| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| treacle | noun | A remedy against poison. See Theriac, 1., A sovereign remedy; a cure., Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses., A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, and the like. |
| treacly | adjective | Like, or composed of, treacle. |
| treader | noun | One who treads. |
| treadle | noun | The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot., The chalaza of a bird’s egg; the tread. |
| treague | noun | A truce. |
| treason | noun | The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery., Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy. |
| treated | imp. & past participle | of Treat |
| treater | noun | One who treats; one who handles, or discourses on, a subject; also, one who entertains. |
| trebled | imp. & past participle | of Treble |
| treblet | noun | Same as Triblet. |
| treddle | noun | See Treadle., A prostitute; a strumpet., The dung of sheep or hares. |
| treeing | present participle & vb. noun | of Tree |
| treeful | noun | The quantity or number which fills a tree. |
| trefoil | noun | Any plant of the genus Trifolium, which includes the white clover, red clover, etc.; — less properly, applied also to the nonesuch, or black medic. See Clover, and Medic., An ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils., A charge representing the clover leaf. |
| trehala | noun | An amorphous variety of manna obtained from the nests and cocoons of a Syrian coleopterous insect (Larinus maculatus, L. nidificans, etc.) which feeds on the foliage of a variety of thistle. It is used as an article of food, and is called also nest sugar. |
| trellis | noun | A structure or frame of crossbarred work, or latticework, used for various purposes, as for screens or for supporting plants. |
| tremble | verb i. | To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; — said of a person or an animal., To totter; to shake; — said of a thing., To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles., An involuntary shaking or quivering. |
| tremolo | noun | The rapid reiteration of tones without any apparent cessation, so as to produce a tremulous effect., A certain contrivance in an organ, which causes the notes to sound with rapid pulses or beats, producing a tremulous effect; — called also tremolant, and tremulant. |
| trenail | noun | Same as Treenail. |
| trended | imp. & past participle | of Trend |
| trender | noun | One whose business is to free wool from its filth. |
| trendle | verb i. | A wheel, spindle, or the like; a trundle. |
| trental | noun | An office and mass for the dead on the thirtieth day after death or burial., Hence, a dirge; an elegy. |
| trepang | noun | Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of which are dried and extensively used as food in China; — called also beche de mer, sea cucumber, and sea slug. |
| tressed | adjective | Having tresses., Formed into ringlets or braided; braided; curled. |
| tressel | noun | A trestle. |
| trestle | noun | A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like., The frame of a table. |