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Tie BeamnounMWEa horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separatingverified
Tiebacknouna device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something backverified
Tiered SeatnounMWEseating that is arranged in sloping tiers so that spectators in the back can see over the heads of those in frontverified
Tiger CatnounMWEmedium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coatverified
Tiger LilynounMWElily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petalsverified
Tiger SalamandernounMWEwidely distributed brown or black North American salamander with vertical yellowish blotchesverified
Tight MoneynounMWEthe economic condition in which credit is difficult to secure and interest rates are highverified
Tightsnounskintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girlsverified
Tildenouna diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalizationverified
Tilt AnglenounMWEthe angle a rocket makes with the vertical as it curves along its trajectoryverified
Tilt-Top TablenounMWEa pedestal table whose top is hinged so that it can be tilted to a vertical positionverified
Timbalenounindividual serving of minced e.g. meat or fish in a rich creamy sauce baked in a small pastry mold or timbale shellverified
Timbernoun(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)verified
Timber LinenounMWEline marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudesverified
Timber WolfnounMWEa wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North Americaverified
Timbrenounthe distinctive property of a complex sound, as relating to a voice, noise, or musical soundverified
Time and Motion StudynounMWEan analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effortverified
Time BombnounMWEResident computer program that triggers an unauthorized act at a predefined time.Threat
Time CapsulenounMWEcontainer for preserving historical records to be discovered at some future timeverified
Time ConstantnounMWE(electronics) the time required for the current or voltage in a circuit to rise or fall exponentially through approximately 63 per cent of its amplitudeverified
Time DepositnounMWEa certificate of deposit from which withdrawals can be made only after advance notice or at a specified future dateverified
Time Deposit AccountnounMWEa savings account in which the deposit is held for a fixed term or in which withdrawals can be made only after giving notice or with loss of interestverified
Time MachinenounMWEa science fiction machine that is supposed to transport people or objects into the past or the futureverified
Time of ArrivalnounMWEthe time at which a public conveyance is scheduled to arrive at a given destinationverified
Time of LifenounMWEa period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life stateverified
Time of YearnounMWEone of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditionsverified