Noun: tubercle
| Singular | tubercle |
| Plural | tubercles |
Sample Sentences
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the iliac tubercles
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The four long white plumes which give the bird its altogether unique character, spring from little tubercles close to the upper edge of the shoulder or bend of the wing; they are narrow, gently curved, and equally webbed on both sides, of a pure creamy white colour. [1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 41:]
Nouns inflected like tubercle
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Derived from Latin tūberculum. Compare tuber. See: Latin Nouns '
tūberculum'.
Verbs referencing "tubercle"
Finnish Nouns
tuberkkeli.