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

two-handed backhand
noun a backhand shot made holding the racquet in both hands

two-handed saw
whipsaw noun a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people

two-hitter
2-hitter noun a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 2 hits

two-humped
double-humped adjective having two humps

two-hundredth
200th adjective the ordinal number of two hundred in counting order

two-lane
adjective having a lane for traffic in each direction

two-leaved
two-leafed adjective having two leaves

two-lobed
adjective having two lobes

two-man tent
noun a tent designed for occupancy by two persons

two-needled
adjective of conifers having two needles

two-note call
noun a birdcall having two notes; `the two-note call of the cuckoo`

two-piece
adjective (of clothing) made in or consisting of two parts or pieces; `a two-piece swimsuit`

two-piece
lounge suit noun a business suit consisting of a matching jacket and skirt or trousers

two-piece suit
lounge suit noun a business suit consisting of a matching jacket and skirt or trousers

two-ply
adjective having a thickness made up of two layers or strands

two-pronged
adjective having two prongs

two-spotted ladybug
Adalia bipunctata noun red ladybug with a black spot on each wing

two-step
noun a ballroom dance in duple meter; marked by sliding steps

two-thirds
noun two of three equal parts of a divisible whole

two-tier bid
noun a takeover bid where the acquirer offers to pay more for the shares needed to gain control than for the remaining shares

two-toed
two-toe adjective having two toes

two-toed sloth
noun a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot

two-way
adjective operating or permitting operation in either of two opposite directions; `a two-way valve`; `two-way traffic`; `two-way streets`

two-way street
noun a street on which vehicular traffic can move in either of two directions; `you have to look both ways crossing a two-way street`

two-wheel
two-wheeled adjective of or relating to vehicles with two wheels; `a two-wheeled cart`

two-year-old
adjective two years of age

two-year-old horse
two year old noun a racehorse that is two years old

twofer
noun an offer of two for the price of one

twofold
adverb by a factor of two; `the price increased twofold last year`

twopence
tuppence noun a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies

Tyche
noun (Greek mythology) the goddess of fortune; identified with Roman Fortuna

tying
ligature noun the act of tying or binding things together

tyiyn
noun 100 tyiyn equal 1 som in Kyrgyzstan

Tyke
noun a native of Yorkshire

Tylenchidae
family Tylenchidae noun a family of Nematoda

Tylenchus
genus Tylenchus noun type genus of the family Tylenchidae

Tyler
John Tyler noun elected vice president and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died (1790-1862)

tympanic
adjective associated with the eardrum

tympanic bone
noun the bone enclosing the middle ear

tympanic vein
noun veins from the tympanic cavity that empty into the retromandibular vein

tympanist
timpanist noun a person who plays the kettledrums

tympanites
noun distension of the abdomen that is caused by the accumulation of gas in the intestines or the peritoneal cavity

tympanitic
adjective of or relating to tympanites

tympanitis
noun inflammation of the inner ear

tympanoplasty
noun surgical correction or repair of defects or injuries in the eardrum or the bones of the middle ear

Tympanuchus
genus Tympanuchus noun prairie chickens

Tympanuchus cupido cupido
noun extinct prairie chicken

Tyndale
William Tyndale noun English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536)

Tyndall effect
noun the phenomenon in which light is scattered by very small particles in its path; it makes a beam of light visible; the scattered light is mainly blue

Tyne
River Tyne noun a river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea

type
noun a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper; `he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up`

type family
noun a complete set of type suitable for printing text

type genus
noun (biology) genus from which the name of a family or subfamily is formed; it is not necessarily the most representative genus but often the largest or best known or earliest described

type I diabetes
insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus noun severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease

type II diabetes
non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus noun mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults; can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors; can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin

type metal
noun an alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing type

type species
noun (biology) the species that best exemplifies the essential characteristics of the genus to which it belongs

type specimen
holotype noun the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made

typed
typewritten adjective written on a typewriter

typescript
noun typewritten matter especially a typewritten copy of a manuscript

typesetting machine
noun a printer that sets textual material in type

typewriter
noun hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time

typewriter carriage
noun a carriage for carrying a sheet of paper

typewriter font
constant-width font noun a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter)

typewriter keyboard
noun a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed

typewriter paper
typing paper noun writing paper suitable for use in a typewriter

typewriter ribbon
noun a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter

Typha
genus Typha noun reed maces; cattails

Typhaceae
family Typhaceae noun perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves

Typhlopidae
family Typhlopidae noun blind snakes

Typhoeus
noun (Greek mythology) son of Gaea and Tartarus who created the whirlwinds; had a terrifying voice and 100 dragon heads that spurted fire

typhoid
typhoid fever noun serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water

typhoid bacillus
Salmonella typhosa noun a form of salmonella that causes typhoid fever

typhoid bacteriophage
noun a bacteriophage specific for the bacterium Salmonella typhi

Typhon
noun (Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads and one of the whirlwinds; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx

typhoon
noun a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans

typhus
typhus fever noun rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever

typical
adjective conforming to a type; `the typical (or normal) American`; `typical teenage behavior`

typical jerboa
noun small nocturnal jumping rodent with long hind legs; of arid parts of Asia and northern Africa

typicality
noun the state of being that is typical

typically
adverb in a typical manner; `Tom was typically hostile`

typification
exemplification noun a representational or typifying form or model

typing
typewriting noun writing done with a typewriter

typing pool
noun a group of typists who can work for different persons

typist
noun someone paid to operate a typewriter

typographic
typographical adjective relating to or occurring or used in typography; `the typographic art`; `a typographical error`

typographically
adverb in a typographic way

typography
noun the craft of composing type and printing from it

typology
noun classification according to general type

Tyr
Tyrr noun (Norse mythology) god of war and strife and son of Odin; identified with Anglo-Saxon Tiu

tyramine
noun amino acid derived from tyrosine; has a sympathomimetic action; found in chocolate and cola drinks and ripe cheese and beer; `patients taking MAOIs should avoid foods containing tyramine`

Tyranni
suborder Tyranni noun New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers

tyrannic
tyrannical adjective of or relating to or associated with or resembling a dictatorship; `tyrannical suppression of liberty`

tyrannicide
noun killing a tyrant

tyrannid
noun a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni

Tyrannidae
superfamily Tyrannidae noun New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada

tyrannosaur
tyrannosaurus noun large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America

Tyrannus
genus Tyrannus noun type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers

tyrant
autocrat noun a cruel and oppressive dictator

Tyrian purple
noun a vivid purplish-red color