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   Tannenberg
         n 1: a battle in World War I (1914); decisive German victory
               over the Russians [syn: {Tannenberg}, {battle of
               Tannenberg}]

English Dictionary: Tinamiformes by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ten-membered
adj
  1. of a chemical compound having a ring with ten members
    Synonym(s): ten-membered, 10-membered
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thiamine pyrophosphate
n
  1. a coenzyme important in respiration in the Krebs cycle
    Synonym(s): cocarboxylase, thiamine pyrophosphate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tinamiformes
n
  1. coextensive with the family Tinamidae [syn: Tinamiformes, order Tinamiformes]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tamarisk \Tam"a*risk\, n. [L. tamariscus, also tamarix,
      tamarice, Skr. tam[be]la, tam[be]laka, a tree with a very
      dark bark; cf. tamas darkness: cf. F. tamarisc, tamarix,
      tamaris.] (Bot.)
      Any shrub or tree of the genus {Tamarix}, the species of
      which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike
      leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species ({T.
      mannifera}) is the source of one kind of manna.
  
      {Tamarisk salt tree}, an East Indian tree ({Tamarix
            orientalis}) which produces an incrustation of salt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Business \Busi"ness\, n.; pl. {Businesses}. [From {Busy}.]
      1. That which busies one, or that which engages the time,
            attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern
            or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time;
            constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business
            of life; business before pleasure.
  
                     Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's
                     business?                                          --Luke ii. 49.
  
      2. Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for
            livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a
            profession. [bd]The business of instruction.[b8]
            --Prescott.
  
      3. Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in
            general; mercantile transactions.
  
                     It seldom happens that men of a studious turn
                     acquire any degree of reputation for their knowledge
                     of business.                                       --Bp. Popteus.
  
      4. That which one has to do or should do; special service,
            duty, or mission.
  
                     The daughter of the King of France, On serious
                     business, craving quick despatch, Importunes
                     personal conference.                           --Shak.
  
                     What business has the tortoise among the clouds?
                                                                              --L'Estrange.
  
      5. Affair; concern; matter; -- used in an indefinite sense,
            and modified by the connected words.
  
                     It was a gentle business, and becoming The action of
                     good women.                                       --Shak.
  
                     Bestow Your needful counsel to our business. --Shak.
  
      6. (Drama) The position, distribution, and order of persons
            and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by
            the stage manager in rehearsal.
  
      7. Care; anxiety; diligence. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      {To do one's business}, to ruin one. [Colloq.] --Wycherley.
  
      {To make (a thing) one's business}, to occupy one's self with
            a thing as a special charge or duty. [Colloq.]
  
      {To mean business}, to be earnest. [Colloq.]
  
      Syn: Affairs; concern; transaction; matter; engagement;
               employment; calling; occupation; trade; profession;
               vocation; office; duty.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Two-name \Two"-name`\, a. (Banking)
      Having or bearing two names; as,
  
      {two-name paper}, that is, negotiable paper on which at least
            two persons are severally liable as separate makers, or,
            usually, one as maker and one as indorser. [Colloq.]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Tanenbaum, Andrew
  
      {Andrew Tanenbaum}
  
  
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