timeserver |
one who adapts his or her conduct to prevailing custom or opinion, for personal advantage; opportunist. |
time-share |
to own or use by time-sharing. |
time-sharing |
the joint ownership of property, esp. vacation condominiums and the like, in which each owner occupies the property for a set period of time. [2 definitions] |
time sheet |
a sheet of paper on which an employee's work hours are recorded. |
time signature |
a musical symbol, usu. a numerical fraction located next to the key signature, used to indicate the meter of a composition. |
times table |
a table that can be used to find the product of two numbers; multiplication table. |
time study |
see "time and motion study." |
timetable |
a schedule listing the times at which or within which certain events, such as the arrival and departure of trains, buses, and airplanes, are to occur. |
time-tested |
proven effective, useful, or durable over a long period of time. |
time warp |
a discontinuity in time, or shift to a past or future period, often used as a device in science fiction. |
timework |
work that is paid for by the unit of time, usu. the hour or the day. (Cf. piecework.) |
timeworn |
showing the effects of age or long use. [2 definitions] |
time zone |
any of twenty-four longitudinal divisions of the earth that are roughly defined by their distances from the prime meridian, and each of which keeps a standard time one hour earlier than does the zone to its east. |
timid |
hesitant to engage in social contact or draw public attention; shy. [2 definitions] |
timing |
the act, art, or method of adjusting tempo, actions, and occurrences to create the most powerful or useful effect. |
Tim McCarver |
U.S. professional baseball player turned sports broadcaster, born James Timothy McCarver (b.1941). |
Timor |
an Indonesian island southeast of Java. |
Timorese |
an inhabitant of Timor. [2 definitions] |
timorous |
showing or marked by fear; fearful; timid. |
Timothy |
a disciple of Jesus Christ who was a companion and assistant of the apostle Paul. [2 definitions] |
timothy |
a coarse grass, widely cultivated for use as fodder, that has long, thin, cylindrical flower spikes. |