat turreted.
- English Word Turrilite Definition Any fossil ammonite of the genus Turrilites. The shell forms an open spiral with the later whorls separate.
- English Word Turritella Definition Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to Turritella and allied genera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted shell, composed of many whorls. They have a rounded aperture, and a horny multispiral operculum.
- English Word Turritelloid Definition Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the turritellas.
- English Word Turtle Definition The turtledove.
- English Word Turtle Definition Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata, especially a sea turtle, or chelonian.
- English Word Turtle Definition The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.
- English Word Turtle-footed Definition Slow-footed.
- English Word Turtle-shell Definition The turtle cowrie.
- English Word Turtledove Definition Any one of numerous species of pigeons belonging to Turtur and allied genera, native of various parts of the Old World; especially, the common European species (Turtur vulgaris), which is noted for its plaintive note, affectionate disposition, and devotion to its mate.
- English Word Turtledove Definition Any one of several species of pigeons more or less resembling the true turtledoves, as the American mourning dove (see under Dove), and the Australian turtledove (Stictopelia cuneata).
- English Word Turtlehead Definition An American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead, shell flower, and balmony.
- English Word Turtler Definition One who catches turtles or tortoises.
- English Word Turtling Definition The act, practice, or art of catching turtles.
- English Word Turves Definition pl. of Turf.
- English Word Turves Definition of Turf
- English Word Tuscan Definition Of or pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; -- specifically designating one of the five orders of architecture recognized and described by the Italian writers of the 16th century, or characteristic of the order. The original of this order was not used by the Greeks, but by the Romans under the Empire. See Order, and Illust. of Capital.
- English Word Tuscan Definition A native or inhabitant of Tuscany.
- English Word Tuscaroras Definition A tribe of North American Indians formerly living on the Neuse and Tar rivers in North Carolina. They were conquered in 1713, after which the remnant of the tribe joined the Five Nations, thus forming the Six Nations. See Six Nations, under Six.
- English Word Tuscor Definition A tush of a horse.
- English Word Tush Definition An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it.
- English Word Tush Definition A long, pointed tooth; a tusk; -- applied especially to certain teeth of horses.
- English Word Tusk Definition Same as Torsk.
- English Word Tusk Definition One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth.
- English Word Tusk Definition A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also tusk-shell.
- English Word Tusk Definition A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth.
- English Word Tusk Definition To bare or gnash the teeth.
- English Word Tusk-shell Definition See 2d Tusk, n., 2.
- English Word Tusked Definition Furnished with tusks.
- English Word Tusker Definition An elephant having large tusks.