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               a student protest over the limited university access for
               Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent
               Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy
               including terrorist tactics that target key government and
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English Dictionary: tonality	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Timaliidae n babblers Synonym(s): Timaliidae, family Timaliidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tonality n any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music Synonym(s): key, tonality Antonym(s): atonalism, atonality
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tumult n a state of commotion and noise and confusion [syn: tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboil] violent agitation Synonym(s): tumult, turmoil the act of making a noisy disturbance Synonym(s): commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tumultuous adj characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood" Synonym(s): disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tumultuous disturbance n a sudden violent disturbance [syn: outburst, {tumultuous disturbance}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tumultuously adv in a tumultuous and riotous manner; "the crowd was demonstrating tumultuously" Synonym(s): tumultuously, riotously
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tumultuousness n a state of commotion and noise and confusion [syn: tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboil]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Multitude \Mul"ti*tude\, n. [F. multitude, L. multitudo, multitudinis, fr. multus much, many; of unknown origin.] 1. A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them. --Matt. ix. 36. 2. A great number of persons or things, regarded collectively; as, the book will be read by a multitude of people; the multitude of stars; a multitude of cares. It is a fault in a multitude of preachers, that they uttery neglect method in their harangues. --I. Watts. A multitude of flowers As countless as the stars on high. --Longfellow. 3. The state of being many; numerousness. They came as grasshoppers for multitude. --Judg. vi. 5. {The multitude}, the populace; the mass of men. Syn: Throng; crowd; assembly; assemblage; commonalty; swarm; populace; vulgar. See {Throng}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thinolite \Thin"o*lite\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], shore + -lite.] (Min.) A calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of Nevada.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tomelet \Tome"let\, n. All small tome, or volume. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tonality \Tonal"ity\, n. [Cf. F. tonalit[82].] (Mus.) The principle of key in music; the character which a composition has by virtue of the key in which it is written, or through the family relationship of all its tones and chords to the keynote, or tonic, of the whole. The predominance of the tonic as the link which connects all the tones of a piece, we may, with F[82]tis, term the principle of tonality. --Helmholtz.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Townlet \Town"let\, n. A small town. --North Brit. Rev.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tumulate \Tu"mu*late\, v. t. [L. tumulatus, p. p. of tumulare to tumulate. See {Tumulus}.] To cover, as a corpse, with a mound or tomb; to bury. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tumulate \Tu"mu*late\, v. i. To swell. [Obs.] --Wilkins.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tumult \Tu"mult\, n. [L. tumultus; probably akin to Skr. tumula noise, noisy, and perhaps to L. tumere to swell, E. tumid: cf. F. tumulte.] 1. The commotion or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices; hurly-burly; noisy confusion. What meaneth the noise of this tumult ? --1 Sam. iv. 14. Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose. --Pope. 2. Violent commotion or agitation, with confusion of sounds; as, the tumult of the elements. --Addison. 3. Irregular or confused motion; agitation; high excitement; as, the tumult of the spirits or passions. Syn: Uproar; ferment; disturbance; turbulence; disorder; confusion; noise; bluster; hubbub; bustle; stir; brawl; riot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tumult \Tu"mult\, v. i. To make a tumult; to be in great commotion. [Obs.] Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tumulter \Tu"mult*er\, n. A maker of tumults. [Obs.] He severely punished the tumulters. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tumultuarily \Tumul"tuarily\, adv. In a tumultuary manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tumultuariness \Tumul"tuariness\, n. The quality or state of being tumultuary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tumultuary \Tumul"tua*ry\, a. [L. tumultuarius: cf. F. tumultuaire.] 1. Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; promiscuous; confused; tumultuous. [bd]A tumultuary conflict.[b8] --Eikon Basilike. A tumultuary attack of the Celtic peasantry. --Macaulay. Sudden flight or tumultuary skirmish. --De Quincey. 2. Restless; agitated; unquiet. Men who live without religion live always in a tumultuary and restless state. --Atterbury.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tumultuate \Tumul"tuate\, v. i. [L. tumultuatus, p. p. of tumultuari to make a tumult.] To make a tumult. [Obs.] [bd]He will murmur and tumultuate.[b8] --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tumultuation \Tumul`tua"tion\, n. [L. tumultuatio.] Irregular or disorderly movement; commotion; as, the tumultuation of the parts of a fluid. [Obs.] --Boyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tumultuous \Tumul"tuous\, a. [L. tumultuosus: cf. F. tumultueux.] 1. Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent. The flight became wild and tumultuous. --Macaulay. 2. Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting. 3. Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed. His dire attempt, which, nigh the birth Now rolling, boils in his tumultuous breast. --Milton. 4. Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech. Syn: Disorderly; irregular; noisy; confused; turbulent; violent; agitated; disturbed; boisterous; lawless; riotous; seditious. -- {Tumul"tuously}, adv. -- {Tumul"tuousness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tumultuous \Tumul"tuous\, a. [L. tumultuosus: cf. F. tumultueux.] 1. Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent. The flight became wild and tumultuous. --Macaulay. 2. Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting. 3. Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed. His dire attempt, which, nigh the birth Now rolling, boils in his tumultuous breast. --Milton. 4. Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech. Syn: Disorderly; irregular; noisy; confused; turbulent; violent; agitated; disturbed; boisterous; lawless; riotous; seditious. -- {Tumul"tuously}, adv. -- {Tumul"tuousness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tumultuous \Tumul"tuous\, a. [L. tumultuosus: cf. F. tumultueux.] 1. Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent. The flight became wild and tumultuous. --Macaulay. 2. Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting. 3. Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed. His dire attempt, which, nigh the birth Now rolling, boils in his tumultuous breast. --Milton. 4. Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech. Syn: Disorderly; irregular; noisy; confused; turbulent; violent; agitated; disturbed; boisterous; lawless; riotous; seditious. -- {Tumul"tuously}, adv. -- {Tumul"tuousness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ankylostomiasis \[d8]An`kylostomi"asis\, n. [NL., fr. Ankylostoma, var. of Agchylostoma, generic name of one genus of the parasitic nematodes.] (Med.) A disease due to the presence of the parasites {Agchylostoma duodenale}, {Uncinaria} (subgenus {Necator}) {americana}, or allied nematodes, in the small intestine. When present in large numbers they produce a severe an[91]mia by sucking the blood from the intestinal walls. Called also {miner's an[91]mia}, {tunnel disease}, {brickmaker's an[91]mia}, {Egyptian chlorosis}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tunnel \Tun"nel\, n. . [F. tonnelle a semicircular, wagon-headed vault, a tunnel net, an arbor, OF. also tonnel; dim. of tonne a tun; -- so named from its resemblance to a tun in shape. See {Ton}.] 1. A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel. 2. The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue; a funnel. And one great chimney, whose long tunnel thence The smoke forth threw. --Spenser. 3. An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like. 4. (Mining) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel. {Tunnel head} (Metal.), the top of a smelting furnace where the materials are put in. {Tunnel kiln}, a limekiln in which coal is burned, as distinguished from a flame kiln, in which wood or peat is used. {Tunnel net}, a net with a wide mouth at one end and narrow at the other. {Tunnel pit}, {Tunnel shaft}, a pit or shaft sunk from the top of the ground to the level of a tunnel, for drawing up the earth and stones, for ventilation, lighting, and the like.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tunnel \Tun"nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tunneled}or {Tunnelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tunneling} or {Tunnelling}.] 1. To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests. --Derham. 2. To catch in a tunnel net. 3. To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tunnel \Tun"nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tunneled}or {Tunnelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tunneling} or {Tunnelling}.] 1. To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests. --Derham. 2. To catch in a tunnel net. 3. To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tunnelton, WV (town, FIPS 81268) Location: 39.39339 N, 79.74647 W Population (1990): 331 (145 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 26444