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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.
twentieth indicating rank or position between nineteenth and twenty-first. [3 definitions]