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Tirana's Rock
Tirana's Rock, also called the Skanderbeg Building, is an 85-meter mixed-use high-rise in Tirana, Albania, designed by MVRDV, whose curved balconies sculpt the head of national hero Skanderbeg.
Tiranga (1993 film)
Tirangaa (तिरंगा, Tricolour), 1993 Hindi patriotic action drama by Mehul Kumar starring Raaj Kumar and Nana Patekar against terrorist Pralaynath Gendaswamy; blockbuster, bombed at Plaza cinema in the 1993 Bombay attacks.
Tirant lo Blanc
Tirant lo Blanc, also known as Tirant lo Blanch, is a Catalan chivalric romance by Joanot Martorell and Martí Joan de Galba, first printed in Valencia in 1490.
TIRAP
TIRAP (MAL, MyD88 adaptor-like), TIR domain-containing adaptor protein, human gene on chromosome 11; a sorting adaptor recruiting MyD88 to TLR2 and TLR4 via a PIP2-binding motif, enabling NF-κB and MAPK inflammatory signaling.
Tirapazamine
Tirapazamine (TPZ, SR 4233, WIN 59075) is an investigational hypoxia-activated prodrug, first reported 1986, that kills oxygen-poor tumor cells via reductase-generated DNA-damaging radicals; its phase III HeadSTART trial showed no survival benefit and it was never FDA-approved.
Tirasemtiv
Tirasemtiv (CK-2017357), a Cytokinetics fast skeletal muscle troponin activator for ALS, slowed vital capacity and strength decline in phase IIb but failed its phase III VITALITY-ALS primary endpoint; development suspended 2017.
Tiraspol (Тираспол)
Tiraspol (Тираспол), founded 1792 by Suvorov, is the de facto capital of unrecognized Transnistria in eastern Moldova on the Dniester's left bank; about 128,000 people, dominated by the Sheriff conglomerate and hit by the 2025 Russian gas cutoff.
Tiratricol
Tiratricol (Triac, Emcitate), a T3 thyroid hormone analogue that enters cells without the MCT8 transporter; first approved treatment for peripheral thyrotoxicosis in MCT8 deficiency (Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome), EU 2025, US 2026.
Tiraz
Tiraz (Arabic: طراز, ṭirāz) is a medieval Islamic inscribed textile, its Arabic inscription band, or the state workshop that made it, given as robes of honor until the thirteenth century.
Tirbanibulin
Tirbanibulin (Klisyri, formerly KX2-391) is a topical microtubule and Src kinase inhibitor ointment applied once daily for 5 days to treat actinic keratosis of the face or scalp, FDA-approved December 2020.
Tire
A tire, or pneumatic tire, is a ring-shaped component fitted around a wheel rim that carries a vehicle's load and provides traction for driving, braking, and steering.
Tire code
The tire code is the letters and numbers molded into a tire's sidewall giving its size, load capacity, and speed rating, such as P225/60R16 97T.
Tire-pressure monitoring system
A tire-pressure monitoring system (TPMS) is an electronic vehicle system that warns the driver when tire pressure is low, using either direct pressure sensors or indirect wheel-speed inference.
Tired light
Tired light is a class of non-expanding cosmological models proposed by Fritz Zwicky in 1929, in which redshift comes from photons losing energy in transit rather than cosmic expansion.
Tirela family
Tirela family (also Klumpkea/Tirela): outer main-belt asteroid family named for asteroid 1400 Tirela, identified by Nesvorný et al. 2005 as a D-group, later reclassified Ld/L-type, with high eccentricity and inclination and bimodal albedo.
Tires (TV series)
Tires is a Netflix workplace sitcom co-created by Shane Gillis, Steve Gerben, and John McKeever, set at the Valley Forge auto repair shop; self-funded after a 2019 YouTube pilot, it premiered May 23, 2024 and has been renewed through Season 4.
Tiresias (Τειρεσίας)
Tiresias (Τειρεσίας, Teiresias), blind seer of Thebes in Greek mythology who lived as both man and woman, judged Zeus and Hera's dispute, advised Oedipus, Pentheus, and Odysseus, and died at a spring.
Tîrgşor
Tîrgșor, also written Târgșor, is a locality in Prahova County, Romania, southwest of Ploiești, known for an archaeological reservation spanning the Paleolithic to the Middle Ages.
Tiridates I of Armenia
Tiridates I of Armenia (Trdat I) was an Arsacid prince who ruled Armenia from 51 to about 80 CE and founded the Armenian Arsacid dynasty.
Tiridates I of Parthia
Tiridates I of Parthia (تیرداد) is, in the ancient tradition of Arrian, the brother of Arsaces I and second ruler of Parthia, said to have defeated Seleucus II and reigned 37 years.
Tiridates II of Armenia
Tiridates II of Armenia (Տրդատ Բ, Trdat II) was an Arsacid king who reigned from 217 to 252 AD, crowned by the Roman emperor Macrinus.
Tiridates III of Armenia
Tiridates III of Armenia (Տրդատ Գ, also Trdat III) was an Arsacid king from 298 to 330, remembered for adopting Christianity through Gregory the Illuminator.
Tirigan
Tirigan was the last king of Gutium in the Sumerian King List, with a reign of 40 days before his defeat and capture by Utu-hengal of Uruk, which ended Gutian rule in Babylonia.
Tiril Eckhoff
Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff, Norwegian biathlete (born 1990, Bærum), two Olympic and ten World Championship golds, 2020-21 World Cup overall champion with 29 career wins, retired March 2023.
Tirilazad
Tirilazad (U-74006F, Freedox), an Upjohn 21-aminosteroid lazaroid lipid peroxidation inhibitor tested for TBI, stroke, and SAH; strong animal data but failed clinical trials and never approved.
Tirin Moore
Tirin Moore is an American visual neuroscientist at Stanford University, known for showing that visual attention is causally linked to the brain mechanisms controlling gaze.
Tirmiz
Tirmiz (Termez, Термез; ancient Tarmita) is a city in southern Uzbekistan on the Amu Darya at the Afghan border, a Seleucid-Graeco-Bactrian colony, major Kushan Buddhist center (Kara Tepe, Fayaz Tepe), destroyed by Genghis Khan in 1220.
Tiroda Thermal Power Station
Tiroda Thermal Power Station is a 3,300 MW coal-fired power plant at Tiroda in Gondia district, Maharashtra, India, operated by Adani Power and supplying about 11 percent of the state's power demand.
Tirofiban
Tirofiban, sold as Aggrastat, is a non-peptide, reversible antagonist of the platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor, given by intravenous infusion in acute coronary syndromes and percutaneous coronary intervention.
Tiroler liga
Tiroler Liga: name of Tyrol's top regional leagues, chiefly the Austrian 4th-tier football league (16 teams, TFV-run, champion eligible for Regionalliga West), also used in Tyrolean billiards, bowling, and tennis.