| trabeate
|
(adjective) not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels (rather than arches) |
Synonyms:
trabeated |
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| trabeated
|
(adjective) not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels (rather than arches) |
Synonyms:
trabeate |
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| trabecula
|
(noun) rod-shaped structures of fibrous tissue that divide an organ into parts (as in the penis) or stabilize the structure of an organ (as in the spleen) |
- |
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| trabecular
|
(adjective) of or relating to trabeculae |
Synonyms:
trabeculate |
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| trabeculate
|
(adjective) of or relating to trabeculae |
Synonyms:
trabecular |
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| trace
|
(verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something |
Synonyms:
follow |
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| (verb) make a mark or lines on a surface |
Synonyms:
describe,
draw,
line,
delineate |
| (verb) to go back over again |
Synonyms:
retrace |
| (verb) pursue or chase relentlessly |
Synonyms:
hound,
hunt |
| (verb) discover traces of |
- |
| (verb) make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along |
- |
| (verb) copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of |
- |
| (verb) read with difficulty |
Synonyms:
decipher |
| (noun) a just detectable amount |
Synonyms:
suggestion,
tint,
hint |
| (noun) an indication that something has been present |
Synonyms:
shadow,
tincture,
vestige |
| (noun) a suggestion of some quality |
Synonyms:
touch,
ghost |
| (noun) a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image |
Synonyms:
tracing |
| (noun) either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree |
- |
| (noun) a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle |
- |
| traceable
|
(adjective) capable of being traced or tracked |
Synonyms:
trackable |
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| (adjective) (usually followed by `to') able to be traced to |
- |
| tracer
|
(noun) an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods |
- |
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| (noun) an instrument used to make tracings |
- |
| (noun) (radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes |
- |
| (noun) ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke |
Synonyms:
tracer bullet |
| tracery
|
(noun) decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing ribs |
- |
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| trachea
|
(noun) membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi |
Synonyms:
windpipe |
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| (noun) one of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids |
- |
| tracheal
|
(adjective) relating to or resembling or functioning like a trachea |
- |
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| tracheid
|
(noun) long tubular cell peculiar to xylem |
- |
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| tracheitis
|
(noun) inflammation of the trachea |
- |
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| tracheobronchitis
|
(noun) common respiratory infection characterized by inflammation of the trachea and the bronchi |
- |
|---|
| tracheophyte
|
(noun) green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms |
Synonyms:
vascular plant |
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| tracheostomy
|
(noun) a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes |
Synonyms:
tracheotomy |
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| tracheotomy
|
(noun) a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes |
Synonyms:
tracheostomy |
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| trachodon
|
(noun) large duck-billed dinosaur of the Cretaceous period |
Synonyms:
trachodont |
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| trachodont
|
(noun) large duck-billed dinosaur of the Cretaceous period |
Synonyms:
trachodon |
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| trachoma
|
(noun) a chronic contagious disease caused by a bacterium and marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue |
- |
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| tracing
|
(noun) the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image |
Synonyms:
trace |
| (noun) the discovery and description of the course of development of something |
- |
| track
|
(verb) carry on the feet and deposit |
- |
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| (verb) observe or plot the moving path of something |
- |
| (verb) go after with the intent to catch |
Synonyms:
dog,
give chase,
go after,
chase,
chase after,
tag,
tail,
trail |
| (verb) travel across or pass over |
Synonyms:
pass over,
get across,
get over,
cover,
cross,
cut across,
cut through,
traverse |
| (verb) make tracks upon |
- |
| (noun) a line or route along which something travels or moves |
Synonyms:
path,
course |
| (noun) evidence pointing to a possible solution |
Synonyms:
lead,
trail |
| (noun) a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels |
- |
| (noun) a course over which races are run |
Synonyms:
racecourse,
racetrack,
raceway |
| (noun) a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc |
Synonyms:
cut |
| (noun) an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground |
Synonyms:
caterpillar track,
caterpillar tread |
| (noun) (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data |
Synonyms:
data track |
| (noun) a groove on a phonograph recording |
- |
| (noun) a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll |
Synonyms:
rail,
rails,
runway |
| (noun) any road or path affording passage especially a rough one |
Synonyms:
cart track,
cartroad |
| (noun) the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track |
Synonyms:
running |
| trackable
|
(adjective) capable of being traced or tracked |
Synonyms:
traceable |
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| trackball
|
(noun) an electronic device consisting of a rotatable ball in a housing; used to position the cursor and move images on a computer screen |
- |
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| tracked
|
(adjective) having tracks |
- |
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| tracker
|
(noun) someone who tracks down game |
- |
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| tracking
|
(noun) the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind |
Synonyms:
trailing |
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| tracklayer
|
(noun) a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks |
Synonyms:
platelayer |
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| trackless
|
(adjective) having no tracks |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) lacking pathways |
Synonyms:
roadless,
untracked,
untrod,
untrodden,
pathless |
| tract
|
(noun) an extended area of land |
Synonyms:
parcel,
parcel of land,
piece of ground,
piece of land |
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| (noun) a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose |
- |
| (noun) a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet |
Synonyms:
pamphlet |
| (noun) a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain |
Synonyms:
pathway,
nerve pathway,
nerve tract |
| tractability
|
(noun) the trait of being easily persuaded |
Synonyms:
flexibility,
tractableness |
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| tractable
|
(adjective) easily managed (controlled or taught or molded) |
Synonyms:
manipulable |
|---|
| (adjective) responsive to suggestions and influences |
Synonyms:
amenable |
| tractableness
|
(noun) the trait of being easily persuaded |
Synonyms:
flexibility,
tractability |
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| tractile
|
(adjective) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out |
Synonyms:
malleable,
ductile,
pliable,
pliant,
tensile |
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| traction
|
(noun) the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) |
Synonyms:
grip,
adhesive friction |
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| (noun) (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing |
- |
| tractive
|
(adjective) exerting traction and serving to pull |
- |
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| tractor
|
(noun) a wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large trailers or vans |
- |
| trad
|
(noun) traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s |
- |
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| trade
|
(noun) the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services |
- |
|---|
| (noun) the skilled practice of a practical occupation |
Synonyms:
craft |
| (noun) the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers |
Synonyms:
patronage |
| (noun) a particular instance of buying or selling |
Synonyms:
deal,
business deal |
| (noun) people who perform a particular kind of skilled work |
Synonyms:
craft |
| (noun) steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator |
Synonyms:
trade wind |
| (noun) an equal exchange |
Synonyms:
swap,
swop,
barter |
| (verb) engage in the trade of |
Synonyms:
merchandise |
| (verb) turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase |
Synonyms:
trade in |
| (verb) be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions |
- |
| (verb) exchange or give (something) in exchange for |
Synonyms:
swap,
switch,
swop |
| (verb) do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood |
Synonyms:
deal,
sell |
| tradecraft
|
(noun) skill acquired through experience in a trade; often used to discuss skill in espionage |
- |
|---|
| trademark
|
(verb) mark with a brand or trademark |
Synonyms:
brand,
brandmark |
|---|
| (verb) register the trademark of |
- |
| (noun) a distinctive characteristic or attribute of someone or something |
Synonyms:
hallmark,
earmark,
stylemark |
| (noun) a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product |
- |
| trademarked
|
(adjective) (of goods and merchandise) labeled with proprietary (and legally registered) identification guaranteeing exclusive use |
- |
|---|
| tradeoff
|
(noun) an exchange that occurs as a compromise |
Synonyms:
trade-off |
|---|
| trader
|
(noun) someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold |
Synonyms:
dealer,
monger,
bargainer |
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| tradesman
|
(noun) a merchant who owns or manages a shop |
Synonyms:
market keeper,
shopkeeper,
storekeeper |
|---|
| tradespeople
|
(noun) people engaged in trade |
- |
|---|
| trading
|
(noun) buying or selling securities or commodities |
- |
|---|
| tradition
|
(noun) an inherited pattern of thought or action |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a specific practice of long standing |
Synonyms:
custom |
| traditional
|
(adjective) consisting of or derived from tradition |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines |
- |
| traditionalism
|
(noun) strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings |
Synonyms:
traditionality |
|---|
| (noun) adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters) |
- |
| (noun) the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions |
- |
| traditionalist
|
(adjective) stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded |
Synonyms:
hidebound |
|---|
| (noun) one who adheres to traditional views |
Synonyms:
diehard |
| traditionalistic
|
(adjective) adhering to tradition especially in cultural or religious practices |
- |
|---|
| traditionality
|
(noun) strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings |
Synonyms:
traditionalism |
|---|
| traditionally
|
(adverb) according to tradition; in a traditional manner |
- |
|---|
| traduce
|
(verb) speak unfavorably about |
Synonyms:
malign,
drag through the mud,
badmouth |
|---|
| traducement
|
(noun) a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions |
Synonyms:
defamation,
calumny,
hatchet job,
obloquy,
calumniation |
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| traducer
|
(noun) one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel |
Synonyms:
maligner,
defamer,
slanderer,
vilifier,
backbiter,
libeler |
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| traffic
|
(noun) the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time |
- |
|---|
| (noun) buying and selling; especially illicit trade |
- |
| (noun) the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time |
- |
| (noun) social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with') |
Synonyms:
dealings |
| (verb) deal illegally |
- |
| (verb) trade or deal a commodity |
- |
| trafficator
|
(noun) a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn |
Synonyms:
blinker,
turn indicator,
turn signal |
|---|
| trafficker
|
(noun) someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money |
Synonyms:
marketer,
seller,
vender,
vendor |
|---|
| tragacanth
|
(noun) a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing |
- |
|---|
| tragedian
|
(noun) a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies |
- |
|---|
| (noun) an actor who specializes in tragic roles |
- |
| tragedienne
|
(noun) an actress who specializes in tragic roles |
- |
|---|
| tragedy
|
(noun) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune |
Synonyms:
cataclysm,
catastrophe,
disaster,
calamity |
|---|
| (noun) drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity |
- |
| tragic
|
(adjective) very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction |
Synonyms:
tragical |
|---|
| (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy |
- |
| tragical
|
(adjective) very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction |
Synonyms:
tragic |
|---|
| tragically
|
(adverb) in a tragic manner; with tragic consequences |
- |
|---|
| tragicomedy
|
(noun) a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a comedy with serious elements or overtones |
Synonyms:
seriocomedy |
| tragicomic
|
(adjective) manifesting both tragic and comic aspects |
Synonyms:
tragicomical |
|---|
| (adjective) having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics |
Synonyms:
tragicomical |
| (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy |
- |
| tragicomical
|
(adjective) manifesting both tragic and comic aspects |
Synonyms:
tragicomic |
|---|
| (adjective) having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics |
Synonyms:
tragicomic |
| tragifarce
|
(noun) an extreme form of tragicomedy. |
- |
|---|
| tragopan
|
(noun) brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head |
- |
|---|
| tragus
|
(noun) a small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear |
- |
|---|
| trail
|
(verb) to lag or linger behind |
Synonyms:
hang back,
drag,
drop back,
drop behind,
get behind |
|---|
| (verb) go after with the intent to catch |
Synonyms:
dog,
give chase,
go after,
chase,
chase after,
tag,
tail,
track |
| (verb) move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly |
Synonyms:
shack |
| (verb) hang down so as to drag along the ground |
- |
| (verb) drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground |
Synonyms:
train |
| (noun) a track or mark left by something that has passed |
- |
| (noun) a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country |
- |
| (noun) evidence pointing to a possible solution |
Synonyms:
lead,
track |
| trailblazer
|
(noun) someone who marks a trail by leaving blazes on trees |
- |
|---|
| (noun) someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art |
Synonyms:
innovator,
pioneer,
groundbreaker |
| trailer
|
(noun) someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind |
Synonyms:
poke,
drone,
dawdler,
laggard,
lagger |
|---|
| (noun) an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future |
Synonyms:
preview,
prevue |
| (noun) a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor |
- |
| (noun) a wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy |
Synonyms:
house trailer |
| trailhead
|
(noun) the beginning of a trail |
Synonyms:
trail head |
|---|
| trailing
|
(noun) the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind |
Synonyms:
tracking |
|---|
| train
|
(verb) create by training and teaching |
Synonyms:
develop,
prepare,
educate |
|---|
| (verb) undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession |
Synonyms:
prepare |
| (verb) develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control |
Synonyms:
check,
discipline,
condition |
| (verb) educate for a future role or function |
Synonyms:
prepare,
groom |
| (verb) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment |
Synonyms:
educate,
school,
civilise,
civilize,
cultivate |
| (verb) point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards |
Synonyms:
direct,
aim,
take,
take aim |
| (verb) teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports |
Synonyms:
coach |
| (verb) exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition |
- |
| (verb) cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it |
- |
| (verb) travel by rail or train |
Synonyms:
rail |
| (verb) drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground |
Synonyms:
trail |
| (noun) public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive |
Synonyms:
railroad train |
| (noun) a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding |
Synonyms:
string |
| (noun) a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file |
Synonyms:
wagon train,
caravan |
| (noun) a series of consequences wrought by an event |
- |
| (noun) piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor |
- |
| (noun) wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed |
Synonyms:
power train,
gear,
gearing,
geartrain |
| trainband
|
(noun) a company of militia in England or America from the 16th century to the 18th century |
- |
|---|
| trainbandsman
|
(noun) a member of a trainband |
- |
|---|
| trainbearer
|
(noun) one who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasion |
- |
|---|
| trained
|
(adjective) shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form |
- |
|---|
| trainee
|
(noun) someone who is being trained |
- |
|---|
| traineeship
|
(noun) financial aid that enables you to get trained for a specified job |
- |
|---|
| trainer
|
(noun) one who trains other persons or animals |
- |
|---|
| (noun) simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a plane |
Synonyms:
flight simulator |
| training
|
(noun) activity leading to skilled behavior |
Synonyms:
preparation,
grooming |
|---|
| (noun) the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior) |
Synonyms:
education,
breeding |
| trainload
|
(noun) quantity that can be carried by a train |
- |
|---|
| trainman
|
(noun) an employee of a railroad |
Synonyms:
railroad man,
railroader,
railway man,
railwayman |
|---|
| trainmaster
|
(noun) a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard |
Synonyms:
train dispatcher,
yardmaster |
|---|
| traipse
|
(verb) walk or tramp about |
Synonyms:
shlep |
|---|
| trait
|
(noun) a distinguishing feature of your personal nature |
- |
|---|
| traitor
|
(noun) someone who betrays his country by committing treason |
Synonyms:
treasonist |
|---|
| (noun) a person who says one thing and does another |
Synonyms:
double-crosser,
double-dealer,
betrayer,
two-timer |
| traitorous
|
(adjective) having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor |
Synonyms:
unfaithful,
faithless,
treasonable,
treasonous |
|---|
| traitorously
|
(adverb) in a disloyal and faithless manner |
Synonyms:
faithlessly,
false,
treacherously,
treasonably |
|---|
| traitorousness
|
(noun) disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior |
Synonyms:
treason,
subversiveness |
|---|
| traitress
|
(noun) female traitor |
- |
|---|
| trajectory
|
(noun) the path followed by an object moving through space |
Synonyms:
flight |
|---|
| tralatitious
|
(adjective) having been passed along from generation to generation |
Synonyms:
handed-down |
|---|
| tram
|
(verb) travel by tram |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers |
Synonyms:
ropeway,
cable tramway,
aerial tramway,
tramway |
| (noun) a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine |
Synonyms:
tramcar |
| (noun) a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity |
Synonyms:
streetcar,
tramcar,
trolley,
trolley car |