| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| toadish | adjective | Like a toad. |
| toadlet | noun | A small toad. |
| toadies | plural | of Toady |
| toadied | imp. & past participle | of Toady |
| toasted | imp. & past participle | of Toast |
| toaster | noun | One who toasts., A kitchen utensil for toasting bread, cheese, etc. |
| tobacco | noun | An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste., The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing, etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various ways. |
| to-beat | verb t. | To beat thoroughly or severely. |
| toccata | noun | An old form of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat in the free and brilliant style of the prelude, fantasia, or capriccio. |
| toddled | imp. & past participle | of Toddle |
| toddler | noun | One who toddles; especially, a young child. |
| to-fall | noun | A lean-to. See Lean-to. |
| toftmen | plural | of Toftman |
| toftman | noun | The owner of a toft. See Toft, 3. |
| togated | adjective | Dressed in a toga or gown; wearing a gown; gowned. |
| toggery | noun | Clothes; garments; dress; as, fishing toggery. |
| togider | adverb | Alt. of Togidres |
| toiling | present participle & vb. noun | of Toil |
| toilful | adjective | Producing or involving much toil; laborious; toilsome; as, toilful care. |
| tokened | imp. & past participle | of Token, Marked by tokens, or spots; as, the tokened pestilence. |
| tolling | present participle & vb. noun | of Toll |
| tollage | noun | Payment of toll; also, the amount or quantity paid as toll. |
| tollmen | plural | of Tollman |
| tollman | noun | One who receives or collects toll; a toll gatherer. |
| toluate | noun | A salt of any one of the toluic acids. |
| toluene | noun | A hydrocarbon, C6H5.CH3, of the aromatic series, homologous with benzene, and obtained as a light mobile colorless liquid, by distilling tolu balsam, coal tar, etc.; — called also methyl benzene, phenyl methane, etc. |
| toluole | noun | Same as Toluene. |
| toluric | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of three isomeric crystalline acids, C9H10ON.CO2H, which are toluyl derivatives of glycocoll. |
| tomaley | noun | The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; — called also tomalline. |
| tombing | present participle & vb. noun | of Tomb |
| tomelet | noun | All small tome, or volume. |
| tomenta | plural | of Tomentum |
| tomfool | noun | A great fool; a trifler. |
| tomjohn | noun | A kind of open sedan used in Ceylon, carried by a single pole on men’s shoulders. |
| tompion | noun | A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See Tampion., A plug in a flute or an organ pipe, to modulate the tone., The iron bottom to which grapeshot are fixed. |
| tom-tom | noun | See Tam-tam. |
| to-name | noun | A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one’s surname, or used instead of it. |
| tongued | imp. & past participle | of Tongue, Having a tongue. |
| tonical | adjective | Tonic. |
| tonight | adverb | On this present or coming night., On the last night past., The present or the coming night; the night after the present day. |
| tonnage | noun | The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship., The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several vessels may carry. See Ton, n. (b)., A duty or impost on vessels, estimated per ton, or, a duty, toll, or rate payable on goods per ton transported on canals., The whole amount of shipping estimated by tons; as, the tonnage of the United States. See Ton. |
| tonnish | adjective | In the ton; fashionable; modish. |
| tonsile | adjective | Capable of being clipped. |
| tonsure | noun | The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the state of being shorn., The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders., The shaven corona, or crown, which priests wear as a mark of their order and of their rank. |
| tontine | noun | An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance. |
| tooling | present participle & vb. noun | of Tool, Work performed with a tool. |
| tooting | present participle & vb. noun | of Toot |
| toothed | imp. & past participle | of Tooth, Having teeth; furnished with teeth., Having marginal projecting points; dentate. |
| topping | present participle & vb. noun | of Top, Rising above; surpassing., Hence, assuming superiority; proud., Fine; gallant., The act of one who tops; the act of cutting off the top., The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other., That which comes from hemp in the process of hatcheling. |
| toparch | noun | The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy. |
| topcoat | noun | An outer coat; an overcoat. |
| topiary | adjective | Of or pertaining to ornamental gardening; produced by cutting, trimming, etc.; topiarian. |
| topical | noun | Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege., Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; according to topics., Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument. |
| topknot | noun | A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird; also, an orgamental knot worn on top of the head, as by women., A small Europen flounder (Rhoumbus punctatus). The name is also applied to allied species. |
| topless | adjective | Having no top, or no visble fop; hence, fig.: very lofty; supreme; unequaled. |
| topmast | noun | The second mast, or that which is next above the lower mast, and below the topgallant mast. |
| topmost | adjective | Highest; uppermost; as, the topmost cliff; the topmost branch of a tree. |
| toppled | imp. & past participle | of Topple |
| topsail | noun | In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship. |
| topsmen | plural | of Topsman |
| topsman | noun | The chief drover of those who drive a herd of cattle., The uppermost sawyer in a saw pit; a topman. |
| topsoil | noun | The upper layer of soil; surface soil. |
| torcher | noun | One who gives light with a torch, or as if with a torch. |
| to-rent | imp. & past participle | of To-rend |
| to-rend | verb t. | To rend in pieces. |
| torgoch | noun | The saibling. |
| torilto | noun | A species of Turnix (Turnix sylvatica) native of Spain and Northen Africa. |
| torment | noun | An engine for casting stones., Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind., That which gives pain, vexation, or misery., To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture., To pain; to distress; to afflict., To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances., To put into great agitation. |
| tormina | noun pl. | acute, colicky pains; gripes. |
| tornado | noun | A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone. |
| torpedo | noun | Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical., An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up., A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore., A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship., A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it., A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, — used as an alarm signal., An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil., A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object., to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo. |
| torpent | adjective | Having no motion or activity; incapable of motion; benumbed; torpid. |
| torpify | verb t. | To make torpid; to numb, or benumb. |
| torqued | adjective | Wreathed; twisted., Twisted; bent; — said of a dolphin haurient, which forms a figure like the letter S. |
| torques | noun | A cervical ring of hair or feathers, distinguished by its color or structure; a collar. |
| torrefy | verb t. | To dry by a fire., To subject to scorching heat, so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast, as ores., To dry or parch, as drugs, on a metallic plate till they are friable, or are reduced to the state desired. |
| torrent | noun | A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice., Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence., Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream. |
| torrock | noun | A gull. |
| torsion | noun | The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction., That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material, returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility. |
| torteau | noun | A roundel of a red color. |
| tortile | adjective | Twisted; wreathed; coiled. |
| tortion | noun | Torment; pain. |
| tortive | adjective | Twisted; wreathed. |
| tortrix | noun | Any one of numerous species of small moths of the family Tortricidae, the larvae of which usually roll up the leaves of plants on which they live; — also called leaf roller., A genus of tropical short-tailed snakes, which are not venomous. One species (Tortrix scytalae) is handsomely banded with black, and is sometimes worn alive by the natives of Brazil for a necklace. |
| torture | noun | Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind., Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel., The act or process of torturing., To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex., To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person., To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort., To keep on the stretch, as a bow. |
| torulae | plural | of Torula |
| torvity | adjective | Sourness or severity of countenance; sterness. |
| torvous | adjective | Sour of aspect; of a severe countenance; stern; grim. |
| toryism | noun | The principles of the Tories. |
| toshred | verb t. | To cut into shreads or pieces. |
| tossing | present participle & vb. noun | of Toss, The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling., A process which consists in washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earhy particles; — called also tozing, and treloobing, in Cornwall., A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted. |
| tossily | adverb | In a tossy manner. |
| tosspot | noun | A toper; one habitually given to strong drink; a drunkard. |
| toswink | verb i. | To labor excessively. |
| totally | adverb | In a total manner; wholly; entirely. |
| totemic | adjective | Of or pertaining to a totem, or totemism. |
| tottery | adjective | Trembling or vaccilating, as if about to fall; unsteady; shaking. |
| tottled | imp. & past participle | of Totly |
| touched | imp. & past participle | of Touch |
| toughen | verb i. & t. | To grow or make tough, or tougher. |
| toughly | adverb | In a tough manner. |
| touring | present participle & vb. noun | of Tour |
| touraco | noun | Same as Turacou. |
| tourist | noun | One who makes a tour, or performs a journey in a circuit. |
| tourney | verb t. | A tournament., To perform in tournaments; to tilt. |
| tousing | present participle & vb. noun | of Touze |
| towards | preposition | In the direction of; to., With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning., Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of., Near; about; approaching to., Near; at hand; in state of preparation., See Toward. |
| towboat | noun | A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat., A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug. |
| towered | imp. & past participle | of Tower, Adorned or defended by towers. |
| towilly | noun | The sanderling; — so called from its cry. |
| towline | verb t. | A line used to tow vessels; a towrope. |
| townish | adjective | Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a town; like the town. |
| townlet | noun | A small town. |
| towpath | noun | A path traveled by men or animals in towing boats; — called also towing path. |
| towrope | noun | A rope used in towing vessels. |
| tox/mia | adjective | Blood poisoning. See under Blood. |
| toxical | adjective | Of or pertaining to poison; poisonous; as, toxic medicines. |
| toxodon | noun | A gigantic extinct herbivorous mammal from South America, having teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order Toxodonta. |
| toxotes | noun | A genus of fishes comprising the archer fishes. See Archer fish. |
| toyshop | noun | A shop where toys are sold. |
| toysome | adjective | Disposed to toy; trifling; wanton. |