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English Dictionary: timidity	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tended to adj having a caretaker or other watcher [syn: attended, tended to(p)]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tentative adj under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule" Synonym(s): probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentative unsettled in mind or opinion; "drew a few tentative conclusions" Synonym(s): doubtful, tentative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tentatively adv in a tentative manner; "we agreed tentatively on a dinner date"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
timidity n fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions Synonym(s): timidity, timidness, timorousness fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities Synonym(s): timidity, timorousness Antonym(s): boldness, daring, hardihood, hardiness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tomtate n found off the West Indies and Florida [syn: tomtate, Haemulon aurolineatum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tomtit n widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head Synonym(s): blue tit, tomtit, Parus caeruleus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tumidity n slight swelling of an organ or part [syn: tumidity, tumidness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twentieth adj coming next after the nineteenth in position [syn: twentieth, 20th] n position 20 in a countable series of things
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twentieth century n the century from 1901 to 2000
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twenty dollar bill n a United States bill worth 20 dollars [syn: {twenty dollar bill}, twenty]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twenty-third adj coming next after the twenty-second in position [syn: twenty-third, 23rd]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twenty-three adj being three more than twenty [syn: twenty-three, 23, xxiii] n the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-two and one Synonym(s): twenty-three, 23, XXIII
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twenty-twenty n normal visual acuity, as measured by the ability to read charts at a distance of 20 feet Synonym(s): twenty-twenty, 20/20
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twenty-two adj being two more than twenty [syn: twenty-two, 22, xxii] n the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one Synonym(s): twenty-two, 22, XXII a .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle) Synonym(s): twenty-two, .22
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twenty-two pistol n a .22-caliber pistol
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twenty-two rifle n a .22-caliber rifle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
two-handed adj equally skillful with each hand; "an ambidextrous surgeon" Synonym(s): ambidextrous, two-handed Antonym(s): left- handed, right-handed requiring two hands or designed for two people; "a two-handed sledgehammer"; "a two-handed crosscut saw"; "a machine designed for bimanual operation" Synonym(s): two-handed, bimanual
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
two-handed backhand n a backhand shot made holding the racquet in both hands
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
two-handed saw n a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people Synonym(s): two-handed saw, whipsaw, two-man saw, lumberman's saw
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Taint \Taint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tainted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tainting}.] To thrust ineffectually with a lance. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Taunt \Taunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Taunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taunting}.] [Earlier, to tease; probably fr. OF. tanter to tempt, to try, for tenter. See {Tempt}.] To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout. When I had at my pleasure taunted her. --Shak. Syn: To deride; ridicule; mock; jeer; flout; revile. See {Deride}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tend \Tend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tending}.] [Aphetic form of attend. See {Attend}, {Tend} to move, and cf. {Tender} one that tends or attends.] 1. To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks. --Shak. And flaming ministers to watch and tend Their earthly charge. --Milton. There 's not a sparrow or a wren, There 's not a blade of autumn grain, Which the four seasons do not tend And tides of life and increase lend. --Emerson. 2. To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to. Being to descend A ladder much in height, I did not tend My way well down. --Chapman. {To tend a vessel} (Naut.), to manage an anchored vessel when the tide turns, so that in swinging she shall not entangle the cable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tentation \Ten*ta"tion\, n. [L. tentatio: cf. F. tentation. See {Temptation}.] 1. Trial; temptation. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 2. (Mech.) A mode of adjusting or operating by repeated trials or experiments. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tentative \Tenta"tive\, a. [L. tentare to try: cf. F. tentatif. See {Tempt}.] Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental. [bd]A slow, tentative manner.[b8] --Carlyle. -- {Tenta"tive*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tentative \Ten*ta"tive\, n. [Cf. F. tentative.] An essay; a trial; an experiment. --Berkley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tentative \Tenta"tive\, a. [L. tentare to try: cf. F. tentatif. See {Tempt}.] Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental. [bd]A slow, tentative manner.[b8] --Carlyle. -- {Tenta"tive*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tent \Tent\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tenting}.] To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle. --Shak. We 're tenting to-night on the old camp ground. --W. Kittredge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tented \Tent"ed\, a. Covered with tents.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tenuate \Ten"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tenuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tenuating}.] [L. tenuatus, p. p. of tenuare to make thin, fr. tenuis thin. See {Tenuous}.] To make thin; to attenuate. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thanatoid \Than"a*toid\, a. [Gr. qa`natos death + -oid.] Deathlike; resembling death. --Dunglison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Water \Wa"ter\, v. i. 1. To shed, secrete, or fill with, water or liquid matter; as, his eyes began to water. If thine eyes can water for his death. --Shak. 2. To get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water. {The mouth waters}, a phrase denoting that a person or animal has a longing desire for something, since the sight of food often causes one who is hungry to have an increased flow of saliva.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
United \U*nit"ed\, a. Combined; joined; made one. {United Brethren}. (Eccl.) See {Moravian}, n. {United flowers} (Bot.), flowers which have the stamens and pistils in the same flower. {The United Kingdom}, Great Britain and Ireland; -- so named since January 1, 1801, when the Legislative Union went into operation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
the formal act of taking command of a vessel for service, hoisting the flag, reading the orders, etc. {To put a vessel out of commission} (Naut.), to detach the officers and crew and retire it from active service, temporarily or permanently. {To put} {the great seal, [or] the Treasury}, {into commission}, to place it in the hands of a commissioner or commissioners during the abeyance of the ordinary administration, as between the going out of one lord keeper and the accession of another. [Eng.] {The United States Christian Commission}, an organization among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and performed services of a religious character in the field and in hospitals. {The United States Sanitary Commission}, an organization formed by the people of the North to co[94]perate with and supplement the medical department of the Union armies during the Civil War. Syn: Charge; warrant; authority; mandate; office; trust; employment.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
the formal act of taking command of a vessel for service, hoisting the flag, reading the orders, etc. {To put a vessel out of commission} (Naut.), to detach the officers and crew and retire it from active service, temporarily or permanently. {To put} {the great seal, [or] the Treasury}, {into commission}, to place it in the hands of a commissioner or commissioners during the abeyance of the ordinary administration, as between the going out of one lord keeper and the accession of another. [Eng.] {The United States Christian Commission}, an organization among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and performed services of a religious character in the field and in hospitals. {The United States Sanitary Commission}, an organization formed by the people of the North to co[94]perate with and supplement the medical department of the Union armies during the Civil War. Syn: Charge; warrant; authority; mandate; office; trust; employment.
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]:
Timidity \Timid"ity\, n. [L. timiditas: cf. F. timidit[82].] The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tint \Tint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tinting}.] To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hint \Hint\, v. i. To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle. --Tennyson. {To hint at}, to allude to lightly, indirectly, or cautiously. Syn: To allude; refer; glance; touch.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meet \Meet\, v. t. 1. To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle. O, when meet now Such pairs in love and mutual honor joined ! --Milton. 2. To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict. Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us and worse our foes. --Milton. 3. To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December. They . . . appointed a day to meet together. --2. Macc. xiv. 21. 4. To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite. {To meet with}. (a) To light upon; to find; to come to; -- often with the sense of unexpectedness. We met with many things worthy of observation. --Bacon. (b) To join; to unite in company. --Shak. (c) To suffer unexpectedly; as, to meet with a fall; to meet with a loss. (d) To encounter; to be subjected to. Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury From the fierce prince. --Rowe. (e) To obviate. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Anniversary day}. See {Anniversary}, n. {Astronomical day}, a period equal to the mean solar day, but beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day, as that most used by astronomers. {Born days}. See under {Born}. {Canicular days}. See {Dog day}. {Civil day}, the mean solar day, used in the ordinary reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight. {Day blindness}. (Med.) See {Nyctalopia}. {Day by day}, or {Day after day}, daily; every day; continually; without intermission of a day. See under {By}. [bd]Day by day we magnify thee.[b8] --Book of Common Prayer. {Days in bank} (Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return of writs and the appearance of parties; -- so called because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench, or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed. --Burrill. {Day in court}, a day for the appearance of parties in a suit. {Days of devotion} (R. C. Ch.), certain festivals on which devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. --Shipley. {Days of grace}. See {Grace}. {Days of obligation} (R. C. Ch.), festival days when it is obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass. --Shipley. {Day owl}, (Zo[94]l.), an owl that flies by day. See {Hawk owl}. {Day rule} (Eng. Law), an order of court (now abolished) allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go beyond the prison limits for a single day. {Day school}, one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in distinction from a boarding school. {Day sight}. (Med.) See {Hemeralopia}. {Day's work} (Naut.), the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon. {From day to day}, as time passes; in the course of time; as, he improves from day to day. {Jewish day}, the time between sunset and sunset. {Mean solar day} (Astron.), the mean or average of all the apparent solar days of the year. {One day}, {One of these days}, at an uncertain time, usually of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later. [bd]Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.[b8] --Shak. {Only from day to day}, without certainty of continuance; temporarily. --Bacon. {Sidereal day}, the interval between two successive transits of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time. {To win the day}, to gain the victory, to be successful. --S. Butler. {Week day}, any day of the week except Sunday; a working day. {Working day}. (a) A day when work may be legally done, in distinction from Sundays and legal holidays. (b) The number of hours, determined by law or custom, during which a workman, hired at a stated price per day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wound} (wound) (rarely {Winded}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Winding}.] [OE. winden, AS. windan; akin to OS. windan, D. & G. winden, OHG. wintan, Icel. & Sw. vinda, Dan. vinde, Goth. windan (in comp.). Cf. {Wander}, {Wend}.] 1. To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball. Whether to wind The woodbine round this arbor. --Milton. 2. To entwist; to infold; to encircle. Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms. --Shak. 3. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern. [bd]To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus.[b8] --Shak. In his terms so he would him wind. --Chaucer. Gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please And wind all other witnesses. --Herrick. Were our legislature vested in the prince, he might wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure. --Addison. 4. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate. You have contrived . . . to wind Yourself into a power tyrannical. --Shak. Little arts and dexterities they have to wind in such things into discourse. --Gov. of Tongue. 5. To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine. {To wind off}, to unwind; to uncoil. {To wind out}, to extricate. [Obs.] --Clarendon. {To wind up}. (a) To coil into a ball or small compass, as a skein of thread; to coil completely. (b) To bring to a conclusion or settlement; as, to wind up one's affairs; to wind up an argument. (c) To put in a state of renewed or continued motion, as a clock, a watch, etc., by winding the spring, or that which carries the weight; hence, to prepare for continued movement or action; to put in order anew. [bd]Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]Thus they wound up his temper to a pitch.[b8] --Atterbury. (d) To tighten (the strings) of a musical instrument, so as to tune it. [bd]Wind up the slackened strings of thy lute.[b8] --Waller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tomtate \Tom"tate\, n. A Florida and West Indian grunt ({Bathystoma, [or] H[91]mulon, rimator}); also, any of various allied species.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Titmouse \Tit"mouse`\, n.; pl. {Titmice}. [OE. titemose, titmase; tit small, or a small bird + AS. m[be]se a kind of small bird; akin to D. mees a titmouse, G. meise, OHG. meisa, Icel. meisingr. The English form has been influenced by the unrelated word mouse. Cf. {Tit} a small bird.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing birds belonging to {Parus} and allied genera; -- called also {tit}, and {tomtit}. Note: The blue titmouse ({Parus c[d2]ruleus}), the marsh titmouse ({P. palustris}), the crested titmouse ({P. cristatus}), the great titmouse ({P. major}), and the long tailed titmouse ({[92]githalos caudatus}), are the best-known European species. See {Chickadee}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tomtit \Tom"tit`\, n. [Tom (see {Tomboy}) + tit the bird.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A titmouse, esp. the blue titmouse. [Prov.eng.] (b) The wren. [Prov.eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Titmouse \Tit"mouse`\, n.; pl. {Titmice}. [OE. titemose, titmase; tit small, or a small bird + AS. m[be]se a kind of small bird; akin to D. mees a titmouse, G. meise, OHG. meisa, Icel. meisingr. The English form has been influenced by the unrelated word mouse. Cf. {Tit} a small bird.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing birds belonging to {Parus} and allied genera; -- called also {tit}, and {tomtit}. Note: The blue titmouse ({Parus c[d2]ruleus}), the marsh titmouse ({P. palustris}), the crested titmouse ({P. cristatus}), the great titmouse ({P. major}), and the long tailed titmouse ({[92]githalos caudatus}), are the best-known European species. See {Chickadee}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tomtit \Tom"tit`\, n. [Tom (see {Tomboy}) + tit the bird.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A titmouse, esp. the blue titmouse. [Prov.eng.] (b) The wren. [Prov.eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tumidity \Tumid"ity\, n. The quality or state of being tumid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twentieth \Twen"ti*eth\, a. [From {Twenty}; cf. AS. twentigo[?]a. See {Twenty}.] 1. Next in order after the nineteenth; tenth after the tenth; coming after nineteen others; -- the ordinal of twenty. 2. Consisting, or being, one of twenty equal parts into which anything is divided.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twentieth \Twen"ti*eth\, n. 1. The next in order after the nineteen; one coming after nineteen others. 2. The quotient of a unit divided by twenty; one of twenty equal parts of one whole.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Two-handed \Two"-hand`ed\, a. 1. Having two hands; -- often used as an epithet equivalent to large, stout, strong, or powerful. [bd]Two-handed sway.[b8] --Milton. 2. Used with both hands; as, a two-handed sword. That two-handed engine [the sword]. --Milton. 3. Using either hand equally well; ambidextrous.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tontitown, AR (town, FIPS 69740) Location: 36.17496 N, 94.23688 W Population (1990): 460 (187 housing units) Area: 11.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tuntutuliak, AK (CDP, FIPS 79110) Location: 60.32631 N, 162.74070 W Population (1990): 300 (76 housing units) Area: 69.8 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
TMTOWTDI There's More Than One Way To Do It. This abbreviation of the official motto of {Perl} is frequently used on newsgroups and mailing lists related to that language.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
The Metadata Company A company founded by Jack Myers, originally known as Metadata Information Partners. {Home (http://www.metadata.com/)}. E-mail: . Address: 444 West Ocean Blvd, Suite 1600, Long Beach CA 90802, USA. (1998-11-21)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Tenth deal i.e., the tenth part of an ephah (as in the R.V.), equal to an omer or six pints. The recovered leper, to complete his purification, was required to bring a trespass, a sin, and a burnt offering, and to present a meal offering, a tenth deal or an omer of flour for each, with oil to make it into bread or cakes (Lev. 14:10, 21; comp. Ex. 16:36; 29:40).