8 letter word starting with t

Words	Parts of Speech	Meaning/Definition/Similar Words
tabarder	noun	One who wears a tabard., A scholar on the foundation of Queen’s College, Oxford, England, whose original dress was a tabard.
tabbinet	noun	A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface.
tabbying	present participle & vb. noun	of Tabby
tabefied	imp. & past participle	of Tabefy
tableing	present participle & vb. noun	of Table
tableaux	plural	of Tableau
tablemen	plural	of Tableman
tableman	noun	A man at draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables. See Table, n., 10.
tabooing	present participle & vb. noun	of Taboo
taboring	present participle & vb. noun	of Tabor
taborine	noun	A small, shallow drum; a tabor.
taborite	noun	One of certain Bohemian reformers who suffered persecution in the fifteenth century; — so called from Tabor, a hill or fortress where they encamped during a part of their struggles.
tabouret	noun	Same as Taboret., A seat without arms or back, cushioned and stuffed: a high stool; — so called from its resemblance to a drum., An embroidery frame.
tabulata	noun pl.	An artificial group of stony corals including those which have transverse septa in the calicles. The genera Pocillopora and Favosites are examples.
tabulate	verb t.	To form into a table or tables; to reduce to tables or synopses., To shape with a flat surface.
tachinae	plural	of Tachina
taciturn	adjective	Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak.
tackling	present participle & vb. noun	of Tackle, Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc., Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling., The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness.
tacksmen	plural	of Tacksman
tacksman	noun	One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, or lessee.
tactable	adjective	Capable of being touched; tangible.
tactical	adjective	Of or pertaining to the art of military and naval tactics.
tactless	adjective	Destitute of tact.
taeniada	noun pl.	Same as Taenioidea.
taeniata	noun pl.	A division of Ctenophora including those which have a long, ribbonlike body. The Venus’s girdle is the most familiar example.
taenidia	plural	of Taenidium
taenioid	adjective	Ribbonlike; shaped like a ribbon., Like or pertaining to Taenia.
taeniola	noun	One of the radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of certain medusae.
tafferer	noun	See Taffrail.
taffrail	noun	The upper part of a ship’s stern, which is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work; the rail around a ship’s stern.
taglioni	noun	A kind of outer coat, or overcoat; — said to be so named after a celebrated Italian family of professional dancers.
tahitian	adjective	Of or pertaining to Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean., A native inhabitant of Tahiti.
tail-bay	noun	One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder; also, the space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor. Cf. Case-bay., The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.
tailless	adjective	Having no tail.
tailored	imp. & past participle	of Tailor
tailrace	noun	See Race, n., 6., The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away.
tainting	present participle & vb. noun	of Taint
tainture	noun	Taint; tinge; difilement; stain; spot.
take-off	noun	An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.
talapoin	noun	A small African monkey (Cercopithecus, / Miopithecus, talapoin) — called also melarhine.
talented	adjective	Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted.
talesmen	plural	of Talesman
talesman	noun	A person called to make up a deficiency in the number of jurors when a tales is awarded.
talewise	adverb	In a way of a tale or story.
talisman	noun	A magical figure cut or engraved under certain superstitious observances of the configuration of the heavens, to which wonderful effects are ascribed; the seal, figure, character, or image, of a heavenly sign, constellation, or planet, engraved on a sympathetic stone, or on a metal corresponding to the star, in order to receive its influence., Hence, something that produces extraordinary effects, esp. in averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm; as, a talisman to avert diseases.
talliage	noun	A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses.
tallness	noun	The quality or state of being tall; height of stature.
tallowed	imp. & past participle	of Tallow
tallower	noun	An animal which produces tallow.
tallwood	noun	Firewood cut into billets of a certain length.
tallying	present participle & vb. noun	of Tally
tallymen	plural	of Tallyman
tallyman	noun	One who keeps the tally, or marks the sticks., One who keeps a tally shop, or conducts his business as tally trade.
talmudic	adjective	Alt. of Talmudical
talukdar	noun	A proprietor of a talook.
tamanoir	noun	The ant-bear.
tamarack	noun	The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British Columbia (Larix occidentalis). See Hackmatack, and Larch., The black pine (Pinus Murrayana) of Alaska, California, etc. It is a small tree with fine-grained wood.
tamarind	noun	A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated., One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for preparing a pleasant drink.
tamarisk	noun	Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix, the species of which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species (T. mannifera) is the source of one kind of manna.
tambreet	noun	The duck mole.
tamburin	noun	See Tambourine.
tameable	adjective	Tamable.
tameless	adjective	Incapable of being tamed; wild; untamed; untamable.
tameness	noun	The quality or state of being tame.
tamilian	adjective & noun	Tamil.
tampered	imp. & past participle	of Tamper
tamperer	noun	One who tampers; one who deals unfairly.
tangence	noun	Tangency.
tangency	noun	The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.
tangfish	noun	The common harbor seal.
tangible	adjective	Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable., Capable of being possessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident.
tangling	present participle & vb. noun	of Tangle
tanistry	noun	In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election.
tankling	noun	A tinkling.
tannable	adjective	That may be tanned.
tantalic	adjective	Of or pertaining to tantalum; derived from, or containing, tantalum; specifically, designating any one of a series of acids analogous to nitric acid and the polyacid compounds of phosphorus.
tantalum	noun	A rare nonmetallic element found in certain minerals, as tantalite, samarskite, and fergusonite, and isolated as a dark powder which becomes steel-gray by burnishing. Symbol Ta. Atomic weight 182.0. Formerly called also tantalium.
tantalus	noun	A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise receded whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp them., A genus of wading birds comprising the wood ibises.
tapeline	noun	A painted tape, marked with linear dimensions, as inches, feet, etc., and often inclosed in a case, — used for measuring.
tapering	present participle & vb. noun	of Taper, Becoming gradually smaller toward one end.
tapestry	noun	A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery., To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry.
tapeworm	noun	Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to Taenia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the body being much larger and longer than the anterior ones, and containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is small, destitute of a mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (which vary greatly in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, with hooks for adhesion to the walls of the intestines of the animals in which they are parasitic. The larvae (see Cysticercus) live in the flesh of various creatures, and when swallowed by another animal of the right species develop into the mature tapeworm in its intestine. See Illustration in Appendix.
taphouse	noun	A house where liquors are retailed.
tapinage	noun	A lurking or skulking.
tapiroid	adjective	Allied to the tapir, or the Tapir family.
taplings	noun pl.	The strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail are united.
tarbogan	noun & verb	See Toboggan.
tarboosh	noun	A red cap worn by Turks and other Eastern nations, sometimes alone and sometimes swathed with linen or other stuff to make a turban. See Fez.
targeted	adjective	Furnished, armed, or protected, with a target.
targumim	plural	of Targum
tariffed	imp. & past participle	of Tariff
tarlatan	noun	A kind of thin, transparent muslin, used for dresses.
tarragon	noun	A plant of the genus Artemisa (A. dracunculus), much used in France for flavoring vinegar.
tarrying	present participle & vb. noun	of Tarry
tarsalia	plural	of Tarsale
tartaric	adjective	Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars., Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar.
tartarum	noun	See 1st Tartar.
tartarus	noun	The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general.
tartness	noun	The quality or state of being tart.
tartrate	noun	A salt of tartaric acid.
tartuffe	noun	Alt. of Tartufe
taskwork	noun	Work done as a task; also, work done by the job; piecework.
tasseled	imp. & past participle	of Tassel
tastable	adjective	Capable of worthy of being tasted; savory; relishing.
tasteful	adjective	Having a high relish; savory., Having or exhibiting good taste; in accordance with good taste; tasty; as, a tasteful drapery.
tatouhou	noun	The peba.
tattered	past participle	of Tatter
tattling	present participle & vb. noun	of Tattle, Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales.
tattlery	noun	Idle talk or chat; tittle-tattle.
tattooed	imp. & past participle	of Tattoo
tatusiid	noun	Any armadillo of the family Tatusiidae, of which the peba and mule armadillo are examples. Also used adjectively.
taunting	present participle & vb. noun	of Taunt, a. & n. from Taunt, v.
tauridor	noun	A bullfighter; a toreador.
taurocol	noun	Alt. of Taurocolla
taurylic	adjective	Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found of a urine of neat cattle, and probably identical with cresol.
taverner	noun	One who keeps a tavern.
tawdrily	adverb	In a tawdry manner.
tawdries	plural	of Tawdry
taxation	noun	The act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a corporation or company, by the proper authority; the raising of revenue; also, a system of raising revenue., The act of taxing, or assessing a bill of cost., Tax; sum imposed., Charge; accusation.
taxiarch	noun	An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army.
taxicorn	noun	One of a family of beetles (Taxicornes) whose antennae are largest at the tip. Also used adjectively.
taxology	noun	Same as Taxonomy.
taxonomy	noun	That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classification.
taxpayer	noun	One who is assessed and pays a tax.
teaberry	noun	The checkerberry.
teaching	present participle & vb. noun	of Teach, The act or business of instructing; also, that which is taught; instruction.
teamster	noun	One who drives a team.
teamwork	noun	Work done by a team, as distinguished from that done by personal labor.
tearless	adjective	Shedding no tears; free from tears; unfeeling.
teaseled	imp. & past participle	of Teasel
teaseler	noun	One who uses teasels for raising a nap on cloth.
teaspoon	noun	A small spoon used in stirring and sipping tea, coffee, etc., and for other purposes.
technics	noun	The doctrine of arts in general; such branches of learning as respect the arts.
technism	noun	Technicality.
tectonic	adjective	Of or pertaining to building or construction; architectural.
teddered	imp. & past participle	of Tedder
tee iron		See T iron, under T.
teelseed	noun	The seed of sesame.
teemless	adjective	Not fruitful or prolific; barren; as, a teemless earth.
teetered	imp. & past participle	of Teeter
teething	present participle & vb. noun	of Teeth, The process of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomena attending their issue through the gums; dentition.
teetotal	adjective	Entire; total.
teetotum	noun	A child’s toy, somewhat resembling a top, and twirled by the fingers.
tegmenta	plural	of Tegmentum
teguexin	noun	A large South American lizard (Tejus teguexin). It becomes three or four feet long, and is blackish above, marked with yellowish spots of various sizes. It feeds upon fruits, insects, reptiles, young birds, and birds’ eggs. The closely allied species Tejus rufescens is called red teguexin.
tegument	noun	A cover or covering; an integument., Especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part or organ of such a body; skin; hide.
teinland	noun	Land granted by the crown to a thane or lord.
teinture	noun	Color; tinge; tincture.
telegram	noun	A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
telestic	adjective	Tending or relating to a purpose or an end.
tellable	adjective	Capable of being told.
telltale	adjective	Telling tales; babbling., One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress., A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected with the bellows of an organ, that gives notice, by its position, when the wind is exhausted., A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm., A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel’s course., A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted., The tattler. See Tattler.
tellural	adjective	Of or pertaining to the earth.
telluret	noun	A telluride.
telluric	adjective	Of or pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth., Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or resembling, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with tellurous compounds; as, telluric acid, which is analogous to sulphuric acid.
teloogoo	noun	See Telugu.
telotype	noun	An electric telegraph which prints the messages in letters and not in signs.
temerity	noun	Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as, the temerity of a commander in war.
temerous	adjective	Temerarious.
tempered	imp. & past participle	of Temper, Brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having (such) a temper; — chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered or bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword.
temperer	noun	One who, or that which, tempers; specifically, a machine in which lime, cement, stone, etc., are mixed with water.
template	noun	Same as Templet.
temporal	adjective	Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery., Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal., Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts., Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; — used chiefly in the plural.
temporo-		A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the temple, or temporal bone; as, temporofacial.
tempting	present participle & vb. noun	of Tempt, Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; as, tempting pleasures.
temulent	adjective	Intoxicated; drunken.
tenacity	noun	The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose., That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; — as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc., That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity., The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, — usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.
tenacula	plural	of Tenaculum
tenaille	noun	An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin.
tenacies	plural	of Tenancy
tenanted	imp. & past participle	of Tenant
tenantry	noun	The body of tenants; as, the tenantry of a manor or a kingdom., Tenancy.
tendance	noun	The act of attending or waiting; attendance., Persons in attendance; attendants.
tendence	noun	Tendency.
tendency	noun	Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result.
tendered	imp. & past participle	of Tender
tenderly	adverb	In a tender manner; with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain; with pity or affection; kindly.
tendment	noun	Attendance; care.
tenebrae	noun	The matins and lauds for the last three days of Holy Week, commemorating the sufferings and death of Christ, — usually sung on the afternoon or evening of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, instead of on the following days.
tenement	noun	That which is held of another by service; property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in consideration of some military or pecuniary service; fief; fee., Any species of permanent property that may be held, so as to create a tenancy, as lands, houses, rents, commons, an office, an advowson, a franchise, a right of common, a peerage, and the like; — called also free / frank tenements., A dwelling house; a building for a habitation; also, an apartment, or suite of rooms, in a building, used by one family; often, a house erected to be rented., Fig.: Dwelling; abode; habitation.
tenerity	adjective	Tenderness.
tenesmic	adjective	Of or pertaining to tenesmus; characterized by tenesmus.
tenesmus	noun	An urgent and distressing sensation, as if a discharge from the intestines must take place, although none can be effected; — always referred to the lower extremity of the rectum.
tenonian	adjective	Discovered or described by M. Tenon, a French anatomist.
tenotome	noun	A slender knife for use in the operation of tenotomy.
tenotomy	noun	The division of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon.
tenpenny	adjective	Valued or sold at ten pence; as, a tenpenny cake. See 2d Penny, n., Denoting a size of nails. See 1st Penny.
tensible	adjective	Capable of being extended or drawn out; ductile; tensible.
tensiled	adjective	Made tensile.
tentacle	noun	A more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense, prehension, or motion.
tentered	imp. & past participle	of Tenter
tentfuls	plural	of Tentful
tentifly	adverb	Attentively.
tentwort	noun	A kind of small fern, the wall rue. See under Wall.
tenuated	imp. & past participle	of Tenuate
tenuious	adjective	Rare or subtile; tenuous; — opposed to dense.
teocalli	noun	Literally, God’s house; a temple, usually of pyramidal form, such as were built by the aborigines of Mexico, Yucatan, etc.
teosinte	noun	A large grass (Euchlaena luxurians) closely related to maize. It is native of Mexico and Central America, but is now cultivated for fodder in the Southern United States and in many warm countries. Called also Guatemala grass.
tepefied	imp. & past participle	of Tepefy
tephrite	noun	An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both.
tepidity	noun	The quality or state of being tepid; moderate warmth; lukewarmness; tepidness.
teraphim	noun pl.	Images connected with the magical rites used by those Israelites who added corrupt practices to the patriarchal religion. Teraphim were consulted by the Israelites for oracular answers.
teratoid	adjective	Resembling a monster; abnormal; of a pathological growth, exceedingly complex or highly organized.
teratoma	noun	A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle.
tercelet	noun	A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet.
terebate	noun	A salt of terebic acid.
terebene	noun	A polymeric modification of terpene, obtained as a white crystalline camphorlike substance; — called also camphene. By extension, any one of a group of related substances.
terebras	plural	of Terebra
terebrae	plural	of Terebra
teredine	noun	A borer; the teredo.
teretial	adjective	Rounded; as, the teretial tracts in the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain of some fishes.
teretous	adjective	Terete.
termites	plural	of Termes, of Termite
terminal	noun	Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge., Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike., That which terminates or ends; termination; extremity., Either of the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole.
terminer	noun	A determining; as, in oyer and terminer. See Oyer.
terminus	noun	Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit., The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line., Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term, 8., Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place.
termless	adjective	Having no term or end; unlimited; boundless; unending; as, termless time., Inexpressible; indescribable.
terpinol	noun	Any oil substance having a hyacinthine odor, obtained by the action of acids on terpin, and regarded as a related hydrate.
terraced	imp. & past participle	of Terrace
terrapin	noun	Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food.
terreity	noun	Quality of being earthy; earthiness.
terreous	adjective	Consisting of earth; earthy; as, terreous substances; terreous particles.
terrible	adjective	Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable., Excessive; extreme; severe.
terrific	adjective	Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread; terrible; as, a terrific form; a terrific sight.
tertiary	adjective	Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word., Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals; as, a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt. Cf. Primary, and Secondary., Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary., Growing on the innermost joint of a bird’s wing; tertial; — said of quills., A member of the Third Order in any monastic system; as, the Franciscan tertiaries; the Dominican tertiaries; the Carmelite tertiaries. See Third Order, under Third., The Tertiary era, period, or formation., One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.
tertiate	verb t.	To do or perform for the third time., To examine, as the thickness of the metal at the muzzle of a gun; or, in general, to examine the thickness of, as ordnance, in order to ascertain its strength.
terutero	noun	The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing.
terzetto	noun	A composition in three voice parts; a vocal (rarely an instrumental) trio.
tesselar	adjective	Formed of tesserae, as a mosaic.
tesserae	plural	of Tessera
tesseral	adjective	Of, pertaining to, or containing, tesserae., Isometric.
tessular	adjective	Tesseral.
testable	adjective	Capable of being tested or proved., Capable of being devised, or given by will.
testacea	noun pl.	Invertebrate animals covered with shells, especially mollusks; shellfish.
testamur	noun	A certificate of merit or proficiency; — so called from the Latin words, Ita testamur, with which it commences.
testator	noun	A man who makes and leaves a will, or testament, at death.
testicle	noun	One of the essential male genital glands which secrete the semen.
testiere	noun	A piece of plate armor for the head of a war horse; a tester.
tetanize	verb t.	To throw, as a muscle, into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in. See Tetanus, n., 2.
tetanoid	adjective	Resembling tetanus.
tethered	imp. & past participle	of Tether
tethydan	noun	A tunicate.
tetracid	adjective	Capable of neutralizing four molecules of a monobasic acid; having four hydrogen atoms capable of replacement ba acids or acid atoms; — said of certain bases; thus, erythrine, C4H6(OH)4, is a tetracid alcohol.
tetradic	adjective	Of or pertaining to a tetrad; possessing or having the characteristics of a tetrad; as, a carbon is a tetradic element.
tetradon	noun	See Tetrodon.
tetragon	noun	A plane figure having four sides and angles; a quadrangle, as a square, a rhombus, etc., An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are distant from each other ninety degrees, or the fourth of a circle.
tetrapla	sing.	A Bible consisting of four different Greek versions arranged in four columns by Origen; hence, any version in four languages or four columns.
tetrapod	noun	An insect characterized by having but four perfect legs, as certain of the butterflies.
tetrarch	adjective	A Roman governor of the fourth part of a province; hence, any subordinate or dependent prince; also, a petty king or sovereign., Four.
tetrazo-	adjective	A combining form (also used adjectively), designating any one of a series of double derivatives of the azo and diazo compounds containing four atoms of nitrogen.
tetrical	adjective	Forward; perverse; harsh; sour; rugged.
tetrinic	adjective	Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex ketonic acid, C5H6O3, obtained as a white crystalline substance; — so called because once supposed to contain a peculiar radical of four carbon atoms. Called also acetyl-acrylic acid.
tetrodon	noun	Any one of numerous species of plectognath fishes belonging to Tetrodon and allied genera. Each jaw is furnished with two large, thick, beaklike, bony teeth.
tetrolic	adjective	Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C3H3.CO2H, of the acetylene series, homologous with propiolic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
tettered	imp. & past participle	of Tetter
teutones	plural	of Teuton
teutonic	adjective	Of or pertaining to the Teutons, esp. the ancient Teutons; Germanic., Of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these languages., The language of the ancient Germans; the Teutonic languages, collectively.
textrine	adjective	Of or pertaining to weaving, textorial; as, the textrine art.
textuary	adjective	Contained in the text; textual., Serving as a text; authoritative., One who is well versed in the Scriptures; a textman., One who adheres strictly or rigidly to the text.
textuist	noun	A textualist; a textman.
textural	adjective	Of or pertaining to texture.
textured	imp. & past participle	of Texture
thalamic	adjective	Of or pertaining to a thalamus or to thalami.
thalamus	noun	A mass of nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain; — called also optic thalamus., Same as Thallus., The receptacle of a flower; a torus.
thallate	noun	A salt of a hypothetical thallic acid.
thallene	noun	A hydrocarbon obtained from coal-tar residues, and remarkable for its intense yellowish green fluorescence.
thalline	adjective	Consisting of a thallus., An artificial alkaloid of the quinoline series, obtained as a white crystalline substance, C10H13NO, whose salts are valuable as antipyretics; — so called from the green color produced in its solution by certain oxidizing agents.
thallium	noun	A rare metallic element of the aluminium group found in some minerals, as certain pyrites, and also in the lead-chamber deposit in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. It is isolated as a heavy, soft, bluish white metal, easily oxidized in moist air, but preserved by keeping under water. Symbol Tl. Atomic weight 203.7.
thalloid	adjective	Resembling, or consisting of, thallus.
thallous	adjective	Of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the thallic compounds.
thanedom	noun	The property or jurisdiction of a thane; thanage.
thanking	present participle & vb. noun	of Thank
thankful	adjective	Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy., Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful.
thatched	imp. & past participle	of Thatch
thatcher	noun	One who thatches.
thearchy	noun	Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy.
theatine	noun	One of an order of Italian monks, established in 1524, expressly to oppose Reformation, and to raise the tone of piety among Roman Catholics. They hold no property, nor do they beg, but depend on what Providence sends. Their chief employment is preaching and giving religious instruction., One of an order of nuns founded by Ursula Benincasa, who died in 1618.
theatral	adjective	Of or pertaining to a theater; theatrical.
theatric	adjective	Theatrical.
thebaine	noun	A poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine.
theiform	adjective	Having the form of tea.
theistic	adjective	Alt. of Theistical
thematic	adjective	Of or pertaining to the theme of a word. See Theme, n., 4., Of or pertaining to a theme, or subject.
theocrat	noun	One who lives under a theocratic form of government; one who in civil affairs conforms to divine law.
theodicy	noun	A vindication of the justice of God in ordaining or permitting natural and moral evil., That department of philosophy which treats of the being, perfections, and government of God, and the immortality of the soul.
theogony	noun	The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the Theogony of Hesiod.
theology	noun	The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) “the knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of Christian faith and life.”
theorica	noun pl.	Public moneys expended at Athens on festivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people; — also called theoric fund.
theorist	noun	One who forms theories; one given to theory and speculation; a speculatist.
theorize	verb i.	To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.
theories	plural	of Theory
theosoph	noun	Alt. of Theosopher
therefor	adverb	For that, or this; for it.
thereout	adverb	Out of that or this., On the outside; out of doors.
theriaca	noun	An ancient composition esteemed efficacious against the effects of poison; especially, a certain compound of sixty-four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and reduced by means of honey to an electuary; — called also theriaca Andromachi, and Venice treacle., Treacle; molasses.
thesauri	plural	of Thesaurus
thesicle	noun	A little or subordinate thesis; a proposition.
thespian	adjective	Of or pertaining to Thespis; hence, relating to the drama; dramatic; as, the Thespian art., An actor.
thetical	adjective	Laid down; absolute or positive, as a law.
theurgic	adjective	Alt. of Theurgical
thibetan	adjective	Of or pertaining to Thibet., A native or inhabitant of Thibet.
thickish	adjective	Somewhat thick.
thickset	adjective	Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge., Having a short, thick body; stout., A close or thick hedge., A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.
thienone	noun	A ketone derivative of thiophene obtained as a white crystalline substance, (C4H3S)2.CO, by the action of aluminium chloride and carbonyl chloride on thiophene.
thieving	present participle & vb. noun	of Thieve
thievery	noun	The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness., That which is stolen.
thievish	adjective	Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie., Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret., Partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish practice.
thinning	present participle & vb. noun	of Thin
thinking	present participle & vb. noun	of Think, Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being., The act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment.
thinness	noun	The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word).
thinnish	adjective	Somewhat thin.
thionine	noun	An artificial red or violet dyestuff consisting of a complex sulphur derivative of certain aromatic diamines, and obtained as a dark crystalline powder; — called also phenylene violet.
thioxene	noun	Any one of three possible metameric substances, which are dimethyl derivatives of thiophene, like the xylenes from benzene.
thirling	present participle & vb. noun	of Thirl
thirlage	noun	The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding.
thirsted	imp. & past participle	of Thirst
thirster	noun	One who thirsts.
thirstle	noun	The throstle.
thirteen	adjective	One more than twelve; ten and three; as, thirteen ounces or pounds., The number greater by one than twelve; the sum of ten and three; thirteen units or objects., A symbol representing thirteen units, as 13 or xiii.
thirties	plural	of Thirty
thlipsis	noun	Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause.
thomaean	noun	Alt. of Thomean
thomaism	noun	The doctrine of Thomas Aquinas, esp. with respect to predestination and grace.
thoracic	adjective	Of or pertaining to the thorax, or chest., One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectorial fins.
thornbut	noun	The turbot.
thornset	adjective	Set with thorns.
thorough	preposition	Through., Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house., Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet., Thoroughly., Through., A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
thousand	noun	The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects., Hence, indefinitely, a great number., A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CI/., Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred., Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely.
thracian	adjective	Of or pertaining to Thrace, or its people., A native or inhabitant of Thrace.
thraldom	noun	The condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of servitude.
thranite	noun	One of the rowers on the topmost of the three benches in a trireme.
thrapple	noun	Windpipe; throttle.
thrashed	imp. & past participle	of Thresh
thrashel	noun	An instrument to thrash with; a flail.
thrasher	noun	Alt. of Thresher
thresher	noun	One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine., A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swingle-tail, and thrasher shark., A name given to the brown thrush and other allied species. See Brown thrush., Same as Thrasher.
threaded	imp. & past participle	of Thread
threaden	adjective	Made of thread; as, threaden sails; a threaden fillet.
threader	noun	A device for assisting in threading a needle., A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut.
threaped	imp. & past participle	of Threap
threaten	verb t.	To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn., To exhibit the appearance of (something evil or unpleasant) as approaching; to indicate as impending; to announce the conditional infliction of; as, to threaten war; to threaten death., To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance.
threnode	noun	A threne, or threnody; a dirge; a funeral song.
threnody	noun	A song of lamentation; a threnode.
threshed	imp. & past participle	of Thresh
thribble	adjective	Triple; treble; threefold.
thridded	imp. & past participle	of Thrid
thrilled	imp. & past participle	of Thrill
thriving	present participle & vb. noun	of Thrive
throbbed	imp. & past participle	of Throb
throdden	verb i.	To grow; to thrive.
thrombus	noun	A clot of blood formed of a passage of a vessel and remaining at the site of coagulation., A tumor produced by the escape of blood into the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
throning	present participle & vb. noun	of Throne
thronged	imp. & past participle	of Throng
throngly	adverb	In throngs or crowds.
thropple	noun	The windpipe., To throttle.
throstle	noun	The song thrush. See under Song., A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; — so called because it makes a singing noise.
throttle	noun	The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand., The throttle valve., To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle., To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated., To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine., To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate., To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
throwing	present participle & vb. noun	of Throw, a. & n. from Throw, v.
thrummed	imp. & past participle	of Thrum
thrushel	noun	The song thrush.
thrusher	noun	The song thrush.
thruster	noun	One who thrusts or stabs.
thrustle	noun	The throstle, or song thrust.
thuggery	noun	Alt. of Thuggism
thuggism	noun	Thuggee.
thumbing	present participle & vb. noun	of Thumb
thumbkin	noun	An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.
thumping	present participle & vb. noun	of Thump, Heavy; large.
thundery	adjective	Accompanied with thunder; thunderous.
thurible	noun	A censer of metal, for burning incense, having various forms, held in the hand or suspended by chains; — used especially at mass, vespers, and other solemn services.
thurling	noun	Same as Thurl, n., 2 (a).
thursday	noun	The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday.
thussock	noun	See Tussock.
thwacked	imp. & past participle	of Thwack
thwarted	imp. & past participle	of Thwart
thwarter	noun	A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions.
thwartly	adverb	Transversely; obliquely.
thwittle	verb t.	To cut or whittle., A small knife; a whittle.
thyrsoid	adjective	Alt. of Thyrsoidal
tibialia	plural	of Tibiale
ticement	noun	Enticement.
ticketed	imp. & past participle	of Ticket
tickling	present participle & vb. noun	of Tickle
ticklish	adjective	Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish., Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable., Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business.
tickseed	noun	A seed or fruit resembling in shape an insect, as that of certain plants., Same as Coreopsis., Any plant of the genus Corispermum, plants of the Goosefoot family.
ticktack	noun	A noise like that made by a clock or a watch., A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack., With a ticking noise, like that of a watch.
tideless	adjective	Having no tide.
tidesmen	plural	of Tidesman
tidesman	noun	A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.
tidiness	noun	The quality or state of being tidy.
tidology	noun	A discourse or treatise upon the tides; that part of science which treats of tides.
tidytips	noun	A California composite plant (Layia platyglossa), the flower of which has yellow rays tipped with white.
tigerine	adjective	Tigerish; tigrine.
tigerish	adjective	Like a tiger; tigrish.
tilefish	noun	A large, edible, deep-water food fish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) more or less thickly covered with large, round, yellow spots.
tileries	plural	of Tilery
tillable	adjective	Capable of being tilled; fit for the plow; arable.
tillered	imp. & past participle	of Tiller
til tree		See Teil.
timaline	adjective	Of or pertaining to the genus Timalus or family Timalidae, which includes the babblers thrushes, and bulbuls.
timbered	imp. & past participle	of Timber, Furnished with timber; — often compounded; as, a well-timbered house; a low-timbered house., Built; formed; contrived., Massive, like timber., Covered with growth timber; wooden; as, well-timbered land.
timeless	adjective	Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely., Done or occurring before the proper time; premature; immature; as, a timeless grave., Having no end; interminable; unending.
timeling	noun	A timeserver.
timidity	noun	The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.
timidous	adjective	Timid.
timoneer	noun	A helmsman.
timorous	adjective	Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage., Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts.
tincture	noun	A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red., One of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory., The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent., A solution (commonly colored) of medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit containing medicinal substances in solution., A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel., A slight quality added to anything; a tinge; as, a tincture of French manners., To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter., To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything foreign to; to tinge.
tingeing	present participle & vb. noun	of Tinge
tingling	present participle & vb. noun	of Tingle
tinkered	imp. & past participle	of Tinker
tinkerly	adjective	After the manner of a tinker.
tinkling	present participle & vb. noun	of Tinkle, A tinkle, or succession of tinkles., A grackle (Quiscalus crassirostris) native of Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and rids them of insects.
tinmouth	noun	The crappie.
tinnient	adjective	Emitting a clear sound.
tinnitus	noun	A ringing, whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in the ears; — called also tinnitus aurium.
tinseled	imp. & past participle	of Tinsel
tinselly	adjective	Like tinsel; gaudy; showy, but cheap., In a showy and cheap manner.
tinsmith	noun	One who works in tin; a tinner.
tinstone	noun	Cassiterite.
tintamar	noun	A hideous or confused noise; an uproar.
tippling	present participle & vb. noun	of Tipple
tipstaff	plural	of Tipstaff, A staff tipped with metal., An officer who bears a staff tipped with metal; a constable.
tipulary	adjective	Of or pertaining to the tipulas.
tireless	adjective	Untiring.
tireling	adjective	Tired; fatigued.
tiresome	adjective	Fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse.
tironian	adjective	Of or pertaining to Tiro, or a system of shorthand said to have been introduced by him into ancient Rome.
tissuing	present participle & vb. noun	of Tissue
titanate	noun	A salt of titanic acid.
titanite	noun	See Sphene.
titanium	noun	An elementary substance found combined in the minerals manaccanite, rutile, sphene, etc., and isolated as an infusible iron-gray amorphous powder, having a metallic luster. It burns when heated in the air. Symbol Ti. Atomic weight 48.1.
titanous	adjective	Designating certain compounds of titanium in which that element has a lower valence as contrasted with titanic compounds.
tithable	adjective	Subject to the payment of tithes; as, tithable lands.
tithonic	adjective	Of, pertaining to, or denoting, those rays of light which produce chemical effects; actinic.
tithymal	noun	Any kind of spurge, esp. Euphorbia Cyparissias.
titmouse	noun	Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing birds belonging to Parus and allied genera; — called also tit, and tomtit.
titrated	imp. & past participle	of Titrate, Standardized; determined or analyzed by titration; as, titrated solutions.
tittered	imp. & past participle	of Titter
titterel	noun	The whimbrel.
titubate	verb i.	To stumble., To rock or roll, as a curved body on a plane.
titulary	noun	A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not., Consisting in a title; titular., Of or pertaining to a title.
toadfish	noun	Any marine fish of the genus Batrachus, having a large, thick head and a wide mouth, and bearing some resemblance to a toad. The American species (Batrachus tau) is very common in shallow water. Called also oyster fish, and sapo., The angler., A swellfish.
toadflax	noun	An herb (Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; — called also butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted.
toadhead	noun	The golden plover.
toadying	present participle & vb. noun	of Toady
toadyism	noun	The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation.
toasting	present participle & vb. noun	of Toast, a. & n. from Toast, v.
toboggan	noun	A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by hand, over soft and deep snow., To slide down hill over the snow or ice on a toboggan.
to-break	verb t.	To break completely; to break in pieces.
to-brest	verb t.	To burst or break in pieces.
tocology	noun	The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition.
tocororo	noun	A cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus) having a serrated bill and a tail concave at the end.
toddling	present participle & vb. noun	of Toddle
together	preposition	In company or association with respect to place or time; as, to live together in one house; to live together in the same age; they walked together to the town., In or into union; into junction; as, to sew, knit, or fasten two things together; to mix things together., In concert; with mutual cooperation; as, the allies made war upon France together.
togidres	adverb	Together.
toilette	noun	See Toilet, 3.
toilless	adjective	Free from toil.
toilsome	adjective	Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work.
tokening	present participle & vb. noun	of Token
tolbooth	noun	See Tollbooth.
tolerant	adjective	Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.
tolerate	verb t.	To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices.
tollable	adjective	Subject to the payment of toll; as, tollable goods.
tollgate	noun	A gate where toll is taken.
toluenyl	noun	Tolyl.
tolylene	noun	A hydrocarbon radical, C6H4.(CH2)2, regarded as characteristic of certain toluene derivatives.
tomahawk	noun	A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron., To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.
tomatoes	plural	of Tomato
tombless	adjective	Destitute of a tomb.
tometous	adjective	Tomentose.
tomentum	noun	The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some plants.
tomnoddy	noun	A sea bird, the puffin., A fool; a dunce; a noddy.
tomorrow	adverb	On the day after the present day; on the next day; on the morrow., The day after the present; the morrow.
tonality	noun	The principle of key in music; the character which a composition has by virtue of the key in which it is written, or through the family relationship of all its tones and chords to the keynote, or tonic, of the whole.
toneless	adjective	Having no tone; unmusical.
tongkang	noun	A kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the Malay Archipelago.
tonguing	present participle & vb. noun	of Tongue
tonicity	noun	The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.
tonsilar	adjective	Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsilitic.
tonsured	adjective	Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald.
toonwood	noun	Same as Toon.
toothing	present participle & vb. noun	of Tooth, The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth., Bricks alternately projecting at the end of a wall, in order that they may be bonded into a continuation of it when the remainder is carried up.
toothful	adjective	Toothsome.
toothlet	noun	A little tooth, or like projection.
toparchy	noun	A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies.
topology	noun	The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place.
toponomy	noun	The designation of position and direction.
toppiece	noun	A small wig for the top of the head; a toupee.
toppling	present participle & vb. noun	of Topple
top-rope	noun	A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.
topstone	noun	A stone that is placed on the top, or which forms the top.
top-tool	noun	A tool applied to the top of the work, in distinction from a tool inserted in the anvil and on which the work is placed.
toreador	noun	A bullfighter.
toreutic	adjective	In relief; pertaining to sculpture in relief, especially of metal; also, pertaining to chasing such as surface ornamentation in metal.
torinese	adjective	Of or pertaining to Turin., A native or inhabitant of Turin; collectively, the people of Turin.
tornaria	noun	The peculiar free swimming larva of Balanoglossus. See Illust. in Append.
torosity	noun	The quality or state of being torose.
torpidly	adverb	In a torpid manner.
torquate	adjective	Collared; having a torques, or distinct colored ring around the neck.
torteaus	plural	of Torteau
tortilla	noun	An unleavened cake, as of maize flour, baked on a heated iron or stone.
tortious	adjective	Injurious; wrongful., Imploying tort, or privat injury for which the law gives damages; involing tort.
tortoise	noun	Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata., Same as Testudo, 2., having a color like that of a tortoise’s shell, black with white and orange spots; — used mostly to describe cats of that color., a tortoise-shell cat.
tortuose	adjective	Wreathed; twisted; winding.
tortuous	adjective	Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla., Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful., Injurious: tortious., Oblique; — applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
tortured	imp. & past participle	of Torture
torturer	noun	One who tortures; a tormentor.
torulose	adjective	Same as Torose.
torulous	adjective	Same as Torose.
totality	noun	The quality or state of being total; as, the totality of an eclipse., The whole sum; the whole quantity or amount; the entirety; as, the totalityof human knowledge.
totalize	verb t.	To make total, or complete;to reduce to completeness.
totemism	noun	The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a tribe by the totem., Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real or imaginary object; nature worship.
totemist	noun	One belonging to a clan or tribe having a totem.
tottered	imp. & past participle	of Totter
totterer	noun	One who totters.
tottling	present participle & vb. noun	of Totly
tottlish	adjective	Trembling or tottering, as if about to fall; un steady.
toncanet	noun	A small toucan.
touching	present participle & vb. noun	of Touch, Affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale., Concerning; with respect to., The sense or act of feeling; touch.
touchily	adverb	In a touchy manner.
toughish	adjective	Tough in a slight degree.
tournery	noun	Work turned on a lathe; turnery.
tournois	noun	A former French money of account worth 20 sous, or a franc. It was thus called in distinction from the Paris livre, which contained 25 sous.
tournure	noun	Turn; contour; figure., Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.
towardly	adjective	Same as Toward, a., 2.
toweling	noun	Cloth for towels, especially such as is woven in long pieces to be cut at will, as distinguished from that woven in towel lengths with borders, etc.
towering	present participle & vb. noun	of Tower, Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height., Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing.
tow-head	noun	An urchin who has soft, whitish hair., The hooded merganser.
townhall	noun	A public hall or building, belonging to a town, where the public offices are established, the town council meets, the people assemble in town meeting, etc.
townless	adjective	Having no town.
township	noun	The district or territory of a town., In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections., In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.
townsmen	plural	of Townsman
townsman	noun	An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another., A selectman, in New England. See Selectman.
townward	adverb	Alt. of Townwards
toxicant	noun	A poisonous agent or drug, as opium; an intoxicant.
toxifera	nounpl.	Same as Toxoglossa.
toyhouse	noun	A house for children to play in or to play with; a playhouse.
toyingly	adverb	In a toying manner.
tracer/y	noun	Ornamental work with rambled lines., The decorative head of a Gothic window., A similar decoration in some styles of vaulting, the ribs of the vault giving off the minor bars of which the tracery is composed.
tracheae	plural	of Trachea
tracheal	adjective	Of or pertaining to the trachea; like a trachea.
tracheid	noun	A wood cell with spiral or other markings and closed throughout, as in pine wood.
trachyte	noun	An igneous rock, usually light gray in color and breaking with a rough surface. It consists chiefly of orthoclase feldspar with sometimes hornblende and mica.
tracking	present participle & vb. noun	of Track
trackage	noun	The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage.
tractate	noun	A treatise; a tract; an essay.
tractile	adjective	Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile.
traction	noun	The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle., Specifically, the act of drawing a body along a plane by motive power, as the drawing of a carriage by men or horses, the towing of a boat by a tug., Attraction; a drawing toward., The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like.
tractite	noun	A Tractarian.
tractive	adjective	Serving to draw; pulling; attracting; as, tractive power.
tractory	noun	A tractrix.
tractrix	noun	A curve such that the part of the tangent between the point of tangency and a given straight line is constant; — so called because it was conceived as described by the motion of one end of a tangent line as the other end was drawn along the given line.
tradeful	adjective	Full of trade; busy in traffic; commercial.
traditor	noun	A deliverer; — a name of infamy given to Christians who delivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to their persecutors to save their lives.
traduced	imp. & past participle	of Traduce
traducer	noun	One who traduces; a slanderer; a calumniator., One who derives or deduces.
tragical	adjective	Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation., Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution., Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow.
tragopan	noun	Any one of several species of Asiatic pheasants of the genus Ceriornis. They are brilliantly colored with a variety of tints, the back and breast are usually covered with white or buff ocelli, and the head is ornamented with two bright-colored, fleshy wattles. The crimson tragopan, or horned pheasant (C. satyra), of India is one of the best-known species.
trailing	present participle & vb. noun	of Trail, a. & vb. n. from Trail.
training	present participle & vb. noun	of Train, The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education.
traiteur	noun	The keeper of an eating house, or restaurant; a restaurateur.
traitory	noun	Treachery.
trajetry	noun	See Treget, Tregetour, and Tregetry.
tramming	noun	The act or process of forming trams. See 2d Tram.
tramping	present participle & vb. noun	of Tramp
trampled	imp. & past participle	of Trample
trampler	noun	One who tramples; one who treads down; as, a trampler on nature’s law.
tramroad	noun	A road prepared for easy transit of trams or wagons, by forming the wheel tracks of smooth beams of wood, blocks of stone, or plates of iron.
trancing	present participle & vb. noun	of Trance
trangram	noun	Something intricately contrived; a contrived; a puzzle.
tranquil	adjective	Quiet; calm; undisturbed; peaceful; not agitated; as, the atmosphere is tranquil; the condition of the country is tranquil.
transact	verb t.	To carry through; to do; perform; to manage; as, to transact commercial business; to transact business by an agent., To conduct matters; to manage affairs.
transcur	verb i.	To run or rove to and fro.
transept	noun	The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the basilicas, this had often no projection at its two ends. In Gothic churches these project these project greatly, and should be called the arms of the transept. It is common, however, to speak of the arms themselves as the transepts.
transfer	verb t.	To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion., To make over the possession or control of; to pass; to convey, as a right, from one person to another; to give; as, the title to land is transferred by deed., To remove from one substance or surface to another; as, to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone., The act of transferring, or the state of being transferred; the removal or conveyance of a thing from one place or person to another., The conveyance of right, title, or property, either real or personal, from one person to another, whether by sale, by gift, or otherwise., That which is transferred., A picture, or the like, removed from one body or ground to another, as from wood to canvas, or from one piece of canvas to another., A drawing or writing printed off from one surface on another, as in ceramics and in many decorative arts., A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another., A pathological process by virtue of which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
transfix	verb t.	To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix one with a dart.
tranship	verb t.	Same as Transship.
transire	noun	A customhouse clearance for a coasting vessel; a permit.
transmew	verb t. & i.	To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose.
transmit	verb t.	To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, to transmit a memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money, or bills of exchange, from one country to another., To suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light; metals transmit, or conduct, electricity.
transude	verb i.	To pass, as perspirable matter does, through the pores or interstices of textures; as, liquor may transude through leather or wood.
transume	verb t.	To change; to convert.
trapping	present participle & vb. noun	of Trap
trapball	noun	An old game of ball played with a trap. See 4th Trap, 4.
trapdoor	noun	A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof or floor., A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; — called also weather door.
trapezia	plural	of Trapezium
traphole	noun	See Trou-de-loup.
trappean	adjective	Of or pertaining to trap; being of the nature of trap.
trappist	noun	A monk belonging to a branch of the Cistercian Order, which was established by Armand de Rance in 1660 at the monastery of La Trappe in Normandy. Extreme austerity characterizes their discipline. They were introduced permanently into the United States in 1848, and have monasteries in Iowa and Kentucky.
trappous	noun	Of or performance to trap; resembling trap, or partaking of its form or qualities; trappy.
trashing	present participle & vb. noun	of Trash
trashily	adverb	In a trashy manner.
traulism	noun	A stammering or stuttering.
traunter	noun	Same as Tranter.
traveled	imp. & past participle	of Travel, Having made journeys; having gained knowledge or experience by traveling; hence, knowing; experienced.
traveler	noun	One who travels; one who has traveled much., A commercial agent who travels for the purpose of receiving orders for merchants, making collections, etc., A traveling crane. See under Crane., The metal loop which travels around the ring surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner., An iron encircling a rope, bar, spar, or the like, and sliding thereon.
traverse	adjective	Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches., Athwart; across; crosswise., Anything that traverses, or crosses., Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control., A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like., A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building., A work thrown up to intercept an enfilade, or reverse fire, along exposed passage, or line of work., A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc, without this; that is, without this which follows., The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course., A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal., A line surveyed across a plot of ground., The turning of a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction., A turning; a trick; a subterfuge., To lay in a cross direction; to cross., To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught., To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the habitable globe., To pass over and view; to survey carefully., To turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon., To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board., To deny formally, as what the opposite party has alleged. When the plaintiff or defendant advances new matter, he avers it to be true, and traverses what the other party has affirmed. To traverse an indictment or an office is to deny it., To use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in fencing., To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide., To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his croup to one side and his head to the other.
travesty	adjective	Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; — applied to a book or shorter composition., A burlesque translation or imitation of a work., To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous.
trawlnet	noun	Same as Trawl, n., 2.
trayfuls	plural	of Trayful
treacher	noun	A traitor; a cheat.
treading	present participle & vb. noun	of Tread
treasure	noun	Wealth accumulated; especially, a stock, or store of money in reserve., A great quantity of anything collected for future use; abundance; plenty., That which is very much valued., To collect and deposit, as money or other valuable things, for future use; to lay up; to hoard; usually with up; as, to treasure up gold.
treasury	noun	A place or building in which stores of wealth are deposited; especially, a place where public revenues are deposited and kept, and where money is disbursed to defray the expenses of government; hence, also, the place of deposit and disbursement of any collected funds., That department of a government which has charge of the finances., A repository of abundance; a storehouse., Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge, wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, ” Maunder’s Treasury of Botany.”, A treasure.
treating	present participle & vb. noun	of Treat
treatise	noun	A written composition on a particular subject, in which its principles are discussed or explained; a tract., Story; discourse.
treature	noun	Treatment.
treaties	plural	of Treaty
trebling	present participle & vb. noun	of Treble
tredille	noun	A game at cards for three.
treefuls	plural	of Treeful
treeless	adjective	Destitute of trees.
treenail	noun	A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other.
tregetry	noun	Trickery; also, a trick.
tremando	adjective	Trembling; — used as a direction to perform a passage with a general shaking of the whole chord.
trembled	imp. & past participle	of Tremble
trembler	noun	One who trembles.
tremella	noun	A genus of gelatinous fungi found in moist grounds.
trenched	imp. & past participle	of Trench
trencher	verb t.	One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches., A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use., The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food.
trending	present participle & vb. noun	of Trend
trepeget	noun	A trebuchet.
trephine	noun	An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called the center pin., To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.
tresayle	noun	A grandfather’s grandfather.
trespass	verb i.	To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go., To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another., To go too far; to put any one to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude; as, to trespass upon the time or patience of another., To commit any offense, or to do any act that injures or annoys another; to violate any rule of rectitude, to the injury of another; hence, in a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known rule of duty; to sin; — often followed by against., Any injury or offence done to another., Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin., An unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi et armis) on the person, property, or relative rights of another., An action for injuries accompanied with force.
tressful	adjective	Tressy.
tressure	noun	A kind of border similar to the orle, but of only half the breadth of the latter.
tretable	adjective	Tractable; moderate.
trething	noun	A tax; an impost.
triality	noun	Three united; state of being three.
triamide	noun	An amide containing three amido groups.
triamine	noun	An amine containing three amido groups.
triander	noun	Any one of the Triandria.
triangle	noun	A figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles., An instrument of percussion, usually made of a rod of steel, bent into the form of a triangle, open at one angle, and sounded by being struck with a small metallic rod., A draughtsman’s square in the form of a right-angled triangle., A kind of frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which soldiers were bound when undergoing corporal punishment, — now disused., A small constellation situated between Aries and Andromeda., A small constellation near the South Pole, containing three bright stars.
triarchy	noun	Government by three persons; a triumvirate; also, a country under three rulers.
triarian	adjective	Occupying the third post or rank.
triassic	adjective	Of the age of, or pertaining to, the Trias., The Triassic formation.
tribasic	adjective	Capable of neutralizing three molecules of a monacid base, or their equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basic elements on radicals; — said of certain acids; thus, citric acid is a tribasic acid.
tribolet	noun	A goldsmith’s tool used in making rings., A steel cylinder round which metal is drawn in the process of forming tubes., A tapering mandrel.
tribrach	noun	A poetic foot of three short syllables, as, meblius.
tribular	adjective	Of or relating to a tribe; tribal; as, a tribual characteristic; tribular worship.
tribunal	noun	The seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice., Hence, a court or forum; as, the House of Lords, in England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom.
tributed	imp. & past participle	of Tribute
tributer	noun	One who works for a certain portion of the ore, or its value.
trichina	noun	A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their presence in the muscles and the intestines in large numbers produces trichinosis.
trichite	noun	A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian. See Illust. of Crystallite., A delicate, hairlike siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges.
trichome	noun	A hair on the surface of leaf or stem, or any modification of a hair, as a minute scale, or star, or gland. The sporangia of ferns are believed to be of the nature of trichomes.
trichord	noun	An instrument, as a lyre or harp, having three strings.
tricking	present participle & vb. noun	of Trick, Given to tricks; tricky., Dress; ornament.
trickery	noun	The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.
trickish	adjective	Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to deception and cheating; knavish.
trickled	imp. & past participle	of Trickle
tricolor	noun	The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white, and red, adopted at the first revolution., Hence, any three-colored flag.
tricycle	noun	A three-wheeled velocipede. See Illust. under Velocipede. Cf. Bicycle.
tridacna	noun	A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species (T. gigas) often weighs four or five hundred pounds, and is sometimes used for baptismal fonts. Called also paw shell, and fountain shell.
triddler	noun	The jacksnipe.
triedral	adjective	See Trihedral.
trifling	present participle & vb. noun	of Trifle, Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair.
trigenic	adjective	Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7N3O2, obtained, by the action of the vapor of cyanic acid on cold aldehyde, as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste and faint smell; — called also ethidene- / ethylidene-biuret.
triglyph	noun	An ornament in the frieze of the Doric order, repeated at equal intervals. Each triglyph consists of a rectangular tablet, slightly projecting, and divided nearly to the top by two parallel and perpendicular gutters, or channels, called glyphs, into three parts, or spaces, called femora. A half channel, or glyph, is also cut upon each of the perpendicular edges of the tablet. See Illust. of Entablature.
trigness	noun	The quality or state of being trig; smartness; neatness.
trigonal	adjective	Having three angles, or corners; triangular; as, a trigonal stem, one having tree prominent longitudinal angles.
trigonia	noun	A genus of pearly bivalve shells, numerous extinct species of which are characteristic of the Mesozoic rocks. A few living species exist on the coast of Australia.
trigraph	noun	Three letters united in pronunciation so as to have but one sound, or to form but one syllable, as -ieu in adieu; a triphthong.
trigynia	noun pl.	A Linnaean order of plants having three pistils or styles.
trihoral	adjective	Occurring once in every three hours.
trilemma	noun	A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the major premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. See Dilemma., A state of things in which it is difficult to determine which one of three courses to pursue.
trilling	present participle & vb. noun	of Trill, One of tree children born at the same birth., A compound crystal, consisting of three individuals.
trillion	noun	According to the French notation, which is used upon the Continent generally and in the United States, the number expressed by a unit with twelve ciphers annexed; a million millions; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the third power, or the number represented by a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.
trillium	noun	A genus of liliaceous plants; the three-leaved nightshade; — so called because all the parts of the plant are in threes.
trilobed	adjective	Same as Trilobate.
trimming	present participle & vb. noun	of Trim, a. from Trim, v., The act of one who trims., That which serves to trim, make right or fitting, adjust, ornament, or the like; especially, the necessary or the ornamental appendages, as of a garment; hence, sometimes, the concomitants of a dish; a relish; — usually in the pluraltrimmings. –., The act of reprimanding or chastisting; as, to give a boy a trimming.
trimeran	noun	One of the Trimera. Also used adjectively.
trimeter	adjective	Consisting of three poetical measures., A poetical division of verse, consisting of three measures.
trimness	noun	The quality or state of being trim; orderliness; compactness; snugness; neatness.
trimorph	noun	A substance which crystallizes in three distinct forms, or which has three distinct physical states; also, any one of these distinct forms. See Trimorphism, 1.
trimurti	noun	The triad, or trinity, of Hindu gods, consisting of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer.
trinerve	adjective	Alt. of Trinerved
tringoid	adjective	Of or pertaining to Tringa, or the Sandpiper family.
trinodal	adjective	Having three knots or nodes; having three points from which a leaf may shoot; as, a trinodal stem., Having three nodal points.
triolein	noun	See Olein.
trioxide	noun	An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen; as, sulphur trioxide, SO3; — formerly called tritoxide.
tripping	present participle & vb. noun	of Trip, Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly., Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; — said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing., Act of one who, or that which, trips., A light dance., The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.
tripedal	adjective	Having three feet.
tripeman	noun	A man who prepares or sells tripe.
triphane	noun	Spodumene.
tripling	present participle & vb. noun	of Triple
triplite	noun	A mineral of a dark brown color, generally with a fibrous, massive structure. It is a fluophosphate of iron and manganese.
triposes	plural	of Tripos
trippant	adjective	See Tripping, a., 2.
triptote	noun	A noun having three cases only.
triptych	noun	Anything in three parts or leaves., A writing tablet in three parts, two of which fold over on the middle part., A picture or altarpiece in three compartments.
trispast	noun	Alt. of Trispaston
tristtul	adjective	Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.
tristoma	noun	Any one of numerous species of trematode worms belonging to Tristoma and allied genera having a large posterior sucker and two small anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin, and disklike bodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin of fishes.
trithing	noun	One of three ancient divisions of a county in England; — now called riding.
tritical	adjective	Trite.
triticin	noun	A carbohydrate isomeric with dextrin, obtained from quitch grass (Agropyrum, formerly Triticum, repens) as a white amorphous substance.
triticum	noun	A genus of grasses including the various species of wheat.
tritovum	noun	An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin previous to hatching from the egg.
triumvir	noun	One of tree men united in public office or authority.
triunity	noun	The quality or state of being triune; trinity.
trivalve	noun	Anything having three valves, especially a shell.
trochaic	noun	A trochaic verse or measure., Alt. of Trochaical
trochili	noun pl.	A division of birds comprising the humming birds., of Trochilus
troching	noun	One of the small branches of a stag’s antler.
trochisk	noun	See Trochiscus.
trochite	noun	A wheel-like joint of the stem of a fossil crinoid.
trochlea	noun	A pulley., A pulley, or a structure resembling a pulley; as, the trochlea, or pulleylike end, of the humerus, which articulates with the ulna; or the trochlea, or fibrous ring, in the upper part of the orbit, through which the superior oblique, or trochlear, muscle of the eye passes.
trochoid	noun	The curve described by any point in a wheel rolling on a line; a cycloid; a roulette; in general, the curve described by any point fixedly connected with a moving curve while the moving curve rolls without slipping on a second fixed curve, the curves all being in one plane. Cycloids, epicycloids, hypocycloids, cardioids, etc., are all trochoids., Admitting of rotation on an axis; — sometimes applied to a pivot joint like that between the atlas and axis in the vertebral column., Top-shaped; having a flat base and conical spire; — said of certain shells., Of or pertaining to the genus Trochus or family Trochidae.
troilite	noun	Native iron protosulphide, FeS. It is known only in meteoric irons, and is usually in imbedded nodular masses of a bronze color.
trolling	present participle & vb. noun	of Troll
trombone	noun	A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bent double, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rare instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the family of wind instruments whose scale, both diatonic and chromatic, is complete without the aid of keys or pistons, and which can slide from note to note as smoothly as the human voice or a violin. Softly blown, it has a rich and mellow sound, which becomes harsh and blatant when the tones are forced; used with discretion, its effect is often solemn and majestic., The common European bittern.
tronator	noun	An officer in London whose duty was to weigh wool.
trooping	present participle & vb. noun	of Troop
troopial	noun	Same as Troupial.
tropeine	noun	Any one of a series of artificial ethereal salts derived from the alkaloidal base tropine.
trophied	adjective	Adorned with trophies.
trophies	plural	of Trophy
tropical	noun	Of or pertaining to the tropics; characteristic of, or incident to, the tropics; being within the tropics; as, tropical climate; tropical latitudes; tropical heat; tropical diseases., Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical.
trossers	noun pl.	Trousers.
trotting	present participle & vb. noun	of Trot
trottoir	noun	Footpath; pavement; sidewalk.
troubled	imp. & past participle	of Trouble
troubler	noun	One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace.
trounced	imp. & past participle	of Trounce
troupial	noun	Any one of numerous species of bright-colored American birds belonging to Icterus and allied genera, especially Icterus icterus, a native of the West Indies and South America. Many of the species are called orioles in America.
trousers	noun pl.	A garment worn by men and boys, extending from the waist to the knee or to the ankle, and covering each leg separately.
troutlet	noun	A little trout; a troutling.
trouvere	noun	Alt. of Trouveur
trouveur	noun	One of a school of poets who flourished in Northern France from the eleventh to the fourteenth century.
troweled		Formed with a trowel; smoothed with a trowel; as, troweled stucco, that is, stucco laid on and ready for the reception of paint.
trowsers	noun pl.	Same as Trousers.
truantly	adverb	Like a truant; in idleness.
trubtall	noun	A short, squat woman.
truchman	noun	An interpreter. See Dragoman.
trucking	present participle & vb. noun	of Truck, The business of conveying goods on trucks.
truckage	noun	The practice of bartering goods; exchange; barter; truck., Money paid for the conveyance of goods on a truck; freight.
truckled	imp. & past participle	of Truckle
truckler	noun	One who truckles, or yields servilely to the will of another.
truckmen	plural	of Truckman
truckman	noun	One who does business in the way of barter or exchange., One who drives a truck, or whose business is the conveyance of goods on trucks.
trudging	present participle & vb. noun	of Trudge
truelove	noun	One really beloved., A plant. See Paris., An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning, perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath.
trueness	noun	The quality of being true; reality; genuineness; faithfulness; sincerity; exactness; truth.
truffled	adjective	Provided or cooked with truffles; stuffed with truffles; as, a truffled turkey.
trumping	present participle & vb. noun	of Trump
trumpery	noun	Deceit; fraud., Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense; falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out and of no value; rubbish., Worthless or deceptive in character.
trumpets	noun pl.	A plant (Sarracenia flava) with long, hollow leaves.
truncate	verb t.	To cut off; to lop; to maim., Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or feather.
trundled	imp. & past participle	of Trundle
trunkful	noun	As much as a trunk will hold; enough to fill a trunk.
trunnion	noun	A cylindrical projection on each side of a piece, whether gun, mortar, or howitzer, serving to support it on the cheeks of the carriage. See Illust. of Cannon., A gudgeon on each side of an oscillating steam cylinder, to support it. It is usually tubular, to convey steam.
trussing	present participle & vb. noun	of Truss, The timbers, etc., which form a truss, taken collectively., The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, or the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc., till it has something of the character of a truss., The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air.
trusting	present participle & vb. noun	of Trust, Having or exercising trust; confiding; unsuspecting; trustful.
trustful	adjective	Full of trust; trusting., Worthy of trust; faithful; trusty; trustworthy.
trustily	adverb	In a trusty manner.
truthful	adjective	Full of truth; veracious; reliable.
tryptone	noun	The peptone formed by pancreatic digestion; — so called because it is formed through the agency of the ferment trypsin.
trysting	noun	An appointment; a tryst.
tsaritsa	noun	The title of the empress of Russia. See Czarina.
t square		See under T.
tubeform	adjective	In the form of a tube; tubular; tubiform.
tubercle	noun	A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy., A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption.
tuberose	noun	A plant (Polianthes tuberosa) with a tuberous root and a liliaceous flower. It is much cultivated for its beautiful and fragrant white blossoms., Tuberous.
tuberous	adjective	Covered with knobby or wartlike prominences; knobbed., Consisting of, or bearing, tubers; resembling a tuber.
tubeworm	noun	Any annelid which constructs a tube; one of the Tubicolae.
tubicole	noun	One of the Tubicolae.
tubicorn	noun	Any ruminant having horns composed of a bony axis covered with a horny sheath; a hollow-horned ruminant.
tubiform	adjective	Having the form of a tube; tubeform.
tubipora	noun	A genus of halcyonoids in which the skeleton, or coral (called organ-pipe coral), consists of a mass of parallel cylindrical tubes united at intervals by transverse plates. These corals are usually red or purple and form large masses. They are natives of the tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
tubipore	noun	Any species of the genus Tubipora.
tubulate	adjective	Tubular; tubulated; tubulous.
tubulose	adjective	Alt. of Tubulous
tubulous	adjective	Resembling, or in the form of, a tube; longitudinally hollow; specifically (Bot.), having a hollow cylindrical corolla, often expanded or toothed at the border; as, a tubulose flower., Containing, or consisting of, small tubes; specifically (Bot.), composed wholly of tubulous florets; as, a tubulous compound flower.
tubulure	noun	A short tubular opening at the top of a retort, or at the top or side of a bottle; a tubulation.
tuckahoe	noun	A curious vegetable production of the Southern Atlantic United States, growing under ground like a truffle and often attaining immense size. The real nature is unknown. Called also Indian bread, and Indian loaf.
tuck-net	noun	See Tuck, n., 2.
tue-iron	noun	See Tuyere.
tulipist	noun	A person who is especially devoted to the cultivation of tulips.
tullibee	noun	A whitefish (Coregonus tullibee) found in the Great Lakes of North America; — called also mongrel whitefish.
tumbling	present participle & vb. noun	of Tumble, a. & vb. n. from Tumble, v.
tumefied	imp. & past participle	of Tumefy
tumidity	noun	The quality or state of being tumid.
tumorous	adjective	Swelling; protuberant., Inflated; bombastic.
tumpline	noun	A strap placed across a man’s forehead to assist him in carrying a pack on his back.
tumulate	verb t.	To cover, as a corpse, with a mound or tomb; to bury., To swell.
tumulose	adjective	Tumulous.
tumulous	adjective	Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose.
tumulter	noun	A maker of tumults.
tun-dish	noun	A tunnel.
tuneless	adjective	Without tune; inharmonious; unmusical., Not employed in making music; as, tuneless harps., Not expressed in music or poetry; unsung.
tungsten	noun	A rare element of the chromium group found in certain minerals, as wolfram and scheelite, and isolated as a heavy steel-gray metal which is very hard and infusible. It has both acid and basic properties. When alloyed in small quantities with steel, it greatly increases its hardness. Symbol W (Wolframium). Atomic weight, 183.6. Specific gravity, 18., Scheelite, or calcium tungstate.
tungstic	adjective	Of or pertaining to tungsten; derived from, or resembling, tungsten; wolframic; as, tungstic oxide.
tunguses	noun pl.	A group of roving Turanian tribes occupying Eastern Siberia and the Amoor valley. They resemble the Mongols.
tungusic	adjective	Of or pertaining to the Tunguses; as, the Tungusic dialects.
tunicary	noun	One of the Tunicata.
tunicata	noun pl.	A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and serves as a gill.
tunicate	adjective	Alt. of Tunicated, One of the Tunicata.
tunneled	imp. & past participle	of Tunnel
turanian	adjective	Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade (called also Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages., One of the Turanians.
turbaned	adjective	Wearing a turban.
turbidly	adverb	In a turbid manner; with muddiness or confusion., Proudly; haughtily.
turbinal	adjective	Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; — applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers., A turbinal bone or cartilage.
turcoman	noun	A member of a tribe of Turanians inhabiting a region east of the Caspian Sea., A Turcoman carpet.
turfless	adjective	Destitute of turf.
turgesce	verb i.	To become turgid; to swell or be inflated.
turiones	plural	of Turio
turkoman	noun	Same as Turcoman.
turlupin	noun	One of the precursors of the Reformation; — a nickname corresponding to Lollard, etc.
turmeric	noun	An East Indian plant of the genus Curcuma, of the Ginger family., The root or rootstock of the Curcuma longa. It is externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test., Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from, turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the oxidation of turmerol.
turmerol	noun	Turmeric oil, a brownish yellow, oily substance extracted from turmeric by ligroin.
turncoat	noun	One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate.
turnkeys	plural	of Turnkey
turn-out	noun	The act of coming forth; a leaving of houses, shops, etc.; esp., a quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike; — opposed to lockout., A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch., That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage; as, a man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turn-out., The aggregate number of persons who have come out, as from their houses, for a special purpose., Net quantity of produce yielded.
turnover	noun	The act or result of turning over; an upset; as, a bad turnover in a carriage., A semicircular pie or tart made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, inclosing the fruit or other materials., An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time., Admitting of being turned over; made to be turned over; as, a turnover collar, etc.
turnpike	noun	A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile, 1., A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate., A turnpike road., A winding stairway., A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise., To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road.
turnsole	adjective	A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; — so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun., The sunflower., A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia)., The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria., Litmus., A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See def. 1 (d).
turnspit	noun	One who turns a spit; hence, a person engaged in some menial office., A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.
turonian	noun	One of the subdivisions into which the Upper Cretaceous formation of Europe is divided.
turquois	noun	A hydrous phosphate of alumina containing a little copper; calaite. It has a blue, or bluish green, color, and usually occurs in reniform masses with a botryoidal surface.
turreted	adjective	Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically (Zool.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; — said of certain spiral shells., Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp.
turrical	adjective	Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a tower.
turtling	noun	The act, practice, or art of catching turtles.
tussocky	adjective	Having the form of tussocks; full of, or covered with, tussocks, or tufts.
tutelage	noun	The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king’s right of seigniory and tutelage., The state of being under a guardian; care or protection enjoyed.
tutelary	adjective	Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, tutelary goddesses.
tut-nose	noun	A snub nose.
tutoring	present participle & vb. noun	of Tutor
tutorage	noun	The office or occupation of a tutor; tutorship; guardianship.
tutoress	noun	A woman who performs the duties of a tutor; an instructress.
tutorial	adjective	Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.
tutorism	noun	Tutorship.
tutorize	verb t.	To teach; to instruct.
tut-work	noun	Work done by the piece, as in nonmetaliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom.
twaddler	noun	One who prates in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed.
twanging	present participle & vb. noun	of Twang
twattler	noun	One who twattles; a twaddler.
tweezers	noun pl.	Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes.
twelvemo	adjective & noun	See Duodecimo.
twenties	plural	of Twenty
tweyfold	adjective	Twofold.
twigging	present participle & vb. noun	of Twig
twigless	adjective	Having no twigs.
twigsome	adjective	Full of, or abounding in, twigs; twiggy.
twilight	noun	The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18¡ below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth., faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed., Seen or done by twilight., Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure.
twilling	present participle & vb. noun	of Twill
twinning	present participle & vb. noun	of Twin, The assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other in accordance with some definite law; also, rarely, in artificial twinning (accomplished for example by pressure), the process by which this reversal is brought about.
twinborn	adjective	Born at the same birth.
twinging	present participle & vb. noun	of Twinge
twinkled	imp. & past participle	of Twinkle
twinkler	noun	One who, or that which, twinkles, or winks; a winker; an eye.
twinleaf	noun	See Jeffersonia.
twinlike	adjective	Closely resembling; being a counterpart.
twinling	noun	A young or little twin, especially a twin lamb.
twirling	present participle & vb. noun	of Twirl
twisting	present participle & vb. noun	of Twist, a. & n. from Twist.
twitting	present participle & vb. noun	of Twit
twitched	imp. & past participle	of Twitch
twitcher	noun	One who, or that which, twitches.
twitlark	noun	The meadow pipit.
two-foot	adjective	Measuring two feet; two feet long, thick, or wide; as, a two-foot rule.
two-hand	adjective	Employing two hands; as, the two-hand alphabet. See Dactylology.
twopence	noun	A small coin, and money of account, in England, equivalent to two pennies, — minted to a fixed annual amount, for almsgiving by the sovereign on Maundy Thursday.
twopenny	adjective	Of the value of twopence.
twyblade	noun	See Twayblade.
tychonic	adjective	Of or pertaining to Tycho Brahe, or his system of astronomy.
tylopoda	noun pl.	A tribe of ungulates comprising the camels.
tympanal	noun	Tympanic.
tympanic	adjective	Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane., Of or pertaining to the tympanum., The tympanic bone.
tympano-		A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tympanum; as in tympanohyal, tympano-Eustachian.
tympanum	noun	The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear., A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds., One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse., The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table., The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch., A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, — used for raising water, as for irrigation.
typhoean	adjective	Of or pertaining to Typhoeus (t/*f/”/s), the fabled giant of Greek mythology, having a hundred heads; resembling Typhoeus.
typifier	noun	One who, or that which, typifies.
typified	imp. & past participle	of Typify
typolite	noun	A stone or fossil which has on it impressions or figures of plants and animals.
typology	noun	A discourse or treatise on types., The doctrine of types.
tyrannic	adjective	Alt. of Tyrannical
tyrociny	noun	The state of being a tyro, or beginner; apprenticeship.
tyrolite	noun	A translucent mineral of a green color and pearly or vitreous luster. It is a hydrous arseniate of copper.
tyronism	noun	The state of being a tyro, or beginner.
tysonite	noun	A fluoride of the cerium metals occurring in hexagonal crystals of a pale yellow color. Cf. Fluocerite.
tzaritza	noun	The empress of Russia. See Czarina.