English Words: T

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tranxnoun

Medicinal tranquilizers for human consumption, whether legal or illegal.

tranylcyprominenoun

An antidepressant drug that is an inhibitor of monoamine oxidase and is administered in the form of its sulfate (C₉H₁₁N)₂·H₂SO₄

Tranzschel's lawname

A law stating that telia of microcyclic species of rust fungi that are descendants of macrocyclic, heteroecious rusts simulate aecia of the ancestral macrocyclic rust and occur on the aecial host of the latter.

Traorename

A surname.

trapnoun

A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.

trap carnoun

A vehicle used by law enforcement agencies as bait to capture car thieves or thieves who steal items from cars.

trap doornoun

Alternative form of trapdoor.

trap housenoun

A place where illegal drugs are manufactured, packaged for sale, or sold on the street.

trap inverb

Of a pigeon, to enter the loft after returning from a race or training flight.

TRAP lawnoun

A type of legislation specifically designed to restrict abortion providers.

trap musicnoun

A subgenre of hip-hop that originated in the early 1990s in the southern United States, typified by bleak themes, aggressive lyrics, and distinctive synthesizers and drums.

trap outverb

To deplete an area of all individuals of a certain animal, bird, etc., by trapping.

trap phonenoun

A prepaid cell phone, often used by criminals to conduct illegal activity.

trap pointsnoun

A set of facing points at the end of a crossing loop or side track parallel to a mainline which will direct a train into a sand drag if the signal on that line is passed at danger, thus preventing the train running onto the main line.

trap setnoun

A drum kit.

trap streetnoun

A fictitious or inaccurately represented street on a map, inserted as a means of detecting plagiarism.

trap yardnoun

An enclosure into which wild cattle, horses or other animals can be driven.

trap-bath splitnoun

A vowel split in some varieties of English (such as British English as spoken in southern England, American English spoken in Boston, and Australian, New Zealand and South African English) in which the phoneme /æ/ (AHD: ă), as pronounced in other varieties of English, is pronounced in some words as /ɑː/ (AHD: ä).

trap-jaw antnoun

Any of a group of carnivorous ants, of the genus Odontomachus, that have mandibles that can snap shut on prey

trap-popnoun

A mixture of trap and pop music

trapaceousadj

Of or relating to the Trapaceae.

trapannoun

An act of entrapping or tricking; an entrapment; also, a thing which entraps or tricks; a snare or trap; a stratagem or trick.

Trapanesename

A surname from Italian.

Trapaniname

A province of Sicily, Italy.

trapannernoun

Someone who trapans, or ensnares.

Trapassoname

A surname from Italian.

trapballnoun

A game in which a batsman makes a ball hit a trap (device) that sends the ball into the air, where the batsman has to hit it again.

trapdoornoun

A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.

trapdoor functionnoun

A function that is easy to compute in one direction but difficult to compute in the opposite direction (finding its inverse) without special information.

trapenoun

A messy or untidy woman.

trapesverb

Alternative spelling of traipse in reduced usage since about WWI

trapezateadj

Having the shape of a trapezium; trapeziform.

trapezenoun

A trapezium.

trapeze dressnoun

A woman's dress with a trapezoid shape, widening towards the waist and legs.

trapezelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a trapeze.

trapezialadj

In the form of a trapezium.

trapeziformadj

Shaped like a trapezium

trapeziometacarpaladj

Relating to, or connecting the trapezium and metacarpal bones

trapezistnoun

A gymnast who performs on a trapeze.

trapezitenoun

A banker or money changer in Ancient Greece

trapezitinenoun

Any skipper butterfly of the subfamily Trapezitinae.

trapeziumnoun

A quadrilateral with two sides parallel.

trapeziusnoun

A large vertebrate skeletal muscle divided into an ascending, descending, and transverse portion, attaching the neck and central spine to the outer extremity of the scapula; it functions in scapular elevation, adduction, and depression.

trapezocracynoun

political domination by banks; bankocracy.

trapezohedraladj

Of, pertaining to, or resembling a trapezohedron.

trapezohedronnoun

Any of a class of polyhedra that have kite-shaped faces and are dual polyhedra of antiprisms.

trapezoidnoun

A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides.

trapezoidaladj

In the shape of a trapezoid, or having some faces which have one pair of parallel sides.

Trapezundname

Former name of Trabzon.

Trapezuntineadj

Of or pertaining to Trabzon, Trebizond, etc.

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