| trope | (noun) language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Synonyms: figure, figure of speech, image |
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| trophobiosis | (noun) a symbiotic relation in which one organism protects the other in return for some kind of food product | - |
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| trophoblast | (noun) the membrane that forms the wall of the blastocyst in early development; aids implantation in the uterine wall | - |
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| trophotropism | (noun) an orienting response to food | - |
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| trophozoite | (noun) a sporozoan in the active feeding stage of its life cycle | - |
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| trophy | (noun) something given as a token of victory | Synonyms: prize |
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| (noun) an award for success in war or hunting | - |
| tropic | (noun) either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics | - |
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| tropicbird | (noun) mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land | Synonyms: boatswain bird, tropic bird |
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| tropics | (noun) the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate | Synonyms: Torrid Zone, tropical zone |
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| tropism | (noun) an involuntary orienting response; positive or negative reaction to a stimulus source | - |
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| troponomy | (noun) the place names of a region or a language considered collectively | Synonyms: troponymy |
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| troponym | (noun) a word that denotes a manner of doing something | Synonyms: manner name |
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| troponymy | (noun) the place names of a region or a language considered collectively | Synonyms: troponomy |
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| (noun) the semantic relation of being a manner of does something | - |
| tropopause | (noun) the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere | - |
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| troposphere | (noun) the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude) | - |
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