| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| trabeculate | adjective | Crossbarred, as the ducts in a banana stem. |
| trachelidan | noun | Any one of a tribe of beetles (Trachelides) which have the head supported on a pedicel. The oil beetles and the Cantharides are examples. |
| trachelipod | noun | One of the Trachelipoda. |
| tracheocele | noun | Goiter., A tumor containing air and communicating with the trachea. |
| tracheotomy | noun | The operation of making an opening into the windpipe. |
| trackmaster | noun | One who has charge of the track; — called also roadmaster. |
| tractitious | adjective | Treating of; handling. |
| trade union | An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, and interests with respect to wages, hours of labor, customs, etc. | |
| tradeswomen | plural | of Tradeswoman |
| tradeswoman | noun | A woman who trades, or is skilled in trade. |
| traditional | adjective | Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures., Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned. |
| traditioner | noun | Alt. of Traditionist |
| traducement | noun | The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny. |
| traducingly | adverb | In a traducing manner; by traduction; slanderously. |
| trafficking | present participle & vb. noun | of Traffic |
| trafficable | adjective | Capable of being disposed of in traffic; marketable. |
| trafficless | adjective | Destitute of traffic, or trade. |
| tragedienne | noun | A woman who plays in tragedy. |
| tragi-comic | adjective | Alt. of Tragi-comical |
| trainbearer | noun | One who holds up a train, as of a robe. |
| tralatition | noun | A change, as in the use of words; a metaphor. |
| trammelling | of Trammel | |
| tranquilize | verb t. | Alt. of Tranquillize |
| transacting | present participle & vb. noun | of Transact |
| transaction | noun | The doing or performing of any business; management of any affair; performance., That which is done; an affair; as, the transactions on the exchange., An adjustment of a dispute between parties by mutual agreement. |
| transalpine | adjective | Being on the farther side of the Alps in regard to Rome, that is, on the north or west side of the Alps; of or pertaining to the region or the people beyond the Alps; as, transalpine Gaul; — opposed to cisalpine., A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is, out of Italy. |
| transcalent | adjective | Pervious to, or permitting the passage of, heat. |
| transcended | imp. & past participle | of Transcend |
| transcolate | verb t. | To cause to pass through a sieve or colander; to strain, as through a sieve. |
| transcribed | imp. & past participle | of Transcribe |
| transcriber | noun | One who transcribes, or writes from a copy; a copier; a copyist. |
| transferred | imp. & past participle | of Transfer |
| transferrer | noun | One who makes a transfer or conveyance. |
| transfigure | verb t. | To change the outward form or appearance of; to metamorphose; to transform., Especially, to change to something exalted and glorious; to give an ideal form to. |
| transfixing | present participle & vb. noun | of Transfix |
| transfixion | noun | The act of transfixing, or the state of being transfixed, or pierced. |
| transfluent | adjective | Flowing or running across or through; as, a transfluent stream., Passing or flowing through a bridge; — said of water. |
| transforate | verb t. | To bore through; to perforate. |
| transformed | imp. & past participle | of Transform |
| transformer | noun | One who, or that which, transforms. Specif. (Elec.), an apparatus for producing from a given electrical current another current of different voltage. |
| transfusing | present participle & vb. noun | of Transfuse |
| transfusion | noun | The act of transfusing, or pouring, as liquor, out of one vessel into another., The act or operation of transferring the blood of one man or animal into the vascular system of another; also, the introduction of any fluid into the blood vessels, or into a cavity of the body from which it can readily be adsorbed into the vessels; intrafusion; as, the peritoneal transfusion of milk. |
| transfusive | adjective | Tending to transfuse; having power to transfuse. |
| translating | present participle & vb. noun | of Translate |
| translation | noun | The act of translating, removing, or transferring; removal; also, the state of being translated or removed; as, the translation of Enoch; the translation of a bishop., The act of rendering into another language; interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is difficult., That which is obtained by translating something a version; as, a translation of the Scriptures., A transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a metaphor; a tralation., Transfer of meaning by association; association of ideas., Motion in which all the points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion; — opposed to rotation. |
| translative | adjective | tropical; figurative; as, a translative sense. |
| translatory | adjective | Serving to translate; transferring. |
| translucent | adjective | Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen; partially transparent., Transparent; clear. |
| translunary | adjective | Being or lying beyond the moon; hence, ethereal; — opposed to sublunary. |
| transmarine | adjective | Lying or being beyond the sea. |
| transmeable | adjective | Alt. of Transmeatable |
| transmitted | imp. & past participle | of Transmit |
| transmittal | noun | Transmission. |
| transmitter | noun | One who, or that which, transmits; specifically, that portion of a telegraphic or telephonic instrument by means of which a message is sent; — opposed to receiver. |
| transmuting | present participle & vb. noun | of Transmute |
| transmutual | adjective | Reciprocal; commutual. |
| transnature | verb t. | To transfer or transform the nature of. |
| transpadane | adjective | Lying or being on the further side of the river Po with reference to Rome, that is, on the north side; — opposed to cispadane. |
| transparent | adjective | Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent diamond; — opposed to opaque., Admitting the passage of light; open; porous; as, a transparent veil. |
| transpierce | verb t. | To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass through. |
| transpiring | present participle & vb. noun | of Transpire |
| transplaced | imp. & past participle | of Transplace |
| transported | imp. & past participle | of Transport, Conveyed from one place to another; figuratively, carried away with passion or pleasure; entranced. |
| transportal | noun | Transportation; the act of removing from one locality to another. |
| transporter | noun | One who transports. |
| transposing | present participle & vb. noun | of Transpose |
| transshaped | imp. & past participle | of Transshape |
| transsummer | noun | See Transom, 2. |
| transvasate | verb t. | To pour out of one vessel into another. |
| transversal | adjective | Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line., A straight line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle or the sides produced. |
| transversed | imp. & past participle | of Transverse |
| trapeziform | adjective | Having the form of a trapezium; trapezoid. |
| trapezoidal | adjective | Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoid., Trapezohedral. |
| traversable | adjective | Capable of being traversed, or passed over; as, a traversable region., Deniable; specifically (Law), liable to legal objection; as, a traversable presentment. |
| treacherous | adjective | Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless. |
| treachetour | noun | Alt. of Treachour |
| treasonable | adjective | Pertaining to treason; consisting of treason; involving the crime of treason, or partaking of its guilt. |
| trechometer | noun | An odometer for vehicles. |
| treckschuyt | noun | A covered boat for goods and passengers, used on the Dutch and Flemish canals. |
| trenchantly | adverb | In a trenchant, or sharp, manner; sharply; severely. |
| trench-plow | verb t. | Alt. of Trench-plough |
| trepidation | noun | An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering., Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion; fright; as, the men were in great trepidation., A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars. |
| trespassing | present participle & vb. noun | of Trespass |
| trestletree | noun | One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the masthead, to support the crosstrees and the frame of the top; — generally used in the plural. |
| trestlework | noun | A viaduct, pier, scaffold, or the like, resting on trestles connected together. |
| triableness | noun | Quality or state of being triable. |
| triangulate | verb t. | To divide into triangles; specifically, to survey by means of a series of triangles properly laid down and measured., To make triangular, or three-cornered. |
| tribulation | noun | That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction. |
| tribuneship | noun | The office or power of a tribune. |
| tribunician | adjective | Alt. of Tribunitian |
| tribunitial | adjective | Alt. of Tribunitian |
| tribunitian | adjective | Of or pertaining to tribunes; befitting a tribune; as, tribunitial power or authority. |
| trubutarily | adverb | In a tributary manner. |
| tributaries | plural | of Tributary |
| trichinosis | noun | The disease produced by the presence of trichinae in the muscles and intestinal track. It is marked by fever, muscular pains, and symptoms resembling those of typhoid fever, and is frequently fatal. |
| trichiuroid | adjective | Of, like, or pertaining to, Trichiurus. |
| trichloride | noun | A chloride having three atoms of chlorine in the molecule. |
| trichomanes | noun | Any fern of the genus Trichomanes. The fronds are very delicate and often translucent, and the sporangia are borne on threadlike receptacles rising from the middle of cup-shaped marginal involucres. Several species are common in conservatories; two are native in the United States. |
| trichophore | noun | The special cell in red algae which produces or bears a trichogyne. See Illust. of Trichogyne., One of the saclike organs from which the setae of annelids arise. |
| trichoptera | noun pl. | A suborder of Neuroptera usually having the wings covered with minute hairs. It comprises the caddice flies, and is considered by some to be a distinct order. |
| tricksiness | noun | The quality or state of being tricksy; trickiness. |
| tricliniary | adjective | Of or pertaining to a triclinium, or to the ancient mode of reclining at table. |
| tricorporal | adjective | Alt. of Tricorporate |
| tridecatoic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, that acid of the fatty acids heterologous with tridecane. It is a white crystalline substance. |
| tridentated | adjective | Having three teeth; three-toothed. |
| tridiapason | noun | A triple octave, or twenty-second. |
| triennially | adverb | Once in three years. |
| trieterical | adjective | Kept or occurring once in three years; triennial. |
| trifallowed | imp. & past participle | of Trifallow |
| trifoliated | adjective | Having three leaves or leaflets, as clover. See Illust. of Shamrock. |
| trifurcated | adjective | Having three branches or forks; trichotomous. |
| trigeminous | adjective | Born three together; being one of three born at the same birth; also, threefold. |
| trilobation | noun | The state of being trilobate. |
| triluminous | adjective | Having three lights |
| trimestrial | adjective | Of or pertaining to a trimester, or period of three months; occurring once in every three months; quarterly. |
| trimetrical | adjective | Same as Trimeter. |
| trimorphous | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, trimorphism; — contrasted with monomorphic, dimorphic, and polymorphic. |
| trimorphism | noun | The property of crystallizing in three forms fundamentally distinct, as is the case with titanium dioxide, which crystallizes in the forms of rutile, octahedrite, and brookite. See Pleomorphism., The coexistence among individuals of the same species of three distinct forms, not connected, as a rule, by intermediate gradations; the condition among individuals of the same species of having three different shapes or proportions of corresponding parts; — contrasted with polymorphism, and dimorphism. |
| trinitarian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Trinity, the doctrine of the Trinity, or believers in that doctrine., One who believes in the doctrine of the Trinity., One of a monastic order founded in Rome in 1198 by St. John of Matha, and an old French hermit, Felix of Valois, for the purpose of redeeming Christian captives from the Mohammedans. |
| tripalmitin | noun | See Palmitin. |
| tripartible | adjective | Divisible into three parts. |
| tripartient | adjective | Dividing into three parts; — said of a number which exactly divides another into three parts. |
| tripersonal | adjective | Consisting of three persons. |
| tripetaloid | adjective | Having the form or appearance of three petals; appearing as if furnished with three petals. |
| tripetalous | adjective | Having three petals, or flower leaves; three-petaled. |
| trip hammer | A tilt hammer. | |
| triphyllous | adjective | Having three leaves; three-leaved. |
| triple-tail | noun | An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, black perch, grouper, and flasher. |
| triploidite | noun | A manganese phosphate near triplite, but containing hydroxyl instead of fluorine. |
| triquetrous | adjective | Three sided, the sides being plane or concave; having three salient angles or edges; trigonal. |
| triradiated | adjective | Having three rays. |
| triseralous | adjective | Having three sepals, or calyx leaves. |
| trisnitrate | noun | A nitrate formed from three molecules of nitric acid; also, less properly, applied to certain basic nitrates; as, trisnitrate of bismuth. |
| trispermous | adjective | Containing three seeds; three-seeded; as, a trispermous capsule. |
| tristearate | noun | Tristearin. |
| tristichous | adjective | Arranged in three vertical rows. |
| tristitiate | verb t. | To make sad. |
| trisulphide | noun | A sulphide containing three atoms of sulphur. |
| trisyllabic | adjective | Alt. of Trisyllabical |
| trisyllable | noun | A word consisting of three syllables only; as, a-ven-ger. |
| tritheistic | adjective | Alt. of Tritheistical |
| trithionate | noun | A salt of trithionic acid. |
| triturating | present participle & vb. noun | of Triturate |
| trituration | noun | The act of triturating, or reducing to a fine or impalpable powder by grinding, rubbing, bruising, etc. |
| triumvirate | noun | Government by three in coalition or association; the term of such a government., A coalition or association of three in office or authority; especially, the union of three men who obtained the government of the Roman empire. |
| trivalvular | adjective | Having three valves; three-valved. |
| trivialness | noun | Quality or state of being trivial. |
| trochantine | noun | The second joint of the leg of an insect, — often united with the coxa. |
| trochometer | noun | A contrivance for computing the revolutions of a wheel; an odometer. |
| troglodytes | noun | A genus of apes including the chimpanzee., A genus of singing birds including the common wrens. |
| troglodytic | adjective | Alt. of Troglodytical |
| trophosperm | noun | The placenta. |
| tropilidene | noun | A liquid hydrocarbon obtained by the dry distillation of tropine with quicklime. It is regarded as being homologous with dipropargyl. |
| tropologize | verb t. | To use in a tropological sense, as a word; to make a trope of. |
| trothplight | verb t. | To betroth., Betrothed; espoused; affianced., The act of betrothing, or plighting faith; betrothing. |
| troublesome | adjective | Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome. |
| trucidation | noun | The act of killing. |
| truckle-bed | noun | A low bed on wheels, that may be pushed under another bed; a trundle-bed. |
| truculently | adverb | In a truculent manner. |
| trumpetweed | noun | An herbaceous composite plant (Eupatorium purpureum), often having hollow stems, and bearing purplish flowers in small corymbed heads., The sea trumpet. |
| trumpetwood | noun | A tropical American tree (Cecropia peltata) of the Breadfruit family, having hollow stems, which are used for wind instruments; — called also snakewood, and trumpet tree. |
| truncheoned | adjective | Having a truncheon. |
| trundle-bed | noun | A low bed that is moved on trundles, or little wheels, so that it can be pushed under a higher bed; a truckle-bed; also, sometimes, a simiral bed without wheels. |
| trundlehead | noun | One of the disks forming the ends of a lantern wheel or pinion., The drumhead of a capstan; especially, the drumhead of the lower of two capstans on the sane axis. |
| trundletail | noun | A round or curled-up tail; also, a dog with such a tail. |
| trusteeship | noun | The office or duty of a trustee. |
| trustworthy | adjective | Worthy of trust or confidence; trusty. |
| truth-lover | noun | One who loves the truth. |
| trutination | noun | The act of weighing. |
| truttaceous | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trout; as, fish of the truttaceous kind. |
| trypsinogen | noun | The antecedent of trypsin, a substance which is contained in the cells of the pancreas and gives rise to the trypsin. |