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  • 71Tun — abbrev. Tunisia …

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  • 72tun|a|bil|i|ty — «TOO nuh BIHL uh tee, TYOO », noun. the quality or condition of being tunable. Also, tuneability …

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  • 73tun|dish — «TUHN dihsh», noun. a funnel shaped receptacle used especially in brewing and casting steel and other metals. ╂[< tun1 + dish] …

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  • 74tun|dra — «TUHN druh», noun. 1. a vast, level, treeless plain in the arctic regions. The ground beneath the surface of the tundras is frozen even in summer. Much of Alaska and northern Canada is tundra. 2. any one of various tracts and areas similar to… …

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  • 75tun|er — «TOO nuhr, TYOO », noun. 1. a person who tunes pianos, organs, or other musical instruments. 2. a device for adjusting a radio set to accept a given frequency and reject other frequencies: »an FM tuner …

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  • 76tun|ing fork — «TOO nihng, TYOO », a small steel instrument with two prongs, used in tuning musical instruments. When struck, it vibrates at a fixed, constant, known rate and so makes a musical tone of a certain pitch …

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  • 77Tun|ku — «TUNG koo», noun. the Malayan title of Prince: »the Malaysian Premier, Tunku Abdul Rahman (Scotsman). Also, Tenku. ╂[< Malay tunku] …

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  • 78tun|nage — «TUHN ihj», noun. Obsolete. tonnage …

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  • 79tun|ny — «TUHN ee», noun, plural nies or (collectively) ny. 1. = tuna1. (Cf. ↑tuna) 2. any one of certain related fishes. ╂[apparently alteration of Old French thon < Old Provençal < Latin thunnus, or thynnus < Greek thýnnos, perhaps < Hebrew… …

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  • 80tun — laufen (umgangssprachlich); klappen (umgangssprachlich); funktionieren; funzen (umgangssprachlich); gehen (umgangssprachlich); setzen; einstellen; legen; …

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