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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

tuna
tuna fish noun important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks

tuna
noun New Zealand eel

tuna fish salad
tuna salad noun salad composed primarily of chopped canned tuna fish

tuna oil
noun an oil obtained from tuna

tuna-like
adjective resembling a tuna

tunaburger
noun a sandwich that resembles a hamburger but made with tuna instead of beef

tundra
noun a vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line

tundra soil
noun a black mucky soil with a frozen subsoil that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions

tundra swan
Cygnus columbianus noun swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worlds

tune
melody noun a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; `she was humming an air from Beethoven`

tune-up
noun adjustments made to an engine to improve its performance

tuned
adjective tuned in equal temperament; or so tuned as to allow modulation into other keys

tuneful
adjective having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune

tuneless
untuneful adjective not having a musical sound or pleasing tune

tunelessly
adverb in a tuneless fashion; `he whistled tunelessly`

tuner
piano tuner noun someone who tunes pianos

tung oil
Chinese wood oil noun a yellow oil obtained from the seeds of the tung tree

tung tree
tung noun Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil

Tunga
genus Tunga noun a genus of Siphonaptera

tungstate
noun a salt of tungstic acid

tungsten
wolfram noun a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite

tungsten steel
wolfram steel noun a very hard heat-resistant steel containing tungsten

tungstic acid
noun an oxyacid of tungsten (often polymeric in nature) formed by neutralizing alkaline tungstate solutions

Tungus
Tunguz noun the Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia

Tungusic
Tungusic language noun a family of Altaic languages spoken in Mongolia and neighboring areas

Tunguska
noun a river that arises north of Lake Baikal and flows north and west to the Yenisei River

tunic
tunica noun an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue

tunica albuginea testes
noun whitish cover of the testicle

tunicate
urochordate noun primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva

tuning
noun (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency

tuning fork
noun a metal implement with two prongs that gives a fixed tone when struck; used to tune musical instruments

Tunis
capital of Tunisia noun the capital and principal port of Tunisia

Tunisia
Republic of Tunisia noun a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956; `southern Tunisia is mostly desert`

Tunisian
noun a native or inhabitant of Tunisia

Tunisian dinar
noun the basic unit of money in Tunisia

Tunisian dirham
noun 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Tunisia

Tunisian monetary unit
noun monetary unit in Tunisia

tunnel
noun a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars); `the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection`

tunnel vision
noun visual impairment involving a loss of peripheral vision

Tunney
Gene Tunney noun United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (1898-1978)

tunny
noun any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters

Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement
Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Anaru noun a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Peru; was formed in 1983 to overthrow the Peruvian government and replace it with a Marxist regime; has connections with the ELN in Bolivia

Tupac Katari Guerrilla Army
EGTK noun a terrorist group that is the remnants of the original Bolivian insurgents trained by Che Guevara; attacks small unprotected targets such as power pylons or oil pipelines or government buildings

Tupaia
genus Tupaia noun the type genus of the Tupaia: chief genus of tree shrews

Tupaiidae
family Tupaiidae noun tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates

tupelo
tupelo tree noun any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America

Tupi
noun the language spoken by the Tupi of Brazil and Paraguay

Tupi-Guarani
Tupi-Guarani language noun a family of South American Indian languages

tupik
tupek noun tent that is an Eskimo summer dwelling

Tupinambis
genus Tupinambis noun tejus

Tupungatito
noun an inactive volcano in central Chile; last erupted in 1959

Tupungato
noun a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,310 feet high)

turban
noun a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head

turban squash
noun large squash shaped somewhat like a turban usually with a rounded central portion protruding from the blossom end

turbaned
adjective wearing a turban

Turbellaria
class Turbellaria noun free-living flatworms

turbidity
turbidness noun muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended

turbinate
adjective of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages

turbinate bone
turbinate noun any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates

turbine
noun rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate

turbogenerator
noun generator consisting of a steam turbine coupled to an electric generator for the production of electric power

turbot
Psetta maxima noun a large brownish European flatfish

turbulence
upheaval noun a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); `the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence`

turbulent flow
noun flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically

turbulently
adverb in a turbulent manner; with turbulence; `the river rolls turbulently boiling`

Turdidae
family Turdidae noun thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae

Turdinae
subfamily Turdinae noun alternative classification for the thrushes

Turdus
genus Turdus noun type genus of the Turdidae

Turdus iliacus
noun small European thrush having reddish flanks

tureen
noun large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews

turf
sod noun surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots

turf war
noun a bitter struggle for territory or power or control or rights; `a turf war erupted between street gangs`; `the president`s resignation was the result of a turf war with the board of directors`

Turfan
East Tocharian noun a dialect of Tocharian

turfing daisy
Matricaria oreades noun mat-forming perennial herb of Asia Minor; sometimes included in genus Matricaria

Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev noun Russian writer of stories and novels and plays (1818-1883)

turgidity
turgidness noun pompously embellished language

turgidly
adverb in a turgid manner; `he lectured bombastically about his theories`

turgor
noun (biology) the normal rigid state of fullness of a cell or blood vessel or capillary resulting from pressure of the contents against the wall or membrane

Turgot
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot noun French economist who in 1774 was put in control of finances by Louis XVI; his proposals for reforms that involved abolishing feudal privileges made him unpopular with the aristocracy and in 1776 he was dismissed (1727-1781)

Turin
Torino noun capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy

Turing
Alan Turing noun English mathematician who conceived of the Turing machine and broke German codes during World War II (1912-1954)

Turing machine
noun a hypothetical computer with an infinitely long memory tape

Turk
noun a native or inhabitant of Turkey

Turk`s cap-lily
Lilium superbum noun lily of the eastern United States with orange to red maroon-spotted flowers

Turk`s head
noun an ornamental knot that resembles a small turban

Turk`s-cap
Lilium superbum noun lily of the eastern United States with orange to red maroon-spotted flowers

turkey
Meleagris gallopavo noun large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food

turkey
noun a person who does something thoughtless or annoying; `some joker is blocking the driveway`

turkey buzzard
turkey vulture noun a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States

turkey cock
gobbler noun male turkey

turkey leg
turkey drumstick noun the lower joint of the leg of a turkey

turkey stew
noun a stew made with turkey

turkey stuffing
noun stuffing for turkey

turkey trot
noun an early ragtime one-step

turkey wing
noun the wing of a turkey

turkey-like
adjective resembling a turkey

turkey-sized
adjective having the approximate size of a turkey

Turki
Turkic noun a subfamily of Altaic languages

Turkic
adjective of or relating to the people who speak the Turkic language

Turkic-speaking
adjective able to communicate in Turkic