| Term | Definition |
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translucent |
Allowing the passage of light. |
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transmissible |
That may e sent through or across. |
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transmission |
The act of sending through or across. |
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transmit |
To send trough or across. |
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transmute |
To change in nature, substance, or form. |
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transparent |
Easy to see through or understand. |
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transpire |
To come to pass. |
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transplant |
To remove and plant in another place. |
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transposition |
The act of reversing the order or changing the place of. |
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transverse |
Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction. |
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travail |
Hard or agonizing labor. |
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travesty |
A grotesque imitation. |
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treacherous |
Perfidious. |
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treachery |
Violation of allegiance, confidence, or plighted faith. |
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treasonable |
Of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of allegiance. |
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treatise |
An elaborate literary composition presenting a subject in all its parts. |
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treble |
Multiplied by three. |
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trebly |
Triply. |
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tremendous |
Awe-inspiring. |
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tremor |
An involuntary trembling or shivering. |
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tremulous |
Characterized by quivering or unsteadiness. |
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trenchant |
Cutting deeply and quickly. |
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trepidation |
Nervous uncertainty of feeling. |
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trestle |
An open braced framework for supporting the horizontal stringers of a railway-bridge. |
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triad |
A group of three persons of things. |
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tribune |
Any champion of the rights and liberties of the people: often used as the name for a newspaper. |
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trickery |
Artifice. |
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tricolor |
Of three colors. |
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tricycle |
A three-wheeled vehicle. |
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trident |
The three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune. |
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triennial |
Taking place every third year. |
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trimness |
Neatness. |
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trinity |
A threefold personality existing in the one divine being or substance. |
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trio |
Three things grouped or associated together. |
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triple |
Threefold. |
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triplicate |
Composed of or pertaining to three related things or parts. |
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triplicity |
The state of being triple or threefold. |
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tripod |
A three-legged stand, usually hinged near the top, for supporting some instrument. |
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trisect |
To divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts. |
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trite |
Made commonplace by frequent repetition. |
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triumvir |
One of three men united coordinately in public office or authority. |
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trivial |
Of little importance or value. |
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troublesome |
Burdensome. |
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truculence |
Ferocity. |
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truculent |
Having the character or the spirit of a savage. |
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truism |
A statement so plainly true as hardly to require statement or proof. |
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truthful |
Veracious. |
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turgid |
Swollen. |
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turpitude |
Depravity. |
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tutelage |
The act of training or the state of being under instruction. |