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Treaty PortnounMWEa port in China or Korea or Japan that once was open to foreign trade on the basis of a trading treatyverified
Tree CelandinenounMWEsmall Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowersverified
Tree CottonnounMWEsmall bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of the southern United Statesverified
Tree CreepernounMWEany of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feetverified
Tree FernnounMWEany of numerous usually tropical ferns having a thick woody stem or caudex and a crown of large frondsverified
Tree FrognounMWEany of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toesverified
Tree HeathnounMWEevergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipesverified
Tree HuggernounMWEderogatory term for environmentalists who support restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation of forestsverified
Tree KangaroonounMWEarboreal wallabies of New Guinea and northern Australia having hind and forelegs of similar lengthverified
Tree LinenounMWEline marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudesverified
Tree MallownounMWEarborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowersverified
Tree of HeavennounMWEdeciduous rapidly growing tree of China with foliage like sumac and sweetish fetid flowersverified
Tree of KnowledgenounMWEthe biblical tree in the Garden of Eden whose forbidden fruit was tasted by Adam and Eveverified
Tree of the GodsnounMWEdeciduous rapidly growing tree of China with foliage like sumac and sweetish fetid flowersverified
Tree OnionnounMWEtype of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onionsverified
Tree PoppynounMWEevergreen shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico often cultivated for its fragrant golden yellow flowersverified
Tree SlothnounMWEany of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central Americaverified
Tree StumpnounMWEthe base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felledverified
Tree SwiftnounMWEbirds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in treesverified
Tree TomatonounMWESouth American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato in flavorverified
Tree WallabynounMWEarboreal wallabies of New Guinea and northern Australia having hind and forelegs of similar lengthverified
Trefoilnounany of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leavesverified
Trekkernouna traveler who makes a long and arduous journey, as hiking through mountainous countryverified
Tremolitenouna white or pale green mineral (calcium magnesium silicate) of the amphibole group used as a form of asbestosverified
Tremolonoun(music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tonesverified
Trench MortarnounMWEa muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short rangeverified
Trench MouthnounMWEan acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membraneverified
Trench WarfarenounMWEa struggle, usually prolonged, between competing entities in which neither side is able to winverified
Trente-Et-Quarantenouna card game in which two rows of cards are dealt and players can bet on the color of the cards or on which row will have a count nearer some numberverified
Trespass De Bonis AsportatisnounMWEan action brought to recover damages from a person who has taken goods or property from its rightful ownerverified
Trespass on the CasenounMWEan action brought to recover damages from a person whose actions have resulted indirectly in injury or lossverified
Trespass Quare Clausum FregitnounMWEthe defendant unlawfully enters the land of the plaintiffverified
Trespass Viet ArmisnounMWEtrespass with force and arms resulting in injury to another's person or propertyverified
Triagenounsorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or foodverified