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tilt |
Noun
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a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances |
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tilt |
Verb
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charge with a tilt |
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tilt |
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heel over |
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tilt |
Verb
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move sideways or in an unsteady way |
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tilt |
Verb
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to incline or bend from a vertical position |
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twirl |
Noun
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the act of rotating rapidly |
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twirl |
Noun
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a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight |
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twirl |
Verb
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cause to spin |
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twirl |
Verb
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turn in a twisting or spinning motion |
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turnover |
Noun
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the act of upsetting something |
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turnover |
Noun
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the volume measured in dollars |
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turnover |
Noun
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a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling |
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turnover |
Noun
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the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers |
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tweak |
Noun
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a squeeze with the fingers |
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tweak |
Verb
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adjust finely |
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tweak |
Verb
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pull or pull out sharply |
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tweak |
Verb
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pinch or squeeze sharply |
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thinning |
Noun
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the act of diluting something |
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tetanus |
Noun
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a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses |
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tetanus |
Noun
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an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds |
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truncation |
Noun
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the act of cutting short |
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truncation |
Noun
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the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces) |
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truncation |
Noun
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the property of being truncated or short |
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tax cut |
Noun
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the act of reducing taxation |
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tension |
Noun
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the action of stretching something tight |
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tension |
Noun
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in physics, a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body |
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tension |
Noun
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feelings of hostility that are not manifest |
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tension |
Noun
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a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies, especially in art or literature |
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tension |
Noun
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in psychology, a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense |
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tension |
Noun
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the physical condition of being stretched or strained |
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threshing |
Noun
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the separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw |
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temperance |
Noun
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the act of tempering |
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temperance |
Noun
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abstaining from excess |
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temperance |
Noun
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the trait of avoiding excesses |
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trifurcation |
Noun
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the act of splitting into three branches |
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tribalization |
Noun
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the act of making tribal |
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tribalisation |
Noun
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the act of making tribal |
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transformation |
Noun
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the act of changing in form or shape or appearance |
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transformation |
Noun
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(genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA |
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transformation |
Noun
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a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure |
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transformation |
Noun
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a qualitative change |
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transformation |
Noun
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(mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system |
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transfiguration |
Noun
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the act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify |
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transfiguration |
Noun
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a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances |
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tear |
Noun
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the act of tearing |
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tear |
Noun
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an occasion for excessive eating or drinking |
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tear |
Noun
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a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands |
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tear |
Noun
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an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart |
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tear |
Verb
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fill with tears or shed tears |
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tear |
Verb
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strip of feathers |