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Tomcod
- - A small edible American fish (Microgadus tomcod) of the Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic coast of the Northen United States; -- called also frostfish. See Illust. under Frostfish. (b) The kingfish. See Kingfish (a). (c) The jack. See 2d Jack, 8. (c).
Toucan
- noun - brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak
Touche
- unknown - (in fencing) used as an acknowledgement of a hit by one's opponent.
used as an acknowledgement during a discussion of a good or clever point made at one's expense by another person.
Touchy
- adjective - difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"
- quick to take offense
Traced
- verb - copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of; "trace a design"; "trace a pattern"
- discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth"
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress"
- make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
- make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along; "The children traced along the edge of the dark forest"; "The women traced the pasture"
- pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"
- read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"
- to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summe
Tracer
- noun - (radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes
- ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke
- an instrument used to make tracings
- an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods
Traces
- noun - a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
- a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"
- A minute amount of substance in a larger quantity
- a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
- a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
- an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"
- copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of; "trace a design"; "trace a pattern"
- discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth"
- either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
- follow, disco
Tracks
- noun - (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- a course over which races are run
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc; "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title track of the album"
- a groove on a phonograph recording
- a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"
- a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
- an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
- any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
- carry on the feet and deposit; "track mud into the house"
- evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are f
Tracts
- noun - a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet
- a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
- a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose
- an extended area of land