Vocabulary : Tyrant to Tyrotoxicon

Tyrant : An absolute ruler; a sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution; a usurper of sovereignty. ;; Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor. ;; Any one of numerous species of American clamatorial birds belonging to the family Tyrannidae; -- called also tyrant bird. ;; To act like a tyrant; to play the tyrant; to tyrannical.
Tyre : Curdled milk. ;; Attire. See 2d and 3d Tire. ;; To prey. See 4th Tire.
Tyrian : Of or pertaining to Tyre or its people. ;; Being of the color called Tyrian purple. ;; A native of Tyre.
Tyro : A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a subject; a novice.
Tyrociny : The state of being a tyro, or beginner; apprenticeship.
Tyrolite : A translucent mineral of a green color and pearly or vitreous luster. It is a hydrous arseniate of copper.
Tyronism : The state of being a tyro, or beginner.
Tyros : of Tyro
Tyrosin : A white crystalline nitrogenous substance present in small amount in the pancreas and spleen, and formed in large quantity from the decomposition of proteid matter by various means, -- as by pancreatic digestion, by putrefaction as of cheese, by the action of boiling acids, etc. Chemically, it consists of oxyphenol and amidopropionic acid, and by decomposition yields oxybenzoic acid, or some other benzol derivative.
Tyrotoxicon : A ptomaine discovered by Vaughan in putrid cheese and other dairy products, and producing symptoms similar to cholera infantum. Chemically, it appears to be related to, or identical with, diazobenzol.
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