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tuataras (8 points)
Unusual New Zealand reptiles that have a third eye
T·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+A·1+S·1 = 8 pts
tuateras (8 points)
Tuatera
T·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+S·1 = 8 pts
tubaists (10 points)
Tubaist
T·1+U·1+B·3+A·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 10 pts
tubbable (14 points)
Suitable for washing in a tub
T·1+U·1+B·3+B·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
tubbiest (12 points)
Decidely roly-poly, to the max
Most ample bust with bite taken out
Most rotund
T·1+U·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
tubeless (10 points)
Car-tire type generally adopted in '50s
Word to describe modern tires
Like many tires
T·1+U·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 10 pts
tubelike (14 points)
Like a tube
T·1+U·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 14 pts
tubenose (10 points)
A bird with tubular nostrils
T·1+U·1+B·3+E·1+N·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
tubercle (12 points)
Small swelling, nodule
Protuberance on a bone
That's how the potato begins to be a nodule
T·1+U·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
tuberoid (11 points)
Pertaining to a {tuber=n}
T·1+U·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 11 pts
tuberose (10 points)
A gave, perhaps, when the pipe came up
Perhaps A gave the pipe came up
To be sure (anagram)
T·1+U·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
tuberous (10 points)
Like certain roots.
Lumpy, bumpy bus route
Like yams and spuds
T·1+U·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 10 pts
tubework (17 points)
{tubing=n}
T·1+U·1+B·3+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 17 pts
tubiform (15 points)
""Shaped like a tube, also TUBULAR, TUBAR, TUBATE, TUBULOSE, TUBULOUS""
T·1+U·1+B·3+I·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 15 pts
tubulate (10 points)
To form into a tube
T·1+U·1+B·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
tubulins (10 points)
Tubulin
T·1+U·1+B·3+U·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
tubulose (10 points)
""Shaped like a tube, also TUBULAR, TUBAR, TUBATE, TUBIFORM, TUBULOUS""
T·1+U·1+B·3+U·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
tubulous (10 points)
Cylindrical
T·1+U·1+B·3+U·1+L·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 10 pts
tubulure (10 points)
A short tubular opening
T·1+U·1+B·3+U·1+L·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
tuckahoe (17 points)
New York City suburb near Yonkers
Suburb north of N. Y.
Plant of the arum family with arrow-shaped leaves and edible roots
T·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+A·1+H·4+O·1+E·1 = 17 pts
tuckered (15 points)
Exhausted (with "out")
Very tired (with "out")
Pooped, with "out"
T·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
tuftiest (11 points)
Most fluffy
Trade union newspaper site originally having most small branches (wordplay)
T·1+U·1+F·4+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
tugboats (11 points)
Part of the harbor scene.
They're not static water towers
Salvage vessels
T·1+U·1+G·2+B·3+O·1+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
tughriks (16 points)
Tughrik
T·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+R·1+I·1+K·5+S·1 = 16 pts
tuitions (8 points)
Big figures on campus (wordplay)
Certain fees.
College costs
T·1+U·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
tullibee (10 points)
A freshwater fish
T·1+U·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+E·1 = 10 pts
tumblers (12 points)
Glasses that keep falling off (wordplay)
Circus performers in glasses
Fall wearing irregular rose glasses
T·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
tumbling (13 points)
Navel-piercing in decline (wordplay)
Falling down, as if collapsing
How acrobatics might lead to a fall
T·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
tumbrels (12 points)
Revolutionary transportation
Open carts once used to carry people to the guillotine
T·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 12 pts
tumbrils (12 points)
You'd lose your head if you were caught in these Paris carts
T·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 12 pts
tumefied (14 points)
Swollen
T·1+U·1+M·3+E·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
tumefies (13 points)
Tumefy
T·1+U·1+M·3+E·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
tumidity (14 points)
The state of being {tumid=adj}
T·1+U·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
tummlers (12 points)
Tummler
T·1+U·1+M·3+M·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
tumorous (10 points)
Pertaining to a {tumor=n}
T·1+U·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 10 pts
tumpline (12 points)
A strap for supporting a load on the back
T·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
tumulose (10 points)
""Full of mounds, also TUMULOUS""
T·1+U·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
tumulous (10 points)
""Full of mounds, also TUMULOSE""
T·1+U·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 10 pts
tuneable (10 points)
Like pianos and automobile engines
T·1+U·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
tuneably (13 points)
In a tuneable manner
T·1+U·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
tuneless (8 points)
Without a song
Lacking a melody
Deficient in melody
T·1+U·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 8 pts
tungsten (9 points)
A light metal (wordplay)
The W (wordplay)
Snug tent (anagram)
T·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 9 pts
tungstic (11 points)
Relating to tungsten
T·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 11 pts
tunicate (10 points)
Marine invertebrate
Marine animal responsible for garment getting devoured
Layered
T·1+U·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
tunicles (10 points)
Tunicle
T·1+U·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
tunnages (9 points)
Tunnage
T·1+U·1+N·1+N·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
tunneled (9 points)
Made an aqueduct, maybe
Dug, as a sand hog.
Made like a mole
T·1+U·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
tunneler (8 points)
Sandhog, for one
Mole, for one
Miner's machine.
T·1+U·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
tuppence (14 points)
Small amount Brit. colloq
Of little value Colloq.
Colloquial word for 2d
T·1+U·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
tuppenny (15 points)
Worthless sheep enclosure, nearly empty
Swimmer cramming OU course not worth a great deal
Put up with writer going to New York with worthless old change
T·1+U·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
turacous (10 points)
Turacou
T·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 10 pts
turbaned (11 points)
Like a Sikh
Covered, as a sheik
In Mideast attire
T·1+U·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
turbeths (13 points)
Turbeth
T·1+U·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+T·1+H·4+S·1 = 13 pts
turbidly (14 points)
In a turbid manner
T·1+U·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
turbinal (10 points)
A bone of the nasal passage
T·1+U·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
turbines (10 points)
Toyota SUV redesigned in 1996
Wind-farm sights
Some are wind-powered
T·1+U·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
turbiths (13 points)
Turbith
T·1+U·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+H·4+S·1 = 13 pts
turbocar (12 points)
A car powered by a gas turbine
T·1+U·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+C·3+A·1+R·1 = 12 pts
turbofan (13 points)
Type of jet engine
High-thrust engine
Gas-turbine aero-engine
T·1+U·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+F·4+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
turbojet (17 points)
Aviator's craft, perhaps
Kind of airplane engine
Powerful type of engine
T·1+U·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+J·8+E·1+T·1 = 17 pts
turfiest (11 points)
Turfy
T·1+U·1+R·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
turfless (11 points)
Having no turf
T·1+U·1+R·1+F·4+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
turflike (15 points)
Like turf
T·1+U·1+R·1+F·4+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 15 pts
turfskis (15 points)
Turfski
T·1+U·1+R·1+F·4+S·1+K·5+I·1+S·1 = 15 pts
turgency (14 points)
""The state of being turgid, also TURGOR""
T·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 14 pts
turgidly (13 points)
In a swollen manner
T·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+I·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
turgites (9 points)
Turgite
T·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
turistas (8 points)
Visitors to Veracruz
Travelers in Tijuana
Many visitors to Costa Rica
T·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+S·1 = 8 pts
turmeric (12 points)
A curry spice; cruet rim (anagram)
Spice with yellowing effect
Spice in trice with rum, ruined
T·1+U·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts
turmoils (10 points)
Confused states
Tumults, upheavals
Violent disturbances
T·1+U·1+R·1+M·3+O·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 10 pts
turnable (10 points)
Situated on an axle, say
Like things you can spin
Open to being a mole
T·1+U·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
turncoat (10 points)
One who betrays a group or cause
Bout on shore without sun for renegade
Act to cover renegade
T·1+U·1+R·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+A·1+T·1 = 10 pts
turndown (12 points)
Reject spin - fluff!
Just say no
NWOD? No thanks!
T·1+U·1+R·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 12 pts
turnhall (11 points)
A building where gymnasts practice
T·1+U·1+R·1+N·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 11 pts
turnings (9 points)
Bends in the road
Detour features.
10 across may have a corner and sing with it for them
T·1+U·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 9 pts
turnkeys (15 points)
Old jailers try to escape shift, perhaps
Prison employees
Prison staffers
T·1+U·1+R·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 15 pts
turnoffs (14 points)
They cause you to lose interest
Side roads or bad manners
Freeway exits
T·1+U·1+R·1+N·1+O·1+F·4+F·4+S·1 = 14 pts
turnouts (8 points)
Gatherings of people.
They're good at hits
Concert promoters' concerns
T·1+U·1+R·1+N·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
turnover (11 points)
Upset the dessert (wordplay)
Pie shop's total take (wordplay)
What business makes pie (wordplay)
T·1+U·1+R·1+N·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
turnpike (14 points)
Toll road (hist.)
Part of a pay-as-you-go plan (wordplay)
Make dive the American way
T·1+U·1+R·1+N·1+P·3+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 14 pts
turnsole (8 points)
Change fish for plant
Go on alone in plant
Sunflower.
T·1+U·1+R·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
turnspit (10 points)
Go with son and tip up cooker on fire
Servant who was involved in roasting
How to get tips for rotisserie
T·1+U·1+R·1+N·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+T·1 = 10 pts
turpeths (13 points)
Turpeth
T·1+U·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+T·1+H·4+S·1 = 13 pts
turquois (17 points)
""A greenish-blue gem, also TURKOIS""
T·1+U·1+R·1+Q·10+U·1+O·1+I·1+S·1 = 17 pts
turreted (9 points)
Having a tower-shaped projection
Like chess castles
T·1+U·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
turrical (10 points)
Resembling a {turret=n}
T·1+U·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
turtlers (8 points)
Turtler
T·1+U·1+R·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
turtling (9 points)
The hunting of turtles
T·1+U·1+R·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
tuskless (12 points)
Like some female elephants
T·1+U·1+S·1+K·5+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
tusklike (16 points)
Like a tusk
T·1+U·1+S·1+K·5+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 16 pts
tussises (8 points)
Tussis
T·1+U·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
tussling (9 points)
Fighting or struggling at close quarters
It's slung out when scrapping
Having a vigorous struggle with another
T·1+U·1+S·1+S·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
tussocks (14 points)
Thick clumps of grass.
Thick clumps of grass
Tense American hits clumps of grass
T·1+U·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 14 pts
tussocky (17 points)
Clumpy grass
T·1+U·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 17 pts
tussores (8 points)
Stores us up the Indian silk dresses
T·1+U·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
tussucks (14 points)
Tussuck
T·1+U·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 14 pts
tutelage (9 points)
Office of tutor or guardian
Guardianship or instruction
One-on-one instruction
T·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 9 pts
tutelars (8 points)
Tutelar
T·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
tutelary (11 points)
Serving as guardian, giving protection
Like the Guardian? Shame! 'Realy' badly misprinted!
Protective expression of disapproval at upsetting beer on line
T·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
tutorage (9 points)
Teacher's function
Educational work after school
One-on-one coaching
T·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 9 pts
tutoress (8 points)
Anna, for one
Teacher.
T·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 8 pts
tutorial (8 points)
Rail tout (anagram)
Broke out during test at study class
Part of many introductions
T·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts
tutoring (9 points)
Teaching a lesson, perhaps
After-school help
It rung to change coaching
T·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
tutoyers (11 points)
Tutoyer
T·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
tuxedoed (17 points)
Dressed to the nines, perhaps
T·1+U·1+X·8+E·1+D·2+O·1+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts
tuxedoes (16 points)
They're often white in warm weather
Black tie wear
Grooms' wear.
T·1+U·1+X·8+E·1+D·2+O·1+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts

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