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technique.noun,.plural.techniques
the systematic-procedure
by which a complex or scientific
task is accomplished; skill or command in handling such fundamentals
(techniques of auto body mechanics can make a vehicle like new again)
technology.noun,.plural.technologies
technology refers to methods,
systems
and devices
which are the result
of scientific.knowledge,
that is, a set of rules being applied to produce something; a body of knowledge
important
for fashioning results (spiritual
technologies develop a higher consciousness
in man); the application of science, especially to objectives,
such as to industrial or commercial concerns; the
scientific method used to achieve
an objective, resulting when materials are used in, for example, commercial
or industrial concerns; God's technologies:.Isaiah
11:4
technological.also.technologic.adjective
relating
to or involving technology;
affected
by or resulting from scientific
and industrial.progress
technologically.adverb
technical.adjective
of,
relating.to.or.derived
from technique; having special
skill
or practical
knowledge especially
in a mechanical or scientific field (a technical adviser); specialized
(technical terminology;
technical expertise);
of.or.relating
to or involving
the practical,
mechanical or industrial arts or the applied sciences (a technical school);
of, relating to or employing
the methodology
of science;
scientific.
technical.noun,.plural.technicals
in sports, a technical foul
technically.adverb
(the student was technically adept,
having an affinity
for detail)
technicalness.noun
(the technicalness of the papers on physics
were beyond comprehension
of those with no background in its processes)
technicality.noun,.plural.technicalities
the quality
or condition
of being technical; something meaningful
or relevant
only to a specialist
transient.adjective
passing with time; transitory
(the transient beauty of youth); remaining in a place only a brief time
(transient laborers).
transient.noun,.plural.transients
one that is transient, especially a hotel guest
or boarder who stays for only a brief time
transiently.adverb
synonyms.transitory,
ephemeral,
fleeting, momentary
transience.noun,.plural.transiences
if you talk about the transience of a situation,
you mean that it lasts only a short time or is constantly changing (the
transiences of life)
theologian.noun,.plural.theologians
one who is learned in theology
theology.noun,.plural.theologies
the study of the nature of God and religious
truth; rational.inquiry
into religious questions
theological.also.theologic.adjective
of or relating to theology or to specialized religious
study
theologically.adverb
theology.noun,.plural.theologies
the study of the nature of the Creator and religious
truth;
rational inquiry into religious
questions
theocracy.noun,.plural.theocracies
having God's laws predominant
in society; governed by spiritual rules
theocrat.noun,.plural.theocrats
theocratic.adjective
theocratical.adjective
theocratically.adverb
tetrapod.adjective
having four feet, legs or leglike appendages
tetrapod.noun,
plural.tetrapods
a vertebrate
animal with four feet, legs or leglike appendages
tract.noun,
plural.tracts
an expanse of land or water (developing a 30-acre
tract); Anatomy:.a
system
of organs and tissues that together perform a specialized.function.(the
alimentary
tract; the respiratory tract);
a bundle of nerve fibers having a common origin, termination and function;
a stretch or lapse of time; a leaflet or pamphlet
containing a declaration or an appeal, especially one put out by a religious
or political group
tractable.adjective
easily handled or worked; malleable;
easily managed
tractability.or.tractableness.noun
tractably.adverb
taut, tauter,
tautest.adjectives
pulled or drawn tight; not slack;
tense
(nerves taut with anxiety); kept in trim shape; neat and tidy
tautly.adjective
tautness.noun
tautology.noun,
plural.tautologies
needless repetition
of the same sense in different words; tautology is the use of different
words to say the same thing twice in the same statement (the money should
be 'adequate enough' is an example of tautology); redundancy;
an instance of such repetition
Logic:.an
empty or vacuous statement composed
of simpler statements in a fashion that makes it logically
true whether the simpler statements are factually true or false; for example,
the statement 'either it will rain tomorrow or it will not rain tomorrow'
tautological or tautologic.adjective
tautologically.adverb
thrust,
thrusted,
thrusting,
thrusts.verbs
transitive verb use.to
push
or drive quickly and forcibly;
to extend
(poplars thrusting
their branches upward); thrust out his finger; to force into a specified.condition
or situation
(she thrust herself through the crowd, he was thrust into a position
of awesome.responsibility);
to include
or interpolate
intransitive
verb use.to shove
something into or at something
else; push; to pierce
or stab with or as if with a pointed weapon;
to force
one's way
thrust.noun,.plural.thrusts
a forceful shove
or push; a driving force or pressure; the forward directed force developed
in a jet or rocket engine as a reaction to the high velocity rearward ejection
of exhaust gases; a piercing movement made with or as if with a pointed
weapon; a stab; the point (the whole thrust of the project
was to make money)
thruster.noun,.plural.thrusters
thrustful.adjective
temporary.adjective
lasting, used, serving or enjoyed for a limited
time
temporary.noun,.plural.temporaries
one that serves for a limited time (a temporary
teacher filled in while the regular teacher was out of town)
temporarily.adverb
temporariness.noun
temporal.adjective
of,
relating.to.or.limited
by time (a temporal dimension;
temporal and spatial boundaries);
of or relating to the material world; worldly (the temporal possessions
people believe to be permanent is only a 'suck
in'); lasting only for a time; not eternal; passing (our temporal existence)
temporally.adverb
temporality.noun,.plural.temporalities
the condition of being temporal
or bounded in time
tit for tat.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
repayment in kind, as for an injury; retaliation
truthful.adjective
telling the truth; honest; corresponding to reality;
true
truthfully.adverb
truthfulness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
truth.noun,.plural.truths
conformity
to fact
or actuality;
something such as a statement proven by methods to establish functional
value (evolution as a theory for over a hundred years remains with no
truth to it); a truth is something that is believed to be true;
the truth about something is all the facts about it, rather than things
that are imagined or invented; Creator-God is truth, why?
in truth.adverb
in accordance
with fact; actually
territory.noun,.plural.territories
an area of land; a region;
the land and waters of those indigenous
to the area
territorial.adjective
of.or.relating.to
the geographic.area
under a given.jurisdiction
(the territorial limits
of a country);
regional
(a territorial court);
of or relating
to an administrative
territory (the territorial government of the U.S.A. Virgin Islands; Whitehorse,
the territorial capital of the Yukon);
displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders
(territorial behavior;
wasps are a territorial species,
respecting
nests of other wasps and bees and protect their own)
territorially.adverb
territoriality.noun,.plural.territorialities
the status
of a territory; a behavior.pattern
in animals consisting
of the occupation
and defense of a territory
troth.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
good faith; fidelity
troth, trothed,
trothing,
troths.transitive
verbs
to pledge
or betroth
transmit, transmitted,
transmitting,
transmits.verbs
transitive verb use.to
send from one individual, thing or place to another; convey;
transport;
send; to cause to spread; pass on (transmit to the other offices); to impart
or convey to others; hand down; to pass along (news or information); communicate;
to send a signal as by wire or radio
intransitive verb use.to
send out a signal
transmittable.adjective
transmission.noun,.plural.transmissions
the act
or process
of transmitting; the fact
of being transmitted; something, such as a message, that is transmitted;
an automotive assembly of gears and associated parts by which power is
transmitted from the engine to a driving axle, also called gearbox; the
sending of a signal, picture or other information from a transmitter
transmissive.adjective
transmitter.noun,.plural.transmitters
one that transmits (a transmitter of stories);
an electronic device that generates and amplifies a carrier wave, modulates
it with a meaningful signal derived
from speech or other sources and radiates the resulting signal from an
antenna; the portion of a telephone that converts
the incident
sounds into electrical impulses that are conveyed to a remote receiver;
a telegraphic sending instrument
tempest.noun,.plural.tempests
a violent
windstorm, frequently.accompanied
by rain, snow or hail; furious.agitation,
commotion.or.tumult;
an uproar
tempest, tempested,
tempesting,
tempests.transitive
verbs
to cause a tempest around or in
tempest in a teacup.or.tempest
in a teapot.idiom
a great disturbance
or uproar over a matter of little or no importance
tempestuous.adjective
of, relating to or resembling a tempest
(tempestuous gales; tempestuous
stars); tumultuous; stormy
(a tempestuous relationship)
tempestuously.adverb
tempestuousness.noun
test.noun,.plural.tests
when you test something, you try it out, for example
by touching it or using it for a short time, in order to find out what
it is, what condition it is in or how well it works; you might have a procedure
that you use for testing, say pens
test, tested,
testing,
tests.verbs
transitive verb use.to
subject
to a test; to try (tested the pen by scribbling on scrap paper; testing
each mango for ripeness by pressing and smelling it; testing job applicants);
a test is a deliberate action or experiment to find out how well something
works; a procedure for critical.evaluation;
a means of determining the presence, quality or truth of something; a trial
(a test of one's eyesight; subjecting a hypothesis
to a test; a test of an athlete's endurance; an intelligence test); a series
of questions, problems or physical responses designed to determine knowledge,
intelligence or abilityto determine the presence or properties of a substance;
to assay metal in a cupel
intransitive verb use.to
undergo a test; to administer a test (test for acid content; test for vaccine
ingredients toxicity); to achieve a score or rating on tests (took
the entrance examinations and tested high); to exhibit a given characteristic
when subjected to a test (showed intelligence in physics)
testable.adjective
testability.noun
testy, testier,
testiest.adjective
irritated,
impatient.or.exasperated;
peevish
(a testy cab driver; a testy refusal to help it was when she said no, I'm
not going to help you)
testily.adverb
testiness.noun
testament.noun,.plural.testaments
something that serves as tangible
proof or evidence (the spacious plan of the new city will forever be testament
to the foresight of its founders); a statement of belief; a credo
testamentary.adjective
trick.noun,.plural.tricks
an actor
a procedure.intended
to achieve
a selfish goal by deceptive
or fraudulent.tactics;
artifice;
a difficult, dexterous or clever act designed to amuse;
a mischievous
action; a prank
tricky, trickier,
trickiest.adjectives
given
to or characterized
by trickery; sly;
requiring.caution
or skill
(it was tricky getting that light bulb into the socket properly; a tricky
recipe took up much of her time)
trickily.adverb
trickiness.noun
trickster.noun,.plural.tricksters
one that swindles
or tricks others to his advantage
trick, tricked,
tricking,
tricks.transitive
and intransitive verbs
to cheat or deceive
or to practice trickery or deception
trick.adjective
of,
relating.to.or.involving
tricks; capable
of performing tricks (a trick dog); designed or made for doing a trick
or tricks (trick cards; trick dice); weak, defective or liable to fail
(a trick knee)
do the trick.idiom
to bring about the desired result
not miss a trick.idiom
to be extremely alert
(local, regional and national governments are known for not missing a trick
when it comes to extracting
more money from the public)
tricker.noun
trickery.noun,.plural.trickeries
the practice or use of tricks; deception
by stratagem
trickle, trickled,
trickling,
trickles.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
flow or fall in drops or in a thin stream; to move or proceed slowly or
bit by bit (the audience trickled in)
transitive verb use.to
cause to trickle
trickle.noun,.plural.trickles
the act or condition of trickling; a slow, small
or irregular quantity that moves, proceeds or occurs intermittently
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