A woman entered a fruit store and said to the clerk, "I want to purchase some fruit for my sick husband."
"We have some very nice sweet cherries on sale for a dollar a box," said the clerk.
She looked them over and decided to take a box. Handing them to the clerk she added, "Have they been sprayed with poison?"
Replied the clerk, "No ma’am. You will have to purchase that at the drug store."
n. Device for receiving a radio signal and automatically transmitting a different signal. [from *transmit, *respond]
TRANSPORTER
bridge n. Bridge carrying vehicles etc. Across water on a suspended moving platform.
- n. Vehicle used to transport other vehicles or heavy machinery etc. By road.
TRANSSEXUAL
(also transexual) —adj. Having the physical characteristics of one sex and an overwhelming psychological identification with the other. —n. - transsexual person.
- person who has had a sex change.
TRANSURANIC
adj. (of a chemical element) having a higher atomic number than uranium.
TREACHEROUS
adj. - guilty of or involving treachery.
- (of the weather, ice, the memory, etc.) Likely to fail or give way. treacherously adv. [french from trichier cheat: related to *trick]
TREASONABLE
adj. Involving or guilty of treason.
TREECREEPER
n. Small creeping bird feeding on insects in tree-bark.
A cat will clean itself with paw and tongue after a dangerous experience or when it has fought with another cat. This is an attempt by the animal to soothe its nerves by doing something natural and instinctive.
