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DICTIONARY ABBREVIATIONS
in the time of (Latin: tempore)
metric ton
tablespoon
teaspoon
technical (foul)
temperature
tense
tera-
tertiary
tesla (unit of magnetic flux)
testosterone
thymine (component of DNA)
time
toddler
ton
township
transitive
tritium
troy (system of weights)
true
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COMMON USAGE
20th
tee
tenor
kind of square
kind of shirt
T-shirt
casual shirt
sports shirt
undershirt
kind of agent
kind of intersection
cross
junction
Tuesday
Thursday
Tango (NATO alphabet)
technical foul
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NOUNS: PEOPLE
Celtics’ center
famous model
Ford model
head of Teamsters
last of knights-errant
last to admit
lead in Titanic, Tootsie, Twilight
leader in tatters, tears, theory, therapy, town, training, transit, truth, turn
leader of Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan
leader of team, Tories
one of them
Pistons’ center
those originally
those without stockings
tomorrow’s leader
tout losing out
tribe’s chief
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NOUNS: PLACES
airport’s terminal
back of apartment, boat, vault
capital of Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan
central Austria, Montana, Qatar, Vietnam
Central Station
close to street
control center
left of target
stern of boat
terminal in Beirut, Belfast, Budapest, Detroit, Frankfurt
tradesmen’s entrance
west end of town
west of Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan
20th row of the theater
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NOUNS: THINGS
Boston subway
central casting, heating, motif
closing of Braveheart, Cabaret, Contact, Ghost, Hamlet, plant, restaurant, street
conclusion of agreement, project, summit
early Ford model
face of target
final in Art
finale of Showboat
first place in tournament
football formation
Ford model
foremost of theories
fourth place in contest
front of Time
front of toboggan
kind of bar
last place in contest, heat, pageant, tournament
lead of trump
leading edge of technology
letter of thanks
offensive formation
old Ford model
one of them
one of those
one-quarter turn
onset of tiredness
opening, premiere of Titanic, Tootsie
piece of tape, technology, text, timber
road junction
second last place in debate
skiers’ bar
sort of bar
source of tension, trouble
symbol of perfection
tail of aircraft, comet, shirt
Tango on the radio
tee (golf)
temperature
termination of agreement, contract, employment, project
three-way intersection
ton
tanks at the front
trenches at the front
trumpeter’s intro
TV dropping volume
20th in a series
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NOUNS: BODY PARTS
back/rear of patient
front of tooth
head of tiger, toad, tortoise, turkey, turtle
tail of beast, cat, cormorant, goat, parrot, pheasant, rat, trout
teenager’s face
tip of tongue
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NOUNS: CLOTHING
back of shirt
casual shirt
cotton shirt
shirt
sports shirt
sporty top
tee
undershirt
Tom’s cap
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NOUNS: FOOD
piece/sample/bite of taffy, tangerine, tapas, tiramisu, toast, toffee, tofu, tomato, trout, tuna, turkey
slice of tangerine, tiramisu, toast, tofu, tomato, trout, turkey
side of toast
spot of tea
starter of tapas
serving/entrée of trout, tuna, turkey
bit/touch/taste of tarragon, thyme, tumeric
last piece of dessert, eggplant, fruit, halibut, meat, toast
steak bone
tablespoon
vegetable’s heart
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NOUNS: DATES & TIMES
6th of August
4th of September
3rd of October
beginning of time
close to midnight
end of August, Lent
end of shift
mid-century
middle of century
mid-Fifties
mid-Forties
mid-Sixties
start of trial
Thursday
Tuesday
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VERBS
ate skinless
beginning to take, target, terrify, think, transform, trust, turn
beginning to turn to —
cross
edges away from Stu
ending in August
finally beat, bent, bet, bit, bought, broadcast, brought, built, burnt, burst, cast, cost, fit, got, hit, hurt, left, let, lost, met, put, quit, sent, set, shot, shut, split, thrust, upset, went
heading to Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan
heading to the —
heading to their —
last to admit
left at last
lettuce leaves cost —
might finally
must ultimately
square
tackle
tee
time
waiting at the center
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ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
back from Connecticut, Egypt, Kuwait, Vermont
back in court
back to front
beginning in/west of Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan
beginning of the, that, their, those —
but ultimately
close to summit
close to that
first from the, their, those —
first in the, their, those —
first of the, their, those —
first of two, three, twelve, twenty
halfway to
head of the
head to tail
he abandons, deserts, leaves the
he deserts the
he leaves the
he drops out of the
he escapes from the
he’s dropped out of the
inside of sty
inside of its…
kind of square —
leader of the
leftmost of the
leftmost of two
one of the
one of these
one of those
sort of square
start of that, the, their, those —
that’s back
that’s beginning
that’s foremost
that’s final
that’s last
the non-male
Thursday —
to endless
to loveless
top of that, the, their, those —
Toronto’s first
true —
Tuesday —
what ultimately
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T BEFORE WORD
after Cathy’s heart
after Peter’s heart
behind Janet’s back
behind Kurt’s back
cross —
east/south of road junction
following Tom’s lead
he’s dropped out of the —
he’s not seen in the —
leader in touch with —
leader in trouble with —
leader in tune with —
Tango with —
tense —
tense before —
tension before —
that’s back to
those without stockings —
time to
true —
true to
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WORD AROUND T
about time
clutching shirt
draws in front of tractor, trolley, truck
eating bone
eating time
eating tons
gaining entrance to theater, tomb
getting back to it
getting close to tent
getting time inside
has temperature
having time
holding temperature
holds true
keeping in time
keeping in touch initially
keeping time
maintaining tension
outside Troy
pinching model
retaining temperature
saving time?
shown around airport’s terminal
shown around Tuesday
stifling temperature
swallowing bone
receiving tip from tutor
rings true
taking fourth place in contest
taking time
taking temperature
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T INSIDE WORD
beginning to take in
cross planted in
hotel centrally located in
intersection crossed by
invest time in
originally took in
put time into
shirt lining —
temperature taken by
tenor inspired by —
tenor wears —
that’s back in
time-gaining
time lines —
time must be taken in —
time put into —
time to break —
tons loaded into —
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T AFTER WORD
ahead of time
and that’s final
at wit’s end
before time
by Tuesday
on the top of the —
on time
on Tuesday
one of the following —
over time
temperature underneath —
tense after —
tension after —
with time
—, true
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DELETE T
after temperature dropped
after unloading front of truck
becomes timeless
cross out
dropping tablespoon
forgetting the time
has no time
knocking time off
less tense
less true
loses shirt
loses time
no time
not true
out of time?
overlooking intersection
shirtless?
spending time
square off
take tea
take time off from
taking time out
taking Tuesday off
tee off
temperature dropping
timeless
timelessly
time off (beheadment)
time off from
time out
timeless
wasting time?
when temperature drops
with no end in sight
with no end of aircraft, excitement, fat, salt, talent
with time off
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DELETE ALL T’S
cancelling Times
losing all the time
not all the time
that phased out every time
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