| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| tic | noun | A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; — called also spasmodic tic. |
| tid | adjective | Tender; soft; nice; — now only used in tidbit. |
| tie | verb t. | A knot; a fastening., A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance., A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig., An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race., A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place., A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature., Low shoes fastened with lacings., To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind., To form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord; also, to interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord to a tree; to knit; to knot., To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold., To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine., To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them., To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with., To make a tie; to make an equal score. |
| tig | noun | A game among children. See Tag., A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment. |
| til | preposition & conj. | See Till. |
| tin | noun | An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4., Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate., Money., To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil. |
| tip | noun | The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear., An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc., A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown., A thin, boarded brush made of camel’s hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf., Rubbish thrown from a quarry., To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver., To strike slightly; to tap., To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant., To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart., To fall on, or incline to, one side., A light touch or blow; a tap., A gift; a douceur; a fee., A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like. |
| tit | noun | A small horse., A woman; — used in contempt., A morsel; a bit., Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to the families Paridae and Leiotrichidae; a titmouse., The European meadow pipit; a titlark. |