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tax

noun · charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government

tax-free

adjective · (of goods or funds) not taxed

Example: tax-exempt bonds

taxi fare

noun · the fare charged for riding in a taxicab

taxonomically

adverb · with regard to taxonomy

Example: closely related taxonomically

taxophytina

noun · yews: in some systems classified as a class (Taxopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Taxophytina) used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta

tazir crime

noun · (Islam) minor crimes committed by Muslims; crimes that are not mentioned in the Koran so judges are free to punish the offender in any appropriate way

Example: in some Islamic nations Tazir crimes are set by legislation

teach

noun · an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)

teacher

noun · a personified abstraction that teaches

Example: books were his teachers

team up

verb · form a team

Example: We teamed up for this new project

tear off

verb · rip off violently and forcefully

Example: The passing bus tore off her side mirror

tearfully

adverb · with tears; in a tearful manner

Example: the man confessed tearfully to having beaten his wife

tearing

adjective · marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid

Example: fierce loyalty

tease apart

verb · disentangle and raise the fibers of

Example: tease wool

technical grade

adjective · containing small amounts of other chemicals, hence slightly impure

Example: technical-grade sulfuric acid

technologically

adverb · by means of technology

Example: technologically impossible

ted shawn

noun · United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972)

tediously

adverb · in a tedious manner

Example: boringly slow work

teem

verb · move in large numbers

Example: people were pouring out of the theater

teensy

adjective · (used informally) very small

Example: a wee tot

teentsy

adjective · (used informally) very small

Example: a wee tot

teleconference

noun · a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television

telegraphic

adjective · having the style of a telegram with many short words left out

Example: telegraphic economy of words

telescopically

adverb · in a telescopic manner

Example: each of the four legs contains a simple screw jack with a thrust bearing that is operated telescopically inside of two tubes

tellingly

adverb · in a telling manner

Example: the plain manner of its style all the more tellingly points up the horror of the case

temperamental

adjective · likely to perform unpredictably- Osbert Lancaster

Example: erratic winds are the bane of a sailor

temperamentally

adverb · by temperament

Example: temperamentally suited to each other

temperately

adverb · in a sparing manner; without overindulgence

Example: he ate and drank abstemiously

templar

noun · a knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher

temporalty

noun · in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy

temporarily

adverb · for a limited time only; not permanently

Example: he will work here temporarily

tempt

verb · induce into action by using one's charm

Example: She charmed him into giving her all his money

temptingly

adverb · in a tempting seductive manner

Example: she smiled at him seductively

tend

verb · manage or run

Example: tend a store

tenderisation

noun · the act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it

tenderize

verb · make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer

Example: tenderize meat

tenderly

adverb · with tenderness; in a tender manner

Example: tenderly she placed her arms round him

tensely

adverb · in a tense manner

Example: he sat down tensely

tensile

adjective · capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

Example: ductile copper

tentatively

adverb · in a tentative manner

Example: we agreed tentatively on a dinner date

tenuously

adverb · in a tenuous manner

Example: his works tenuously survive in the minds of a few scholars

tepidly

adverb · in an unenthusiastically lukewarm manner

Example: he was lukewarmly received by his relatives

terminally

adverb · at the end

Example: terminally ill

terrene

adjective · belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly

Example: not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind

terrible

adjective · causing fear or dread or terror

Example: the awful war

terrifically

adverb · (used as an intensifier) extremely well

Example: her voice is superbly disciplined

terrorise

verb · fill with terror; frighten greatly

testily

adverb · in a petulant manner

Example: he said testily; `Go away!'

tete a tete

adverb · without the intrusion of a third person; in intimate privacy

Example: we talked tete-a-tete

tevere

noun · a river of central Italy; flows through Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea

thai

adjective · of or relating to Thailand

Example: the Thai border with Laos

thank

verb · express gratitude or show appreciation to

thankfully

adverb · let us be thankful that

Example: thankfully he didn't come to the party

the least bit

adverb · in the slightest degree or in any respect

Example: Are you at all interested? No, not at all

the right way

adverb · in the right manner

Example: please do your job properly!

the tempter

noun · (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell