trace | (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 |
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(noun) either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree | - |
(noun) an indication that something has been present | Synonyms: shadow, tincture, vestige |
(noun) a suggestion of some quality | Synonyms: ghost, touch |
(noun) a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle | - |
(noun) a just detectable amount | Synonyms: hint, suggestion, tint |
(verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something | Synonyms: follow |
(verb) read with difficulty | Synonyms: decipher |
(verb) make a mark or lines on a surface | Synonyms: delineate, describe, draw, line |
(verb) copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of | - |
(verb) pursue or chase relentlessly | Synonyms: hound, hunt |
(verb) to go back over again | Synonyms: retrace |
(verb) make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along | - |
(verb) discover traces of | - |
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) ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke | Synonyms: tracer bullet |
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(noun) (radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes | - |
(noun) an instrument used to make tracings | - |
(noun) an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods | - |
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 | - |
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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 | - |
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(noun) the discovery and description of the course of development of something | - |
(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 |
track | (noun) the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track | Synonyms: running |
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(noun) any road or path affording passage especially a rough one | Synonyms: cart track, cartroad |
(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) a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels | - |
(noun) a groove on a phonograph recording | - |
(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 course over which races are run | Synonyms: racecourse, racetrack, raceway |
(noun) an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground | Synonyms: caterpillar track, caterpillar tread |
(noun) evidence pointing to a possible solution | Synonyms: lead, trail |
(noun) a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc | Synonyms: cut |
(noun) a line or route along which something travels or moves | Synonyms: course, path |
(verb) make tracks upon | - |
(verb) go after with the intent to catch | Synonyms: chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, trail |
(verb) travel across or pass over | Synonyms: cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, traverse |
(verb) carry on the feet and deposit | - |
(verb) observe or plot the moving path of something | - |
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 | - |
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(adjective) lacking pathways | Synonyms: pathless, roadless, untracked, untrod, untrodden |
tract | (noun) a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain | Synonyms: nerve pathway, nerve tract, pathway |
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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) an extended area of land | Synonyms: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land |
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 |
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(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: ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile |
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traction | (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 | - |
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(noun) the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) | Synonyms: adhesive friction, grip |
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 | - |
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(noun) a truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large trailers or vans | - |