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Tremex
- - A genus of large hymenopterous insects allied to the sawflies. The female lays her eggs in holes which she bores in the trunks of trees with her large and long ovipositor, and the larva bores in the wood. See Illust. of Horntail.
Tremie
- - An apparatus for depositing and consolidating concrete under water, essentially a tube of wood or sheet metal with a hooperlike top. It is usually handled by a crane.
Tremor
- noun - a small earthquake
- an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
- shake with seismic vibrations; "The earth was quaking"
- shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease)
Trench
- noun - a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
- any long ditch cut in the ground
- cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"
- cut or carve deeply into; "letters trenched into the stone"
- dig a trench or trenches; "The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench"
- fortify by surrounding with trenches; "He trenched his military camp"
- impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"
- set, plant, or bury in a trench; "trench the fallen soldiers"; "trench the vegetables"
Trends
- noun - a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"
- general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
- the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
Trendy
- adjective - in accord with the latest fad; "trendy ideas"; "trendy clothes"; "voguish terminology"
Trento
- noun - a city in northern Italy (northwest of Venice) on the River Adige; the site of the Council of Trent
Trepan
- noun - a drill for cutting circular holes around a center
- a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull
- cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery
Trepid
- adjective - timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog"