T The letter T is the twentieth letter in the Latin alphabet, preceded by s and followed by u. Its name in English language is tee . It is the most commonly used consonant, and the second-most common letter, in the English language. Indeed, the most-common letter for beginning a word is t.
	T cell T cells belong to group of white blood cells known as lymphocytes and play a central role in cell-mediated immunity. They can be distinguished from other lymphocyte types, such as B cells and NK cells by the presence of a special receptor on their cell surface that is called the T cell receptor.
	T-bar lift A T-bar lift, also called T-bar, is a mechanised system for transporting skiers and snowboarders uphill. In the United States it is generally employed for low-capacity slopes in large resorts and small local areas servicing skiers numbered in the dozens rather than in the hundreds or thousands.
	T-bone steak The T-bone is a steak cut of beef. It consists of a T-shaped bone with meat on each side. The larger side contains meat from the strip loin, whereas the smaller side contains the beef tenderloin. T-bone steaks from the rear end of the tenderloin contain a much larger section of the tenderloin, and are called porterhouse steaks.
	T-shirt A T-shirt is a shirt, usually buttonless, collarless, and pocketless, with a round neck and short sleeves, that is pulled on over the head and covers most of a person's torso. There are also long-sleeved T-shirt and sleeveless T-shirt variants. T-shirts were originally worn as undershirts.
	T. E. Lawrence Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence, Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order, Legion of Honour , professionally known as T.E. Lawrence and, later, T.E. Shaw, but most famously known as Lawrence of Arabia, gained international renown for his role as a United Kingdom liaison officer during the Arab Revolt of 1916 to 1918.
	T. S. Eliot Thomas Stearns Eliot, Order of Merit was an American poetry, play and literary critic, whose works, such as The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land, "The Hollow Men", and Four Quartets, are considered defining achievements of 1900s Modernist poetry.
	Tâb T?b is the Egyptian name of a running-fight board game played in several Arab countries, or a family of similar board games played in Northern Africa and South-western Asia, from Persia to West Africa and from Turkey to Somalia, where a variant called deleb is played.
	Tab key The tab key on a alphanumeric keyboard is used to advance the cursor to the next "tab stop".
	Tabard A tabard is a short coat, either sleeveless, or with short sleeves or shoulder pieces, emblazoned on the front and back with a heraldry, and worn as the distinctive garment of Officer of Arms. In the case of Royal officers of arms, the tabard is emblazoned with the coat of arms of the sovereign.
	Tabasco Tabasco is a state in Mexico. Its capital is Villahermosa. Tabasco is bordered by the Mexican states of Veracruz to the west, Chiapas to the south, and Campeche to the north-east. To the east Tabasco borders with the Petn Departments of Guatemala of Guatemala, and to the north is the Gulf of Mexico.
	Tabasco pepper The tabasco pepper a variety of the chile pepper species Capsicum frutescens. It is best known through its use in Tabasco sauce, a trademarked product manufactured by McIlhenny Company of Avery Island, Louisiana. Even though the word "tabasco" is the name of a Mexican state, this variety of pepper was first grown in large quantities in Louisiana.
	Tabasco sauce Tabasco is the trademark brand name for a hot sauce that is a well-known table condiment. It is made by McIlhenny Company of Avery Island, Louisiana, from tabasco peppers , vinegar, and salt, and aged in white oak barrels for three years.
	Tabby cat A tabby is a cat with a distinctive coat that features stripes, dots and/or swirling patterns. Tabbies are often mistakenly assumed to be a Cat breeds of cat. In fact, the tabby pattern is a naturally occurring feature that may be the original coloration of the domestic cat's wild cat.
	Tabernacle The Tabernacle is known in Hebrew language as the Mishkan. It was to be a portable central place of worship for the Hebrews from the time they left ancient Egypt following the Exodus, through the time of the Book of Judges when they were engaged in conquering the land of Canaan, until the time its elements were made part of the final Temple in Jerusalem about the 10th century BC.
	Tabernaemontana Tabernaemontana is a genus of 100-110 species of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, with a pan-tropical distribution. They are shrubs and small trees growing to 1-15 m tall. The leaf are evergreen, opposite, 3-25 cm long, with milky sap. The flowers are fragrant, white, 1-5 cm diameter.
	Tabi Tabi are traditional Japanese socks. Ankle high and with a separation between the big toe and other toes, they are worn by both men and women with zori, geta, and other traditional thonged footwear. Tabi are also essential with traditional clothingkimono and other wafuku.
	Tablature Tablature is a form of musical notation, which tells players where to place their fingers on a particular instrument rather than which pitches to play. Tablature is mostly seen for fretted stringed instruments, in which context it is usually called tab for short. It is frequently used for the guitar, bass guitar, lute, archlute, theorbo, mandora, gallichon, and vihuela, but in principle it can be used for any fretted instrument, including ukulele, mandolin, banjo, and viola da gamba
	Table saw A table saw or sawbench is the most common piece of large woodworking equipment. Because of its versatility, when only one piece of large woodworking machinery is owned, it will often be a table saw. The saw consists of a circular saw blade, mounted on an mandrel, that is driven by an electric motor.
	Table tennis Table tennis is one of the most popular sports in the world in terms of player numbers, as well as being one of the newest of the major sports. Ping pong is an early trademarked name, and is still in common use to describe the recreational game. During play each player must allow a ball played towards him or her only one bounce on their side of the table and must return it so that it bounces on the opponents side.
	Tableau vivant Tableau Vivant is French for "living picture." The term describes a striking group of suitably costumed artist's models, carefully posed and often Theatre lit. Throughout the duration of the display, the people shown do not speak or move. The approach thus marries the art forms of the stage with those of painting/photography, and as such it has been of interest to modern photographers.
	Tablespoon A tablespoon is a type of spoon used for serving. It is also a unit of measurement of volume used in cooking. It has various values around the world, most of which are about 15 milliliters. It is abbreviated in English as T., tbs. or tbsp., and in German as EL .
	Tablet A tablet is a mixture of active substances and Binders, usually in powder form, pressed into a solid. medications to be taken orally are very often supplied in tablet form; indeed the word tablet without qualification would be taken to refer to a medicinal tablet.
	Tabloid A tabloid is a newspaper format particularly popular in the United Kingdom. A tabloid format newspaper is roughly 23 by 14 inches per spread. This is the smaller of two standard newspaper sizes; the larger newspapers, associated with higher-quality journalism, are called broadsheets.
	Tábor Tbor is a city of the Czech Republic, in the South Bohemian Region. It is named after Mount Tabor, Israel, which is believed by many to be the place of the Transfiguration of Christ; the name however became popular and nowadays translates to "camp" or "encampment" in the Czech language.
	Tabriz Tabriz is the largest city in north-western Iran with a population of 1.2 million people. Tabriz is situated north of the volcanic cone of Sahand south of the Eynali mountain. It is the capital of East Azarbaijan Province. Historically, the founding of the city is shrouded in mystery.
	Tabuk Tabuk is the capital city of the Tabuk province in north western Saudi Arabia. It has a population of 441,351.
	Tachinidae Tachinidae is a large and rather variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and probably many more to be discovered. There are over 1300 species in North America Insects in this family are commonly called Tachinid flies; they have no vernacular common name.
	Tachograph A tachograph combines the functions of a clock and a speedometer. Fitted to a motor vehicle, a tachograph will record not only the vehicle's speed but also the length of time that it is moving or stationary. The mechanical tachograph writes on a round piece of paper which constantly turns throughout the work day.
	Tachometer A tachometer measures the speed of rotation of a shaft or disk, as in a motor or other machine. The device often displays the rate of revolutions per minute on a calibrated analog dial, but digital displays are increasingly common.
	Tachycardia Tachycardia is an abnormally rapid beating of the heart, defined as a resting heart rate of 100 or more beats per minute in an average adult. It can have harmful effects, in two ways. First, when the heart beats too rapidly, it performs inefficiently, causing cardiac output to diminish.
	Tachymeter A tachymeter is a kind of theodolite used for rapid measurements and determines, electronically or electro-optically, the distance to target, and is highly automated in its operations. Tachymeters are often used in surveying.
	Tacitus Publius Cornelius Tacitus is one of the important historians of Roman Antiquity. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—treat the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those that reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors.
	Taco A taco is a traditional Mexican cuisine comprised of a rolled or folded, pliable maize tortilla filled with an edible substance. While meat is most common, there are numerous regional and personal variations on the theme of List of taco fillings, including vegetables, cheeses, fungus, seafood, or even insects.
	Tacoma Narrows Bridge The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is a mile-long suspension bridge with a main span of 2800 foot that carries Washington State Route 16 across the Tacoma Narrows of Puget Sound from Tacoma, Washington to Gig Harbor, Washington. The first version of the bridge, nicknamed Galloping Gertie, was designed by Clark Eldridge and altered by Leon Moisseiff.
	Tadalafil Tadalafil is a medication used to treat male erectile dysfunction. It was developed by the biotechnology firm ICOS and marketed worldwide by Eli Lilly and Company under the brand name Cialis. In the United States, tadalafil has Food and Drug Administration approval and became available in December, 2003 as the third pill after Sildenafil and Vardenafil.
	Tadpole A tadpole is a larval amphibian, the juvenile form of a frog, toad, newt, salamander, or caecilian. In this stage it breathes by means of external or internal gills, is at first lacking legs, and has a fin-like tail with which it swims as most fish do, by lateral undulation.
	Tadpoles Tadpoles are a psychedelic rock band formed in 1990 in New York City by Todd Parker and Michael Kite Audino In 1992, Nick Kramer, David Max and Andrew Jackson of the fledgling Manhattan group, Hit, joined the Tadpoles after putting Hit on hiatus. In 1993 Kite and Jackson left the group ,which relocated to Hoboken, New Jersey, where Parker formed Bakery Records.
	Taekwondo Taekwondo is a martial art originating in Korea. An amalgamation of Chinese, Japanese, and traditional Korean fighting styles, taekwondo has become the world's most commonly practiced martial art, and is the national sport of Korea as well as an Olympic sporting event. In Korean language, derived from hanja, tae means "to strike or smash with the foot"; kwon means "to strike or smash with the hand"; and do means "way" or "path".
	Tagalongs A Tagalong is a type of Girl Scout cookie that is a round cookie covered with chocolate and an inner layer of peanut butter, much like the marshmallow under the chocolate surface in Mallomars. These are also frequently referred to as "Peanut Butter Patties" or "Hoedowns."
	Tagetes erecta The Mexican marigold is a species of the genus Tagetes native to Mexico and Central America. In Mexico, this plant is found in the States of Mexico of San Luis Potosí, Chiapas, Mexico, Puebla, Sinaloa, Tlaxcala and Veracruz.
	Tagliatelle Tagliatelle is the classic pasta of the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Individually, they are long, flat ribbons, similar in shape to fettuccine, but typically about .75 inches / 2 centimeter wide. They can be served with a variety of sauces, though the classic is a meat sauce or Bolognese sauce.
	Tagus Tagus is the largest river on the Iberian Peninsula. It measures 1,038 kilometers in length, 716 km of which are in Spain, 47 km as border between Portugal and Spain and the remaining 275 km in Portugal. It drains an area of 80,100 Km . It follows a very constrited course for much of it's lenght but after Almorol it enters a vast alluvian valley prone to floodings.
	Tahiti Tahiti is the largest island of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean at . The island had a population of 169,674 inhabitants according to the 2002 census. The capital is Papeete, on the northwest coast. Tahiti has also been historically known as Otaheite.
	Tai Chi Chuan Tai Chi Chuan, T'ai Chi Ch'an or Taijiquan , commonly known as Tai Chi, T'ai Chi, or Taiji, is an neijia Chinese martial arts. There are different styles of T'ai Chi Ch'an, although most agree they are all based on the system originally taught by the Chen family to the Yang family starting in 1820.
	Taichung Taichung is a city located in west-central Taiwan with a population of just over one million people, making it the third largest city on the island, after Taipei and Kaohsiung. The city's name is Chinese for "Central Taiwan." Taichung City is an administrative regional Provincial city of Taiwan Province under the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan.
	Tail A tail is the section at the rear end of an animal's body, the term particularly referring to such a section which forms a distinct, flexible appendage to the torso. It is the part of the body that roughly corresponds to the sacrum and coccyx in mammals and birds. Tails are mostly a feature of vertebrates, however some invertebrates have tail-like appendages, such as the tail of the scorpion, or the furcula of the springtail.
	Tail rotor The tail rotor of a helicopter is mounted on the tail of a traditional single-rotor helicopter, close to perpendicular to the main rotor. It is primarily used in order to counteract the yaw motion and the torque that a rapidly turning disk naturally produces.
	Tailed frog The tailed frogs are two species of frog. The "tail" in the name is actually an extension of the male cloaca. Ascaphus is the only genus in the family Ascaphidae. Until 2001, the genus was believed to be monotypic, the single species being the Tailed Frog. However in that year Nielson, Lohman, and Sullivan published evidence in Evolution that promoted the Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog from a subspecies to its own species.
	Tailfin The tailfin era of automobile styling encompassed the 1950s and 1960s, peaking between 1958 and 1960. It was a style developed in the United States but spread its influence worldwide, as cars designed in all parts of the world picked up styling trends from the American automobile industry.
	Tailgate The tailgate, sometimes called the hatch, is a door on the back of a vehicle that can be moved up or down, such as on a pick-up truck or hatchback. The tailgate has given rise to the term tailgating, and tailgating can also refer to tailgate party.
	Tailpiece The tailpiece, found on many musical instruments of the string instrument family, anchors the tail end of the strings, the end opposite the scroll or headstock.
	Tailplane A tailplane is a small lift surface located behind the main lifting surfaces of a fixed-wing aircraft as well as other non-fixed wing aircraft such as helicopters and gyroplanes. However, not all fixed-wing aircraft have tailplanes, such as those configured with canards, flying-wing aircraft, where there is no tail, and v-tail aircraft where the rudder and tail-plane is combined to form two diagonal surfaces.
	Taipan Taipans are large, fast, highly venom Australian snakes, one of which, the Fierce Snake, has the most toxic venom of any land species worldwide. The name derives from that of the Thaypan tribe of Aboriginal people of central Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.
	Taipei Taipei City is the capital city of the Republic of China. It is Republic of China's center of politics, commercial, mass media, education, and pop culture, and today also is widely considered to be one of the "Global city #Gamma world cities ". The City of Taipei, Taipei County surrounding it, and nearby Keelung City form Taipei-Keelung metropolitan area but are administered under different local government bodies.
	Taiwan Taiwan is an island in East Asia, but the term "Taiwan" is also commonly used to collectively refer to the territories governed by the state officially known as the Republic of China , which include the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Pescadores in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and Matsu Island off the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China.
	Taiyuan Taiyuan is a prefecture-level city in China, capital of the Shanxi province.
	Taj Mahal The Taj Mahal is a monument located in Agra, India, constructed in 22 years by a workforce of 22,000. The Muslim Mughal Empire list of Mughal emperors Shah Jahan commissioned its construction as a mausoleum for his favourite wife, Arjumand Bano Begum, who is better known as Mumtaz Mahal.
	Tajikistan The Republic of Tajikistan is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. It borders Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east. It is home to the Tajiks, who share culture and history with the Iranian peopless, and speak Tajik language, a language closely related to Persian language.
	Tajiks Tajik is a term generally applied to Persian language Iranian peoples living in the east of Iran. They are primarily found in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and the Xinjiang province of China. Alternative names for the Tajiks are Farsi , Parsiwan , and Dihgan .
	Takahe The Takahe or South Island Takahe, Porphyrio hochstetteri is a flightless bird endemic to New Zealand which belongs to the Rallidae. It was thought to be extinct after the "last" of - to that date - a mere 4 specimens had been taken in 1898. However, after a carefully planned search effort the bird was rediscovered by Geoffrey B. Orbell near Lake Te Anau in the Murchison Mountains, South Island, on November 20, 1948.
	Take a Bow "Take a Bow" is a song by United States singer Madonna from her 1994 in music album Bedtime Stories. The song was released as a single in December 1994 in music.
	Take Five Take Five is a classic jazz piece recorded by The Dave Brubeck Quartet and released on its 1959 album Time Out. Composed by Paul Desmond, the group's saxophonist, it became famous for its distinctive, catchy saxophone melody and use of quintuple time, from which the piece gets its name.
	Taken * For the band, see Taken * For the term related to hunting, see Taken Taken is a science fiction miniseries which first aired on the Sci Fi Channel in 2002 and won an Emmy award for Outstanding Miniseries. It was written by Leslie Bohem, and directed by Breck Eisner, Flix Enrquez Alcal, John Fawcett, Tobe Hooper, Jeremy Paul Kagan, Michael Katleman, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, Bryan Spicer, Jeff Woolnough and Thomas J.
	Takeoff Takeoff is the phase of flight where an aircraft goes through a transition from moving along the ground to flying in the air, usually on a runway. For a Balloons, helicopters and some specialized fixed-wing aircraft, no runway is needed. Takeoff is the opposite of landing.
	Takin The Takin is a Caprinae found in heavily forested areas of the Eastern Himalayas. There are four subspecies: B. taxicolor taxicolor, the Mishmi Takin; B. taxicolor bedfordi, the Shensi or Golden Takin; B. taxicolor tibetana, the Tibetan or Sichuan Takin; and B.
	Taking Over Taking Over was the second album recorded by Overkill, released by Megaforce records in 1987.
	Talapoin Talapoins are the two species of Old World monkeys classified in genus Miopithecus. They live in central Africa and their range extends from Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Angola. With a typical length of 32 to 45 cm and a weight of approximately 1.3 kg and 0.8 kg, the talapoins are the smallest Old World monkeys.
	Talas For medieval city of "Talas" see Taraz. Talas is a small town in northwestern Kyrgyzstan, located in a long valley between two imposing mountain ranges. Its geographical location is and its population is 32,538. It is the administrative headquarters of Talas Oblasty.
	Talbot Talbot is an automobile brand, whose history is one of the industry's most complex.