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Tear SheetnounMWEa sheet that can be easily torn out of a publicationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teardropnouna drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glandsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tearfulnessnounsadness expressed by weepingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tearing DownnounMWEcomplete destruction of a buildingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tearjerkernounan excessively sentimental narrativeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tearoomnouna restaurant where tea and light meals are availableverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tears of JoynounMWEthe feeling of being so happy, or laughing so much that you cryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teaselnounany of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bractsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teasernouna flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wingsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teashopnouna restaurant where tea and light meals are availableverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teaspoonnouna small spoon used for stirring tea or coffeeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teaspoonfulnounas much as a teaspoon will holdverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teatnounthe small projection of a mammary glandverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teatimenouna light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tebibitnouna unit of information equal to 1024 gibibits or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bitsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tebibytenouna unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tecnouna police officer who investigates crimesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Technouna school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciencesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Techienouna slang term for a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field, usually computingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Technetiumnouna crystalline metallic element not found in natureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Technical AnalysisnounMWE(stock exchange) analysis of past price changes in the hope of forecasting future price changesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Technical Analysis of Stock TrendsnounMWE(stock exchange) analysis of past price changes in the hope of forecasting future price changesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Technical AnalystnounMWEa stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securitiesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Technical ControlsnounMWEThe security controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) for an information system that are primarily implemented and executed by the information system through mechanisms contained in the hardware, software, or firmware components of the system.ControlMay 18, 2026
Technical FoulnounMWE(basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conductverifiedMay 18, 2026
Technical KnockoutnounMWEa knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continueverifiedMay 18, 2026
Technical Non-repudiationnounMWEThe contribution of public key mechanisms to the provision of technical evidence supporting a non-repudiation security service.CapabilityMay 18, 2026
Technical Reference ModelnounMWEA component-driven, technical framework that categorizes the standards and technologies to support and enable the delivery of service components and capabilities.FrameworkMay 18, 2026
Technical SchoolnounMWEa school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciencesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Technical Security ControlsnounMWESecurity controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) for an information system that are primarily implemented and executed by the information system through mechanisms contained in the hardware, software, or firmware components of the system.ControlRegulatedMay 18, 2026
technical security solutionnounMWEHardware, software, and methodologies for protecting computerized assets from, or resilience against, potential harm from external forces.CapabilityMay 18, 2026
Technical SergeantnounMWEa noncommissioned officer ranking below a master sergeant in the air force or marinesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Technical Vulnerability InformationnounMWEDetailed description of a weakness to include the implementable steps (such as code) necessary to exploit that weakness.VulnerabilityRestrictedCUIMay 18, 2026
Technicalitynouna detail that is considered insignificantverifiedMay 18, 2026
Techniciannounsomeone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process or equipmentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Technicolornouna trademarked method of making color motion picturesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Techniquenounskillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Technonouna style of fast heavy electronic dance music usually without vocalsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Technobabblenountechnical jargon from computing and other high-tech subjectsverifiedMay 18, 2026
TechnochauvinismnounThe belief that technology is always the solutionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Technocracynouna form of government in which scientists and technical experts control societyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Technocratnounan expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite groupverifiedMay 18, 2026
Technological RevolutionnounMWEthe transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Technologistnouna person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problemsverifiedMay 18, 2026
technologynounEquipment and machinery developed from the practical application of scientific knowledge to commerce or industry.SystemMay 18, 2026
Technology Research and DevelopmentnounMWEIn the NICE Workforce Framework, cybersecurity work where a person: Conducts technology assessment and integration processes; provides and supports a prototype capability and/or evaluates its utility.ProcessIPMay 18, 2026
technology service providernounMWEAn organization that provides technical solutions in the form of a paid service.OrganizationRegulatedMay 18, 2026
Technophilenouna person who is enthusiastic about new technologyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Technophilianounenthusiasm for new technologyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Technophobenouna person who dislikes or avoids new technologyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Technophobianoundislike for new technologyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tectonic MovementnounMWEmovement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crustverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tectonicsnounthe branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crustverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teddynounplaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Teddy BearnounMWEa plaything consisting of a child's plush toy bearverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teddy BoysnounMWEa British youth subculture that first appeared in the 1950s based off Edwardian styles from the North of England, and inspiring the Glam Rock look of the 1970'sverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tediousnessnoundullness owing to length or slownessverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tediumnounthe feeling of being bored by something tediousverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tedsnouna British youth subculture that first appeared in the 1950s based off Edwardian styles from the North of England, and inspiring the Glam Rock look of the 1970'sverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tee HingenounMWEa hinge that looks like the letter T when it is openedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tee ShirtnounMWEa close-fitting pullover shirtverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teeing GroundnounMWEthe starting place for each hole on a golf courseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teemingnessnounthe property of a more than adequate quantity or supplyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teenagernouna juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teepeenouna Native American tentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teeter-Totternouna plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrumverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teeterboardnouna plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrumverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teethingnounthe eruption through the gums of baby teethverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teething RingnounMWEdevice used for an infant to suck or bite onverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teetotalernouna total abstainer from alchoholverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teetotalingnounabstaining from alcoholverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teetotalismnounabstaining from alcoholverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teetotalistnouna total abstainerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teetotallernouna total abstainer from alchoholverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teetotumnouna conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spinverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teffnounan African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hayverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teff GrassnounMWEan African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hayverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tefillinnoun(Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Teflonnouna material used to coat cooking utensils and in industrial applications where sticking is to be avoidedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tegnountwo-year-old sheepverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tegumentnouna natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touchverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teiidnountropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tailverifiedMay 18, 2026
Teiid LizardnounMWEtropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tailverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tejunounlarge (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizardverifiedMay 18, 2026
Tekkinouna technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Tektitenounthought to derive from meteoritesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Telamonnouna figure of a man used as a supporting columnverifiedMay 18, 2026
Telconouna public utility that provides telephone serviceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Telco BuildingnounMWEa building that houses telecommunications equipmentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Telecasternouna television broadcasterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Telecastingnounbroadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objectsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Telecomnoun(often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronicallyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Telecom EquipmentnounMWEa communication system for communicating at a distanceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Telecom HotelnounMWEa building that houses telecommunications equipmentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Telecom SystemnounMWEa communication system for communicating at a distanceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Telecommercenounthe use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and salesverifiedMay 18, 2026
telecommunicationnounPreparation, transmission, communication, or related processing of information (writing, images, sounds, or other data) by electrical, electromagnetic, electromechanical, electro-optical, or electronic means.NetworkMay 18, 2026
Telecommunication EquipmentnounMWEa communication system for communicating at a distanceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Telecommunication SystemnounMWEa communication system for communicating at a distanceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Telecommutingnounemployment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modemverifiedMay 18, 2026