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Meanings of Trytophan:

noun

An amino acid which is a constituent of most proteins. it is an essential nutrient in the diet of vertebrates.

Usage examples:

Key essential amino acids are valine, leucine, isoleucine, tryptophan and methionine.

Meanings of Ts:

abbreviation

Tensile strength.

noun

The twentieth letter of the alphabet.

Meanings of Tsarina:

noun

An empress of russia before 1917.

Usage examples:

The germanic origins of the tsarina

Meanings of Tsarist:

adjective

Relating to a tsar (= a male ruler of russia until 1917)

Usage examples:

The tsarist empire, tsarist russia, in 1916, she married the rich tsarist tadeusz lempicki., his fa…

Meanings of Tsars:

noun

An emperor of russia before 1917.

Usage examples:

Tsar nicholas ii

Meanings of Tsotsi:

noun

A young urban criminal, especially one from a township area.

Usage examples:

He approached several black policemen (who were unarmed until the 1980s) who, when they spotted the…

Meanings of Tsp:

abbreviation

Teaspoonful.

noun

A small spoon used typically for adding sugar to and stirring hot drinks or for eating some foods.

Meanings of Tss:

abbreviation

Toxic shock syndrome.

noun

Acute septicaemia in women, typically caused by bacterial infection from a retained tampon or iud.

Meanings of Tsuba:

noun

A japanese sword guard, typically elaborately decorated and made of iron or leather.

Usage examples:

The left hand takes control of the sword by holding the tsuba and the right hand passes down the si…

Meanings of Tsubo:

noun

A japanese unit of area equal to approximately 3.31 sq. metres (3.95 sq. yards).

Usage examples:

In 1936, for example, 91% of toy production took place in factories smaller than 10 tsubo, and the …

Meanings of Tsunamis:

noun

A long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance.

Usage examples:

The loss of human lives from this latest tsunami is staggering

Meanings of Tsuris:

noun

Problems or difficulties; trouble.

Usage examples:

The nba has its share of tsuris these days

Meanings of Tswana:

noun

A member of a southern african people living in botswana, south africa, and neighbouring areas.

Usage examples:

The rest were 10 indians, two americans, two koreans, one kenyan, five malawians, a belgian, one se…

adjective

Relating to the tswana or their language.

Usage examples:

The name kami means acceptance in the tswana language.

Meanings of Tuatara:

noun

A nocturnal burrowing lizard-like reptile with a crest of soft spines along its back, now confined to some small islands off new zealand.

Usage examples:

Finally, today's snakes, lizards, turtles, the tuatara, and crocodiles do enjoy a surprisingly broa…

Meanings of Tuataras:

noun

A nocturnal burrowing lizard-like reptile with a crest of soft spines along its back, now confined to some small islands off new zealand.

Usage examples:

Finally, today's snakes, lizards, turtles, the tuatara, and crocodiles do enjoy a surprisingly broa…

Meanings of Tub:

noun

A wide, open, deep, typically round container with a flat bottom used for holding liquids, growing plants, etc.

Usage examples:

A rainwater tub

verb

Plant in a tub.

Usage examples:

Plant them in drifts at the front of your borders, tub them, fill a window box with them: they go a…

Meanings of Tuba:

noun

A large brass wind instrument of bass pitch, with three to six valves and a broad bell typically facing upwards.

Usage examples:

She plays the violin, viola and piano, while antonin plays the viola, cello, double bass, tuba, gui…

Meanings of Tubas:

noun

A large brass wind instrument of bass pitch, with three to six valves and a broad bell typically facing upwards.

Usage examples:

She plays the violin, viola and piano, while antonin plays the viola, cello, double bass, tuba, gui…

Meanings of Tubbable:

adjective

(especially of fabric or clothes) suitable for washing in a tub or washing machine.

Usage examples:

Lovely tubbable crepe and satin

Meanings of Tubbing:

verb

Plant in a tub.

Usage examples:

Plant them in drifts at the front of your borders, tub them, fill a window box with them: they go a…

noun

A wide, open, deep, typically round container with a flat bottom used for holding liquids, growing plants, etc.

Usage examples:

A rainwater tub

Meanings of Tubby:

adjective

Short and rather fat.

Usage examples:

A small, tubby man

Meanings of Tubectomies:

noun

Another term for salpingectomy.

Meanings of Tuber:

noun

A much thickened underground part of a stem or rhizome, e.g. in the potato, serving as a food reserve and bearing buds from which new plants arise.

Usage examples:

By contrast to leaves, potato tubers represent a non-photosynthetic plant tissue that uses a large …

Meanings of Tubercles:

noun

A small rounded projection or protuberance, especially on a bone or on the surface of an animal or plant.

Usage examples:

The blood supply of the scaphoid comes from the radial artery, feeding the bone on the dorsal surfa…

Meanings of Tubercular:

adjective

Relating to or affected with tuberculosis.

Usage examples:

A tubercular kidney

noun

A person with tuberculosis.

Usage examples:

The dying tubercular