[QUOTE] [B][SIZE=4]"t"[/SIZE][/B] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/thymine]thymine[/URL]] [*]one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/deoxythymidine monophosphate]deoxythymidine monophosphate[/URL]] [*]a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/metric ton]metric ton[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/MT]MT[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/tonne]tonne[/URL]] [*]a unit of information equal to a trillion (1,099,511,627,776) bytes or 1024 gigabytes [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/terabyte]terabyte[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/TB]TB[/URL]] [*]the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet [*]thyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantity; exerts the same biological effects as thyroxine but is more potent and briefer [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/triiodothyronine]triiodothyronine[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/liothyronine]liothyronine[/URL]] [*]hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells; "thyroxine is 65% iodine" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/thyroxine]thyroxine[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/thyroxin]thyroxin[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/tetraiodothyronine]tetraiodothyronine[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL=http://www.word.sc/t]http://www.word.sc/t[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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