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   Tarahumara
         n 1: a member of the Taracahitian people of north central Mexico

English Dictionary: thermoregulator by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tarahumara frog
n
  1. Mexican frog found within a jump or two of water [syn: tarahumara frog, Rana tarahumarae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
termer
n
  1. a person who serves a specified term; "there are not many fourth termers in the Senate"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ternary
adj
  1. having three units or components or elements; "a ternary operation"; "a treble row of red beads"; "overcrowding made triple sessions necessary"; "triple time has three beats per measure"; "triplex windows"
    Synonym(s): ternary, treble, triple, triplex
n
  1. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
    Synonym(s): three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce- ace
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thermoreceptor
n
  1. a sensory receptor that responds to heat and cold
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thermoregulator
n
  1. a regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat
    Synonym(s): thermostat, thermoregulator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trainer
n
  1. one who trains other persons or animals
  2. simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a plane
    Synonym(s): flight simulator, trainer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tree martin
n
  1. of Australia and Polynesia; nests in tree cavities [syn: tree swallow, tree martin, Hirundo nigricans]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tremor
n
  1. an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear) [syn: tremor, shudder]
  2. a small earthquake
    Synonym(s): tremor, earth tremor, microseism
  3. shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease)
v
  1. shake with seismic vibrations; "The earth was quaking"
    Synonym(s): tremor, quake
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trimaran
n
  1. a fast sailboat with 3 parallel hulls
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trimer
n
  1. a polymer (or a molecule of a polymer) consisting of three identical monomers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trimmer
n
  1. a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs; "untouched by the pruner's axe"
    Synonym(s): pruner, trimmer
  2. a machine that trims timber
  3. capacitor having variable capacitance; used for making fine adjustments
    Synonym(s): trimmer, trimming capacitor
  4. joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc.
    Synonym(s): trimmer, trimmer joist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trimmer arch
n
  1. an arch built between trimmers in a floor (to support the weight of a hearth)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trimmer joist
n
  1. joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc.
    Synonym(s): trimmer, trimmer joist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Trimorphodon
n
  1. lyre snakes
    Synonym(s): Trimorphodon, genus Trimorphodon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Trimorphodon lambda
n
  1. of desert regions of southwestern North America [syn: Sonoran lyre snake, Trimorphodon lambda]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Trimurti
n
  1. the triad of divinities of later Hinduism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
true marmoset
n
  1. a marmoset
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
turmeric
n
  1. widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye
    Synonym(s): turmeric, Curcuma longa, Curcuma domestica
  2. ground dried rhizome of the turmeric plant used as seasoning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
turmeric root
n
  1. perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves
    Synonym(s): goldenseal, golden seal, yellow root, turmeric root, Hydrastis Canadensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
turn around
n
  1. turning in an opposite direction or position; "the reversal of the image in the lens"
    Synonym(s): reversal, turn around
v
  1. turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically; "He turned around to face his opponent"; "My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake"
    Synonym(s): swing around, swing about, turn around
  2. improve dramatically; "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"
  3. improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up"
    Synonym(s): turn around, pick up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
turnaround
n
  1. time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip
    Synonym(s): turnaround, turnaround time
  2. a decision to reverse an earlier decision
    Synonym(s): reversal, change of mind, flip-flop, turnabout, turnaround
  3. an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around
  4. act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip
    Synonym(s): turnaround, turnround
  5. turning in the opposite direction
    Synonym(s): reversion, reverse, reversal, turnabout, turnaround
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
turnaround time
n
  1. time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip
    Synonym(s): turnaround, turnaround time
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Turner
n
  1. United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831)
    Synonym(s): Turner, Nat Turner
  2. United States endocrinologist (1892-1970)
    Synonym(s): Turner, Henry Hubert Turner
  3. English landscape painter whose treatment of light and color influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851)
    Synonym(s): Turner, Joseph Mallord William Turner
  4. United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951)
    Synonym(s): Turner, Frederick Jackson Turner
  5. a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein
  6. a lathe operator
  7. one of two persons who swing ropes for jumpers to skip over in the game of jump rope
  8. cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle; used for turning or serving food
    Synonym(s): turner, food turner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Turner's syndrome
n
  1. a chromosomal disorder in females who have only one X chromosome; marked by dwarfism and heart abnormalities and underdeveloped sex organs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
turnery
n
  1. workshop where objects are made on a lathe
  2. products made on a lathe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
turnround
n
  1. act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip
    Synonym(s): turnaround, turnround
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Termer \Term"er\, n.
      1. One who resorted to London during the law term only, in
            order to practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the
            like. [Obs.] [Written also {termor}.] --B. Jonson.
  
      2. (Law) One who has an estate for a term of years or for
            life.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Termer \Term"er\, n.
      1. One who resorted to London during the law term only, in
            order to practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the
            like. [Obs.] [Written also {termor}.] --B. Jonson.
  
      2. (Law) One who has an estate for a term of years or for
            life.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Termor \Term"or\, n. (Law)
      Same as {Termer}, 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Termer \Term"er\, n.
      1. One who resorted to London during the law term only, in
            order to practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the
            like. [Obs.] [Written also {termor}.] --B. Jonson.
  
      2. (Law) One who has an estate for a term of years or for
            life.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Termor \Term"or\, n. (Law)
      Same as {Termer}, 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ternary \Ter"na*ry\, n.; pl. {Ternaries}.
      A ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a
      triad.
  
               Some in ternaries, some in pairs, and some single.
                                                                              --Holder.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ternary \Ter"na*ry\, a. [L. ternarius, fr. terni. See {Tern},
      a.]
      1. Proceeding by threes; consisting of three; as, the ternary
            number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and
            held in great veneration.
  
      2. (Chem.) Containing, or consisting of, three different
            parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are
            regarded as having different functions or relations in the
            molecule; thus, sodic hydroxide, {NaOH}, is a ternary
            compound.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ternary \Ter"na*ry\, n.; pl. {Ternaries}.
      A ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a
      triad.
  
               Some in ternaries, some in pairs, and some single.
                                                                              --Holder.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Thermoregulator \Ther`mo*reg"u*la`tor\, n. (Physics)
      A device for the automatic regulation of temperature; a
      thermostat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Theriodontia \[d8]The`ri*o*don"ti*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]
      (dim. of [?] a beast) + [?], [?], a tooth.] (Paleon.)
      An extinct order of reptiles found in the Permian and
      Triassic formations in South Africa. In some respects they
      resembled carnivorous mammals. Called also {Theromorpha}.
  
      Note: They had biconcave vertebr[91], ambulatory limbs, and a
               well-developed pelvis and shoulder girdle. Some of the
               species had large maxillary teeth. The head somewhat
               resembled that of a turtle. The Dicynodont is one of
               the best-known examples. See {Dicynodont}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Thorny \Thorn"y\, a. [Compar. {Thornier}; superl. {Thorniest}.]
      [Cf. AS. [thorn]orniht.]
      1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a
            thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
  
      2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome;
            vexatious; harassing; perplexing. [bd]The thorny point of
            bare distress.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     The steep and thorny way to heaven.   --Shak.
  
      {Thorny rest-harrow} (Bot.), rest-harrow.
  
      {Thorny trefoil}, a prickly plant of the genus {Fagonia} ({F.
            Cretica}, etc.).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Thorny \Thorn"y\, a. [Compar. {Thornier}; superl. {Thorniest}.]
      [Cf. AS. [thorn]orniht.]
      1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a
            thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
  
      2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome;
            vexatious; harassing; perplexing. [bd]The thorny point of
            bare distress.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     The steep and thorny way to heaven.   --Shak.
  
      {Thorny rest-harrow} (Bot.), rest-harrow.
  
      {Thorny trefoil}, a prickly plant of the genus {Fagonia} ({F.
            Cretica}, etc.).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Three-nerved \Three"-nerved`\, a.
      Having three nerves.
  
      {Three-nerved leaf} (Bot.), a leaf having three distinct and
            prominent ribs, or nerves, extending from the base.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Three-nerved \Three"-nerved`\, a.
      Having three nerves.
  
      {Three-nerved leaf} (Bot.), a leaf having three distinct and
            prominent ribs, or nerves, extending from the base.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Thrumwort \Thrum"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
      A kind of amaranth ({Amarantus caudatus}). --Dr. Prior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rig \Rig\, n. [Cf. {Wriggle}.]
      1. A romp; a wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct. [Obs.]
            --Fuller.
  
      2. A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
  
      3. A blast of wind. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
  
                     That uncertain season before the rigs of Michaelmas
                     were yet well composed.                     --Burke.
  
      {To run a rig}, to play a trick; to engage in a frolic; to do
            something strange and unbecoming.
  
                     He little dreamt when he set out Of running such a
                     rig.                                                   --Cowper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Risk \Risk\, n. [F. risque; cf. It. risco, risico, rischio, Pg.
      risco, Sp. riesgo, and also Sp. risco a steep rock; all
      probably fr. L. resceare to cut off; pref. re- re- + secare
      to cut; -- the word having been probably first used among
      sailors. See {Section}.]
      1. Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or
            destruction.
  
                     The imminent and constant risk of assassination, a
                     risk which has shaken very strong nerves.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      2. (Com.) Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.
  
      {To run a risk}, to incur hazard; to encounter danger.
  
      Syn: Danger; hazard; peril; jeopardy; exposure. See {Danger}.

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      11. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
  
                     He would himself be in the Highlands to receive
                     them, and run his fortune with them. --Clarendon.
  
      12. To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be
            bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water.
  
                     At the base of Pompey's statua, Which all the while
                     ran blood, great C[91]sar fell.         --Shak.
  
      13. To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing;
            as, the rivers ran blood.
  
      14. To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory
            or a hotel. [Colloq. U.S.]
  
      15. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule. [Colloq.]
  
      16. To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle through material
            in a continuous line, generally taking a series of
            stitches on the needle at the same time.
  
      17. To migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to
            ascend a river in order to spawn.
  
      {To run a blockade}, to get to, or away from, a blockaded
            port in safety.
  
      {To run down}.
            (a) (Hunting) To chase till the object pursued is
                  captured or exhausted; as, to run down a stag.
            (b) (Naut.) To run against and sink, as a vessel.
            (c) To crush; to overthrow; to overbear. [bd]Religion is
                  run down by the license of these times.[b8]
                  --Berkeley.
            (d) To disparage; to traduce. --F. W. Newman.
  
      {To run hard}.
            (a) To press in competition; as, to run one hard in a
                  race.
            (b) To urge or press importunately.
            (c) To banter severely.
  
      {To run into the ground}, to carry to an absurd extreme; to
            overdo. [Slang, U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Riot \Ri"ot\, n. [OF. riote, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. revot,
      ravot.]
      1. Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
  
                     His headstrong riot hath no curb.      --Shak.
  
      2. Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose
            festivity; revelry.
  
                     Venus loveth riot and dispense.         --Chaucer.
  
                     The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. --Pope.
  
      3. (Law) The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an
            unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the
            execution of some private object.
  
      {To run riot}, to act wantonly or without restraint.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
            (b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
  
      {To run down a coast}, to sail along it.
  
      {To run for an office}, to stand as a candidate for an
            office.
  
      {To run in} [or] {into}.
            (a) To enter; to step in.
            (b) To come in collision with.
  
      {To run in trust}, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs.]
  
      {To run in with}.
            (a) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] --T. Baker.
            (b) (Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as,
                  to run in with the land.
  
      {To run mad}, {To run mad after} [or] {on}. See under {Mad}.
           
  
      {To run on}.
            (a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a
                  year or two without a settlement.
            (b) To talk incessantly.
            (c) To continue a course.
            (d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with
                  sarcasm; to bear hard on.
            (e) (Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without
                  making a break or beginning a new paragraph.
  
      {To run out}.
            (a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out
                  at Michaelmas.
            (b) To extend; to spread. [bd]Insectile animals . . . run
                  all out into legs.[b8] --Hammond.
            (c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful
                  digressions.
            (d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become
                  extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will
                  soon run out.
  
                           And had her stock been less, no doubt She must
                           have long ago run out.                  --Dryden.
  
      {To run over}.
            (a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs
                  over.
            (b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily.
            (c) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child.
  
      {To run riot}, to go to excess.
  
      {To run through}.
            (a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book.
            (b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.
  
      {To run to seed}, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing
            seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease
            growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.
  
      {To run up}, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as,
            accounts of goods credited run up very fast.
  
                     But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had
                     run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      {To run with}.
            (a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the
                  streets ran with blood.
            (b) To flow while charged with some foreign substance.
                  [bd]Its rivers ran with gold.[b8] --J. H. Newman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wear \Wear\, v. t. [imp. {Wore}; p. p. {Worn}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wearing}. Before the 15th century wear was a weak verb, the
      imp. & p. p. being {Weared}.] [OE. weren, werien, AS. werian
      to carry, to wear, as arms or clothes; akin to OHG. werien,
      weren, to clothe, Goth. wasjan, L. vestis clothing, vestire
      to clothe, Gr. [?], Skr. vas. Cf. {Vest}.]
      1. To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self,
            as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage,
            etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to
            wear a coat; to wear a shackle.
  
                     What compass will you wear your farthingale? --Shak.
  
                     On her white breast a sparkling cross s[?][?] wore,
                     Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore. --Pope.
  
      2. To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or
            manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance.
            [bd]He wears the rose of youth upon him.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     His innocent gestures wear A meaning half divine.
                                                                              --Keble.
  
      3. To use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to
            consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wear clothes
            rapidly.
  
      4. To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition,
            scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually;
            to cause to lower or disappear; to spend.
  
                     That wicked wight his days doth wear. --Spenser.
  
                     The waters wear the stones.               --Job xiv. 19.
  
      5. To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a
            channel; to wear a hole.
  
      6. To form or shape by, or as by, attrition.
  
                     Trials wear us into a liking of what, possibly, in
                     the first essay, displeased us.         --Locke.
  
      {To wear away}, to consume; to impair, diminish, or destroy,
            by gradual attrition or decay.
  
      {To wear off}, to diminish or remove by attrition or slow
            decay; as, to wear off the nap of cloth.
  
      {To wear on [or] upon}, to wear. [Obs.] [bd][I] weared upon
            my gay scarlet gites [gowns.][b8] --Chaucer.
  
      {To wear out}.
            (a) To consume, or render useless, by attrition or decay;
                  as, to wear out a coat or a book.
            (b) To consume tediously. [bd]To wear out miserable
                  days.[b8] --Milton.
            (c) To harass; to tire. [bd][He] shall wear out the saints
                  of the Most High.[b8] --Dan vii. 25.
            (d) To waste the strength of; as, an old man worn out in
                  military service.
  
      {To wear the breeches}. See under {Breeches}. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Tornaria \[d8]Tor*na"ri*a\, n.; pl. {Tornari[91]} . [NL., fr.
      L. tornare to turn.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The peculiar free swimming larva of Balanoglossus. See
      Illust. in Append.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tournery \Tourn"er*y\, n.
      Work turned on a lathe; turnery. [Obs.] See {Turnery}.
      --Evelyn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bustle \Bus"tle\, n.
      A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by
      women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also
      {bishop}, and {tournure}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Train \Train\, n. [F. train, OF. tra[8b]n, trahin; cf. (for some
      of the senses) F. traine. See {Train}, v.]
      1. That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice,
            or enticement; allurement. [Obs.] [bd]Now to my charms,
            and to my wily trains.[b8] --Milton.
  
      2. Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a
            trap for an animal; a snare. --Halliwell.
  
                     With cunning trains him to entrap un wares.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      3. That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after,
            something; that which is in the hinder part or rear.
            Specifically :
            (a) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.
            (b) (Mil.) The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.
            (c) The tail of a bird. [bd]The train steers their
                  flights, and turns their bodies, like the rudder of
                  ship.[b8] --Ray.
  
      4. A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a
            suite.
  
                     The king's daughter with a lovely train. --Addison.
  
                     My train are men of choice and rarest parts. --Shak.
  
      5. A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.
            [bd]A train of happy sentiments.[b8] --I. Watts.
  
                     The train of ills our love would draw behind it.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
                     Rivers now Stream and perpetual draw their humid
                     train.                                                --Milton.
  
                     Other truths require a train of ideas placed in
                     order.                                                --Locke.
  
      6. Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in
            a train for settlement.
  
                     If things were once in this train, . . . our duty
                     would take root in our nature.            --Swift.
  
      7. The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.
  
      8. A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine,
            or the like.
  
      9. A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.
  
      10. A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the
            transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.
  
      11. (Rolling Mill) A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.
  
      {Roll train}, [or] {Train of rolls} (Rolling Mill), a set of
            plain or grooved rolls for rolling metal into various
            forms by a series of consecutive operations.
  
      {Train mile} (Railroads), a unit employed in estimating
            running expenses, etc., being one of the total number of
            miles run by all the trains of a road, or system of roads,
            as within a given time, or for a given expenditure; --
            called also {mile run}.
  
      {Train of artillery}, any number of cannon, mortars, etc.,
            with the attendants and carriages which follow them into
            the field. --Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci.).
  
      {Train of mechanism}, a series of moving pieces, as wheels
            and pinions, each of which is follower to that which
            drives it, and driver to that which follows it.
  
      {Train road}, a slight railway for small cars, -- used for
            construction, or in mining.
  
      {Train tackle} (Naut.), a tackle for running guns in and out.
  
      Syn: Cars.
  
      Usage: {Train}, {Cars}. Train is the word universally used in
                  England with reference to railroad traveling; as, I
                  came in the morning train. In the United States, the
                  phrase the cars has been extensively introduced in the
                  room of train; as, the cars are late; I came in the
                  cars. The English expression is obviously more
                  appropriate, and is prevailing more and more among
                  Americans, to the exclusion of the cars.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trainer \Train"er\, n.
      1. One who trains; an instructor; especially, one who trains
            or prepares men, horses, etc., for exercises requiring
            physical agility and strength.
  
      2. A militiaman when called out for exercise or discipline.
            [U. S.] --Bartlett.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tramrail \Tram"rail`\, n. (Mach.)
      An overhead rail forming a track on which a trolley runs to
      convey a load, as in a shop.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tramroad \Tram"road`\, n. [Tram a coal wagon + road.]
      A road prepared for easy transit of trams or wagons, by
      forming the wheel tracks of smooth beams of wood, blocks of
      stone, or plates of iron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spectacled \Spec"ta*cled\, a.
      1. Furnished with spectacles; wearing spectacles.
  
                     As spectacled she sits in chimney nook. --Keats.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Having the eyes surrounded by color markings,
            or patches of naked skin, resembling spectacles.
  
      {Spectacled bear} (Zo[94]l.), a South American bear
            ({Tremarclos ornatus}) which inhabits the high mountains
            of Chili and Peru. It has a light-colored ring around each
            eye.
  
      {Spectacled coot}, [or] {Spectacled duck} (Zo[94]l.), the
            surf scoter, or surf duck. [Local, U.S.]
  
      {Spectacled eider} (Zo[94]l.) See {Eider}.
  
      {Spectacled goose} (Zo[94]l.), the gannet.
  
      {Spectacled snake} (Zo[94]l.), the cobra de capello.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tremor \Tre"mor\, n. [L., from tremere to tremble. See
      {Tremble}, v.]
      A trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratory
      motion; as, the tremor of a person who is weak, infirm, or
      old.
  
               He fell into an universal tremor of all his joints.
                                                                              --Harvey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trimeran \Tri"mer*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the Trimera. Also used adjectively.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trimerous \Tri"mer*ous\, a. [See {Trimera}.] (Bot.)
      Having the parts in threes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trimmer \Trim"mer\, n. (Coal Storage)
      An apparatus used for piling the coal in gradually increasing
      piles made by building up at the point of the cone or top of
      the prism.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trim \Trim\, a. [Compar. {Trimmer}; superl. {Trimmest}.] [See
      {Trim}, v. t.]
      Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for
      service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship
      is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a
      person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his
      dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears
      tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands
      erect.
  
               With comely carriage of her countenance trim.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
               So deemed I till I viewed their trim array Of boats
               last night.                                             --Trench.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trimmer \Trim"mer\, n.
      1. One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
  
      2. One who does not adopt extreme opinions in politics, or
            the like; one who fluctuates between parties, so as to
            appear to favor each; a timeserver.
  
                     Thus Halifax was a trimmer on principle. --Macaulay.
  
      3. An instrument with which trimming is done.
  
      4. (Arch.) A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers
            in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs,
            or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like.
            See Illust. of {Header}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trimorph \Tri"morph\, n. [See {Trimorphous}.] (Crystallog.)
      A substance which crystallizes in three distinct forms, or
      which has three distinct physical states; also, any one of
      these distinct forms. See {Trimorphism}, 1.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trimorphic \Tri*mor"phic\, Trimorphous \Tri*mor"phous\, a. [Gr.
      [?] three-formed; [?] (see {Tri-}) + [?] form.]
      Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, trimorphism; --
      contrasted with {monomorphic}, {dimorphic}, and
      {polymorphic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trimorphism \Tri*mor"phism\, n. [See {Trimorphic}.]
      1. (Crystallog.) The property of crystallizing in three forms
            fundamentally distinct, as is the case with titanium
            dioxide, which crystallizes in the forms of rutile,
            octahedrite, and brookite. See {Pleomorphism}.
  
      2. (Biol.) The co[89]xistence among individuals of the same
            species of three distinct forms, not connected, as a rule,
            by intermediate gradations; the condition among
            individuals of the same species of having three different
            shapes or proportions of corresponding parts; --
            contrasted with {polymorphism}, and dimorphism.
  
      {Heterogonous trimporphism} (Bot.), that condition in which
            flowers of plants of the same species have three different
            lengths of stamens, short, medium, and long, the blossoms
            of one individual plant having short and medium stamens
            and a long style, those of another having short and long
            stamens and a style of medium length, and those of a third
            having medium and long stamens and a short style, the
            style of each blossom thus being of a length not
            represented by its stamens.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trimorphic \Tri*mor"phic\, Trimorphous \Tri*mor"phous\, a. [Gr.
      [?] three-formed; [?] (see {Tri-}) + [?] form.]
      Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, trimorphism; --
      contrasted with {monomorphic}, {dimorphic}, and
      {polymorphic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Trimurti \[d8]Tri*mur"ti\, n. [Skr. trim[umac]rti; tri three +
      m[umac]rti body.] (Hindu Myth.)
      The triad, or trinity, of Hindu gods, consisting of Brahma,
      the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer.
      [Spelled also {Trimurtti}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trimyarian \Trim`y*a"ri*an\, n. [Pref. tri + Gr. [?], [?], a
      muscle.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A lamellibranch which has three muscular scars on each valve.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trinervate \Tri*nerv"ate\, a. [NL. trinervatus; pref. tri- + L.
      nervus nerve.] (Bot.)
      Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the
      base to the apex; -- said of a leaf. --Gray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trinerve \Tri"nerve`\, Trinerved \Tri"nerved`\, a. [Pref. tri- +
      nerve.] (Bot.)
      Same as {Trinervate}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trinerve \Tri"nerve`\, Trinerved \Tri"nerved`\, a. [Pref. tri- +
      nerve.] (Bot.)
      Same as {Trinervate}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Turmeric \Tur"mer*ic\, n. [F. terre-m[82]rite, NL. terramerita,
      turmerica; apparently meaning, excellent earth, but perhaps a
      corruption of Ar. kurkum. Cf. {Curcuma}.]
      1. (Bot.) An East Indian plant of the genus {Curcuma}, of the
            Ginger family.
  
      2. The root or rootstock of the {Curcuma longa}. It is
            externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively
            yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell,
            and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a
            dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Turmeric \Tur"mer*ic\, a. (Chem.)
      Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from,
      turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the
      oxidation of turmerol.
  
      {Turmeric paper} (Chem.), paper impregnated with turmeric and
            used as a test for alkaline substances, by which it is
            changed from yellow to brown.
  
      {Turmeric root}. (Bot.)
      (a) Bloodroot.
      (b) Orangeroot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (Bot.)
      A plant ({Sanguinaria Canadensis}), with a red root and red
      sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; --
      called also {puccoon}, {redroot}, {bloodwort}, {tetterwort},
      {turmeric}, and {Indian paint}. It has acrid emetic
      properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant
      expectorant. See {Sanguinaria}.
  
      Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once
               used as a remedy for dysentery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Turmeric \Tur"mer*ic\, n. [F. terre-m[82]rite, NL. terramerita,
      turmerica; apparently meaning, excellent earth, but perhaps a
      corruption of Ar. kurkum. Cf. {Curcuma}.]
      1. (Bot.) An East Indian plant of the genus {Curcuma}, of the
            Ginger family.
  
      2. The root or rootstock of the {Curcuma longa}. It is
            externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively
            yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell,
            and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a
            dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Turmeric \Tur"mer*ic\, a. (Chem.)
      Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from,
      turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the
      oxidation of turmerol.
  
      {Turmeric paper} (Chem.), paper impregnated with turmeric and
            used as a test for alkaline substances, by which it is
            changed from yellow to brown.
  
      {Turmeric root}. (Bot.)
      (a) Bloodroot.
      (b) Orangeroot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (Bot.)
      A plant ({Sanguinaria Canadensis}), with a red root and red
      sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; --
      called also {puccoon}, {redroot}, {bloodwort}, {tetterwort},
      {turmeric}, and {Indian paint}. It has acrid emetic
      properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant
      expectorant. See {Sanguinaria}.
  
      Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once
               used as a remedy for dysentery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Turmeric \Tur"mer*ic\, a. (Chem.)
      Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from,
      turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the
      oxidation of turmerol.
  
      {Turmeric paper} (Chem.), paper impregnated with turmeric and
            used as a test for alkaline substances, by which it is
            changed from yellow to brown.
  
      {Turmeric root}. (Bot.)
      (a) Bloodroot.
      (b) Orangeroot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Turmeric \Tur"mer*ic\, a. (Chem.)
      Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from,
      turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the
      oxidation of turmerol.
  
      {Turmeric paper} (Chem.), paper impregnated with turmeric and
            used as a test for alkaline substances, by which it is
            changed from yellow to brown.
  
      {Turmeric root}. (Bot.)
      (a) Bloodroot.
      (b) Orangeroot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Turmerol \Tur"mer*ol\, n. [Turmeric + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.)
      Turmeric oil, a brownish yellow, oily substance extracted
      from turmeric by ligroin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Turner \Turn"er\, n.
      1. One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form
            articles with a lathe.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Holly \Hol"ly\, n. [OE holi, holin, AS. holen, holegn; akin to
      D. & G. hulst, OHG. huls hulis, W. celyn, Armor. kelen, Gael.
      cuilionn, Ir. cuileann. Cf. 1st {Holm}, {Hulver}.]
      1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus {Ilex}. The European
            species ({Ilex Aguifolium}) is best known, having glossy
            green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing
            berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas.
  
      Note: The holly is much used to adorn churches and houses, at
               Christmas time, and hence is associated with scenes of
               good will and rejoicing. It is an evergreen tree, and
               has a finegrained, heavy, white wood. Its bark is used
               as a febrifuge, and the berries are violently purgative
               and emetic. The American holly is the {Ilex opaca}, and
               is found along the coast of the United States, from
               Maine southward. --Gray.
  
      2. (Bot.) The holm oak. See 1st {Holm}.
  
      {Holly-leaved oak} (Bot.), the black scrub oak. See {Scrub
            oak}.
  
      {Holly rose} (Bot.), a West Indian shrub, with showy, yellow
            flowers ({Turnera ulmifolia}).
  
      {Sea holly} (Bot.), a species of Eryngium. See {Eryngium}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Turnerite \Tur"ner*ite\, n. [So called from the English chemist
      and mineralogist, C. H. Turner.] (Min.)
      A variety of monazite.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yellow \Yel"low\, n.
      1. A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any
            other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum
            which is between the orange and green. [bd]A long motley
            coat guarded with yellow.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. A yellow pigment.
  
      {Cadmium yellow}, {Chrome yellow}, {Indigo yellow}, {King's
      yellow}, etc. See under {Cadmium}, {Chrome}, etc.
  
      {Naples yellow}, a yellow amorphous pigment, used in oil,
            porcelain, and enamel painting, consisting of a basic lead
            metantimonate, obtained by fusing together tartar emetic
            lead nitrate, and common salt.
  
      {Patent yellow} (Old Chem.), a yellow pigment consisting
            essentially of a lead oxychloride; -- called also
            {Turner's yellow}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Turnery \Turn"er*y\, n. [Cf. F. tournerie.]
      1. The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or
            other forms by means of a lathe.
  
      2. Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe.
  
                     Chairs of wood, the seats triangular, the backs,
                     arms, and legs loaded with turnery.   --Walpole.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Turnwrest \Turn"wrest`\, n.
      (a) Designating a cumbersome style of plow used in England,
            esp. in Kent.
      (b) designating a kind of hillside plow. [Eng.] --Knight.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Tierra Amarilla, NM
      Zip code(s): 87575

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Trainer, PA (borough, FIPS 77288)
      Location: 39.82359 N, 75.40503 W
      Population (1990): 2271 (912 housing units)
      Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Trenary, MI
      Zip code(s): 49891

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Treynor, IA (city, FIPS 78825)
      Location: 41.23107 N, 95.60637 W
      Population (1990): 897 (327 housing units)
      Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 51575

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Turner, ME
      Zip code(s): 04282
   Turner, MI (village, FIPS 80820)
      Location: 44.14177 N, 83.78820 W
      Population (1990): 158 (61 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 48765
   Turner, MT
      Zip code(s): 59542
   Turner, OR (city, FIPS 75150)
      Location: 44.84609 N, 122.95151 W
      Population (1990): 1281 (461 housing units)
      Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 97392

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Turner County, GA (county, FIPS 287)
      Location: 31.71623 N, 83.62740 W
      Population (1990): 8703 (3426 housing units)
      Area: 741.0 sq km (land), 9.8 sq km (water)
   Turner County, SD (county, FIPS 125)
      Location: 43.31008 N, 97.15117 W
      Population (1990): 8576 (3800 housing units)
      Area: 1597.7 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Turners Falls, MA (CDP, FIPS 70815)
      Location: 42.59606 N, 72.55799 W
      Population (1990): 4731 (2167 housing units)
      Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 01376

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Turners Station, KY
      Zip code(s): 40075

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Turnersville, NJ (CDP, FIPS 74270)
      Location: 39.76539 N, 75.06207 W
      Population (1990): 3843 (1133 housing units)
      Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Turnersville, TX
      Zip code(s): 76528

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Turnertown, TX
      Zip code(s): 75689

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   term rewriting system
  
      (TRS) A collection of {rewrite rule}s used to transform terms
      (expressions, strings in some formal language) into equivalent
      terms.   See {reduction}.
  
      (1994-11-04)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ternary
  
      A description of an {operator} taking three
      arguments.   The only common example is {C}'s ?: operator which
      is used in the form "CONDITION ? EXP1 : EXP2" and returns EXP1
      if CONDITION is true else EXP2.   {Haskell} has a similar "if
      CONDITION then EXP1 else EXP2" operator.
  
      See also {unary}, {binary}.
  
      (1998-07-29)
  
  
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