| 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. |
| toxoplasmosis |
infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, often occurring after eating undercooked meat or touching the feces of an infected cat, that usu. causes mild symptoms in adults but may cause severe complications in an unborn child. |