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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
Topaznouna mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals of various colors and is used as a gemstoneverified
Toper's NosenounMWEenlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skinverified
Topiarynouna garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animalsverified
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
Topicalizationnoun(linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentenceverified
Topminnownounsmall usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm watersverified
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
Topographynounthe configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural featuresverified
Topological SpacenounMWE(mathematics) any set of points that satisfy a set of postulates of some kindverified
Topsailnouna sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmastverified
Tormenternouna flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wingsverified
Tormentornouna flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wingsverified
Tornadonouna localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the groundverified
Tornado LanternnounMWEan oil lamp with a glass chimney and perforated metal lid to protect the flame from high windsverified
Tornillonounshrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted podsverified
Toroidnouna ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circleverified
Torpiditynouna state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibilityverified
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