Vocabulary : Tubbed to Tubercled

Tubbed : of Tub
Tubbing : of Tub ;; The forming of a tub; also, collectively, materials for tubs. ;; A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety.
Tubby : Resembling a tub; specifically sounding dull and without resonance, like a tub; wanting elasticity or freedom of sound; as, a tubby violin.
Tube : A tunnel for a tube railway; also (Colloq.), a tube railway. ;; A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe. ;; A telescope. ;; A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance. ;; The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla. ;; A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction. ;; A small pipe forming part of the boiler, containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases, or else surrounded by water and forming a flue for the gases to pass through. ;; A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans, insects, and other animals, for protection or concealment. See Illust. of Tubeworm. ;; One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk. ;; To furnish with a tube; as, to tube a well.
Tubed : of Tube

Tubeform : In the form of a tube; tubular; tubiform.
Tube-nosed : Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes along the sides of the beak; -- said of certain sea birds. ;; Belonging to the Tubinares.
Tuber : A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of Tuberous. ;; A genus of fungi. See Truffle. ;; A tuberosity; a tubercle.
Tubercle : A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy. ;; A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption.
Tubercled : Having tubercles; affected with, tubercles; tuberculate; as, a tubercled lung or stalk.