General Dictionary
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An alphabetical listing of General terms and items. |
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Hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells; "thyroxine is 65% iodine"
Thyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantity; exerts the same biological effects as thyroxine but is more potent and briefer
The 20th letter of the Roman alphabet
A unit of information equal to a trillion (1,099,511,627,776) bytes or 1024 gigabytes
A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms
One of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
A base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
A Chinese system of slow meditative physical exercise designed for relaxation and balance and health
A Chinese system of slow meditative physical exercise designed for relaxation and balance and health
A major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China
A surface lift where riders hold a bar and are pulled up the hill on their skis
A surface lift where riders hold a bar and are pulled up the hill on their skis
A short-term obligation that is not interest-bearing (it is purchased at a discount); can be traded on a discount basis for 91 days
Small steak from the thin end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and small piece of tenderloin
A junction where two roads or pipes etc. meet to form a T
A special law-enforcement agent of the United States Treasury
A circuit formed by two equal series circuits with a shunt between them
Scientific instrument used by psychologists; presents visual stimuli for brief exposures
Shaped in the form of the letter T
A close-fitting pullover shirt Back to top
A square used by draftsmen to draw parallel lines
Infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)
United States political journalist (1915-1986)
British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)
A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite
(Islam) a form of Iranian musical pageant that is the theatrical expression of religious passion; based on the Battle of Kerbala and performed annually (in Farsi)
An official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish
A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
A short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it; "pull the tab to open the can"; "files with a red tab will be stored separately"; "the collar has a tab with a button hole"
The key on an electric typewriter that causes a tabulation
Sensationalist journalism
The bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check"
Horseflies
A short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms; worn by a knight over his armor or by a herald
Very hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very small
Very spicy sauce made from tabasco peppers
Plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce
Plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce
Very spicy sauce made from tabasco peppers Back to top
A finely chopped salad with tomatoes and parsley and mint and scallions and bulgur wheat
Female cat
A cat with a gray or tawny coat mottled with black
Having a gray or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
A cat with a gray or tawny coat mottled with black
(Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
(Judaism) a portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodus
The Mormon temple
(Judaism) a Jewish harvest festival
Evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap
Tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand
Wasting of the body during a chronic disease
Syphilis of the spinal cord characterized by degeneration of sensory neurons and stabbing pains in the trunk and legs and unsteady gait and incontinence and impotence
A sock with a separation for the big toe; worn with thong sandals by the Japanese
A sock with a separation for the big toe; worn with thong sandals by the Japanese
A musical notation indicating the fingering to be used
A piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy table"
A piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it; "I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant"
Food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board"
A set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1" Back to top
A company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game; "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks"
Flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water"
Hold back to a later time; "let''s postpone the exam"
Small 2-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scales
Paddle used to play table tennis
Paddle used to play table tennis
A table used for playing table tennis
Any dramatic scene
A group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)
A group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)
A covering spread over a dining table
A fork for eating at a dining table
A relatively flat highland
Someone you dine with
A spoon larger than a dessert spoon; used for serving
As much as a tablespoon will hold
As much as a tablespoon will hold
A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
A small flat compressed cake of some substance; "a tablet of soap"
A slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription Back to top
A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
A chair with an arm that has been widened for writing
The top horizontal work surface of a table
Articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware)
A menu offering a complete meal with limited choices at a fixed price
(of a restaurant meal) complete but with limited choices and at a fixed price
A game that is played on a table
A knife used for eating at dining table
A lamp that sits on a table
Manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to spirits
Linens for the dining table
A pad for use under a hot dish to protect a table
Pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds
To protect clothing; wipe mouth
A list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start
Alleged form of communication with spirits of the dead
White crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
Tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table
Conversation during a meal
Alleged form of communication with spirits of the dead Back to top
A game (trade name Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball
Manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to spirits
Manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to spirits
Manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to spirits
Wine containing not more than 14 percent alcohol usually served with a meal
Newspaper with half-size pages
Sensationalist journalism
An inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
A prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
Declare as sacred and forbidden
Excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"
Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
A finely chopped salad with tomatoes and parsley and mint and scallions and bulgur wheat
A small drum with one head of soft calfskin
A city in central Tanzania
A low stool in the shape of a drum
A tubular wind instrument
A small drum with one head of soft calfskin
A low stool in the shape of a drum
An ancient city in northwestern Iran; known for hot springs Back to top
An inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
A prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
Excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"
Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
A city in northwestern Saudi Arabia
Flat; like a table in form
Arranged or displayed systematically in table form
Arrange in tabular form
Arrange in tabular form
A set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1"
Information set out in tabular form
Shape or cut with a flat surface
Arrange in tabular form
The act of putting into tabular form; "the tabulation of the results"
Information set out in tabular form
A calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
A young mind not yet affected by experience (according to John Locke)
An opportunity to start over without prejudice
The first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936; a highly toxic combustible liquid that is soluble in organic solvents and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare
The key on an electric typewriter that causes a tabulation Back to top
Poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves
Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers
Small family of tropical herbs
Perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch
Perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch
Measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation
A theodolite designed for rapid measurements
Bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects
Parasites on other insects
Scientific instrument used by psychologists; presents visual stimuli for brief exposures
A graphical record of speed and distance produced by a tachograph
A tachometer that produces a graphical record of its readings; used to record the speed and duration of trips in a motor vehicle
Measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation
Abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute)
Echidnas
Type genus of the family Tachyglossidae
A basic or basalt glass
A theodolite designed for rapid measurements
A genus of Limulidae
Indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement" Back to top
In a tacit manner; by unexpressed agreement; "they are tacitly expected to work 10 hours a day"
Habitually reserved and uncommunicative
The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
Without speaking; "he sat mutely next to her"
(law) tacit approval of someone''s wrongdoing
Sailing a zigzag course
(nautical) the act of changing tack
(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
Gear for a horse
A short nail with a sharp point and a large head
The heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace"
Sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"
Fasten with tacks; "tack the notice on the board"
Make by putting pieces together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"
Turn into the wind; "The sailors decided to tack the boat"; "The boat tacked"
A hand-held machine for driving staples home
A sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches
A worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding) Back to top
Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
(nautical) the act of changing tack
Loose temporary stitches
(American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground
A position on the line of scrimmage; "it takes a big man to play tackle"
Gear used in fishing
Gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship''s masts and sails
The person who plays that position on a football team; "the right tackle is a straight A student"
Seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball
Put a harness; "harness the horse"
Accept as a challenge; "I''ll tackle this difficult task"
A football player who tackles the ball carrier
Taking the bull by the horns
Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
(of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch; "tacky varnish"
A light hammer that is used to drive tacks
Fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace"
Make by putting pieces together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"
A tortilla rolled cupped around a filling
Offensive terms for a person of Mexican descent Back to top
A city in west central Washington on an arm of Puget Sound south of Seattle
A suspension bridge across Puget Sound at Tacoma
A variety of chert containing magnetite and hematite; mined as a low-grade iron ore
Spicy tomato-based sauce for tacos
Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence
Showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people; "by diplomatic conduct he avoided antagonizing anyone"; "a tactful way of correcting someone"; "the agency got the kid-glove treatment on Capitol Hill"
Having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others; "she was tactful enough not to shatter his illusion"; "a tactful remark eased her embarrassment"
Showing tact or tactfulness; in a tactful manner; "he stepped tactfully in to prevent trouble"
Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence
A plan for attaining a particular goal
Of or pertaining to tactic or tactics; "a tactical error"
With regard to tactics; "the tactically useful province is still firmly in the rebels'' hands"
Intelligence that is required for the planning and conduct of tactical operations
A move made to gain a tactical end
A move made to gain a tactical end
(military) a warning after the initiation of a hostile act
A person who is skilled at planning tactics
The branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy
Producing a sensation of touch; "tactile qualities"; "the tactual luxury of stroking silky human hair"
Of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch; "haptic data"; "a tactile reflex" Back to top
A loss of the ability to recognize objects by handling them
A property perceived by touch
The sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling"
The faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain
Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"
Showing skill in handling difficult situations
Lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others; "in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age"
Without tact; in a tactless manner; "at the moment of the murder, he is standing in front of television cameras and talking tactlessly"
The quality of lacking tact
Producing a sensation of touch; "tactile qualities"; "the tactual luxury of stroking silky human hair"
Of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch; "haptic data"; "a tactile reflex"
By touch; "he perceives shapes tactually"
A method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional)
The faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain
The sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling"
A slight amount or degree of difference; "a tad too expensive"; "not a tad of difference"; "the new model is a shade better than the old one"
Freetail bats
The common freetail bat of southern United States having short velvety fur; migrates southward for winter
Polish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817)
A Swiss chemist born in Poland; studied the hormones of the adrenal cortex Back to top
Small brown bat of California and northern Mexico
A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet
Sheldrakes
A larval frog or toad
A kind of branchiopod crustacean
The Iranian language of the Tajik people that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan
An ethnic group (mostly Moslem) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China
A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet
A native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China
A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet
A city in southeastern South Korea
A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces
Tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host
A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
A family of Cestoda
A Korean martial art similar to karate
A crisp smooth lustrous fabric
A basic style of weave in which the weft and warp threads intertwine alternately to produce a checkerboard effect
The railing around the stern of a ship
A torpedo-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship''s speed Back to top
Chewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy
An apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar)
27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930)
United States sculptor (1860-1936)
(sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)
A game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser
A small piece of cloth or paper
A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal
Provide with a name or nickname
Attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles"
Touch a player while he is holding the ball
Supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes
Go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
Language of the Tagalog people on which Filipino is based
A member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila
Someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along
A drug (trade name Tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid
Shrub of Canary Islands having bristle-tipped oblanceolate leaves; used as cattle fodder
Marigolds
A stout branching annual with large yellow to orange flower heads; Mexico and Central America Back to top
Strong-scented bushy annual with orange or yellow flower heads marked with red; Mexico and Guatemala
Bearing or marked with a label or tag; "properly labeled luggage"
Pasta cut in narrow ribbons
East Indian flying squirrel
A European river; flows into the North Atlantic
A European river; flows into the North Atlantic
Go along with, often uninvited; "my younger brother often tagged along when I went out with my friends"
A small piece of cloth or paper
The point of a joke or humorous story
Fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace"
A thick Middle Eastern paste made from ground sesame seeds
An island in the south Pacific; the most important island in French Polynesia; made famous by Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin
The Oceanic language spoken on Tahiti
A native or inhabitant of Tahiti
Of or relating to or characteristic of the island of Tahiti or its residents or their language and culture
Wild aster with fernlike leaves and flower heads with very narrow bright purple rays; Alberta to Texas and Mexico
The most widespread and best known of the Kadai family of languages
A native or inhabitant of Thailand
Of or relating to Thailand; "the Thai border with Laos"
Of or relating to the languages of the Thai people; "Thai tones" Back to top
Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people; "Siamese kings"; "different Thai tribes live in the north"
A city in Taiwan
A city in western Saudi Arabia east of Mecca
The posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
The rear part of a ship
The rear part of an aircraft
(usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person''s head
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
A spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
Any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
The time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"
Remove the stalk of fruits or berries
Remove or shorten the tail of an animal
Go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
Any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers
The position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage
(football) the person who plays tailback
A gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading
Formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men
Having a tail Back to top
Western North American frog with a tail-like copulatory organ
Western North American frog with a tail-like copulatory organ
One of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
A stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane
Any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers
A gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading
Follow at a dangerously close distance; "it is dangerous to tailgate another vehicle"
A driver who follows too closely behind another motor vehicle
The act of following someone secretly
Following surreptitiously; keeping under surveillance; "always on guard against shadowing submarines"
Not having a tail; "anurous toads and frogs"
Prolific animal that feeds chiefly on earthworms
Lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle
Resembling a tail
A person whose occupation is making and altering garments
Make fit for a specific purpose
Create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?"
Style and tailor in a certain fashion; "cut a dress"
Chalk used by tailors to make temporary marks on cloth
Loose looped stitch used to transfer marking for darts, etc., from a pattern to material Back to top
Of clothing
Make to specifications; "I had this desk custom-made for me"
Create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?"
Tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest
Of clothing
Severely simple in line or design; "a neat tailored suit"; "tailored curtains"
The occupation of a tailor
Appendage added to extend the length of something
A pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a car
The horizontal airfoil of an aircraft''s tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged
A watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine
Formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men
Rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
Loss of emotional control often resulting in emotional collapse
Support consisting of the movable part of a lathe that slides along the bed in alignment with the headstock and is locked into position to support the free end of the workpiece
Wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft
Hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach
The rear part of an aircraft
The end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes
Formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men Back to top
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
Any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
The time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"
Feather growing from the tail (uropygium) of a bird
The tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates
One of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
A stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane
A gate downstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the lower end
Lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle
Rotor consisting of a rotating airfoil on the tail of a single-rotor helicopter; keeps the helicopter from spinning in the direction opposite to the rotation of the main rotor
A peninsula in northern Siberia
The state of being contaminated
Contaminate with a disease or microorganism
Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone''s reputation"
Especially of reputation; "the senator''s seriously damaged reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished reputation"; "inherited a spotted name"
Touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt'' is archaic"
Large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia
The capital of Nationalist China; located in northern Taiwan
The capital of Nationalist China; located in northern Taiwan
Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America Back to top
An island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea
A government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the communists led by Mao Zedong
Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province
A native or inhabitant of Taiwan
Of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh"
The basic unit of money in Taiwan
An ancient city in northeastern China noted for coal mining and steel production
A Chinese system of slow meditative physical exercise designed for relaxation and balance and health
A Chinese system of slow meditative physical exercise designed for relaxation and balance and health
A branch of the Tai languages
A branch of the Tai languages
A branch of the Tai languages
A branch of the Tai languages
A branch of the Tai languages
The Iranian language of the Tajik people that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan
An ethnic group (mostly Moslem) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China
A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet
A native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China
The Iranian language of the Tajik people that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan
A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet Back to top
Of or relating to or characteristic of Tajikistan or it people or culture
Monetary unit in Tajikistan
Beautiful mausoleum at Agra built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (completed in 1649) in memory of his favorite wife
The basic unit of money in Bangladesh; equal to 100 paisas
Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules
A waterfall in southeastern British Columbia; the highest waterfall in Canada (1250 feet high)
Disorder characterized by the absence of a pulse in both arms and in the carotid arteries
The act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
The income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the envir
Ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth''s tremors"
Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
Be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be taken drunk"
Be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"
Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can''t take credit for this!"
Accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"
Pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"
Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" Back to top
Lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"
Make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
Obtain by winning; "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize"
Aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "Please don''t aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don''t train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one''s opponent"
Serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don''t take sugar in my coffee"
Get into one''s hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"
Have sex with; archaic use; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"
Travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route; "He takes the bus to work"; "She takes Route 1 to Newark"
Proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work"
Occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose"
Take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
Head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains"
Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"
Experience or feel or submit to; "Take a test"; "Take the plunge"
To get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; "take shelter from the storm"
Take into one''s possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I''ll take three salmon steaks"
Take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"
Buy, select; "I''ll take a pound of that sausage"
Engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let''s rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
Receive or obtain by regular payment; "We take the Times every day" Back to top
Make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
Receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller''s daughter"; "I won''t have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"
Admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We''ll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
As of time or space; "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
Assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"
Develop a habit; "He took to visiting bars"
Carry out; "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance"
Require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert";
Be capable of holding or containing; "This box won''t take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"
Have with oneself; have on one''s person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"
Be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye"
Of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises; "takeout pizza"; "the takeout counter"; "`take-away'' is chiefly British"
(of salary or wages) remaining after all deductions including taxes
What is left of your pay after deductions for taxes and dues and insurance etc
The act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone
The action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in
A device for reducing slack or taking up lost motion
The act of taking the ball or puck away from the team on the offense (as by the interception of a pass)
A concession made by a labor union to a company that is trying to lower its expenditures
Prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises; "in England they call takeout food `takeaway''" Back to top
A crushing remark
(amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position; "a takedown counts two points"
A Penutian language spoken by the Takelma people
A member of a North American Indian people of southwestern Oregon
Be affected with an indisposition; "the child was taken ill"; "couldn''t tell when he would be taken drunk"
Having possession gained especially by force or effort
Understood in a certain way; made sense of; "a word taken literally"; "a smile taken as consent"; "an open door interpreted as an invitation"
Accepted as real or true without proof; "an assumed increase in population"; "the assumed reason for his absence"; "assumptive beliefs"; "his loyalty was taken for granted"
Evident without proof or argument; "an axiomatic truth"; "we hold these truths to be self-evident"
Taken without permission or consent especially by public authority; "the condemned land was used for a highway cloverleaf"; "the confiscated liquor was poured down the drain"
Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"; "he was taken up in worry fo
Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "she was crazy about him"; "gaga over the rock group''s new album"; "he was infatuated with her"
A departure; especially of airplanes
Humorous or satirical mimicry
A composition that imitates somebody''s style in a humorous way
The initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne
The first stage of a multistage rocket
The first stage of a multistage rocket
(bridge) a bid that asks your partner to bid another suit
Prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises; "in England they call takeout food `takeaway''" Back to top
Of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises; "takeout pizza"; "the takeout counter"; "`take-away'' is chiefly British"
Prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises; "in England they call takeout food `takeaway''"
A change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation
A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
Arbitrage involving risk; as in the simultaneous purchase of stock in a target company and sale of stock in its potential acquirer; if the takeover fails the arbitrageur may lose a great deal of money
An attempt to take control of a corporation
An offer to buy shares in order to take over the company
A company that has been chosen as attractive for takeover by a potential acquirer
One who takes a bet or wager
One who accepts an offer
Surprise greatly; knock someone''s socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"
Be fully aware of; realize fully; "Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?"
Draw advantages from; "he is capitalizing on her mistake"; "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover"
Make excessive use of; "You are taking advantage of my good will!"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy"
Imitate in behavior; take as a model; "Teenagers follow their friends in everything"
Be similar to a relative; "She takes after her father!"
Aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "Please don''t aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don''t train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one''s opponent"
Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound"
Divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"
Take apart into its constituent pieces Back to top
Commence hostilities
Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the envir
Take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
Take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character"
Get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"
Buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food; "We''ll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"
Remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I''ll take you away on a holiday"; "I g
Take from a person or place; "We took the abused child away from its parents"
Acknowledge applause by inclining the head, as of an artist after a performance
Acknowledge praise or accept credit; "They finally took a bow for what they did"
Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"
Take a short break from one''s activities in order to relax
Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
Have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
Be dared to do something and attempt it
Be dared to do something and not attempt it
Of a boxer: pretend to be knocked out
Be insistent and refuse to budge; "I must insist!"
Inhale through the nose
Spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" Back to top
Listen to a joke at one''s one expense; "Can''t you take a joke?"
Eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
Look at with attention; "Have a look at this!"; "Get a load of this pretty woman!"
Disappear without notifying anyone (idiom)
Have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
Cause someone to remember the past; "This photo takes me back to the good old days"
Take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"
Move text to the previous line; in printing
Bring back to the point of departure
Regain possession of something
Resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband
Be in charge of or deal with; "She takes care of all the necessary arrangements"
Take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business"
Be careful, prudent, or watchful; "Take care when you cross the street!"
Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
Assume control
Assume control
Make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher said that morning"
Tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"
Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" Back to top
Move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"
Go into effect or become effective or operative; "The new law will take effect next month"
Raise a formal objection in a court of law
Start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
Take a five-minute break; "The musicians took five during the rehearsal"
Run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"
Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; "take for granted"; "view as important"; "hold these truths to be self-evident"; "I hold him personally responsible"
Develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape"
Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof; "I assume his train was late"
Gain courage
Listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision"
Have or hold in one''s hands or grip; "Hold this bowl for a moment, please"; "A crazy idea took hold of him"
Assume control
Take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"
Earn as a salary or wage; "How much does your wife take home after taxes and other deductions?"
Make (clothes) smaller; "Please take in this skirt--I''ve lost weight"
Take into one''s family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
Take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
Fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can''t fool me!"
Serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don''t take sugar in my coffee" Back to top
Take up as if with a sponge
Fold up; "take in the sails"
Express willingness to have in one''s home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees"
Take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister''s words"
Accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid"
See or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"
Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; "We overheard the conversation at the next table"
Call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"
Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
Visit for entertainment; "take in the sights"
Provide with shelter
Suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter"
Allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something; "I allow for this possibility"; "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash"
Accept as a charge
Use a name, such as God, without proper respect
Take in water at the bilge; "the tanker bilged"
Be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"
Settle into a comfortable sitting position
Undergo failure or defeat
Be willing or inclined to accept; "He did not take kindly to my critical remarks" Back to top
Go away or leave
Suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively; "I won''t take this insult lying down"
Observe with care or pay close attention to; "Take note of this chemical reaction"
Observe with special attention; "Take notice of the great architecture"
Remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it''s very hot in here"
Take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!"
Make a subtraction
Prove fatal; "The disease took off"
Mimic or imitate, especially in an amusing or satirical manner; "This song takes off from a famous aria"
Get started or set in motion, used figuratively; "the project took a long time to get off the ground"
Leave; "The family took off for Florida"
Depart from the ground; "The plane took off two hours late"
Take time off from work; stop working temporarily
Assume an office, duty, or title; "When will the new President take office?"
Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
Admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We''ll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"
Accept as a challenge; "I''ll tackle this difficult task"
Suffer the results or consequences of one''s behavior or actions Back to top
Be ordained; enter the Christian ministry; "She took orders last month"
Receive and be expected to follow directions or commands; "I don''t take orders from you!"
Take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
Prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece"
Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
Buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food; "We''ll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"
Draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
Remove something from a container or an enclosed space
Remove from its packing; "unpack the presents"
Take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel"
Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"
Obtain by legal of official process; "take our a license"; "take out a patent"
Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital''s emergency bank"
Purchase prepared food to be eaten at home
Cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"
Make a date; "Has he asked you out yet?"
Take up, as of debts or payments; "absorb the costs for something"
Take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one''s right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
Take on as one''s own the expenses or debts of another person; "I''ll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility" Back to top
Take up and practice as one''s own
Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"
Free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
Do over; "They would like to take it over again"
Try very hard to do something
Share in something
Come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
Feel pride of; "She took great pride in her sons"
Become settled or established and stable in one''s residence or life style; "He finally settled down"
Develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape"
Attract attention onto oneself
To look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail; "he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror"
Take a ten minute break; "The players took ten during the long rehearsal"
Take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure; "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday"
Face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it
Rank first; used often in a negative context; "He takes the cake for chutzpah!"
Be counted out; remain down while the referee counts to ten
Go on a campaign; go off to war
Go on the playing field, of a football team
Refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself Back to top
Refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself
Rise in order to make a speech or motion
Stand up to dance
Give theatrical performances while traveling from town to town
Attract attention onto oneself
Give testimony in a court of law
Become a nun; "The young woman took the veil after ther fiance died"
Act quickly and decisively; not let slip an opportunity
Take time off from work; stop working temporarily
Have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler''s window"
Develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation; "She took to drink"; "Men take to the military trades"
Look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"
Get down to; pay attention to; take seriously; "Attend to your duties, please"
Flee; take to one''s heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
Do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift"
Pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration"
Return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"
Adopt; "take up new ideas"
Take up as if with a sponge
Take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container" Back to top
Take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister''s words"
Take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
Accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid"
Occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose"
Take up and practice as one''s own
Begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job"
Turn one''s interest to; "He took up herpetology at the age of fifty"
Take up time or space; "take up the slack"
Commence hostilities
Enter the water; "the wild ducks took water"
A Penutian language spoken by the Takelma people
Large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area
The act of someone who picks up or takes something; "the pickings were easy"; "clothing could be had for the taking"
Very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality"
The income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
The removal of limbs; being cut to pieces
The act of gripping something firmly with the hands
The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
Acquisition of property by descent or by will
The act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal" Back to top
The basic unit of money in Western Samoa
Smallest guenon monkey; of swampy central and west African forests
A winged sandal (as worn by Hermes in Graeco-Roman art)
English inventor and pioneer in photography who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877)
A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
Apply talcum powder to (one''s body)
United States sociologist (1902-1979)
A toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented; absorbs excess moisture
A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
A toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented; absorbs excess moisture
A trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney''s stories entertain adults as well as children"
A fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government; "the Taliban enforced a strict Muslim code of behavior"
Someone who gossips indiscreetly
Prone to communicate confidential information
Natural qualities or talents
A person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity
Showing a natural aptitude for something
A lack of talent
An agent who represents performers Back to top
Someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
Someone who gossips indiscreetly
A fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government; "the Taliban enforced a strict Muslim code of behavior"
Genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs
Similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers; southwestern United States
Plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots
Low plant with crowded narrow succulent leaves and fairly large deep pink axillary flowers that seem to sit on the ground; southwestern United States
Pink-flowered perennial of rocky regions of western United States
Erect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers; southwestern North America to Central America; widely introduced elsewhere
Low cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die; southwestern United States
Congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes
Talipes in which the toes are pointed upward and the person walks on the heel of the foot
Talipes in which the toes are pointed downward
Deformity of the foot in which the foot is twisted outward
Tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper
Tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper
A trinket or piece of jewelry thought to be a protection against evil
Possessing or believed to possess magic power especially protective power; "a talismanic amulet"
The act of giving a talk to an audience; "I attended an interesting talk on local history"
An exchange of ideas via conversation; "let''s have more work and less talk around here" Back to top
(`talk about'' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of'') discussion; "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"
Idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately"
A speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
Deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
Divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"
Express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
Reveal information; "If you don''t oblige me, I''ll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"
Exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
Use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won''t speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
Friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive"
Unwisely talking too much
Full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"
In a chatty loquacious manner; "`When I was young,'' she continued loquaciously, `I used to do all sorts of naughty things''"
The quality of being wordy and talkative
Someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"
Identification of a person from the sound of their voice
A movie with synchronized speech and singing
In a chatty loquacious manner; "`When I was young,'' she continued loquaciously, `I used to do all sorts of naughty things''"
An exchange of ideas via conversation; "let''s have more work and less talk around here"
Uttering speech; "talking heads" Back to top
Sound recording of someone reading a book; frequently used by blind people
A talker on television who talks directly into the cameras and whose upper body is all that is shown on the screen
A movie with synchronized speech and singing
An especially persuasive point helping to support an argument or discussion
A lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father''s idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
A discussion intended to produce an agreement; "the buyout negotiation lasted several days"; "they disagreed but kept an open dialogue"; "talks between Israelis and Palestinians"
Full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"
Discuss or mention; "They spoke of many things"
To consider or examine in speech or writing; "The article covered all the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante''s `Inferno''"
Belittle through talk
Speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child; "He talks down to her"
Persuade somebody to do something
Discuss or mention; "They spoke of many things"
Idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately"
Persuade someone not to do something
Speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget"
Discuss work-related matters; "As soon as they met, the linguists started to talk shop"
A program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience; "in England they call a talk show a chat show"
Discuss the terms of an arrangement; "They negotiated the sale of the house"
Discuss frankly, often in a business context Back to top
Lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"
Great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships"
Too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story"
Impressively difficult; "a tall order"
Any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture
(of plants) having tall spindly stems
Capital of the state of Florida; located in northern Florida
River that rieses in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through central Alabama to join the Coosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River
River that rieses in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through central Alabama to join the Coosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River
A tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
United States ballerina who promoted American ballet through tours and television appearances (born in 1925)
French statesman (1754-1838)
Any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture
A port city on the Gulf of Finland that is the capital and largest city of Estonia
A port city on the Gulf of Finland that is the capital and largest city of Estonia
(Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer
English organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585)
Somewhat tall
(Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer
The property of being taller than average stature Back to top
The vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
Obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants
An animal oil obtained by pressing tallow; used as a lubricant
Uninhibited United States actress (1903-1968)
A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning"
The act of counting; "the counting continued for several hours"
A bill for an amount due
Determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
Keep score, as in games
Gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don''t agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect''s fingerprints don''t match those on the gun"
One who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received
One who sells goods on the installment plan
One who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received
Annual or perennial of eastern North America with long spikes of blue or white flowers
High-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom; source of most cultivated blueberries
Perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America
Perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America
Shrubby Chilean herb having bluish-white tubular flowers used as an ornamental
Perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America Back to top
An evergreen shrub
A variety of goldenrod
Erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
Coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage
Coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage
An oil derived from wood pulp and used in making soaps or lubricants
A formidable task or requirement; "finishing in time was a tall order but we did it"
Very tall American perennial of central and the eastern United States to Canada having edible tuberous roots
An improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story
Tall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and purple-streaked white flowers
Of Australia
The collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition (the Mishna and the Gemara) that constitute the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism
(Judaism) ancient rabbinical writings
A sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
Of animals
Moles
The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
A sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
Analgesic drug (trade name Talwin) that is less addictive than morphine
A woolen cap of Scottish origin Back to top
A woolen cap of Scottish origin
A percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a soft-headed drumstick
Capable of being tamed
Corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed
A meat mixture covered with cornbread topping that resembles a Mexican dish
Small toothless anteater with prehensile tale and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
Small toothless anteater with prehensile tale and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
Small toothless anteater with prehensile tale and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
Large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
Medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark
Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines
Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines
Russian dancer who danced with Nijinsky (1885-1978)
Family of desert shrubs and trees (mostly halophytes and xerophytes)
South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato in flavor
Small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail
Large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys
Long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
Large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys
Long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp Back to top
Widely cultivated tropical trees originally of Africa
Long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
Long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
Any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil
Family of desert shrubs and trees (mostly halophytes and xerophytes)
A gerbil that is popular as a pet
Genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees of eastern Mediterranean regions and tropical Asia
An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding
100 tambala equal 1 Kwacha
Oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients
A drum
A frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering
A shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405)
Correct by punishment or discipline
Make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
Make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
Flat and uninspiring Back to top
Very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes
Brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
Very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed"
Capable of being tamed
Brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
Brought from wildness; "the once inhospitable landscape is now tamed"
In a tame manner; "the labour movement allowed itself to be run out of power tamely"
The attribute of having been domesticated
The quality of being vapid and unsophisticated
An animal trainer who tames wild animals
Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405)
Chipmunks of eastern North America
American red squirrels
Far western United States counterpart of the red squirrel
Of northern United States and Canada
Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches
The Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil people in southern India and Sri Lanka
A member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasoid people of southern India and Sri Lanka
Of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself; "the Tamil Tigers are fighting the Sinhalese in Sri Lanka"; "Tamil agglutinative phrases"
A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras Back to top
A terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tact
Russian physicist (1895-1971)
A political organization within the Democratic Party in New York city (late 1800''s and early 1900''s) seeking political control by corruption and bossism
A political organization within the Democratic Party in New York city (late 1800''s and early 1900''s) seeking political control by corruption and bossism
A political organization within the Democratic Party in New York city (late 1800''s and early 1900''s) seeking political control by corruption and bossism
An industrial city in south central Finland
Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation; consort of Inanna
The tenth month of the civil year; the fourth month of the ecclesiastic year (in June and July)
A woolen cap of Scottish origin
Plain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and garments and curtains
United States country singer (1942-1998)
United States country singer (1942-1998)
An antagonist for estrogen that is used in the treatment of breast cancer
A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
Press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"
A resort city in western Florida; located on Tampa Bay on the Gulf of Mexico
Tampon used to absorb menstrual flow
An arm of the Gulf of Mexico in west central Florida
A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts" Back to top
Intrude in other people''s affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don''t meddle in my affairs!"
An industrial city in south central Finland
The act of altering something secretly or improperly
A port city in eastern Mexico
A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
Plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture
Plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood)
Plug with a tampon
Blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding)
Blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding)
Press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"
A genus of tuberous-rooted vines of the family Dioscoreaceae; has twining stems and heart-shaped leaves and axillary racemes
Common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries
A light brown
Ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
Get a tan, from wind or sun
Treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
Of a light yellowish-brown color
A large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum Back to top
Tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
Densely hairy plant with rayless flowers; San Francisco Bay area
White-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
Spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
Lightly hairy rhizomatous perennial having aromatic feathery leaves and stems bearing open clusters of small buttonlike yellow flowers; sand dunes of Pacific coast of North America
Bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
Shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
Common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally
The Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings
Any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males
The Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings
Bark rich in tannin; bruised and cut in pieces to use for tanning; spent tanbark used as a ground covering
Evergreen oak of the Pacific coast area having large leathery leaves; yields tanbark
Norman leader in the First Crusade who played an important role in the capture of Jerusalem (1078-1112)
An anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Tandearil) used to treat arthritis and bursitis
A bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats
One behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem"
A bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats
Trucking rig with two trailers in tandem
A clay oven used in northern India and Pakistan Back to top
Medium tall celery pine of New Zealand
United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens
Any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria
Any of various coarse seaweeds
Brown algae seaweed with serrated edges
Common black rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
A tart spiciness
The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
The imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907
100 tanga equal 1 Tajikistani ruble
A former state in East Africa; united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania
The longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo
Japanese architect (born in 1913)
Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
Hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida
Hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida
(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts"
The state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing
Ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
A straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point Back to top
Of superficial relevance if any; "a digressive allusion to the day of the week"; "a tangential remark"
Of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent; "tangential forces"
In passing; "touched on it tangentially"
The plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surface
A reddish to vivid orange color
Any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa
A variety of mandarin orange
Of a strong reddish orange color
A variety of mandarin orange
The quality of being perceivable by touch
Possible to be treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor"
Having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses; "a physical manifestation"; "surrounded by tangible objects"
Capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt; "a barely palpable dust"; "felt sudden anger in a palpable wave"; "the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton"
Perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch; "skin with a tangible roughness"
(of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value ; "tangible property like real estate"; "tangible assets such as machinery"
The quality of being perceivable by touch
In a tangible manner; "virtue is tangibly rewarded"
A city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar; "the first tangerines were shipped from Tangier to Europe in 1841"
A city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar; "the first tangerines were shipped from Tangier to Europe in 1841"
North African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowers Back to top
North African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowers
A tart spiciness
Something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations"
A twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven; "they carved their way through the tangle of vines"
Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"
Disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair"
Tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story"
Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don''t drag me into this business"
Spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits
In a confused mass; "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes"
Highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by lab
An orchid of the genus Plectorrhiza having tangled roots and long wiry stems bearing lax racemes of small fragrant green flowers
Get involved in or with
A ballroom dance of Latin-American origin
Music written in duple time for dancing the tango
Dance a tango
Large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in Florida
A Chinese puzzle consisting of a square divided into seven pieces that must be arranged to match particular designs
An industrial city of northeastern China in Hebei province
United States surrealist painter (born in France) (1900-1955) Back to top
Tasting sour like a lemon
The imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907
A cell for violent prisoners
A large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids
An enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
A freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk
As much as a tank will hold
Treat in a tank; "tank animal refuse"
Store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it
A Tibetan religious painting on fabric
A form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables
The act of storing in tanks
The charge for storing something in tanks
The quantity contained in (or the capacity of) a tank or tanks
Large drinking vessel with one handle
A cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk
A soldier who drives a tank
An airplane constructed to transport chemicals that can be dropped in order to fight a forest fire
As much as a tank will hold
A freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk Back to top
An oscillatory circuit
An armored vehicle equipped with an antitank gun and capable of high speeds
A soldier who drives a tank
A locomotive that carries its own fuel and water; no tender is needed
An area used exclusively for storing petroleum in large tanks
A technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients
Furnace into one end of which a batch of measured raw materials is shoveled and from the other end molten glass is obtained
Plate iron that is thinner than boilerplate but thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe iron
A locomotive that carries its own fuel and water; no tender is needed
A shell fired by the cannon on a tank
A cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk
A woman''s one-piece bathing suit
A tight-fitting sleeveless shirt with wide shoulder straps and low neck and no front opening; often worn over a shirt or blouse
(of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun; "a young bronzed Apollo"
Converted to leather by a tanning agent
A battle in World War I (1914); decisive German victory over the Russians
A craftsman who tans skins and hides
A small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
Workplace where skins and hides are tanned Back to top
Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes
Derived from, or resembling, tan or tannin
Any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine
Any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine
Making leather from rawhide
Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
Process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light
Resembling tan
A loudspeaker
A family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States
A family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States
Common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally
Perennial stellate and hairy herb with small yellow flowers of mountains of southern Europe; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium
Wild aster with fernlike leaves and flower heads with very narrow bright purple rays; Alberta to Texas and Mexico
North American herb with bitter-tasting pinnate leaves resembling those of tansy
Widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity
Harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don''t ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
Someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach
Very pleasantly inviting; "a tantalizing aroma"; "a tempting repast"
Arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach; "a tantalizing taste of success" Back to top
A mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an ore of tantalum
Harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don''t ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
Someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach
Very pleasantly inviting; "a tantalizing aroma"; "a tempting repast"
Arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach; "a tantalizing taste of success"
In a tantalizing manner; "she smiled at him tantalizingly"
A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite
(Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it
Being essentially equal to something; "it was as good as gold"; "a wish that was equivalent to a command"; "his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt"
Black-headed snakes
Doctrine of enlightenment as the realization of the oneness of one''s self and the visible world; combines elements of Hinduism and paganism including magical and mystical elements like mantras and mudras and erotic rites; especially influential in Tibet
Any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind
Of or relating to Tantrism; "tantric rituals"
Of or relating to Tantrism; "tantric rituals"
Doctrine of enlightenment as the realization of the oneness of one''s self and the visible world; combines elements of Hinduism and paganism including magical and mystical elements like mantras and mudras and erotic rites; especially influential in Tibet
Movement within Buddhism combining elements of Hinduism and paganism
An adherent of Tantrism
A display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene"
A republic in eastern Africa
A native or inhabitant of Tanzania Back to top
Of or relating to the republic of Tanzania or its people
Monetary unit in Tanzania
The basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents
A terrorist group organized by Yasser Arafat in 1995 as the armed wing of al-Fatah; serves a dual function of violent confrontation with Israel and serves as Arafat''s unofficial militia to prevent rival Islamists from usurping leadership
An Islamic terrorist group organized in the 1980s; seeks to purify Islam through violence; the cells in North American and the Caribbean insulate themselves from Western culture and will even attack other Muslims who they regard as heretics
The ultimate principle of the universe
An adherent of any branch of Taoism
Philosophical system developed by of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events
Popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic
Religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu
A Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism
An adherent of any branch of Taoism
Of or relating to the philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life
Of or relating to the popular Chinese religious system based on the teachings of Lao-tzu but including a pantheon of gods along with divination and magic; "Taoist temples"
The three pure ones; the three chief gods of Taoism
An artist colony in northern New Mexico
A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico
A light touch or stroke
The act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
A plug for a bunghole in a cask Back to top
A tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
A small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
A faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
The sound made by a gentle blow
A gentle blow
Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"
Draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"
Strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder"
Cut a female screw thread with a tap
Pierce in order to draw a liquid from; "tap a maple tree for its syrup"; "tap a keg of beer"
Draw (liquor) from a tap; "tap beer in a bar"
Dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes; "Glover tapdances better than anybody"
Walk with a tapping sound
Make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?"
Draw from or dip into to get something; "tap one''s memory"; "tap a source of money"
Furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it; "tap a cask of wine"
The act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball
A paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark
Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus Back to top
Dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes; "Glover tapdances better than anybody"
Memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information; "he took along a dozen tapes to record the interview"
A long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening; "he used a piece of tape for a belt"; "he wrapped a tape around the package"
A recording made on magnetic tape; "the several recordings were combined on a master tape"
Measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths; "the carpenter should have used his tape measure"
The finishing line for a foot race; "he broke the tape in record time"
Register electronically; "They recorded her singing"
Record on videotape
Fasten or attach with tape; "tape the shipping label to the box"
Recorded on tape
Secured or held in place by tape; "carefully taped pieces of glass served as a windowpane"
Recorded on tape
Measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths; "the carpenter should have used his tape measure"
A spread consisting of capers and black olives and anchovies made into a puree with olive oil
Stick of wax with a wick in the middle
A loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
The property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
A convex shape that narrows toward a point
Diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"
Give a point to; "The candles are tapered" Back to top
Gradually narrowed toward a point; "a tall tapering spire"
Becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs"
The act of gradually lowering the size or amount; "the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose"
Gradually narrowed toward a point; "a tall tapering spire"
Gradually decreasing until little remains
Becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs"
Gradually decreasing until little remains
A file with converging edges
Become smaller or less active; "Business tapered off"
End weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"
Hung or decorated with tapestry
A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs
A heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery
Something that is felt to resemble a tapestry in its complexity; "the tapestry of European history"
Larvae feed on carpets and other woolens
Ribbon-like flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
Intestinal infection by a species of parasitic tapeworm; usually the result of eating inadequately cooked meat or fish
A cartridge containing magnetic tape; for use with audio or video recorders or computer systems
Electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers); a component in an audio system
A mechanism that transport magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder Back to top
Submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia
A magnetic recorder using magnetic tape
Measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths; "the carpenter should have used his tape measure"
Electronic equipment for playing back magnetic tapes
Record with a tape recorder
A magnetic recorder using magnetic tape
A recording made on magnetic tape; "the several recordings were combined on a master tape"
A mechanism that transport magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder
A morbid fear of being buried alive
Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
A recording made on magnetic tape; "the several recordings were combined on a master tape"
Granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings
Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
Sweet pudding thickened with tapioca
Large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout
Tapirs and extinct related forms
Type genus of the Tapiridae
A tapir found in Malaya and Sumatra
A tapir found in South America and Central America
A heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery Back to top
Massage in which the body is tapped rhythmically with the fingers or with short rapid movements of the sides of the hand; used to loosen mucus on the chest walls of patients with bronchitis
A paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark
Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus
United States abolitionist (1786-1865)
A cantilever bridge across the Hudson River
In a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug; "latex from tapped rubber trees"
A dancer who who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes
Someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire
A worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads
A person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly; "finger tappers irritated her"
A tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
A lever that is moved in order to tap something else
A wrench having parallel jaws at fixed separation (often on both ends of the handle)
The sound of light blow or knock; "he heard the tapping of the man''s cane"
A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"
Something that provides an important central source for growth or development; "the taproot of his resentment"; "genius and insanity spring from the same taproot"
(botany) main root of a plant growing straight downward from the stem
(military) signal to turn the lights out
A tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
A dance step tapped out audibly with the feet Back to top
Perform a tap dance
A dancer who who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes
A dance step tapped out audibly with the feet
A building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
Beat out a rhythm
Water directly from the spigot
A wrench for turning a tap to create an internal screw thread
A man who serves as a sailor
Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
Coat with tar; "tar the roof"; "tar the roads"
Smear the body of (someone) with tar and feathers; done in some societies as punishment; "The thief was tarred and feathered"
New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes
New Zealand shrub
A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin); seat of Irish kings until 6th century
The capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC
A port city and commerical center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea
A member of a group of peoples of Mexico
Pretentious or silly talk or writing
A trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
A member of the Taracahitian people of north central Mexico Back to top
Mexican frog found within a jump of two or water
Medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees
East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy
Medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees
East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy
A lively whirling Italian dance for two persons
Music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella
A lively whirling Italian dance for two persons
United States filmmaker (born in 1963)
A nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the southern European tarantula or wolf spider
Large hairy tropical spider that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites
Large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement)
Ukranian poet (1814-1861)
Battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting
National capital of Kiribati
Battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting
An asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions
Perennial dandelion native to Kazakhstan cultivated for its fleshy roots that have high rubber content
Eurasian plant widely naturalized as a weed in North America; used as salad greens and to make wine
Eurasian plant widely naturalized as a weed in North America; used as salad greens and to make wine Back to top
High-climbing Asiatic vine having long finely serrate leaves and racemes of white flowers followed by greenish-yellow edible fruit
A felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown
A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety; can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body
In some classifications considered a separate phylum: microscopic arachnid-like invertebrates living in water or damp moss having 4 pairs of legs and instead of a mouth a pair of stylets or needle-like piercing organs connected with the pharynx
An arthropod of the division Tardigrada
Later than usual or than expected; "the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday"
Without speed (`slow'' is sometimes used informally for `slowly''); "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow so I can see the sights"
The quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time
Late-occurring (especially with reference to symptoms of a disease); "tardive dyskinesia"
Involuntary rolling of the tongue and twitching of the face or trunk or limbs; often occurs in patients with parkinsonism who are treated with phenothiazine
After the expected or usual time; delayed; "a belated birthday card"; "I''m late for the plane"; "the train is late"; "tardy children are sent to the principal"; "always tardy in making dental appointments"
Counterweight consisting of an empty container that is used as a counterbalance to obtain net weight
Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage
An organization of Muslims in India who killed Hindus in September 2002; believed to have ties with Muslim terrorists in Pakistan
(endocrinology) organ most affected by a particular hormone
Sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
The goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children"
A reference point to shoot at; "his arrow hit the mark"
The location of the target that is to be hit Back to top
A person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt"
Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent''s face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
Guided automatically toward the target
A shipboard system for the detection and identification and location of a target with enough detail to permit effective weapon employment
The location of the target that is to be hit
An abnormal red blood cell with a ringed appearance; associated with anemia
Any cell that has a specific receptor for antigen or antibody or hormone
A company that has been chosen as attractive for takeover by a potential acquirer
The language into which a text written in another language is to be translated
A computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translated
(radiology) organ intended to receive the therapeutic dose of a radioactive substance
Practice in shooting at targets
A fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer
A practice range for target practice
Pacific newts
Newt of humid coast from Alaska to southern California
Newt that is similar to Taricha granulosa in characteristics and habitat
A government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries"
Charge a tariff; "tariff imported goods"
Russian filmmaker (1932-1986) Back to top
A paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar
A paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving
Surface with macadam; "macadam the road"
A paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar
A paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving
A mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers)
Discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation
Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
Especially of reputation; "the senator''s seriously damaged reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished reputation"; "inherited a spotted name"
Widespread plant and fruit pest
Tropical starchy tuberous root
Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves
Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
Any of a set of (usually 72) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used by fortunetellers
Any of a set of (usually 72) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used by fortunetellers
Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves
Tropical starchy tuberous root
Waterproofed canvas
European wild horse extinct since the early 20th century
Waterproofed canvas Back to top
Large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida
Large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida
According to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC)
According to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC)
According to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC)
According to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC)
Pretentious or silly talk or writing
A trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
Fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as seasoning
Aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia
Smeared with tar and covered with feathers as a punishment; "the poor tarred-and-feathered wretch"
The act of tarrying
Small genus of east Asian and Australian timber trees
Australian timber tree
Leave slowly and hesitantly
Be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
Having the characteristics of pitch or tar
Any bone of the tarsus
Of or relating to or near the tarsus of the foot; "tarsal bones"
Any bone of the tarsus Back to top
A long sebaceous gland that lubricates the eyelids; "bacterial infection of a Meibomian gland produces a stye"
Nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing; the only primate that spurns all plant material as food living entirely on insects and small vertebrates
Coextensive with the genus Tarsius: tarsiers
In some classifications assigned to the suborder Prosimii
Inflammation of the eyelid
Type and sole genus of the family Tarsiidae
A variety of tarsier
A variety of tarsier
The part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively
Pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust
A small open pie with a fruit filling
A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
Harsh; "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark"
Tasting sour like a lemon
A cloth having a crisscross design
An incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century
A fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
A salt used especially in baking powder
Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus Back to top
Mayonnaise with chopped pickles and sometimes capers and shallots and parsley and hard-cooked egg; sauce for seafood especially fried fish
A honeysuckle shrub of southern Russia to central Asia
Relating to or derived from or resembling tartar; "tartaric acid"
An acid found in many fruits; used in soft drinks and confectionery and baking powder
A place where the wicked are punished after death
The vast geographical region of Europe and Asia that was controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries; "under Ghengis Khan Tartary extended as far east as the Pacific Ocean"
A poisonous colorless salt used as a mordant and in medicine
Mayonnaise with chopped pickles and sometimes capers and shallots and parsley and hard-cooked egg; sauce for seafood especially fried fish
Ground beef mixed with raw egg and e.g. onions and capers and anchovies; eaten raw
Small tart usually used as a canape
In a tart manner; "`Never mind your immortal soul,'' she said tartly"
A sharp sour taste
The taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
A salt or ester of tartaric acid
A city of southeastern Estonia that was a member of the Hanseatic League
A hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)
A hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)
Dress up in a cheap and provocative way
Decorate in a cheap and flashy way; "the small-town bar was all tarted up"
Any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock Back to top
Any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia; of western North and South America
New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes
New Zealand shrub
A man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
(sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs)
A man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
A state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies
A heavy paper impregnated with tar and used as part of a roof for waterproofing
A natural accumulation of bitumens at the surface of the earth; often acts as a trap for animals whose bones are thus preserved
The capital of Uzbekistan
Consort of Nabu
Consort of Nabu
A chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn (1849-1877)
A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city''s loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the sampl
Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"
Use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience"
Assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children"
The capital of Uzbekistan
Someone who imposes hard or continuous work
A woman taskmaster Back to top
A temporary military unit formed to accomplish a particular objective
A semipermanent unit created to carry out a continuing task
Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659)
An island off the southeastern coast of Australia
An Australian state on the island of Tasmania
Of or relating to Tasmania
Small ferocious carnivorous marsupial having a mostly black coat and long tail
Rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct
Rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct
Small shrub or Tasmania having short stiff branches
An arm of the southern Pacific Ocean between southeastern Australia and New Zealand
One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs
Adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end
Fringed or adorned with tassels
Fringed or adorned with tassels
Young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal
Tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia
Tropical Asiatic annual cultivated for its small tassel-shaped heads of scarlet flowers
Large beautiful Mediterranean species having sterile bluish-violet flowers with fringed corollas forming a tuft above the fertile flowers
One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs Back to top
Italian poet who wrote an epic poem about the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade (1544-1595)
A kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; "a wine tasting"
The faculty of taste; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"
The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste"
Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"
A brief experience of something; "he got a taste of life on the wild side"; "she enjoyed her brief taste of independence"
A strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"
A small amount eaten or drunk; "take a taste--you''ll like it"
Experience briefly; "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died"
Take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes"
Perceive by the sense of taste; "Can you taste the garlic?"
Distinguish flavors; "We tasted wines last night"
Have flavor; taste of something
Have a distinctive or characteristic taste; "This tastes of nutmeg"
Someone who popularizes a new fashion
Someone who samples food or drink for its quality
An oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue
Free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"
Having or showing or conforming to good taste
Having flavor Back to top
With taste; in a tasteful manner; "the house was tastefully decorated"
Elegance indicated by good taste
Deficient in tastefulness; "coarse and tasteless luxury"
Not pleasing to the sense of taste
Lacking aesthetic or social taste
Lacking flavor
Without taste or in poor taste; in a tasteless manner; "the house was tastelessly decorated"
Inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste
The property of having no flavor
Someone who samples food or drink for its quality
An oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue
An epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve
The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste"
A property appreciated via the sense of taste
The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste"
Someone who samples food or drink for its quality
With taste; in a tasteful manner; "the house was tastefully decorated"
In a tasty manner; "the meal was tastily cooked"
Pleasant palatability
Taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality; "cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most" Back to top
A kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; "a wine tasting"
A small amount (especially of food or wine)
Pleasing to the sense of taste
Especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set before a kind"; "a tasty morsel"
A projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture
Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
Make lacework by knotting or looping
The Uto-Aztecan language of the Tatahumara people
The Turkic language spoken by the Tatar people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains
A member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups)
A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century
The vast geographical region of Europe and Asia that was controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries; "under Ghengis Khan Tartary extended as far east as the Pacific Ocean"
United States poet and critic (1899-1979)
An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
French filmmaker (1908-1982)
About three feet long exclusive of tail
Naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America
A small piece of cloth or paper
A dirty shabbily clothed urchin
In deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack" Back to top
Worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince"
Ruined or disrupted; "our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity"; "a tattered remnant of its former strength"; "my torn and tattered past"
Worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince"
In a cheap manner; "a cheaply dressed woman approached him in the bar"
Act or process or making tatting or handmade lace
Needlework consisting of handmade lace made by looping and knotting a single thread on a small shuttle
Disclosing information or giving evidence about another
Divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"
Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry
Someone who gossips indiscreetly
Someone who gossips indiscreetly
A grayish white
A grayish white
Prone to communicate confidential information
The practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining
A design on the skin made by tattooing
A drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters
Stain (skin) with indelible color
Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" Back to top
Showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains"
About three feet long exclusive of tail
United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind; his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians (1910-1956)
United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975)
The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet
A lepton of very great mass
An antilepton of very great mass
(all used chiefly with qualifiers `well'' or `poorly'' or `un-'') having received specific instruction; "unschooled ruffians"; "well tutored applicants"
Aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
Harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don''t ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
Aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward'' and `sissy''"
In a playfully teasing manner; "`You hate things to be out of order, don''t you?'' she said teasingly"
A lepton of very great mass
A grayish brown
Having a dusky brownish gray color
A colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bile of mammals
Of or relating to or resembling a bull
African antelopes: elands
Large dark striped eland of western equatorial Africa Back to top
Dark fawn-colored eland of southern and eastern Africa
The second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20
A zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere near Orion; between Aries and Gemini
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus
Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
The second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20
Pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope"
Subjected to great tension; stretched tight; "the skin of his face looked drawn and tight"; "her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow"
Make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope"
Become taut or tauter; "Yur muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened"
In a taut manner; "the rope was tautly stretched"
Lack of movement or room for movement
The physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body"
Large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America
Tautogs
Large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America
A genus of Labridae
Common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States
Repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact'' and `a free gift'' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started'' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant
Repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact'' and `a free gift'' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started'' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant Back to top
Useless repetition; "to say that something is `adequate enough'' is a tautology"
(logic) a statement that is necessarily true; "the statement `he is brave or he is not brave'' is a tautology"
A nonparametric measure of the agreement between two rankings
Cross resembling the Greek letter tau
A building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
The keeper of a public house
A large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles
The 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
In a tastelessly garish manner; "the temple was garishly decorated with bright plastic flowers"
Tasteless showiness
Cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist
Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
English economist remembered for his studies of the development of capitalism (1880-1962)
A tawny complexion
Of a light brown to brownish orange color
Brownish eagle of Africa and parts of Asia
Reddish-brown European owl having a round head with black eyes
A leather strap for punishing children
Charge against a citizen''s person or property or activity for the support of government
Make a charge against or accuse; "They taxed him failure to appear in court" Back to top
Use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience"
Levy a tax on; "The State taxes alcohol heavily"; "Clothing is not taxed in our state"
Set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
(of goods or funds) not taxed; "tax-exempt bonds"; "an untaxed expense account"
(of goods or funds) not taxed; "tax-exempt bonds"; "an untaxed expense account"
The amount by which taxes are increased; "a tax increase of 15 percent"
Liability to taxation
(of goods or funds) subject to taxation; "taxable income"; "nonexempt property"
Sometimes classified as member of order Taxales
Coextensive with the family Taxaceae: yews
The imposition of taxes; the practice of the government in levying taxes on the subjects of a state
Government income due to taxation
Charge against a citizen''s person or property or activity for the support of government
The act of reducing taxation; "the new administration''s large taxcut was highly controversial"
A bureaucrat who levies taxes
A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
Travel slowly; "The plane taxied down the runway"
Ride in a taxicab
A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
In some classifications considered a genus of subfamily Melinae Back to top
A variety of badger native to America
A craftsman who stuffs and mounts the skins of animals for display
The art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance
Someone who drives a taxi for a living
Someone who drives a taxi for a living
A meter in a taxi that registers the fare (based on the length of the ride)
Not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren''t onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"
The surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part
A locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism
A place where taxis park while awaiting customers; "in England the place where taxis wait to be hired is called a `taxi rank''"
A paved surface in the form of a strip; used by planes taxiing to or from the runway at an airport
A woman employed to dance with patrons who pay a fee for each dance
The fare charged for riding in a taxicab
A place where taxis park while awaiting customers; "in England the place where taxis wait to be hired is called a `taxi rank''"
A paved surface in the form of a strip; used by planes taxiing to or from the runway at an airport
Someone who collects taxes for the government
Coniferous trees; traditionally considered an independent family though recently included in Cupressaceae in some classification systems
Bald cypress; swamp cypress
Smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum
Common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms Back to top
Cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands
Animal or plant group having natural relations
A biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior
Of or relating to taxonomy; "taxonomic relations"; "a taxonomic designation"
Of or relating to taxonomy; "taxonomic relations"; "a taxonomic designation"
With regard to taxonomy; "closely related taxonomically"
Animal or plant group having natural relations
Animal or plant group having natural relations
A biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior
Practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
(biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification
A classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
Yews: in some systems classified as a class (Taxopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Taxophytina) used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta
Yews: in some systems classified as a class (Taxopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Taxophytina) used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta
Someone who pays taxes
Not exempt from paying taxes; "after training they became productivek taxpaying citizens"
Yews
Predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world
Small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood
Shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States Back to top
Small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves
An advantage bestowed by legislation that reduces a tax on some preferred activity
The value set on taxable property
An official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it
The minimization of tax liability by lawful methods
Collective value of taxable assets
A tax deduction that is granted in order to encourage a particular type of commercial activity
Money owed for taxes
The amount by which taxes are increased; "a tax increase of 15 percent"
A category of taxpayers based on the amount of their income
A tax deduction that is granted in order to encourage a particular type of commercial activity
The collection of taxes
Someone who collects taxes for the government
A direct reduction in tax liability (not dependent on the taxpayer''s tax bracket)
A reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer''s income bracket
The deliberate failure to pay taxes (usually by making a false report)
A form to use when paying your taxes
A country or independent region where taxes are low
The amount by which taxes are increased; "a tax increase of 15 percent"
Government income due to taxation Back to top
The body of laws governing taxation
The amount of tax owed; calculated by applying the tax rate to the tax base
Lien of which a tax collector may avail himself in default of taxes (analogous to a judgment lien)
A program for setting taxes
A program for setting taxes
Rate used to calculate tax liability
Document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer''s tax liability; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return"
Government income due to taxation
A way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings
A legal system for assessing and collecting taxes
A reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer''s income bracket
A branch of the Tai languages
A hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occuring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood
A hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occuring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood
A language spoken by a Malaysian people on Formosa
Type genus of the Tayassuidae
Peccaries
Dark gray peccary with an indistinct white collar; of semi desert areas of Mexico and southwestern United States
Blackish peccary with whitish cheeks; larger than the collared peccary
Dark gray peccary with an indistinct white collar; of semi desert areas of Mexico and southwestern United States Back to top
12th President of the United States; died in office (1784-1850)
United States film actress (born in England) who was a childhood star; as an adult she often co-starred with Richard Burton (born in 1932)
United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)
A peninsula in northern Siberia
Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America
A parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections
(Islam) minor crimes committed by Muslims; crimes that are not mentioned in the Koran so judges are free to punish the offender in any appropriate way; "in some Islamic nations Tazir crimes are set by legislation"
A unit of information equal to a trillion (1,099,511,627,776) bytes or 1024 gigabytes
Infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
A metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite
The capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river
A permanent council of the United Nations that commissions a country (or countries) to undertake the administration of a territory
A crystalline metallic element not found in nature; occurs as one of the fission products of uranium
A heavy colorless highly toxic liquid used as a solvent to clean electronic components and for dry cleaning and as a fumigant; causes cancer and liver and lung damage
A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960
Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893)
(Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket
(Yiddish) a mistress
A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another; "TCP uses a retransmission strategy to insure that data will not be lost in transmission"
A set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the internet in the 1970s to get data from one network device to another Back to top
(astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth''s orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth''s motions
The syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
A light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes; "an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea"
Dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea; "the store shelves held many different kinds of tea"; "they threw the tea into Boston harbor"
A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water; "iced tea is a cooling drink"
A reception or party at which tea is served; "we met at the Dean''s tea for newcomers"
A tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves; "tea has fragrant white flowers"
A device to keep back tea leaves when pouring a cup of tea
Spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
Creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil
Any of various small cakes or cookies often served with tea
Flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea
Serving cart for serving tea or light refreshments
An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
Accustom gradually to some action or attitude; "The child is taught to obey her parents"
Impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"
An extended session (as on a college campus) for lectures and discussion on an important and usually controversial issue
Ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters"
A personified abstraction that teaches; "books were his teachers"; "experience is a demanding teacher" Back to top
A person whose occupation is teaching
A certificate saying that the holder is qualified to teach in the public schools
The teacher''s favorite student
The academic relation between teachers and their students
The position of teacher
A two-year school for training elementary teachers
The activities of educating or instructing or teaching; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good teaching is seldom rewarded"
The profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession"
A doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"
Materials and equipment used in teaching
A certificate saying that the holder is qualified to teach in the public schools
A graduate student with teaching responsibilities
The principles and methods of instruction
Teaching beginners to read
A cup from which tea is drunk
As much as a teacup will hold
As much as a teacup will hold
A restaurant where tea and light meals are available
Tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood
Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding Back to top
Kettle for boiling water to make tea
Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
Any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America
A shade of green tinged with blue; "they painted it a light shade of bluish green"
A bluish shade of green
Two or more draft animals that work together to pull something
A cooperative unit
Form a team; "We teamed up for this new project"
A fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates"
Someone who drives a truck as an occupation
The driver of a team of horses doing hauling
An industrial union of truck drivers and chauffeurs and warehouse workers
Cooperative work done by a team
The spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed
A sport that involves competition between teams of players; "baseball is a team sport by golf is not"
Form a team; "We teamed up for this new project"
Pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle
A government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921; became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration
A government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921; became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration
The act of tearing; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear" Back to top
An occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"
A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands; "his story brought tears to her eyes"
An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
Fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing"
Strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
To separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"
Separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
Move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
A reckless and impetuous person
Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish'' is archaic)
A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands; "his story brought tears to her eyes"
Anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring)
Showing sorrow
Filled with or marked by tears; "tearful eyes"; "tearful entreaties"
With tears; in a tearful manner; "the man confessed tearfully to having beaten his wife"
Sadness expressed by weeping
A gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds
Attack with teargas; subject to teargas fumes; "The students were teargassed during the riot"
Shedding tears
Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions" Back to top
Complete destruction of a building
An excessively sentimental narrative
Free from tears
A restaurant where tea and light meals are available
The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds); "I hate to hear the crying of a child"; "she was in tears"
With eyes full of tears
With eyes full of tears
Express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance"
Rip off violently and forcefully; "The passing bus tore off her side mirror"
Tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"
Any of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glands
A gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds
Any of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears
Hit violently, as in an attack
Rip off violently and forcefully; "The passing bus tore off her side mirror"
Either of the two dilated ends of the lacrimal ducts at the nasal ends of the eyes that fill with tears secreted by the lacrimal glands
A sheet that can be easily torn out of a publication
Tear into shreds
United States poet (1884-1933)
The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent" Back to top
A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
Ruffle (one''s hair) by combing towards the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
Harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don''t ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
Mock or make fun of playfully; "the flirting man teased the young woman"
Separate the fibers of; "tease wool"
Disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"
Raise the nap of (fabrics)
Tear into pieces; "tease tissue for microscopic examinations"
Annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
To arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them; "The advertisement is intended to tease the customers"; "She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior"
Feeling mild pleasurable excitement
Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts
A device for teasing wool; "a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers"
A flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
An attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show
A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that''s a real puzzler"
An advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers'' interest
Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
A worker who teases wool Back to top
Disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"
A restaurant where tea and light meals are available
The act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"
Playful vexation; "the parody was just a form of teasing"
Causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky m
Arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it; "her lazy teasing smile"
Playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell
In a playfully teasing manner; "`You hate things to be out of order, don''t you?'' she said teasingly"
Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts
A small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee; holds about one fluid dram
As much as a teaspoon will hold
As much as a teaspoon will hold
The small projection of a mammary gland
A light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes; "an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea"
Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts
Small paper bag holding a measure of tea
A measured amount of tea in a bag for an individual serving of tea
A kitchen utensil consisting of a perforated metal ball for making tea
Flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea Back to top
Sweetened buns to be eaten with tea
A snack taken during a break in the work day; "a ten-minute coffee break"; "the British have tea breaks"
A can for storing tea
Serving cart for serving tea or light refreshments
An ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea
Chest for storing or transporting tea
A small tablecloth
A padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
A padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
A padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
A padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
A padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
A family of trees and shrubs of the order Parietales
A public garden where tea is served
A formal gown for evening wear
Dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea; "the store shelves held many different kinds of tea"; "they threw the tea into Boston harbor"
A covered spoon with perforations
A small napkin used when tea is served
A restaurant where tea and light meals are available
A restaurant where tea and light meals are available Back to top
A party at which tea is served
Any of several hybrid bush roses derived from a tea-scented Chinese rose with pink or yellow flowers
A set of china or silverware for serving tea
A set of china or silverware for serving tea
A small table for serving afternoon tea
Small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plants
A towel for drying dishes
A tray that accommodates a tea service
Serving cart for serving tea or light refreshments
An urn in which tea is brewed and from which it is served
Serving cart for serving tea or light refreshments
Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922)
The fourth month of the civil year; the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year (in December and January)
A police officer who investigates crimes
A school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences
A technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing)
A crystalline metallic element not found in nature; occurs as one of the fission products of uranium
(basketball) a foul that that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play
A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it
Of production of chemicals for commercial purposes especially on a large scale; "technical (or commercial) sulfuric acid" Back to top
Resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations; "analysts content that the stock market is due for a technical rally"; "the fall is only a technical correction"
Characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences; "a technical problem"; "highly technical matters hardly suitable for the general public"; "a technical report"; "producing the A-bomb was a challenge to the technica
Of or relating to technique; "technical innovation in recent novels"; "technical details"
Of or relating to proficiency in a practical skill; "no amount of technical skill and craftsmanship can take the place of vital interest"- John Dewey
Of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles; "technical college"; "technological development"
A detail that is considered insignificant
With regard to technical skill; "a technically brilliant solution"
With regard to technique; "technically lagging behind the Japanese"
(basketball) a foul that that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play
A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue
A school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences
A noncommissioned officer ranking below a master sergeant in the air force or marines
Someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process
Someone known for high skill in some intellectual or artistic technique
A trademarked method of making color motion pictures
Skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; "practice greatly improves proficiency"
A practical method or art applied to some particular task
Technical jargon from computing and other high-tech subjects
A form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control
An advocate of technocracy Back to top
An expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group
Based in scientific and industrial progress; "a technological civilization"
Of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles; "technical college"; "technological development"
By means of technology; "technologically impossible"
The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation
A person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
The practical application of science to commerce or industry
The discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems; "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study"
An agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth
A person who is enthusiastic about new technology
Enthusiasm for new technology
Of or relating to or showing technophilia
A person who dislikes or avoids new technology
Dislike for new technology
Of or relating to or showing technophobia
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Terrestrial or epilithic ferns of tropical rain forests
Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils
Fern of tropical Asia having round buttonlike bulbils Back to top
Small genus of southeastern Asian tropics: teak
Tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood
Of or pertaining to construction or architecture
Pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth''s crust; "tectonic plates"; "tectonic valleys"
The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth''s crust
The science of architecture
Movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth''s crust
A famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813)
A famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813)
A tough youth of 1950''s and 1960''s wearing Edwardian style clothes
A woman''s sleeveless undergarment
A woman''s sleeveless undergarment
Plaything consisting of a child''s toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)
Plaything consisting of a child''s toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)
A tough youth of 1950''s and 1960''s wearing Edwardian style clothes
A British youth subculture that first appeared in the mid-1950s; mainly from unskilled backgrounds, they adopted a pseudo-Edwardian dress code and rock''n''roll music; proletarian and xenophobic, they were involved in race riots in the United Kingdom
Using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"
So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn''t capture their attention";
In a tedious manner; "boringly slow work"; "he plodded tediously forward"
Dullness owing to length or slowness Back to top
Dullness owing to length or slowness
The feeling of being bored by something tedious
English poet (born in 1930)
United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972)
United States baseball player noted as a hitter (1918-2002)
A short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground
Support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff
The starting place for each hole on a golf course; "they were waiting on the first tee"
Connect with a tee; "tee two pipes"
Place on a tee; "tee golf balls"
The starting place for each hole on a golf course; "they were waiting on the first tee"
Move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
Be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"
Abundantly filled with especially living things; "the Third World''s teeming millions"; "the teeming boulevard"; "harried by swarming rats"
The property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"
Exist in large quantity
Being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years"
Being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years"
Being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years"
A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity Back to top
All the numbers that end in -teen
The time of life between the ages of 12 and 20
(used informally) very small; "a wee tot"
(used informally) very small; "a wee tot"
(used informally) very small; "a wee tot"
(used informally) very small; "a wee tot"
(used informally) very small; "a wee tot"
The act of hitting a golf ball from the teeing ground at the start of each hole
A native American tent; usually of conical shape
Move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
A plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
A plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
The kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
Grow teeth; cut the baby teeth; "The little one is teething now"
The eruption through the gums of baby teeth
Device used for an infant to suck or bite on
Practice teetotalism and abstain from the consuymption of alcoholic beverages
Practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he''s been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"
A total abstainer
Abstaining from alcohol Back to top
Abstaining from alcohol
A total abstainer
A total abstainer
A conical child''s plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin; "he got a bright red top and string for his birthday"
A hinge that looks like the letter T when it is opened; similar to a strap hinge except that one strap has been replaced by half of a butt hinge that can be mortised flush into the stationary frame
Strike a ball from the teeing ground at the start of a hole
A close-fitting pullover shirt
Place on a tee; "tee golf balls"
Make detailed arrangements or preparations
An African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flower of good quality) as well as for forage and hay
An African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flower of good quality) as well as for forage and hay
(Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer
A material used to coat cooking utensils and in industrial applications where sticking is to be avoided
Not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee; "they called Reagan the teflon president because mud never stuck to him"
Two-year-old sheep
A city in southeastern South Korea
The capital and largest city of Honduras
Of or relating to or resembling a series of tiles
A natural protective covering of the body; site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
The capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern Iran Back to top
The capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern Iran
Tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail
Whiptails; etc.
Tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail
French paleontologist and philosopher (1881-1955)
Large (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizard; raid henhouses; used as food
A technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing)
Thought to derive from meteorites
A figure of a man used as a supporting column
Used in former classifications systems; now included in genus Alternanthera
A public utility that provides telephone service
A building that houses telecommunications equipment; "the telecom hotels are prime targets for bombing"
A television broadcast
Broadcast via television; "The Royal wedding was televised"
A television broadcaster
Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs
(often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically
The use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales
Communicate long-distance, as via the telephone or e-mail
(often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance Back to top
(often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically
A communication system for communicating at a distance
A communication system for communicating at a distance
Employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem
A communication system for communicating at a distance
A building that houses telecommunications equipment; "the telecom hotels are prime targets for bombing"
A communication system for communicating at a distance
A conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television
A conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television
Send something via a facsimile machine; "Can you fax me the report right away?"
Apparent knowledge of distant events without using sensory perceptions
Obtaining knowledge of distant events allegedly without use of normal sensory mechanisms
A message transmitted by telegraph
Apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
Send cables, wires, or telegrams
Someone who transmits messages by telegraph
Language characterized by terseness and ellipsis as in telegrams
Having the style of a telegram with many short words left out; "telegraphic economy of words"; "the strange telegraphic speech of some aphasics"
Of or relating to or transmitted by telegraph; "a telegraphic machine"; "telegraphic news reports"
In a short and concise manner; "a particular bird, exactly and tersely described in the book of birds" Back to top
A signal transmitted by telegraphy
Someone who transmits messages by telegraph
Apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
Communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire
A form to use when sending a telegram
Key consisting of a lever that sends a telegraph signal when it is depressed and the circuit is closed
The wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals
Someone who transmits messages by telegraph
Erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine
Tall pole supporting telephone wires
Tall pole supporting telephone wires
The wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals
The power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force
German baroque composer (1681-1767)
A turn made in skiing; the outside ski is placed ahead and turned gradually inwards
The use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales
Any scientific instrument for observing events at a distance and transmitting the information back to the observer
Of or pertaining to telemetry; "the telemetered information was recorded and analyzed"
Automatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources by wire or radio or other means
Intelligence derived from the interception and processing and analysis of foreign telemetry Back to top
The anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus
Of or relating to teleology
Advocate of teleology
(philosophy) a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes
A bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
A bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
Large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species
A bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
Communicating without apparent physical signals
Communicate nonverbally by telepathy; "some people believe they can telepathize with others around the world"
A magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice)
Someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly
Communicate nonverbally by telepathy; "some people believe they can telepathize with others around the world"
Apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions
Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone"
Transmitting speech at a distance
Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
The person initiating a telephone call; "there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone"
Electric bell that rings to signal a call
Statement of charges for telephone service Back to top
A directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers
Booth for using a telephone
Booth for using a telephone
A telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn''t want to take the call"
A telephone connection
A public utility that provides telephone service
A conversation over the telephone
The telephone wire that connects to the handset
A disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called
A directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers
A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
An additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
An interview conducted over the telephone
A jack for plugging in a telephone
Booth for using a telephone
A telephone connection
The wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals
A message transmitted by telephone
The number is used in calling a particular telephone; "he has an unlisted number"
Someone who helps callers get the person they are calling Back to top
Receiving orders via telephone
A plug for connecting a telephone
Tall pole supporting telephone wires
Earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds
A public utility that provides telephone service
Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone"
A communication system that transmits sound between distant points
A unit of measurement for telephone use
The wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals
Of or relating to telephony; "telephonic connection"
Someone who helps callers get the person they are calling
Transmitting speech at a distance
A photograph made with a telephoto lens
A photograph made with a telephoto lens
A photograph transmitted and reproduced over a distance
Photography using a telephoto lens
Transmission and reproduction of photographs and charts and pictures over a distance
A camera lens that magnifies the image
Transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another
A hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another Back to top
A character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter
Data processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilities
A prompter for television performers
The area of robotics that is concerned with the control of robots from a distance
A magnifier of images of distant objects
Make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a short play"
Crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"
Shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars"; "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream"
Gunsight consisting of a telescope on a firearm for use as a sight
Having parts that slide one within another; "a telescopic antenna"; "a telescopic drinking cup"
Capable of discerning distant objects; "a telescopic eye"; "telescopic vision"
Visible only with a telescopic; "a bright star with a telescopic companion"
In a telescopic manner; "each of the four legs contains a simple screw jack with a thrust bearing that is operated telescopically inside of two tubes"
Gunsight consisting of a telescope on a firearm for use as a sight
A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Ara
The use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales
A thermometer that registers the temperature at some distant point
A character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter
A character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter
Evangelism at a distance by the use of television Back to top
An evangelist who conducts services on television
Broadcast via television; "The Royal wedding was televised"
A telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points
A receiver that displays television images; "the British call a tv set a telly"
Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs
A tube that rapidly scans an optical image and converts it into electronic signals
An announcer on television
An omnidirectional antenna tuned to the broadcast frequencies assigned to television
Television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam
A television station and its programs; "a satellite TV channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more than one hundred channels"
Electronic equipment that broadcasts or receives electromagnetic waves representing images and sound
Monitor used in a studio for monitoring the program being broadcast
A television broadcast of news
Someone who reports news stories via television
A tube that rapidly scans an optical image and converts it into electronic signals
A program broadcast by television
A receiver that displays television images; "the British call a tv set a telly"
Someone who reports news stories via television
A room set aside for viewing television
A receiver that displays television images; "the British call a tv set a telly" Back to top
A program broadcast by television
A star in a television show
Station for the production and transmission of television broadcasts
A telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points
Transmitter that is part of a television system
A cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen
Employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem
A character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter
Communicate by telex; "We telexed the information to our sister company"
A character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter
One of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage
A transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity
Putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber
Intelligence derived from the interception and processing and analysis of foreign telemetry
A chlamydospore that develops in the last stage of the life cycle of the rust fungus
A Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son''s head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
Mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
Discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy"
Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
Let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late" Back to top
Narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"
Give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague"
Express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
Inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!"
Someone who tells a story
An employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
An official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)
United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the first atom bombs and the first hydrogen bomb (born in 1908)
Genus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers; western North America
California perennial herb cultivated for its racemose white flowers with widely spreading petals; sometimes placed in genus Tellima
Plant growing in clumps with mostly basal leaves and cream or pale pink fringed flowers in several long racemes; Alaska to coastal central California and east to Idaho
Disclosing information or giving evidence about another
Informing by words
An act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable"
Producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture"
Powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument"
Disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down"
In a telling manner; "the plain manner of its style all the more tellingly points up the horror of the case"
Someone who gossips indiscreetly
Disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down" Back to top
An inhabitant of the earth
Of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
Of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
Of or relating to or containing the chemical element tellurium
Any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements
A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
(Roman mythology) goddess of the earth; protector of marriage and fertility; identified with Greek Gaea
A receiver that displays television images; "the British call a tv set a telly"
Mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
Detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can''t make out the faces in this photograph"
Reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off"
Produce an affect or strain on somebody; "Each step told on his tired legs"
Give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
Having the form of a straight rod because the centromere is in a terminal position; "a telocentric chromosome"
A chromosome like a straight rod with the centromere in terminal position
An enzyme in eukaryotic cells that can add telomeres to the ends of chromosomes after they divide
Either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome; "telomeres act as caps to keep the sticky ends of chromosomes from randomly clumping together"
Australian evergreen shrubs: waratahs
Tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes
Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes Back to top
The final stage of mitosis
The final stage of meiosis when the chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle
Parasitic sporozoans that form spores containing one or more infective sporozoites
One of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage
A transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity
Any of several minute primitive wingless and eyeless insects having a cone-shaped head; inhabit damp soil or decaying organic matter
A Dravidian language spoken by the Telugu people in southeastern India
A member of the people in southeastern India (Andhra Pradesh) who speak the Telugu language
The largest city and financial center of Israel; located in western Israel on the Mediterranean
The largest city and financial center of Israel; located in western Israel on the Mediterranean
A frequently prescribed benzodiazepine (trade name Restoril); takes effect slowly and lasts long enough to help those people who wake up frequently during the night
Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
Presumptuously daring; "a daredevil test pilot having the right stuff"
Fearless daring
Formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate
A worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"
The elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
A sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood"
A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor" Back to top
Restrain or temper
Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"
Adjust the pitch (of pianos)
Harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel"
Toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass"
Pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk
An adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys
Your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"
Excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)
Likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn''t"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster
Subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer"
Relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities"
By temperament; "temperamentally suited to each other"
The act of tempering
Abstaining from excess
The trait of avoiding excesses
Not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"
Not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking"
(of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate; "a temperate region"; "the temperate zones"; "temperate plants"
In a sparing manner; without overindulgence; "he ate and drank abstemiously"; "indulged temperately in cocktails" Back to top
Without extravagance; "these preferences are temperately stated"
With restraint; "he used the privileges of his office temperately"
Exhibiting restraint imposed on the self; "an effective temperateness in debate"
Moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities
A rain forest in a temperate area
The part of the Earth''s surface between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer or between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by temperate climate
The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
The somatic sensation of cold or heat
A process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes
Change in temperature as a function of distance (especially altitude)
The process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature
A system of measuring temperature
A unit of measurement for temperature
Adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element; "criticism tempered with kindly sympathy"
Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"
Hardening something by heat treatment
Moderating by making more temperate
(literary) a violent wind; "a tempest swept over the island"
A violent commotion or disturbance; "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only a tempest in a teapot"
Pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities Back to top
Pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities
Pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities
(of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"
A state of wild storminess
A knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher
A model or standard for making comparisons
The template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in the cell
(Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
Place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
An edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes
The flat area on either side of the forehead; "the veins in his temple throbbed"
A model or standard for making comparisons
Genus of Australian shrubs or subshrubs: coral bush
Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers
(Greek mythology) the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice; the messages were usually obscure or ambiguous
A large temple at Ephesus that was said to be one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
Any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was
Any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was
Large sweet easily-peeled Florida fruit with deep orange rind
Large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in Florida Back to top
Large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in Florida
Frangipani of India having an erect habit and conical form; grown in temple gardens
(music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
The rate of some repeating event
The semantic role of the noun phrase that designating the time of the state or action denoted by the verb
Of this earth or world; "temporal joys"; "our temporal existence"
Not eternal; "temporal matters of but fleeting moment"- F.D.Roosevelt
Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters; "lords temporal and spiritual"
Of the material world; "temporal possessions of the church"
Of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit); "temporal bone"
Of or relating to or limited by time; "temporal processing"; "temporal dimensions"; "temporal and spacial boundaries"; "music is a temporal art"
Muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws
Muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws
The worldly possessions of a church
With regard to temporal order; "temporally processed"
Everyone except the clergy
The worldly possessions of a church
Arrangement of events in time
Inflammation of the temporal arteries; characterized by headaches and difficulty chewing and (sometimes) visual impairment
Any of the three arteries on either side of the brain supplying the cortex of the temporal lobe Back to top
A thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear
The outer corner of the eye
Any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum
That part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying inside the temples of the head
Epilepsy characterized clinically by impairment of consciousness and amnesia for the episode; often involves purposeful movements of the arms and legs and sometimes hallucinations
Muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws
Arrangement of events in time
A property relating to time
A relation involving time
The semantic role of the noun phrase that designating the time of the state or action denoted by the verb
Any of several veins draining the temporal region
For a limited time only; not permanently; "he will work here temporarily"; "he was brought out of retirement temporarily"; "a power failure temporarily darkened the town"
The property of lasting only a short time
Lacking continuity or regularity; "an irregular worker"; "employed on a temporary basis"
Not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing"
An unplanned expedient
A connection intended to be used for a limited time
Injunction issued during a trial to maintain the status quo or preserve the subject matter of the litigation until the trial is over
A temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)
A state that continues for a limited time Back to top
A worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
Draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote"
Someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time
Draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote"
Someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time
The joint between the head of the lower jawbone and the temporal bone
An analgesic for mild pain; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril and Tylenol and Panadol and Phenaphen and Tempra and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets)
Induce into action by using one''s charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"
Try presumptuously; "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert"
Dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"
Give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers"
Try to seduce
Susceptible to temptation
The act of influencing by exciting hope or desire; "his enticements were shameless"
Something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
The desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid; "he felt the temptation and his will power weakened"
A person who tempts others; "Satan is the great tempter of mankind"
Very pleasantly inviting; "a tantalizing aroma"; "a tempting repast"
Highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation" Back to top
In a tempting seductive manner; "she smiled at him seductively"
The power to entice or attract through personal charm
A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
Vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried
A city in central Chile south of Concepcion
The cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
Being one more than nine
Widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds
A hat with a wide brim and a soft crown; worn by American ranch hands
Of a chemical compound having a ring with ten members
Confined to rivers
A spot (or playing card) with ten pips on the face
A score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball; "he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame"
The quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person; "he questioned the tenability of my claims"
Based on sound reasoning or evidence; "a reasonable argument"; "well-founded suspicions"
The quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person; "he questioned the tenability of my claims"
Sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs"
(of memory) having greater than average range; "a long memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory"
Stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"
With obstinate determination; "he pursued her doggedly" Back to top
Persistent determination
Persistent determination
An act of being a tenant or occupant
Someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else; "the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn''t pay the rent"
Any occupant who dwells in a place
A holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
Occupy as a tenant
Resided in; having tenants; "not all the occupied (or tenanted) apartments were well kept up"
Tenants of an estate considered as a group
A farmer who works land owned by someone else
Freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water
Manage or run; "tend a store"
Have care of or look after; "She tends to the children"
Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
Having a caretaker or other watcher
Having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one; "a tendentious account of recent elections"; "distinguishing between verifiable fact and tendentious assertion"
A characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink"
An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"
An inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity"
A general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market" Back to top
Having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one; "a tendentious account of recent elections"; "distinguishing between verifiable fact and tendentious assertion"
In a tendentious manner; "the paper reported rather tendentiously on the war atrocities"
An intentional and controversial bias
Ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
A boat for communication between ship and shore
Car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
A formal proposal to buy at a specified price
Someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
Something used as an official medium of payment
Make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer; "tenderize meat"
Make a tender of; in legal settlements
Offer or present for acceptance
Propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
(of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition; "tender green shoots"
Having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "caring parents"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"
Susceptible to physical or emotional injury; "at a tender age"
Hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
Easy to cut or chew; "tender beef"
Physically untoughened; "tender feet" Back to top
Given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"
An inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living)
Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliage
Easily moved by another''s distress; "a noble tenderhearted creature who sympathizes with all the human race"- W.M.Thackeray
Easily moved to love
Warm compassionate feelings
The act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it
Make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer; "tenderize meat"
Made tender as by marinating or pounding; "tenderized meat"
A substance (as the plant enzyme papain) applied to meat to make it tender
The act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it
Make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer; "tenderize meat"
Made tender as by marinating or pounding; "tenderized meat"
A substance (as the plant enzyme papain) applied to meat to make it tender
The tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column
A city district known for its vice and high crime rate
With tenderness; in a tender manner; "tenderly she placed her arms round him"
A tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
A feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)
A positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone''s heart" Back to top
Warm compassionate feelings
A pain that is felt when the area is touched
Considerate and solicitous care; "young children need lots of TLC"
An offer to buy shares in a corporation (usually above the market price) for cash or securities or both
The work of caring for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needed constant attention"
(usually followed by `to'') naturally disposed toward; "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am not minded to answer any questions"
Inflammation of a tendon
Consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon
A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
Inflammation of a tendon
A large tendon that runs from the heel to the calf
Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog
Slender stemlike structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support
Dark and gloomy; "a tenebrous cave"
Sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain
A family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms
Dark and gloomy; "a tenebrous cave"
Dark and gloomy; "a tenebrous cave"
A rundown apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
A residential district occupied primarily with tenement houses Back to top
A rundown apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
A Spanish island in the Atlantic off the northwestern coast of Africa; the largest of the Canary Islands
Painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces; associated with irritable bowel syndrome
A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
Containing ten or ten parts
By ten times as much; "the population increased tenfold"
The basic unit of money in Kazakhstan
100 tenge equal 1 manat
Chinese communist statesman (1904-1997)
Chinese communist statesman (1904-1997)
A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
A United States bill worth 10 dollars
The cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
A resident of Tennessee
A state in east central United States
A river formed by the confluence of two other rivers near Knoxville; it follows a U-shaped course to become a tributary of the Ohio River in western Kentucky
A river formed by the confluence of two other rivers near Knoxville; it follows a U-shaped course to become a tributary of the Ohio River in western Kentucky
A horse marked by stamina and trained to move at a fast running walk
A horse marked by stamina and trained to move at a fast running walk
United States playwright (1911-1983) Back to top
English cartoonist (1820-1914)
A game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court
Ball about the size of a fist used in playing tennis
A camp where tennis is taught
A club of people to play tennis
A coach of tennis players
The court on which tennis is played
Painful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from overuse of lower arm muscles (as in twisting of the hand)
A lesson in playing tennis
A match between tennis players
An athlete who plays tennis
Someone who earns a living playing or teaching tennis
A racket used to play tennis
A racket used to play tennis
A canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole
The act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket
The act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket
The emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno
Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)
A projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint Back to top
The pitch range of the highest male voice
Pervading note of an utterance; "I could follow the general tenor of his argument"
The adult male singing voice above baritone
An adult male with a tenor voice
Of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice; "tenor voice"
(of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass; "a tenor sax"
Trade name for an antihypertensive drug consisting of a fixed combination of atenolol and a diuretic
A musician who plays the tenor saxophone
An oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina; has adverse side effects (depression and exacerbation of congestive heart failure etc.)
A tenor bassoon; pitched a fifth higher than the ordinary bassoon
A clef that puts middle C on the fourth line of the staff; used for writing music for bassoons or cellos or tenor horns
Any of various drums with small heads
A musician who plays the tenor saxophone
The adult male singing voice above baritone
Inflammation of the sheath surrounding a tendon
A decimal coin worth ten pennies
A nail 3 inches long
One of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling
Bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins
Bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins Back to top
Game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller
Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog
Tenrecs and extinct related forms
Prolific animal that feeds chiefly on earthworms
A grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
Make tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
Become tense or tenser; "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"
Increase the tension on; "tense a rope"
Stretch or force to the limit; "strain the rope"
Taut or rigid; stretched tight; "tense piano strings"
Pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat'')
In or of a state of physical or nervous tension
Having inflections to indicate tense
In a tense manner; "he sat down tensely"
(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
The physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body"
A system of tenses used in a particular language
Make tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
Become tense or tenser; "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"
Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy" Back to top
Of or relating to tension; "tensile stress"; "tensile pull"
The strength of material expressed as the greatest longitudinal stress it can bear without tearing apart
A manometer for measuring vapor pressure
A measuring instrument for measuring the surface tension of a liquid
A measuring instrument for measuring the tension in a wire or fiber or beam
A measuring instrument for measuring the moisture content of soil
The action of stretching something tight; "tension holds the belt in the pulleys"
(physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear"
Feelings of hostility that are not manifest; "he could sense her latent hostility to him"; "the diplomats'' first concern was to reduce international tensions"
A balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature); "there is a tension created between narrative time and movie time"; "there is a tension between these approaches to understanding history"
(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
The physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body"
Of or relating to or produced by tension
Free from tension
A headache located at the back of the head; usually caused by body tension resulting from overwork or psychological stress
The physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body"
Any of several muscles that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm
A generalization of the concept of a vector
A small muscle in the middle ear that tenses to protect the eardrum
A portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs); "he pitched his tent near the creek" Back to top
Live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"
Moth whose larvae are tent caterpillars
Moth whose gregarious larvae spin carpets
Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
Any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals used for feeling or grasping or locomotion
Something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp; "caught in the tentacles of organized crime"
Having tentacles
Of or relating to or resembling tentacles
Ctenophores have retractile tentacles
Under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"
Unsettled in mind or opinion; "drew a few tentative conclusions"
In a tentative manner; "we agreed tentatively on a dinner date"
A framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth
One of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter
A tenth part; one part in ten
Position ten in a countable series of things
Coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position
(in enumerating something, such as topics or points of discussion) in the tenth place
Sawflies
A mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera Back to top
A tenth part; one part in ten
The act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
Someone who makes or repairs tents
An unpaired sinus of the dura mater
(anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum
The larvae of moths that build communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees
Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
A peg driven into the ground to hold a rope supporting a tent
A small diagonal needlepoint stitch
A rarified quality; "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere"
The quality of lacking intensity or substance; "a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
Relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope"
Having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
Very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"
Having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid"
In a tenuous manner; "his works tenuously survive in the minds of a few scholars"
The right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands
The term during which some position is held
Give life-time employment to; "She was tenured after she published her book"
Appointed for life and not subject to dismissal except for a grave crime; "an irremovable officer"; "a tenured professor" Back to top
Sherpa mountaineer guide who with Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the first to attain the summit of Mount Everest (1914-1986)
The biblical commandments of Moses
A United States bill worth 10 dollars
A tenth part; one part in ten
The cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand
Denoting a quantity consisting of 10,000 items or units
English novelist (born in Poland) noted for sea stories and for his narrative technique (1857-1924)
An undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lillies and tulips)
Twining plant of southwestern United States and Mexico having roundish white or yellow or brown or black beans
A native American tent; usually of conical shape
Genus of tropical and subtropical herbs or shrubs: hoary peas
East Indian shrub
Perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
A city in west central Mexico
Moderately warm; "he hates lukewarm coffee"; "tepid bath water"
A warmness resembling the temperature of the skin
In an unenthusiastically lukewarm manner; "he was lukewarmly received by his relatives"
Lack of passion, force or animation
A warmness resembling the temperature of the skin
Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an Agave plant Back to top
A three-tone Chadic language
A unit of information equal to a trillion (1,099,511,627,776) bytes or 1024 gigabytes
(computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system
One trillion periods per second
(medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
Any agent that interferes with normal embryonic development: alcohol or thalidomide or X-rays or rubella are examples
The development of defects in an embryo
Of or relating to substances or agents that can interfere with normal embryonic development
The branch of biology concerned with the development of malformations or serious deviations from the normal type of organism
A tumor consisting of a mixture of tissues not normally found at that site
Antihypertensive drug (trade name Hytrin) used to treat high blood pressure
An oral antifungal drug (trade name Lamisil) used to treat cases of fungal nail disease
A metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite
A separate group of related lanthanides, including terbium, europium, gadolinium, and sometimes dysprosium
The third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.
Male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon
Male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon
The 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
The 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one Back to top
Type genus of Terebellidae; tube-forming marine polychete worms with many filamentous tentacles
Marine burrowing or tube-forming polychete worms usually having long thick bodies
A Mediterranean tree yielding Chian turpentine
Wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells
Shipworms
Typical shipworm
Not conforming to dietary laws
Dramatist of ancient Rome (born in Greece) whose comedies were based on works by Menander (190?-159 BC)
British playwright (1911-1977)
Either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms
Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)
Soviet cosmonaut who was the first woman in space (born in 1937)
Teres muscle that moves the arm and rotates it medially
Teres muscle that moves the arm and rotates it medially
Teres muscle that adducts the arm and rotates it laterally
Teres muscle that adducts the arm and rotates it laterally
Either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms
Especially of plant parts; cylindrical and tapering
Abandon one''s beliefs or allegiances
Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information Back to top
The act of abandoning a party or cause
Falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
Beef or chicken or seafood marinated in spicy soy sauce and grilled or broiled
(architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome
Any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial; "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"
A word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms"
One of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"
(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement; "the contract set out the conditions of the lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous"
A limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term"
The end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term"
Name formally or designate with a term
A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
A person who serves a specified term; "there are not many fourth termers in the Senate"
Type genus of the Termitidae
Possible to terminate or terminating after a designated time; "terminable employees"; "a terminable annuity"
An interest in property that terminates under specific conditions
Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
Electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display
Causing or ending in or approaching death; "a terminal patient"; "terminal cancer" Back to top
Occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave"
Being or situated at an end; "the endmost pillar"; "terminal buds on a branch"; "a terminal station"; "the terminal syllable"
Relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time; "terminal examinations"; "terminal payments"
Of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route; "freight pickup is a terminal service"; "terminal charges"
At the end; "terminally ill"
(computer science) having a computer act exactly like a terminal
(architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome
Final leave before discharge from military service
Final or latest limiting point
The constant maximum velocity reached by a body falling through the atmosphere under the attraction of gravity
Bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WWI"
Terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony end
Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"
(of e.g. a contract or term of office) having come to an end
Having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"
The act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"
The end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don''t like words that have -ism as an ending"
Something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio"
A place where something ends or is complete Back to top
A coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver''s license"
Coming to an end; "a contract terminative with the end of the war"
Someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects)
Of or concerning terminology; "terminological disputes"
A system of words used in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "the language of sociology"
Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
Either end of a railroad or bus route
(architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome
The ultimate goal for which something is done
A place where something ends or is complete
Final or latest limiting point
Earliest limiting point
Whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood
Termites
The amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?"
Status with respect to the relations between people or groups; "on good terms with her in-laws"; "on a friendly footing"
Infant born at a gestational age between 37 and 42 completed weeks
Low-cost insurance that is valid only for a stated period of time and has no cash surrender value or loan value; "term insurance is most often associated with life insurance policies"
The period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect
A period of time spent in military service Back to top
The term during which some position is held
A composition intended to indicate a student''s progress during a school term
Small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail
The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
Having three units or components or elements; "a ternary operation"; "a treble row of red beads"; "overcrowding made triple sessions necessary"; "triple time has three beats per measure"; "triplex windows"
Of a leaf shape; consisting of three leaflets or sections
The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
An unsaturated hydrocarbon obtained from plants
Taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
(Greek mythology) the Muse of the dance and of choral song
Of or relating to dancing; "her terpsichorean activities"
Usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
A row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face); "Grosvenor Terrace"
A level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
Make into terraces as for cultivation; "The Incas terraced their mountainous land"
Provide (a house) with a terrace; "We terrassed the country house"
A house that is part of a terrace
A piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; "they decided to attack across the rocky terrain"
Flight at very low altitudes
Tactical intelligence on the natural and man-made characteristics of an area Back to top
A yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections
Box turtles
Primarily a prairie turtle of western United States and northern Mexico
Any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water
A vivarium in which selected living plants are kept and observed
Provide (a house) with a terrace; "We terrassed the country house"
A fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)
Fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather
Finely pulverized gypsum used especially as a pigment
A hard unglazed brownish-red earthenware
The solid part of the earth''s surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"
An unknown and unexplored region; "they came like angels out the unknown"
Earthenware made from the reddish-brown clay found on the Aegean island of Lemnos
Belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; "not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind"; "so terrene a being as himself"
Of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
Level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart
Operating or living or growing on land
Of this earth; "transcendental motives for sublunary actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball"
Concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"
Of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants; "planetary rumblings and eructations"- L.C.Eiseley ; "the planetary tilt"; "this terrestrial ball" Back to top
Of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
To a land environment; "terrestrially adapted"
In a worldly manner; "terrestrially changeable"
(astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth''s orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth''s motions
A method of controlling the flight of a missile by devices that respond to the strength and direction of the earth''s gravitational field
A planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth''s; the four innermost planets in the solar system
(astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth''s orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth''s motions
Causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "
Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
Extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"; "suffered terrible thirst"
Intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy''s guns"; "a wicked cough"
A quality of extreme unpleasantness
Used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I''m awful sorry"
In a terrible manner; "she sings terribly"
Any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
Small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses
Large tree of Australasia
Causing extreme terror; "a terrifying wail"
Very great or intense; "a terrific noise"; "a terrific thunderstorm storm"; "fought a terrific battle"
Extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" Back to top
(used as an intensifier) extremely well; "her voice is superbly disciplined"; "the colors changed wondrously slowly"
Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation; "became panicky as the snow deepened"; "felt panicked before each exam"; "trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd"; "the terrified horse bolted"
Fill with terror; frighten greatly
Causing extreme terror; "a terrifying wail"
A pate or fancy meatloaf baked in an earthenware casserole
A territorial military unit
Nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit
Of or relating to the local vicinity; "territorial waters"
Displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders; "territorial behavior"; "strongly territorial birds"
Of or relating to a territory; "the territorial government of the Virgin Islands"; "territorial claims made by a country"
The act of organizing as a territory
Extend by adding territory
Place on a territorial basis; "The railways were territorialized"
Organize as a territory
The behavior of a male animal that defines and defends its territory
The act of organizing as a territory
Extend by adding territory
Place on a territorial basis; "The railways were territorialized"
Organize as a territory
With respect to territory; "territorially important" Back to top
British unit of nonprofessional soldiers organized for defense of GB
A district defined for administrative purposes
A region marked off for administrative or other purposes
A territorial military unit
The waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction
An area of knowledge or interest; "his questions covered a lot of territory"
The geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"
A region marked off for administrative or other purposes
An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
A very troublesome child
A person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood"
Struck or filled with terror
Struck or filled with terror
An act of terrorism
To inspire with fear
Fill with terror; frighten greatly
Coerce by violence or with threats
The calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimindation or coercion or instilling fear
A radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities
Characteristic of someone who employs terrorism (especially as a political weapon); "terrorist activity"; "terrorist state" Back to top
The calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimindation or coercion or instilling fear
A surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims
A cell of terrorists (usually 3 to 5 members); "to insure operational security the members of adjacent terrorist cells usually don''t know each other or the identity of their leadership"
A political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
A political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
An act of terrorism
To inspire with fear
Fill with terror; frighten greatly
Coerce by violence or with threats
A pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes
English actress (1847-1928)
A pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes
A pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes
A bath towel with rough loose pile
Brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes''"; "short and terse and easy to understand"
In a short and concise manner; "a particular bird, exactly and tersely described in the book of birds"
A neatly short and concise expressive style
Of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds; "a tertian tonal system"
Relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day; "tertian fever"
From 63 million to 2 million years ago Back to top
Coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
From 63 million to 2 million years ago
The third stage; characterized by involvement of internal organs especially the brain and spinal cord as well as the heart and liver
A woman who is pregnant for the third time
Some third thing similar to two opposites but distinct from both
A battle in France in 687 among the descendants of Clovis
Carthaginian theologian whose writing influenced early Christian theology (160-230)
A kind of polyester fabric
A verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.
The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (
A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter
A step-up transformer with an air core; used to produce high voltages at high frequencies
Fit together exactly, of identical shapes; "triangles tesselate"
A small tessera
Tile with tesserae; "tessellate the kitchen floor"
Decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together; "a mosaic floor"; "a tessellated pavement"
Having a checkered or mottled appearance
The act of adorning with mosaic
The careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern; "a tessellation of hexagons" Back to top
A small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics
An Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland
The act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"
The act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"
Any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc; "the test was standardized on a large sample of students"
A hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins
Trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"
A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions"
Undergo a test; "She doesn''t test well"
Examine someone''s knowledge of something; "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs"
Determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
Achieve a certain score or rating on a test; "She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools"
Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
Test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus"
Show a certain characteristic when tested; "He tested positive for HIV"
A cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring
A baby conceived by fertilization that occurs outside the mother''s body; the woman''s ova are removed and mixed with sperm in a culture medium - if fertilization occurs the blastocyte is implanted in the woman''s uterus
Protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants
Testacean rhizopods
Any of various rhizopods of the order Testacea characterized by having a shell Back to top
Relating to or possessing a testa; "testaceous echinoderms"
Relating to or possessing a test
A profession of belief; "he stated his political testament"
Either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible
A legal document declaring a person''s wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
Strong evidence for something; "his easy victory was a testament to his skill"
Of or relating to a will or testament or bequeathed by a will or testament
A trust that is created under a will and that becomes active after the grantor dies
A person who makes a will
Having made a legally valid will before death
A person who makes a will
A female testator
A cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring
Tested and proved to be reliable
Tested and proved useful or correct; "a tested method"
Someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination)
A flat canopy (especially one over a four-poster bed)
Someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications
One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
Of or involving the testes; "testicular cancer" Back to top
A branch of the aorta supplying the testicles
Malignant tumor of the testis; usually occurring in older men
A vein from the testicles
Medieval plate armor to protect a horse''s head
A person who testifies or gives a deposition
Give testimony in a court of law
Provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
In a petulant manner; "he said testily; `Go away!''"
Something that serves as evidence; "his effort was testimony to his devotion"
Something that recommends (or expresses commendation) of a person or thing as worthy or desirable
Something given or done as an expression of esteem
Of or relating to or constituting testimony
Expressing admiration or appreciation; "testimonial dinner"
An exemption that displaces the privilege against self-incrimination; neither compelled testimony or any fruits of it can be used against the witness who therefore can no longer fear self-incrimination
Something that serves as evidence; "his effort was testimony to his devotion"
An assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact; "according to his own testimony he can''t do it"
A solemn statement made under oath
Feeling easily irritated
The act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
The act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works; "they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons" Back to top
An examination of the characteristics of something; "there are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox"
A region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation; "the new nation is a testing ground for socioeconomic theories"; "Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to co
A room in which tests are conducted
One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
A potent androgenic hormone produced chiefly by the testes; responsible for the development of male secondary sex characteristics
Tortoises and turtles
Tortoises and turtles
Land tortoises
Type genus of the Testudinidae
A movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification
Small land tortoise of southern Europe
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
A ban on the testing of nuclear weapons that is mutually agreed to by countries that possess nuclear weapons
A place equipped with instruments for testing (e.g. engines or machinery or computer programs etc.) under working conditions
A representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent
(printing) an impression made to check for errors
Test of the roadworthiness of a vehicle one is considering buying
Test a vehicle by driving it; "I want to test drive the new Porsche"
A driver who drives a motor vehicle to evaluate its performance
Equipment required to perform a test Back to top
Test a plane
A rocket fired for test purposes
An international championship match
Paper impregnated with an indicator for use in chemical tests
A written examination
A period of time during which someone or something is tested
A pilot hired to fly experimental airplanes through maneuvers designed to test them
A range for conducting tests
A rocket fired for test purposes
A room in which tests are conducted
A representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent
Glass tube closed at one end
The New Year in Vietnam; observed for three days after the first full moon after January 20th
Of or relating to or causing tetanus
Of or relating to or causing tetany
Clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis
A sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses
An acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages
Antitoxin given for short-term immunization against tetanus in cases of possible exposure to the tetanus bacillus
Sterile solution of globulins derived from the blood plasma of a person who has been immunized for tetanus; provides short-term immunization against tetanus in cases of possible exposure to the tetanus bacillis Back to top
Sterile solution of globulins derived from the blood plasma of a person who has been immunized for tetanus; provides short-term immunization against tetanus in cases of possible exposure to the tetanus bacillis
Clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis
A form of dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to yellow light; so rare that its existence has been questioned
In an ill-natured and tetchy manner; "`Are you sure?'' he asked her tetchily"
Feeling easily irritated
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
Small sofa that seats two people
A private conversation between two people
Involving two persons; intimately private; "a tete-a-tete supper"; "a head-to-head conversation"
Without the intrusion of a third person; in intimate privacy; "we talked tete-a-tete"
The 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
Tie with a tether; "tether horses"
A game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to wrap the string around the pole
Confined or restricted with or as if with a rope or chain
Sea hares
Type genus of the family Aplysiidae
(Greek mythology) a Titaness and sea goddess; wife of Oceanus
A mountain range in northwest Wyoming; contains the Grand Teton
Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes Back to top
An acid containing four replaceable hydrogen atoms per molecule
A dye used as an acid-base indicator
A crystalline compound used in the form of a hydrochloride as a local anesthetic
Anthelmintic agent used against hookworm and other nematodes
Any compound that contains four chlorine atoms per molecule
Anthelmintic agent used against hookworm and other nematodes
A colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined
A correlation coefficient computed for two normally distributed variables that are both expressed as a dichotomy
A correlation coefficient computed for two normally distributed variables that are both expressed as a dichotomy
Sandarac tree
Large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood; bark yields a resin used in varnishes
An antibiotic (trade name Achromycin) derived from microorganisms of the genus Streptomyces and used broadly to treat infections
The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
A saturated fatty acid occurring naturally in animal and vegetable fats
A clear oily poisonous liquid added to gasoline to prevent knocking
A flammable gaseous fluorocarbon used in making plastics (polytetrafluoroethylene resins)
A four-sided polygon
Of or relating to or shaped like a quadrilateral
New Zealand spinach
Succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds Back to top
Coarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow flowers; cultivated for its edible young shoots and succulent leaves
Coarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow flowers; cultivated for its edible young shoots and succulent leaves
A genus of Stromateidae
A word that is written with four letters in an alphabetic writing system
Four Hebrew letters usually transliterated as YHWH (Yahweh) or JHVH (Jehovah) signifying the Hebrew name for God which the Jews regarded as too holy to pronounce
Any halide containing four halogen atoms in it molecules
Any polyhedron having four plane faces
Psychoactive substance present in marijuana
Relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research
Hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells; "thyroxine is 65% iodine"
A series of four related works (plays or operas or novels)
A congenital heart defect producing cyanosis; characterized by four symptoms: pulmonary stenosis and ventricular septal defect and malposition of the aorta over both ventricles and hypertrophy of the right ventricle
Having or consisting of four similar parts; tetramerous flowers
A verse line having four metrical feet
A poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups; undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air
Of or relating to verse lines written in tetrameter
Genus of hairy yellow-flowered plants of the western United States
Perennial having tufted basal leaves and short leafless stalks each bearing a solitary yellow flower head; dry hillsides and plains of west central North America
Whitish hairy plant with featherlike leaves and a few stout stems each bearing an especially handsome solitary large yellow flower head; mountainous regions north central United States
Web-spinning mite that attacks garden plants and fruit trees Back to top
Plant-feeding mites
Type genus of the Tetraonidae: capercaillies
Puffers
Grouse
Large black Old World grouse
A vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages
A genus of Istiophoridae
Any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield four monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
A figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center
A figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center
A sodium salt of pyrophosphoric acid used as a builder in soaps and detergents
A sporangium containing four asexual spores
One of the four asexual spores produced within a sporangium
Haveing a valence of four
100 tetri equal 1 lari
A thermionic tube having four electrodes
Any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per molecule
Perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leave and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant
Grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male
Long-horned grasshoppers; katydids Back to top
Large widely distributed genus of perennial herbs or shrubs or subshrubs; native to Mediterranean region to western Asia
Subshrub with serrate leaves and cream to pink or purple flowers in spikelike racemes; North America
European perennial subshrub with red-purple or bright rose flowers with red and white spots
Mediterranean germander having small hairy leaves and reddish purple flowers; attractive to cats
European germander with one-sided racemes of yellow flowers; naturalized in North America
A battle in 9 AD in which the Germans under Arminius annihilated three Roman legions
A member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans
Someone (especially a German) who speaks a Germanic language
Of a more or less German nature; somewhat German; "Germanic peoples"; "his Germanic nature"; "formidable volumes Teutonic in their thoroughness"
Of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages; "Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British"; "Germanic mythology"
(German mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons
A river of central Italy; flows through Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea
The fourth month of the civil year; the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year (in December and January)
The final battle of the War of the Roses in 1471 in which Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians
A resident of Texas
Of or relating to or characteristic of Texas or its residents
A town in southwest Arkansas on the Texas border adjacent to Texarkana, Texas
A town in northeast Texas adjacent to Texarkana, Arkansas
The second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
Having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay Back to top
Low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States
Closely resembles Lupinus subcarnosus; southwestern United States (Texas)
Of Mexico and Texas
An infectious disease of cattle transmitted by the cattle tick
Of arid and semiarid open country
Texans celebrate the anniversary of Texas'' declaration of independence from Mexico in 1836
(baseball) a fly ball that falls between and infielder and an outfielder
Long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States
Annual weedy grass used for hay
Orchid with slender nearly leafless reddish-brown stems with loose racemes of reddish-brown flowers; of open brushy woods of southeastern Arizona and central Texas
A member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier
Styrax of southwestern United States; a threatened species
Styrax of southwestern United States; a threatened species
Texas annual with coarsely pinnatifid leaves; cultivated for its showy radiate yellow flower heads
Prairie herb with solitary lilac-colored flowers
Of prairies and desert areas of southwestern United States and Mexico
Nocturnal burrowing toad of mesquite woodland and prairies of the United States southwest
Close relative to the desert tortoise; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates
The words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor''s speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text"
The main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.); "pictures made the text easier to understand" Back to top
A book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy"
A passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon"
A book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy"
According to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical; "a casebook schizophrenic"; "a textbook example"
Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitraqnsparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
Of or relating to fabrics or fabric making; "textile research"
A machine for making textiles
A factory for making textiles
Polynesian screw pine
Of or relating to or based on a text; "textual analysis"
Comparison of a particular text with related materials in order to establish authenticity
The words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor''s speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text"
The feel of a surface or a fabric; "the wall had a smooth texture"
The characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality
The musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together; "then another melodic line is added to the texture"
The essential quality of something; "the texture of Neapolitan life"
Having surface roughness; "a textured wall of stucco"; "a rough-textured tweed"
A book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy"
(computer science) an application that can be used to create and view and edit text files
An editor who prepares text for publication Back to top
(computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using 7-bit ASCII characters
An ancient liturgical hymn
New Zealand operatic soprano (born in 1944)
A soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands
The fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
English writer (born in India) (1811-1863)
(New Testament) supposed brother of St James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless
Polish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817)
A branch of the Tai languages
A native or inhabitant of Thailand
Of or relating to Thailand; "the Thai border with Laos"
Of or relating to the languages of the Thai people; "Thai tones"
Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people; "Siamese kings"; "different Thai tribes live in the north"
A country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula; "Thailand is the official name of the former Siam"
Monetary unit in Thailand
Relating to or connecting the cortex and thalamus; "the thalamocortical system"
A vein serving the thalamus and corpus striatum
Large egg-shaped structures of gray matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon
Polar bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus
White bear of arctic regions Back to top
An inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin
A fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin; skeletal deformations; heart and spleen and liver enlarged
An inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin
A fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin; skeletal deformations; heart and spleen and liver enlarged
Relating to the seas, especially smaller or inland seas; "deposits of sediment in gulfs and seas rather than in the ocean proper are known as thalassic deposits"- Scientific American
A genus of Labridae
Small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head
A presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science; he held that all things originated in water (624-546 BC)
A presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science; he held that all things originated in water (624-546 BC)
(Greek mythology) one of the three Graces
(Greek mythology) the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry
Small class of free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order
Widely distributed genus of perennial herbs: meadow rue
A sedative and hypnotic drug; withdrawn from sale after discovered to cause severe birth defects because it inhibits angiogenesis
A diuretic (trade names Hygroton and Thalidone) used to control hypertension and conditions that casue edema; effective in lowering blood pressure to prevent heart attacks
A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air; it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons; occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores
Of or relating to or resembling or consisting of a thallus
Used only in former classifications: comprising what is now considered a heterogeneous assemblage of flowerless and seedless organisms: algae; bacteria; fungi; lichens
Any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting principally of a thallus and thus showing no differentiation into stem and root and leaf
Pertaining to or characteristic of thallophytes Back to top
A plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes
The posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon
A line following the lowest points of a valley
The middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states
The longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea
The longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea
The tenth month of the civil year; the fourth month of the ecclesiastic year (in June and July)
A genus of Formicariidae
Garter snakes
Yellow- or reddish-striped snake of temperate woodlands and grasslands to tropics
Slender yellow-striped North American garter snake; prefers wet places
A garter snake that is widespread in North America
The branch of science that studies death (especially its social and psychological aspects)
A morbid fear of death
(Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death; son of Nyx
A man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo-Saxon England (especially one who gave military service in exchange for land)
A feudal lord or baron
The position of thane
Express gratitude or show appreciation to
Feeling or showing gratitude; "a grateful heart"; "grateful for the tree''s shade"; "a thankful smile" Back to top
For which you are thankful; "thankfully he didn''t come to the party"
Warm friendly feelings of gratitude
Not feeling or showing gratitude; "ungrateful heirs"; "How sharper than a serpent''s tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"- Shakespeare
Not likely to be rewarded; "grading papers is a thankless task"
A person who shows no gratitude
With the help of or owing to; "thanks to hard work it was a great success"
An acknowledgment of appreciation
A short prayer of thanks before a meal
Fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera
Fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
An offering made as an expression of thanks
A conversational expression of gratitude
Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
A house roof made with a plant material (as straw)
Hair resembling thatched roofing material
An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
Plant stalks used as roofing material
Cover with thatch; "thatch the roofs"
A house roof made with a plant material (as straw) Back to top
Someone skilled in making a roof from plant stalks or foliage
British stateswoman; first woman to serve as Prime Minister (born in 1925)
(England) the political policy of Margaret Thatcher
An advocate of Thatcherism
Small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto
Small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto
That is to say; in other words
As follows
To a certain degree; "we will be that much ahead of them"
Worship of miracles
A relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile; "the thaw between the United States and Russia has led to increased cooperation in world affairs"
Warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they welcomed the spring thaw"
The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"
Become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"
No longer frozen; "the thawed ground was muddy"
No longer frozen solid; "the thawed ice was treacheous"
Warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they welcomed the spring thaw"
The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"
A bachelor''s degree in theology
Psychoactive substance present in marijuana Back to top
A doctor''s degree in theology
(Greek mythology) the Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology
A family of trees and shrubs of the order Parietales
The representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits
(theology) the doctrine that Jesus was a union of the human and the divine
A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full"
The art of writing and producing plays
A region in which active military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"
Someone who attends the theater
A company that produces plays
A critic of theatrical performances
A hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance
Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
A theater arranged with seats around at least three sides of the stage
Any of various lights used in a theater
A region in which active military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"
Plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life, usually to show that modern life is pointless; "Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco have written plays for the theater of the absurd"
The entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operations
Someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech
A stage in a theater on which actors can perform Back to top
A ticket good for admission to a theater
A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full"
The art of writing and producing plays
A region in which active military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"
Someone who attends the theater
A hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance
Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
A region in which active military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"
The entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operations
A stage in a theater on which actors can perform
A ticket good for admission to a theater
A performance of play
Suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater; "a theatrical pose"; "one of the most theatrical figures in public life"
Of or relating to the theater
An artificial and mannered quality
In a theatrical manner; "theatrically dressed"
In a stagy and theatrical manner; "`I cannot show my face at her house,'' he declared theatrically"
A business agent for an actor
A performance of play
A poster advertising a show or play Back to top
Someone who produces theatrical performances
The production of a drama on the stage
An actor''s portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"
The season when new plays are produced
An inhabitant of ancient Thebes
100 thebe equal 1 pula
An ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC
An ancient Egyptian city on the Nile River that flourished from the 22nd century BC to the 18th century BC; today the archeological remains include include many splendid temples and tombs
Outer sheath of the pupa of certain insects
A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule
Presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds
Extinct terrestrial reptiles having teeth set in sockets; of the late Permian to Triassic
Presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds
A naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary; synthesized (trade name Estronol) and used to treat estrogen deficiency
The act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
(Greek mythology) the Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology
The doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods
One who believes in the existence of a god or gods
Of or relating to theism
Of or relating to theism Back to top
Of or relating to theism
The start of breast development in a woman at the beginning of puberty
Fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores
United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)
United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)
Genera Thelypteris; Phegopteris; others
Marsh ferns: in some classification systems considered part of genus Dryopteris in family Dryopteridaceae
Bright blue-green fern widely distributed especially in damp acid woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere
Beech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripes
Fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places; cosmopolitan in north temperate regions
Fern of northeastern North America
Beech fern of North America and Eurasia
Delicate feathery shield fern of the eastern United States; sometimes placed in genus Thelypteris
Relating to or constituting a topic of discourse
Of or relating to a melodic subject
With regard to thematic content; "thematically related"
A projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture
A vowel that ends a stem and precedes an inflection
A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl'' theme"
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" Back to top
An essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition"
The subject matter of a conversation or discussion; "he didn''t want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love"
(music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"
Provide with a particular theme or motive; "the restaurant often themes its menus"
An amusement park that is organized around some theme (as the world of tomorrow)
A melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie
A melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program
(Greek mythology) the Titaness who was goddess of justice in ancient mythology
Athenian statesman who persuaded Athens to build a navy and then led it to victory over the Persians (527-460 BC)
That time; that moment; "we will arrive before then"; "we were friends from then on"
Subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors); "then he left"; "go left first, then right"; "first came lightning, then thunder"; "we watched the late movie and then went to bed"; "and so home and to bed"
At that time; "I was young then"; "prices were lower back then"; "science as it was then taught"
In that case or as a consequence; "if he didn''t take it, then who did?"; "keep it then if you want to"; "the case, then, is closed"; "you''ve made up your mind then?"; "then you''ll be rich"
At a specific prior time; "the then president"
Of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb
The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
The fleshy area of the palm at the base of the thumb
Of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and
From that place or from there; "proceeded thence directly to college"; "flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow"; "roads that lead therefrom" Back to top
From that circumstance or source; "atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible"- W.V.Quine; "a natural conclusion follows thence"; "public interest and a policy deriving therefrom"; "typhus fever results therefrom"
From that time on; "thereafter he never called again"
(contrastive) from another point of view; "on the other hand, she is too ambitious for her own good"; "then again, she might not go"
A bronchodilator (trade names Elixophyllin and Slo-Bid and Theobid) used to treat asthma and bronchitis and emphysema
Cacao plants
Tropical American tree producing cacao beans
The belief in government by divine guidance
A political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
Of or relating to or being a theocracy; "a theocratic state"
The branch of theology that defends God''s goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil
A surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
United States novelist (1871-1945)
United States abolitionist (1803-1895)
United States political journalist (1915-1986)
United States novelist (1871-1945)
26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration; said `Speak softly but carry a big stick'' (1858-1919)
A national park in North Dakota that includes the site of former President Theodore Roosevelt''s ranch
United States baseball player noted as a hitter (1918-2002)
German historian noted for his history of Rome (1817-1903)
German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 and 1839 identified the cell as the basic structure of plant and animal tissue (1810-1882) Back to top
United States writer of children''s books (1904-1991)
The study of the origins and genealogy of the gods
Someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology (especially Christian theology)
Of or relating to or concerning theology; "theological seminar"
In a theological manner; "he dealt with the problem of evil theologically, not philosophically"
As regards theology; "the candidate was found theologically sound"
The doctrine of a religious group
A particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings; "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology"
According to Christian ethics: one of the three virtues (faith and hope and charity) created by God to round out the natural virtues
Make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects
Treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character
Someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology (especially Christian theology)
Someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology (especially Christian theology)
Make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects
Treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character
Someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology (especially Christian theology)
The learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary); "he studied theology at Oxford"
The rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth
A particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings; "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology"
A visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human person Back to top
Family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae; often included in the Myrsinaceae
Greek philosopher who was a student of Aristotle and who succeeded Aristotle as the leader of the Peripatetics (371-287 BC)
Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw illness as having an external cause (rather than an imbalance of humors) and replaced traditional remedies with chemical remedies (1493-1541)
A bronchodilator (trade names Elixophyllin and Slo-Bid and Theobid) used to treat asthma and bronchitis and emphysema
An idea accepted as a demonstrable truth
A proposition deducible from basic postulates
Concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; "theoretical science"
Concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; "theoretical science"
Concerned with theories rather than their practical applications; "theoretical physics"
Based on specialized theory; "a theoretical analysis"
According to the assumed facts; "on paper the candidate seems promising"
In a theoretical manner; "he worked the problem out theoretically"
A simplified description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems"
Someone who theorizes (especially in science or art)
The production or use of theories
To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
Someone who theorizes (especially in science or art)
Someone who theorizes (especially in science or art)
The production or use of theories
Form or construct theories; "he thinks and theorizes all day" Back to top
Construct a theory about; "Galileo theorized the motion of the stars"
To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
Someone who theorizes (especially in science or art)
A tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory
A belief that can guide behavior; "the architect has a theory that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales"
A well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypothes
Based in theory rather than experiment; "theory-based arguments and positions"
(chemistry) theory that describes aqueous solutions in terms of acids (which dissociate to give hydrogen ions) and bases (which dissociate to give hydroxyl ions); the product of an acid and a base is a salt and water
(chemistry) theory that describes aqueous solutions in terms of acids (which dissociate to give hydrogen ions) and bases (which dissociate to give hydroxyl ions); the product of an acid and a base is a salt and water
(biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals
(economics) a theory of competition stated in terms of gains and losses among opposing players
(physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
(physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
(chemistry) the theory that all indicators are either weak acids or weak bases in which the color of the ionized form is different from the color before dissociation
(biology) a theory of how characteristics of one generation are derived from earlier generations
(biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals
A theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell
A theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change
(physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts
Of or relating to theosophy; "theosophical writings" Back to top
A believer in theosophy
Belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul
Terrorism for a religious purpose
Tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"
Relating to or involved in therapy; "therapeutic approach to criminality"
Relating to or involved in therapy; "therapeutic approach to criminality"
For therapeutic purposes
Branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease
A legally induced abortion for medical reasons (as when the mother''s life is threatened)
Nuclear transplantation of a patient''s own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be derived for transplant
Providing help for disabled persons; the removal or reduction of disabilities
Large tropical spiders; tarantulas
A person skilled in a particular type of therapy
Probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals
Extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic
(medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.); "the quarterback is undergoing treatment for a knee injury"; "he tried every treatment the doctors suggested"; "heat therapy gave the best relief"
One of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing personal salvation through your own efforts; a conservative form of Buddhism that adheres to Pali scriptures and the nontheistic ideal of self purification to Nirvana; the dominant religion of Sri
One of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing personal salvation through your own efforts; a conservative form of Buddhism that adheres to Pali scriptures and the nontheistic ideal of self purification to Nirvana; the dominant religion of Sri
A location other than here; that place; "you can take it from there"
In or at that place; "they have lived there for years"; "it''s not there"; "that man [who is] there" Back to top
To or toward that place; away from the speaker; "go there around noon!"
In that matter; "I agree with you there"
Near that place; "he stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks"
Near that time or date; "come at noon or thereabouts"
Near that place; "he stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks"
Near that time or date; "come at noon or thereabouts"
From that time on; "thereafter he never called again"
By that means or because of that; "He knocked over the red wine, thereby ruining the table cloth"
(in formal usage, especially legal usage) for that or for it; "ordering goods and enclosing payment therefor"; "a refund therefor"
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and
As a consequence; "he had good reason to be grateful for the opportunities which they had made available to him and which consequently led to the good position he now held"
From that place or from there; "proceeded thence directly to college"; "flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow"; "roads that lead therefrom"
From that circumstance or source; "atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible"- W.V.Quine; "a natural conclusion follows thence"; "public interest and a policy deriving therefrom"; "typhus fever results therefrom"
(formal) in or into that thing or place; "they can read therein what our plans are"
In the following part of a given matter, as in a document or speech
The state of being there--not here--in position
Real existence; "things are really there...capture the thereness of them"--Charles Hopkinson
From that circumstance or source; "atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible"- W.V.Quine; "a natural conclusion follows thence"; "public interest and a policy deriving therefrom"; "typhus fever results therefrom"
Of or concerning this or that; "a problem and the solution thereof"
On that; "text and commentary thereon" Back to top
Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)
To that; "with all the appurtenances fitting thereto"
Up to that time; "they had not done any work theretofore"
Under that; "the headings and the items listed thereunder"
Immediately after that; "thereupon the entire class applauded"; "with that, she left the room"; "I therewith withdraw my complaints"
With that or this or it; "I have learned that whatever state I am, therewith to be content"- Phil.4:11
Immediately after that; "thereupon the entire class applauded"; "with that, she left the room"; "I therewith withdraw my complaints"
Together with all that; besides; "thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal remit thy other forfeits"- Shakespeare
Spider having a comb-like row of bristles on each hind foot
A family of comb-footed spiders
A unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units
Rising current of warm air
Caused by or designed to retain heat; "a thermal burn"; "thermal underwear"
Of or relating to hot a hot spring; "thermal water"
Relating to or associated with heat; "thermal movements of molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the caloric effect of sunlight"
Pain caused by heat
By means of heat or with respect to thermal properties
A limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating
The emission of electrons from very hot substances
A state in which all parts of a system are at the same temperature Back to top
Harm to lakes and rivers resulting from the release of excessive waste heat into them
A printer that produces characters by applying heat to special paper that is sensitive to heat
A nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by neutrons that are slowed down by a moderator
A semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature; can be used to compensate for temperature variation in other components of a circuit
A natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above
A thermometer that uses thermoelectric current to measure temperature
Relating to or associated with heat; "thermal movements of molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the caloric effect of sunlight"
Sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat
Eleventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (July and August); the month of heat
An electrically charged particle (electron or ion) emitted by a substance at a high temperature
Of or relating to or characteristic of thermions; "thermionic cathode"
The branch of electronics dealing with thermionic phenomena (especially thermionic vacuum tubes)
An electric current produced between two electrodes as a result of electrons emitted by thermionic emission
The emission of electrons from very hot substances
Electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
Electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
Electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
A semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature; can be used to compensate for temperature variation in other components of a circuit
Archaebacteria that thrive in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures
A bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive; "a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb" Back to top
A genus of Lepismatidae
Lives in warm moist areas e.g. around furnaces
Cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat
Congealing tissue by heat (as by electric current)
A kind of thermometer consisting of two wires of different metals that are joined at both ends; one junction is at the temperature to be measured and the other is held at a fixed lower temperature; the current generated in the circuit is proportional to t
A kind of thermometer consisting of two wires of different metals that are joined at both ends; one junction is at the temperature to be measured and the other is held at a fixed lower temperature; the current generated in the circuit is proportional to t
Of or concerned with thermodynamics; "the thermodynamic limit"
Of or concerned with thermodynamics; "the thermodynamic limit"
With respect to thermodynamics; "this phenomenon is thermodynamically impossible"
The branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy
The aspect of thermodynamics concerned with thermal equilibrium
Involving or resulting from thermoelectricity
Involving or resulting from thermoelectricity
Electricity produced by heat (as in a thermocouple)
A thermometer that uses thermoelectric current to measure temperature
A thermometer that records temperature variations on a graph as a function of time
Medical instrument that uses an infrared camera to reveal temperature variations on the surface of the body
Diagnostic technique using a thermograph to record the heat produced by different parts of the body; used to study blood flow and to detect tumors
A hydrometer that includes a thermometer
Of or relating to thermal hydrometry Back to top
The measurement of changes in weight as a function of changes in temperature used as a technique of chemically analyzing substances
A hydrometer that includes a thermometer
Of or relating to thermal hydrometry
A junction between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears
(chemistry, physics, biology) readily changed or destroyed by heat
Measuring instrument for measuring temperature
Of or relating to thermometry; "helium gas was the thermometric fluid"
A thermometer that records temperature variations on a graph as a function of time
The measurement of temperature
Using nuclear weapons based on fusion as distinguished from fission
A nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium
A nuclear fusion reaction taking place at very high temperatures (as in the sun)
A nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fusion to generate energy
The warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb
A kind of thermometer for measuring heat radiation; consists of several thermocouple junctions in series
A material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled
Having the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled; "thermoplastic materials can be remelted and cooled time after time without undergoing any appreciable chemical change"
A material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled
Genus of American and Asiatic showy rhizomatous herbs: bush peas
Western United States bushy herb having yellow pealike flowers Back to top
Eastern United States bush pea
A famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece
A sensory receptor that responds to heat and cold
A regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat
Vacuum flask that preserves temperature of hot or cold drinks
Having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured; "the phenol resins and plastics were the original synthetic thermosetting materials"
Having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured; "the phenol resins and plastics were the original synthetic thermosetting materials"
A material that hardens when heated and cannot be remolded
A material that hardens when heated and cannot be remolded
The atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere
A regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat
Control the temperature with a thermostat
Regulated by a thermostat
Of or relating to a thermostat; "thermostatic control"
By thermostat; in a thermostatic manner; "the temperature is thermostatically controlled"
The aspect of thermodynamics concerned with thermal equilibrium
Vacuum flask that preserves temperature of hot or cold drinks
Vacuum flask that preserves temperature of hot or cold drinks
The use of heat to treat a disease or disorder; heating pads or hot compresses or hot-water bottles are used to promote circulation in peripheral vascular disease or to relax tense muscles
Any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs Back to top
Carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous
Any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs
A book containing a classified list of synonyms
(Greek mythology) a hero and king of Athens who was noted for his many great deeds: killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and defeated the Amazons and united Attica
A treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree
An unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
Small genus of tropical trees: Portia tree
Pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds
A theatrical performer
Of or relating to drama; "the movie director had thespian cooperation"
Greek poet who is said to have originated Greek tragedy (sixth century BC)
A fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece
A native or inhabitant of Thessalonica
A port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea; second largest city of Greece
A port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea; second largest city of Greece
A fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece
The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet
The normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake but relaxed and drowsy; occurs with low frequency and low amplitude
The normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake but relaxed and drowsy; occurs with low frequency and low amplitude
(Greek mythology) one of the 50 Nereids; mother of Achilles by Peleus Back to top
Magic performed with the help of beneficent spirits
Genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers
Tropical American shrub or small tree having glossy dark green leaves and fragrant saffron yellow to orange or peach- colored flowers; all parts highly poisonous
Tropical American shrub or small tree having glossy dark green leaves and fragrant saffron yellow to orange or peach- colored flowers; all parts highly poisonous
Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582)
A large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
North and South America
A republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America
The great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip II in 1588
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
Revealed to Joseph Smith in 1830 by an ancient prophet Mormon; supposedly a record of ancient peoples of America translated by Joseph Smith
United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925)
The people of Great Britain
A borough of New York City
Founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)
The branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions
A conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross
Used to allude to the securities industry of Great Britain
The part of London situated within the ancient boundaries; the commercial and financial center of London
A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix Back to top
A time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
Something difficult or awkward to do or deal with; "it will be the devil to solve"
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
A belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
The people of England
English physician (1624-1689)
A group of three goddesses of destiny
United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961)
A narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa
English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954)
(Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat''s legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus
Past times remembered with nostalgia
A famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America)
The royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215
United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925)
United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
A time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
The Elector of Brandenburg who rebuilt his domain after its destruction during the Thirty Years'' War (1620-1688)
A famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America)
A famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America) Back to top
A feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something possessed by another
The site of the royal residence and the de facto capital in the western part of the Netherlands; seat of the International Court of Justice
A hill in Washington, D.C., where the capitol building sits and Congress meets; "they are debating the budget today on Capital Hill"
A mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world''s highest mountain
The smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929
A constellation on the equator east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel
The string of islands between North and South America; a popular resort area
People of Ireland or of Irish extraction
A famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America)
British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)
British actress and mistress of the prince who later became Edward VII (1853-1929)
English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471)
United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including Black as well as White musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)
English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)
In the slightest degree or in any respect; "Are you at all interested? No, not at all"; "was not in the least unfriendly"
A similar kind; "dogs, foxes, and the like", "we don''t want the likes of you around here"
A similar kind; "dogs, foxes, and the like", "we don''t want the likes of you around here"
French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
A dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force Back to top
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983)
A United States bandmaster and composer of military marches (1854-1932)
A teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1579; half the country lies below sea level
With the order reversed; "she hates him and vice versa"
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl''d headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"
Any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you''re alone Christmas is the pits";
The largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina
In the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can''t you carry me decent?"
King of England and Ireland; son of George III who ascended the throne after a long naval career (1765-1837)
United States baseball player (born in 1931)
One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran
Obscene terms for diarrhea
Slang terms for inside information; "is that the straight dope?"
A strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
A poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 was set to music and adopted by Congress in 1931 as the national anthem of the United States
Used to allude to the securities industry of the United States
Nobility in thought or feeling or style
One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam
The natives or inhabitants of Switzerland Back to top
An official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
The three Anglo-Saxon Fates or goddesses of destiny
A multiple star in the constellation of Orion
A small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda and Aries
Obscene terms for diarrhea
Conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal ve
(Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)
The mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
The three Anglo-Saxon Fates or goddesses of destiny
To the goal; "she climbed the mountain all the way"
An antifungal agent and anthelmintic
A B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth
A B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth
A coenzyme important in respiration in the Krebs cycle
Any of a group of drugs commonly used as diuretics in the treatment of hypertension; they block the reabsorption of sodium in the kidneys
A compound made up of a ring of four carbon atoms and one sulfur atom and one nitrogen atom
An Asian country under the control of China; located in the Himalayas
The location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd"
Abundantly covered or filled; "the top was thick with dust" Back to top
Used informally
Closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"
Heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man"
Abundant; "a thick head of hair"
Spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred"
(of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night"
Hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods"
Not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating
Relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"
Wide from side to side; "a heavy black mark"
In quick succession; "misfortunes come fast and thick"
With a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick"
(used informally) associated on close terms; "a close friend"; "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers"; "the two were thick as thieves for months"
A variety of murre
A delicious morel with a conic fertile portion having deep and irregular pits
Large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
Emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"
Used informally
Become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"
Make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch" Back to top
Make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour"
Made or having become thick; "thickened bronchial arteries"
Made thick in consistency; "flour-thickened gravy"; "dust-thickened saliva"
Having skin made tough and thick through wear
Any material used to thicken; "starch is used in cooking as a thickening"
The act of thickening
Any thickened enlargement
Any material used to thicken; "starch is used in cooking as a thickening"
Becoming more intricate or complex; "a thickening plot"
Accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the gathering darkness"; "the thickening dusk"
A dense growth of bushes
Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call
Used informally
In a concentrated manner; "old houses are often so densely packed that perhaps three or four have to be demolished for every new one built"; "a thickly populated area"
In quick succession; "misfortunes come fast and thick"
Spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue; "after a few drinks he was beginning to speak thickly"
With thickness; in a thick manner; "spread 1/4 lb softened margarine or cooking fat fairly thickly all over the surface"; "we were visiting a small, thickly walled and lovely town with straggling outskirt"
With a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick"
Densely populated
Resistance to flow Back to top
The dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
Used of a line or mark
Planted or growing close together; "thickset trees"
Heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man"
Covered thickly; "toast thickspread with jam"
Skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros)
A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
Genus of fungi having spherical brown perithecia and some conidia borne in chains; cause root rot
Fungus causing brown root rot in plants of the pea and potato and cucumber families
Take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"
The act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
The act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
Given to thievery
Given to thievery
In a manner characteristic of a thief
Having a disposition to steal
The part of the leg between the hip and the knee
The upper joint of the leg of a fowl
A joke that seems extremely funny
The longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee Back to top
Very high boots; used especially for fishing
Very high boots; used especially for fishing
Protective garment consisting of a pad worn over the thighs by football players
One of two shafts extending from the body of a cart or carriage on either side of the animal that pulls it
A small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing; can be used as a small container
As much as a thimble will hold
Raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
White-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries
Shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit
As much as a thimble will hold
A swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under
A common North American anemone with cylindrical fruit clusters resembling thimbles
A light-colored crystalline powder (trade name Merthiolate) used as a surgical antiseptic
Take off weight
Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
Make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"
Lose thickness; become thin or thinner
Not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
Lacking excess flesh; "you can''t be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
(of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry" Back to top
Lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"
Having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"
Relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous; "air is thin at high altitudes"; "a thin soup"; "skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"; "thin oil"
Very narrow; "a thin line across the page"
Without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin"
Erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries
Stringybark having white wood
Mussel with thin fragile shells having only rudimentary hinge teeth
Quick to take offense
A separate and self-contained entity
An action; "how could you do such a thing?"
An artifact; "how does this thing work?"
An entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn''t tell what the thing was"
Any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence; "the thing I like about her is ..."
A vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
A special abstraction; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart"
A special objective; "the thing is to stay in bounds"
A statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"
An event; "a funny thing happened on the way to the..." Back to top
A persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"
A special situation; "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing"
The intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception
Something whose name is either forgotten or not known
Something whose name is either forgotten or not known
Something whose name is either forgotten or not known
Something whose name is either forgotten or not known
Any movable possession (especially articles of clothing); "she packed her things and left"
Something whose name is either forgotten or not known
Something whose name is either forgotten or not known
Something whose name is either forgotten or not known
An instance of deliberate thinking; "I need to give it a good think"
Bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"
Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can''t remember saying any such thing"; "I can''t think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
Be capable of conscious thought; "Man is the only creature that thinks"
Use or exercise the mind or one''s power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I''ve been thinking all day and getting nowhere"
Have or formulate in the mind; "think good thoughts"
Expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn''t think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
Judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"
Dispose the mind in a certain way; "Do you really think so?" Back to top
Have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn''t think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"
Focus one''s attention on a certain state; "Think big"; "think thin"
Ponder; reflect on, or reason about; "Think the matter through"; "Think how hard life in Russia must be these days"
Decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting; "Can you think what to do next?"
Imagine or visualize; "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "Think what a scene it must have been!"
Capable of being conceived or imagined or considered
An important intellectual; "the great minds of the 17th century"
Someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision)
The process of thinking (especially thinking carefully); "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"
Endowed with the capacity to reason
A state in which one thinks
Take into consideration, have in view; "He entertained the notion of moving to South America"
Have on one''s mind, think about actively; "I''m thinking about my friends abroad"; "She always thinks about her children first"
Recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers"
A company that does research for hire and issues reports on the implications
Keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of the starving children in India!"
Look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"
Take into consideration, have in view; "He entertained the notion of moving to South America"
Choose in one''s mind; "Think of any integer between 1 and 25"
Intend to refer to; "I''m thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" Back to top
Devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
Consider carefully and rationally; "Every detail has been thought out"
Reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
An article in a newspaper or magazine or journal that represents opinions and ideas and discussion rather than bare facts
A company that does research for hire and issues reports on the implications
Esteem very highly; "She thinks the world of her adviser"
Consider and reconsider carefully; "Think twice before you have a child"
Devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
In a widely distributed manner; "thinly overgrown mountainside"
In a small quantity or extent; "spread the margarine thinly over the meat"; "apply paint lightly"
Without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin"
Without force or sincere effort; "smiled thinly"
Mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup"
A diluting agent
A consistency of low viscosity; "he disliked the thinness of the soup"
The property of having little body fat
Relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope"
The property of being very narrow or thin; "he marvelled at the fineness of her hair"
The act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine"
Shears with one serrate blade; used for thinning hair Back to top
Nowhere to be found in a giant void; "it vanished into thin air"
Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
Make sparse; "thin out the young plants"
Become sparser; "Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out"
A person who is unusually thin
Small rod-shaped bacteria living in sewage or soil and oxidizing sulfur
Any bacterium of the genus Thiobacillus
Free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds
A salt of thiocyanic acid; formed when alkaline cyanides are fused with sulfur
An unstable acid that can be obtained by distilling a thiocyanate salt
A compound used primarily in veterinary medicine to rid farm animals of internal parasites
An antineoplastic drug used to treat acute leukemias
Barbiturate that is a hygroscopic powder (trade name Pentothal) that is a strong barbiturate that acts rapidly; induces a relaxed state when injected as a general anesthetic
Barbiturate that is a hygroscopic powder (trade name Pentothal) that is a strong barbiturate that acts rapidly; induces a relaxed state when injected as a general anesthetic
Barbiturate that is a hygroscopic powder (trade name Pentothal) that is a strong barbiturate that acts rapidly; induces a relaxed state when injected as a general anesthetic
A tranquilizer (trade name Mellaril) used to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
Trade name for a sulfonamide antibacterial
An antineoplastic drug used to treat certain malignancies
A tranquilizer (trade name Navane) used to treat schizophrenia
Depresses the function of the thyroid gland Back to top
The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 3rd base; "he is playing third"
The base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third"
The third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn''t try to start in third gear"
The musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds"
One of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"
Following the second position in an ordering or series; "a distant third"; "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment"
Coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
In the third place; "third we must consider unemployment"
Being one of three equal parts; "a third share of the money"
Mail consisting of printed matter qualifying for reduced postal rates
Burn characterized by destruction of both epidermis and dermis
Involving or relating to three dimensions or aspects; giving the illusion of depth; "lifelike three-dimensional characters"; "a three-dimensional account of conditions under the new government"; "they shot the movie in three-D"
The property of having three dimensions
A finish in third place (as in a race)
Of lesser quality than second-rate
One who is third-rate or distinctly inferior
Used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college; "the junior class"; "a third-year student"
Derived from what is primary or original by two intermediate steps; "a thirdhand report"
By doubly indirect means; "I got the news thirdhand"
In the third place; "third we must consider unemployment" Back to top
English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon; made important contributions to acoustic theory (1842-1919)
The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 3rd base; "he is playing third"
The base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third"
(baseball) the person who plays third base
Battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery
Inexpensive accommodations on a ship or train
Mail consisting of printed matter qualifying for reduced postal rates
Supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye
A Crusade from 1189 to 1192 led by Richard I and the king of France that failed because an army torn by dissensions and fighting on foreign soil could not succeed against forces united by religious zeal
The deck below the main deck
Interrogation often accompanied by torture to extort information or a confession
The dimension whereby a solid object differs from a two-dimensional drawing of it
The third New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle
The third estate of the realm; the commons (especially in Britain or France) viewed as forming a political order having representation in a parliament
A sensory structure capable of light reception located on the dorsal side of the diencephalon in various reptiles
A protective fold of skin in the eyes of reptiles and birds and some mammals
The third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn''t try to start in third gear"
A group of people who try actively to influence legislation
Action and reaction are equal and opposite
Law stating that the entropy of a substance approaches zero as its temperature approaches absolute zero Back to top
A political party organized in opposition to the major parties in a two-party system
Someone other than the principals who are involved in a transaction
The third period of play in a game
Pronouns and verbs that are used to refer to something other than the speaker or addressee of the language in which they occur
The product of three equal terms
A rail through which electric current is supplied to an electric locomotive
The Nazi dictatorship under Hitler (1933-1945)
(baseball) the person who plays third base
The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
A collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx); "hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids"; "enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children"
Time period extending from the 28th week of gestation until delivery
A narrow ventricle in the midplane below the corpus callosum; communicates with the fourth ventricle via the Sylvian aqueduct
Underdeveloped and developing countries of Asia and Africa and Latin America collectively
Strong desire for something (not food or drink); "a thirst for knowledge"; "hunger for affection"
A physiological need to drink
Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
Feel the need to drink
A person with a strong desire for something; "a longer for money"; "a thirster after blood"; "a yearner for knowledge"
With eagerness; in an eager manner; "the news was eagerly awaited"
In a thirsty manner; "we drank thirstily from the bottle that was passed around" Back to top
Able to take in large quantities of moisture; "thirsty towels"
Feeling a need or desire to drink; "after playing hard the children were thirsty"
Needing moisture; "thirsty fields under a rainless sky"
(usually followed by `for'') extremely desirous; "athirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for informaton"
Curiosity that motivates investigation and study
The cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one
Being one more than twelve
Position 13 in a countable series of things
Coming next after the twelfth in position
The time of life between 30 and 40
The decade from 1930 to 1939
Position 30 in a countable series of things
Coming next after the twenty-ninth in position
The cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
Being ten more than twenty
Being eight more than thirty
The ordinal number of thirty-eight in counting order
The ordinal number of thirty-five in counting order
Coming next after the thirtieth in position
Being five more than thirty Back to top
Being four more than thirty
The ordinal number of thirty-four in counting order
Being nine more than thirty
The ordinal number of thirty-nine in counting order
Being one more than thirty
The ordinal number of thirty-two in counting order
A musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note
Being severn more than thirty
The ordinal number of thirty-seven in counting order
Being six more than thirty
The ordinal number of thirty-six in counting order
The time of life between 30 and 40
The ordinal number of thirty-three in counting order
Being three more than thirty
Being two more than thirty
A series of conflicts (1618-1648) between Protestants and Catholics staring in Germany and spreading until France and Denmark and Sweden were opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain
Any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
Pappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seedlike fruit of a thistle
Resembling a thistle
During the night of the present day; "drop by tonight" Back to top
During the night of the present day; "drop by tonight"
To or toward that place; away from the speaker; "go there around noon!"
Herbs of temperate regions: pennycress
Foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America
A master''s degree in theology
A branch of the Tai languages
Despite the fact that; "even though she knew the answer, she did not respond"
A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
The Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes
Welsh poet (1914-1953)
A radio broadcast journalist during World War I and World War II noted for his nightly new broadcast (1892-1981)
United States socialist who was a candidate for president six times (1884-1968)
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931)
(Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology; presented philosophical proofs of the existence of God (1225-1274)
United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)
(Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II concerning Henry''s attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170)
German ecclesiastic (1380-1471)
English historian noted for his history of England (1800-1859) Back to top
English mathematician for whom Bayes'' theorem is named (1702-1761)
English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825)
United States politician who was elected the first Black may of Los Angeles (1917-1998)
Englishman and Cavalier poet whose lyric poetry was favored by Charles I (1595-1639)
Scottish historian who wrote about the French Revolution (1795-1881)
A British cabinetmaker remembered for his graceful designs (especially of chairs) which influenced his contemporaries (1718-1779)
United States writer best known for his autobiographical novels (1900-1938)
United States neoclassical sculptor (1814-1857)
English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632)
English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632)
English writer who described the psychological effects of addiction to opium (1785-1859)
United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931)
Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)
English portrait and landscape painter (1727-1788)
English poet best known for his elegy written in a country church-yard (1716-1771)
English novelist and poet (1840-1928)
United States legislator who opposed the use of paper currency (1782-1858)
United States artist whose paintings portrayed life in the Midwest and South (1889-1975)
United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929)
English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin''s theory of evolution (1825-1895) Back to top
United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823-1911)
English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)
English physician who first described Hodgkin''s disease (1798-1866)
United States educator who established the first free school in the United States for the hearing impaired (1787-1851)
United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (1866-1945)
English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin''s theory of evolution (1825-1895)
United States film actor (born in 1956)
General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863)
General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863)
3rd President of the United States; chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore it (1743-1826)
General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863)
United States writer who has written extensively on American culture (born in 1931)
English dramatist (1558-1594)
English dramatist (1558-1594)
United States playwright (1911-1983)
English writer who published a translation of romances about King Arthur taken from French and other sources (died in 1471)
An English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834)
German writer concerned about the role of the artist in bourgeois society (1875-1955)
United States religious and writer (1915-1968)
English playwright and pamphleteer (1570-1627) Back to top
Irish poet who wrote nostalgic and patriotic verse (1779-1852)
English statesman who opposed Henry VIII''s divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state
United States political cartoonist (1840-1902)
United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922)
American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist''s fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809)
United States writer of pessimistic novels about life in a technologically advanced society (born in 1937)
Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796)
An English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834)
British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)
British dramatist (born in Czechoslovakia in 1937)
United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
English physician (1624-1689)
English organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585)
The Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes
United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823-1911)
United States writer best known for his autobiographical novels (1900-1938)
United States writer who has written extensively on American culture (born in 1931)
28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924)
United States jazz musician (1904-1943)
British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829) Back to top
The comprehensive theological doctrine created by Saint Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century and still taught by the Dominicans
Western pocket gophers
Of valleys and mountain meadows of western United States
Grayish to brown gopher of western and central United States
English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814)
United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)
Seedless green table grape of California
A .45-caliber submachine gun
A mild, rare, congenital form of myotonia characterized by muscle stiffness
English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940)
English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who co-discovered the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975)
United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937)
United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989)
East African gazelle; the smallest gazelle
Leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
A thin strip of leather; often used to lash things together
(Norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with Teutonic Donar
Of or relating to the chest or thorax; "pectoral organ"
A serious form of actinomycosis that affects the chest
A branch of the descending aorta; divides into the iliac arteries Back to top
The cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart
The major duct of the lymphatic system
The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the chest
Any of twelve pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the thoracic region of the spinal cord
Tingling sensations in the fingers; caused by compression on a nerve supplying the arm
Veins that drain the thoracic walls
One of 12 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; thoracic vertebrae extend from the seventh cervical vertebra down to the first lumbar vertebra
Removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
A vein arising from the region of the superficial epigastric vein and opening into the axillary vein or thoracic vein
Part of an insect''s body that bears the wings and legs
The part of the human body between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
The middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen
A drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has anti-psychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer
United States writer and social critic (1817-1862)
Relating to or like or in the manner of Henry David Thoreau
Impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emission
Being or sounding of nervous or suppressed laughter
A radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate; it is a source of thorium that is found in coarse granite
A soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands
Radioactive isotope of thorium with mass number 228 Back to top
Something that causes irritation and annoyance; "he''s a thorn in my flesh"
A Germanic character of runic origin
A sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
Any of various South American hummingbirds with a sharp pointed bill
United States educational psychologist (1874-1949)
English actress (1882-1976)
Having no thorns
American architect (1759-1828)
United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)
United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)
Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
Bristling with perplexities; "the thorny question of states'' rights"
Erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes
Cold-water bottom fish with spines on the back; to 40 inches
Any of several plants of the genus Datura
Painstakingly careful and accurate; "our accountant is thorough"; "thorough research"
Very thorough; exhaustively complete; "an exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research"
A pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses
A racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares
A well-bred person Back to top
Having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal
A race between thoroughbred horses
The sport of racing thoroughbred horses
A public road from one place to another
Very thorough; exhaustively complete; "an exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research"
Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"
In an exhaustive manner; "we searched the files thoroughly"
In a complete and thorough manner (`good'' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly''); "he was soundly defeated"; "we beat him good"
Conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task
Perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine
A bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played
Outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953)
The administrative center of the Faroe Islands
United States economist who wrote about conspicuous consumption (1857-1929)
United States economist who wrote about conspicuous consumption (1857-1929)
A mineral consisting of scandium yttrium silicate; a source of scandium
Norwegian anthropologist noted for his studies of cultural diffusion (1914-2002)
Egyptian ibis-headed moon deity; god of wisdom and learning and the arts; scribe of the gods
The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
Despite the fact that; "even though she knew the answer, she did not respond" Back to top
(postpositive) however; "it might be unpleasant, though"
The process of thinking (especially thinking carefully); "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"
The content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"
A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"
The organized beliefs of a period or group or individual; "19th century thought"; "Darwinian thought"
A mental image produced by the imagination
Stimulating interest or thought; "a challenging hypothesis"; "a thought-provoking book"
A magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice)
Someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly
Showing consideration and anticipation of needs; "it was thoughtful of you to bring flowers"; "a neighbor showed thoughtful attention"
Taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention; "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing"
Having intellectual depth; "a deeply thoughtful essay"
Acting with or showing thought and good sense; "a sensible young man"
Exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; "a thoughtful paper"
Showing thoughtfulness; "he had thoughtfully brought with him some food"
In a thoughtful manner; "he stared thoughtfully out the window"
A considerate and thoughtful act
The trait of thinking carefully before acting
Kind and considerate regard for others; "he showed no consideration for her feelings"
A calm lengthy intent consideration Back to top
Without care or thought for others; "the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; `Let them eat cake''"
Marked by or paying little heed or attention; "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt; "heedless of danger"; "heedless of the child''s crying"
Showing lack of careful thought; "the debate turned into thoughtless bickering"
(usually followed by `of'') without due thought or consideration; "careless of the consequences"; "the proverbial grasshopper--thoughtless of tomorrow"; "crushing the blooms with regardless tread"
Showing thoughtlessness; "he treated his parents thoughtlessly"
In a thoughtless manner; "he stared thoughtlessly at the picture"
The trait of not thinking carefully before acting
The quality of failing to be considerate of others
Apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions
The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
By three orders of magnitude; "this poison is a thousand-fold more toxic"
One part in a thousand
Position 1,000 in a countable series of things
The ordinal number of one thousand in counting order
A collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century
Mayonnaise with chili sauce or catsup and minced olives and peppers and hard-cooked egg
By three orders of magnitude; "this poison is a thousand-fold more toxic"
A region and ancient country and wine producing region in the east of the Balkan Peninsula north of the Aegean Sea; colonized by ancient Greeks; later a Roman province; now divided between Bulgaria and Greece and Turkey
A Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient people of Thrace but extinct by the early Middle Ages Back to top
An extinct branch of the Indo-European language family thought by some to be related to Armenian
The state of being under the control of another person
Someone held in bondage
The state of being under the control of another person
The state of being under the control of another person
A swimming kick used while treading water
Beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
Give a thrashing to; beat hard
Beat the seeds out of a grain
Move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; "The system is thrashing again!"
Beat so fast that (the heart''s) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
Move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
Dance the slam dance
Large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
Thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs
A farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
A sound defeat
Move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
Discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement; "The leaders of the various Middle Eastern countries are trying to hammer out a peace agreement" Back to top
Tanagers
The raised helical rib going around a screw
A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
The connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together; "I couldn''t follow his train of thought"; "he lost the thread of his argument"
Any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a gray thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"
Thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
Pass through or into; "thread tape"; "thread film"
Remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded"
Pass a thread through; "thread a needle"
To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
Fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails''"
Having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"
(of bolts or screws) having screw threads
A blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
Mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays
Fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins
Bluish-green bushy leafy plant covered with close white wool and bearing branched clusters of yellow flower heads; southwestern United States; toxic to range livestock
Thin in diameter; resembling a thread
Informal terms for clothing Back to top
Small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children
Thin in diameter; resembling a thread
Forming viscous or glutinous threads
A disease of tropical woody plants (cocoa or tea or citrus)
Someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
Declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another; "his threat to kill me was quite explicit"
A warning that something unpleasant is imminent; "they were under threat of arrest"
A person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood"
Something that is a source of danger; "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"
To utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"
To be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens"
Pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"
(of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered; "the spotted owl is a threatened species, not yet an endangered one"
The appearance of symptoms that signal the impending loss of the products of conception
Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clo
Darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
In a menacing manner; "the voice at the other end of the line dropped menacingly"
The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
Being one more than two
A base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base Back to top
South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates
A base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
A gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of the will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time
A round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centers
Involving a group or set of three; "a three-cornered race"
Having three corners; "a three-cornered hat"
European leek naturalized in Great Britain; leaves triangular in section
Having a three-dimensional form or appearance; "aren''t dreams always in 3-D?"
A movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance
Involving or relating to three dimensions or aspects; giving the illusion of depth; "lifelike three-dimensional characters"; "a three-dimensional account of conditions under the new government"; "they shot the movie in three-D"
An equestrian competition; the first day is dressage; the second is cross-country jumping; the third is stadium jumping
A contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester
A warship carrying guns on three decks
Any ship having three decks
Made with three slices of usually toasted bread
Having three dimensions
Involving or relating to three dimensions or aspects; giving the illusion of depth; "lifelike three-dimensional characters"; "a three-dimensional account of conditions under the new government"; "they shot the movie in three-D"
The property of having three dimensions
A three-dimensional shape
Radar that will report altitude as well as azimuth and distance of a target Back to top
(of numbers) written with three figures; "100 through 999 are three-figure numbers"
Three of four equal parts; "three-fourths of a pound"
A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 3 hits
The ordinal number of three hundred in counting order
Having a lane for traffic in each direction and a center lane for passing
Having or as if having three legs; "a three-legged stool"; "a three-legged race"
Of a chemical compound having a ring with three members
The limit of a nation''s territorial waters
Involving three parties or elements; "the triangular mother-father-child relationship"; "a trilateral agreement"; "a tripartite treaty"; "a tripartite division"; "a three-way playoff"
(of clothing) made in or consisting of three parts or pieces; "the standard three-piece business suit; jacket and trousers and vest"
A business suit consisting of a jacket and vest and trousers
Having a thickness made up of three layers or strands; "three-ply cloth"; "three-ply yarn"
A landing in which all three wheels of the aircraft touch the ground at the same time
An electric switch that has three terminals; used to control a circuit from two different locations
The act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs
Representing three quarters of something; "a three-quarter-length portrait"; "a three-quarter view"
The spine and much of the sides are a different material from the rest of the cover
A circus with simultaneous performances in three rings
Weedy herb of eastern North America
Having three sides; "a trilateral figure" Back to top
Of rivers and coastal regions
A sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot
Involving three parties or elements; "the triangular mother-father-child relationship"; "a trilateral agreement"; "a tripartite treaty"; "a tripartite division"; "a three-way playoff"
A way of adding a third party to your conversation without the assistance of a telephone operator
An electric switch that has three terminals; used to control a circuit from two different locations
Of or relating to vehicles having three wheels; "a three-wheel bike"
Of or relating to vehicles having three wheels; "a three-wheel bike"
Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederic
Three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase"
By a factor of three; "our rent increased threefold in the past five years"
Former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies
Of trifling worth
Used of nail size; 1 1/8 in long
A set with 3 times 20 members
Being ten more than fifty
Three people considered as a unit
The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
Being one hundred more than two hundred
Twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
By a factor of three; "our rent increased threefold in the past five years" Back to top
A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
A colorless crystalline amino acid found in protein; occurs in the hydrolysates of certain proteins; an essential component of human nutrition
Give a thrashing to; beat hard
Beat the seeds out of a grain
Move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
Move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"
Large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
A farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
Alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay
Large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
The separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw; "they used to do the threshing by hand but now there are machines to do it"
A floor or ground area for threshing or treading out grain
A farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
The sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offer support when passing through a doorway
The entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway"
The smallest detectable sensation
A region marking a boundary
The starting point for a new state or experience; "on the threshold of manhood"
A logic element that performs a threshold operation
A function that takes the value 1 if a specified function of the arguments exceeds a given threshold and 0 otherwise Back to top
A logic element that performs a threshold operation
The intensity level that is just barely perceptible
An operation performed on operands in order to obtain the value of a threshold function
Move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
Type genus of the Threskiornithidae
African ibis venerated by ancient Egyptians
Ibises
Three times; "I called you thrice last night"
Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
In a thrifty manner; "a used towel that he had used and had left thriftily on the ledge below the mirror rather than consign to the linen basket"
Frugality in the expenditure of money or resources; "the Scots are famous for their economy"
Careless of the future
In a thriftless manner; "he lives thriftlessly from day to day"
The trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"
A shop that sells second-hand goods at reduced prices
Mindful of the future in spending money; "careful with money"
Careful and diligent in the use of resources
A depository financial institution intended to encourage personal savings and home buying
Something that thrills; "the thrills of space travel" Back to top
An almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"
The swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"
Feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"
Fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
Tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
Cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input; "The men were thrilled by a loud whistle blow"
Feeling intense pleasurable excitement
A suspenseful adventure story or play or movie
Full of excitement; thrilled
Causing a surge of emotion or excitement; "she gave a electrifying performance"; "a thrilling performer to watch"
Causing quivering or shivering as by cold or fear or electric shock; "a thrilling wind blew off the frozen lake"
Small to medium-sized fan palms
Small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba
Small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba
Small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba
Small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto
Any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive
Any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive
Thrips
Any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive Back to top
Injurious to onion plants and sometimes tobacco
Grow stronger; "The economy was booming"
Gain in wealth
Having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life; "flourishing crops"; "flourishing chicks"; "a growing boy"; "fast-growing weeds"; "a thriving deer population"
Very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"
A passage resembling a throat in shape or function; "the throat of the vase"; "the throat of a chimney";
An opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep
The passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone
Having a throat as specified; "deep-throated"; "white-throated"
European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat
Sounding as if pronounced low in the throat; "a rich throaty voice"
An infection of the oral pharynx and tonsils by streptococcus
Protective garment worn by hockey goalkeeper and catcher in baseball
Edible thymus gland of an animal
An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head"
A deep pulsating type of pain
Expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby''s heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
Tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
Pulsate or pound with abnormal force; "my head is throbbing"; "Her heart was throbbing"
A sound with a strong rhythmic beat; "the throbbing of the engines" Back to top
An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head"
Pounding or beating strongly or violently; "a throbbing pain"; "the throbbing engine of the boat"
Severe spasm of pain; "the throes of dying"; "the throes of childbirth"
Hard or painful trouble or struggle; "a country in the throes of economic collapse"
Violent pangs of suffering; "death throes"
A rare autosomal recessive disease in which the platelets do not produce clots in the normal way and hemorrhage results
Surgical removal of a blood clot (thrombus) from a blood vessel
An enzyme that acts on fibrinogen in blood causing it to clot
Tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting
A blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood
Purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors
Increase in the number of platelets in the blood which tends to cause clots to form; associated with many neoplasms and chronic infections and other diseases
Occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus that has broken away from a thrombus
An enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot
The process of breaking up and dissolving blood clots
A kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle
A kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle
Therapy consisting of the administration of a pharmacological agent to cause thrombolysis of an abnormal blood clot
A blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood
Phlebitis in conjunction with the formation of a blood clot (thrombus) Back to top
An enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot
Become blocked by a thrombus; "the blood vessel thrombosed"
Affected with or obstructed by a clot of coagulated blood
The formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel
A blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin
The position and power of one who occupies a throne
The chair of state of a monarch, bishop, etc.; "the king sat on his throne"
A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
Put a monarch on the throne; "The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago"
Sit on the throne as a ruler
A large gathering of people
Press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
Filled with great numbers crowded together; "I try to avoid the thronged streets and stores just before Christmas"
Common Old World thrush noted for its song
A spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously
A valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
A pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas"
Reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor"
Place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes" Back to top
Complete power over a person or situation; "corporations have a strangelhold on the media"; "the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public"
Someone who kills by strangling
A valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"
Having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he''s done"; "it''s a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies"
Throughout the entire extent; "got soaked through in the rain"; "I''m frozen through"; "a letter shot through with the writer''s personality"; "knew him through and through"; "boards rotten through and through"
From one end or side to the other; "jealousy pierced her through"
Over the whole distance; "this bus goes through to New York"
In diameter; "this cylinder measures 15 inches through"
From beginning to end; "read this book through"
To completion; "think this through very carefully!"
Of a route or journey etc.; continuing without requiring stops or changes; "a through street"; "a through bus"; "through traffic"
From first to last; "the play was excellent end-to-end"
Used to refer to cited works
Output relative to input; the amount passing through a system from input to output (especially of a computer program over a period of time)
A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
Throughout the entire extent; "got soaked through in the rain"; "I''m frozen through"; "a letter shot through with the writer''s personality"; "knew him through and through"; "boards rotten through and through"
In an experimental fashion; "this can be experimentally determined"
In an empirical manner; "this can be empirically tested"
Having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he''s done"; "it''s a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies" Back to top
Having no further concern with; "he was through with school and he was through with family"- John Dos Passos; "done with gambling"; "done with drinking"
The act of throwing (propelling something through the air with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base"
The throwing of an object in order to determine an outcome randomly; "he risked his fortune on a throw of the dice"
Bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something
The distance that something can be thrown; "it is just a stone''s throw from here"
The maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
A single chance or instance; "he couldn''t afford $50 a throw"
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
Convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture; "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look"
Utter with force; utter vehemently; "hurl insults"; "throw accusations at someone"
Throw (a die) out onto a flat surface; "Throw a six"
Place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"
Project through the air; "throw a frisbee"
Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever"
Get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"
Cause to fall off; "The horse threw its unexperienced rider"
Put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"
Make on a potter''s wheel; "she threw a beautiful teapot"
Organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"
Cause to be confused emotionally Back to top
Move violently, energetically, or carelessly; "She threw herself forwards"
To put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly; "Jane threw dinner together"; "throw the car into reverse"
(rugby) an act or instance of throwing a ball in to put it into play
The weight of the payload of a missile (not including the weight of the rocket)
Words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis
An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers"
A homeless child who has been abandoned and roams the streets
Thrown away; "wearing someone''s cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture"
Intended to be thrown away after use; "throwaway diapers"
A reappearance of an earlier characteristic
An organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
Characteristic of an atavist
A craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter''s wheel and bakes them it a kiln
Someone who projects something through the air (especially by a rapid motion of the arm)
A person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn
Getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable
A sling-like device used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear
A curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower
A sling-like device used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear
Twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread; "thrown silk is raw silk that has been twisted and doubled into yarn" Back to top
Caused to fall to the ground; "the thrown rider got back on his horse"; "a thrown wrestler"; "a ball player thrown for a loss"
Thrown away; "wearing someone''s cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture"
Twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread; "thrown silk is raw silk that has been twisted and doubled into yarn"
A person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn
Get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"
Throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"
Get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn''t know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"
Throw back with a quick, light motion; "She tossed back her head"
Be discouraging or negative about
To insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks"
Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
Add as an extra or as a gratuity
Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
Get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"
Get rid of; "I couldn''t shake the car that was following me"
Cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration; "This case is dismissed!"
Bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument"
Put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom"
Throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"
Remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds" Back to top
Force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"
Throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt"
Throw from a boat
Lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime
A small cushion that is used for decorative purposes
A small rug; several can be used in a room
A curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower
Bring into random order
Produce shoddily, without much attention to detail
Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
A thrumming sound; "he could hear the thrum of a banjo"
Make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
Sound the strings of (a string instrument); "strum a guitar"
Sound with a monotonous hum
Songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
A woman who sings popular songs
Candidiasis of the oral cavity; seen mostly in infants or debilitated adults
Large nightingale of eastern Europe
The act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"
A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist" Back to top
A thrusting blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument; "one strong stab to the heart killed him"
Verbal criticism; "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians"
The force used in pushing; "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines"
Impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"
Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
Place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"
Push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward"
Make a thrusting forward movement
Press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
Push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"
Geology: thrust (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
A small rocket engine that provides the thrust needed to maneuver a spacecraft
One who intrudes or pushes himself forward
A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"
Push one''s way; "she barged into the meeting room"
A bearing designed to take thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution
A geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression
Push to thrust outward
A theater stage that extends out into the audience''s part of a theater and has seats on three sides
A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic Back to top
Carolina wrens
Large United States wren with a musical call
Ancient Greek historian remembered for his history of the Peloponnesian War (460-395 BC)
A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
Strike with a dull sound; "Bullets were thudding against the wall"
Make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front door"
Make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
Not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets"
An aggressive and violent young criminal
Murder and robbery by thugs
Violent or brutal acts as of thugs
Red cedar
Small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets
Asiatic shrub or small tree widely planted in United States and Europe; in some classifications assigned to its own genus
Large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States
One species; has close similarity to genus Thuja
Slow-growing medium-large Japanese evergreen used as an ornamental
The geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited world
A town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a United States naval base was built there
A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group; isotope 170 emits X-rays and is used in small portable X-ray machines; it occurs in monazite and apatite and xenotime Back to top
A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse
The part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb
The thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
Feel or handle with the fingers; "finger the binding of the book"
Travel by getting free rides from motorists
Look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
(of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning; "well-thumbed pages of the dictionary"
A finger hole made to fit the thumb (as in a bowling ball)
The hole in a woodwind that is closed and opened with the thumb
The nail of the thumb
A threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning
Fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb)
Screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers
Instrument of torture that crushes the thumb
Protective covering for an injured thumb
A tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board
Fasten with thumbtacks; "The teacher thumbtacked the notice on the bulletin board"
One of a series of rounded notches in the fore edge of a book to indicate sections
A heavy blow with the hand
A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) Back to top
Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
Move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
Make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front door"
A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
(used informally) very large; "a thumping loss"
Beat out a rhythm
A genus of herbs or vines of the family Acanthaceae
Tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center
Street names for heroin
A deep prolonged loud noise
A booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning
Utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,'' he roared"
To make or produce a loud noise; "The river thundered below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle"
Move fast, noisily, and heavily; "The bus thundered down the road"
Be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"
(mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird
A shocking surprise; "news of the attack came like a bombshell"
A discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
A shocking surprise; "news of the attack came like a bombshell"
A single sharp crash of thunder Back to top
A dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms
A noisemaker that makes a sound like thunder
An epithet for Jupiter
Extraordinarily big or impressive; "a thundering success"; "the thundering silence of what was left unsaid"
Sounding like thunder; "the thundering herd"
Extremely ominous; "world events of thunderous import"
Loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
A short rainstorm accompanied by thunder and lightning
A storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning
As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion"
Accompanied with thunder
Loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
A port city in Ontario on Lake Superior
Huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic
A receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom
Small reddish wormlike snake of eastern United States
A dull hollow sound; "the basketball made a thunk as it hit the rim"
Tunas: warm-blooded fishes
Large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters
May reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics Back to top
Largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
United States humorist and cartoonist who published collections of essays and stories (1894-1961)
A container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual)
An acolyte who carries a thurible
Perfume especially with a censer
A historical region of southern Germany
The fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and
In the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the pieces thus"; (`thusly'' is a nonstandard variant)
In the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the pieces thus"; (`thusly'' is a nonstandard variant)
Used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time; "So far he hasn''t called"; "the sun isn''t up yet"
A hard blow with a flat object
Deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved"
A crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth''s amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
Disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"
Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take
An act of hindering someone''s plans or efforts
Preventing realization or attainment of a desire Back to top
Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon"
Rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct
Tasmanian wolf
Rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct
Pademelons
Leaves can be used as seasoning for almost any meat and stews and stuffings and vegetables
Any of various mints of the genus Thymus
Eurasian annual sprawling plant naturalized throughout North America
Perennial decumbent herb having small opposite leaves and racemes of blue flowers; throughout Eurasia and the New World
Family of tough-barked trees and shrubs and herbs especially of Australia and tropical Africa
Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae
A colorless crystalline solid used in perfume or preserving biological specimens or in embalming or medically as a fungicide or antiseptic
A colorless crystalline solid used in perfume or preserving biological specimens or in embalming or medically as a fungicide or antiseptic
A nucleoside component of DNA; composed of thymine and deoxyribose
A base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
A colorless crystalline solid used in perfume or preserving biological specimens or in embalming or medically as a fungicide or antiseptic
Hormone secreted by the thymus; stimulates immunological activity of lymphoid tissue
A ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity; atrophies with age
Large genus of Old World mints: thyme
A ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity; atrophies with age Back to top
Aromatic dwarf shrub common on banks and hillsides in Europe; naturalized in United States
Common aromatic garden perennial native to the western Mediterranean; used in seasonings and formerly as medicine
Armored dinosaurs: stegosaurs and ankylosaurs
Armored dinosaurs: stegosaurs and ankylosaurs
Thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone
An iodine containing protein that is obtained from the thyroid gland and exhibits the general properties of the globulins
Located near the base of the neck
Suggestive of a thyroid disorder; "thyroid personality"
Of or relating to the thyroid gland; "thyroid deficiency"; "thyroidal uptake"
Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland
Of or relating to the thyroid gland; "thyroid deficiency"; "thyroidal uptake"
Surgical removal of the thyroid gland
Inflammation of the thyroid gland
The largest cartilage of the larynx
Located near the base of the neck
Any of several closely related compounds that are produced by the thyroid gland and are active metabolically
Any of several small veins draining blood from the thyroid area
Abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from under-production or over-production of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet
A phenolic amino acid of which thyroxine is a derivative
A preparation made from iodinated protein and having an action similar to thyroxine Back to top
Of or relating to or affected by hyperthyroidism
An overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones
Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland
Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland
Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland
Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland
Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary
Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary
Hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells; "thyroxine is 65% iodine"
Hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells; "thyroxine is 65% iodine"
A dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose
A terrestrial tree fern of South America
A terrestrial tree fern of South America
A dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose
Small genus of herbs of upland regions of the Pacific coast of North America
An insect of the order Thysanoptera
Thrips
An insect of the order Thysanoptera
An insect of the order Thysanoptera
Firebrats; silverfish; machilids Back to top
Primitive wingless insects: bristletail
Primitive wingless insects: bristletail
One trillion periods per second
The syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
Shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii
A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage
(Akkadian) mother of the gods and consort of Apsu
A major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China
A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
Small genus of North American herbs having mostly basal leaves and slender racemes of delicate white flowers
Stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant
Plant with tiny white flowers hanging in loose clusters on leafy stems; moist woods from Alaska to central California and east to Montana
A river of central Italy; flows through Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea
Son-in-law of Augustus who became a suspicious tyrannical Emperor of Rome after a brilliant military career (42 BC to AD 37)
Roman Emperor after his nephew Caligula was murdered; consolidated the Empire and conquered southern Britain; was poisoned by his fourth wife Agrippina after her son Nero was named as Claudius'' heir (10 BC to AD 54)
Son-in-law of Augustus who became a suspicious tyrannical Emperor of Rome after a brilliant military career (42 BC to AD 37)
An Asian country under the control of China; located in the Himalayas
Himalayish language spoken in Tibet
A native or inhabitant of Tibet Back to top
Of or relating to or characteristic of Tibet or its people or their language; "Tibetan monks"
A Buddhist doctrine that includes elements from India that are not Buddhist and elements of preexisting shamanism
Very large powerful rough-coated dog native to central Asia
Breed of medium-sized terriers bred in Tibet resembling Old English sheepdogs with fluffy curled tails
A branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages spoken from Tibet to the Malay peninsula
A branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages spoken from Tibet to the Malay peninsula
The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
Relating to or located near a tibia
A skeletal muscle arising from the tibia; provides plantar flexion and inversion of the foot
A muscle running from the tibia to the first metatarsal and cuneiform bones
A muscle running from the tibia to the first metatarsal and cuneiform bones
A skeletal muscle arising from the tibia; provides plantar flexion and inversion of the foot
A deep muscle of the leg
A deep muscle of the leg
Veins of the lower leg; empty into the popliteal vein
Inward slant of the thigh
A leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)
Harvest flies
A town twenty miles east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name); a summer resort during the Roman empire; noted for its waterfalls
A local and habitual twitching especially in the face Back to top
A game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a 3-by-3 board; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does
The basic unit of money in Thailand
Wall creepers; in some classifications placed in family Sittidae
Crimson-and-gray songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa
Crimson-and-gray songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa
An Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland
Any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
A light mattress
A mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.; "as he called the role he put a check mark by each student''s name"
A metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock"
Put a check mark on or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"
Sew; "tick a mattress"
Make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"
Make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away"
A game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a 3-by-3 board; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does
Any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America
Character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on tickertape
A small portable timepiece
The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly"
Paper strip on which a telegraphic stock ticker prints Back to top
A continuous thin ribbon of paper on which stock quotes are written
The appropriate or desirable thing; "this car could be just the ticket for a small family"
A list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices
A commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)
A summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation)
Provide with a ticket for passage or admission; "Ticketed passengers can board now"
Issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!"
A permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions
Someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations)
A book of tickets that can be torn out and used
The office where tickets of admission are sold
Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
Holder of a ticket (for admission or for passage)
A queue of people waiting to buy tickets
The office where tickets of admission are sold
A torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
Someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
A window through which tickets are sold (as from a ticket booth)
A strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers Back to top
A metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock"
A problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed; "India is a demographic time bomb"; "the refugee camp is a ticking bomb waiting to go off"
The act of tickling
A cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking
Touch or stroke lightly; "The grass tickled her calves"
Feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"
Touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
A file of memoranda or notices that remind of things to be done
A small coil in series with the anode of a vacuum tube and coupled to the grid to provide feedback
A file of memoranda or notices that remind of things to be done
The act of tickling
Exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
Difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers"; "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"
Any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America
North American bur marigold with large flowers
System of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks
Make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"
A game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a 3-by-3 board; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does
A game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a 3-by-3 board; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does
Steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock Back to top
Make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"
Any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America
Caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks
Put a check mark on or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"
Run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling"
Any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments
American revolutionary troops captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British in May 1775
Steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock
Intense paroxysmal neuralgia along the trigeminal nerve
Of or relating to or caused by tides; "tidal wave"
A basin that is full of water at high tide
A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
The water current caused by the tides
The water current caused by the tides
A stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream
A stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream
A huge destructive wave (especially one caused by an earthquake)
An area subject to tidal action
A small tasty bit of food
A young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they''re just kids"; "`tiddler'' is a British term for youngsters" Back to top
Very drunk
Very drunk
A game in which players try to flip plastic disks into a cup by pressing them on the side sharply with a larger disk
The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
Something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea); "a rising tide of popular interest"
There are usually two high and two low tides each day
Be carried with the tide
Cause to float with the tide
Rise or move foward; "surging waves"
Indicator consisting of a line at the high-water or low-water limits of the tides
The coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia
Low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams
A stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream
A stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream
A channel in which a tidal current runs
Suffice for a period between two points; "This money will keep us going for another year"
A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
In a tidy manner; "the door gave access to a tidily furnished sitting-room where chintz and oak predominated"
The trait of being neat and orderly
The habit of being tidy Back to top
New information about specific and timely events; "they awaited news of the outcome"
Receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
Put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!"
Large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune"
Marked by good order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind"
(used of hair) neat and tidy; "a nicely kempt beard"
California annual having flower heads with yellow rays tipped with white
(often followed by `of'') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
California annual having flower heads with yellow rays tipped with white
Put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!"
A fastener that serves to join or link; "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction"
Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front; "he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie"; "he wore a vest and tie"
A cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied; "he needed a tie for the packages"
A horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating; "he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam"
One of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper"
(music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
The finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided; "the game ended in a draw"; "their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie"
A social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England"
Equality of score in a contest
Form a knot or bow in; "tie a necktie" Back to top
Limit or restrict to; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets are tied to large airports"
Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.; "The teams drew a tie"
Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair"
Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"
Unite musical notes by a tie
Make by tying pieces together; "The fishermen tied their flies"
Perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"
Create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"
A fastener that serves to join or link; "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction"
Fastened by tying on; "tie-on labels"
An interruption of normal activity
A social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England"
A device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back; "the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks"
Overtime play in order to break a tie; e.g. tennis and soccer
Bound or secured closely; "the guard was found trussed up with his arms and legs securely tied"; "a trussed chicken"
Closed with a lace; "snugly laced shoes"
Fastened with strings or cords; "a neatly tied bundle"
Bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection; "people tied by blood or marriage"
Of the score in a contest; "the score is tied"
Kept occupied or engaged; "she''s tied up at the moment and can''t see you"; "the phone was tied up for almost an hour" Back to top
A member of the Taoist Trinity
A major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China
A major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles
A pin used to hold the tie in place
Italian painter (1696-1770)
One of two or more layers one atop another; "tier upon tier of huge casks"; "a three-tier wedding cake"
Something that is used for tying; "the sail is fastened to the yard with tiers"
A worker who ties something
Any one of two or more competitors who tie one another
A relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade"
One of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"
The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
The third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.
Male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon
Having or arranged in tiers; "a tiered mound"
Seating that is arranged in sloping tiers so that spectators in the back can see over the heads of those in front
An archipelago off southern South America; separated from the continent by the Strait of Magellan; islands are administered by Chile and by Argentina
A worker who ties something
Syndrome characterized by swelling of rib cartilage (causing pain)
A horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating; "he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam" Back to top
A piece of jewelry that holds a man''s tie in place
Restrain from independence by an obligation; "He was tied down by his work"
Secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapes and bring them to the recycling shed"
Dye after knotting the fabric to produce an irregular pattern; "The flower children tie-dye their T-shirts"
Make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
Be in connection with something relevant; "This ties in closely with his earlier remarks"
A rack for storing ties
Either of two rods that link the steering gear to the front wheels
A pin used to hold the tie in place
Finish the last row
Secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapes and bring them to the recycling shed"
Secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"
Restrain from moving or operating normally; "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred"
Invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes; "All my money is tied up in long-term investments"
A quarrel about petty points
United States artist who developed Tiffany glass (1848-1933)
A kind of opalescent colored glass that was used in the early 1900s for stained-glass windows and lamps
A midday meal
The capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river
Large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered Back to top
A fierce or audacious person; "he''s a tiger on the tennis court"; "it aroused the tiger in me"
Resembling a tiger in fierceness and lack of mercy; "a tigerish fury"
A terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tact
Active usually bright-colored beetle that preys on other insects
A cat having a striped coat
Medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat
Cowrie whose shell is used for ornament
A young tiger
Lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals
East Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals
Medium-sized moth with long richly colored and intricately patterned wings; larvae are called woolly bears
Having irregularly cross-banded back; of arid foothills and canyons of southern Arizona and Mexico
Widely distributed brown or black North American salamander with vertical yellowish blotches
Large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted body
Highly venomous brown-and-yellow snake of Australia and Tasmania
Affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market"
Packed closely together; "the stood in a tight little group"; "hair in tight curls"; "the pub was packed tight"
Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures"
Exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; "a nasty problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation"
Very drunk Back to top
(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched; "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game"
Used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"
Of such close construction as to be impermeable; "a tight roof"; "warm in our tight little house"
Closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"; "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest"
Pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed"
Securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid; "the bolts are tight"
Of textiles; "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very tight weave"
Pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope"
Set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration; "in tight formation"; "a tight blockade"
Firmly or tightly; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight"
In an attentive manner; "he remained close on his guard"
Fitting snugly; "a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting clothes"
Closely and firmly integrated; "a tight-knit organization"
Exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn''t approve of my miniskirts"
Narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"
Restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
Become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"
Make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire"
Made tighter or more stringent; "endured tightened economic controls"
Made tight or tighter; "the tightened ropes"; "a tightened bolt" Back to top
The act of making something tighter; "the tightening of economic controls"
Live frugally and use less resources; "In the new economy, we all have to lear to tighten our belts"
Restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
Unwilling to part with money
Extreme stinginess
Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"
Securely fixed or fastened; "the window was tightly sealed"
In a tight or constricted manner; "a tightly packed pub"
Fitting snugly; "a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting clothes"
Closely and firmly integrated; "a tight-knit organization"
Lack of movement or room for movement
Extreme stinginess
A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
Tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground
An acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope
Man''s garment of the 16th and 17th centuries; worn with a doublet
Skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls
A miserly person
(football) an offensive end who lines up close to the tackle
The economic condition in which credit is difficult to secure and interest rates are high Back to top
Offspring of a male tiger and a female lion
Offspring of a male tiger and a female lion
A female tiger
An Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River
An Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River
A Mexican city just south of San Diego on the Lower California peninsula; popular among American tourists for racetracks and bullfights
A young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they''re just kids"; "`tiddler'' is a British term for youngsters"
A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
A genus of Cichlidae
Important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor
A diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization
United States tennis player who dominated men''s tennis in the 1920s (1893-1953)
A flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
A thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing
Cover with tiles; "tile the wall and the floor of the bathroom"
Covered or furnished with tiles; "baths with tiled walls"; "a tiled kitchen"
Yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters
Important marine food fishes
A worker who lays tile
A cutter (tool for cutting) for floor tiles Back to top
A roof made of fired clay tiles
Deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-gray bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood
Chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia; Corchorus; Entelea; Grewia; Sparmannia
Large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown
Large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves; often cultivated as an ornamental
American basswood of the Allegheny region
Medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental
Large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side; widely cultivated as an ornamental
The application of tiles to cover a surface
Category used in some systems to comprise the two orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)
A strongbox for holding cash
A treasury for government funds
Unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
Work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil"
(of farmland) capable of being farmed productively
The cultivation of soil for raising crops
Arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
Large genus of epiphytic or terrestrial sparse-rooting tropical plants usually forming dense clumps or pendant masses
Dense festoons of greenish-gray hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America
Turned or stirred by plowing or harrowing or hoeing; "tilled land ready for seed" Back to top
Arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
A farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
Lever used to turn the rudder on a boat
Someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)
A shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
Grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
A genus of fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae
A family of smut fungi having a simple promycelium bearing the spores in an apical cluster
Fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
Similar to Tilletia caries
United States theologian (born in Germany) (1886-1965)
Cultivation of the land in order to raise crops
Pitching dangerously to one side
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
A slight but noticeable partiality; "the court''s tilt toward conservative rulings"
A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
Charge with a tilt
Heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
Move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control" Back to top
To incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"
A pedestal table whose top is hinged so that it can be tilted to a vertical position
Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted"
A device for emptying a cask by tilting it without disturbing the dregs
Someone who engages in a tilt or joust
Arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
The state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth
A plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
(formerly) an enclosed field for tilting contests
The angle a rocket makes with the vertical as it curves along its trajectory
Used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time; "So far he hasn''t called"; "the sun isn''t up yet"
Type genus of the Timaliidae
Babblers
Small pastry shell for creamy mixtures of minced foods
Individual serving of minced e.g. meat or fish in a rich creamy sauce baked in a small pastry mold or timbale shell
Small pastry shell for creamy mixtures of minced foods
A beam made of wood
A post made of wood
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
Land that is covered with trees and shrubs Back to top
The wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
Framed by exposed timbered; "a magnificently timbered old barn"
Furnished with or made of wood or timbers; "timbered walls"
Covered with growing timber; "thickly timbered ridges clothed with loblolly pine and holly"; "hills timbered up to their summits"
Land that is covered with trees and shrubs
Line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes
An owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering
A hitch used to secure a rope to a log or spar; often supplemented by a half hitch
Line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes
Widely distributed in rugged ground of eastern United States
Brindled gray wolf of forested northern regions of North America
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
Small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers
A city in central Mali near the Niger river; formerly famous for its gold trade
The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
Rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time
A person''s experience on a particular occasion; "he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together"
An instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip"
An indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor is his time"
The time as given by a clock; "do you know what time it is?"; "the time is 10 o''clock" Back to top
The fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
The period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail"
A suitable moment; "it is time to go"
A period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something; "take time to smell the roses"; "I didn''t have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time"
Adjust so that a force is applied an an action occurs at the desired time; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"
Regulate or set the time of; "time the clock"
Measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners"
Assign a time for an activity or event; "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"
Set the speed, duration, or execution of; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"
An analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort
A ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time; especially at an observatory
Of a task that takes time and patience
Chronoscope for measuring the time difference between two events
Chronoscope for measuring the time difference between two events
A fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb)
Of long standing and acceptance; "time-honored customs"
Honored because of age or long usage; "time-honored institutions"
Of long standing and acceptance; "time-honored customs"
Honored because of age or long usage; "time-honored institutions"
An analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort Back to top
A brief suspension of play; "each team has two time-outs left"
The ratio of the simulation time to the time of the real process
A switch set to operate at a desired time
Tested and proved to be reliable
A card used with a time clock to record an employee''s starting and quitting times each day
A card recording an employee''s starting and quitting times each work day
Regularly spaced in time; "closely timed intervals"
A measuring instrument or device for keeping time
A clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees
(sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed
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