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

ticket collector
ticket taker noun someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets

ticket holder
noun holder of a ticket (for admission or for passage)

ticket line
noun a queue of people waiting to buy tickets

ticket tout
noun someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit

ticket window
noun a window through which tickets are sold (as from a ticket booth)

ticket-of-leave
noun a permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions

ticking
noun a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers

tickle
tickling noun the act of tickling

tickler
tickler file noun a file of memoranda or notices that remind of things to be done

tickler coil
noun a small coil in series with the anode of a vacuum tube and coupled to the grid to provide feedback

tickling
tingling adjective exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements

tickseed sunflower
Bidens coronata noun North American bur marigold with large flowers

ticktack
noun system of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks

ticktacktoe
ticktacktoo noun a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does

ticktock
tocktact noun steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock

ticktock
ticktack verb make a sound like a clock or a timer; `the clocks were ticking`; `the grandfather clock beat midnight`

tidal
adjective of or relating to or caused by tides; `tidal wave`

tidal basin
noun a basin that is full of water at high tide

tidal bore
bore noun a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

tidal flow
tidal current noun the water current caused by the tides

tidal river
tidewater river noun a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream

tidal wave
noun a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun

tidal zone
noun an area subject to tidal action

tiddlywinks
noun a game in which players try to flip plastic disks into a cup by pressing them on the side sharply with a larger disk

tide
noun the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon

tideland
noun land near the sea that is overflowed by the tide

tidemark
noun indicator consisting of a line at the highwater or low-water limits of the tides

Tidewater
Tidewater region noun the coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia

tideway
noun a channel in which a tidal current runs

tidily
adverb in a tidy manner; `the door gave access to a tidily furnished sitting-room where chintz and oak predominated`

tidiness
neatness noun the trait of being neat and orderly

tidy
adjective marked by good order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; `a tidy person`; `a tidy house`; `a tidy mind`

tidytips
tidy tips noun California annual having flower heads with yellow rays tipped with white

tie
noun a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied; `he needed a tie for the packages`

tie
crosstie noun one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; `the British call a railroad tie a sleeper`

tie beam
noun a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating; `he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam`

tie clip
noun a piece of jewelry that holds a man`s tie in place

tie rack
noun a rack for storing ties

tie rod
noun either of two rods that link the steering gear to the front wheels

tie tack
tiepin noun a pin used to hold the tie in place

tie up
verb finish the last row

tie-on
adjective fastened by tying on; `tie-on labels`

tiebreaker
noun overtime play in order to break a tie; e.g. tennis and soccer

tied
adjective bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection; `people tied by blood or marriage`

tied up(p)
adjective kept occupied or engaged; `she`s tied up at the moment and can`t see you`; `the phone was tied up for almost an hour`

tied(p)
even 2 level(p) adjective of the score in a contest; `the score is tied`

Tien Shan
Tyan Shan noun a major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles

Tien-pao
Heavenly Jewel noun a member of the Taoist Trinity

Tiepolo
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo noun Italian painter (1696-1770)

tier
noun one of two or more layers one atop another; `tier upon tier of huge casks`; `a three-tier wedding cake`

tiercel
tercel noun male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon

tiered
adjective having or arranged in tiers; `a tiered mound`

tiered seat
noun seating that is arranged in sloping tiers so that spectators in the back can see over the heads of those in front

Tierra del Fuego
noun an archipelago off southern South America; separated from the continent by the Strait of Magellan; islands are administered by Chile and by Argentina

Tietze`s syndrome
noun syndrome characterized by swelling of rib cartilage (causing pain)

Tiffany
Louis Comfort Tiffany noun United States artist who developed Tiffany glass (1848-1933)

Tiffany glass
noun a kind of opalescent colored glass that was used in the early 1900s for stained-glass windows and lamps

tiger
Panthera tigris noun large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered

tiger beetle
noun active usually bright-colored beetle that preys on other insects

tiger cat
noun medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat

tiger cowrie
Cypraea tigris noun cowrie whose shell is used for ornament

tiger cub
noun a young tiger

tiger lily
Lilium catesbaei noun lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals

tiger moth
noun medium-sized moth with long richly colored and intricately patterned wings; larvae are called woolly bears

tiger rattlesnake
Crotalus tigris noun having irregularly cross-banded back; of arid foothills and canyons of southern Arizona and Mexico

tiger salamander
Ambystoma tigrinum noun widely distributed brown or black North American salamander with vertical yellowish blotches

tiger shark
Galeocerdo cuvieri noun large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted body

tiger snake
Notechis scutatus noun highly venomous brown-and-yellow snake of Australia and Tasmania

tiger-striped
adjective having stripes resembling those of a tiger

tigerish
adjective resembling a tiger in fierceness and lack of mercy; `a tigerish fury`

tight
adjective packed closely together; `the stood in a tight little group`; `hair in tight curls`; `the pub was packed tight`

tight
adverb firmly or tightly; `held fast to the rope`; `her foot was stuck fast`; `held tight`

tight end
noun (football) an offensive end who lines up close to the tackle

tight money
noun the economic condition in which credit is difficult to secure and interest rates are high

tight-fitting
tightly fitting adjective fitting snugly; `a tightly-fitting cover`; `tight-fitting clothes`

tight-knit
tightly knit adjective closely and firmly integrated; `a tight-knit organization`

tighten
verb make tight or tighter; `Tighten the wire`

tighten up
constrain verb restrict; `Tighten the rules`; `stiffen the regulations`

tightened
adjective made tighter or more stringent; `endured tightened economic controls`

tightening
noun the act of making something tighter; `the tightening of economic controls`

tightness
tautness noun lack of movement or room for movement

tightrope
noun tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground

tights
noun skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls

tiglon
tigon noun offspring of a male tiger and a female lion

tigress
noun a female tiger

Tigris
Tigris River noun an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River

Tijuana
noun a Mexican city just south of San Diego on the Lower California peninsula; popular among American tourists for racetracks and bullfights

Tilapia
genus Tilapia noun a genus of Cichlidae

tilde
noun a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization

Tilden
Big Bill Tilden noun United States tennis player who dominated men`s tennis in the 1920s (1893-1953)

tile
noun a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces

tile cutter
noun a cutter (tool for cutting) for floor tiles

tile roof
noun a roof made of fired clay tiles

tiled
adjective covered or furnished with tiles; `baths with tiled walls`; `a tiled kitchen`

tilefish
noun yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters

tiler
noun a worker who lays tile

Tilia
genus Tilia noun deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood

Tiliaceae
family Tiliaceae noun chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia

tiling
noun the application of tiles to cover a surface

Tiliomycetes
class Tiliomycetes noun category used in some systems to comprise the two orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)