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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: tusk - t.v.r.</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="tusk"> tusk, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a very long, pointed, projecting tooth. Elephants, walruses, and wild boars have two tusks; narwhals usually have only one tusk. <DD> 2. any tooth or part resembling a tusk. <DD> 3. a bevel or sloping shoulder on a tenon, used inwoodworking for additional strength. <DD>v.t. 1. to wound with a tusk; gore. <DD> 2. to root or dig (up) or tear (off) with the tusks. adj. tuskless. adj. tusklike. </DL> <A NAME="tusked"> tusked, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having tusks. </DL> <A NAME="tusker"> tusker, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an animal, especially a male animal, having well-developed tusks, such as a full-grown elephant, walrus, or wild boar. </DL> <A NAME="tuskshell"> tusk shell, =tooth shell.</DL> <A NAME="tusktenon"> tusk tenon,<DL COMPACT><DD> (in woodworking) a tenon with a tusk or tusks. </DL> <A NAME="tusky"> tusky, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having tusks. </DL> <A NAME="tussah"> tussah or tussa, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Also, tussah silk. a coarse, tan silk made especially in India. <DD> 2. an Asian silkworm that makes the cocoons that go into the making of tussah. </DL> <A NAME="tussal"> tussal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a cough. </DL> <A NAME="tussar"> tussar or tusser, noun. =tussah.</DL> <A NAME="tussi"> Tussi, noun, pl. -si or -sis. =Watusi.</DL> <A NAME="tussiemussie"> tussie-mussie, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) a nosegay. </DL> <A NAME="tussis"> tussis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Medicine.) a cough. </DL> <A NAME="tussive"> tussive, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having to do with a cough. <DD> 2. caused by a cough. </DL> <A NAME="tussle"> tussle, verb, -sled, -sling, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. to struggle or wrestle; scuffle. Ex. The boys tussled over the hat. <DD>noun a vigorous or disorderly conflict; severe struggle or hard contest. Ex. The cold war, then, is not a short, sharp tussle (Manchester Guardian). </DL> <A NAME="tussock"> tussock, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a tuft of growing grass, sedge, or the like. <DD> 2. a tuft or bunch of hair or feathers. </DL> <A NAME="tussockcaterpillar"> tussock caterpillar,<DL COMPACT><DD> the larva of a tussock moth. </DL> <A NAME="tussocked"> tussocked, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. covered with tussocks. <DD> 2. formed into tussocks. </DL> <A NAME="tussockmoth"> tussock moth,<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a family of dull-colored moths whose larvae have thick tufts of hair along the back, such as the gypsy moth. </DL> <A NAME="tussocky"> tussocky, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. abounding in tussocks. <DD> 2. forming tussocks. </DL> <A NAME="tussor"> tussor, tussore, or tussur, noun. =tussah.</DL> <A NAME="tut"> tut, interjection, noun, verb, tutted, tutting.<DL COMPACT><DD>interj., noun an exclamation of impatience, contempt, or rebuke. <DD>v.i., v.t. to say or exclaim "tut" in contempt, rebuke, or impatience (of). Ex. There was much tutting and disgusted head shaking on this afternoon (Robin Marlar). <DD> Also, tut-tut. </DL> <A NAME="tutee"> tutee, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person being tutored. </DL> <A NAME="tutelage"> tutelage, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the office or function of a guardian; guardianship; protection. <DD> 2. instruction. <DD> 3. the condition of being in the charge of a guardian or tutor. </DL> <A NAME="tutelar"> tutelar, adjective. =tutelary.</DL> <A NAME="tutelary"> tutelary, adjective, noun, pl. -laries.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. having the position of guardian, especially protecting or watching over a particular person, place, or thing. Ex. a tutelary saint. <DD> 2. of a guardian; protective. Ex. a tutelary charm. <DD>noun a tutelary saint, spirit, divinity, etc. </DL> <A NAME="tutenag"> tutenag or tutenague, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a whitish alloy of chiefly zinc, copper, and nickel. <DD> 2. =zinc. </DL> <A NAME="tutor"> tutor, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a person who is attached to a household or employed by a family as a private teacher. Ex. Those rich children had tutors instead of going to school. <DD> 2. a person (not necessarily professionally connected with a college, university, or school) engaged by students to help them prepare for examinations. <DD> 3. (U.S.) a teacher below the rank of instructor at a college or university. <DD> 4. a college official in an English university to whom students are assigned for advice and supervision. <DD> 5. (in Roman, civil, and Scots law) the guardian of a person legally incapable of managing his own affairs, especially a child under the age of puberty. <DD>v.t. 1. to give special or individual instruction to; teach; instruct. Ex. She was tutored at home during her long illness. <DD> 2. to instruct under discipline; school. Ex. The world, however it may be taught, will not be tutored (Shakespeare). <DD> 3. to admonish or reprove. <DD> 4. (Obsolete.) to take care or charge of. <DD>v.i. 1. (Informal.) to be taught by a tutor; study under a tutor. Ex. He is tutoring in algebra. <DD> 2. to act as tutor. </DL> <A NAME="tutorage"> tutorage, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =tutorship. <DD> 2. the cost of educational tutoring. </DL> <A NAME="tutoress"> tutoress, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a woman tutor. </DL> <A NAME="tutorial"> tutorial, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. of or having to do with a tutor. Ex. tutorial fees. <DD> 2. exercised by a tutor. Ex. tutorial authority. <DD> 3. using tutors. Ex. a tutorial system of private education. <DD>noun a period of individual instruction given in some colleges by a tutor to either a single student or a small group. Ex. The smallness of the tutorial encourages maximum participation (Benjamin Fine). </DL> <A NAME="tutorialsystem"> tutorial system,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an educational system, usually at college level, in which each student is assigned, as one of a group, to a tutor, who advises and directs him. <DD> 2. an educational system, at any level, in which each student is taught individually or as one of a small group. </DL> <A NAME="tutorship"> tutorship, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the position, rank, or duties of a tutor. </DL> <A NAME="tutoyer"> tutoyer, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to treat as an intimate; address with familiarity. </DL> <A NAME="tutsi"> Tutsi, noun, pl. -si or -sis. =Watusi.</DL> <A NAME="tutta"> tutta, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) the feminine of tutto. </DL> <A NAME="tutti"> tutti, adjective, noun, pl. -tis.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) <DD>adj. 1. all; all (voices or instruments) together. <DD> 2. written for or performed by all voices or instruments together. <DD>noun a passage or movement performed by all voices or instruments together. </DL> <A NAME="tuttifrutti"> tutti-frutti, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a preserve of mixed fruits. <DD> 2. ice cream or another confection containing a variety of fruits or fruit flavorings. <DD>adj. flavored with or containing mixed fruits. </DL> <A NAME="tutto"> tutto, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) all; entire. </DL> <A NAME="tuttut"> tut-tut, interjection, noun, verb, -tutted, -tutting.<DL COMPACT><DD>interj., noun =tut. <DD>v.i., v.t. to say or exclaim "tut-tut" in contempt, rebuke, or impatience (of). </DL> <A NAME="tutty"> tutty, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a crude oxide of zinc found adhering in flakes to the flues of smelting furnaces, used chiefly as a polishing powder. </DL> <A NAME="tutu"> tutu (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a very short, full, stiff skirt worn by a ballet dancer. </DL> <A NAME="tutu"> tutu (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Hawaiian.) grandma; grandpa. </DL> <A NAME="tuum"> tuum, pronoun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) thine; that which is thine. </DL> <A NAME="tuvinian"> Tuvinian, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a member of a Turkic people living in Tuva (formerly Tannu Tuva), in central Asia, between Siberia and Outer Mongolia. <DD> 2. the language of this people. </DL> <A NAME="tuwhit"> tu-whit, intransitive verb, -whitted, -whitting.<DL COMPACT><DD> to hoot, as an owl. </DL> <A NAME="tuwhittuwhoo"> tu-whit tu-whoo,<DL COMPACT><DD> an imitation of the call of an owl. Ex. Then nightly sings the staring owl tu-whit to-whoo--a merry note (Shakespeare). </DL> <A NAME="tux"> tux, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a tuxedo. </DL> <A NAME="tuxedo"> tuxedo or Tuxedo, noun, pl. -dos or -does.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a man's suit for semiformal evening wear, with a tailless coat, usually black with satin lapels. <DD> 2. the coat of such a suit; dinner coat or jacket. </DL> <A NAME="tuxedoed"> tuxedoed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> dressed in a tuxedo or tuxedos. </DL> <A NAME="tuyere"> tuyere, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an opening through which the blast of air is forced into a blast furnace or forge. </DL> <A NAME="tv"> TV (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. television. <DD> 2. terminal velocity. </DL> <A NAME="tva"> TVA (no periods) or T.V.A.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Tennessee Valley Authority (a United States government organization for developing the resources of the Tennessee River Valley, started in 1933). </DL> <A NAME="tvdinner"> TV dinner,<DL COMPACT><DD> a frozen meal on a tray ready to be heated and served. </DL> <A NAME="tvp"> TVP (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) textured vegetable protein (an engineered food made from processed soybeans). </DL> <A NAME="tvr"> T.V.R.,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) temperature variation of resistance. </DL> <A HREF="tw.dic">NEXT</A>