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Tontine
- noun - a form of life insurance whereby on the death or default of a participant his share is distributed to the remaining members
- an annuity scheme wherein participants share certain benefits and on the death of any participant his benefits are redistributed among the remaining participants; can run for a fixed period of time or until the death of all but one participant
Tootsie
- unknown - childish name for toe
Tortile
- - Twisted; wreathed; coiled.
Torture
- noun - extreme mental distress
- intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
- subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
- the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
- torment emotionally or mentally
- unbearable physical pain
Tritone
- - a musical interval
- A superfluous or augmented fourth.
Triture
- - A rubbing or grinding; trituration.
Tsatske
- noun - (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman
- (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket
Twattle
- - To prate; to talk much and idly; to gabble; to chatter; to twaddle; as, a twattling gossip.
TWOTONE
- unknown - 1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) of two colours or two shades of the same colour
2. (esp of sirens, car horns, etc.) producing or consisting of two notes