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Talk ShownounMWEa program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audienceverified
Talking HeadnounMWEa talker on television who talks directly into the cameras and whose upper body is all that is shown on the screenverified
Talking PointnounMWEan especially persuasive point helping to support an argument or discussionverified
Tall BilberrynounMWEhigh-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloomverified
Tall ButtercupnounMWEperennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North Americaverified
Tall CrowfootnounMWEperennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North Americaverified
Tall Field ButtercupnounMWEperennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North Americaverified
Tall MallownounMWEerect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowersverified
Tall SunflowernounMWEvery tall American perennial of central and the eastern United States to Canada having edible tuberous rootsverified
Tall White VioletnounMWEtall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaksverified
Tally ClerknounMWEone who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or receivedverified
Tamale PienounMWEa meat mixture covered with cornbread topping that resembles a Mexican dishverified
Tamping BarnounMWEa tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)verified
Tangent PlanenounMWEthe plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surfaceverified
Tangle OrchidnounMWEan orchid of the genus Plectorrhiza having tangled roots and long wiry stems bearing lax racemes of small fragrant green flowersverified
Tank DestroyernounMWEan armored vehicle equipped with an antitank gun and capable of high speedsverified
Tank FarmingnounMWEa technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrientsverified
Tank IronnounMWEplate iron that is thinner than boilerplate but thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe ironverified
Tank TopnounMWEa tight-fitting sleeveless shirt with wide shoulder straps and low neck and no front openingverified
Tanker PlanenounMWEan airplane constructed to transport chemicals that can be dropped in order to fight a forest fireverified
Tansy Leaf AsternounMWEwild aster with fernlike leaves and flower heads with very narrow bright purple raysverified
Tansy MustardnounMWENorth American herb with bitter-tasting pinnate leaves resembling those of tansyverified
Tansy-Leaved RocketnounMWEperennial stellate and hairy herb with small yellow flowers of mountains of southern Europeverified
Tap DancernounMWEa dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoesverified
Tape DecknounMWEelectronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers)verified
Tape DrivenounMWEa mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorderverified
Tape MeasurenounMWEmeasuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip of cloth or metal marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengthsverified
Tape TransportnounMWEa mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorderverified
Tappet WrenchnounMWEa wrench having parallel jaws at fixed separation (often on both ends of the handle)verified
Tar PapernounMWEa heavy paper impregnated with tar and used as part of a roof for waterproofingverified
Tara VinenounMWEclimbing Asiatic vine having long finely serrate leaves and racemes of white flowers followed by greenish-yellow edible fruitverified
Tardive DyskinesianounMWEinvoluntary rolling of the tongue and twitching of the face or trunk or limbsverified
Target Acquisition SystemnounMWEa shipboard system for the detection and identification and location of a target with enough detail to permit effective weapon employmentverified
Target CellnounMWEany cell that has a specific receptor for an antigen or antibody or hormone or drug, or is the focus of contact by a virus or phagocyte or nerve fiber etc.verified
Target CompanynounMWEa company that has been chosen as attractive for takeover by a potential acquirerverified
Target LanguagenounMWEa computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translatedverified
Target Of EvaluationnounMWEIn accordance with Common Criteria, an information system, part of a system or product, and all associated documentation, that is the subject of a security evaluation.verified