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Tomato HornwormnounMWElarge green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plantsverified
Tomato SaucenounMWEsauce made with a puree of tomatoes (or strained tomatoes) with savory vegetables and other seasoningsverified
Tomato StreaknounMWEdisease of a wide range of plants (tomatoes, potatoes, peas) resulting from a mixed infection of potato and tomato mosaicverified
Tomato WormnounMWElarge green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plantsverified
Tomentum CerebrinounMWEa network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortexverified
Tonal SystemnounMWEthe system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone languageverified
Tone ArmnounMWEmechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridgeverified
Tone SystemnounMWEthe system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone languageverified
Tongue and Groove JointnounMWEa mortise joint made by fitting a projection on the edge of one board into a matching groove on another boardverified
Tongue DepressornounMWEa thin depressor used to press the tongue down during an examination of the mouth and throatverified
Tongue TienounMWEa congenital anomaly in which the mucous membrane under the tongue is too short limiting the mobility of the tongueverified
Tongueless FrognounMWEalmost completely aquatic frog native to Africa and Panama and northern South Americaverified
Tonguing and Grooving PlanenounMWEa plane having cutters designed to make the tongues and grooves on the edges of matchboardsverified
Tonic SolfanounMWEa system of solmization using the solfa syllables: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, tiverified
Tonka BeannounMWEtall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoringverified
Tonka Bean TreenounMWEtall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoringverified
Tonsilla PharyngealisnounMWEa collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)verified
Tontine InsurancenounMWEa form of life insurance whereby on the death or default of a participant his share is distributed to the remaining membersverified
Tooth FairynounMWEa fairy that is said to leave money at night under a child's pillow to compensate for a baby tooth falling outverified
Tooth ShellnounMWEany of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowingverified
Toothache TreenounMWEsmall deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowersverified
Toothed WhalenounMWEany of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.verified
Top FermentationnounMWEa violent kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature high enough to carry the yeast cells to the top of the fermenting liquidverified
Top OnionnounMWEtype of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onionsverified
Top QuarknounMWEa hypothetical quark with a charge of +2/3 and a mass more than 100,000 times that of an electronverified
Toper's NosenounMWEenlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skinverified
Topical AnaesthesianounMWEloss of sensation confined to the skin or mucous surfaces (as when benzocaine or Lidocaine is applied to the surface)verified
Topical AnesthesianounMWEloss of sensation confined to the skin or mucous surfaces (as when benzocaine or Lidocaine is applied to the surface)verified
Topographic AnatomynounMWEthe study of anatomy based on regions or divisions of the body and emphasizing the relations between various structures (muscles and nerves and arteries etc.) in that regionverified
Topological SpacenounMWE(mathematics) any set of points that satisfy a set of postulates of some kindverified