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township |
Noun
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an administrative division of a county |
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tau-plus particle |
Noun
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an antilepton of very great mass |
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Thanatos |
Noun
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(psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die |
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trichotillomania |
Noun
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an irresistible urge to pull out your own hair |
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timberland |
Noun
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land that is covered with trees and shrubs |
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tilth |
Noun
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arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops |
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tilth |
Noun
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the state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth |
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trichobezoar |
Noun
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a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal, especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur |
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thundercloud |
Noun
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a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity |
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thermal spring |
Noun
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a natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above |
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terra firma |
Noun
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the solid part of the earth's surface |
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transmission mechanism |
Noun
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any mechanism whereby an infectious agent is spread from a reservoir to a human being |
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tree farm |
Noun
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a forest or part of a forest where trees are grown for commercial use |
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tropopause |
Noun
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the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere |
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troposphere |
Noun
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the lowest atmospheric layer |
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tundra |
Noun
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a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen |
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tableland |
Noun
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a relatively flat highland |
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twinkler |
Noun
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an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner |
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tarn |
Noun
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a mountain lake, especially one formed by glaciers |
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tar pit |
Noun
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a natural accumulation of bitumens at the surface of the earth |
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tartar |
Noun
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an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums |
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tartar |
Noun
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a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman |
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tartar |
Noun
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a salt used especially in baking powder |
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tophus |
Noun
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an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums |
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tophus |
Noun
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a deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear |
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tauon |
Noun
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a lepton of very great mass |
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tau-minus particle |
Noun
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a lepton of very great mass |
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teratogen |
Noun
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any agent that interferes with normal embryonic development: alcohol or thalidomide or X-rays or rubella are examples |
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terrestrial planet |
Noun
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a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's |
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territorial waters |
Noun
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the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction |
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thermion |
Noun
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an electrically charged particle, either electron or ion, emitted by a substance at a high temperature |
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thermosphere |
Noun
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the atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere |
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thrust fault |
Noun
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a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression |
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thunderhead |
Noun
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a rounded projecting mass of a cumulus cloud with shining edges |
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tidal basin |
Noun
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a basin that is full of water at high tide |
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tidal river |
Noun
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a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream |
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tidewater river |
Noun
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a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream |
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tidal stream |
Noun
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a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream |
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tidewater stream |
Noun
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a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream |
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tideland |
Noun
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land near the sea that is overflowed by the tide |
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tidewater |
Noun
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low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams |
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tideway |
Noun
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a channel in which a tidal current runs |
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top quark |
Noun
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a hypothetical quark with a charge of +2/3 and a mass more than 100,000 times that of an electron |
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truth quark |
Noun
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a hypothetical quark with a charge of +2/3 and a mass more than 100,000 times that of an electron |
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tor |
Noun
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a high rocky hill |
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tor |
Noun
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a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill |
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transducing vector |
Noun
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a vector for delivering genes into cells |
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trickster |
Noun
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a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people |
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trickster |
Noun
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someone who leads you to believe something that is not true |
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trickster |
Noun
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someone who plays practical jokes on others |