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Trail BikenounMWEa lightweight motorcycle equipped with rugged tires and suspensionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trail BossnounMWEthe person responsible for driving a herd of cattleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trail HeadnounMWEthe beginning of a trailverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trail RidingnounMWEriding along a roughly blazed pathverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trailblazernounsomeone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or artverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trailernounan advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near futureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trailer CampnounMWEa camp where space for house trailers can be rentedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trailer ParknounMWEa camp where space for house trailers can be rentedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trailer TrucknounMWEa truck consisting of a tractor and trailer togetherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trailingnounthe pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behindverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trailing ArbutusnounMWElow-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trailing EdgenounMWEthe rear edge of an airfoilverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trailing Four O'clocknounMWEtrailing plant having crowded clusters of 3 brilliant deep pink flowers resembling a single flower blooming near the groundverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trailing WindmillsnounMWEtrailing plant having crowded clusters of 3 brilliant deep pink flowers resembling a single flower blooming near the groundverifiedMay 18, 2026
trainnounTo teach a person or animal a particular skill or type of behavior through sustained practice and instruction.ProcessMay 12, 2026
Train DepotnounMWEterminal where trains load or unload passengers or goodsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Train DispatchernounMWEa railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yardverifiedMay 18, 2026
Train FarenounMWEthe fare charged for traveling by trainverifiedMay 18, 2026
Train of ThoughtnounMWEthe connections that link the various parts of an event or argument togetherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Train OilnounMWEa white to brown oil obtained from whale blubberverifiedMay 18, 2026
Train SetnounMWEa toy consisting of small models of railroad trains and the track for them to run onverifiedMay 18, 2026
Train StationnounMWEterminal where trains load or unload passengers or goodsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Train TicketnounMWEa ticket good for a ride on a railroad trainverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trainbandnouna company of militia in England or America from the 16th century to the 18th centuryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trainbandsmannouna member of a trainbandverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trainbearernounone who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Traineenounsomeone who is being trainedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Traineeshipnounfinancial aid that enables you to get trained for a specified jobverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trainernounsimulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a planeverifiedMay 18, 2026
trainingnounOrganized activity aimed at imparting information and/or instructions to improve the recipient's performance or to help him or her attain a required level of knowledge or skill.ProcessMay 12, 2026
Training AssessmentnounMWEAn evaluation of the training efforts.ArtifactMay 9, 2026
Training CollegenounMWEa school providing training for a special field or professionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Training DatanounMWEsamples for training used to fit a machine learning modelDataMay 18, 2026
Training EffectivenessnounMWEA measurement of what a given student has learned from a specific course or training event.MetricMay 9, 2026
Training Effectiveness EvaluationnounMWEInformation collected to assist employees and their supervisors in assessing individual students’ subsequent on-the-job performance, to provide trend data to assist trainers in improving both learning and teaching, and to be used in return-on-investment statistics to enable responsible officials to allocate limited resources in a thoughtful, strategic manner among the spectrum of IT security awareness, security literacy, training, and education options for optimal results among the workforce as a whole.MetricInternalPIIMay 12, 2026
training materialnounMWEPrinted or recorded information used in a training program.ArtifactRegulatedMay 12, 2026
Training ProgramnounMWEa program designed for training in specific skillsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Training SchoolnounMWEcorrectional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offendersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Training ShipnounMWEa ship used to train students as sailorsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Training TablenounMWEplanned meals for athletes in training (usually served in a mess hall)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Trainloadnounquantity that can be carried by a trainverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trainmannounan employee of a railroadverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trainmasternouna railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yardverifiedMay 18, 2026
Traitnouna distinguishing feature of your personal natureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Traitornounsomeone who betrays his country by committing treasonverifiedMay 18, 2026
Traitorousnessnoundisloyalty by virtue of subversive behaviorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Traitressnounfemale traitorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trajectorynounthe path followed by an object moving through spaceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tramcarnouna wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tramlinenounthe track on which trams or streetcars runverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trammel NetnounMWEa fishing net with three layersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tramontananouna cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western MediterraneanverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tramp SteamernounMWEa commercial steamer for hireverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trampernounsomeone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the groundverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tramplernounsomeone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the groundverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tramplingnounthe sound of heavy treading or stompingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trampolinenoungymnastic apparatus consisting of a strong canvas sheet attached with springs to a metal frameverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tramwaynouna conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tranchenouna portion of something, especially moneyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trandolaprilnounan ACE inhibiting drug (trade name Mavik) used in some patients after a heart attack or to treat hypertensionverifiedMay 18, 2026
TranquilitynounProperty whereby the security level of an object cannot change while the object is being processed by an information system.ControlMay 9, 2026
Tranquilizernouna drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tranquillisernouna drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tranquillitynouna disposition free from stress or emotionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tranquillizernouna drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Trans Fatty AcidnounMWEa fatty acid that has been produced by hydrogenating an unsaturated fatty acid (and so changing its shape)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Trans-Alaska PipelinenounMWEan oil pipeline that runs 800 miles from wells at Prudhoe Bay to the port of ValdezverifiedMay 18, 2026
transactionnounIn Computing: data and operations related to a specific task that must be processed completely or rejected.DataMay 9, 2026
transaction filenounMWEA group of one or more computerized records containing current business activity and processed with an associated master file. Transaction files are sometimes accumulated during the day and processed in batch production overnight or during off-peak processing periods.DataMay 12, 2026
Transaction testingnounMWEA testing activity designed to validate the continuity of business transactions and the replication of associated data.ProcessMay 12, 2026
Transactional ImmunitynounMWEa broader form of use immunity that also protects the witness from any prosecution brought about relating to transactions to which they gave testimonyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transactornounsomeone who conducts or carries on business or negotiationsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transaminasenouna class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Transaminationnounthe process of transfering an amino group from one compound to anotherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transcendencenouna state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experienceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transcendencynouna state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experienceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transcendental NumbernounMWEan irrational number that is not algebraicverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transcendental PhilosophynounMWEany system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and materialverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transcendentalismnounany system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and materialverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transcendentalistnounadvocate of transcendentalismverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transcortical AphasianounMWEa general term for aphasia that results from lesions outside of Broca's area or Wernicke's area of the cerebral cortexverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transcribernouna musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performanceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transcriptnouna reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Transcriptasenounthe enzyme that copies DNA into RNAverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transcriptionnounsomething written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transdermal PatchnounMWEa medicated adhesive pad placed on the skin for absorption of a time released dose of medication into the bloodstreamverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transducernounan electrical device that converts one form of energy into anotherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transducing VectornounMWEa vector for delivering genes into cellsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transductionnounthe process whereby a transducer accepts energy in one form and gives back related energy in a different formverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transeptnounstructure forming the transverse part of a cruciform churchverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transexualnouna person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sexverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transfer AgentnounMWEan agency (usually a bank) that is appointed by a corporation to keep records of its stock and bond owners and to resolve problems about certificatesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transfer LearningnounMWEA technique in machine learning in which an algorithm learns to perform one task, such as recognizing cars, and builds on that knowledge when learning a different but related task, such as recognizing cats.verifiedMay 18, 2026
Transfer of TrainingnounMWEapplication of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transfer PapernounMWEa paper that is coated with a preparation for transferring a design to another surfaceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transfer PaymentnounMWEa public expenditure (as for unemployment compensation or veteran's benefits) that is not for goods and servicesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transfer TaxnounMWEany tax levied on the passing of title to propertyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transferabilitynounthe quality of being transferable or exchangeableverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transferasenounany of various enzymes that move a chemical group from one compound to another compoundverifiedMay 18, 2026
Transfereenounsomeone who transfers or is transferred from one position to anotherverifiedMay 18, 2026