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Timbuktoo
- - A city on the southern edge of the Sahara, in central Africa, some nine miles from the Niger. It is about three miles around, and was formerly surrounded by a clay wall. Timbuctoo has a large caravan trade, gold dust being the most important export. The people are negroes, Tuariks, Mandingoes, Arabs, Foolahs, etc. The city was founded in the 12th century, but was first seen by a white man in 1826. Timbuctoo now belongs to France, and a railroad is proposed to connect Algiers, Timbuctoo and Senegambia. Population, 13,000 (1893), greatly increased during the trading season from November to January.
Time Slot
- noun - a time assigned on a schedule or agenda; "the TV program has a new time slot"; "an aircraft landing slot"
Tinderbox
- noun - a box for holding tinder
- a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence; "the Balkans are the tinderbox of Europe"
Tire Iron
- noun - hand tool consisting of a lever that is used to force the casing of a pneumatic tire onto a steel wheel
Tire Tool
- noun - hand tool consisting of a lever that is used to force the casing of a pneumatic tire onto a steel wheel
Titration
- noun - a measured amount of a solution of unknown concentration is added to a known volume of a second solution until the reaction between them is just complete; the concentration of the unknown solution (the titer) can then be calculated
Toad Frog
- noun - any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
Toadstool
- noun - common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom)
Tonnihood
- - The female of the bullfinch; -- called also tonyhoop.
Toodle-Oo
- unknown - Informal version of goodbye.