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   tamarin
         n 1: small South American marmoset with silky fur and long
               nonprehensile tail [syn: {tamarin}, {lion monkey}, {lion
               marmoset}, {leoncita}]

English Dictionary: timeworn by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tamarind
n
  1. long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
    Synonym(s): tamarind, tamarind tree, tamarindo, Tamarindus indica
  2. large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys
    Synonym(s): tamarind, tamarindo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tamarind tree
n
  1. long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
    Synonym(s): tamarind, tamarind tree, tamarindo, Tamarindus indica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tamarindo
n
  1. long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
    Synonym(s): tamarind, tamarind tree, tamarindo, Tamarindus indica
  2. large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys
    Synonym(s): tamarind, tamarindo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tamarindus
n
  1. widely cultivated tropical trees originally of Africa [syn: Tamarindus, genus Tamarindus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tamarindus indica
n
  1. long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
    Synonym(s): tamarind, tamarind tree, tamarindo, Tamarindus indica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tenormin
n
  1. an oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina; has adverse side effects (depression and exacerbation of congestive heart failure etc.)
    Synonym(s): atenolol, Tenormin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tenoroon
n
  1. a tenor bassoon; pitched a fifth higher than the ordinary bassoon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
timeworn
adj
  1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
    Synonym(s): banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tone arm
n
  1. mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
    Synonym(s): tone arm, pickup, pickup arm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tumor necrosis factor
n
  1. a proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages); has an antineoplastic effect but causes inflammation (as in rheumatoid arthritis)
    Synonym(s): tumor necrosis factor, tumour necrosis factor, TNF
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tumour necrosis factor
n
  1. a proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages); has an antineoplastic effect but causes inflammation (as in rheumatoid arthritis)
    Synonym(s): tumor necrosis factor, tumour necrosis factor, TNF
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Garfish \Gar"fish`\, n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A European marine fish ({Belone vulgaris}); -- called
            also {gar}, {gerrick}, {greenback}, {greenbone},
            {gorebill}, {hornfish}, {longnose}, {mackerel guide},
            {sea needle}, and {sea pike}.
      (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus
            {Tylosurus}, of which one species ({T. marinus}) is
            common on the Atlantic coast. {T. Caribb[91]us}, a very
            large species, and {T. crassus}, are more southern; --
            called also {needlefish}. Many of the common names of the
            European garfish are also applied to the American
            species.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tamarin \Tam"a*rin\, n. [From the native name in Cayenne.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South
      American monkeys of the genus {Midas}, especially {M.
      ursulus}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tamarind \Tam"a*rind\, n. [It. tamarindo, or Sp. tamarindo, or
      Pg. tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar. tamarhind[c6], literally,
      Indian date; tamar a dried date + Hind India: cf. F. tamarin.
      Cf. {Hindu}.] (Bot.)
      1. A leguminous tree ({Tamarindus Indica}) cultivated both
            the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake
            of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is
            lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers
            are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are
            small and finely pinnated.
  
      2. One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which
            contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for
            preparing a pleasant drink.
  
      {Tamarind fish}, a preparation of a variety of East Indian
            fish with the acid pulp of the tamarind fruit.
  
      {Velvet tamarind}.
            (a) A West African leguminous tree ({Codarium
                  acutifolium}).
            (b) One of the small black velvety pods, which are used
                  for food in Sierra Leone.
  
      {Wild tamarind} (Bot.), a name given to certain trees
            somewhat resembling the tamarind, as the {Lysiloma
            latisiliqua} of Southern Florida, and the {Pithecolobium
            filicifolium} of the West Indies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tamarind \Tam"a*rind\, n. [It. tamarindo, or Sp. tamarindo, or
      Pg. tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar. tamarhind[c6], literally,
      Indian date; tamar a dried date + Hind India: cf. F. tamarin.
      Cf. {Hindu}.] (Bot.)
      1. A leguminous tree ({Tamarindus Indica}) cultivated both
            the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake
            of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is
            lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers
            are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are
            small and finely pinnated.
  
      2. One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which
            contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for
            preparing a pleasant drink.
  
      {Tamarind fish}, a preparation of a variety of East Indian
            fish with the acid pulp of the tamarind fruit.
  
      {Velvet tamarind}.
            (a) A West African leguminous tree ({Codarium
                  acutifolium}).
            (b) One of the small black velvety pods, which are used
                  for food in Sierra Leone.
  
      {Wild tamarind} (Bot.), a name given to certain trees
            somewhat resembling the tamarind, as the {Lysiloma
            latisiliqua} of Southern Florida, and the {Pithecolobium
            filicifolium} of the West Indies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tamarind \Tam"a*rind\, n. [It. tamarindo, or Sp. tamarindo, or
      Pg. tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar. tamarhind[c6], literally,
      Indian date; tamar a dried date + Hind India: cf. F. tamarin.
      Cf. {Hindu}.] (Bot.)
      1. A leguminous tree ({Tamarindus Indica}) cultivated both
            the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake
            of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is
            lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers
            are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are
            small and finely pinnated.
  
      2. One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which
            contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for
            preparing a pleasant drink.
  
      {Tamarind fish}, a preparation of a variety of East Indian
            fish with the acid pulp of the tamarind fruit.
  
      {Velvet tamarind}.
            (a) A West African leguminous tree ({Codarium
                  acutifolium}).
            (b) One of the small black velvety pods, which are used
                  for food in Sierra Leone.
  
      {Wild tamarind} (Bot.), a name given to certain trees
            somewhat resembling the tamarind, as the {Lysiloma
            latisiliqua} of Southern Florida, and the {Pithecolobium
            filicifolium} of the West Indies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Anharmonic \An`har*mon"ic\, a. [F. anharmonique, fr. Gr. 'an
      priv. + [?] harmonic.] (Math.)
      Not harmonic.
  
      {The anharmonic function} or {ratio} of four points abcd on a
            straight line is the quantity (ac/ad):(bc/bd), where the
            segments are to be regarded as plus or minus, according to
            the order of the letters.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   More \More\, n.
      1. A greater quantity, amount, or number; that which exceeds
            or surpasses in any way what it is compared with.
  
                     And the children of Israel did so, and gathered,
                     some more, some less.                        --Ex. xvi. 17.
  
      2. That which is in addition; something other and further; an
            additional or greater amount.
  
                     They that would have more and more can never have
                     enough.                                             --L'Estrange.
  
                     O! That pang where more than madness lies. --Byron.
  
      {Any more}.
            (a) Anything or something additional or further; as, I do
                  not need any more.
            (b) Adverbially: Further; beyond a certain time; as, do
                  not think any more about it.
  
      {No more}, not anything more; nothing in addition.
  
      {The more and less}, the high and low. [Obs.] --Shak. [bd]All
            cried, both less and more.[b8] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tomorn \To*morn"\, adv. [Prep. to + morn.]
      To-morrow. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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