TVA |
abbreviation of "Tennessee Valley Authority," a U.S. federal corporation formed in 1933 to provide inexpensive electric power, flood control, and irrigation to the Tennessee Valley by developing the Tennessee River and creating dams, reservoirs, and the like. |
TV dinner |
a packaged frozen meal that is ready for eating when heated. |
twaddle |
silly, trivial, or meaningless talk or writing. |
twain |
two of anything; pair; couple. |
twang |
to make a strong, sharp, vibrating or ringing sound, as a tight string when plucked. [5 definitions] |
'twas |
contracted form of "it was." |
twat |
(vulgar slang) the vulva. [2 definitions] |
tweak |
to pull, pinch, or pluck with a sudden, often sharp, twisting movement. [4 definitions] |
tweed |
a coarse, rugged woolen cloth woven in a twill pattern, used esp. for coats and suits. [2 definitions] |
tweedledum and tweedledee |
(sometimes caps.) two persons, groups, or the like that resemble one another so closely that they are nearly indistinguishable. |
tweedy |
made of or similar to tweed. [2 definitions] |
tweet |
the short weak sound made by a small or young bird; chirp. [5 definitions] |
tweeter |
the small component of a high-fidelity loudspeaker that reproduces sounds of high pitch and frequency. (Cf. woofer.) |
tweeze |
to pluck out, usu. with tweezers. |
tweezers |
a small metal tool that has two arms, used for picking up or plucking out small objects such as hairs or splinters. |
twelfth |
indicating rank or position between eleventh and thirteenth. [3 definitions] |
Twelfth Day |
the twelfth day after Christmas, January 6, once observed as the last day of the Christmas festivities; Epiphany. |
twelve |
the number represented by the Arabic numeral 12 and by the Roman numeral XII. [3 definitions] |
twelvemo |
see "duodecimo." |
twelvemonth |
a year. |
twelve-tone |
of music, based on or designating an arbitrarily selected, fixed order of the twelve tones in a chromatic scale. |