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Titmouse
The tits, chickadees, and titmice, family Paridae, are a large family of small passerine birds which occur in the northern hemisphere and Africa. Most were formerly in the genus Parus; some recent authors have split this large group into several genera, which has been followed by North American ornithological authorities but not elsewhere.


Titration
Titration is a standard laboratory method of quantitative/Analytical chemistry which can be used to determine the concentration of a known reactant. Because volume measurements play a key role in titration, it is also known as volumetric analysis. A reagent, called the titrant, of known concentration and volume is used to react with a measured quantity of reactant .


Titus
Titus Flavius Vespasianus , also known as Titus, was a Roman Emperor of the Flavian dynasty. Titus was a successful general, who crushed the First Jewish-Roman War in 70, and a good emperor, whose most remarkable actions are the public building program in Rome and the relief of the suffering caused by two accidents, the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 and the fire of Rome of 80.


Titus Oates
Titus Oates was a 17th century perjury who fabricated a fraudulent Catholic plot to kill Charles II of England.


Tjalling Koopmans
Tjalling Charles Koopmans was the joint winner, with Leonid Kantorovich, of the 1975 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Koopmans was born in 's-Graveland in the Netherlands. He began his university education at the University of Utrecht, aged 17, specialising in mathematics.


Tlingit
The Tlingit are an American Indian people. Their name for themselves is Lingt , meaning "people". The Russian name Koloshi or the related German name Koulischen may be encountered in older historical literature. The Tlingit are a matrilineal society who developed a complex hunter-gatherer culture in the temperate rainforest of the southeast Alaska coast and the Alexander Archipelago.


Toad
Toad can refer to a number of species of amphibians. A distinction is often made between frogs and toads on the basis of their appearance, prompted by the convergent evolution among so-called toads to dry environments, which often entails a brown skin for camouflage that is also dry and leathery for better water retention.


Toadfish
The toadfishes are a type of ray-finned fish normally found on the sand and mud bottoms of coastal waters worldwide, notable for somewhat broad heads and drab coloration reminiscent of terrestrial toads, as well as for the ability of some species to "sing" using their swim bladders.


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Toast
This page is about the food 'toast', for other meanings, see Toast. Toast is bread that has been browned by exposure to dry heat. This browning reaction is called the Maillard reaction. Toasting warms the bread and also makes it firmer, so that it holds toppings more securely.


Toaster
A toaster is a small electric kitchen appliance designed to toast bread, an act also known as 'making toast.' Prior to the development of the electric toaster, bread was sometimes toasted by placing it in a metal frame and holding it over a fire.


Tobacco
Tobacco refers to a genus of broad-leafed plants of the nightshade family indigenous to North America and South America, or to the dried and cured leaves of such plants. Tobacco leaves are often smoked in the form of a cigar or cigarette, or in a smoking pipe, or in a bong or a hookah.


Tobacco hornworm
The Tobacco Hornworm is the larval form of a moth of the Sphingidae family common throughout the The Americas continent. Commonly known simply as the hornworm, it is closely related to the Tomato hornworm. Part of the confusion is that the caterpillars of both species feed on the foliage of various plants from the family Solanaceae, so the plant a caterpillar is found on does not indicate which species of moth it belongs to; tobacco hornworms can be found on tomato, and tomato hornworms can be found on


Tobacco mosaic virus
The Tobacco mosaic virus is an RNA virus that infects plants, especially tobacco and other members of the family Solanaceae, showing characteristic patterns on the Leaf. It was the first virus to be discovered. In 1883 Adolf Mayer first described the disease that could be transferred between plants, similar to bacterium infections.


Tobacconist
A tobacconist is someone licensed to sell tobacco in various forms as well as tobacco smoking supplies. A tobacconist may sell smoking pipe, pipe-cleaning kits, cigar, etc.


Tobago
Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the southern Caribbean Sea, northeast of the island of Trinidad and southeast of Grenada.


Tobias Smollett
Tobias George Smollett was a Scotland author, best known for his picaresque novels, such as Roderick Random and Peregrine Pickle. Smollett was born at Dalquhurn, now part of Renton, Scotland, in present-day West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. He was the son of a judge and land-owner, and was educated at the University of Glasgow, qualifying as a surgery.


Toboggan
A toboggan is a simple sled used on snow, to carry one or, more usually, several people down a hill or other slope, for recreation. Designs vary from simple, traditional models to modern engineered composites. A toboggan differs from most sleds or sleighs in that it has no runners or skis on the underside.


Tobramycin
Tobramycin sulfate is an aminoglycoside antibiotic used to treat various types of bacteriuml infections, particularly Gram-negative infections.


Tocainide
Tocainide is a class Ib antiarrhythmic agent.


Tocantins River
The Tocantins is a river, the central fluvial artery of Brazil. It runs from south to north for about 1500 miles. It is not really a branch of the Amazon River, although usually so considered, since its waters flow into the Atlantic Ocean alongside those of the Amazon. It rises in the mountainous district known as the Pyreneos, west of the Federal District but its western tributary, the Araguaia River, has its extreme southern headwaters on the slopes of the Serra Cayapo.


Tocharians
The Tocharians were the easternmost speakers of an Indo-European languages language in antiquity, inhabiting the Tarim basin in what is now Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, northwestern People's Republic of China. Their unique culture spanned from the 1st millennium BC to the end of the 1st millennium AD.


Tocopherol
Tocopherol, or vitamin E, is a fat-soluble vitamin in eight forms that is an important antioxidant. Vitamin E is often used in skin creams and lotions because it is claimed by the manufacturers to play a role in encouraging skin healing and reducing scarring after injuries such as burns.


Toddler
Toddler is a common term for a child between the ages of one and three years old, although some may consider a toddler to be between two and five. During this period, the child learns a great deal about social roles and develops motor skills; to toddle is to walk unsteadily. The term cruising is used for toddlers who can't toddle but must hold onto something while walking.


Tody
The todies are a family of tropical birds in the order Coraciiformes, which also includes the kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers. These are small near passerine species of forests in the Caribbean. These birds have colourful plumage and resembles kingfishers, but with flattened bills with serrated edges.


Toe
Toes are the digits of the foot of an animal. Many animal species walk on their toes, and are called digitigrade. Humans, and other animals that walk on the soles of their feet, are plantigrade; hoofed animals are unguligrade. In human anatomy, the toe includes the Phalanx bones of the foot's skeleton; the bones of each toe continue all the way to the heel, although in from the base of the toes they are united in the body of the foot.


Toetoe
Toetoe are four species of tall Poaceae native to New Zealand and members of the Cortaderia genus. The name comes from the Maori language. It is sometimes misspelt as toitoi and this misspelling is reflected in some geographical place names. Two South America species of Cortaderia, Cortaderia jubata and Cortaderia selloana, have been introduced to New Zealand and are sometimes mistaken for toetoe.


Tofu
Tofu, also called doufu or bean curd , is a food of China origin, made by coagulation soy milk, and then pressing the resulting curds into blocks. The making of tofu from soy milk is similar to the technique of making cheese from milk.


Toga
The toga was a distinctive garment of Ancient Rome. It consisted of a long sash of cloth, on the order of perhaps twenty feet in length. This sash was wrapped around the body in a particular way and was generally worn over a tunic. The toga was invariably made of wool, and the tunic under it was often made of linen.


Togetherness
Togetherness is the feeling of being close to another person emotionally and physically. It is an emotion which cannot be definited outside of its current sociological meaning, and the reality of such a term is not "knowledge." It is well symbolized by the gesture of holding both hands up, slightly cupped with palms facing each other, and moving them together to create a circle.


Toggle switch
A toggle switch is a class of electrical switches that use a mechanical lever, handle or rocking mechanism to actuate them. Toggle switches are available in many different styles and sizes, and are used in countless applications. Many are designed to provide, e.g., the simultaneous actuation of multiple sets of electricity contacts, or the control of large amounts of electric current or mains voltages.


Togo
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa bordering Ghana in the west, Benin in the east and Burkina Faso in the north. In the south, it has a short Gulf of Guinea coast, on which the capital Lom is located.


Toilet
A toilet is a plumbing fixture and a garbage disposal primarily intended for the disposal of the excretory system; urine, fecal matter, vomit and menses. Toilets additionally accept a paper product known as toilet paper. Other objects may cause blockages in the plumbing.


Toilet paper
Toilet paper is a tissue paper product designed for the cleaning of the anus to remove fecal material after defecation or to remove remaining droplets of urine from the genitals after urination. Toilet paper, which differs in composition from facial tissue, is designed to deteriorate when wet in order to keep drain pipes clear.


Toilet seat
A toilet seat is the seat and lid of a toilet. High tech toilet seats in Japanese toilets may include a large number of features, including a bidet, a blow drier, and a heated seat. They come in a wide variety of shapes, from the normal porcelain ovate seat to the opened-front seat often seen in public restrooms.


Tokamak
A tokamak is a machine producing a torus magnetic field for Plasma equilibria and stability a Plasma . It is one of several types of magnetic fusion energy and the leading candidate for producing fusion energy. The term tokamak is a transliteration of the Russian word ??????? which itself comes from the Russian words: "???????????? ?????? ? ????????? ????????" .


Tokyo
listen is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and is the location of its capital of Japan. Within Tokyo are 23 municipalities, the 23 special wards. Also in Tokyo are the Government of Japan, and the Kokyo, home of the Imperial Household of Japan.


Tolazamide
Tolazamide is an blood glucose lowering medication used for people with Type 2 diabetes. It is part of the sulfonamide family. External links


Tolazoline
Tolazoline is a Competitive antagonist alpha adrenergic receptor Receptor antagonist. It is a vasodilator that is used to treat spasms of peripheral blood vessels.


Tolbutamide
Tolbutamide is a sulfonylurea oral hypoglycemic agent medication sold under the brand name Orinase. This drug may be used in the management of type II diabetes if diet alone is not effective. Tolbutamide stimulates the secretion of insulin by the pancreas.


Tolerance
Tolerance is a recent political term used within debates in areas of sociology, culture and religion context, as an emphatic antithesis to discrimination, as such may advocate persecution. Its usage came about as a more widely acceptable alternative to "acceptance," the usage of which had been widely derided, as certain cases would not be considered by common society as acceptable.


Toller
Toller is a Ward in City of Bradford, England. References*


Tolstoy
Tolstoy, or Tolstoi is a prominent family of Russian nobility, descending from one Andrey Kharitonovich Tolstoy who served under Vasili II of Russia. The "wild Tolstoys" have left a lasting legacy in Russian politics, military history, literature, and fine arts.


Toltec
The Toltecs were a Pre-Columbian Native American people who dominated much of central Mexico between the 10th century and 12th century AD. According to pre-hispanic traditions , they may have spoken the language Nahuatl, which was also spoken by the Aztecs.


Toluene
Toluene, also known as methylbenzene or phenylmethane is a clear, Water -insoluble liquid with the typical smell of paint thinners, reminiscent of the sweet smell of the related compound benzene. It is an aromatic hydrocarbon that is widely used as an industrial feedstock and as a solvent.


Tom Hanks
Thomas "Tom" Jeffrey Hanks is a two-time Academy Awards-winning United States actor, voice-over artist and movie producer who starred in family-friendly and screwball comedies before achieving notable success as a dramatic actor. As of September 24, 2006, Hanks is the highest-grossing "lead" actor of all time, with a combined gross of over United States dollar$3.3 billion and an worldwide gross of nearly $6 billion.


Tom Stoppard
Sir Tom Stoppard Order of Merit, Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom playwright. Born in Czechoslovakia, he is famous for plays such as The Real Thing and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, and for the screenplay for Shakespeare in Love.


Tom Thumb
Tom Thumb is the name of a traditional hero in English folklore who was no bigger than his father's thumb. Aside from folk tale, Tom Thumb figures in Henry Fielding's The Tragedy of Tragedies, or the History of Tom Thumb the Great, which became, when printed, The Author's Farce.


Tom Wolfe
Dr. Thomas Kennerly "Tom" Wolfe is an United States author and journalist, best known as one of the founders of the new journalism. He graduated from St. Christopher's School in Richmond, Virginia before attending Washington and Lee University as an undergraduate.


Tomás de Torquemada
For others with similar names, see Torquemada Toms de Torquemada was a fifteenth century Spain Dominican Order, and an Inquisitor General. For his role in the Spanish Inquisition, Torquemada's name has become a byword for cruelty and fanaticism in the service of the Catholic Religion.


Tomatillo
The tomatillo is a small, spherical and green or green-purple fruit surrounded by a paper-like husk formed from the calyx. As the fruit matures, it fills the husk and can split it open by harvest. The husk is brown and the fruit yellowish when it is ripe. Tomatillos are the key ingredient in fresh and cooked Latin American cuisine green sauces.


Tomato
The tomato is a plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family, native to Central America, South America, and southern North America from Mexico to Peru. It is a short-lived perennial plant, grown as an annual plant, typically growing to 13 m in height, with a weak, woody stem that usually scrambles over other plants.


Tomato hornworm
The Tomato hornworm is a green caterpillar, the larval form of the Five-spotted Hawk moth moth of the Sphingidae family common throughout the United States continent. An insect pest of tomato, it can also attack eggplant, Capsicum, and potato.


Tomato paste
Tomato paste is a thick paste made from ripened tomatoes with skin and seeds removed. Depending on its manufacturing conditions, it can be used to make either ketchup or reconstituted tomato juice. Its most common culinary usage is as a pizza base, but it is also used in small quantities to enrich the flavor of sauces, particularly tomato sauce.


Tomato sauce
Tomato sauce is a condiment made with tomatoes, and sometimes also meat, onions, basil , edible salt, Cooking oil, garlic and various spices. A few tomatoes are broiled, skinned and mixed with a small amount of chopped meat, onion and some salt, oil, basil and other spices.


Tomb
A tomb is a place of burial for the remains of the death. It is usually either a small building, with walls, a roof, and a door; or a burial vault, partly or wholly in the ground. They may be located in a cemetery or, in a Christianity context, inside a church proper, or in its crypt.


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Tonal language
A feature of linguistics analysis common to many languages around the world is tonality. The tone of a word is a high-low pitch pattern permanently associated with it. A change of tone alters the word as much as a change in its consonants or vowels. Chinese language is perhaps the most well-known of such languages.


Tonality
Tonality is a system of writing music according to certain hierarchy pitch relationships around a "center" or Tonic. The term tonalit was borrowed from Castil-Blaze by Franois-Joseph Ftis in 1840. The term is often used synonymously with major scale-minor scale tonality; however, in more recent theory, the term is used more broadly to encompass a number of systems of musical organization.


Toneless
Toneless is quinary music group, which is playing brithish Rock music and Pop music. Toneless was formed in summer 2004. 1. October 2004 they record first demo recordings, 11 track album with title Goodbye, whereof with reveal in radio largely singles Closer To Sun and later Shine And Sing.


Toner
Toner is a powder used in laser printers and photocopiers which forms the text and images on the printed paper. In its early form it was simply carbon powder. In order to improve the quality of the printout the individual carbon particles were blended in a polymer.


Tonga
Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, , is an independent archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean. It lies about a third of the way between New Zealand and Hawaii, south of Samoa and east of Fiji. The islands are also known as the Friendly Islands, the name given by Captain Cook because of the friendly reception he received .


Tongans
Tongans make up the vast majority of the Demographics of Tonga. They are a Polynesian ethnic group with negligeable Melanesian and whites admixture.


Tongs
Tongs are gripping and lifting tools, of which there are many forms adapted to their specific use. Some are merely large pincers or nippers, but the greatest number fall into three classes: # Tongs which have long arms terminating in small flat circular grippers and are pivoted close to the handle, as in the common fire-tongs, used for picking up pieces of coal and placing them on a fire.


Tongue
The tongue is the large bundle of skeletal muscles on the floor of the mouth that manipulates food for chewing and swallowing, . It is one of the organs of taste. Much of the surface of the tongue is covered in taste buds. The tongue assists in forming the sounds of speech.


Tonguefish
Tonguefishes are a family, Cynoglossidae, of flatfishes. They are found in tropical and subtropical oceans, mainly in shallow waters and estuary, though a few species found in deep sea floors, and a few in rivers.


Toni Morrison
for the Louisiana politician, see deLesseps Morrison, Jr. Toni Morrison is one of the most prominent authors in world literature, having won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 for her collected works. Several of her novels have taken their place in the Western canon of American literature, including The Bluest Eye, Beloved , and Song of Solomon .


Tonic water
Tonic water is a Carbonation soft drink flavoured with quinine. The drink gains its name from the medicinal effects of this slightly Bitter#Bitterness flavouring. The quinine was added to the drink as a prophylaxis against malaria, since it was originally intended for consumption in tropical areas of India and Africa where that disease is endemic.


Tonsil
The tonsils are areas of lymphatic system on either side of the throat. An infection of the tonsils is called tonsillitis. As with other organs of the lymphatic system, the tonsils act as part of the immune system to help protect against infection. In particular, they are believed to be involved in helping fight off pharynx and upper respiratory tract infections.


Tonsillectomy
A tonsillectomy is a list of surgical procedures in which the tonsils are removed. Sometimes the adenoids are removed at the same time. Tonsillectomy may be indicated when the patient: * Experiences frequent bouts of acute tonsillitis. The number indicating tonsillectomy varies with the severity of the episodes.


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