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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

telephone system
phone system noun a communication system that transmits sound between distant points

telephone unit
noun a unit of measurement for telephone use

telephone wire
telephone line 1 telegraph wire noun the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals

telephonic
adjective of or relating to telephony; `telephonic connection`

telephoto
noun a photograph made with a telephoto lens

telephoto lens
zoom lens noun a camera lens that magnifies the image

telephotograph
noun a photograph made with a telephoto lens

teleportation
noun a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another

Teleprompter
noun a prompter for television performers

telerobotics
noun the area of robotics that is concerned with the control of robots from a distance

telescope
noun a magnifier of images of distant objects

telescoped
adjective shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; `a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars`; `years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream`

telescopic
adjective having parts that slide one within another; `a telescopic antenna`; `a telescopic drinking cup`

telescopic sight
telescope sight noun gunsight consisting of a telescope on a firearm for use as a sight

telescopically
adverb in a telescopic manner; `each of the four legs contains a simple screw jack with a thrust bearing that is operated telescopically inside of two tubes`

Telescopium
noun a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Ara

telescopy
noun the art of making and using telescopes

telethermometer
noun a thermometer that registers the temperature at some distant point

teletypewriter
teleprinter noun a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter

televangelism
noun evangelism at a distance by the use of television

televangelist
noun an evangelist who conducts services on television

television
television system noun a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points

television antenna
tv-antenna noun an omnidirectional antenna tuned to the broadcast frequencies assigned to television

television camera
tv camera noun television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam

television channel
TV channel noun a television station and its programs; `a satellite TV channel`; `surfing through the channels`; `they offer more than one hundred channels`

television equipment
video equipment noun electronic equipment that broadcasts or receives electromagnetic waves representing images and sound

television monitor
tv monitor noun monitor used in a studio for monitoring the program being broadcast

television news
noun a television broadcast of news

television program
TV program noun a program broadcast by television

television receiver
television 1 television set noun an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen; `the British call a tv set a telly`

television reporter
television newscaster noun someone who reports news stories via television

television room
tv room noun a room set aside for viewing television

television star
TV star noun a star in a television show

television station
TV station noun station for the production and transmission of television broadcasts

television transmitter
noun transmitter that is part of a television system

television-camera tube
television pickup tube noun a tube that rapidly scans an optical image and converts it into electronic signals

teliospore
noun a chlamydospore that develops in the last stage of the life cycle of the rust fungus

Tell
William Tell noun a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son`s head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)

tell
recount verb narrate or give a detailed account of; `Tell what happened`; `The father told a story to his child`

tell on
betray verb give away information about somebody; `He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam`

teller
cashier noun an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money

teller
noun an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)

Tellima
genus Tellima noun genus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers; western North America

telling
apprisal noun informing by words

telling
noun an act of narration; `he was the hero according to his own relation`; `his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable`

tellingly
adverb in a telling manner; `the plain manner of its style all the more tellingly points up the horror of the case`

tellurian
telluric adjective of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air

telluride
noun any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements

tellurium
Te noun a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold

Tellus
noun (Roman mythology) goddess of the earth; protector of marriage and fertility; identified with Greek Gaea

telocentric
adjective having the form of a straight rod because the centromere is in a terminal position; `a telocentric chromosome`

telocentric chromosome
noun a chromosome like a straight rod with the centromere in terminal position

telomerase
noun an enzyme in eukaryotic cells that can add telomeres to the ends of chromosomes after they divide

telomere
noun either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome; `telomeres act as caps to keep the sticky ends of chromosomes from randomly clumping together`

Telopea
genus Telopea noun Australian evergreen shrubs: waratahs

Telopea Oreades
noun tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes

Telopea speciosissima
noun straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes

Telosporidia
subclass Telosporidia noun parasitic sporozoans that form spores containing one or more infective sporozoites

telpher
telfer noun one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage

telpherage
telferage noun a transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity

Telugu
noun a Dravidian language spoken by the Telugu in southeastern India

temazepam
Restoril noun a frequently prescribed benzodiazepine (trade name Restoril); takes effect slowly and lasts long enough to help those people who wake up frequently during the night

Temnospondyli
order Temnospondyli noun formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate

temp
temporary noun a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis

temper
mood noun a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; `whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time`; `he was in a bad humor`

temper
irritability noun a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; `his temper was well known to all his employees`

tempera
poster paint noun pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk

temperament
noun an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys

temperamental
adjective relating to or caused by temperament; `temperamental indifference to neatness`; `temperamental peculiarities`

temperamentally
adverb by temperament; `temperamentally suited to each other`

temperance
noun the trait of avoiding excesses

temperate
adjective not extreme in behavior; `temperate in his habits`; `a temperate response to an insult`; `temperate in his eating and drinking`

temperate rain forest
noun a rain forest in a temperate area

Temperate Zone
noun the part of the Earth`s surface between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer or between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by temperate climate

temperately
adverb without extravagance; `these preferences are temperately stated`

temperature
noun the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)

temperature change
noun a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes

temperature gradient
noun change in temperature as a function of distance (especially altitude)

temperature scale
noun a system of measuring temperature

temperature unit
noun a unit of measurement for temperature

tempering
adjective moderating by making more temperate

tempest
noun (literary) a violent wind; `a tempest swept over the island`

tempestuousness
noun a state of wild storminess

template
templet noun a model or standard for making comparisons

temple
noun place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity

Temple of Apollo
Oracle of Apollo noun (Greek mythology) the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice; the messages were usually obscure or ambiguous

Temple of Artemis
noun a large temple at Ephesus that was said to be one of the seven wonders of the ancient world

Temple of Jerusalem
Temple of Solomon noun any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that remains is the Wailing Wall

temple orange
noun large sweet easily-peeled Florida fruit with deep orange rind

temple tree
Plumeria acutifolia noun frangipani of India having an erect habit and conical form; grown in temple gardens

Templetonia
genus Templetonia noun genus of Australian shrubs or subshrubs: coral bush

tempo
noun the rate of some repeating event

tempo
noun (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played

temporal
worldly adjective concerned with secular rather than sacred matters; `lords temporal and spiritual`

temporal arrangement
temporal order noun arrangement of events in time

temporal arteritis
noun inflammation of the temporal arteries; characterized by headaches and difficulty chewing and (sometimes) visual impairment

temporal artery
noun any of the three arteries on either side of the brain supplying the cortex of the temporal lobe

temporal bone
os temporale noun a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear

temporal canthus
noun the outer corner of the eye

temporal gyrus
noun any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum