tamp down
         v 1: press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the
               container to make espresso" [syn: {tamp down}, {tamp},
               {pack}]

English Dictionary: tamp down	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tempt v dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food" Synonym(s): tempt, allure provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation" Synonym(s): entice, lure, tempt give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers" Synonym(s): tempt, invite induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money" Synonym(s): charm, influence, tempt try to seduce try presumptuously; "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
temptable adj susceptible to temptation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
temptation n something that seduces or has the quality to seduce [syn: temptation, enticement] the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid; "he felt the temptation and his will power weakened" the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire; "his enticements were shameless" Synonym(s): enticement, temptation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tempter n a person who tempts others; "Satan is the great tempter of mankind"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tempting adj highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation" Synonym(s): alluring, beguiling, enticing, tempting very pleasantly inviting; "a tantalizing aroma"; "a tempting repast" Synonym(s): tantalizing, tantalising, tempting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
temptingly adv in a tempting seductive manner; "she smiled at him seductively" Synonym(s): seductively, temptingly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
temptingness n the power to entice or attract through personal charm [syn: allure, allurement, temptingness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
temptress n a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive [syn: enchantress, temptress, siren, Delilah, femme fatale]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thin-bodied adj having a slim body [syn: slim-bodied, thin-bodied, slender-bodied]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thumbed adj (of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning; "well-thumbed pages of the dictionary"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thumbtack n a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board Synonym(s): thumbtack, drawing pin, pushpin v fasten with thumbtacks; "The teacher thumbtacked the notice on the bulletin board"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thump out v beat out a rhythm Synonym(s): beat out, tap out, thump out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
time of day n clock time; "the hour is getting late" [syn: hour, {time of day}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
time of departure n the time at which a public conveyance is scheduled to depart from a given point of origin Synonym(s): departure time, time of departure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tinea pedis n fungal infection of the feet [syn: tinea pedis, athlete's foot]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tinpot adj inferior (especially of a country's leadership); "he's a tinpot Hitler"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twin bed n one of a pair of identical beds
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twin-bedded adj having twin beds
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
two-humped adj having two humps Synonym(s): two-humped, double-humped
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pompano \Pom"pa*no\, n. [Sp. p[a0]mpano.] [Written also       {pampano}.] (Zo[94]l.)       1. Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus             {Trachynotus}, of which four species are found on the             Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also             {palometa}.          Note: They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are                highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano ({T.                thomboides}) and the Carolina pompano ({T. Carolinus})                are the most common. Other species occur on the Pacific                coast.          2. A California harvest fish ({Stromateus simillimus}),             highly valued as a food fish.          {Pompano shell} (Zo[94]l.), a small bivalve shell of the             genus {Donax}; -- so called because eaten by the pompano.             [Florida]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tamp \Tamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tamped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Tamping}.] [Cf. F. tamponner to plug or stop. See       {Tampion}.]       1. In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod,             or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to             prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected.          2. To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to             tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tan \Tan\, n. [F. tan, perhaps fr. Armor. tann an oak, oak bar;       or of Teutonic origin; cf. G. tanne a fir, OHG. tanna a fir,       oak, MHG. tan a forest. Cf. {Tawny}.]       1. The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and             broken by a mill, for tanning hides; -- so called both             before and after it has been used. Called also {tan bark}.          2. A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.          3. A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun;             as, hands covered with tan.          {Tan bed} (Hort.), a bed made of tan; a bark bed.          {Tan pickle}, the liquor used in tanning leather.          {Tan spud}, a spud used in stripping bark for tan from trees.                      {Tan stove}. See {Bark stove}, under {Bark}.          {Tan vat}, a vat in which hides are steeped in liquor with             tan.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tan \Tan\, n. [F. tan, perhaps fr. Armor. tann an oak, oak bar;       or of Teutonic origin; cf. G. tanne a fir, OHG. tanna a fir,       oak, MHG. tan a forest. Cf. {Tawny}.]       1. The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and             broken by a mill, for tanning hides; -- so called both             before and after it has been used. Called also {tan bark}.          2. A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.          3. A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun;             as, hands covered with tan.          {Tan bed} (Hort.), a bed made of tan; a bark bed.          {Tan pickle}, the liquor used in tanning leather.          {Tan spud}, a spud used in stripping bark for tan from trees.                      {Tan stove}. See {Bark stove}, under {Bark}.          {Tan vat}, a vat in which hides are steeped in liquor with             tan.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tempt \Tempt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tempted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Tempting}.] [OE. tempten, tenten, from OF. tempter, tenter,       F. tenter, fr. L. tentare, temptare, to handle, feel, attack,       to try, put to the test, urge, freq. from tendere, tentum,       and tensum, to stretch. See {Thin}, and cf. {Attempt},       {Tend}, {Taunt}, {Tent} a pavilion, {Tent} to probe.]       1. To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.                         God did tempt Abraham.                        --Gen. xxii.                                                                               1.                         Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God. --Deut. vi.                                                                               16.          2. To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what             is wrong; to seduce.                         Every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his                      own lust, and enticed.                        --James i. 14.          3. To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite;             to provoke; to instigate.                         Tempt not the brave and needy to despair. --Dryden.                         Nor tempt the wrath of heaven's avenging Sire.                                                                               --Pope.          4. To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt.                         Ere leave be given to tempt the nether skies.                                                                               --Dryden.          Syn: To entice; allure; attract; decoy; seduce.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Temptability \Tempt`a*bil"i*ty\, n.       The quality or state of being temptable; lability to       temptation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Temptable \Tempt"a*ble\, a.       Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted. --Cudworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Temptation \Temp*ta"tion\, n. [OF. temptation, tentation, F.       tentation, L. tentatio.]       1. The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.                         When the devil had ended all the temptation, he                      departed from him for a season.         --Luke iv. 13.          2. The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil.                         Lead us not into temptation.               --Luke xi. 4.          3. That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement,             especially to something evil.                         Dare to be great, without a guilty crown; View it,                      and lay the bright temptation down.   --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Temptationless \Temp*ta"tion*less\, a.       Having no temptation or motive; as, a temptationless sin.       [R.] --Hammond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Temptatious \Temp*ta"tious\, a.       Tempting. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tempt \Tempt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tempted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Tempting}.] [OE. tempten, tenten, from OF. tempter, tenter,       F. tenter, fr. L. tentare, temptare, to handle, feel, attack,       to try, put to the test, urge, freq. from tendere, tentum,       and tensum, to stretch. See {Thin}, and cf. {Attempt},       {Tend}, {Taunt}, {Tent} a pavilion, {Tent} to probe.]       1. To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.                         God did tempt Abraham.                        --Gen. xxii.                                                                               1.                         Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God. --Deut. vi.                                                                               16.          2. To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what             is wrong; to seduce.                         Every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his                      own lust, and enticed.                        --James i. 14.          3. To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite;             to provoke; to instigate.                         Tempt not the brave and needy to despair. --Dryden.                         Nor tempt the wrath of heaven's avenging Sire.                                                                               --Pope.          4. To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt.                         Ere leave be given to tempt the nether skies.                                                                               --Dryden.          Syn: To entice; allure; attract; decoy; seduce.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tempter \Tempt"er\, n.       One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil,       regarded as the great enticer to evil. [bd]Those who are bent       to do wickedly will never want tempters to urge them on.[b8]       --Tillotson.                   So glozed the Tempter, and his proem tuned. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tempt \Tempt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tempted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Tempting}.] [OE. tempten, tenten, from OF. tempter, tenter,       F. tenter, fr. L. tentare, temptare, to handle, feel, attack,       to try, put to the test, urge, freq. from tendere, tentum,       and tensum, to stretch. See {Thin}, and cf. {Attempt},       {Tend}, {Taunt}, {Tent} a pavilion, {Tent} to probe.]       1. To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.                         God did tempt Abraham.                        --Gen. xxii.                                                                               1.                         Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God. --Deut. vi.                                                                               16.          2. To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what             is wrong; to seduce.                         Every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his                      own lust, and enticed.                        --James i. 14.          3. To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite;             to provoke; to instigate.                         Tempt not the brave and needy to despair. --Dryden.                         Nor tempt the wrath of heaven's avenging Sire.                                                                               --Pope.          4. To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt.                         Ere leave be given to tempt the nether skies.                                                                               --Dryden.          Syn: To entice; allure; attract; decoy; seduce.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tempting \Tempt"ing\, a.       Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive;       enticing; as, tempting pleasures. -- {Tempt"ing*ly}, adv. --       {Tempt"ing*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tempting \Tempt"ing\, a.       Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive;       enticing; as, tempting pleasures. -- {Tempt"ing*ly}, adv. --       {Tempt"ing*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tempting \Tempt"ing\, a.       Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive;       enticing; as, tempting pleasures. -- {Tempt"ing*ly}, adv. --       {Tempt"ing*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Temptress \Tempt"ress\, n.       A woman who entices.                   She was my temptress, the foul provoker. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thionaphthene \Thi`o*naph"thene\, n. [Thiophene + naphthalene.]       (Chem.)       A double benzene and thiophene nucleus, {C8H6S}, analogous to       naphthalene, and like it the base of a large series of       derivatives. [Written also {thionaphtene}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thionaphthene \Thi`o*naph"thene\, n. [Thiophene + naphthalene.]       (Chem.)       A double benzene and thiophene nucleus, {C8H6S}, analogous to       naphthalene, and like it the base of a large series of       derivatives. [Written also {thionaphtene}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scarlet \Scar"let\, a.       Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.          {Scarlet admiral} (Zo[94]l.), the red admiral. See under             {Red}. -- Scarlet bean (Bot.), a kind of bean ({Phaseolus             multiflorus}) having scarlet flowers; scarlet runner.          {Scarlet fever} (Med.), a contagious febrile disease             characterized by inflammation of the fauces and a scarlet             rash, appearing usually on the second day, and ending in             desquamation about the sixth or seventh day.          {Scarlet fish} (Zo[94]l.), the telescope fish; -- so called             from its red color. See under {Telescope}.          {Scarlet ibis} (Zo[94]l.) See under {Ibis}.          {Scarlet maple} (Bot.), the red maple. See {Maple}.          {Scarlet mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             bright red carnivorous mites found among grass and moss,             especially {Thombidium holosericeum} and allied species.             The young are parasitic upon spiders and insects.          {Scarlet oak} (Bot.), a species of oak ({Quercus coccinea})             of the United States; -- so called from the scarlet color             of its leaves in autumn.          {Scarlet runner} (Bot.), the scarlet bean.          {Scarlet tanager}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Tanager}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thumbed \Thumbed\, a.       1. Having thumbs.          2. Soiled by handling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thumb \Thumb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thumbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Thumbing}.]       1. To handle awkwardly. --Johnson.          2. To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers;             as, to thumb over a tune.          3. To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or             wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the             thumb; as, to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon.                         He gravely informed the enemy that all his cards had                      been thumbed to pieces, and begged them to let him                      have a few more packs.                        --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thump \Thump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thumped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Thumping}.]       To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to       cause a dull sound.                   These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers Have in their                own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped.      --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Time bill}. Same as {Time-table}. [Eng.]          {Time book}, a book in which is kept a record of the time             persons have worked.          {Time detector}, a timepiece provided with a device for             registering and indicating the exact time when a watchman             visits certain stations in his beat.          {Time enough}, in season; early enough. [bd]Stanly at             Bosworth field, . . . came time enough to save his             life.[b8] --Bacon.          {Time fuse}, a fuse, as for an explosive projectile, which             can be so arranged as to ignite the charge at a certain             definite interval after being itself ignited.          {Time immemorial}, [or] {Time out of mind}. (Eng. Law) See             under {Immemorial}.          {Time lock}, a lock having clockwork attached, which, when             wound up, prevents the bolt from being withdrawn when             locked, until a certain interval of time has elapsed.          {Time of day}, salutation appropriate to the times of the             day, as [bd]good morning,[b8] [bd]good evening,[b8] and             the like; greeting.          {To kill time}. See under {Kill}, v. t.          {To make time}.             (a) To gain time.             (b) To occupy or use (a certain) time in doing something;                   as, the trotting horse made fast time.          {To move}, {run}, [or] {go}, {against time}, to move, run, or             go a given distance without a competitor, in the quickest             possible time; or, to accomplish the greatest distance             which can be passed over in a given time; as, the horse is             to run against time.          {True time}.             (a) Mean time as kept by a clock going uniformly.             (b) (Astron.) Apparent time as reckoned from the transit                   of the sun's center over the meridian.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hem \Hem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hemmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Hemming}.]       1. To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge             of. --Wordsworth.          2. To border; to edge                         All the skirt about Was hemmed with golden fringe.                                                                               --Spenser.          {To hem about}, {around}, [or] {in}, to inclose and confine;             to surround; to environ. [bd]With valiant squadrons round             about to hem.[b8] --Fairfax. [bd]Hemmed in to be a spoil             to tyranny.[b8] --Daniel.          {To hem out}, to shut out. [bd]You can not hem me out of             London.[b8] --J. Webster.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tom o' Bedlam \Tom o' Bed"lam\       Formerly, a wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from       Bethlehem Hospitel, Eng.; hence, a wandering mendicant,       either mad or feigning to be so; a madman; a bedlamite.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tomb \Tomb\, n. [OE. tombe, toumbe, F. tombe, LL. tumba, fr. Gr.       [?] a tomb, grave; perhaps akin to L. tumulus a mound. Cf.       {Tumulus}.]       1. A pit in which the dead body of a human being is             deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.                         As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.   --Shak.          2. A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth,             with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead.             [bd]In tomb of marble stones.[b8] --Chaucer.          3. A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the             name and memory of the dead.                         Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb.      --Shak.          {Tomb bat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of species of Old World bats             of the genus {Taphozous} which inhabit tombs, especially             the Egyptian species ({T. perforatus}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tomb \Tomb\,, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tombed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Tombing}.]       To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.                   I tombed my brother that I might be blessed. --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tumefy \Tu"me*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tumefied}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Tumefying}.] [F. tum[82]fier, fr. L. tumere to swell +       -ficare (in comp.) to make; cf. L. tumefacere to tumefy. See       {Tumid}, and {-fy}.]       To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up.                   To swell, tumefy, stiffen, not the diction only, but                the tenor of the thought.                        --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tump \Tump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tumped} (?; 215); p. pr. & vb.       n. {Tumping}.]       1. To form a mass of earth or a hillock about; as, to tump             teasel.          2. To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has             been killed. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twin \Twin\, a. [OE. twin double, AS. getwinne two and two, pl.,       twins; akin to D. tweeling a twin, G. zwilling, OHG.       zwiniling, Icel. tvennr, tvinnr, two and two, twin, and to       AS. twi- two. See {Twice}, {Two}.]       1. Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or             sister.          2. Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing             the relation of a twin to something else; -- often             followed by to or with. --Shak.          3. (Bot.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding             parts.          4. (Crystallog.) Composed of parts united according to some             definite law of twinning. See {Twin}, n., 4.          {Twin boat}, [or] {Twin ship} (Naut.), a vessel whose deck             and upper works rest on two parallel hulls.          {Twin crystal}. See {Twin}, n., 4.          {Twin flower} (Bot.), a delicate evergreen plant ({Linn[91]a             borealis}) of northern climates, which has pretty,             fragrant, pendulous flowers borne in pairs on a slender             stalk.          {Twin-screw steamer}, a steam vessel propelled by two screws,             one on either side of the plane of the keel.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Temptation       (1.) Trial; a being put to the test. Thus God "tempted [Gen. 22:       1; R.V., 'did prove'] Abraham;" and afflictions are said to       tempt, i.e., to try, men (James 1:2, 12; comp. Deut. 8:2),       putting their faith and patience to the test. (2.) Ordinarily,       however, the word means solicitation to that which is evil, and       hence Satan is called "the tempter" (Matt. 4:3). Our Lord was in       this way tempted in the wilderness. That temptation was not       internal, but by a real, active, subtle being. It was not       self-sought. It was submitted to as an act of obedience on his       part. "Christ was led, driven. An unseen personal force bore him       a certain violence is implied in the words" (Matt. 4:1-11).                The scene of the temptation of our Lord is generally supposed       to have been the mountain of Quarantania (q.v.), "a high and       precipitous wall of rock, 1,200 or 1,500 feet above the plain       west of Jordan, near Jericho."                Temptation is common to all (Dan. 12:10; Zech. 13:9; Ps.       66:10; Luke 22:31, 40; Heb. 11:17; James 1:12; 1 Pet. 1:7;       4:12). We read of the temptation of Joseph (Gen. 39), of David       (2 Sam. 24; 1 Chr. 21), of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 32:31), of Daniel       (Dan. 6), etc. So long as we are in this world we are exposed to       temptations, and need ever to be on our watch against them.