tyramine | (noun) amino acid derived from tyrosine; has a sympathomimetic action; found in chocolate and cola drinks and ripe cheese and beer | - |
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tyrannic | (adjective) characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty | Synonyms: authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannical |
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tyrannical | (adjective) marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior | Synonyms: oppressive, tyrannous |
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(adjective) characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty | Synonyms: authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannic |
tyrannicide | (noun) killing a tyrant | - |
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tyrannid | (noun) a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni | - |
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tyrannise | (verb) rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner | Synonyms: domineer, tyrannize |
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(verb) rule a country as a tyrant | Synonyms: grind down, tyrannize |
tyrannize | (verb) rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner | Synonyms: domineer, tyrannise |
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(verb) rule a country as a tyrant | Synonyms: grind down, tyrannise |
tyrannosaur | (noun) large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America | Synonyms: tyrannosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex |
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tyrannosaurus | (noun) large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America | Synonyms: tyrannosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex |
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tyrannous | (adjective) marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior | Synonyms: oppressive, tyrannical |
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tyranny | (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | Synonyms: absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism |
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(noun) dominance through threat of punishment and violence | Synonyms: absolutism, despotism |
tyrant | (noun) a cruel and oppressive dictator | Synonyms: autocrat, despot |
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(noun) any person who exercises power in a cruel way | - |
(noun) in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it | - |
tyre | (noun) hoop that covers a wheel | Synonyms: tire |
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tyro | (noun) someone new to a field or activity | Synonyms: beginner, initiate, novice, tiro |
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tyrocidin | (noun) a basic polypeptide antibiotic derived from a soil bacterium; a major component of tyrothricin | Synonyms: tyrocidine |
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tyrocidine | (noun) a basic polypeptide antibiotic derived from a soil bacterium; a major component of tyrothricin | Synonyms: tyrocidin |
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tyrolean | (noun) soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade | Synonyms: tirolean |
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tyrosine | (noun) an amino acid found in most proteins; a precursor of several hormones | - |
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tyrosinemia | (noun) autosomal recessive defect in tyrosine metabolism resulting in liver and kidney disturbances and mental retardation | - |
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tyrothricin | (noun) a mixture of antibiotics applied locally to infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria | - |
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