<B>typhoid fever,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an infectious, often fatal, disease with intestinal inflammation and sometimes hemorrhage, fever, nosebleed, enlargement of the spleen, eruptions of the skin, disorder of the bowels, and sometimes stupor; enteric fever. It is caused by the typhoid bacillus, which is spread by contaminated food, drink, and clothing. People can be inoculated against typhoid fever. </DL>
<A NAME="typhoidin">
<B>typhoidin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a substance made from typhoid bacilli, used to test for the presence of typhoid. </DL>
<A NAME="typhoidmary">
<B>Typhoid Mary,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a carrier of a communicable disease. <BR> <I>Ex. There is a cure for the menace to the public of Typhoid Marys (Science News Letter).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a carrier or transmitter of anything harmful or evil. </DL>
<A NAME="typhomalarial">
<B>typhomalarial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of a fever) having the characteristics of both typhoid fever and malaria. </DL>
<A NAME="typhon">
<B>Typhon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Mythology.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a monster, the son of Typhoeus. <DD><B> 2. </B>Typhoeus. <DD><B> 3. </B>the Greek name for Set, the Egyptian god of evil. </DL>
<A NAME="typhonic">
<B>typhonic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> like a whirlwind or tornado. </DL>
<A NAME="typhoon">
<B>typhoon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a violent cyclone or hurricane occurring in the western Pacific, chiefly during the period from July to October. <DD><B> 2. </B>a violent storm or tempest occurring in Asia, especially in or near India. <DD><B> 3. </B>any violent storm. <BR> <I>Ex. My coursers ... outstrip the Typhoon (Shelley).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="typhous">
<B>typhous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with typhus. </DL>
<A NAME="typhus">
<B>typhus, </B>noun, or <B>typhus fever,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an acute, infectious disease characterized by high fever, extreme weakness, dark-red spots on the skin, and stupor or delirium. It is caused by a rickettsia carried by fleas, lice, ticks, or mites. </DL>
<A NAME="typic">
<B>typic, </B>adjective. <B>=typical.</B></DL>
<A NAME="typical">
<B>typical, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>being a type; representative. <BR> <I>Ex. a typical American home. The typical Thanksgiving dinner consists of turkey, cranberry sauce, several vegetables, and mince or pumpkin pie.</I> (SYN) illustrative. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with a type or representative specimen; characteristic. <BR> <I>Ex. the hospitality typical of the frontiersman, the swiftness typical of a gazelle.</I> (SYN) distinctive. <DD><B> 3. </B>symbolical; emblematic. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Biology.) that is the type of the genus, family, or other group. noun <B>typicalness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="typicality">
<B>typicality, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or character of being typical. </DL>
<A NAME="typically">
<B>typically, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>in a typical manner. <DD><B> 2. </B>to a typical degree. <DD><B> 3. </B>characteristically; ordinarily. </DL>
<A NAME="typification">
<B>typification, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of typifying or condition of being typified. </DL>
<A NAME="typify">
<B>typify, </B>transitive verb, <B>-fied,</B> <B>-fying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to be a symbol of. <BR> <I>Ex. The Statue of Liberty typifies the American tradition of freedom. The lamb typifies Christ's sacrifice.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to have the common characteristics of; exemplify. <BR> <I>Ex. Daniel Boone typifies the pioneer.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to indicate beforehand. noun <B>typifier.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="typist">
<B>typist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who operates a typewriter; person trained in typewriting. <BR> <I>Ex. to be a good typist.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person whose occupation is typing. <BR> <I>Ex. a part-time typist.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="typo">
<B>typo, </B>noun, pl. <B>-pos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a typographical error. </DL>
<A NAME="typo">
<B>typo.,</B> or <B>typog.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>typographer. <DD><B> 2a. </B>typographic. <DD><B> b. </B>typographical. <DD><B> 3. </B>typography. </DL>
<B>typographical, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with printing or typing. <DD><B> 2. </B>produced or expressed in print or by typing. <BR> <I>Ex. typographical symbols. "Catt" and "hoRse" contain typographical errors.</I> adv. <B>typographically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="typography">
<B>typography, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the art, practice, or process of printing with type; work of setting and arranging type and of printing from it. <DD><B> 2. </B>the arrangement, appearance, or style of printed matter. (Abbr:) typo., typog. </DL>
<A NAME="typological">
<B>typological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with typology. adv. <B>typologically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="typologist">
<B>typologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person skilled in typology. </DL>
<A NAME="typology">
<B>typology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaeology.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the classification of remains and specimens. <DD><B> 2. </B>the study of the evolution of types of tools, weapons, and ornaments. </DL>
<A NAME="typoscript">
<B>typoscript, </B>noun. <B>=typescript.</B></DL>
<A NAME="typothetae">
<B>typothetae, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> printers (used in the names of professional associations). </DL>
<A NAME="tyr">
<B>Tyr, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Norse god of war and victory, son of Odin, identified with the Teutonic god Tiu. Also, <B>Tyrr.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tyramine">
<B>tyramine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a colorless, crystalline amine produced by bacterial action or by the decarboxylation of tyrosine, found in mistletoe, ripe cheese, and putrefied animal tissue. </DL>
<B>tyrannical, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with a tyrant. <DD><B> 2. </B>like a tyrant; arbitrary; cruel; unjust. <BR> <I>Ex. Charles I of England was a tyrannical king.</I> (SYN) despotic, dictatorial. adv. <B>tyrannically.</B> noun <B>tyrannicalness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tyrannicide">
<B>tyrannicide</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of killing a tyrant. </DL>
<A NAME="tyrannicide">
<B>tyrannicide</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who kills a tyrant. </DL>
<A NAME="tyrannize">
<B>tyrannize, </B>verb, <B>-nized,</B> <B>-nizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to use power cruelly or unjustly; behave like a tyrant. <BR> <I>Ex. Those who are strong should not tyrannize over those who are weak.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to rule as a tyrant; be a tyrant. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to rule cruelly; oppress. <BR> <I>Ex. The embittered man tyrannized his family. (Figurative.) Poverty, which doth so tyrannize ... and generally depress us (Robert Burton).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to rule over as a tyrant. noun <B>tyrannizer.</B> </DL>
<B>tyrannosaurus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a huge, prehistoric, flesh-eating dinosaur that lived in North America and walked on its two hindlimbs. It existed in the late Cretaceous period. </DL>
<A NAME="tyrannous">
<B>tyrannous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> acting like a tyrant; cruel or unjust; arbitrary; tyrannical. <BR> <I>Ex. It is excellent To have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant (Shakespeare). (Figurative.) The Stamp Act seemed tyrannous to the colonists.</I> adv. <B>tyrannously.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tyranny">
<B>tyranny, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>cruel or unjust use of power. <BR> <I>Ex. The boy ran away to sea to escape his father's tyranny. [The Americans] snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze (Edmund Burke). Where laws end, tyranny begins (William Pitt).</I> (SYN) oppression, harshness, despotism. <DD><B> 2. </B>an instance of this; tyrannical act. <BR> <I>Ex. The colonists rebelled against the king's tyrannies. (Figurative.) Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny (Edmund Burke).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the government, position, rule, or term of office of an absolute ruler. <DD><B> 4. </B>a state ruled by a tyrant. </DL>
<A NAME="tyrant">
<B>tyrant, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who uses his power cruelly or unjustly; one who treats those under his control tyrannically; despot. <BR> <I>Ex. A good teacher is never a tyrant. Necessity is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves (William Pitt).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a king or other ruler who uses his power unjustly or cruelly; despotical ruler; cruel master. <DD><B> 3. </B>an absolute ruler, as in ancient Greece, who owed his office to usurpation. Some tyrants of Greek cities were mild and just. </DL>
<A NAME="tyrantflycatcher">
<B>tyrant flycatcher,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a family of American flycatchers, such as the kingbird, phoebe, and least flycatcher. </DL>
<B>Tyrian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or having to do with Tyre, an ancient seaport in Phoenicia. <DD><B> 2. </B>made in ancient Tyre. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=Tyrian-purple.</B> <DD><I>noun </I> a native or inhabitant of ancient Tyre. </DL>
<A NAME="tyrianpurple">
<B>Tyrian purple,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>Also, <B>Tyrian dye.</B> a deep crimson or purple dye used by the ancient Greeks, Romans, and certain other Mediterranean peoples. It is known to have been obtained from various shellfish, but the exact formula for it is now unknown. It was primarily because of the high cost of obtaining Tyrian purple that the possession of purple cloth was evidence in ancient times of royalty or wealth. <DD><B> 2. </B>a bluish red. </DL>
<A NAME="tyrianpurple">
<B>Tyrian-purple, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of the color Tyrian purple; bluish-red. </DL>
<A NAME="tyro">
<B>tyro, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ros.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a beginner in learning or doing anything; novice. <BR> <I>Ex. Much practice changed the tyro into an expert.</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, <B>tiro.</B> (SYN) neophyte. </DL>
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<A NAME="tyrocidin">
<B>tyrocidin, </B>noun. <B>=tyrocidine.</B></DL>
<A NAME="tyrocidine">
<B>tyrocidine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an antibiotic containted in tyrothricin, obtained from a soil bacterium. </DL>
