Definition of tube

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Tube (n.) A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe..

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Trocar :: Trocar (n.) A stylet, usually with a triangular point, used for exploring tissues or for inserting drainage tubes, as in dropsy..
Tube :: Tube (v. t.) To furnish with a tube; as, to tube a well..
Calibration :: Calibration (n.) The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also, more generally, the determination of the true value of the spaces in any graduated instrument..
Calamary :: Calamary (n.) A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of the back, shaped very much like a quill pen. In America they are called squids. See Squid..
Tube :: Tube (n.) One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk.
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work..
Tumorous :: Tumorous (a.) Swelling; protuberant.
Extuberancy :: Extuberancy (n.) Extuberance.
Wart Hog :: Wart hog () Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacoch/rus. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacoch/rus Aethiopicus) is the best known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Aeliani) is native of the coasts of
Scrobicula :: Scrobicula (n.) One of the smooth areas surrounding the tubercles of a sea urchin.
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted..
Tube :: Tube (n.) 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..
Reed :: Reed (n.) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
Scab :: Scab (n.) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold..
Bunodonts :: Bunodonts (n. pl.) A division of the herbivorous mammals including the hogs and hippopotami; -- so called because the teeth are tuberculated.
Diphenyl :: Diphenyl (n.) A white crystalline substance, C6H5.C6H5, obtained by leading benzene through a heated iron tube. It consists of two benzene or phenyl radicals united..
Core :: Core (n.) The prtion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold, made separate from and inserted in it, for shaping some part of the casting, the form of which is not determined by that of the pattern..
Scrobicular :: Scrobicular (a.) Pertaining to, or surrounding, scrobiculae; as, scrobicular tubercles..
Multitubular :: Multitubular (a.) Having many tubes; as, a multitubular boiler..
Bulb :: Bulb (n.) An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc..
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