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tapetum.noun
a membranous
layer, especially the iridescent
(rainbow like colors) choroid (vascular
membrane that forms the middle coat of the eye, between the sclera {white
of the eye} and the retina)
membrane in the eyes of certain animals, as the cat
tactics.noun.plural
any skillful methods employed to gain an end
tactical.adjective
of, relating to, or using tactics; of, relating
to, used in, or involving military or naval operations that are smaller,
closer to base, and of less long term significance than strategic
operations; carried out in support of military or naval operations (tactical
bombing); characterized by adroitness,
ingenuity, or skill
tactically.adverb
teleological.adjective
concerned with design or purpose in nature as
relating to final causes
teleology.noun
the study of final causes; the study of evidences
of design in nature; a doctrine (as in vitalism) that ends are immanent
in nature, that purpose is involved; a doctrine
explaining
phenomena
by final causes; the fact or character attributed
to nature or natural processes of being directed toward an end or shaped
by a purpose; the use of design or purpose as an explanation of natural
phenomena
teleologist.noun
teleonomy.noun
the quality of apparent
purposefulness in living organisms that derives from their alleged-evolutionary-adaptation
teleonomic.adjective
transition.noun
passing from one stage, form, activity, place,
etc., to another;
Paleontology.–.a
fossil
of which can be said representation exhibits (shows) a form that lies between
two fundamentally different
structures and functions in an actual evolutionary line of descent,
or that is directly ancestral
to any such fundamentally different species
transitional.adjective
temerity.noun
foolish boldness; foolhardiness; recklessness;
rashness
temerity referes to a boldness that fails to evaluate
the consequences
temerarious.noun
synonym-gall
testimony.noun
an affirmation
or declaration; a declaration
made to establish a fact
testimonial.noun
a written statement testifying as to a person's
qualifications, abilities and character
transpose,
transposed,
transposing,
transposes.verbs
to reverse or transfer the order or place of;
interchange; to put into a different place or order; to alter in form or
nature; transform
transposable.adjective
transposon.noun
a transposable element especially when it contains
genetic material controlling functions other than those related to its
relocation
transvalue,
transvalued,
transvaluing.transitive
verbs
to evaluate by a new principle, one rejecting
conventional or accepted standards
tauons
the tau neutrino is the most massive lepton
at 3,000 times the mass
of an electron, with a very short lifetime of 10-13
seconds
tomography-noun
a method of making X-ray photographs of a selected
plane of the
body; a method of producing a three dimensional image of the internal structures
of a solid object (as the human body or the earth) by the observation and
recording of the differences in the effects on the passage of waves of
energy impinging on those structures – compare computerized
assisted or, axial tomography (CAT) scan and positron
emission tomography (PET)
tomographic-adjective
radiography in which a three dimensional image
of a body structure is constructed by computer from a series of plane cross
sectional images made along an axis-–
called also computed axial tomography, computerized axial tomography, computerized
tomography
tomographically.adverb
transform,
transformed,
transforming,
transforms.verbs
to change the form or outward appearance of something
external or in inner nature (she was transformed into a happy girl)
transitive use-change
markedly the appearance or form of; to change the nature, function, or
condition of; convert
intransitive
use.to undergo a transformation
transform.noun
the result, especially a mathematical quantity
or linguistic (the study of the nature and structure of human speech) construction,
of a transformation
transformable.adjective
transformation.noun
the act or an instance of transforming;
the state of being transformed; a marked change, as in appearance or character,
usually for the better; a mapping of one space onto another or onto itself;
a construction derived by such transformation;
a transform
transformative, transformational.adjectives
Genetics.-.alteration
of a bacterial cell by introduction of DNA from another cell or from a
virus
Linguistics.-.the
process of converting a syntactic
construction into a semantically
equivalent construction according to the rules shown to generate the syntax
of the language
transformationalgrammar.noun
a grammar that accounts for the constructions
of a language by linguistic transformations and phrase structures, especially
generative transformational grammar
Mathematics.-.replacement
of the variables in an algebraic expression by their values in terms of
another set of variables
transmogrify.transitive
verb
to transform in a grotesque
or strange manner
transmogrification.noun
a transmogrifying or being transmogrified
transmute, transmuted,
transmuting,
transmutes.verbs
intransitive use.to
change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another (the way
to change lead into gold); transform; convert
intransitive use.to
undergo transmutation
transmutability.or.transmutableness.noun
change of one thing into another; the conversion
of one element
into another, as in radioactive-disintegration
or by nuclear bombardment
transmutable.adjective
transmutably.adverb
transmuter.noun
transmutation.noun
the act or an instance of transmuting;
transformation; the state of being transmuted
Physics.-.transformation
of one element into another by one or a series of nuclear reactions; the
conversion of base metals into gold or silver in alchemy
transmutational.or.transmutative.adjective
tending to transmute; having to do with transmutation
transmutation,
transmutability.nouns
trust.noun
total confidence in the honesty, integrity,
reliability, justice, etc. of another person or thing; entrusting one's
self into another's care
thereby.adverb
by that means; because of that; in connection
with that
titter, tittered,
tittering,
titters.intransitive
verbs
to laugh in a restrained, nervous way; giggle
titter, titterer.nouns
a nervous giggle
titteringly.adverb
thorough.adjective
exhaustively
complete (a thorough search); painstakingly accurate or careful (thorough
research)
thorough.preposition
thorough, thoroughly.adverbs
thoroughness.noun
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