<B>tourist camp,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a camp or building providing such accommodations as tourists need. </DL>
<A NAME="touristclass">
<B>tourist class,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the least expensive class of accommodations, as on a ship or airplane. <DD><B> 2. </B>a class of accommodations on some railroads that offers certain first-class or Pullman facilities at a lower rate. </DL>
<A NAME="touristcourt">
<B>tourist court,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a motel. </DL>
<A NAME="touristhome">
<B>tourist home,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a house with rooms for rent to tourists. </DL>
<A NAME="touristic">
<B>touristic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or for tourists; having to do with tourism. <BR> <I>Ex. For Sardinians, traditional costumes are daily dress and not a holiday or touristic get-up (Atlantic).</I> adv. <B>touristically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="touristtrap">
<B>tourist trap,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an establishment that overcharges tourists. </DL>
<A NAME="touristy">
<B>touristy, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) like a tourist or tourists. <BR> <I>Ex. There was also a gaggle of housewives from Exurbia, Conn., [and] two more couples looking as touristy as we did (Maclean's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="tourjete">
<B>tour jete,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a high turning leap in ballet. <BR> <I>Ex. The steps are modern and functional with never a tour jete, never an entrechat (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="tourmaline">
<B>tourmaline, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a semiprecious colored mineral found in deposits of coarse granite. Tourmaline is a silicate of boron and aluminum with varying amounts especially of calcium and sodium, and may be black, brown, red, pink, green, blue, or yellow. The transparent varieties are used in jewelry. Also, <B>turmaline.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tournament">
<B>tournament, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a contest of many persons in some sport or game in which the competitors play a series of games. <BR> <I>Ex. a golf tournament, a chess tournament, a bridge tournament.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>a medieval contest between groups of knights on horseback who fought each other with blunted weapons, according to certain rules, for a prize. <DD><B> b. </B>a meeting at which knightly contests, exercises, and sports took place. <DD><B> c. </B>the activities at such a meeting. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) any contest of strength or skill. </DL>
<A NAME="tournedos">
<B>tournedos, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> one of several small slices cut from the center of the fillet of beef. </DL>
<A NAME="tourney">
<B>tourney, </B>noun, pl. <B>-neys,</B> verb, <B>-neyed,</B> <B>-neying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>=tournament.</B> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to take part in a tournament. </DL>
<A NAME="tourniquet">
<B>tourniquet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a device for stopping bleeding by compressing a blood vessel, such as a bandage around a limb tightened by twisting with a stick, a pad pressed down by a screw, or an inflated rubber tube. </DL>
<B>tour of duty,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a period or turn of military duty at a certain place or station. <DD><B> 2. </B>any spell of work; shift. </DL>
<B>tous frais faits,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) all expenses paid. </DL>
<A NAME="tousle">
<B>tousle, </B>verb, <B>-sled,</B> <B>-sling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to put into disorder; make untidy; muss. <BR> <I>Ex. The baby tousled his mother's hair.</I> (SYN) dishevel, rumple. <DD><I>noun </I> a disordered mass. <BR> <I>Ex. hair or sheets in a tousle.</I> <DD> Also, <B>touzle.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="touslesmois">
<B>tous-les-mois, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a starch obtained from the edible rootstocks of a West Indian canna, used in baby food and cocoa. It is like arrowroot. <DD><B> 2. </B>the plant itself. </DL>
<A NAME="tout">
<B>tout, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to try to get (customers, jobs, votes, or other recognition of acceptance). <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S.) to urge betting on (a race horse) by claiming to have special information. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Especially British.) to spy out (information about race horses) for use in betting. <DD><B> 4. </B>to praise highly and insistently. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to engage in touting; be a tout. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person who touts. <DD><B> 2. </B>a thieves' scout or watchman. </DL>
<A NAME="toutafait">
<B>tout a fait,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) entirely; completely; wholly; quite. </DL>
<A NAME="toutavous">
<B>tout a vous,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) wholly yours; sincerely yours. </DL>
<A NAME="toutcomprendre,cesttoutpardonner">
<B>tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) to understand all is to forgive all. </DL>
<A NAME="toutcourt">
<B>tout court,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) in short; briefly; simply. </DL>
<B>tout ensemble,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the general effect of the various parts, as of a work of art, taken as a whole. <DD><B> 2. </B>(literally) all together. </DL>
<A NAME="touter">
<B>touter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who touts; tout. </DL>
<A NAME="toutlemonde">
<B>tout le monde,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) the whole world; everyone. </DL>
<B>tovarish,</B> <B>tovarich,</B> or <B>tovarisch, </B>noun. <B>=comrade.</B></DL>
<A NAME="tow">
<B>tow</B> (1), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to pull, as by a rope or chain. <BR> <I>Ex. to tow a car from a ditch to a garage. The tug is towing three barges.</I> (SYN) haul, drag, tug, draw. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to move by towing or being towed. <BR> <I>Ex. The ship towed out of port. We towed up as far as ... our boats would swim (Daniel Defoe).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act of towing or condition of being pulled along by a rope or chain. <BR> <I>Ex. The launch had the sailboat in tow.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>what is towed, such as a ship taken in tow or a string of boats or barges being towed. <BR> <I>Ex. Each tug had a tow of three barges.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the rope, chain, cable, or the like, used for towing; towline. <DD><B> 4. </B>that which tows, especially a ship that tows; tugboat; tug. <DD><B> 5. </B><B>=ski tow.</B> <BR><I>expr. <B>in tow,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>in one's company or charge. </I> <I>Ex. Arizona Democrat Morris "Mo" Udall ... happened by with three constituents in tow (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>under one's care or influence. <BR> <I>Ex. The boy had his little brother in tow for the day.</I> adj. <B>towable.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tow">
<B>tow</B> (2), noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the fiber of flax, hemp, or jute prepared for spinning by scutching. <DD><B> 2. </B>the coarse, broken fibers, as of flax and hemp, that are separated in hackling. <BR> <I>Ex. This string is made of tow.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> made of tow. </DL>
<A NAME="tow">
<B>tow</B> (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) a rope; halter. </DL>
<A NAME="tow">
<B>TOW, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a United States antitank guided missile. <BR> <I>Ex. The TOW missile can be used offensively from jeeps or armed cars (Drew Middleton).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="towage">
<B>towage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a charge for towing. <DD><B> 2. </B>the act or process of towing or being towed. </DL>
<A NAME="toward">
<B>toward, </B>preposition, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>prep. </I> <B>1. </B>in the direction of. <BR> <I>Ex. He walked toward the north.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>turned or directed to; facing. <BR> <I>Ex. to lie with one's face toward the wall.</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>with respect to; about; concerning; regarding. <BR> <I>Ex. What is the senator's attitude toward foreign aid?</I> <DD><B> b. </B>against. <BR> <I>Ex. Do you have any malice toward him?</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>shortly before; near. <BR> <I>Ex. It must be toward four o'clock.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>as a help to; for. <BR> <I>Ex. Will you give something toward our new hospital? The United Nations' work is toward peace.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>about to happen; impending; imminent. <DD><B> 2. </B>in progress; going on; being done. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) promising, hopeful, or apt. </DL>
<A NAME="towardliness">
<B>towardliness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) a readiness to do or learn; aptness; docility. </DL>
<A NAME="towardly">
<B>towardly</B> (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD><B> 1. </B>ready to do or learn; docile. <DD><B> 2. </B>promising; advantageous; propitious. </DL>
<B>towaway, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><I>noun </I> the action of towing away and impounding an illegally parked car. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with towaways. <BR> <I>Ex. a towaway zone.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="towboat">
<B>towboat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a tugboat, especially one with a flat bottom, used on a river. </DL>
<A NAME="towcar">
<B>tow car,</B> <B>=tow truck.</B></DL>
<A NAME="towel">
<B>towel, </B>noun, verb, <B>-eled,</B> <B>-eling</B> or (especially British) <B>-elled,</B> <B>-elling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a piece of cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet. We have hand towels, bath towels, and dish towels. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to rub or dry with a towel. <BR> <I>Ex. to towel oneself.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to rub or dry oneself with a towel. <BR> <I>Ex. On one of the long sides of the pool ..., the instructor was toweling off lustily (Atlantic).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>throw</B> (or <B>toss</B>) <B>in the towel,</B> </I>(Informal.) to admit defeat. <BR> <I>Ex. The city made futile efforts to work out a peace formula before the strike deadline, but officials finally tossed in the towel at 6:45 P.M. and confessed that a tie-up was certain (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="toweling">
<B>toweling, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> material used for towels, especially cotton. </DL>
