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trowel.noun,.plural.trowels
a flat-bladed hand tool
for leveling, spreading or shaping substances
such as cement or mortar;
a small
implement with a pointed,
scoop-shaped blade used for digging, as in setting plants
trowel,
troweled,
troweling,
trowels.transitive
verbs
to spread, smooth, form
or scoop with a trowel
troweler.noun,.plural.trowelers
thicket.noun,.plural.thickets
a dense
growth of shrubs or underbrush;
something.suggestive
of a dense growth of plants, as in impenetrability
or thickness
thick,
thicker,
thickest.adjectives
something that is thick
has a large distance between its two opposite sides (for breakfast I had
a thick slice of bread and maple syrup; this material is very thick and
this needle is not strong enough to go through it)
thick.adverb
in a thick manner; deeply
or heavily (seashells lay thick on the beach); in a close,
compact.state
or arrangement; densely dozens
of braids hung thick from the back
of her head; so as to be thick (slice the bread thick for the best French
toast)
thickly.adverb
you can use thick to talk
or ask about or describe how
wide or deep something is (slice the meat thickly; the folder was two inches
thick; how thick are these walls?; the size of the fish will determine
the thickness of the steaks); if something that consists
of several things is thick, it has a large number of them very close together
(she inherited our father's thick, wavy hair; they walked through thick
forest); dense ( rounded a bend where
the trees and brush grew thickly); if something is thick with another thing,
the first thing is full of or covered with the second (the air is thick
with smoke and chemicals); having or suggesting a heavy or viscous.consistency
(thick tomato sauce); having a
great number;
abounding (a room
thick with flies); impenetrable
by the eyes (a thick fog); noticeably affecting sound; conspicuous
(a thick brogue); lacking.mental.agility;
stupid;
very friendly; intimate
(they have been thick friends for years)
thick.noun
the thickest part; the most
active or intense part (in the thick of the movie)
thick and thin.idiom
good and bad times (they
remained friends through thick and thin
thickish.adjective
tendon.noun,.plural.tendons
a band of tough,
inelastic.fibrous.tissue
that connects a muscle with its bony attachment
topology.noun,.plural.topologies
topographic study of a given
place, especially the history of a region
as indicated by its topography;
in medicine, the anatomical.structure
of a specific.area
or part of the body; in mathematics,
the study of the properties
of geometric figures or solids
that are not normally affected by changes in size or shape, as discovered
by the great French mathematician Henri
Poincaré topologic.or.topological.adjective
topologically.adverb
topologist.noun,.plural.topologists
topography.noun,.plural.topographies
topography is the study
and description of the physical
features of an area,
for example its hills, valleys or rivers or the representation
of these features on maps; the
topography of a particular area
is its physical shape, including its hills, valleys and rivers (the topography
of the world has changed significantly
since the great flood); detailed,
precise.description
of a place or region; graphic
representation of the surface features of a place or region on a map, indicating
their relative positions and elevations;
a description or an analysis.of.a
structured.entity,
showing the relations among its components;
the art or practice
of graphic.delineation
in detail.usually
on maps or charts of natural and
man-made features of a place or region especially
in a way to show their relative positions and elevations (topographical
surveying);
the surface features of a place or region; the surface features of an object
(the topography of a crystal); the surveying of the features of a place
or region; the study or description of an anatomical
region or part
topograph.noun,.plural.topographs
topographic.or.topographical.adjective
topographically.adverb
telegenic.adjective
having a physical appearance and exhibiting personal
qualities that are deemed
highly appealing
to television viewers
telegenically.adverb
twilight.noun,.plural.twilights
the diffused
light from the sky during the early evening or early morning when the Sun
is below the horizon
and its light is refracted
by the Earth's
atmosphere;
the time of the day when the Sun is just below the horizon, especially
the period.between
sunset and dark; dim
or diffused illumination;
a period or condition of decline following growth, glory or success (in
the twilight of life); a state
of ambiguity.or
obscurity
twilight.attributive
often used to modify
another noun (the twilight glow of the sky; a twilight area in the interpretation
of a Constitution)
twilight zone.proper
noun
an area of ambiguity between two distinct
states or conditions
thoroughfare.noun,.plural.thoroughfares
a main road or public highway; a place of passage
from one location to another; a heavily traveled passage, such as a waterway,
strait or channel
thug.noun,.plural.thugs
an uncaring
individual who is obstinately.rude
and/or cruel;
a ruffian;
a hoodlum
thuggery.noun,.plural.thuggeries
thuggish.adjective
the.definite
article
used before singular or plural
nouns and noun phrases that denote.particular,
specified
persons or things (the baby; the dress I wore; the car she drives); used
to indicate.uniqueness
(the Prince of Wales; the moon; the film industry);
used before nouns that designate
natural phenomena
or points of the compass (the weather; a wind from the south)
transport, transported,
transporting,
transports.transitive
verbs
to carry
from one place to another; convey;
to be moved to strong emotion
(got carried away with the music and, in my mind, was transported into
the past); enrapture
transport.noun,.plural.transports
the act
of transporting; conveyance;
the condition
of being
transported by emotion; rapture;
ecstasy;
a vehicle, such as an aircraft,
used
to transport passengers, mail or freight;
to transmit; a system
for transporting passengers (public transport such as buses, taxis, airplanes
and the like)
transportability.noun,.plural.transportabilities
transportable.adjective
transporter.noun,.plural.transporters
transportive.adjective
transportation.noun,.plural.transportations
the act
or an instance
of transporting; the state
of being
transported; a means
of conveyance
(conveying passengers or goods); a fare
in order to ride a public conveyance
Tiberius B.C.E.
42 to 37 A.D. Emperor of Rome (14
to 37 A.D.)
chosen by Augustus
Caesar to be heir to the throne, he was a suspicious,
tyrannical
ruler
Tiberian.adjective
toward.preposition.also
'usward' or 'us-ward', seen used as 'to us-ward' as in Ephesians
1:19, but today just used as toward)
word toward means, in the direction
of (driving toward home); in a position facing (had his back toward me);
somewhat
before in time (it began
to rain toward morning); with regard
to; in relation
to (an optimistic.attitude
toward the future); in furtherance
or partial.fulfilment
of (contributed
five dollars toward the paying for the meal); by way of achieving;
with a view to (efforts toward peace)
toward.adjective
favoring.success
or a good outcome;
propitious;
happening.soon;
imminent
towardly.adjective
appearing likely to succeed;
promising; advantageous; favorable
towardliness.noun
Usage note: Some
critics have tried to discern
a semantic.distinction
between toward and towards, but the difference is entirely dialectal,
where 'toward' is more common in American English and 'towards' is the
predominant
form in British English. See more
Usage notes
treat, treated,
treating,
treats.verbs
transitive verb use.to
act
or behave
in a specified.manner.toward;
to regard
and handle
in a certain
way (she treated herself to an afternoon of quiet and reflection); to regard.something
or someone in a certain way (they treated the day as if it was her actual
birthday); to subject
to a process,
an action or a change (treated them with kindness;
treated the water with ozone
after dangerous fluoride was
thankfully removed; treated the injection
water with salt to produce a harmless placebo);
if something is treated with a particular.substance,
the substance is put onto or into it in
order to clean it, to protect it or to give it special properties,
which can be either good or bad for humans; when someone, a caring knowledgeable
individual, such as some health professional or a doctor or nurse, treats
a patient who has some illness, he or she tries to make the patient well
again; to deal
with in writing or speech; discuss
(a book that treats all aspects
of health care); to provide with food, entertainment or gifts at one's
own expense (treated her sister to dinner and the theater); to give someone
or oneself something pleasurable (treated herself to a day in the country);
to give aid to someone (the veterinarian
treated many types of illnesses in different animals)
intransitive
verb use.to deal with a subject or
topic in writing or speech; to pay for another's entertainment, food or
drink
treat.noun,.plural.treats
something, such as one's food or entertainment,
that is paid for by someone else; a source of a special delight or pleasure
(a day in the country is a real treat for a city person; home made pumpkin
pie is a special treat)
treater.noun,.plural.treaters
treatment.noun,.plural.treatments
the act,
manner
or method
of handling
or dealing
with someone or something (a
sewage
treatment plant;
the emergency section of a hospital has trained people to apply medical
remedies
to a patient, but mostly avoiding the natural God given cures)
teenybopper.noun,.plural.teenyboppers
a teenager who follows the latest fad
or craze
as in dress or music; a young teenage girl
teener.noun,.plural.teeners
a teenager; an entertainment,
especially a movie, directed toward a teenage audience (it was a teener
movie)
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