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tepee
nounLow
/ˈtiː.piː/A conical tent traditionally used by some Native American tribes, made of animal skins or canvas stretched over a framework of poles.
tepefy
verbVery Low / Archaic
/ˈtɛpɪfaɪ/to make or become moderately warm; to take the chill off.
tepexpan man
nounC2+
/tɛˈpɛkspæn mæn/The common name for a significant prehistoric human fossil discovered near Tepexpan, Mexico, belonging to a period of early human settlement in the Americas.
tephra
nounC2
/ˈtɛfrə/Fragmented material ejected during a volcanic eruption, such as ash, pumice, and rock fragments.
tephrite
nounC2 (Very Low Frequency)
/ˈtɛfrʌɪt/A fine-grained, dark volcanic rock containing plagioclase, feldspathoid (nepheline or leucite), and pyroxene, with little to no olivine.
tephrochronology
nounC2
/ˌtɛfrəʊkrəˈnɒlədʒi/A geochronological technique that uses discrete layers of tephra (volcanic ash) to create a chronological framework in sedimentary sequences.
tephroite
nounRare
/ˈtɛfrəʊaɪt/A mineral consisting of manganese silicate (Mn2SiO4).
tepic
nounVery Low
/ˈtɛpɪk/A surname or placename of Spanish origin, referring to a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Nayarit.
teppan-yaki
nounLow
/ˌtɛp.æn ˈjæk.i/A style of Japanese cuisine where food is cooked on a large, flat iron griddle (teppan) by a chef, often in front of diners.
tequendama falls
nounRare/Proper Noun
/tɛkɛnˈdɑːmə fɔːlz/A specific waterfall (cataract) on the Bogotá River in Colombia, a natural landmark and tourist attraction.
tequila
nounB2
/təˈkiːlə/A strong, clear alcoholic spirit made in Mexico from the blue agave plant.
ter borch
nounVery Low
/tə ˈbɔːx/A surname of Dutch origin, specifically referring to the 17th-century Dutch Golden Age painter Gerard ter Borch.
terabyte
nounMedium
/ˈterəbaɪt/A unit of digital information storage equal to approximately one trillion bytes (1,000,000,000,000 bytes).
teraflop
nounVery Low
/ˈtɛrəflɒp/A unit of computing speed equal to one trillion floating-point operations per second.
teraflops
nounLow (specialist technical term)
/ˈtɛrəˌflɒps/A unit of computing speed equal to one trillion (10^12) floating-point operations per second, used to measure the performance of high-end computer processors, especially GPUs and supercomputers.
teraglin
nounVery rare (technical/regional)
/ˈtɛrəɡlɪn/A large Australian marine fish, Argyrosomus japonicus, also known as the mulloway or jewfish.
terah
nounRare
/ˈtɪərə/A biblical patriarch, the father of Abraham.
terahertz
nounC2
/ˈtɛrəhɜːts/A unit of frequency equal to one trillion (10^12) hertz, used to describe electromagnetic radiation.
terai
nounLow
/təˈraɪ/A wide-brimmed hat made of felt or straw, worn for protection against the sun, especially in tropical regions.
terai hat
nounLow
/təˈraɪ hæt/A wide-brimmed hat, often made of felt, traditionally associated with British military and civilian wear in tropical regions, particularly the Indian subcontinent.

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