Confusing Words Clarified: Group T; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, etc.

Definition: "Sentence."

Definition: "Sentence."

1. A unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds (0.907 metric ton or 907.18 kilograms); also called net ton, short ton:"Sentence."
2. A unit of weight equal to 2,240 pounds (1.016 metric tons or 1,016.05 kilograms); also called long ton: "Sentence."
3. A unit of capacity for cargo in maritime shipping, normally estimated at 40 cubic feet: "Sentence."

1. A large cask for liquids; especially, wine: "Sentence."
2. A measure of liquid capacity; especially, one equivalent to approximately 252 gallons (954 liters): "Sentence."

Quality of a sound: "Sentence."

Quality of a color: "Sentence."

Quality of body organs: "Sentence."

Part of the mough: "Sentence."

Part of a shoe: "Sentence."

The language of a particular people: "Sentence."

1. An agent; such as, a medication that restores or increases body tone: "Sentence."
2. An invigorating, refreshing, or restorative agent or influence: "Sentence."

1. A loose-fitting garment, sleeved or sleeveless, extending to the knees and worn by men and women; especially, in ancient Greece and Rome: "Sentence."
2. A medieval surcoat or a loose outer coat or gown or a tunic worn in the Middle Ages by a knight over his armor: "Sentence."
3. A long, plain, close-fitting jacket, usually having a stiff high collar and worn as part of a uniform: "Sentence."
4. A long, plain, sleeved or sleeveless blouse: "Sentence."
5. A short pleated and belted dress worn by women for some sports: "Sentence."
6. In anatomy, a coat or layer enveloping an organ or part: "Sentence."
7. In botany, a loose membranous outer covering of a bulb or corm, as of the onion, tulip, or crocus: "Sentence."

1. A device, such as a saw, used to perform or facilitate manual or mechanical work: "Sentence."
2. A machine; such as, a lathe, used to cut and shape machine parts or other objects: "Sentence."
3. Something regarded as necessary to the carrying out of one's occupation or profession: "Dictionary compilers believe words are the tools of their trade."
4. Something used in the performance of an operation; an instrument: "Sentence."
5. In computer science, an application program, often one that creates, manipulates, modifies, or analyzes other programs: "Sentence."

A fine, often starched net of silk, rayon, or nylon, used especially for veils, tutus, or gowns: "Sentence."

Definition: "Sentence."

Definition: "Sentence."

The highest point or part: "Sentence."

A spinning toy: "Sentence."

To surpass or to exceed: "Sentence."

In law, damage, injury, or a wrongful act done willfully, negligently, or in circumstances involving strict liability; but not involving breach of contract, for which a civil suit can be brought: "Sentence."

A rich cake made with many eggs and little flour and usually containing chopped nuts: "Sentence."

1. Any of various terrestrial turtles; especially, one of the family Testudinidae, characteristically having thick clublike hind limbs and a high, rounded carapace (protective, shell-like covering): "Sentence."
2. Anyone who moves slowly; a laggard: "Sentence."

Any of various aquatic, or terrestrial reptiles, having horny toothless jaws and a bony or leathery shell into which the head, limbs, and tail can be withdrawn in most species: "Sentence."

1. Having or marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting: "We drove on a tortuous road through the mountains."
2. Not straightforward; circuitous; devious: "The story had a tortuous plot."

"The politician had so much tortuous reasoning that we simply could not believe anything she said."

3. Highly involved; complex: "There were so many tortuous legal procedures that it took more than a year before there was a final decision."

1. Of, relating to, or causing torture: "Sentence."
2. Twisted; strained: "Sentence."

To put the hand or finger on something so as to feel it: "Sentence."

To affect with emotion: "Sentence."

Used to acknowledge a hit in fencing, a successful criticism, or an effective point in argument: "Sentence."

Definition: "Sentence."

1. A high part of some buildings: "Sentence."
2. To rise above something: "Sentence."

Someone who or that which pulls: "Sentence."

Definition: "Sentence."

Definition: "Sentence."