tsade ['(t)sä-də, -dē] -n
(variant of sadhe)
- the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
tsar ['zär, '(t)sär] -n
(variant of czar)
- emperor
- the ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolution
- one having great power or authority
TSE -abbr
- transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
tset·se fly ['(t)set-sē-, 'tet-, '(t)sēt-, 'tēt-] -n
- any of several dipteran flies (genus Glossina) that occur in Africa south of the Sahara and include vectors of human and animal trypanosomes called also tsetse
TSgt -abbr
- technical sergeant
TSH -abbr
- thyroid-stimulating hormone
Tshi·lu·ba [chi-'lü-bə] -n
- a Bantu language used as a lingua franca in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tshirt ['tē-,shərt] -n, adj
- a collarless short-sleeved or sleeveless usu. cotton undershirt
- an outer shirt of similar design
Tsim·shi·an ['chim-shē-ən, '(t)si-] -n
- a member of a group of American Indian peoples of west central British Columbia and southern Alaska
- the family of closely related languages spoken by the Tsimshian peoples
tsk [a dental click; often read as 'tisk] -interj
- used to express disapproval
tsktsk ['tisk-,tisk] -vt
- to express disapproval of by or as if by uttering tsk
- to tsk-tsk someone or something
tsp -abbr
- teaspoon; teaspoonful
TSP -abbr
- trisodium phosphate
TSS -abbr
- toxic shock syndrome
tsu·na·mi [(t)su̇-'nä-mē] -n, adj
- a great sea wave produced esp. by submarine earth movement or volcanic eruption : tidal wave
tsu·ris ['tsü-ris, 'tsu̇r-is] -n
- trouble, distress
tsu·tsu·ga·mu·shi disease [,(t)süt-sə-gə-'mü-shē-, ,tüt-] -n
- scrub typhus
Tswa·na ['(t)swä-nə] -n
- a member of a Bantu-speaking people of Botswana and the Republic of South Africa
- the language of the Tswana people