stanhopea | (noun) any of various orchids of the genus Stanhopea having a single large leaf and loose racemes of large fragrant flowers of various colors; Mexico to Brazil | - |
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stank | (noun) A smell of genitals or sex | - |
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stannic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing tin | Synonyms: stannous |
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stannite | (noun) a dark grey mineral with a metallic luster that is a source of tin | Synonyms: tin pyrites |
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stannous | (adjective) of or relating to or containing tin | Synonyms: stannic |
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stanza | (noun) a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem | - |
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statant | (adjective) standing on four feet | - |
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subcutaneous | (adjective) relating to or located below the epidermis | Synonyms: hypodermic |
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subcutaneously | (adverb) below the skin | - |
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substance | (noun) the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists | - |
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(noun) a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties | - |
(noun) the property of holding together and retaining its shape | Synonyms: body, consistence, consistency |
(noun) the idea that is intended | Synonyms: meaning |
(noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, sum |
(noun) content communicating a message; what something is about | Synonyms: content, message, subject matter |
(noun) considerable capital (wealth or income) | Synonyms: means |
(noun) material of a particular kind or constitution | - |
substandard | (adjective) falling short of some prescribed norm | Synonyms: deficient, inferior |
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substantial | (adjective) having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary | Synonyms: material, real |
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(adjective) of considerable importance, size, or worth | Synonyms: significant |
(adjective) of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something | Synonyms: substantive |
(adjective) having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value | Synonyms: affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy |
(adjective) of good quality and condition; solidly built | Synonyms: solid, strong |
(adjective) providing abundant nourishment | Synonyms: hearty, satisfying, solid, square |
substantiality | (noun) the quality of being substantial or having substance | Synonyms: solidness, substantialness |
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substantially | (adverb) to a great extent or degree | Synonyms: considerably, well |
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(adverb) in a strong substantial way | - |
substantialness | (noun) the quality of being substantial or having substance | Synonyms: solidness, substantiality |
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substantiate | (verb) solidify, firm, or strengthen | - |
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(verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: affirm, confirm, corroborate, support, sustain |
(verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualise, actualize, realise, realize |
(verb) represent in bodily form | Synonyms: body forth, embody, incarnate |
substantiating | (adjective) serving to support or corroborate | Synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying |
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substantiation | (noun) the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something | Synonyms: proof, validation |
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(noun) additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct | Synonyms: check, confirmation, verification |
substantiative | (adjective) serving to support or corroborate | Synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying |
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substantival | (adjective) of or relating to or having the nature or function of a substantive (i.e. a noun or noun equivalent) | - |
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substantive | (adjective) defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established | Synonyms: essential |
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(adjective) of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something | Synonyms: substantial |
(adjective) being on topic and prompting thought | Synonyms: meaty |
(noun) any word or group of words functioning as a noun | - |
sultan | (noun) the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire) | Synonyms: grand Turk |
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sultana | (noun) dried seedless grape | Synonyms: seedless raisin |
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(noun) pale yellow seedless grape used for raisins and wine | - |
sultanate | (noun) country or territory ruled by a sultan | - |
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suntan | (noun) a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun | Synonyms: tan |
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(verb) get a tan from being exposed to the sun | - |
suntanned | (adjective) (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun | Synonyms: bronzed, tanned |
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supernatant | (adjective) of a liquid; floating on the surface above a sediment or precipitate | - |
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(noun) the clear liquid that lies above a sediment or precipitate | - |
supertanker | (noun) the largest class of oil tankers | - |
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surfactant | (noun) a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved | Synonyms: surface-active agent, wetter, wetting agent |
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tan | (adjective) of a light yellowish-brown color | - |
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(noun) a light brown the color of topaz | Synonyms: topaz |
(noun) ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: tangent |
(noun) a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun | Synonyms: suntan |
(verb) get a tan, from wind or sun | Synonyms: bronze |
(verb) treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather | - |
tanager | (noun) any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males | - |
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tanbark | (noun) bark rich in tannin; bruised and cut in pieces to use for tanning; spent tanbark used as a ground covering | - |
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tandem | (noun) a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats | Synonyms: bicycle-built-for-two, tandem bicycle |
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(noun) an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another | - |
(adverb) one behind the other | Synonyms: in tandem |
tandoor | (noun) a clay oven used in northern India and Pakistan | - |
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tanekaha | (noun) medium tall celery pine of New Zealand | Synonyms: Phyllocladus trichomanoides |
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tang | (noun) any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria | Synonyms: sea tangle |
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(noun) any of various coarse seaweeds | Synonyms: sea tang |
(noun) brown algae seaweed with serrated edges | Synonyms: Fucus serratus, serrated wrack |
(noun) a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure | Synonyms: black rockweed, bladder fucus, bladderwrack, Fucus vesiculosus |
(noun) a tart spicy quality | Synonyms: nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tanginess, zest |
(noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: flavor, flavour, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack |
tanga | (noun) 100 tanga equal 1 Tajikistani ruble | - |
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tangelo | (noun) large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin | Synonyms: ugli, ugli fruit |
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(noun) hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida | Synonyms: Citrus tangelo, tangelo tree, ugli fruit |
tangency | (noun) (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact | Synonyms: contact |
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(noun) the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing | - |
tangent | (noun) ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: tan |
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(noun) a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point | - |
tangential | (adjective) of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent | - |
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(adjective) of superficial relevance if any | Synonyms: digressive |
tangentially | (adverb) peripherally | - |
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tangerine | (adjective) of a strong reddish orange color | - |
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(noun) a reddish to vivid orange color | - |
(noun) any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa | - |
(noun) a variety of mandarin orange, known in Telugu and Portugal as kamala kaya and in Australia as a mandarin | Synonyms: tangerine tree |
tangibility | (noun) the quality of being perceivable by touch | Synonyms: palpability, tangibleness |
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tangible | (adjective) perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch | Synonyms: touchable |
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(adjective) (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value | - |
(adjective) capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt | Synonyms: palpable |
(adjective) capable of being treated as fact | Synonyms: real |
tangibleness | (noun) the quality of being perceivable by touch | Synonyms: palpability, tangibility |
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tangibly | (adverb) in a tangible manner | - |
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tanginess | (noun) a tart spicy quality | Synonyms: nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, zest |
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tangle | (noun) something jumbled or confused | Synonyms: maze, snarl |
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(noun) a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven | - |
(verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | Synonyms: entangle, mat, snarl |
(verb) disarrange or rumple; dishevel | Synonyms: dishevel, tousle |
(verb) tangle or complicate | Synonyms: knot, ravel |
(verb) force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action | Synonyms: drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up |
tanglebush | (noun) spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits | Synonyms: desert olive, Forestiera neomexicana |
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tangled | (adjective) in a confused mass | - |
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(adjective) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious | Synonyms: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tortuous |
tango | (noun) a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin | - |
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(noun) music written in duple time for dancing the tango | - |
(verb) dance a tango | - |
tangor | (noun) large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in Florida | Synonyms: Citrus nobilis, king orange, temple orange, temple orange tree |
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tangram | (noun) a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square divided into seven pieces that must be arranged to match particular designs | - |
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tangy | (adjective) tasting sour like a lemon | Synonyms: lemonlike, lemony, sourish, tart |
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tank | (noun) a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids | Synonyms: storage tank |
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(noun) an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads | Synonyms: armored combat vehicle, armoured combat vehicle, army tank |
(noun) a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk | Synonyms: tank car |
(noun) a cell for violent prisoners | Synonyms: cooler |
(noun) as much as a tank will hold | Synonyms: tankful |
(verb) treat in a tank | - |
(verb) consume excessive amounts of alcohol | - |
(verb) store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it | - |
tanka | (noun) a Tibetan religious painting on fabric | - |
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(noun) a form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables | - |
tankage | (noun) the act of storing in tanks | - |
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(noun) the charge for storing something in tanks | - |
(noun) the quantity contained in (or the capacity of) a tank or tanks | - |
tankard | (noun) large drinking vessel with one handle | - |
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tanker | (noun) a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk | Synonyms: oil tanker, oiler, tank ship |
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(noun) a motor vehicle designed to carry liquefied loads, dry bulk cargo or gases on roads. | Synonyms: tank truck, tanker truck |
(noun) a soldier who drives a tank | Synonyms: tank driver |
tankful | (noun) as much as a tank will hold | Synonyms: tank |
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tanned | (adjective) converted to leather by a tanning agent | - |
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(adjective) (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun | Synonyms: bronzed, suntanned |
tanner | (noun) a craftsman who tans skins and hides | - |
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(noun) a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970 | Synonyms: sixpence |
tannery | (noun) workplace where skins and hides are tanned | - |
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tannia | (noun) tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes | Synonyms: malanga, spoonflower, Xanthosoma atrovirens, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, yautia |
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tannic | (adjective) derived from tannin | - |
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tannin | (noun) any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine | Synonyms: tannic acid |
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tanning | (noun) making leather from rawhide | - |
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(noun) beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment | Synonyms: flagellation, flogging, lashing, whipping |
(noun) process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light | - |
tannish | (adjective) of a color resembling tan | - |
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tannoy | (noun) a loudspeaker | - |
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tansy | (noun) common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally | Synonyms: golden buttons, scented fern, Tanacetum vulgare |
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tantalise | (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit |
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tantaliser | (noun) someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach | Synonyms: tantalizer |
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tantalising | (adjective) very pleasantly inviting | Synonyms: tantalizing, tempting |
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(adjective) arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach | Synonyms: tantalizing |
tantalite | (noun) a mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an ore of tantalum | - |
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tantalization | (noun) the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances | Synonyms: ribbing, tease, teasing |
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tantalize | (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, taunt, tease, twit |
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tantalizer | (noun) someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach | Synonyms: tantaliser |
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tantalizing | (adjective) very pleasantly inviting | Synonyms: tantalising, tempting |
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(adjective) arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach | Synonyms: tantalising |
tantalizingly | (adverb) in a tantalizing manner | Synonyms: invitingly |
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tantalum | (noun) a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite | Synonyms: atomic number 73, Ta |
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tantamount | (adjective) being essentially equal to something | Synonyms: equivalent |
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tantra | (noun) any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind | - |
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tantrum | (noun) a display of bad temper | Synonyms: conniption, fit, scene |
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tartan | (noun) a cloth having a crisscross design | Synonyms: plaid |
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taxistand | (noun) a place where taxis park while awaiting customers | Synonyms: cabstand, taxi rank |
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teleostan | (noun) a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei | Synonyms: teleost, teleost fish |
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tetanic | (adjective) of or relating to or causing tetanus | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to or causing tetany | - |
tetanilla | (noun) clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis | Synonyms: apyretic tetanus, intermittent cramp, intermittent tetanus, tetany |
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tetanus | (noun) a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses | - |
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(noun) an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages | Synonyms: lockjaw |
tetany | (noun) clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis | Synonyms: apyretic tetanus, intermittent cramp, intermittent tetanus, tetanilla |
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tetartanopia | (noun) a form of dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to yellow light; so rare that its existence has been questioned | Synonyms: yellow-blindness |
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titan | (noun) a person of exceptional importance and reputation | Synonyms: behemoth, colossus, giant, heavyweight |
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titania | (noun) a white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability | Synonyms: titanic oxide, titanium dioxide, titanium oxide |
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titanic | (adjective) of great force or power | - |
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titanium | (noun) a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite | Synonyms: atomic number 22, Ti |
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titanosaur | (noun) amphibious quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long thin neck and whiplike tail; of the Cretaceous mostly in the Southern Hemisphere | Synonyms: titanosaurian |
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titanosaurian | (noun) amphibious quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long thin neck and whiplike tail; of the Cretaceous mostly in the Southern Hemisphere | Synonyms: titanosaur |
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tramontana | (noun) a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean | Synonyms: tramontane |
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tramontane | (adjective) on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker) | Synonyms: transmontane |
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(adjective) being or coming from another country | - |
(noun) a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean | Synonyms: tramontana |