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Airfoil Temperature Thickness (SAUS)

Antarctic [MARC geographic area code] [Library of Congress] (LCCP)

Celsius Temperature [Symbol] [IUPAC]

Central Thickness of Concentric Lenses [Symbol] (UWER)

Circular Tooth Thickness of Pinions [Symbol] (UWER)

Cutting Time in Machining [Symbol] (UWER)

Depth [Symbol] (UWER)

elapsed time (SAUS)

General Variable [Symbol] (UWER)

Marginal Propensity to Tax [Economics]

Metric Ton

Number of Teeth on Gear Pinions [Symbol] (UWER)

Number of Threads on Worm Gears [Symbol] (UWER)

Object-to-Image Distance in Radiography [Symbol] (UWER)

Shear Flow [Symbol] (UWER)

Student T Value [Statistics] (UWER)

Tabula [Plate] [Latin]

Tag [Computer science] [Telecommunications]

Teaspoon [Measure]

Telocentric

Temperature [Industrial hygiene term] (OHS)

Tenor (WDAA)

Tertiary [Also, tert] [Chemistry]

Test of Significance [Medicine] (MAE)

Time [Symbol] [IUPAC]

Time in Seconds [Aerospace]

Tissue [Medicine] (QSUL)

Tonne [Metric]

Top [or Truth] (Quark) [Atomic physics]

Trace [Linguistics] (IEL)

Trans [Chemical conformation]

Transfer [Genetics]

Transport Number [Symbol] [Electrochemistry]

Trend Landing Forecast [Aviation] (DA)

Triplet [Spectroscopy] (UWER)

Triton [Symbol] (UWER)

Triton [A nuclear particle]

Truth Quark [Particle physics] (UWER)

Wet-Bulb Depression (UWER)

T

Absolute Temperature [Symbol] [IUPAC]

Aerotec [Sociedade Aerotec Ltda.] [Brazil] [ICAO aircraft manufacturer identifier] (ICAO)

Air Temperature Correction

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. [Wall Street slang name: "Telephone"] [NYSE symbol] (SPSG)

Analyzer Response Function [Auger spectroscopy] (UWER)

Anchor Tested (SAUS)

AT&T Corp. [NYSE symbol]

Axisymmetric Loading [Mechanics] (UWER)

Backhoe Trench [Archaeology]

Bloch Wave Transmission Probability [Solid-state physics] (UWER)

Breaking Toughness [Geotextiles] (UWER)

Burning Time [Rockets] (UWER)

Chemical Agent T (SAUS)

Circular Tooth Thickness of Gears [Symbol] (UWER)

Cleared Through for Landing and Takeoff (SAUS)

Critical Shear Stress [Symbol] (UWER)

Cutting Time in Machining [Symbol] (UWER)

Depth of Focus [Symbol] (UWER)

D-Ribosylthymine [Biochemistry] (UWER)

Electrocardiographic Wave Corresponding to Repolarization of Ventricles (STED)

Englehardt Value in Draw Fracture Test [Symbol] (UWER)

Equivalent Blackbody Temperature [Symbol] (UWER)

Fractional Transmission of Analyzer and Detector [Ion spectroscopy scattering] (UWER)

Ground, Transportation [Communications term] (DCT)

Half-Life of a Radioactive Substance (BARN)

Internal Transmittance [Symbol] [IUPAC]

Isotopic Spin [Nuclear physics] (UWER)

Kinetic Energy [Symbol] [IUPAC]

Long Transverse Direction [Fracture testing of rectangular specimens] (UWER)

Mardi [French] (ASC)

Meridian Angle

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering [Technology] [Discipline category abbreviation] (UWER)

Military Sealift Command Ship [When precedes vessel classification] [Navy symbol]

Number of Teeth of Gears [Symbol] (UWER)

Octodecimo [Book from 12-1/2 to 15 centimeters in height] [Bibliography]

Pseudospin in Physics [Symbol] (UWER)

Reverberation Time [Acoustics] (UWER)

Ribothymidine [One-letter symbol; see Thd]

Shape Descriptor [T-bar and T-square, for example. The shape resembles the letter for which it is named]

Small Freight and Supply Vessel [Army ship designation] (DOMA)

Student's T-Statistic [Symbol] (UWER)

Surface Tension [Physics] (WDAA)

Table

Table and Art Glassware Manufacturers (EA)

Tablespoon [Measure]

Tablet (WGA)

Tablet-Shaped [As in "T-grains"] [Photography]

Tabulated [or Charted] LORAN Reading [Long-Range Aid to Navigation]

Tace [Be Silent]

Tack (UWER)

Tackle [Football]

Tactical Organization

Tactual

Taenia [Medicine] (MAE)

Tagesprobe (SAUS)

Taken

Takeoff Minimum [Aviation] (PIPO)

Tala [Monetary unit in Western Samoa]

Talc

Taler (SAUS)

Talk/Monitor (NASA)

Talon [Heel of the Bow] [Music]

Tamoxifen [Antineoplastic drug]

Tamper (NFPA)

Tan (UWER)

Tango [Phonetic alphabet] [International] (DSUE)

Tanhuma (BJA)

Tank [Trains] [British]

Tanker (UWER)

Tanna (BJA)

Tanycyte Ependymal Cell (STED)

Tanzania (UWER)

Tap (UWER)

Tape (UWER)

Taped Commentary [On a bus tour] [British]

Taper

Taper Chamfer [Symbol] (UWER)

Tapered Hatchway [on a ship] (DS)

Tapered Steel Transmission Pole Institute (EA)

Tappan's Ohio Common Pleas Reports [A publication] (DLA)

Tare [Phonetic alphabet] [World War II] (DSUE)

Target

Tarnish (UWER)

Tarsal [Anatomy] (UWER)

Tashkent [Uzbekistan] (UWER)

Tasmania [State]

Tasto [Touch, Key, Fingerboard] [Music]

Tata Engineering & Locomotive Co. Ltd. (SAUS)

Tau [Nineteenth letter of the Greek alphabet] (DAVI)

Tautomer [Chemistry] (UWER)

Taxation [Economics]

Taxes (DLA)

Taxus [Genus of coniferous trees including the yews] (UWER)

T-Bandage (STED)

T bar (SAUS)

T-Bar (STED)

Teach (UWER)

Teacher

Team (UWER)

Tear [Phonetic alphabet] [World War II]

Technical [or Technician]

Technical College [British]

Technological (UWER)

Technological Service [Queen's Award] [British]

Tee [Piping joint, etc.] [Technical drawings]

Teem [Metallurgy] (UWER)

Teeth [Technical drawings]

Tegucigalpa [Honduras] (UWER)

Teheran [Iran] (UWER)

Teich [Pond] [German military]

Telefunken [Record label] [Germany, etc.]

Telegram (BJA)

Telegraph (ROG)

Telegrapher [Navy]

Telemeter [or Telemetry] [Telecommunications] (IAA)

Telephone

Telephone Trunk Call [British] (ROG)

Teletype

Television [FCC] (NTCM)

Telnet [Internet]

Tempe [Arizona] (UWER)

Temperance [i.e., entitled to a daily rum ration but voluntarily not drawing it and receiving money instead] [See also G, UA] [Navy] [British]

Temperature

Tempo

Temporal

Temporal Electrode Placement in Electroencephalography (STED)

Temporary

Tempore [In the Time of] [Latin]

Tenacity (UWER)

Tenant [Legal shorthand] (LWAP)

Tender [Horticulture]

Tendre [Tender] [Music]

Tenero [Tender]

Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN [Library symbol] [Library of Congress] (LCLS)

Tenor [Genotype of Phlox paniculata]

Tense

Tension [Intraocular] [Opthalmology] (DAVI)

Tensor

Tent (UWER)

Tentacle [Zoology] (UWER)

Tentative Target

Ter [Three Times] [Pharmacy]

Tera [A prefix meaning multiplied by 1012] [SI symbol]

Terabyte (SAUS)

Teracycle (BUR)

Term [Mathematics] (WDAA)

Term [Medicine]

Terminal

Terminal Area Chart [Followed by identification] [Aviation]

Terminal Banding (STED)

Termination

Terminator [Genetics]

Terminus [Biochemistry]

Terrace (UWER)

Terrain

Terrain Clearance Altitude [Aviation] (DA)

Territory

Tertiary (STED)

Tesla [Symbol] [SI unit of flux density]

Test (MSA)

Testacella [Genus of slug] (UWER)

Testament (ROG)

Testamentum [Will] [Latin]

Testat (SAUS)

Testator [Legal term]

Test Equipment (NG)

Testicle (STED)

Testis [Anatomy] (UWER)

Testosterone (STED)

Test Reactor

Test Set

Tetanus [Medicine] (UWER)

Tetra [Prefix meaning four] (DAVI)

Tetracycline [Antibiotic compound]

Tetragonal [Crystal] (UWER)

Tetrahedral (UWER)

Tetrahedral Site [Crystallography] (UWER)

Tetraspore [Botany] (UWER)

Tetrode (UWER)

Tetrose [Biochemistry] (UWER)

Texan (UWER)

Text (UWER)

Textile (UWER)

Textural (UWER)

T-Fiber (STED)

Thai (UWER)

Thaler [or Talari] [Monetary unit] [Ethiopia]

Thallus [Botany] (UWER)

Thames (UWER)

Than

That

The [Telegraphy] (PCTE)

Theatres [Public-performance tariff class] [British]

Theft

Theophylline [Pharmacology]

Theorem (UWER)

Theoretical (UWER)

Therapeutic (UWER)

Therapy [Medicine] (EDAA)

Thermodynamic Temperature [Symbol] [IUPAC]

Thermometer

Thermoplastic [Also, TP] [Plastics technology] (MSA)

Thermostabilized (NASA)

Thermostat (MIST)

Thickness

Thief

Thioguanine [Also, TG] [Antineoplastic drug]

Thiopental [An anesthetic]

Third Word Designator [Computer science]

Thomas Mieres [Flourished, 1429-39] [Authority cited in pre-1607 legal work] (DSA)

Thomson-Friedenreich Antigen [Immunology] (UWER)

Thoracic [Anatomy]

Thorax [Anatomy] (MAE)

Thread

Threonine [One-letter symbol; see Thr] [An amino acid]

Threshold Lighting [Aviation] (DA)

Thrill [Cardiology] (DAVI)

Throat (UWER)

Thrombin [Biochemistry] (UWER)

Thromboplastin [Biochemistry] (UWER)

Thrombosis [Medicine] (EDAA)

Thromboxane [Also, TA, Tx, TX] [Biochemistry]

Thrombus [Medicine] (UWER)

Throttle (UWER)

Throttle Command (NASA)

Throughput [Symbol] (UWER)

Throw (UWER)

Thrust (IAA)

Thruster [of a ship] (DS)

Thrust of Propeller [Naval engineering] (DAS)

Thunderstorm [Meteorology]

Thursday (WGA)

Thymidine [Medicine] (MAE)

Thymine [Also, Thy] [Biochemistry]

Thymus [Medicine]

Thymus Derived [Hematology]

Thyroid [Medicine]

Tiber [Italy] (UWER)

Tick (UWER)

Tidal Gas [Respiration] [Medicine]

Tide Rips [Navigation]

Tie [Sports]

Tied (GOBB)

Tientsin [China] (UWER)

Tier [Psychology]

Tight (UWER)

Tigris [River] (UWER)

Tijuana [Mexico] (UWER)

Tiler [Freemasonry]

Tilia [Genus of trees including the basswoods] (UWER)

Tilic Subgroup [Ilmenite, titanite, perofskite, rutile] [CIPW classification] [Geology]

Tilt (UWER)

Timber (UWER)

Time

Time Constant (IAA)

Time Consumed in Playing Game [Baseball]

Time-Critical Shipment Committee (EA)

Time Factor [Symbol] (UWER)

Time in Hours After Detonation [Emergency Management] (EMA)

Time Inversion [Particle physics] (UWER)

Timekeeper [Sports]

Time Period [Symbol] (UWER)

Time Prior to Launch [Usually followed by a number] [NASA] (KSC)

Timer (IAA)

Time-Reversal [Atomic physics]

Time Trial

Tincture [Medicine] (EDAA)

Tinea [Medicine] (UWER)

Tint (UWER)

Tip [Switchboard plug] [Telecommunications] (TEL)

Tipper [Shipping] (DS)

Tirana [Albania] (UWER)

Tire (UWER)

T-iron (SAUS)

Tissue (UWER)

Titania (UWER)

Tithing [Geographical division] [British]

Title [Bibliography]

Toarcian [Geology]

Tobacco Tax Ruling, Internal Revenue Bureau [United States] [A publication] (DLA)

Toc [Phonetic alphabet] [Pre-World War II] (DSUE)

Tocopherol [Biochemistry]

Toe

Toggle [Telecommunications] (IAA)

Togo (UWER)

Toilet (MSA)

Tolerance [Machining] (UWER)

Tolerant (UWER)

Toll

Toluene (UWER)

Tommy [Phonetic alphabet] [Royal Navy] [World War I] (DSUE)

Tomo [Volume] [Italian] (ILCA)

Tomography (UWER)

Tomus [Volume]

Ton

Tone (IAA)

Toner (UWER)

Tonga [South Pacific Islands] (UWER)

Tongs (UWER)

Tongue (UWER)

Tonnage [Shipping]

Tonometer Reading [Medicine] (MEDA)

Tonometry (SAUS)

Tonus [Biology] (UWER)

Tool (UWER)

Tool Life [Symbol] (UWER)

Tooth

Tooth Number (SAUS)

Top

Topeka [Kansas] (UWER)

Topical (ADA)

Top Secret

Torch (UWER)

Tornado (UWER)

Toroid (UWER)

Toronto [Canada] (UWER)

Toronto Stock Exchange

Torpedo [Obsolete] [Navy] [British] (ROG)

Torpedoman [Navy] [British]

Torque

Torr [Unit] (UWER)

Torsion (UWER)

Torsional Modulus (UWER)

Torsional Moment (UWER)

Tortoise (UWER)

Torus (UWER)

Tosefta (BJA)

Total

Total Temperature (NAKS)

Touch (UWER)

Tough (UWER)

Toulouse [France] (UWER)

Tourist [Rate] [Value of the English pound]

Toward [Altitude difference]

Tower (UWER)

Town

Township

Toxic (HEAS)

Toxicity (MAE)

Toxicological (UWER)

Toxigenicity [Microbiology] (UWER)

Toxin [Biochemistry] (UWER)

T-Profilstahl, T-Eisen (SAUS)

Trace (DAVI)

Trace Command [Computers] (UWER)

Trace of Precipitation [Less than 0.005 inch of rain or 0.05 inch of snow]

Tracer [Ammunition] (NATG)

Trachea [Anatomy]

Tracheotomy Set (CPH)

Track

Tracker [British military] (DMA)

Tract (UWER)

Traction (UWER)

Tractor (UWER)

Traded

Tradesman [British military] (DMA)

Traditional (BJA)

Trafalgar [On army list] [British] (ROG)

Traffic (UWER)

Traffic Cases [A publication] (DLA)

Traffic Headquarters

Trail (UWER)

Trailer (UWER)

Trainer [Designation for all US military aircraft]

Trainer Aircraft Designation [MTMC] (TAG)

Training (FAAC)

Training Mission [Vehicle] [Department of Defense symbol] (UWER)

Trajectory (UWER)

Transaction

Transcription

Transducer

Transduction [Microbiology] (UWER)

Transferred [Navy]

Transferrin [Also, TF, TRF] [Biochemistry]

Transformation Matrix [Waveguides] (UWER)

Transformation Rule [Linguistics]

Transformer

Transfusion [Medicine]

Transient [Bureau of the Census]

Transistor [Electronics] (IAA)

Transit

Transition

Transition Metal (UWER)

Transition point (DAVI)

Transitive

Translated (ROG)

Translation

Translocation

Translucency (UWER)

Transmissibility (UWER)

Transmission [Telecommunications] (IAA)

Transmission Coefficient [Symbol] (UWER)

Transmission Stop (NTCM)

Transmissivity (FFDE)

Transmit [or Transmitting]

Transmittance [A symbol used in spectrophotometry] (DAVI)

Transmitter

Transparency (UWER)

Transpiration [Botany]

Transponder (IAA)

Transport (NATG)

Transport function

Transport Number [Chemistry] (BARN)

Transpose (SAUS)

Transpose Matrix [Mathematics] (UWER)

Transvaal Provincial Division Reports [South Africa] [A publication] (DLA)

Transversal (UWER)

Transverse (AAMN)

Transverse Direction (UWER)

Transverse Tubule [Muscle neurobiology]

Trap (UWER)

Trapezoid (UWER)

Trauma (UWER)

Travel News [Wire service code] (NTCM)

Traverse (UWER)

Trawling

Tray (UWER)

Tread [Stair details] [Technical drawings]

Treasurer

Treasury [As in T-Bill, T-Bond, T-Note]

Treated

Treatment

Treaty [Legal shorthand] (LWAP)

Treble [Music] (ROG)

T reference point (SAUS)

Trematode [Genus of flatworms] (UWER)

Trend (UWER)

Trenton [New Jersey] (UWER)

Treponema [Microbiology] (AAMN)

Trial (UWER)

Triangle

Triassic [Geological period] (UWER)

Triaxial (UWER)

Triceps [Anatomy] (UWER)

Trichinella [Genus of roundworms] (UWER)

Trichome [Botany]

Trichomonas [A parasite] (DAVI)

Trichophyton [Medicine] (MAE)

Trichuris [Genus of whipworms] (UWER)

Trigger (IAA)

Triggered [Cardiology]

Trigonal [Crystallography] (UWER)

Trillion [1012]

Trillium [Botany] (UWER)

Trillo [Trill] [Music]

Trimethoprim [Also, TMP] [Antibacterial compound]

Trimmer (IAA)

Trinitas [The Trinity]

Trinitrotoluene (UWER)

Triode

Triose [Biochemistry] (UWER)

Triple

Triplet (UWER)

Tripoli [Libya] (UWER)

Tritium [Also, H3] [Radioisotope of hydrogen]

Triton Industries, Inc. [Toronto Stock Exchange symbol]

Tropical [Load line mark, or air mass]

Trotter

Troy [A system of weights for precious metals]

Truce

Truck Body and Equipment Association (EA)

True [Direction]

Trunk (IAA)

Truss (AAG)

Truth [Particle physics] (UWER)

Truth [Computers] (UWER)

Trypanosoma [Medicine] (MAE)

Tsingtao [China] (UWER)

Tsuga [Genus of coniferous trees including the hemlocks] (UWER)

Tu [Linguistics] (IEL)

Tube (IAA)

Tuberculosis [Medicine] (EDAA)

Tubular (IAA)

Tubular Propellant [Symbol] (UWER)

Tubulin [A protein]

Tuesday

Tufa [Quality of the bottom] [Nautical charts]

Tug [Navy]

Tulsa [Oklahoma] (UWER)

Tumble (UWER)

Tumor [Oncology]

Tun [Unit of liquid capacity]

Tuna (UWER)

Tune (UWER)

Turbine (UWER)

Turbocharged [Automotive engineering]

Turkish

Turn [or Turning]

Turner [Navy rating] [British]

Turnkey [Medicine] (DMAA)

Turnover Index [Botany]

Turret (UWER)

Turtle (UWER)

Tuscon [Arizona] (UWER)

Tutor

Tutti [Sing or Play Together] [Music]

Twentyfourmo [Book up to 15 centimeters in height]

Twin [Biology] (UWER)

Twin [Crystallography] (UWER)

Twine (UWER)

Twin Screw [Shipping] (DS)

Twist (UWER)

Twisting Moment [Symbol] (UWER)

Tympanum [Anatomy] (UWER)

Type

Typed [Manuscript descriptions]

Typha [Botany] (UWER)

Typhlosole [Biology]

Typhoid

Vesicant Agent [Emergency Management] (EMA)

Wrong Tense of Verb [Used in correcting manuscripts, etc.]

Wu's Tensor [Symbol] (UWER)

Yarn Number [Symbol] (UWER)

T+

Time Postintegration (NASA)

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