Index of English words, starting with "tu"

(1) - Turbinate (a.) Alt. of Turbinated
(2) - Turbinate (v. i.) To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.

(1) - Turbinated (a.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.
(2) - Turbinated (a.) Turbinal.
(3) - Turbinated (a.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.
(4) - Turbinated (a.) Whirling in the manner of a top.

(1) - Turbination (n.) The act of spinning or whirling, as a top.

(1) - Turbine (n.) A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which the water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing either outward from a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from above downward, etc.; -- also called turbine wheel.

(1) - Turbit (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, remarkable for its short beak.
(2) - Turbit (n.) The turbot.