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Two-toed anteater
– definition :
- (noun)
- squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur (context:animal)
Tympan
– definition :
- (noun)
- a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end (context:artifact)
Type metal
– definition :
- (noun)
- an alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing type (context:substance)
Typhon
– definition :
- (noun)
- (Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx (context:person)
Tyrannize
– definition :
- (verb)
- rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner (context:emotion)
- rule a country as a tyrant (context:social)
– Sample : “tyrannize”
- her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her
Two-man saw
– definition :
- (noun)
- a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people (context:artifact)
Twofer
– definition :
- (noun)
- a coupon that allows the holder to purchase two items (as two tickets to a play) for the price of one (context:communication)
- an offer of two for the price of one (context:communication)
Tympanoplasty
– definition :
- (noun)
- surgical correction or repair of defects or injuries in the eardrum or the bones of the middle ear (context:act)
Typesetter’s case
– definition :
- (noun)
- (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers (context:artifact)
– Sample : “typesetter’s case”
- for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters
Typing
– definition :
- (noun)
- writing done with a typewriter (context:communication)
