tollgate | (noun) a gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid | Synonyms: tollbar |
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tomtate | (noun) found off the West Indies and Florida | Synonyms: Haemulon aurolineatum |
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transudate | (noun) a substance that transudes | Synonyms: transudation |
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triacetate | (noun) cellulose acetate that is relatively slow to burn; used instead of celluloid for motion-picture film | Synonyms: cellulose triacetate |
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triplicate | (noun) one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly | - |
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triumvirate | (noun) a group of three men responsible for public administration or civil authority | - |
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tungstate | (noun) a salt of tungstic acid | - |
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tunicate | (noun) primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva | Synonyms: urochord, urochordate |
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turbinate | (noun) any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates | Synonyms: turbinal, turbinate bone |
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ultimate | (noun) the finest or most superior quality of its kind | - |
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underestimate | (noun) an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value | Synonyms: underestimation, underrating, underreckoning |
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undergraduate | (noun) a university student who has not yet received a first degree | Synonyms: undergrad |
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unfortunate | (noun) a person who suffers misfortune | Synonyms: unfortunate person |
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unguiculate | (noun) a mammal having nails or claws | Synonyms: unguiculate mammal |
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ungulate | (noun) any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically | Synonyms: hoofed mammal |
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uninitiate | (noun) people who have not been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity | - |
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update | (noun) the act of bringing someone or something up to date | - |
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(noun) information or data that updates | - |
urate | (noun) a salt of uric acid | - |
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urochordate | (noun) primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva | Synonyms: tunicate, urochord |
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vanadate | (noun) a salt or ester of vanadic acid; an anion containing pentavalent vanadium | - |
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variate | (noun) a variable quantity that is random | Synonyms: chance variable, random variable, stochastic variable, variant |
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vertebrate | (noun) animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium | Synonyms: craniate |
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vicariate | (noun) the religious institution under the authority of a vicar | Synonyms: vicarship |
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workmate | (noun) a fellow worker | - |
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xanthate | (noun) a salt or ester of xanthic acid | - |
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zooflagellate | (noun) flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics | Synonyms: zoomastigote |
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