| townie |
(informal) a resident of a college town who is not a student or staff member in the college. |
| town meeting |
a public assembly, open to all residents of a town. [2 definitions] |
| townsfolk |
the people who live in a town. |
| township |
a subdivision of a county, usu. having some authority for local government. |
| townsman |
a native or resident of a town. [3 definitions] |
| townspeople |
those who live in a town; townsfolk. |
| townswoman |
a woman who is a native or resident of one's own town. [2 definitions] |
| towpath |
a path along the bank of a river or canal trodden by animals or people towing boats. |
| towrope |
a rope, cable, or the like, used to tow boats; towline. |
| tow truck |
a truck equipped to tow disabled or illegally parked vehicles; wrecker. |
| toxemia |
illness due to poisonous substances in the bloodstream, as from eating contaminated food or from infection; blood poisoning. |
| toxic |
of, pertaining to, or resulting from a toxin or other poison. [2 definitions] |
| toxicant |
poisonous; toxic. [2 definitions] |
| toxicity |
the condition, property, or fact of being toxic or containing toxins. |
| toxico- |
poison. |
| toxicology |
the science that deals with poisons and the detection and treatment of poisoning. |
| toxic-shock syndrome |
a sometimes fatal disease, esp. contracted by young women during menstruation, characterized by fever, vomiting, and diarrhea, and thought to be connected with the use of certain tampons that cause a rapid spread of bacterial infection in the vagina. |
| toxin |
any poisonous substance that is produced by living cells or living organisms. |
| toxin-free |
of or pertaining to a food, product, or location that is free of harmful substances, or to a way of living that reduces exposure to harmful substances. |
| toxo- |
variant of toxico-. |
| toxoid |
a toxin, used in immunization, that has been rendered nontoxic by chemical or physical means but that retains its capacity to stimulate the production of antibodies. |