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| TRUSTEE | | n. Person or member of a board managing property in trust with a legal obligation to administer it solely for the purposes specified. trusteeship n. | |
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| TSQUARE | | n. T-shaped instrument for drawing right angles. | |
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| TSUNAMI | | n. (pl. -s) long high sea wave caused by underwater earthquakes etc. [japanese] | |
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| TUBULAR | | adj. - tube-shaped.
- having or consisting of tubes.
- (of furniture etc.) Having a tubular framework.
- bells n.pl. Orchestral instrument of vertically suspended brass tubes struck with a hammer. | |
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| TUESDAY | | —n. Day of the week following monday. —adv. - colloq. On tuesday.
- (tuesdays) on tuesdays; each tuesday. [old english] | |
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| TUGBOAT | | n. = *tug n. 3. | |
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| TUITION | | n. - teaching, esp. If paid for.
- fee for this. [latin tueor tuit- look after] | |
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| TUMBLER | | n. - drinking-glass with no handle or foot.
- acrobat.
- part of a lock that holds the bolt until lifted by a key.
- a kind of pigeon that turns over backwards in flight. | |
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| TUMBREL | | n. (also tumbril) hist. Open cart in which condemned persons were taken to the guillotine in the french revolution. [french tomber fall] | |
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| TUMULUS | | n. (pl. -li) ancient burial mound. [latin: related to *tumour] | |
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