[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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