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tack hammer
n 1: a light hammer that is used to drive tacks

English Dictionary: thickener	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thickener n any material used to thicken; "starch is used in cooking as a thickening" Synonym(s): thickening, thickener
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Thysanura n firebrats; silverfish; machilids [syn: Thysanura, {order Thysanura}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thysanuran insect n primitive wingless insects: bristletail [syn: {thysanuran insect}, thysanuron]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thysanuron n primitive wingless insects: bristletail [syn: {thysanuran insect}, thysanuron]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
too-generous adj very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain" Synonym(s): lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tuscan order n a Roman order that resembles the Doric order but without a fluted shaft
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tasimer \Ta*sim"er\, n. [Gr. [?] stretching, extension (from [?] to stretch) + -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for detecting or measuring minute extension or movements of solid bodies. It consists essentially of a small rod, disk, or button of carbon, forming part of an electrical circuit, the resistance of which, being varied by the changes of pressure produced by the movements of the object to be measured, causes variations in the strength of the current, which variations are indicated by a sensitive galvanometer. It is also used for measuring minute changes of temperature. --T. A. Edison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trumpet \Trump"et\, n. [F. trompette, dim. of trompe. See {Trump} a trumpet.] 1. (Mus.) A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone. The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms. --Dryden. 2. (Mil.) A trumpeter. --Clarendon. 3. One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it. --Shak. That great politician was pleased to have the greatest wit of those times . . . to be the trumpet of his praises. --Dryden. 4. (Mach) A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine. {Ear trumpet}. See under {Ear}. {Sea trumpet} (Bot.), a great seaweed ({Ecklonia buccinalis}) of the Southern Ocean. It has a long, hollow stem, enlarging upwards, which may be made into a kind of trumpet, and is used for many purposes. {Speaking trumpet}, an instrument for conveying articulate sounds with increased force. {Trumpet animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any infusorian belonging to Stentor and allied genera, in which the body is trumpet-shaped. See {Stentor}. {Trumpet ash} (Bot.), the trumpet creeper. [Eng.] {Trumpet conch} (Zo[94]l.), a trumpet shell, or triton. {Trumpet creeper} (Bot.), an American climbing plant ({Tecoma radicans}) bearing clusters of large red trumpet-shaped flowers; -- called also {trumpet flower}, and in England {trumpet ash}. {Trumpet fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The bellows fish. (b) The fistularia. {Trumpet flower}. (Bot.) (a) The trumpet creeper; also, its blossom. (b) The trumpet honeysuckle. (c) A West Indian name for several plants with trumpet-shaped flowers. {Trumpet fly} (Zo[94]l.), a botfly. {Trumpet honeysuckle} (Bot.), a twining plant ({Lonicera sempervirens}) with red and yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; -- called also {trumpet flower}. {Trumpet leaf} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus {Sarracenia}. {Trumpet major} (Mil.), the chief trumpeter of a band or regiment. {Trumpet marine} (Mus.), a monochord, having a thick string, sounded with a bow, and stopped with the thumb so as to produce the harmonic tones; -- said to be the oldest bowed instrument known, and in form the archetype of all others. It probably owes its name to [bd]its external resemblance to the large speaking trumpet used on board Italian vessels, which is of the same length and tapering shape.[b8] --Grove. {Trumpet shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of large marine univalve shells belonging to Triton and allied genera. See {Triton}, 2. {Trumpet tree}. (Bot.) See {Trumpetwood}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
--Simonds. {House car} (Railroad), a freight car with inclosing sides and a roof; a box car. {House of correction}. See {Correction}. {House cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a European cricket ({Gryllus domesticus}), which frequently lives in houses, between the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces. It is noted for the loud chirping or stridulation of the males. {House dog}, a dog kept in or about a dwelling house. {House finch} (Zo[94]l.), the burion. {House flag}, a flag denoting the commercial house to which a merchant vessel belongs. {House fly} (Zo[94]l.), a common fly (esp. {Musca domestica}), which infests houses both in Europe and America. Its larva is a maggot which lives in decaying substances or excrement, about sink drains, etc. {House of God}, a temple or church. {House of ill fame}. See {Ill fame} under {Ill}, a. {House martin} (Zo[94]l.), a common European swallow ({Hirundo urbica}). It has feathered feet, and builds its nests of mud against the walls of buildings. Called also {house swallow}, and {window martin}. {House mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the common mouse ({Mus musculus}). {House physician}, the resident medical adviser of a hospital or other public institution. {House snake} (Zo[94]l.), the milk snake. {House sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European sparrow ({Passer domesticus}). It has recently been introduced into America, where it has become very abundant, esp. in cities. Called also {thatch sparrow}. {House spider} (Zo[94]l.), any spider which habitually lives in houses. Among the most common species are {Theridium tepidariorum} and {Tegenaria domestica}. {House surgeon}, the resident surgeon of a hospital. {House wren} (Zo[94]l.), the common wren of the Eastern United States ({Troglodytes a[89]don}). It is common about houses and in gardens, and is noted for its vivacity, and loud musical notes. See {Wren}. {Religious house}, a monastery or convent. {The White House}, the official residence of the President of the United States; -- hence, colloquially, the office of President.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Camera obscura \[d8]Cam"era obscu"ra\ [LL. camera chamber + L. obscurus, obscura, dark.] (Opt.) 1. An apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the outlines may be traced. 2. (Photog.) An apparatus in which the image of an external object or objects is, by means of lenses, thrown upon a sensitized plate or surface placed at the back of an extensible darkened box or chamber variously modified; -- commonly called simply {the camera}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Thysanura \[d8]Thys`a*nu"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] fringe + [?] tail.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform caudal appendages, either bent beneath the body to form a spring, or projecting as bristles. It comprises the Cinura, or bristletails, and the Collembola, or springtails. Called also {Thysanoura}. See {Lepisma}, and {Podura}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Insecta \[d8]In*sec"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Insect}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antenn[91], three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of trache[91], opening by spiracles along the sides of the body. In this sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and the Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See {Insect}, n. 2. (Zo[94]l.) In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See {Hexapoda}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined. Note: The typical Insecta, or hexapod insects, are divided into several orders, viz.: {Hymenoptera}, as the bees and ants; {Diptera}, as the common flies and gnats; {Aphaniptera}, or fleas; {Lepidoptera}, or moths and butterflies; {Neuroptera}, as the ant-lions and hellgamite; {Coleoptera}, or beetles; {Hemiptera}, as bugs, lice, aphids; {Orthoptera}, as grasshoppers and cockroaches; {Pseudoneuroptera}, as the dragon flies and termites; {Euplexoptera}, or earwings; {Thysanura}, as the springtails, podura, and lepisma. See these words in the Vocabulary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thysanuran \Thys`a*nu"ran\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Thysanura. Also used adjectively.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thysanurous \Thys`a*nu"rous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Thysanura.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{To be out of one's head}, to be temporarily insane. {To come or draw to a head}. See under {Come}, {Draw}. {To give (one) the head}, [or] {To give head}, to let go, or to give up, control; to free from restraint; to give license. [bd]He gave his able horse the head.[b8] --Shak. [bd]He has so long given his unruly passions their head.[b8] --South. {To his head}, before his face. [bd]An uncivil answer from a son to a father, from an obliged person to a benefactor, is a greater indecency than if an enemy should storm his house or revile him to his head.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. {To lay heads together}, to consult; to conspire. {To lose one's head}, to lose presence of mind. {To make head}, [or] {To make head against}, to resist with success; to advance. {To show one's head}, to appear. --Shak. {To turn head}, to turn the face or front. [bd]The ravishers turn head, the fight renews.[b8] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Round \Round\, prep. On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass. The serpent Error twines round human hearts. --Cowper. {Round about}, an emphatic form for round or about. [bd]Moses . . . set them [The elders] round about the tabernacle.[b8] --Num. xi. 24. {To come round}, to gain the consent of, or circumvent, (a person) by flattery or deception. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{To come out with}, to give publicity to; to disclose. {To come over}. (a) To pass from one side or place to another. [bd]Perpetually teasing their friends to come over to them.[b8] --Addison. (b) To rise and pass over, in distillation. {To come over to}, to join. {To come round}. (a) To recur in regular course. (b) To recover. [Colloq.] (c) To change, as the wind. (d) To relent. --J. H. Newman. (e) To circumvent; to wheedle. [Colloq.] {To come short}, to be deficient; to fail of attaining. [bd]All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.[b8] --Rom. iii. 23. {To come to}. (a) To consent or yield. --Swift. (b) (Naut.) (with the accent on to) To luff; to bring the ship's head nearer the wind; to anchor. (c) (with the accent on to) To recover, as from a swoon. (d) To arrive at; to reach. (e) To amount to; as, the taxes come to a large sum. (f) To fall to; to be received by, as an inheritance. --Shak. {To come to blows}. See under {Blow}. {To come to grief}. See under {Grief}. {To come to a head}. (a) To suppurate, as a boil. (b) To mature; to culminate; as a plot. {To come to one's self}, to recover one's senses. {To come to pass}, to happen; to fall out. {To come to the scratch}. (a) (Prize Fighting) To step up to the scratch or mark made in the ring to be toed by the combatants in beginning a contest; hence: (b) To meet an antagonist or a difficulty bravely. [Colloq.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tichnor, AR Zip code(s): 72166
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
token ring A computer {local area network} arbitration scheme in which conflicts in the transmission of messages are avoided by the granting of "tokens" which give permission to send. A station keeps the token while transmitting a message, if it has a message to transmit, and then passes it on to the next station. Often, "Token Ring" is used to refer to the {IEEE 802.5} token ring {standard}, which is the most common type of token ring. {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.dcom.lans.token-ring}.