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terrible.adjective
causing great respect, fear
or alarm;
dreadful
(a terrible bolt of lightning; a terrible hurricane); extremely.formidable
(terrible responsibilities for safety come with the job); extreme
in extent
or degree;
unpleasant; disagreeable
(had a terrible time at the party; terrible food); markedly.objectionable
(terrible hypocrisy);
the word terrible as used in the
Bible
terribly.adverb
terribleness.noun
tweak, tweaked,
tweaking,
tweaks.transitive
verbs
to adjust; fine-tune (he tweaked the audio on
the stereo receiver to get it sounding just right to his ears); to pinch,
pluck or twist
sharply
tweak.noun,.plural.tweaks
a sharp, twisting pinch
tweaky.adjective
transactional analysis.noun
a system of psychotherapy
that analyzes
personal relationships and interactions
in terms of conflicting
or complementary.ego.states
that correspond
to the roles
of parent, child and adult (analyzing someone to see if an adult is acting
like a kid, a child is acting like a parent, etc.)
transaction.noun,.plural.transactions
the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted;
something transacted, such as an exchange of services; communication involving
two or more people that affects all those involved; personal interaction
(transaction involving the coach and the parents' ideas)
transactional.adjective
transact, transacted,
transacting,
transacts.verbs
transitive
verb use.to do, carry on or conduct
efforts in producing things
intransitive
verb use.to conduct business (transacted
information with other cooperative producers of goods)
transactor.noun
tone.noun,.plural.tones
in music,
a sound of distinct.pitch,
quality
and duration;
a note; a semitone; the interval
of a major second in the diatonic
scale; a whole step; a recitational.melody
in a Gregorian chant (example;
Gregorian chant means, of or relating to Pope Gregory XIII or the Gregorian
calendar and the music he liked); the quality or character of sound;
the characteristic
quality or timbre
of a particular
instrument or voice; the pitch of a word used to determine
its meaning or to distinguish
differences in meaning; a general.quality,
effect or atmosphere (a room with an elegant tone; manner of expression
in speech or writing (took an angry tone with the reporters); a color or
shade of color (light tones of peach); in physiology,
the normal state of elastic tension or partial contraction in resting muscles;
normal firmness of a tissue or an organ
tone, toned,
toning,
tones.verbs
transitive verb use.to
give a particular tone or inflection
to; to soften a color of a painting; to sound monotonously;
intone
intransitive verb use.to
assume a particular color quality; to harmonize
in color
tone down.phrasal
verb
to make less vivid,
harsh
or violent; moderate
tone up.phrasal
verb
to make or become brighter or more vigorous
tremble,
trembled,
trembling,
trembles.intransitive
verbs
to shake involuntarily,
as from excitement, weakness or anger; quake; shake; to feel fear or anxiety(I
tremble at the very thought of it); to vibrate
or quiver (leaves of the tree trembling
in the breeze); word 'tremble' in Bible
tremble.noun,.plural.trembles
the act
or state of trembling; an infectious.viral
disease of sheep that is transmitted by the tick Ixodes ricinus and affects
the nervous system, causing galloping and trotting by little leaps and
often prolonged trembling, aka
louping ill; poisoning of domestic animals, especially cattle and sheep,
caused by eating white snakeroot or rayless goldenrod and characterized
by muscular tremors and weakening, aka milk sickness
tremblingly.adverb
trembly.adjective
trembler.noun,.plural.tremblers
tremulous.adjective
marked
by trembling, quivering
or shaking; timid or fearful; timorous
tremulously.adverb
tremulousness.noun,.plural.tremulousnesses
thence, therefrom,
thenceforth.adverbs
from that place; from there (flew to Helsinki
and thence to Moscow); from that circumstance
or source; compare hence
threshold.noun,.plural.threshold
the place or point of beginning;
the outset; an entrance or a doorway;
a piece of wood or stone placed beneath a door; a doorsill; a point separating
conditions that will produce a given effect from conditions of a higher
or lower degree that will not produce the effect, as the intensity below
which a stimulus is of sufficient
strength to produce sensation
or elicit a response (a low threshold
for people who do not research things having potential of negatively affecting
them; his threshold for tolerance
runs thin at times)
thresh, threshed,
threshing,
threshes.verbs
transitive verb use.to
beat the stems and husks of grain or cereal plants with a machine or flail
in order to separate the grains or seeds from the straw; to separate grains
or seeds in this manner;
to discuss or examine an issue, for example repeatedly; to beat severely;
thrash; to make or cause
to make, uncontrolled movements
intransitive verb use.to
use a machine or flail
to separate grain or seeds from straw; to thrash
about; toss (she thrashed about in bed most of the night)
thrash, thrashed,
thrashing,
thrashes.verbs
transitive verb use.to
beat
with or as if with a flail,
especially
as if for a punishment; beat; to swing or
strike
in a manner
suggesting the action of a flail (the alligator thrashed its tail); if
someone thrashes about or thrashes their arms or legs about, they move
in a wild or violent way, often hitting against something; you can also
say that someone's arms or legs thrash about; to defeat; vanquish;
to thresh
intransitive verb use.to
move wildly or violently (thrashed about all night; to strike or flail;
to thresh
thrash.noun,.plural.thrashes
the act
or an instance
of thrashing
thrasher.noun,.plural.thrashers
treasure trove.noun,.plural.treasure
troves
if you describe something
or someone as a treasure trove of a particular
thing, you mean that they are a very good or rich source of that thing
(the dictionary is a vast treasure
trove of informations)
trove.noun,.plural.troves
a collection of valuable
items discovered or found; a treasure-trove
treasure.noun,.plural.treasures
accumulated
or stored wealth in the form of
money, jewels or other valuables;
valuable or precious.possessions
of any kind
treasure,
treasured,
treasuring,
treasures.transitive
verbs
to keep or regard
as precious; value highly; appreciate
treasurable.adjective
treasurer.noun,.plural.treasurers
one who has charge of funds (in that family, he
worked at farming and she looked after the affairs
of the family including
being the treasurer, handling the income and expenses)
torso.noun,.plural.torsos.or.torsi
the human body excluding the head and limbs, called
the body's 'trunk'
totter, tottered,
tottering,
totters.intransitive
verbs
to sway
as if about to fall; to appear about to collapse (Rome was an empire that
had begun to totter and then fell); to walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger
totter, totterer.nouns
tottery.adjective
terminate, terminated,
terminating,
terminates.verbs
transitive verb use.to
bring to an end or a halt;
conclude
or finish (a display of fireworks that terminated the festivities); to
discontinue
the employment of; dismiss
(companies lacking vision care little, if any, for employees and usually
get rid of them during slow periods; a company that terminated 300 workers)
intransitive verb use.to
come to an end (poisonous and polluting energies will be terminated in
favor of safer and clean new technologies); complete
terminator.noun,.plural.terminators
one that terminates (a terminator of unpopular
policies); the dividing line between the bright and shaded regions of the
disk of the moon or an inner planet; a sequence
of nucleotides
that signals the end of transcription
and the completion of the synthesis
of a nucleic
acid.molecule
from a template
termination.noun,.plural.terminations
the act
of terminating or the condition
of being terminated; the end of something; the conclusion;
a result; an outcome
terminational.adjective
terminative.adjective
serving, designed or tending
to terminate; conclusive
terminatively.adverb
terminal.adjective
of, relating to, situated at or forming a limit,
a boundary, an extremity or an end; relating to or occurring in a term
or each term (school term papers; terminal inventories); a terminal is
a place where vehicles, passengers or goods begin or end a journey (plans
are underway for a fifth terminal building at the airport); causing, ending
in or approaching death (the condition of the manta rays at the zoo appears
to be terminal); fatal
terminal.noun,.plural.terminals
a point or part that forms the end (electrical
terminals end the flow of electricity); a position in a circuit or device
at which a connection is normally established or broken; a passive conductor
at such a position used to facilitate the connection; either end of a railroad
or other transportation line; a terminus; a station at the end of a transportation
line or at a major junction on a transportation line; a town at the end
of a transportation line Computers:.a
device, often equipped with a keyboard and a video display, through which
data or information can enter or leave a computer system
terminally.adverb
terminus.noun,.plural.terminuses.or.termini
the final point; the end; an end point on a transportation
line or the town in which it is located; a boundary or border; a stone
or post marking a border
term.noun,.plural.terms
a limited period of time;
a period of time that is assigned to an individual to serve (the work was
to be completed within the term of one year); a point
in time at which something ends; termination (an apprenticeship
nearing its term); the end of a normal gestation
period (carried the fetus
to term); a word or group of words having a particular
meaning (had to explain the term gridlock; medical terms; nautical
terms); language of a certain kind; chosen words (spoke in rather vague
terms; praised him in glowing terms); one of the elements of a proposed
or concluded agreement; a condition (they
agreed on terms for the sale of the home; one of the terms of the lease
requires regular maintenance); the relationship between two people or groups;
personal footing (on good terms with her in-laws); in mathematics, one
of the quantities composing a ratio or fraction or forming a series; one
of the quantities connected by addition or subtraction signs in an equation;
a member; each of the two concepts being compared or related in a proposition
(the two terms to be discussed at the meeting both needed completion);
a stone or post marking a boundary, especially a squared and downward tapering
pillar adorned with a head and upper torso
term, termed,terming,
terms.transitive
verbs
to designate;
call
terminology.noun,.plural.terminologies
the vocabulary
of terms used in a particular.field,
subject,
science
or art;
nomenclature;
the study of nomenclature
terminological.adjective
terminologically.adverb
terminologist.noun,.plural.terminologists
tiff.noun,.plural.tiffs
a fit
of irritation;
a petty.quarrel
tiff, tiffed,
tiffing,
tiffs.intransitive
verbs
to quarrel
tare.noun,.plural.tares
any of several unwelcome weedy plants that grow
in grain fields; an unwelcome or objectional element that in early Biblical
times is usually held to be the Eurasian
grass called darnel:.Matthew
13:38
tare.noun,.plural.tares
the weight
of the materials in which goods
are packed; the weight of a container
that is deducted from the gross
weight to obtain.net
weight
tare, tared,
taring,
tares.transitive
verbs
to determine
or indicate the tare of, especially
to weigh.in
order to find out the tare; from Middle
English and Old
French and ultimately
from Arabic 'Úar¡ah'
meaning 'that which is thrown away' and from 'Úara¡a' meaning
'to reject'
tear, tore,
torn,
tearing,
tears.verbs
transitive verb use.to
pull apart or into pieces by force; rend;
to make an opening by ripping
(tore a hole in my stocking); to lacerate
the skin, for example; to separate
forcefully; wrench
(tore the wrappings off the present); to divide or disrupt
(was torn between opposing choices, so I used Ask
Suby; a country that was torn by strife)
intransitive verb use.to
become torn; to move with heedless
speed; rush.headlong
tear.noun,.plural.tears
the act of tearing; the result of tearing; a rip
or rent;
great rush; a hurry (tearing around town to get things done)
tear around.phrasal
verb
to move about in excited haste
tear away.phrasal
verb
to remove oneself, for example, unwillingly
or
reluctantly
(sorry, I must tear away from the meeting now as I have other commitments)
tear down.phrasal
verb
to demolish
(tear down old tenements); to
take apart; disassemble
(tear down an engine); to vilify
or denigrate
teardown.noun,.plural.teardowns
the act or process of taking apart or demolishing
tearer.noun,.plural.tearers
tear.noun,.plural.tears
a drop of the clear salty liquid that is secreted
by the lachrymal gland of the eye to lubricate the surface between the
eyeball and eyelid and to wash away irritants;
tears are a profusion
of this liquid spilling from the eyes and wetting the cheeks, especially
as an expression
of emotion;
the act of weeping
(cried when his favorite toy broke)
tear, teared,
tearing,
tears.intransitive
verbs
to fill with tears
tearful.adjective
filled with or accompanied
by tears (tearful eyes; a tearful farewell); so piteous
as to excite
tears (a tearful melodrama)
tearfully.adverb
tearfulness.noun
ticket.noun,.plural.tickets
a paper slip or card indicating
that its holder has paid for or is entitled
to a specified
service, right
or consideration
(a theater ticket; an airline ticket); a certifying.document;
an identifying
or descriptive
tag attached to merchandise;
a label;
a list of candidates.proposed
or
endorsed
by a political
party; a slate; piece of paper listing
a traffic violation (got a ticket for parking in the right place, but at
the wrong time)
ticket, ticketed,
ticketing,
tickets.transitive
verbs
to provide with a ticket for passage
or admission (tickets to the concert); to attach a ticket to; tag; to designate
for a specified
use or end; destine
(put away funds to be used on our holiday); to serve an offender with a
summons
(ticket an improperly
parked vehicle)
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