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- English Word Trygon Definition Any one of several species of large sting rays belonging to Trygon and allied genera.
- English Word Trying Definition of Try
- English Word Trying Definition Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive; as, a trying occasion or position.
- English Word Trypsin Definition A proteolytic ferment, or enzyme, present in the pancreatic juice. Unlike the pepsin of the gastric juice, it acts in a neutral or alkaline fluid, and not only converts the albuminous matter of the food into soluble peptones, but also, in part, into leucin and tyrosin.
- English Word Trypsinogen Definition The antecedent of trypsin, a substance which is contained in the cells of the pancreas and gives rise to the trypsin.
- English Word Tryptic Definition Relating to trypsin or to its action; produced by trypsin; as, trypsin digestion.
- English Word Tryptone Definition The peptone formed by pancreatic digestion; -- so called because it is formed through the agency of the ferment trypsin.
- English Word Trysail Definition A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer.
- English Word Tryst Definition Trust.
- English Word Tryst Definition An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst.
- English Word Tryst Definition To trust.
- English Word Tryst Definition To agree with to meet at a certain place; to make an appointment with.
- English Word Tryst Definition To mutually agree to meet at a certain place.
- English Word Tryster Definition One who makes an appointment, or tryst; one who meets with another.
- English Word Trysting Definition An appointment; a tryst.
- English Word Tsar Definition The title of the emperor of Russia. See Czar.
- English Word Tsarina Definition Alt. of Tsaritsa
- English Word Tsaritsa Definition The title of the empress of Russia. See Czarina.
- English Word Tschakmeck Definition The chameck.
- English Word Tschego Definition A West African anthropoid ape allied to the gorilla and chimpanzee, and by some considered only a variety of the chimpanzee. It is noted for building large, umbrella-shaped nests in trees. Called also tscheigo, tschiego, nschego, nscheigo.
- English Word Tsebe Definition The springbok.
- English Word Tsetse Definition A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year.
- English Word tted Definition of Cat
- English Word Tu-whit Definition Alt. of Tu-whoo
- English Word Tu-whoo Definition Words imitative of the notes of the owl.
- English Word Tuatera Definition See Hatteria.
- English Word Tub Definition An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, -- used for various purposes.
- English Word Tub Definition The amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity; as, a tub of butter; a tub of camphor, which is about 1 cwt., etc.
- English Word Tub Definition Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely or opprobriously.
- English Word Tub Definition A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.