| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| trabeation | noun | Same as Entablature. |
| trabeculae | plural | of Trabecula |
| trabecular | adjective | Of or pertaining to a trabecula or trabeculae; composed of trabeculae. |
| trachearia | nounpl. | A division of Arachnida including those that breathe only by means of tracheae. It includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, and harvestmen. |
| tracheitis | noun | Inflammation of the trachea, or windpipe. |
| trachinoid | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or like, Trachinus, a genus of fishes which includes the weevers. See Weever. |
| trachytoid | adjective | Resembling trachyte; — used to define the structure of certain rocks. |
| track-road | noun | A towing path. |
| trackscout | noun | See Trackschuyt. |
| tractarian | noun | One of the writers of the Oxford tracts, called “Tracts for the Times,” issued during the period 1833-1841, in which series of papers the sacramental system and authority of the Church, and the value of tradition, were brought into prominence. Also, a member of the High Church party, holding generally the principles of the Tractarian writers; a Puseyite., Of or pertaining to the Tractarians, or their principles. |
| tractation | noun | Treatment or handling of a subject; discussion. |
| tractility | noun | The quality of being tractile; ductility. |
| trade-mark | noun | A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law. |
| tradesfolk | noun | People employed in trade; tradesmen. |
| traducible | adjective | Capable of being derived or propagated., Capable of being traduced or calumniated. |
| traduction | noun | Transmission from one to another., Translation from one language to another., Derivation by descent; propagation., The act of transferring; conveyance; transportation., Transition., A process of reasoning in which each conclusion applies to just such an object as each of the premises applies to. |
| traductive | adjective | Capable of being deduced; derivable. |
| trafficked | imp. & past participle | of Traffic |
| trafficker | noun | One who traffics, or carries on commerce; a trader; a merchant. |
| tragacanth | noun | A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth. |
| tragedious | adjective | Like tragedy; tragical. |
| trainbands | plural | of Trainband |
| traitoress | noun | A traitress. |
| traitorous | adjective | Guilty of treason; treacherous; perfidious; faithless; as, a traitorous officer or subject., Consisting in treason; partaking of treason; implying breach of allegiance; as, a traitorous scheme. |
| trajecting | present participle & vb. noun | of Traject |
| trajection | noun | The act of trajecting; a throwing or casting through or across; also, emission., Transposition. |
| trajectory | noun | The curve which a body describes in space, as a planet or comet in its orbit, or stone thrown upward obliquely in the air. |
| tralineate | verb i. | To deviate; to stray; to wander. |
| tralucency | noun | Translucency; as, the tralucency of a gem. |
| trammelled | of Trammel | |
| trammeling | present participle & vb. noun | of Trammel |
| tramontane | adjective | Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous., One living beyond the mountains; hence, a foreigner; a stranger. |
| tranquilly | adverb | In a tranquil manner; calmly. |
| transacted | imp. & past participle | of Transact |
| transactor | noun | One who transacts, performs, or conducts any business. |
| transcribe | verb t. | To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter. |
| transcript | noun | That which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy., A copy of any kind; an imitation., A written version of what was said orally; as, a transcript of a trial. |
| transexion | noun | Change of sex. |
| transferee | noun | The person to whom a transfer in made. |
| transfixed | imp. & past participle | of Transfix |
| transfrete | verb i. | To pass over a strait or narrow sea. |
| transfused | imp. & past participle | of Transfuse |
| transgress | verb t. | To pass over or beyond; to surpass., Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the /imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral., To offend against; to vex., To offend against the law; to sin. |
| transhuman | adjective | More than human; superhuman. |
| transience | noun | Alt. of Transiency |
| transiency | noun | The quality of being transient; transientness. |
| transition | noun | Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold., A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation., A passing from one subject to another., Change from one form to another. |
| transitive | adjective | Having the power of making a transit, or passage., Effected by transference of signification., Passing over to an object; expressing an action which is not limited to the agent or subject, but which requires an object to complete the sense; as, a transitive verb, for example, he holds the book. |
| transitory | adjective | Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent. |
| translated | imp. & past participle | of Translate |
| translator | noun | One who translates; esp., one who renders into another language; one who expresses the sense of words in one language by equivalent words in another., A repeating instrument. |
| translucid | adjective | Translucent. |
| transmeate | verb t. | To pass over or beyond. |
| transmuted | imp. & past participle | of Transmute |
| transmuter | noun | One who transmutes. |
| transpired | imp. & past participle | of Transpire |
| transplace | verb t. | To remove across some space; to put in an opposite or another place. |
| transplant | verb t. | To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees., To remove, and settle or establish for residence in another place; as, to transplant inhabitants. |
| transposal | noun | The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed; transposition. |
| transposed | imp. & past participle | of Transpose |
| transposer | noun | One who transposes. |
| transprint | verb t. | To transfer to the wrong place in printing; to print out of place. |
| transprose | verb t. | To change from prose into verse; to versify; also, to change from verse into prose. |
| transshape | verb t. | To change into another shape or form; to transform. |
| transuding | present participle & vb. noun | of Transude |
| transverse | adjective | Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; — often opposed to longitudinal., Anything that is transverse or athwart., The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse., To overturn; to change., To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose. |
| trapanning | present participle & vb. noun | of Trapan |
| trapeziums | plural | of Trapezium |
| trashiness | noun | The quality or state of being trashy. |
| traumatism | noun | A wound or injury directly produced by causes external to the body; also, violence producing a wound or injury; as, rupture of the stomach caused by traumatism. |
| travailing | present participle & vb. noun | of Travail |
| travailous | adjective | Causing travail; laborious. |
| travelling | of Travel | |
| traversing | present participle & vb. noun | of Traverse, Adjustable laterally; having a lateral motion, or a swinging motion; adapted for giving lateral motion. |
| travertine | noun | A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hard and semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of springs or streams holding lime in solution. Extensive deposits exist at Tivoli, near Rome. |
| travesties | plural | of Travesty |
| travestied | imp. & past participle | of Travesty |
| travesting | present participle & vb. noun | of Travesty |
| trawlermen | plural | of Trawlerman |
| trawlerman | noun | A fisherman who used unlawful arts and engines to catch fish. |
| treadboard | noun | See Tread, n., 5. |
| treadwheel | noun | A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill. |
| treasonous | adjective | Treasonable. |
| treasuring | present participle & vb. noun | of Treasure |
| treasuress | noun | A woman who is a treasurer. |
| treasuries | plural | of Treasury |
| trebleness | noun | The quality or state of being treble; as, the trebleness of tones. |
| trematodea | noun pl. | An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in the internal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many species are found, also, on the gills and skin of fishes. A few species are parasitic on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most important, are injurious parasites of domestic animals. The trematodes usually have a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the species are hermaphrodite. Called also Trematoda, and Trematoidea. See Fluke, Tristoma, and Cercaria. |
| tremendous | adjective | Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall. |
| tremolando | adjective | Same as Tremando. |
| trenchmore | noun | A kind of lively dance of a rude, boisterous character. Also, music in triple time appropriate to the dance., To dance the trenchmore. |
| trepanning | present participle & vb. noun | of Trepan |
| trephining | present participle & vb. noun | of Trephine |
| trespassed | imp. & past participle | of Trespass |
| trespasser | noun | One who commits a trespass, One who enters upon another’s land, or violates his rights., A transgressor of the moral law; an offender; a sinner. |
| triaconter | noun | A vessel with thirty banks of oars, or, as some say, thirty ranks of rowers. |
| triandrian | adjective | Alt. of Triandrous |
| triandrous | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Triandria; having three distinct and equal stamens in the same flower. |
| triangular | adjective | Having three angles; having the form of a triangle., Oblong or elongated, and having three lateral angles; as, a triangular seed, leaf, or stem. |
| triarchies | plural | of Triarchy |
| tribometer | noun | An instrument to ascertain the degree of friction in rubbing surfaces. |
| tricennial | adjective | Of or pertaining to thirty years; consisting of thirty years; occurring once in every thirty years. |
| trichiasis | noun | A disease of the eye, in which the eyelashes, being turned in upon the eyeball, produce constant irritation by the motion of the lids. |
| trichinize | verb t. | To render trichinous; to affect with trichinae; — chiefly used in the past participle; as, trichinized pork. |
| trichinous | adjective | Of or pertaining to trichinae or trichinosis; affected with, or containing, trichinae; as, trichinous meat. |
| trichiurus | noun | A genus of fishes comprising the hairtails. See Hairtail. |
| trichocyst | noun | A lasso cell. |
| trichogyne | noun | The slender, hairlike cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in red seaweeds. |
| trichopter | noun | One of the Trichoptera. |
| trichotomy | noun | Division into three parts. |
| trichroism | noun | The quality possessed by some crystals of presenting different colors in three different directions. |
| trichromic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, three colors or color sensations., Containing three atoms of chromium. |
| tricipital | adjective | Having three heads, or three origins; as, a tricipital muscle. |
| trickiness | noun | The quality of being tricky. |
| tricktrack | noun | An old game resembling backgammon. |
| triclinate | adjective | Triclinic. |
| triclinium | noun | A couch for reclining at meals, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts., A dining room furnished with such a triple couch. |
| tricoccous | adjective | Having three cocci, or roundish carpels. |
| tricolored | adjective | Having three colors. |
| tricostate | adjective | Three-ribbed; having three ribs from the base. |
| tricrotism | noun | That condition of the arterial pulse in which there is a triple beat. The pulse curve obtained in the sphygmographic tracing characteristic of tricrotism shows two secondary crests in addition to the primary. |
| tricrotous | adjective | Tricrotic. |
| tricurvate | adjective | Curved in three directions; as, a tricurvate spicule (see Illust. of Spicule). |
| tridactyle | adjective | Having three fingers or toes, or composed of three movable parts attached to a common base. |
| tridentate | adjective | Alt. of Tridentated |
| tridentine | adjective | Of or pertaining to Trent, or the general church council held in that city. |
| trierarchy | noun | The office duty of a trierarch. |
| trieterics | noun pl. | Festival games celebrated once in three years. |
| trifarious | adjective | Facing three ways; arranged in three vertical ranks, as the leaves of veratrum. |
| triflorous | adjective | Three-flowered; having or bearing three flowers; as, a triflorous peduncle. |
| trifoliate | adjective | Alt. of Trifoliated |
| triformity | noun | The state of being triform, or of having a threefold shape. |
| trifurcate | adjective | Alt. of Trifurcated |
| trigastric | adjective | Having three bellies; — said of a muscle. |
| trigeminal | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, the fifth pair of cranial nerves, which divide on each side of the head into three main branches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the mouth; trifacial. |
| triglyphic | adjective | Alt. of Triglyphical |
| trigrammic | adjective | Same as Trigrammatic. |
| trilateral | adjective | Having three sides; being three-sided; as, a trilateral triangle. |
| trilingual | adjective | Containing, or consisting of, three languages; expressed in three languages. |
| trilinguar | adjective | See Trilingual. |
| triliteral | adjective | Consisting of three letters; trigrammic; as, a triliteral root or word., A triliteral word. |
| trilithons | plural | of Trilithon |
| trillachan | noun | The oyster catcher. |
| trilobitic | adjective | Of, pertaining to or containing, trilobites; as, trilobitic rocks. |
| trilocular | adjective | Having three cells or cavities; as, a trilocular capsule; a trilocular heart. |
| triluminar | adjective | Alt. of Triluminous |
| trimembral | adjective | Having, or consisting of, three members. |
| trimesitic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, a tribasic acid, C6H3.(CO2)3, of the aromatic series, obtained, by the oxidation of mesitylene, as a white crystalline substance. |
| trimestral | adjective | Trimestrial. |
| trimmingly | adverb | In a trimming manner. |
| trimorphic | adjective | Alt. of Trimorphous |
| trimyarian | noun | A lamellibranch which has three muscular scars on each valve. |
| trinervate | adjective | Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex; — said of a leaf. |
| triniunity | noun | Triunity; trinity. |
| trinoctial | adjective | Lasting during three nights; comprising three nights. |
| trinominal | noun & adjective | Trinomial. |
| trinucleus | noun | A genus of Lower Silurian trilobites in which the glabella and cheeks form three rounded elevations on the head. |
| triobolary | adjective | Of the value of three oboli; hence, mean; worthless. |
| tripartite | verb i. | Divided into three parts; triparted; as, a tripartite leaf., Having three corresponding parts or copies; as, to make indentures tripartite., Made between three parties; as, a tripartite treaty. |
| tripaschal | adjective | Including three passovers. |
| tripennate | adjective | Same as Tripinnate. |
| tripestone | noun | A variety of anhydrite composed of contorted plates fancied to resemble pieces of tripe. |
| triphthong | noun | A combination of three vowel sounds in a single syllable, forming a simple or compound sound; also, a union of three vowel characters, representing together a single sound; a trigraph; as, eye, -ieu in adieu, -eau in beau, are examples of triphthongs. |
| triphyline | noun | Triphylite. |
| triphylite | noun | A mineral of a grayish-green or bluish color, consisting of the phosphates of iron, manganese, and lithia. |
| tripinnate | adjective | Having bipinnate leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis. |
| triplasian | adjective | Three-fold; triple; treble. |
| triplicate | verb t. | Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled., A third thing corresponding to two others of the same kind. |
| triplicity | adjective | The quality or state of being triple, or threefold; trebleness. |
| tripolitan | adjective | Of or pertaining to Tripoli or its inhabitants; Tripoline., A native or inhabitant of Tripoli. |
| trippingly | adverb | In a tripping manner; with a light, nimble, quick step; with agility; nimbly. |
| tripudiary | adjective | Of or pertaining to dancing; performed by dancing. |
| tripudiate | verb i. | To dance. |
| triquetral | adjective | Triquetrous. |
| triquetrum | noun | One of the bones of the carpus; the cuneiform. See Cuneiform (b). |
| triradiate | adjective | Alt. of Triradiated |
| trisecting | present participle & vb. noun | of Trisect |
| trisection | noun | The division of a thing into three parts, Specifically: (Geom.) the division of an angle into three equal parts. |
| triseriate | adjective | Arranged in three vertical or spiral rows. |
| trispaston | noun | A machine with three pulleys which act together for raising great weights. |
| tristearin | noun | See Stearin. |
| tristfully | adverb | In a tristful manner; sadly. |
| trisulcate | adjective | Having three furrows, forks, or prongs; having three grooves or sulci; three-grooved. |
| triternate | adjective | Three times ternate; — applied to a leaf whose petiole separates into three branches, each of which divides into three parts which each bear three leafiets. |
| trithionic | adjective | Of or pertaining to, or designating, a certain thionic acid, H2S3O6 which is obtained as a colorless, odorless liquid. |
| tritozooid | noun | A zooid of the third generation in asexual reproduction. |
| triturable | adjective | Capable of being triturated. |
| triturated | imp. & past participle | of Triturate |
| triumphing | present participle & vb. noun | of Triumph, Having or celebrating a triumph; victorious; triumphant. |
| triumplant | verb i. | Rejoicing for victory; triumphing; exultant., Celebrating victory; expressive of joy for success; as, a triumphant song or ode., Graced with conquest; victorious., Of or pertaining to triumph; triumphal. |
| triungulus | noun | The active young larva of any oil beetle. It has feet armed with three claws, and is parasitic on bees. See Illust. of Oil beetle, under Oil. |
| trivalence | noun | The quality or state of being trivalent. |
| triverbial | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, certain days allowed to the pretor for hearing causes, when be might speak the three characteristic words of his office, do, dico, addico. They were called dies fasti. |
| trivialism | noun | A trivial matter or method; a triviality. |
| triviality | noun | The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness., That which is trivial; a trifle. |
| trochaical | adjective | Of or pertaining to trochees; consisting of trochees; as, trochaic measure or verse. |
| trochanter | noun | One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter., The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa. |
| trochilics | noun | The science of rotary motion, or of wheel work. |
| trochiscus | noun | A kind of tablet or lozenge; a troche. |
| trochleary | adjective | Pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; trochlear; as, the trochleary, or trochlear, nerve. |
| trochoidal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a trochoid; having the properties of a trochoid., See Trochoid, a. |
| troglodyte | noun | One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller. Most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes., An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee., The wren. |
| tropaeolin | noun | A name given to any one of a series of orange-red dyestuffs produced artificially from certain complex sulphonic acid derivatives of azo and diazo hydrocarbons of the aromatic series; — so called because of the general resemblance to the shades of nasturtium (Tropaeolum). |
| trophonian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Trophonius, his architecture, or his cave and oracle. |
| trophosome | noun | The nutritive zooids of a hydroid, collectively, as distinguished from the gonosome, or reproductive zooids. |
| tropically | adverb | In a tropical manner; figuratively; metaphorically. |
| tropologic | adjective | Alt. of Tropological |
| troubadour | noun | One of a school of poets who flourished from the eleventh to the thirteenth century, principally in Provence, in the south of France, and also in the north of Italy. They invented, and especially cultivated, a kind of lyrical poetry characterized by intricacy of meter and rhyme, and usually of a romantic, amatory strain. |
| troublable | adjective | Causing trouble; troublesome. |
| trousering | noun | Cloth or material for making trousers. |
| trowelfuls | plural | of Trowelful |
| truantship | noun | The conduct of a truant; neglect of employment; idleness; truancy. |
| truculence | noun | Alt. of Truculency |
| truculency | noun | The quality or state of being truculent; savageness of manners; ferociousness. |
| true-penny | noun | An honest fellow. |
| truismatic | adjective | Of or pertaining to truisms; consisting of truisms. |
| trumpeting | present participle & vb. noun | of Trumpet, A channel cut behind the brick lining of a shaft. |
| truncating | present participle & vb. noun | of Truncate |
| truncation | noun | The act of truncating, lopping, or cutting off., The state of being truncated., The replacement of an edge or solid angle by a plane, especially when the plane is equally inclined to the adjoining faces. |
| trunnioned | adjective | Provided with trunnions; as, the trunnioned cylinder of an oscillating steam engine. |
| trustiness | noun | The quality or state of being trusty. |
| try-square | noun | An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, etc., for laying off right angles off right angles, and testing whether work is square. |