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thievishly
adv 1: in a manner characteristic of a thief

English Dictionary: topsoil	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thiobacillus n small rod-shaped bacteria living in sewage or soil and oxidizing sulfur
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tobacco wilt n disease of tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas solanacearum Synonym(s): ring rot, ring disease, tobacco wilt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
top-quality adj surpassing in quality; "top-grade ore" [syn: {high- grade}, top-quality, top-grade]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
topgallant n a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast [syn: topgallant, topgallant sail] a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel Synonym(s): topgallant, topgallant mast
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
topgallant mast n a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel Synonym(s): topgallant, topgallant mast
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
topgallant sail n a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast [syn: topgallant, topgallant sail]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
topical adj pertaining to the surface of a body part; "a drug for topical (or local) application"; "a topical anesthesia" of or relating to or arranged by topics; "a detailed record on both a chronological and a topical basis" of interest at the present time; "a topical reference"; "a topical and timely study of civil liberty"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
topical anaesthesia n loss of sensation confined to the skin or mucous surfaces (as when benzocaine or Lidocaine is applied to the surface) Synonym(s): topical anesthesia, topical anaesthesia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
topical anaesthetic n anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body [syn: local anesthetic, local anaesthetic, local, topical anesthetic, topical anaesthetic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
topical anesthesia n loss of sensation confined to the skin or mucous surfaces (as when benzocaine or Lidocaine is applied to the surface) Synonym(s): topical anesthesia, topical anaesthesia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
topical anesthetic n anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body [syn: local anesthetic, local anaesthetic, local, topical anesthetic, topical anaesthetic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
topical prostaglandin eyedrop n a treatment for glaucoma; the eyedrops increase the outflow of aqueous humor through the uveoscleral pathway
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topicality n the attribute of being of interest at the present time; "the library had to discard books that had lost their topicality"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
topicalization n (linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence; placing the topic at the beginning of the sentence is typical for English; "`Those girls, they giggle when they see me' and `Cigarettes, you couldn't pay me to smoke them' are examples of topicalization"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
topicalize v emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence; "Speakers topicalize more often than they realize"; "The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call `Yiddish Movement'"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
topically adv to a restricted area of the body; "apply this medicine topically" Synonym(s): locally, topically
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
topsail n a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
topsoil n the layer of soil on the surface [syn: topsoil, {surface soil}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tubuai Islands n a chain of small islands in French Polynesia [syn: {Tubuai Islands}, Austral Islands]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
type slug n a strip of type metal used for spacing [syn: type slug, slug]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
typical adj exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category; "a typical American girl"; "a typical suburban community"; "the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year"; "a painting typical of the Impressionist school"; "a typical romantic poem"; "a typical case of arteritis" Antonym(s): atypical, untypical of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie; "that is typical of you!" Synonym(s): distinctive, typical conforming to a type; "the typical (or normal) American"; "typical teenage behavior"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
typical jerboa n small nocturnal jumping rodent with long hind legs; of arid parts of Asia and northern Africa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
typicality n the state of being that is typical [ant: atypicality, untypicality]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
typically adv in a typical manner; "Tom was typically hostile" [ant: atypically, untypically]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thievish \Thiev"ish\, a. 1. Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie. 2. Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret. Time's thievish progress to eternity. --Shak. 3. Partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish practice. Or with a base and biosterous sword enforce A thievish living on the common road. --Shak. -- {Thiev"ishly}, adv. -- {Thiev"ishness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tipsily \Tip"si*ly\, adv. In a tipsy manner; like one tipsy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buckle \Buc"kle\ (b[ucr]k"k'l), v. i. 1. To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink. Buckled with the heat of the fire like parchment. --Pepys. 2. To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall. 3. To yield; to give way; to cease opposing. [Obs.] The Dutch, as high as they seem, do begin to buckle. --Pepys. 4. To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend. The bishop was as able and ready to buckle with the Lord Protector as he was with him. --Latimer. In single combat thou shalt buckle with me. --Shak. {To buckle to}, to bend to; to engage with zeal. To make our sturdy humor buckle thereto. --Barrow. Before buckling to my winter's work. --J. D. Forbes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fizzle \Fiz"zle\ (f[icr]z"z'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fizzled} (-z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fizzling} (-zl[icr]ng).] [See {Fizz}.] 1. To make a hissing sound. It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, As plain as fizzling. --B. Jonson. 2. To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking. [Colloq. or Low] {To fizzle out}, to burn with a hissing noise and then go out, like wet gunpowder; hence, to fail completely and ridiculously; to prove a failure. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Colt \Colt\ (?; 110), n. [OE. colt a young horse, ass, or camel, AS. colt; cf. dial. Sw. kullt a boy, lad.] 1. The young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; -- sometimes distinctively applied to the male, filly being the female. Cf. {Foal}. Note: In sporting circles it is usual to reckon the age of colts from some arbitrary date, as from January 1, or May 1, next preceding the birth of the animal. 2. A young, foolish fellow. --Shak. 3. A short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of punishment in the navy. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Colt's tooth}, an imperfect or superfluous tooth in young horses. {To cast one's colt's tooth}, to cease from youthful wantonness. [bd]Your colt's tooth is not cast yet.[b8] --Shak. {To have a colt's tooth}, to be wanton. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Topazolite \Topaz"olite\, n. [Topaz + -lite; cf. F. topazolithe.] (Min.) A topaz-yellow variety of garnet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Top-cloth \Top"-cloth\, n. (Naut.) A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect the topmen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Topgallant \Top`gal"lant\, a. 1. (Naut.) Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of {Ship}. 2. Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid. [bd]The consciences of topgallant sparks.[b8] --L'Estrange. {Topgallant breeze}, a breeze in which the topgallant sails may properly be carried.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Topgallant \Top`gal"lant\, n. 1. (Naut.) A topgallant mast or sail. 2. Fig.: Anything elevated or splendid. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Topgallant \Top`gal"lant\, a. 1. (Naut.) Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of {Ship}. 2. Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid. [bd]The consciences of topgallant sparks.[b8] --L'Estrange. {Topgallant breeze}, a breeze in which the topgallant sails may properly be carried.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gale \Gale\ (g[amac]l), n. [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. gal furious, Icel. galinn, cf. Icel. gala to sing, AS. galan to sing, Icel. galdr song, witchcraft, AS. galdor charm, sorcery, E. nightingale; also, Icel. gj[omac]la gust of wind, gola breeze. Cf. {Yell}.] 1. A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called {tempests}. Note: Gales have a velocity of from about eighteen ([bd]moderate[b8]) to about eighty ([bd]very heavy[b8]) miles an our. --Sir. W. S. Harris. 2. A moderate current of air; a breeze. A little gale will soon disperse that cloud. --Shak. And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odors fanned From their soft wings. --Milton. 3. A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity. The ladies, laughing heartily, were fast getting into what, in New England, is sometimes called a gale. --Brooke (Eastford). {Topgallant gale} (Naut.), one in which a ship may carry her topgallant sails.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Topical \Top"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. topique, LL. topicus, Gr. [?]. See {Topic}, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege. 2. (Rhet. & logic) Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; according to topics. 3. Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument. Evidences of fact can be no more than topical and probable. --Sir M. Hale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Topically \Top"ically\, adv. In a topical manner; with application to, or limitation of, a particular place or topic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Topsail \Top"sail`\, n. (Naut.) In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See {Cutter}, {Schooner}, {Sail}, and {Ship}. {Topsail schooner}. (Naut.) See {Schooner}, and Illustration in Appendix.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Schooner \Schoon"er\, n. [See the Note below. Cf. {Shun}.] (Naut.) Originally, a small, sharp-built vessel, with two masts and fore-and-aft rig. Sometimes it carried square topsails on one or both masts and was called a {topsail schooner}. About 1840, longer vessels with three masts, fore-and-aft rigged, came into use, and since that time vessels with four masts and even with six masts, so rigged, are built. Schooners with more than two masts are designated three-masted schooners, four-masted schooners, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Topsail \Top"sail`\, n. (Naut.) In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See {Cutter}, {Schooner}, {Sail}, and {Ship}. {Topsail schooner}. (Naut.) See {Schooner}, and Illustration in Appendix.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Schooner \Schoon"er\, n. [See the Note below. Cf. {Shun}.] (Naut.) Originally, a small, sharp-built vessel, with two masts and fore-and-aft rig. Sometimes it carried square topsails on one or both masts and was called a {topsail schooner}. About 1840, longer vessels with three masts, fore-and-aft rigged, came into use, and since that time vessels with four masts and even with six masts, so rigged, are built. Schooners with more than two masts are designated three-masted schooners, four-masted schooners, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Topsail \Top"sail`\, n. (Naut.) In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See {Cutter}, {Schooner}, {Sail}, and {Ship}. {Topsail schooner}. (Naut.) See {Schooner}, and Illustration in Appendix.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Top-shell \Top"-shell`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine top-shaped shells of the genus {Trochus}, or family {Trochid[91]}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Trochus \[d8]Tro"chus\, n.; pl. {Trochi}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a wheel.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells belonging to {Trochus} and many allied genera of the family {Trochid[91]}. Some of the species are called also {topshells}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Topsoil \Top"soil`\, n. The upper layer of soil; surface soil.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Topsoiling \Top"soil`ing\, n. (Engin.) The act or art of taking off the top soil of land before an excavation or embankment is begun.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tube-shell \Tube"-shell`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its siphon, as the watering-shell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tubicolar \Tubic"olar\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Tubicolous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tubicole \Tu"bi*cole\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Tubicol[91].
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Tubicolous \Tubic"olous\, a. [See {Tubicol[91]}.] (Zo[94]l.) Inhabiting a tube; as, tubicolous worms.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Typical \Typ"ical\, a. [L. typicus, Gr. [?], from [?] type: cf. F. typique. See {Type}.] 1. Of the nature of a type; representing something by a form, model, or resemblance; emblematic; prefigurative. The Levitical priesthood was only typical of the Christian. --Atterbury. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group; as, a typical genus. -- {Typ"ically}, adv. -- {Typ"ical*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Typical \Typ"ical\, a. [L. typicus, Gr. [?], from [?] type: cf. F. typique. See {Type}.] 1. Of the nature of a type; representing something by a form, model, or resemblance; emblematic; prefigurative. The Levitical priesthood was only typical of the Christian. --Atterbury. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group; as, a typical genus. -- {Typ"ically}, adv. -- {Typ"ical*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Typical \Typ"ical\, a. [L. typicus, Gr. [?], from [?] type: cf. F. typique. See {Type}.] 1. Of the nature of a type; representing something by a form, model, or resemblance; emblematic; prefigurative. The Levitical priesthood was only typical of the Christian. --Atterbury. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group; as, a typical genus. -- {Typ"ically}, adv. -- {Typ"ical*ness}, n.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Topsail Beach, NC (town, FIPS 68040) Location: 34.37524 N, 77.63398 W Population (1990): 346 (998 housing units) Area: 11.3 sq km (land), 3.8 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tybee Island, GA (city, FIPS 78036) Location: 32.01013 N, 80.85666 W Population (1990): 2842 (2150 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31328
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
TABSOL A language extension for {GECOM} written in the form of {truth tables} which was compiled into code for the tests and actions described. TABSOL was developed by T.F. Kavanaugh, and was in use around 1964-5. (1996-09-15) [Proc FJCC 18:117-136, AFIPS (Fall 1960)]. (1996-09-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
type class A set of types for which certain operations or {method}s are defined. E.g. the class Number might have methods for addition and subtraction. {Class}es are a feature of {object oriented language}s and of the {functional programming} language {Haskell}. See also {inheritance}.