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Tornado LanternnounMWEan oil lamp with a glass chimney and perforated metal lid to protect the flame from high windsverified
Torque ConverternounMWEconverter for transmitting and amplifying torque (especially by hydraulic means)verified
Torque WrenchnounMWEa wrench that has a gauge that indicates the amount of torque being appliedverified
Torsion BalancenounMWEmeasuring instrument designed to measure small forces by the torsion they exert on a thin wireverified
Tortoise PlantnounMWESouth African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured barkverified
Toss BombingnounMWEa bombing run in which the bomber approaches the target at a low altitude and pulls up just before releasing the bombverified
Total cost of ownershipnounMWEIncludes the original cost of the computer plus the cost of: software, hardware and software upgrades, maintenance, technical support, training, and certain activities performed by usersverified
Total cost of ownership (TCO)nounMWEThe true cost of ownership of a computer or other technology system that includes original cost of the computer and software, hardware and software upgrades, maintenance, technical support, and training.verified
Total DepravitynounMWEthe Calvinist doctrine that everyone is born in a state of corruption as a result of original sinverified
Total EclipsenounMWEan eclipse as seen from a place where the eclipsed body is completely obscuredverified
Total HeatnounMWE(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressureverified
Total Parenteral NutritionnounMWEadministration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cavaverified
Total RisknounMWEThe potential for the occurrence of an adverse event if no mitigating action is taken (i.e., the potential for any applicable threat to exploit a system vulnerability).verified
Totalitarian StatenounMWEa government that subordinates the individual to the state and strictly controls all aspects of life by coercive measuresverified
Totalitation RegimenounMWEa government that subordinates the individual to the state and strictly controls all aspects of life by coercive measuresverified
Totem PolenounMWEa tribal emblem consisting of a pillar carved and painted with totemic figuresverified
Touch FootballnounMWEa version of American football in which the ball carrier is touched rather than tackledverified
Touch ModalitynounMWEthe faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)verified
Touch ScreennounMWEa computer display that enables the user to interact with the computer by touching areas on the screenverified
Tout EnsemblenounMWEan assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a wholeverified
Tow CarnounMWEa truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)verified
Tower of StrengthnounMWEa person who can be relied on to give a great deal of support and comfortverified
Town HallnounMWEa government building that houses administrative offices of a town governmentverified
Town HousenounMWEa house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common wallsverified
Town PlanningnounMWEdetermining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a communityverified
Toxic DumpsitenounMWEa location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally)verified
Toxic ShocknounMWEsyndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcusverified
Toxic Shock SyndromenounMWEsyndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcusverified
Toxic SitenounMWEa site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned upverified
Toxic Waste AreanounMWEa site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned upverified
Toxic Waste DumpnounMWEa location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally)verified
Toxic Waste SitenounMWEa location where toxic waste is being or has been disposed of, often illegallyverified