Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 92

Twittle-twattle (n.) Tattle; gabble.

'Twixt () An abbreviation of Betwixt, used in poetry, or in colloquial language.

'Twixt-brain (n.) The thalamen/cephalon.

Two (n.) One and one; twice one.

Two (n.) The sum of one and one; the number next greater than one, and next less than three; two units or objects.

Two (n.) A symbol representing two units, as 2, II., or ii.

Two-capsuled (a.) Having two distinct capsules; bicapsular.

Two-cleft (a.) Divided about half way from the border to the base into two segments; bifid.

Two-decker (n.) A vessel of war carrying guns on two decks.

Two-edged (a.) Having two edges, or edges on both sides; as, a two-edged sword.

Twofold (a.) Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument.

Twofold (adv.) In a double degree; doubly.

Two-foot (a.) Measuring two feet; two feet long, thick, or wide; as, a two-foot rule.

Two-forked (a.) Divided into two parts, somewhat after the manner of a fork; dichotomous.

Two-hand (a.) Employing two hands; as, the two-hand alphabet. See Dactylology.

Two-handed (a.) Having two hands; -- often used as an epithet equivalent to large, stout, strong, or powerful.

Two-handed (a.) Used with both hands; as, a two-handed sword.

Two-handed (a.) Using either hand equally well; ambidextrous.

Two-lipped (a.) Having two lips.

Two-lipped (a.) Divided in such a manner as to resemble the two lips when the mouth is more or less open; bilabiate.

Two-parted (a.) Divided from the border to the base into two distinct parts; bipartite.

Twopence (n.) A small coin, and money of account, in England, equivalent to two pennies, -- minted to a fixed annual amount, for almsgiving by the sovereign on Maundy Thursday.

Twopenny (a.) Of the value of twopence.

Two-ply (a.) Consisting of two thicknesses, as cloth; double.

Two-ply (a.) Woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two sets of warp thread and two of weft.

Two-ranked (a.) Alternately disposed on exactly opposite sides of the stem so as to from two ranks; distichous.

Two-sided (a.) Having two sides only; hence, double-faced; hypocritical.

Two-sided (a.) Symmetrical.

Two-tongued (a.) Double-tongued; deceitful.

Twyblade (n.) See Twayblade.

Ty-all (n.) Something serving to tie or secure.

Tyburn ticket () A certificate given to one who prosecutes a felon to conviction, exempting him from certain parish and ward offices.

Tychonic (a.) Of or pertaining to Tycho Brahe, or his system of astronomy.

Tycoon (n.) The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners.

Tydy (n.) Same as Tidy.

Tye (n.) A knot; a tie.

Tye (n.) A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered.

Tye (n.) A trough for washing ores.

Tye (v. t.) See Tie, the proper orthography.

Tyer (n.) One who ties, or unites.

Tyfoon (n.) See Typhoon.

Tyger (n.) A tiger.

Tying () p. pr. of Tie.

Tying (n.) The act or process of washing ores in a buddle.

Tyke (n.) See 2d Tike.

Tylari (pl. ) of Tylarus

Tylarus (n.) One of the pads on the under surface of the toes of birds.

Tyler (n.) See 2d Tiler.

Tylopoda (n. pl.) A tribe of ungulates comprising the camels.

Tyloses (pl. ) of Tylosis

Tylosis (n.) An intrusion of one vegetable cell into the cavity of another, sometimes forming there an irregular mass of cells.

Tymbal (n.) A kind of kettledrum.

Tymp (n.) A hollow water-cooled iron casting in the upper part of the archway in which the dam stands.

Tympan (n.) A drum.

Tympan (n.) A panel; a tympanum.

Tympan (n.) A frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which the blank sheets are put, in order to be laid on the form to be impressed.

Tympanal (n.) Tympanic.

Tympanic (a.) Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane.

Tympanic (a.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum.

Tympanic (n.) The tympanic bone.

Tympanist (n.) One who beats a drum.

Tympanites (n.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympany.

Tympanitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or affected with, tympanites.

Tympanitis (n.) Inflammation of the lining membrane of the middle ear.

Tympanize (v. i.) To drum.

Tympanized (imp. & p. p.) of Tympanize

Tympanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tympanize

Tympanize (v. t.) To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum.

Tympani (pl. ) of Tympano

Tympano (n.) A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See Kettledrum.

Tympano- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tympanum; as in tympanohyal, tympano-Eustachian.

Tympanohyal (a.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoidean arch.

Tympanohyal (n.) The proximal segment in the hyoidean arch, becoming a part of the styloid process of the temporal bone in adult man.

Tympanums (pl. ) of Tympanum

Tympana (pl. ) of Tympanum

Tympanum (n.) The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear.

Tympanum (n.) A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds.

Tympanum (n.) One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse.

Tympanum (n.) The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table.

Tympanum (n.) The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.

Tympanum (n.) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation.

Tympany (n.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites.

Tympany (n.) Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness.

Tynd (v. t.) To shut; to close.

Tyne (v. t.) To lose.

Tyne (v. i.) To become lost; to perish.

Tyne (n.) A prong or point of an antler.

Tyne (n.) Anxiety; tine.

Tyny (a.) Small; tiny.

Typal (a.) Relating to a type or types; belonging to types; serving as a type; typical.

-type (n.) A combining form signifying impressed form; stamp; print; type; typical form; representative; as in stereotype phototype, ferrotype, monotype.

Type (n.) The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem.

Type (n.) Form or character impressed; style; semblance.

Type (n.) A figure or representation of something to come; a token; a sign; a symbol; -- correlative to antitype.

Type (n.) That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities; the representative.

Type (n.) A general form or structure common to a number of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a species, genus, or other group, combining the essential characteristics; an animal or plant possessing or exemplifying the essential characteristics of a species, genus, or other group. Also, a group or division of animals having a certain typical or characteristic structure of body maintained within the group.

Type (n.) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or a coin.

Type (n.) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.

Type (n.) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing.

Type (n.) Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole quantity of them used in printing, spoken of collectively; any number or mass of such letters or characters, however disposed.

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