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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Turkey VulturenounMWEa New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United Statesverified
Turmeric RootnounMWEperennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leavesverified
Turn IndicatornounMWEa blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turnverified
Turn of the CenturynounMWEthe period from about ten years before to ten years after a new centuryverified
Turn SignalnounMWEa blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turnverified
Turning PointnounMWEan event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments dependverified
Turnover RatenounMWEthe ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workersverified
Turpentine WeednounMWElow-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower headsverified
Turret ClocknounMWEa clock with more than one dial to show the time in all directions from a towerverified
Tusk ShellnounMWEany of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowingverified
Tussock BellflowernounMWEEuropean perennial bellflower that grows in clumps with spreading stems and blue or white flowersverified
Tussock MothnounMWEdull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous treesverified
Tv CameranounMWEtelevision equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beamverified
Tv SetnounMWEan electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screenverified
Twelfth Cranial NervenounMWEsupplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue musclesverified
Twice-Baked BreadnounMWEslice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crispverified
Twilight SleepnounMWEa state of general anesthesia in which the person retains a slight degree of consciousnessverified
Twilight VisionnounMWEthe ability to see in reduced illumination, like in the darkness of nightverified
Twilight ZonenounMWEthe ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both)verified
Twin BillnounMWEtwo games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day)verified
Two-Eyed VioletnounMWEviolet of Pacific coast of North America having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violetverified
Two-factor authenticationnounMWEThe use of two independent mechanisms for authentication, (e.g., requiring a smart card and a password) typically the combination of something you know, are or haveverified