a contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope
turf war
Noun
a bitter struggle for territory or power or control or rights
taxation
Noun
the imposition of taxes
taxation
Noun
government income due to taxation
taxation
Noun
charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
thrashing
Noun
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
thrashing
Noun
a sound defeat
trouncing
Noun
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
trouncing
Noun
a sound defeat
test suit
Noun
a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent
thanks
Noun
with the help of or owing to
thanks
Noun
an acknowledgment of appreciation
teamwork
Noun
cooperative work done by a team (especially when it is effective)
traditionalism
Noun
adherence to tradition, especially in cultural or religious matters
traditionalism
Noun
strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings
traditionalism
Noun
the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions
territoriality
Noun
the behavior of a male animal that defines and defends its territory
trial by ordeal
Noun
a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control
test case
Noun
a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent
tryst
Noun
a secret rendezvous, especially between lovers
tryst
Noun
a date
tyrannicide
Noun
killing a tyrant
thuggee
Noun
murder and robbery by thugs
transmutation
Noun
an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
transmutation
Noun
a qualitative change
transmutation
Noun
(physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment)
transubstantiation
Noun
an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
transubstantiation
Noun
the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist
truancy
Noun
failure to attend (especially school)
terrorist attack
Noun
a surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims
trap
Noun
the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
trap
Noun
a hazard on a golf course
trap
Noun
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
trap
Noun
a light two-wheeled carriage
trap
Noun
a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
trap
Noun
drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
trap
Noun
informal terms for the mouth
trap
Noun
something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares