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tartar |
Noun
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an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums |
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tartar |
Noun
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a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman |
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tartar |
Noun
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a salt used especially in baking powder |
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tophus |
Noun
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an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums |
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tophus |
Noun
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a deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear |
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tauon |
Noun
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a lepton of very great mass |
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tau-minus particle |
Noun
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a lepton of very great mass |
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teratogen |
Noun
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any agent that interferes with normal embryonic development: alcohol or thalidomide or X-rays or rubella are examples |
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terrestrial planet |
Noun
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a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's |
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territorial waters |
Noun
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the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction |
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thermion |
Noun
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an electrically charged particle, either electron or ion, emitted by a substance at a high temperature |
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thermosphere |
Noun
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the atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere |
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thrust fault |
Noun
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a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression |
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thunderhead |
Noun
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a rounded projecting mass of a cumulus cloud with shining edges |
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tidal basin |
Noun
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a basin that is full of water at high tide |
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tidal river |
Noun
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a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream |
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tidewater river |
Noun
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a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream |
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tidal stream |
Noun
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a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream |
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tidewater stream |
Noun
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a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream |
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tideland |
Noun
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land near the sea that is overflowed by the tide |
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tidewater |
Noun
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low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams |
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tideway |
Noun
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a channel in which a tidal current runs |
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top quark |
Noun
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a hypothetical quark with a charge of +2/3 and a mass more than 100,000 times that of an electron |
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truth quark |
Noun
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a hypothetical quark with a charge of +2/3 and a mass more than 100,000 times that of an electron |
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tor |
Noun
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a high rocky hill |
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tor |
Noun
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a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill |
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transducing vector |
Noun
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a vector for delivering genes into cells |
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trickster |
Noun
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a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people |
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trickster |
Noun
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someone who leads you to believe something that is not true |
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trickster |
Noun
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someone who plays practical jokes on others |
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tooth fairy |
Noun
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a fairy that is said to leave money at night under a child's pillow to compensate for a baby tooth falling out |
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technologist |
Noun
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a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems |
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ticket agent |
Noun
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someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations) |
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ticket holder |
Noun
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a device, pouch, or other item used for holding tickets |
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ticket holder |
Noun
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a person in posession of a ticket, typically for admission or for passage |
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traveler |
Noun
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a person who changes location |
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traveller |
Noun
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a person who changes location |
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Tom |
Noun
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(ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites |
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theatrical agent |
Noun
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a business agent for an actor |
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teenager |
Noun
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a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity |
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trollop |
Noun
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a woman adulterer |
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trollop |
Noun
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a dirty untidy woman |
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truckler |
Noun
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someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect |
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troller |
Noun
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a fishing boat used for fishing with hook and line |
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troller |
Noun
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a fisherman who uses a hook and line |
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transcriber |
Noun
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a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance |
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transcriber |
Noun
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someone who makes a written version of spoken material |
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transcriber |
Noun
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someone who represents the sounds of speech in phonetic notation |
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transcriber |
Noun
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someone who rewrites in a different script |
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transcriber |
Noun
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a person who translates written messages from one language to another |