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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
Tallymannounone who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or receivedverified
Tam-Tamnouna percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstickverified
Tamalenouncorn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamedverified
Tamale PienounMWEa meat mixture covered with cornbread topping that resembles a Mexican dishverified
Tamaracknounmedium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly barkverified
Tamarindnounlong-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulpverified
Tamarindonounlong-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulpverified
Tambacnounan alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gildingverified
Tammynounplain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and garments and curtainsverified
TamperingnounAn intentional event resulting in modification of a system, its intended behavior, or data.Threat
Tamping BarnounMWEa tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)verified
Tamponadenounblockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding)verified
Tamponagenounblockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding)verified
Tangelonounlarge sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skinverified
Tangencynoun(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contactverified
Tangentnouna straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that pointverified
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
Tanglebushnounspiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruitsverified
Tangramnouna Chinese puzzle consisting of a square divided into seven pieces that must be arranged to match particular designsverified
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