tubˈer noun

A participant in the sport of tubing (see below)

tubicˈolar or tubicˈolous adjective

Inhabiting a tube

tubˈicole noun

A tubicolous animal or plant (also adjective)

tubifloˈrous adjective

Having tubular flowers

tubˈiform adjective

Shaped like a tube

tubˈing noun

1. The act of making or supplying tubes
2. The activity of travelling through water or snow in an inflated inner tube
3. Tubes collectively
4. Material for tubes

tubˈoplasty noun (medicine)

Surgical repair of a Fallopian tube

tubˈūlar adjective

1. Having the form of a tube
2. Made of or with tubes
3. Having a sound like that made by the passage of air through a tube

Tubūlāˈria noun

A genus of Hydrozoa

tubūlāˈrian adjective and noun

tubūlarˈity noun

tubˈūlate transitive verb

1. To form into a tube
2. To provide with a tube

adjective

Tubular

tubˈūlated adjective

tubūlāˈtion noun

tubˈūlature noun

tubˈūle noun

A small tube

Tubūlifloˈrae plural noun

A section of the Compositae with tubular disc flowers

tubūlifloˈral or tubūlifloˈrous adjective

tubˈulin noun (biology)

A globular protein which forms the basic unit for the contraction of microtubules

tubˈūlous adjective

Tubular

tubal ligation noun

The placing of a clip or ligature round a loop in each of the Fallopian tubes as a means of sterilization

tube foot noun

In echinoderms, a tube protruding through a pore, used in locomotion and respiration

tubeless tyre or tubeless tire see under tyre

tubeˈnose noun

Any seabird of the order Procellariiformes, characterized by having extended tubular nostrils (also called petrel)

tube skirt noun

A close-fitting, straight skirt

tube well noun

A pipe used to obtain water from beneath the ground, with perforations just above its sharp point

tube worm noun

A worm that makes a tube to inhabit

tubular bells plural noun

An orchestral musical instrument in the percussion section, consisting of a number of metal tubes suspended in a frame, giving the sound of bells when struck

to go down the tubes (slang)

To fail dismally, to be ruined

tuber¹ /tūˈbər/

noun

1. A swelling, usu underground, in a plant, where reserves are stored up, formed either in the stem (as in the potato, Jerusalem artichoke, etc), or sometimes in the root (as in the dahlia)
2. A lump
3. A rounded swelling (pathology)
4. A knob
5. A protuberance
6. (with cap) the truffle genus of fungi, giving its name to the Tuberāˈceae, saprophytic Ascomycetes, many with edible underground fructifications (truffles)

tuberāˈceous adjective

tuberifˈerous adjective

tuˈberiform adjective

tuberose /tūˈbə-rōs, -rōz/ adjective

Tuberous

noun /tūˈbə-rōs, -rōz; often, by false association with tube and rose¹, tūbˈrōz/

A Mexican amaryllid (Polianthes tuberosa) grown for its fragrant creamy-white flowers, propagated by tubers

tuberosity /-rosˈi-ti/ noun

tubˈerous adjective

1. Having tubers
2. Of the nature of, or like, a tuber
3. Knobbed

tuberous root noun

A fleshy root resembling a tuber but not having buds or eyes