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Turkey VulturenounMWEa New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United Statesverified
Turmericnounwidely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizomeverified
Turmeric RootnounMWEperennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leavesverified
Turn IndicatornounMWEa blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turnverified
Turn of the CenturynounMWEthe period from about ten years before to ten years after a new centuryverified
Turn SignalnounMWEa blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turnverified
Turnbucklenounan oblong metal coupling with a swivel at one end and an internal thread at the other into which a threaded rod can be screwed in order to form a unit that can be adjusted for length or tensionverified
Turncoatnouna disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.verified
Turnernounone of two persons who swing ropes for jumpers to skip over in the game of jump ropeverified
Turning PointnounMWEan event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments dependverified
Turnover RatenounMWEthe ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workersverified
Turnpikenoun(from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paidverified
Turnroundnounact or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return tripverified
Turnstonenounmigratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for foodverified
Turntablenouna circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being playedverified
Turpentine WeednounMWElow-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower headsverified
Turret ClocknounMWEa clock with more than one dial to show the time in all directions from a towerverified
Turtleheadnounshowy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purpleverified
Tusk ShellnounMWEany of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowingverified
Tussock BellflowernounMWEEuropean perennial bellflower that grows in clumps with spreading stems and blue or white flowersverified
Tussock MothnounMWEdull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous treesverified
Tv CameranounMWEtelevision equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beamverified
Tv SetnounMWEan electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screenverified
Tv-Antennanounan omnidirectional antenna tuned to the broadcast frequencies assigned to televisionverified
Twaybladenounorchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brownverified
Tweednoun(usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white clothverified
Twelfth Cranial NervenounMWEsupplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue musclesverified
Twenty-Twentynounnormal visual acuity, as measured by the ability to read charts at a distance of 20 feetverified