| tomatoes | Plants, lycopersicon esculentum, native to south america, widely cultivated for their edible, fleshy, usually red fruit and also the fruit itself. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| tomb | 1. A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher. "As one dead in the bottom of a tomb." (Shak) 2. A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead. "In tomb of marble stones." (Chaucer) 3. A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead. "Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. <zoology>" (Shak) Tomb bat, any one of species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species (T. Perforatus). Origin: OE. Tombe, toumbe, F. Tombe, LL. Tumba, fr. Gr. A tomb, grave; perhaps akin to L. Tumulus a mound. Cf. Tumulus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tombac | <chemistry> An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; called also German, or Dutch, brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac. Alternative forms: tombak, and tambac. Origin: Pg. Tambaca,tambaque, fr. Malay tambaga copper; cf. Skr. Tamraka; cf. F. Tombac. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tombester | A female dancer. See: Tumble, and -ster. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tomboy | A romping girl; a hoiden. Origin: Tom (for Thomas, L. Thomas, fr. Gr)+ boy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tombusviridae | A family of RNA plant viruses infecting dicotyledons. Transmission is mainly by mechanical inoculation and through propagative plant material. All species elicit formation of multivesicular inclusion bodies. There are two genera: carmovirus and tombusvirus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tombusvirus | A genus of plant viruses that infects angiosperms. Transmission occurs mechanically and through soil, with one species transmitted via a fungal vector. The type species is tomato bushy stunt virus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tomcat | A male cat, especially when full grown or of large size. Origin: Tom (see Tomboy) + cat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tomcod | <zoology> A small edible American fish (Microgadus tomcod) of the Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic coast of the Northen United States; called also frostfish. The kingfish. See Kingfish . The jack. See Jack. Origin: Tom (see Tomboy) + cod: cf. F. Tacaud whiting pout, American Indian tacaud, literally, plenty fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tomentose | <botany> Covered with matted woolly hairs; as, a tomentose leaf; a tomentose leaf; a tomentose membrane. Origin: L. Tomentum a stuffing of wool, hair, or feathers: cf. F. Tomenteux. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tomentum | <anatomy> A covering of dense, matted, woolly hairs. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Tomes' fibres | dentinal fibres |
| Tomes' granular layer | <dentistry> A thin layer of dentin adjacent to the cementum, appearing granular in ground sections; the granules are small uncalcified spaces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tomes' processes | <dentistry> Process's of the enamel cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tomes, Sir Charles | <person> English dentist, 1846-1928. See: Tomes' processes. (05 Mar 2000) |