English dictionary: words starting with t - page 312

Meanings of Twosomes:

noun

A pair of people considered together.

Usage examples:

In reality, many of your clients will be twosomes - couples - and you will often find that they hav…

Meanings of Twyer:

noun

A nozzle through which air is forced into a smelter, furnace, or forge.

Usage examples:

In particular, tuyeres in the furnace became blocked with slag.

Meanings of Twyers:

noun

A nozzle through which air is forced into a smelter, furnace, or forge.

Usage examples:

In particular, tuyeres in the furnace became blocked with slag.

Meanings of Tx:

abbreviation

Texas (in official postal use).

Meanings of Tyburn:

proper noun

A place in london, near marble arch, where public hangings were held c.1300–1783.

Meanings of Tychism:

noun

The doctrine that account must be taken of the element of chance in reasoning or explanation of the universe.

Usage examples:

Addressing this paradox, robert caserio employs the concept of ‘tychism’ (from the greek tyche, mea…

Meanings of Tycoon:

noun

A wealthy, powerful person in business or industry.

Usage examples:

A newspaper tycoon

Meanings of Tycoons:

noun

A wealthy, powerful person in business or industry.

Usage examples:

A newspaper tycoon

Meanings of Tye:

noun

(in tonic sol-fa) the seventh note of a major scale.

Usage examples:

The seven tones of the major scale are named doh, ray, me, fah, soh, lah and te.

The chemical element titanium.

Meanings of Tying:

verb

Present participle of tie.

Present participle of tie

Meanings of Tyke:

noun

A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.

Usage examples:

Is the little tyke up to his tricks again?

Meanings of Tykes:

noun

A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.

Usage examples:

Is the little tyke up to his tricks again?

Meanings of Tylopod:

noun

An even-toed ungulate mammal of a group that comprises the camels, llamas, and their extinct relatives. they are distinguished by bearing their weight on the sole-pads of the feet rather than on the hoofs, and they do not chew the cud.

Usage examples:

The navicular and cuboid bones of the ankle are not fused, a primitive condition that separates tyl…

Meanings of Tymbal:

noun

A kettledrum.

Meanings of Tymbals:

noun

A kettledrum.

Meanings of Tympan:

noun

(in letterpress printing) a layer of packing, typically of paper, placed between the platen and the paper to be printed to equalize the pressure over the whole forme.

Usage examples:

The pressman pulled on the bar, causing the platen to press the tympan on the inked type and taking…

Meanings of Tympana:

noun

The tympanic membrane or eardrum.

Usage examples:

Males call not in choruses, but individually, though adults of both sexes appear to lack tympana (e…

Meanings of Tympani:

plural noun

Kettledrums, especially when played by one musician in an orchestra.

Usage examples:

Concertos for the timpani or kettledrums, the big boys of the orchestra, are certainly unusual but …

Meanings of Tympanic:

adjective

Relating to or having a tympanum.

Usage examples:

Impulses are conveyed via the glossopharyngeal nerve then via its tympanic branch to the tympanic p…

Meanings of Tympanites:

noun

Swelling of the abdomen with air or gas.

Usage examples:

Abdominal distension with a splashing sound like water, and accompanying dysuria indicates tympanit…

Meanings of Tympans:

noun

(in letterpress printing) a layer of packing, typically of paper, placed between the platen and the paper to be printed to equalize the pressure over the whole forme.

Usage examples:

The pressman pulled on the bar, causing the platen to press the tympan on the inked type and taking…

Meanings of Tympanum:

noun

The tympanic membrane or eardrum.

Usage examples:

Males call not in choruses, but individually, though adults of both sexes appear to lack tympana (e…

Meanings of Tympanums:

noun

The tympanic membrane or eardrum.

Usage examples:

Males call not in choruses, but individually, though adults of both sexes appear to lack tympana (e…

Meanings of Tympany:

noun

Another term for tympanites (used especially in veterinary medicine).

Meanings of Tyne:

proper noun

A river in north-eastern england, formed by the confluence of two headstreams, the north tyne, which rises in the cheviot hills, and the south tyne, which rises in the northern pennines. it flows generally eastwards, entering the north sea at tynemouth.

noun

A metropolitan county (= an area of england that includes a large city area and had its own local government until 1986) in northeastern england

Usage examples:

The japanese electronics firm announced last friday that its plant in sunderland, tyne and wear, is…