Tradescantia :: Tradescantia (n.) A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew.

Tragacanth :: Tragacanth (n.) A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth..

Tridecane :: Tridecane (n.) A hydrocarbon, C13H28, of the methane series, which is a probable ingredient both of crude petroleum and of kerosene, and is produced artificially as a light colorless liquid..

Tucan :: Tucan (n.) The Mexican pocket gopher (Geomys Mexicanus). It resembles the common pocket gopher of the Western United States, but is larger. Called also tugan, and tuza..

Tuscan :: Tuscan (a.) Of or pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; -- specifically designating one of the five orders of architecture recognized and described by the Italian writers of the 16th century, or characteristic of the order. The original of this order was not used by the Greeks, but by the Romans under the Empire. See Order, and Illust. of Capital..

Tuscan :: Tuscan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Tuscany.

Uncanny :: Uncanny (a.) Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly.

Uncanonize :: Uncanonize (v. t.) To deprive of canonical authority.

Uncanonize :: Uncanonize (v. t.) To reduce from the rank of a canonized saint.

Undecane :: Undecane (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the methane series, found in petroleum; -- so called from its containing eleven carbon atoms in the molecule..

Unsignificant :: Unsignificant (a.) Insignificant.

Vacancies :: Vacancies (pl. ) of Vacanc.

Vacancy :: Vacancy (n.) The quality or state of being vacant; emptiness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness..

Vacancy :: Vacancy (n.) That which is vacant.

Vacancy :: Vacancy (n.) Empty space; vacuity; vacuum.

Vacancy :: Vacancy (n.) An open or unoccupied space between bodies or things; an interruption of continuity; chasm; gap; as, a vacancy between buildings; a vacancy between sentences or thoughts..

Vacancy :: Vacancy (n.) Unemployed time; interval of leisure; time of intermission; vacation.

Vacancy :: Vacancy (n.) A place or post unfilled; an unoccupied office; as, a vacancy in the senate, in a school, etc..

Vacant :: Vacant (a.) Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room..

Vacant :: Vacant (a.) Unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied; disengaged; free; as, vacant hours..

Vacant :: Vacant (a.) Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; as, a vacant throne; a vacant parish..

Vacant :: Vacant (a.) Empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or reflection; as, a vacant mind..

Vacant :: Vacant (a.) Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate..

Vacantly :: Vacantly (adv.) In a vacant manner; inanely.

Vatican :: Vatican (n.) A magnificent assemblage of buildings at Rome, near the church of St. Peter, including the pope's palace, a museum, a library, a famous chapel, etc..

Vaticanism :: Vaticanism (n.) The doctrine of papal supremacy; extreme views in support of the authority of the pope; ultramontanism; -- a term used only by persons who are not Roman Catholics.

Vaticanist :: Vaticanist (n.) One who strongly adheres to the papal authority; an ultramontanist.

Vesicant :: Vesicant (n.) A vesicatory.

Volcanian :: Volcanian (a.) Volcanic.

Volcanic :: Volcanic (a.) Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat..

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