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tube: pipe; tube; a hit; money
tube auditif: synonym of trompe d’Eustache
tube cathodique: cathode ray tube, picture tube
tube digestif: digestive tract
tube pollinique: pollen tube
tube à essai: test tube
tuber: to make into a tube shape; to put into a tube
tuberacé: nonstandard spelling of tubéracé
tuberacée: nonstandard spelling of tubéracée
tuberacées: nonstandard spelling of tubéracées
tuberacés: nonstandard spelling of tubéracés
tuberculaire: tubercular
tubercule: tubercle; tuber
tuberculeux: tuberculosis patient, tubercular, consumptive (person suffering from tuberculosis)
tuberculeux: tubercular; tubercular (having tuberculosis)
tuberculide: tuberculid
tuberculine: tuberculin
tuberculinique: tuberculinic
tuberculisation: tuberculization
tuberculose: tuberculosis (The infectious disease)
tuberculose miliaire: acute miliary tuberculosis
tuberculostatique: tuberculostatic
tuberculostéarique: tuberculostearic
tuberculoïde: tuberculoid
tubicole: tubicolous
tubipore: tubipore
tubiste: tubaist
tubulaire: tubular
tubulidenté: tubulidentate
tubuliflore: tubuliflorous
tubuliforme: tubuliform
tubuline: tubulin
tubulure: tubulure
tubulé: tubulated
tubéracé: Having tubercules
tubéraire: any plant of the genus Tuberaria
tubéreuse: tuberose, the plant Agave amica; tuberose fragrance, as used in perfumery
tubéreux: tuberous
tubériforme: tuberiform
tubérisation: tuberization
tubérosité: tuberosity
tudesque: Germanic, Teutonic
tue-l'amour: turn-off, passion killer, boner-killer, mood-killer, deal breaker
tue-l'amour: off-putting, unsexy
tue-mouche: ellipsis of papier tue-mouches (“flypaper”)
tuer: to kill
tuer dans l'œuf: to nip in the bud (literally, "to kill in the egg")
tuer la poule aux œufs d'or: to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
tuer le messager: to shoot the messenger (to blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable for a problem because they brought attention to it)
tuer le temps: to kill time
tuer le veau gras: to kill the fatted calf (to begin a festive celebration and rejoice for someone's long-awaited return)
tuer une mouche avec un canon: to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
tuerie: killing (massacre); a killer, the shit (something considered to be excellent)
tuerie de masse: mass murder, mass killing
tueur: killer; slaughterer (in a slaughterhouse)
tueur de masse: mass murderer
tueur en série: serial killer
tueur à gages: hitman, contract killer
tuf: tuff
tufacé: tufaceous