Vocabulary : Tunhoof to Tuning

Tunhoof : Ground ivy; alehoof.
Tunic : An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the waist by a girdle. ;; Any similar garment worm by ancient or Oriental peoples; also, a common name for various styles of loose-fitting under-garments and over-garments worn in modern times by Europeans and others. ;; Same as Tunicle. ;; A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping an organ or part, as the eye. ;; A natural covering; an integument; as, the tunic of a seed. ;; See Mantle, n., 3 (a).
Tunicaries : of Tunicary
Tunicary : One of the Tunicata.
Tunicata : A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and serves as a gill.
Tunicate : Alt. of Tunicated ;; One of the Tunicata.
Tunicated : Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with layers; as, a tunicated bulb. ;; Having a tunic, or mantle; of or pertaining to the Tunicata. ;; Having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one, as in certain antennae of insects.
Tunicin : Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the Tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the cellulose of the vegetable kingdom.
Tunicle : A slight natural covering; an integument. ;; A short, close-fitting vestment worn by bishops under the dalmatic, and by subdeacons.
Tuning : of Tune ;; a. & n. from Tune, v.
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