tunnelledtunneledadj.
/ˈtʌnəld/ a. Formed like a pipe or tube. Obsolete.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [adjective] > of hollow cylindrical form
cannulate?a1425
fistulose?1440
pipedc1520
pipe-like1600
fistulous1601
tubulous1664
tubulary1673
tubular1682
cannulated1684
cannular1698
tubulated1713
tunnelled1713
tubulose1714
pipy1724
tubal1735
tubiform1745
tubulate1753
tube-shaped1760
tubuliform1794
fistuliform1805
tubular-shaped1815
tubed1816
canaliform1826
tunnel-shaped1826
tube-like1849
tunnelly1874
tunnel-like1880
tubar1887
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xiii. 234 The Phalænæ Tribe..inhabit the tunnelled, convolved Leaves.
1854 B. P. Shillaber Life & Sayings Mrs. Partington 102 He..watched that object, through his tunneled hand.
b. Perforated with a tube.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [adjective] > of hollow cylindrical form > consisting of or having tubes
tubular1804
tunnelled1890
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II Tunnelled, term applied to sounds or other instruments having a short tube or tunnel, through which a fine bougie..passes.
c. Enclosed in a tunnel-like cavity.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [adjective] > enclosed > in or as in other specific enclosure or receptacle
chamberedc1540
housed1569
bagged1572
celled1586
arboured1606
closeteda1649
vesselled1660
cabineted1680
encysted1705
caverned1734
mounded1807
castled1821
casketed1822
styed1829
tree-embowered1866
tunnelled1901
1901 Westm. Gaz. 13 May 5/3 A double-funnelled lifeboat, with a tunnelled screw, which will enable her to go in safety into shallow waters and amongst rocks, was launched at Harwich on Saturday.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [adjective] > having or not having chimney(s) > types of chimney or flue
tunnelled1819
bell-hooded1883
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor ix, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 270 The soot..showered down the huge tunnelled chimnies.
3. Excavated as, or by, a tunnel; formed by tunnelling.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [adjective] > hollowed > formed (as) by tunnelling
tunnelled1856
mouseholed1967
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [adjective] > tumour > other tumours
sublated1647
polypous1684
polypose1722
extravasate1728
flatulent1730
primary1793
mammary1804
osteosarcomatous1825
polypoid1827
carcinoid1830
homoeomorphous1832
melanoid1839
polypiform1846
tyromatous1848
non-malignant1852
extravasated1853
adenomatous1863
histioid1864
histoid1865
myxomatous1872
small-cell1872
lymphadenomatous1873
polypoidal1873
lymphomatous1876
myomatous1876
lympho-sarcomatous1880
haematomatous1886
fibro-lipomatous1889
teratomatous1891
mixed1892
fibro-adenomatous1894
psammomatous1897
tunnelled1898
mycosic1899
radioresistant1922
melanomatous1943
sarcoid-like1943
paragangliomatous1965
oncofetal1972
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxix. 380 An expansion of the tunnelled entrance made an appendage of..two feet more.
1861 G. Wilson & A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes viii. 206 The caves and tunnelled caverns worn out by the Atlantic breakers.
1879 J. Grant in Cassell's Techn. Educator v. 286 A tunnelled staircase led to the roof.
1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxxiv. 525 In the latter [the brain] it [the distomum Ringesi] forms a sort of tunnelled tumour.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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