take a leak : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   Tagalog
         n 1: a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly
               inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila
         2: the language of the Tagalog on which Filipino is based

English Dictionary: take a leak	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
take a leak v eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" Synonym(s): make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
take a look v look at with attention; "Have a look at this!"; "Get a load of this pretty woman!" Synonym(s): take a look, have a look, get a load
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tassel hyacinth n large beautiful Mediterranean species having sterile bluish-violet flowers with fringed corollas forming a tuft above the fertile flowers Synonym(s): tassel hyacinth, Muscari comosum
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tassel-shaped adj shaped like a tassel
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tax collection n the collection of taxes
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tax collector n someone who collects taxes for the government [syn: {tax collector}, taxman, exciseman, collector of internal revenue, internal revenue agent]
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Taxales n coextensive with the family Taxaceae: yews [syn: Taxales, order Taxales]
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Tesla coil n a step-up transformer with an air core; used to produce high voltages at high frequencies
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thickly settled adj densely populated Synonym(s): populous, thickly settled
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ticklish adj difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject" Synonym(s): delicate, ticklish, touchy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tocology n the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother Synonym(s): obstetrics, OB, tocology, midwifery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toggle joint n a joint made by two arms attached by a pivot; used to apply pressure at the two ends by straightening the joint
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toggle switch n a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions Synonym(s): toggle switch, toggle, on-off switch, on/off switch
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Togolese adj of or relating to the African country of Togo or its people; "the Togolese capital" n a native or inhabitant of Togo
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Togolese Republic n a republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; formerly under French control Synonym(s): Togo, Togolese Republic
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Toklas n United States writer remembered as the secretary and companion of Gertrude Stein (1877-1967) Synonym(s): Toklas, Alice B. Toklas
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tough luck n an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes Synonym(s): misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck Antonym(s): good fortune, good luck, luckiness
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Tuscaloosa n a university town in west central Alabama
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Tussilago n genus of low creeping yellow-flowered perennial herbs of north temperate regions: coltsfoots; in some classifications includes species often placed in other genera especially Homogyne and Petasites Synonym(s): Tussilago, genus Tussilago
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tussilago alpina n rhizomatous herb with purple-red flowers suitable for groundcover; sometimes placed in genus Tussilago Synonym(s): alpine coltsfoot, Homogyne alpina, Tussilago alpina
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Tussilago farfara n perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly Synonym(s): coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twiglike adj thin as a twig Synonym(s): twiggy, twiglike
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Talipes \[d8]Tal"i*pes\, n. [NL., fr. L. talus an ankle + pes, pedis, a foot; cf. L. talipedare to be weak in the feet, properly, to walk on the ankles.] (Surg.) The deformity called {clubfoot}. See {Clubfoot}. Note: Several varieties are distinguished; as, {Talipes varus}, in which the foot is drawn up and bent inward; {T. valgus}, in which the foot is bent outward; {T. equinus}, in which the sole faces backward and the patient walks upon the balls of the toes; and {T. calcaneus} (called also {talus}), in which the sole faces forward and the patient walks upon the heel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tagalog \Ta*ga"log\, n. 1. (Ethnol.) Any member of a certain tribe which is one of the leading and most civilized of those native of the Philippine Islands. 2. The language of the Tagalogs. It belongs to the Malay family of languages and is one of the most highly developed members of the family.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tagliacotain \Tagl`ia*co"tain\, a. (Surg.) Of or pertaining to Tagliacozzi, a Venetian surgeon; as, the Tagliacotian operation, a method of rhinoplasty described by him. [Also {Taliacotian}, and {Tagliacozzian}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tagliacotain \Tagl`ia*co"tain\, a. (Surg.) Of or pertaining to Tagliacozzi, a Venetian surgeon; as, the Tagliacotian operation, a method of rhinoplasty described by him. [Also {Taliacotian}, and {Tagliacozzian}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Taglock \Tag"lock`\, n. An entangled lock, as of hair or wool. --Nares.
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Taxless \Tax"less\, a. Free from taxation.
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Taxology \Taxol"ogy\, n. [Gr. ta`xis arrangement + -logy.] (Biol.) Same as {Taxonomy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Teachless \Teach"less\, a. Not teachable. [R.] --Shelley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Teocalli \Te`o*cal"li\, n.; pl. {Teocallis}. [Mexican.] Literally, God's house; a temple, usually of pyramidal form, such as were built by the aborigines of Mexico, Yucatan, etc. And Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin. --Longfellow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tesla coil \Tes"la coil\, Tesla transformer \Tes"la trans*form"er\ [After N. Tesla, American electrician.] (Elec.) A transformer without iron, for high frequency alternating or oscillating currents; an oscillation transformer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ticklish \Tic"klish\, a. 1. Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish. --Bacon. 2. Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable. Can any man with comfort lodge in a condition so dismally ticklish? --Barrow. 3. Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business. Surely princes had need, in tender matters and ticklish times, to beware what they say. --Bacon. -- {Tic"klishly}, adv. -- {Tic"klishness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ticklish \Tic"klish\, a. 1. Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish. --Bacon. 2. Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable. Can any man with comfort lodge in a condition so dismally ticklish? --Barrow. 3. Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business. Surely princes had need, in tender matters and ticklish times, to beware what they say. --Bacon. -- {Tic"klishly}, adv. -- {Tic"klishness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ticklish \Tic"klish\, a. 1. Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish. --Bacon. 2. Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable. Can any man with comfort lodge in a condition so dismally ticklish? --Barrow. 3. Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business. Surely princes had need, in tender matters and ticklish times, to beware what they say. --Bacon. -- {Tic"klishly}, adv. -- {Tic"klishness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tiglic \Tig"lic\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, {C4H7CO2H} (called also methyl crotonic acid), homologous with crotonic acid, and obtained from croton oil (from {Croton Tiglium}) as a white crystalline substance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chalk \Chalk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chalked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chalking}.] 1. To rub or mark with chalk. 2. To manure with chalk, as land. --Morimer. 3. To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach. --Tennyson. Let a bleak paleness chalk the door. --Herbert. {To chalk out}, to sketch with, or as with, chalk; to outline; to indicate; to plan. [Colloq.] [bd]I shall pursue the plan I have chalked out.[b8] --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clack \Clack\, v. t. 1. To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click. 2. To utter rapidly and inconsiderately. --Feltham. {To clack wool}, to cut off the sheep's mark, in order to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Close \Close\, v. i. 1. To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated. What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? --Byron. 2. To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock. 3. To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight. They boldly closed in a hand-to-hand contest. --Prescott. {To close} {on [or] upon}, to come to a mutual agreement; to agree on or join in. [bd]Would induce France and Holland to close upon some measures between them to our disadvantage.[b8] --Sir W. Temple. {To close with}. (a) To accede to; to consent or agree to; as, to close with the terms proposed. (b) To make an agreement with. {To close with the land} (Naut.), to approach the land.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Close \Close\, v. i. 1. To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated. What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? --Byron. 2. To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock. 3. To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight. They boldly closed in a hand-to-hand contest. --Prescott. {To close} {on [or] upon}, to come to a mutual agreement; to agree on or join in. [bd]Would induce France and Holland to close upon some measures between them to our disadvantage.[b8] --Sir W. Temple. {To close with}. (a) To accede to; to consent or agree to; as, to close with the terms proposed. (b) To make an agreement with. {To close with the land} (Naut.), to approach the land.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Close \Close\, v. i. 1. To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated. What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? --Byron. 2. To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock. 3. To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight. They boldly closed in a hand-to-hand contest. --Prescott. {To close} {on [or] upon}, to come to a mutual agreement; to agree on or join in. [bd]Would induce France and Holland to close upon some measures between them to our disadvantage.[b8] --Sir W. Temple. {To close with}. (a) To accede to; to consent or agree to; as, to close with the terms proposed. (b) To make an agreement with. {To close with the land} (Naut.), to approach the land.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Collect \Col*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Collected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Collecting}.] [L. collecrus, p. p. of collerige to bind together; col- + legere to gather: cf. OF. collecter. See {Legend}, and cf. {Coil}, v. t., {Cull}, v. t.] 1. To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering. A band of men Collected choicely from each country. --Shak. 'Tis memory alone that enriches the mind, by preserving what our labor and industry daily collect. --Watts. 2. To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes. 3. To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises. [Archaic.] --Shak. Which sequence, I conceive, is very ill collected. --Locke. {To collect one's self}, to recover from surprise, embarrassment, or fear; to regain self-control. Syn: To gather; assemble; congregate; muster; accumulate; garner; aggregate; amass; infer; deduce.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heel \Heel\, n. [OE. hele, heele, AS. h[emac]la, perh. for h[omac]hila, fr. AS. h[omac]h heel (cf. {Hough}); but cf. D. hiel, OFries. heila, h[emac]la, Icel. h[91]ll, Dan. h[91]l, Sw. h[84]l, and L. calx. [root]12. Cf. {Inculcate}.] 1. The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds. He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, His winged heels and then his armed head. --Denham. 2. The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe. 3. The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part. [bd]The heel of a hunt.[b8] --A. Trollope. [bd]The heel of the white loaf.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 4. Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob. 5. The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests; especially: (a) (Naut.) The after end of a ship's keel. (b) (Naut.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc. (c) (Mil.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position. (d) (Mil.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt. (e) The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe. 6. (Man.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well. 7. (Arch.) (a) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping. (b) A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen. --Gwilt. {Heel chain} (Naut.), a chain passing from the bowsprit cap around the heel of the jib boom. {Heel plate}, the butt plate of a gun. {Heel of a rafter}. (Arch.) See {Heel}, n., 7. {Heel ring}, a ring for fastening a scythe blade to the snath. {Neck and heels}, the whole body. (Colloq.) {To be at the heels of}, to pursue closely; to follow hard; as, hungry want is at my heels. --Otway. {To be down at the heel}, to be slovenly or in a poor plight. {To be out at the heels}, to have on stockings that are worn out; hence, to be shabby, or in a poor plight. --Shak. {To cool the heels}. See under {Cool}. {To go heels over head}, to turn over so as to bring the heels uppermost; hence, to move in a inconsiderate, or rash, manner. {To have the heels of}, to outrun. {To lay by the heels}, to fetter; to shackle; to imprison. --Shak. --Addison. {To show the heels}, to flee; to run from. {To take to the heels}, to flee; to betake to flight. {To throw up another's heels}, to trip him. --Bunyan. {To tread upon one's heels}, to follow closely. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Short \Short\, adv. In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short. He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language. --Howell. {To sell short} (Stock Exchange), to sell, for future delivery, what the party selling does not own, but hopes to buy at a lower rate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slight \Slight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slighting}.] To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands. --Milton. The wretch who slights the bounty of the skies. --Cowper. {To slight off}, to treat slightingly; to drive off; to remove. [R.] -- {To slight over}, to run over in haste; to perform superficially; to treat carelessly; as, to slight over a theme. [bd]They will but slight it over.[b8] --Bacon. Syn: To neglect; disregard; disdain; scorn. Usage: {Slight}, {Neglect}. To slight is stronger than to neglect. We may neglect a duty or person from inconsiderateness, or from being over-occupied in other concerns. To slight is always a positive and intentional act, resulting from feelings of dislike or contempt. We ought to put a kind construction on what appears neglect on the part of a friend; but when he slights us, it is obvious that he is our friend no longer. Beware . . . lest the like befall . . . If they transgress and slight that sole command. --Milton. This my long-sufferance, and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slight \Slight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slighting}.] To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands. --Milton. The wretch who slights the bounty of the skies. --Cowper. {To slight off}, to treat slightingly; to drive off; to remove. [R.] -- {To slight over}, to run over in haste; to perform superficially; to treat carelessly; as, to slight over a theme. [bd]They will but slight it over.[b8] --Bacon. Syn: To neglect; disregard; disdain; scorn. Usage: {Slight}, {Neglect}. To slight is stronger than to neglect. We may neglect a duty or person from inconsiderateness, or from being over-occupied in other concerns. To slight is always a positive and intentional act, resulting from feelings of dislike or contempt. We ought to put a kind construction on what appears neglect on the part of a friend; but when he slights us, it is obvious that he is our friend no longer. Beware . . . lest the like befall . . . If they transgress and slight that sole command. --Milton. This my long-sufferance, and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tocology \Tocol"ogy\, n. [Gr. [?] a birth + -logy.] The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition. [Written also {tokology}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Toggle iron}, a harpoon with a pivoted crosspiece in a mortise near the point to prevent it from being drawn out when a whale, shark, or other animal, is harpooned. {Toggle joint}, an elbow or knee joint, consisting of two bars so connected that they may be brought quite or nearly into a straight line, and made to produce great endwise pressure, when any force is applied to bring them into this position.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tocology \Tocol"ogy\, n. [Gr. [?] a birth + -logy.] The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition. [Written also {tokology}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tous-les-mois \Tous`-les`-mois"\, n. [F., all the months, i.e., every month.] A kind of starch with very large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot, and extensively used for adulterating cocoa. It is made from the rootstocks of a species of {Canna}, probably {C. edulis}, the tubers of which are edible every month in the year.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coltsfoot \Colts"foot`\, n. (Bot.) A perennial herb ({Tussilago Farfara}), whose leaves and rootstock are sometimes employed in medicine. {Butterbur coltsfoot} (Bot.), a European plant ({Petasites vulgaris}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twigless \Twig"less\, a. Having no twigs.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tazewell County, IL (county, FIPS 179) Location: 40.51264 N, 89.51319 W Population (1990): 123692 (49315 housing units) Area: 1680.7 sq km (land), 23.4 sq km (water) Tazewell County, VA (county, FIPS 185) Location: 37.12551 N, 81.56305 W Population (1990): 45960 (18901 housing units) Area: 1346.2 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tuscaloosa, AL (city, FIPS 77256) Location: 33.23770 N, 87.54098 W Population (1990): 77759 (31194 housing units) Area: 122.0 sq km (land), 26.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35401, 35405, 35406
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tuscaloosa County, AL (county, FIPS 125) Location: 33.28794 N, 87.52376 W Population (1990): 150522 (58740 housing units) Area: 3432.4 sq km (land), 69.3 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tuscola County, MI (county, FIPS 157) Location: 43.48775 N, 83.43666 W Population (1990): 55498 (21231 housing units) Area: 2104.6 sq km (land), 262.2 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
tick-list features n. [Acorn Computers] Features in software or hardware that customers insist on but never use (calculators in desktop TSRs and that sort of thing). The American equivalent would be `checklist features', but this jargon sense of the phrase has not been reported.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Tcl Consortium A non-profit agency dedicated to promoting {Tcl}. {Home (http://www.tclconsortium.org/)}. (1998-11-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
TclX {Extended Tcl}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
tick-list features ({Acorn Computers}) Features in software or hardware that customers insist on but never use (calculators in desktop TSRs and that sort of thing). The American equivalent would be "checklist features", but this jargon sense of the phrase has not been reported. (1995-01-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Tuckals An old statistical package still in use on some {VM} computers. (1995-11-28)