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   Tamil Nadu
         n 1: a state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south
               of Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras [syn: {Tamil Nadu},
               {Madras}]

English Dictionary: Tamil Nadu by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
time limit
n
  1. a time period within which something must be done or completed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
time loan
n
  1. a loan that is payable on or before a specified date
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
timeline
n
  1. a sequence of related events arranged in chronological order and displayed along a line (usually drawn left to right or top to bottom)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
timeliness
n
  1. being at the right time [syn: seasonableness, timeliness]
    Antonym(s): unseasonableness, untimeliness
  2. timely convenience
    Synonym(s): opportuneness, patness, timeliness
    Antonym(s): inopportuneness, untimeliness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tonal language
n
  1. a language in which different tones distinguish different meanings
    Synonym(s): tone language, tonal language
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tone language
n
  1. a language in which different tones distinguish different meanings
    Synonym(s): tone language, tonal language
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[be]w; akin to D. sneeuw,
      OS. & OHG. sn[emac]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[omac]r,
      snaj[be]r, Sw. sn[94], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith.
      sn[89]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix,
      nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[c6]wan to snow, G.
      schneien, OHG. sn[c6]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows,
      Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or
      sticky. [root]172.]
      1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent
            crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth,
            exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect
            forms.
  
      Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are
               of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad,
               snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed,
               snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding,
               snow-wrought, and the like.
  
      2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color
            (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in,
            flakes.
  
                     The field of snow with eagle of black therein.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      {Red snow}. See under {Red}.
  
      {Snow bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1.
  
      {Snow cock} (Zo[94]l.), the snow pheasant.
  
      {Snow flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small black leaping poduran
            ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow
            in vast numbers.
  
      {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow.
  
      {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree.
  
      {Snow fly}, [or] {Snow insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several
            species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The
            male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These
            insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow
            in great numbers.
  
      {Snow gnat} (Zo[94]l.), any wingless dipterous insect of the
            genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter.
  
      {Snow goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arctic
            geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen
            hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in
            winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and
            legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and
            {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({C.
            c[d2]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish
            gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper
            part of the neck white. Called also {white head},
            {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}.
  
      {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce.
  
      {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this
            is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the
            equator, 16,000 feet.
  
      {Snow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis})
            which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains.
  
      {Snow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus
            {Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The
            Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the
            best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow
            chukor}.
  
      {Snow partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Partridge}.
  
      {Snow pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota})
            native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump
            are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are
            black.
  
      {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes
            sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of
            California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled
            to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots
            up.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tattler \Tat"tler\, n.
      1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.
            --Jer. Taylor.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large,
            long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus {Totanus}.
  
      Note: The common American species are the greater tattler, or
               telltale ({T. melanoleucus}), the smaller tattler, or
               lesser yellowlegs ({T. flavipes}), the solitary tattler
               ({T. solitarius}), and the semipalmated tattler, or
               willet. The first two are called also {telltale},
               {telltale spine}, {telltale tattler}, {yellowlegs},
               {yellowshanks}, and {yelper.}

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tamilian \Ta*mil"i*an\, a. & n.
      Tamil.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tanling \Tan"ling\, n.
      One tanned by the sun. [R.]
  
               Hot summer's tanlings and The shrinking slaves of
               winter.                                                   --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Teinland \Tein"land\, n. (O. Eng. Law)
      Land granted by the crown to a thane or lord. --Burrill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Temulence \Tem"u*lence\, Temulency \Tem"u*len*cy\, n. [L.
      temulentia.]
      Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness. [R.] [bd]Their
      temulency.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Temulence \Tem"u*lence\, Temulency \Tem"u*len*cy\, n. [L.
      temulentia.]
      Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness. [R.] [bd]Their
      temulency.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Temulent \Tem"u*lent\, a. [L. temulentus.]
      Intoxicated; drunken. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Temulentive \Tem"u*lent*ive\, a.
      Somewhat temulent; addicted to drink. [R.] --R. Junius.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tenaillon \Te*nail"lon\, n. [F. See {Tenaille}.] (Fort.)
      A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase
      their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch,
      or cover the shoulders of the bastions.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Thionoline \Thi*on"o*line\, n. (Chem.)
      A beautiful fluorescent crystalline substance, intermediate
      in composition between thionol and thionine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Timaline \Tim"a*line\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Of or pertaining to the genus {Timalus} or family
      {Timalid[91]}, which includes the babblers thrushes, and
      bulbuls.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Timeliness \Time"li*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being timely; seasonableness;
      opportuneness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Timeling \Time"ling\, n.
      A timeserver. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tomaley \Tom"a`ley\, n.
      The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; --
      called also {tomalline}.

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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Twinling \Twin"ling\, n. [Twin + 1st -ling.]
      A young or little twin, especially a twin lamb.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Tomnolen, MS
      Zip code(s): 39744

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Town Line, NY (CDP, FIPS 75121)
      Location: 42.88491 N, 78.55868 W
      Population (1990): 2721 (893 housing units)
      Area: 12.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   tunnelling
  
      (US: "tunneling") Encapsulation of {protocol} A
      within protocol B, such that A treats B as though it were a
      {data link layer}.   Tunnelling is used to get data between
      {administrative domains} which use a protocol that is not
      supported by the {internet} connecting those domains.
  
      (1997-03-26)
  
  
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