9 letter word starting with t

Words	Parts of Speech	Meaning/Definition/Similar Words
the gapes		A fit of yawning., A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm.
tabasheer	noun	A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases.
tabefying	present participle & vb. noun	of Tabefy
tabellion	noun	A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in France during the old monarchy.
tabescent	adjective	Withering, or wasting away.
tabifical	adjective	Producing tabes; wasting; tabefying.
tablature	noun	A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence, a picture in general., An ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes., Division into plates or tables with intervening spaces; as, the tablature of the cranial bones.
tablebook	noun	A tablet; a notebook.
tablement	noun	A table.
tableware	noun	Ware, or articles collectively, for table use.
tabulated	imp. & past participle	of Tabulate
tacamahac	noun	Alt. of Tacamahaca
tachylyte	noun	A vitreous form of basalt; — so called because decomposable by acids and readily fusible.
tactician	noun	One versed in tactics; hence, a skillful maneuverer; an adroit manager.
tactility	noun	The quality or state of being tactile; perceptibility by touch; tangibleness.
taenidium	noun	The chitinous fiber forming the spiral thread of the tracheae of insects. See Illust. of Trachea.
taeniolae	plural	of Taeniola
tagnicate	noun	The white-lipped peccary.
taguicati	noun	The white-lipped peccary.
tailblock	noun	A block with a tail. See Tail, 9.
tailboard	noun	The board at the rear end of a cart or wagon, which can be removed or let down, for convenience in loading or unloading.
tailoring	present participle & vb. noun	of Tailor, The business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress.
tailoress	noun	A female tailor.
tailpiece	noun	A piece at the end; an appendage., One of the timbers which tail into a header, in floor framing. See Illust. of Header., An ornament placed at the bottom of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a book., A piece of ebony or other material attached to the lower end of a violin or similar instrument, to which the strings are fastened.
tailstock	noun	The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle.
taintless	adjective	Free from taint or infection; pure.
taintworm	noun	A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.
talbotype	noun	Same as Calotype.
talegalla	noun	A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. See Brush turkey.
taliation	noun	Retaliation.
talismans	plural	of Talisman
talkative	adjective	Given to much talking.
tallowing	present participle & vb. noun	of Tallow, The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of producing tallow.
tallowish	adjective	Having the qualities of tallow.
talmudist	noun	One versed in the Talmud; one who adheres to the teachings of the Talmud.
talookdar	noun	Alt. of Talukdar
tamboured	imp. & past participle	of Tambour
tambourin	noun	A tambourine., An old Provencal dance of a lively character, common on the stage.
tampering	present participle & vb. noun	of Tamper
tanagrine	adjective	Of or pertaining to the tanagers.
tanagroid	adjective	Tanagrine.
tangalung	noun	An East Indian civet (Viverra tangalunga).
tangental	adjective	Tangential.
tangerine	noun	A kind of orange, much like the mandarin, but of deeper color and higher flavor. It is said to have been produced in America from the mandarin.
tanghinia	noun	The ordeal tree. See under Ordeal.
tangwhaup	noun	The whimbrel.
tanneries	plural	of Tannery
tantalate	noun	A salt of tantalic acid.
tantalism	noun	A punishment like that of Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable; tantalization.
tantalite	noun	A heavy mineral of an iron-black color and submetallic luster. It is essentially a tantalate of iron.
tantalize	verb t.	To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out of reach; to tease; to torment.
tapayaxin	noun	A Mexican spinous lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) having a head somewhat like that of a toad; — called also horned toad.
taperness	noun	The quality or state of being taper; tapering form; taper.
tappester	noun	A female tapster.
taqua-nut	noun	A Central American name for the ivory nut.
tarantass	noun	A low four-wheeled carriage used in Russia. The carriage box rests on two long, springy poles which run from the fore to the hind axletree. When snow falls, the wheels are taken off, and the body is mounted on a sledge.
tarantism	noun	A nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by the bite of the tarantula, and considered to be incapable of cure except by protracted dancing to appropriate music.
tarantula	noun	Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species (Tarantula apuliae). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale.
tardation	noun	The act of retarding, or delaying; retardation.
tardiness	noun	The quality or state of being tardy.
tarentism	noun	See Tarantism.
tarentula	noun	See Tarantula.
targeteer	noun	One who is armed with a target or shield.
targumist	noun	The writer of a Targum; one versed in the Targums.
tariffing	present participle & vb. noun	of Tariff
tarnished	imp. & past participle	of Tarnish
tarnisher	noun	One who, or that which, tarnishes.
tarpaulin	noun	A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc., A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others., Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar.
tarriance	noun	The act or time of tarrying; delay; lateness.
tarsotomy	noun	The operation of cutting or removing the tarsal cartilages.
tartarean	adjective	Alt. of Tartareous
tartarian	adjective	Alt. of Tartaric, The name of some kinds of cherries, as the Black Tartarian, or the White Tartarian.
tartarine	noun	Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar.
tartarize	verb t.	To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar., To cause to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as by conquest.
tartarous	adjective	Containing tartar; consisting of tartar, or partaking of its qualities; tartareous., Resembling, or characteristic of, a Tartar; ill-natured; irritable.
tartralic	adjective	Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white amorphous deliquescent substance, C8H10O11; — called also ditartaric, tartrilic, or tartrylic acid.
tartramic	adjective	Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is the primary acid amide derivative of tartaric acid.
tartrated	adjective	Containing, or derived from, tartar; combined with tartaric acid.
tartrelic	adjective	Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anhydride, C4H4O5, of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline deliquescent substance.
tartronic	adjective	Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also hydroxy malonic acid) obtained, by reducing mesoxalic acid, as a white crystalline substance.
tartronyl	noun	A hypothetical radical constituting the characteristic residue of tartronic acid and certain of its derivatives.
tartufish	adjective	Like a tartuffe; precise; hypocritical.
tasmanian	adjective	Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen’s Land. — n. A native or inhabitant of Tasmania; specifically (Ethnol.), in the plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania, but is now extinct.
tasselled		of Tassel
tasseling	present participle & vb. noun	of Tassel
tasteless	adjective	Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit., Destitute of the sense of taste; or of good taste; as, a tasteless age., Not in accordance with good taste; as, a tasteless arrangement of drapery.
tattooing	present participle & vb. noun	of Tattoo
tauntress	noun	A woman who taunts.
tauriform	adjective	Having the form of a bull.
tautology	noun	A repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless repetition of an idea in different words or phrases; a representation of anything as the cause, condition, or consequence of itself, as in the following lines: –//The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,/And heavily in clouds brings on the day. Addison.
taverning	noun	A feasting at taverns.
tavernmen	plural	of Tavernman
tavernman	noun	The keeper of a tavern; also, a tippler.
tawniness	noun	The quality or state of being tawny.
taxeopoda	noun pl.	An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations.
taxidermy	verb t.	The art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for cabinets.
taxonomic	adjective	Pertaining to, or involving, taxonomy, or the laws and principles of classification; classificatory.
teachable	adjective	Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction; docile.
teachless	adjective	Not teachable.
teacupful	noun	As much as a teacup can hold; enough to fill a teacup.
teakettle	noun	A kettle in which water is boiled for making tea, coffee, etc.
teaselled		of Teasel
teaseling	present participle & vb. noun	of Teasel, The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels.
techiness	noun	The quality or state of being techy.
technical	adjective	Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any science, business, or the like; specially appropriate to any art, science, or business; as, the words of an indictment must be technical.
technique	noun	Same as Technic, n.
tectology	noun	A division of morphology created by Haeckel; the science of organic individuality constituting the purely structural portion of morphology, in which the organism is regarded as composed of organic individuals of different orders, each organ being considered an individual. See Promorphology, and Morphon.
tectonics	noun	The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably to the end for which they are designed, and in conformity with artistic sentiments and ideas.
tectorial	adjective	Of or pertaining to covering; — applied to a membrane immediately over the organ of Corti in the internal ear.
tectrices	noun pl.	The wing coverts of a bird. See Covert, and Illust. of Bird.
teddering	present participle & vb. noun	of Tedder
tediosity	noun	Tediousness.
teetering	present participle & vb. noun	of Teeter
tegmental	adjective	Of or pertaining to a tegument or tegmentum; as, the tegmental layer of the epiblast; the tegmental cells of the taste buds.
tegmentum	noun	A covering; — applied especially to the bundles of longitudinal fibers in the upper part of the crura of the cerebrum.
tegulated	adjective	Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; — said of a kind of ancient armor.
telamones	noun pl.	Same as Atlantes.
telegraph	noun	An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcerted visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical action., To convey or announce by telegraph.
telemeter	noun	An instrument used for measuring the distance of an object from an observer; as, a telescope with a micrometer for measuring the apparent diameter of an object whose real dimensions are known.
teleology	noun	The doctrine of the final causes of things, the doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of organic life, particularly those of evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose.
teleosaur	noun	Any one of several species of fossil suarians belonging to Teleosaurus and allied genera. These reptiles are related to the crocodiles, but have biconcave vertebrae.
teleostei	noun pl.	A subclass of fishes including all the ordinary bony fishes as distinguished from the ganoids.
teleozoic	adjective	Having tissued composed of cells.
teleozoon	noun	A metazoan.
telepathy	noun	The sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.
telepheme	noun	A message by a telephone.
telephone	noun	An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance., To convey or announce by telephone.
telephony	noun	The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the telephone.
telescope	noun	An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies., To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass; to come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another., To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope.
telescopy	noun	The art or practice of using or making telescopes.
telestich	noun	A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name. Cf. Acrostic.
tellurate	noun	A salt of telluric acid.
tellurian	adjective	Of or pertaining to the earth., A dweller on the earth., An instrument for showing the operation of the causes which produce the succession of day and night, and the changes of the seasons.
telluride	noun	A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; — formerly called telluret.
tellurism	noun	An hypothesis of animal magnetism propounded by Dr. Keiser, in Germany, in which the phenomena are ascribed to the agency of a telluric spirit or influence.
tellurite	noun	A salt of tellurous acid., Oxide of tellurium. It occurs sparingly in tufts of white or yellowish crystals.
tellurium	noun	A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and selenium, occasionally found native as a substance of a silver-white metallic luster, but usually combined with metals, as with gold and silver in the mineral sylvanite, with mercury in Coloradoite, etc. Symbol Te. Atomic weight 125.2.
tellurize	verb t.	To impregnate with, or to subject to the action of, tellurium; — chiefly used adjectively in the past participle; as, tellurized ores.
tellurous	adjective	Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or containing, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with telluric compounds; as, tellurous acid, which is analogous to sulphurous acid.
tempering	present participle & vb. noun	of Temper, The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required for various purposes, consisting usually in first plunging the article, when heated to redness, in cold water or other liquid, to give an excess of hardness, and then reheating it gradually until the hardness is reduced or drawn down to the degree required, as indicated by the color produced on a polished portion, or by the burning of oil.
temperate	verb t.	Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate., Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language., Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking., Proceeding from temperance., To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
temporary	adjective	Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief.
temporist	noun	A temporizer.
temporize	verb t.	To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties., To delay; to procrastinate., To comply; to agree.
temptable	adjective	Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.
temptress	noun	A woman who entices.
temulence	noun	Alt. of Temulency
temulency	noun	Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness.
tenacious	adjective	Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights., Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory., Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil., Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive., Niggardly; closefisted; miserly., Holding stoutly to one’s opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.
tenaculum	noun	An instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle, and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like.
tenaillon	noun	A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions.
tenanting	present participle & vb. noun	of Tenant
tendering	present participle & vb. noun	of Tender
tendinous	adjective	Pertaining to a tendon; of the nature of tendon., Full of tendons; sinewy; as, nervous and tendinous parts of the body.
tendonous	adjective	Tendinous.
tendriled	adjective	Alt. of Tendrilled
tenebrose	adjective	Characterized by darkness or gloom; tenebrous.
tenebrous	adjective	Dark; gloomy; dusky; tenebrious.
teneriffe	noun	A white wine resembling Madeira in taste, but more tart, produced in Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands; — called also Vidonia.
tensility	noun	The quality or state of being tensile, or capable of extension; tensibility; as, the tensility of the muscles.
tensioned	adjective	Extended or drawn out; subjected to tension.
tentacled	adjective	Having tentacles.
tentacula	plural	of Tentaculum
tentation	noun	Trial; temptation., A mode of adjusting or operating by repeated trials or experiments.
tentative	adjective	Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental., An essay; a trial; an experiment.
tentering	present participle & vb. noun	of Tenter
tentmaker	noun	One whose occupation it is to make tents.
tentorium	noun	A fold of the dura mater which separates the cerebellum from the cerebrum and often incloses a process or plate of the skull called the bony tentorium.
tenuating	present participle & vb. noun	of Tenuate
teocallis	plural	of Teocalli
tepefying	present participle & vb. noun	of Tepefy
tephroite	noun	A silicate of manganese of an ash-gray color.
tephrosia	noun	A genus of leguminous shrubby plants and herbs, mostly found in tropical countries, a few herbaceous species being North American. The foliage is often ashy-pubescent, whence the name.
teraconic	adjective	Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the distillation of terebic acid, and homologous with citraconic acid.
teratical	adjective	Wonderful; ominous; prodigious.
terebinth	noun	The turpentine tree.
terebrant	adjective	Boring, or adapted for boring; — said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies.
terebrate	verb t.	To perforate; to bore; to pierce.
teredines	plural	of Teredo
termagant	noun	An imaginary being supposed by the Christians to be a Mohammedan deity or false god. He is represented in the ancient moralities, farces, and puppet shows as extremely vociferous and tumultous., A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; — formerly applied to both sexes, now only to women., Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding.
termatary	noun	Same as Termatarium.
terminant	noun	Termination; ending.
terminate	verb t.	To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line., To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy., Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect., To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; as, the torrid zone terminates at the tropics., To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.
terminism	noun	The doctrine held by the Terminists.
terminist	noun	One of a class of theologians who maintain that God has fixed a certain term for the probation of individual persons, during which period, and no longer, they have the offer to grace.
ternaries	plural	of Ternary
terpentic	adjective	Terpenylic.
terpilene	noun	A polymeric form of terpene, resembling terbene.
terracing	present participle & vb. noun	of Terrace
terremote	noun	An earthquake.
terrenity	noun	Earthiness; worldliness.
terrestre	adjective	Terrestrial; earthly.
terrified	imp. & past participle	of Terrify
territory	noun	A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district., The extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government; as, the territory of a State; the territories of the East India Company., In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province.
terrorism	noun	The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation., The practise of coercing governments to accede to political demands by committing violence on civilian targets; any similar use of violence to achieve goals.
terrorist	noun	One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
terrorize	verb t.	To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.
tesseraic	adjective	Diversified by squares; done in mosaic; tessellated.
testacean	noun	Onr of the Testacea.
testament	noun	A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after his death., One of the two distinct revelations of God’s purposes toward man; a covenant; also, one of the two general divisions of the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New Testament; — often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter.
testation	noun	A witnessing or witness.
testatrix	noun	A woman who makes and leaves a will at death; a female testator.
testicond	adjective	Having the testicles naturally concealed, as in the case of the cetaceans.
testifier	noun	One who testifies; one who gives testimony, or bears witness to prove anything; a witness.
testified	imp. & past participle	of Testify
testimony	noun	A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact., Affirmation; declaration; as, these doctrines are supported by the uniform testimony of the fathers; the belief of past facts must depend on the evidence of human testimony, or the testimony of historians., Open attestation; profession., Witness; evidence; proof of some fact., The two tables of the law., Hence, the whole divine revelation; the sacre/ Scriptures., To witness; to attest; to prove by testimony.
testiness	noun	The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.
tethering	present participle & vb. noun	of Tether
tethyodea	noun pl.	A division of Tunicata including the common attached ascidians, both simple and compound. Called also Tethioidea.
tetradite	noun	A person in some way remarkable with regard to the number four, as one born on the fourth day of the month, or one who reverenced four persons in the Godhead.
tetradont	adjective & noun	See Tetrodont.
tetralogy	noun	A group or series of four dramatic pieces, three tragedies and one satyric, or comic, piece (or sometimes four tragedies), represented consequently on the Attic stage at the Dionysiac festival.
tetramera	noun pl.	A division of Coleoptera having, apparently, only four tarsal joints, one joint being rudimentary.
tetraonid	noun	A bird belonging to the tribe of which the genus Tetrao is the type, as the grouse, partridge, quail, and the like. Used also adjectively.
tetrapody	noun	A set of four feet; a measure or distance of four feet.
tetrarchy	noun	The district under a Roman tetrarch; the office or jurisdiction of a tetrarch; a tetrarchate.
tetraxile	adjective	Having four branches diverging at right angles; — said of certain spicules of sponges.
tetrazone	noun	Any one of a certain series of basic compounds containing a chain of four nitrogen atoms; for example, ethyl tetrazone, (C2H5)2N.N2.N(C2H5)2, a colorless liquid having an odor of leeks.
tetricity	noun	Crabbedness; perverseness.
tetricous	adjective	Tetric.
tetrodont	adjective	Of or pertaining to the tetrodons., A tetrodon.
tetroxide	noun	An oxide having four atoms of oxygen in the molecule; a quadroxide; as, osmium tetroxide, OsO/.
tetrylene	noun	Butylene; — so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.
tettering	present participle & vb. noun	of Tetter
tetterous	adjective	Having the character of, or pertaining to, tetter.
text-book	noun	A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes., A volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a schoolbook.
text-hand	noun	A large hand in writing; — so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book in a large hand and the notes in a smaller hand.
textorial	adjective	Of or pertaining to weaving.
textually	adverb	In a textual manner; in the text or body of a work; in accordance with the text.
texturing	present participle & vb. noun	of Texture
thalassic	adjective	Of or pertaining to the sea; — sometimes applied to rocks formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.
thaliacea	noun pl.	A division of Tunicata comprising the free-swimming species, such as Salpa and Doliolum.
thallious	adjective	See Thallous.
thallogen	noun	One of a large class or division of the vegetable kingdom, which includes those flowerless plants, such as fungi, algae, and lichens, that consist of a thallus only, composed of cellular tissue, or of a congeries of cells, or even of separate cells, and never show a distinction into root, stem, and leaf.
thanatoid	adjective	Deathlike; resembling death.
thanehood	noun	The character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes, collectively.
thaneship	noun	The state or dignity of a thane; thanehood; also, the seignioralty of a thane.
thankless	adjective	Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful., Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task.
thatching	present participle & vb. noun	of Thatch, The act or art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to keep out rain, snow, etc., The materials used for this purpose; thatch.
theandric	adjective	Relating to, or existing by, the union of divine and human operation in Christ, or the joint agency of the divine and human nature.
thearchic	adjective	Divinely sovereign or supreme.
thecodont	adjective	Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws., Of or pertaining to the thecodonts., One of the Thecodontia.
theftbote	noun	The receiving of a man’s goods again from a thief, or a compensation for them, by way of composition, with the intent that the thief shall escape punishment.
thegnhood	noun	Thanehood.
thenadays	adverb	At that time; then; in those days; — correlative to nowadays.
theobroma	noun	A genus of small trees. See Cacao.
theocracy	noun	Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity., The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom.
theocrasy	noun	A mixture of the worship of different gods, as of Jehovah and idols., An intimate union of the soul with God in contemplation, — an ideal of the Neoplatonists and of some Oriental mystics.
theogonic	adjective	Of or relating to theogony.
theologer	noun	A theologian.
theologic	adjective	Theological.
theologue	noun	A theologian., A student in a theological seminary.
theomachy	noun	A fighting against the gods, as the battle of the gaints with the gods., A battle or strife among the gods., Opposition to God or the divine will.
theomancy	noun	A kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles among heathen nations.
theopathy	noun	Capacity for religious affections or worship.
theophany	noun	A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually as an incarnation.
theorbist	noun	One who plays on a theorbo.
theoremic	adjective	Theorematic.
theoretic	adjective	Alt. of Theoretical
theorical	adjective	Theoretic.
theorized	imp. & past participle	of Theorize
theorizer	noun	One who theorizes or speculates; a theorist.
theosophy	noun	Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed, knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the interior relations of the divine nature.
therefore	adverb	For that or this reason, referring to something previously stated; for that., Consequently; by consequence.
therefrom	adverb	From this or that.
thereinto	adverb	Into that or this, or into that place.
thereunto	adverb	Unto that or this; thereto; besides.
thereupon	adverb	Upon that or this; thereon., On account, or in consequence, of that; therefore., Immediately; at once; without delay.
therewith	adverb	With that or this., In addition; besides; moreover., At the same time; forthwith.
theriacal	adjective	Of or pertaining to theriac; medicinal.
thermally	adverb	In a thermal manner.
thermidor	noun	The eleventh month of the French republican calendar, — commencing July 19, and ending August 17. See the Note under Vendemiaire.
thermogen	noun	Caloric; heat; regarded as a material but imponderable substance.
thermotic	adjective	Alt. of Thermotical
theropoda	noun pl.	An order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet are less birdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped, than in the Ornithopoda. It includes the rapacious genera Megalosaurus, Creosaurus, and their allies.
thesaurus	noun	A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; — often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia.
theurgist	noun	One who pretends to, or is addicted to, theurgy.
thialdine	noun	A weak nitrogenous sulphur base, C6H13NS2.
thibetian	adjective & noun	Same as Thibetan.
thickbill	noun	The bullfinch.
thickened	imp. & past participle	of Thicken
thickhead	noun	A thick-headed or stupid person., Any one of several species of Australian singing birds of the genus Pachycephala. The males of some of the species are bright-colored. Some of the species are popularly called thrushes.
thickness	noun	The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).
thickskin	noun	A coarse, gross person; a person void of sensibility or sinsitiveness; a dullard.
thinkable	adjective	Capable of being thought or conceived; cogitable.
thinolite	noun	A calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of Nevada.
thiophene	noun	A sulphur hydrocarbon, C4H4S, analogous to furfuran and benzene, and acting as the base of a large number of substances which closely resemble the corresponding aromatic derivatives.
thirdings	noun pl.	The third part of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant’s death, due to the lord for a heriot, as within the manor of Turfat in Herefordshire.
thirsting	present participle & vb. noun	of Thirst
thirstily	adverb	In a thirsty manner.
thirtieth	adjective	Next in order after the twenty-ninth; the tenth after the twentieth; — the ordinal of thirty; as, the thirtieth day of the month., Constituting or being one of thirty equal parts into which anything is divided., The quotient of a unit divided by thirty; one of thirty equal parts.
thitherto	adverb	To that point; so far.
thoracica	noun pl.	A division of cirripeds including those which have six thoracic segments, usually bearing six pairs of cirri. The common barnacles are examples.
thornback	noun	A European skate (Raia clavata) having thornlike spines on its back., The large European spider crab or king crab (Maia squinado).
thornbill	noun	Any one of several species of small, brilliantly colored American birds of the genus Rhamphomicron. They have a long, slender, sharp bill, and feed upon honey, insects, and the juice of the sugar cane.
thornbird	noun	A small South American bird (Anumbius anumbii) allied to the ovenbirds of the genus Furnarius). It builds a very large and complex nest of twigs and thorns in a bush or tree.
thornless	adjective	Destitute of, or free from, thorns.
thorntail	noun	A beautiful South American humming bird (Gouldia Popelairii), having the six outer tail feathers long, slender, and pointed. The head is ornamented with a long, pointed crest.
thralldom	noun	Thraldom.
thrashing	present participle & vb. noun	of Thresh, a. & n. from Thrash, v.
threading	present participle & vb. noun	of Thread
threadfin	noun	Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Polynemus and allied genera. They have numerous long pectoral filaments.
threaping	present participle & vb. noun	of Threap
threatful	adjective	Full of threats; having a menacing appearance.
threefold	adjective	Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice.
three-ply	adjective	Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.
three-way	adjective	Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.
threnetic	adjective	Alt. of Threnetical
threshing	present participle & vb. noun	of Thresh
threshold	noun	The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door., Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.
thretteen	adjective	Thirteen.
thridding	present participle & vb. noun	of Thrid
thriftily	adverb	In a thrifty manner., Carefully; properly; becomingly.
thrilling	present participle & vb. noun	of Thrill, Causing a thrill; causing tremulous excitement; deeply moving; as, a thrilling romance.
thrillant	adjective	Piercing; sharp; thrilling.
thrittene	adjective	Thirteen.
throating	noun	A drip, or drip molding.
throbbing	present participle & vb. noun	of Throb
thronging	present participle & vb. noun	of Throng
throttled	imp. & past participle	of Throttle
throttler	noun	One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes., See Flasher, 3 (b).
throughly	adverb	Thoroughly.
throw-off	noun	A start in a hunt or a race.
throwster	noun	One who throws or twists silk; a thrower.
thrumming	present participle & vb. noun	of Thrum
thrumwort	noun	A kind of amaranth (Amarantus caudatus).
thrusting	present participle & vb. noun	of Thrust, The act of pushing with force., The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey., The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made.
thumbbird	noun	The goldcrest.
thumbless	adjective	Without a thumb.
thundered	imp. & past participle	of Thunder
thunderer	noun	One who thunders; — used especially as a translation of L. tonans, an epithet applied by the Romans to several of their gods, esp. to Jupiter.
thundrous	adjective	Thunderous; sonorous.
thwacking	present participle & vb. noun	of Thwack
thwarting	present participle & vb. noun	of Thwart
thylacine	noun	The zebra wolf. See under Wolf.
thyrohyal	noun	One of the lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidated with the body of the hyoid bone and forming one of its great horns, as in man.
thyrotomy	noun	The operation of cutting into the thyroid cartilage.
thysanura	noun pl.	An order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform caudal appendages, either bent beneath the body to form a spring, or projecting as bristles. It comprises the Cinura, or bristletails, and the Collembola, or springtails. Called also Thysanoura. See Lepisma, and Podura.
ticketing	present participle & vb. noun	of Ticket, A periodical sale of ore in the English mining districts; — so called from the tickets upon which are written the bids of the buyers.
tide-rode	adjective	Swung by the tide when at anchor; — opposed to wind-rode.
tiercelet	noun	The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk.
tiger-eye	noun	A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See Crocidolite.
tightened	imp. & past participle	of Tighten
tightener	noun	That which tightens; specifically (Mach.), a tightening pulley.
tightness	noun	The quality or condition of being tight.
tilburies	plural	of Tilbury
tilestone	noun	A kind of laminated shale or sandstone belonging to some of the layers of the Upper Silurian., A tile of stone.
tillering	present participle & vb. noun	of Tiller
tillodont	noun	One of the Tillodontia.
tilt-mill	noun	A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on.
tilt-yard	noun	A yard or place for tilting.
timbering	present participle & vb. noun	of Timber, The act of furnishing with timber; also, timbers, collectively; timberwork; timber.
timbermen	plural	of Timberman
timberman	noun	A man employed in placing supports of timber in a mine.
timbreled	adjective	Alt. of Timbrelled
timburine	noun	A tambourine.
timenoguy	noun	A rope carried taut between or over obstacles likely to engage or foul the running rigging in working a ship.
timepiece	noun	A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer.
timocracy	noun	A state in which the love of honor is the ruling motive., A state in which honors are distributed according to a rating of property.
timorsome	adjective	Easily frightened; timorous.
tinamides	noun pl.	A division of struthious birds, including the tinamous.
tinctured	imp. & past participle	of Tincture
tinkering	present participle & vb. noun	of Tinker, The act or work of a tinker.
tinselled		of Tinsel
tinseling	present participle & vb. noun	of Tinsel
tipsiness	noun	The state of being tipsy.
tiredness	noun	The state of being tired, or weary.
titanitic	adjective	Pertaining to, or containing, titanium; as, a titanitic mineral.
titillate	verb t. & i.	To tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather.
titleless	adjective	Not having a title or name; without legitimate title.
titrating	present participle & vb. noun	of Titrate
titration	noun	The act or process of titrating; a substance obtained by titrating.
tittering	present participle & vb. noun	of Titter
tittlebat	noun	The three-spined stickleback.
titularly	adverb	In a titular manner; nominally; by title only.
toadeater	noun	A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a flatterer; a toady.
toadstone	noun	A local name for the igneous rocks of Derbyshire, England; — said by some to be derived from the German todter stein, meaning dead stone, that is, stone which contains no ores., Bufonite, formerly regarded as a precious stone, and worn as a jewel. See Bufonite.
toadstool	noun	A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the genus Agaricus. The species are almost numberless. They grow on decaying organic matter.
tokenless	adjective	Without a token.
tolerable	adjective	Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally., Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation.
tolerance	noun	The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance., The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration., The power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal.
tolerated	imp. & past participle	of Tolerate
tollbooth	noun	A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll., In Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a town jail., To imprison in a tollbooth.
tolletane	adjective	Of or pertaining to Toledo in Spain; made in Toledo.
tollhouse	noun	A house occupied by a receiver of tolls.
tolsester	noun	A toll or tribute of a sextary of ale, paid to the lords of some manors by their tenants, for liberty to brew and sell ale.
toluidine	noun	Any one of three metameric amido derivatives of toluene analogous to aniline, and called respectively orthtoluidine, metatoluidine, and paratoluidine; especially, the commonest one, or paratoluidine, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance.
toluylene	noun	Same as Stilbene., Sometimes, but less properly, tolylene.
tombester	noun	A female dancer.
tombstone	noun	A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the deceased.
tomentose	adjective	Covered with matted woolly hairs; as, a tomentose leaf; a tomentose leaf; a tomentose membrane.
tonguelet	noun	A little tongue.
tonnihood	noun	The female of the bullfinch; — called also tonyhoop.
tonometer	noun	An instrument for determining the rate of vibrations in tones., An apparatus for studying and registering the action of various fluids and drugs on the excised heart of lower animals., An instrument for measuring tension, esp. that of the eyeball.
tonometry	noun	The act of measuring with a tonometer;, measurement of tension, esp. the tension of the eyeball.
tonophant	noun	A modification of the kaleidophon, for showing composition of acoustic vibrations. It consists of two thin slips of steel welded together, their length being adjystable by a screw socket.
tonsorial	adjective	Of or pertaining to a barber, or shaving.
tool-post	noun	Alt. of Tool-stock
tool-rest	noun	the part that supports a tool-post or a tool.
toothache	noun	Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia.
toothback	noun	Any notodontian.
toothbill	noun	A peculiar fruit-eating ground pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris) native of the Samoan Islands, and noted for its resemblance, in several characteristics, to the extinct dodo. Its beak is stout and strongly hooked, and the mandible has two or three strong teeth toward the end. Its color is chocolate red. Called also toothbilled pigeon, and manu-mea.
toothless	adjective	Having no teeth.
toothpick	noun	A pointed instument for clearing the teeth of substances lodged between them.
toothsome	adjective	Grateful to the taste; palatable.
toothwort	noun	A plant whose roots are fancied to resemble teeth, as certain plants of the genus Lathraea, and various species of Dentaria. See Coralwort.
top-armor	noun	A top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting.
top-block	noun	A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, — used in swaying and lowering the topmast.
top-boots	noun pl.	High boots, having generally a band of some kind of light-colored leather around the upper part of the leg; riding boots.
top-chain	noun	A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away.
top-cloth	noun	A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect the topmen.
top-drain	verb t.	To drain the surface of, as land; as, to top-drain a field or farm.
top-dress	verb t.	To apply a surface dressing of manureto,as land.
top-heavy	adjective	Having the top or upper part too heavy for the lower part.
topiarian	adjective	Of or pertaining to the ornamental cutting and trimming of trees, hedges, etc.; practicing ornamental gardening.
topically	adverb	In a topical manner; with application to, or limitation of, a particular place or topic.
top-light	noun	A lantern or light on the top of a vessel.
toppingly	adverb	In a topping or proud manner., Same as Topping, a., 3.
top-proud	adjective	Proud to the highest degree.
top-shell	noun	Any one of numerous species of marine top-shaped shells of the genus Trochus, or family Trochidae.
torchwood	noun	The inflammable wood of certain trees (Amyris balsamifera, A. Floridana, etc.); also, the trees themselves.
torchwort	noun	The common mullein, the stalks of which, dipped in suet, anciently served for torches. Called also torch, and hig-taper.
tormented	imp. & past participle	of Torment
tormenter	noun	One who, or that which, torments; a tormentor., An executioner.
tormentil	noun	A rosaceous herb (Potentilla Tormentilla), the root of which is used as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating gripes, or tormina, in diarrhea.
tormentor	noun	One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures., An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels.
tormentry	noun	Anything producing torment, annoyance, or pain.
torminous	adjective	Affected with tormina; griping.
tornadoes	plural	of Tornado
tornariae	plural	of Tornaria
torpedoes	plural	of Torpedo
torpidity	noun	Same as Torpidness.
torpified	imp. & past participle	of Torpify
torpitude	noun	Torpidness.
torquated	adjective	Having or wearing a torque, or neck chain.
torrefied	imp. & past participle	of Torrefy
torridity	noun	Torridness.
torsional	adjective	Of or pertaining to torsion; resulting from torsion, or the force with which a thread or wire returns to a state of rest after having been twisted round its axis; as, torsional force.
tortility	noun	The quality or state of being tortile, twisted, or wreathed.
tortricid	adjective	Of or pertaining to Tortix, or the family Tortricidae.
tortulous	adjective	Swelled out at intervals like a knotted cord.
torturous	adjective	Involving, or pertaining to, torture.
toscatter	verb t.	To scatter in pieces; to divide.
totalness	noun	The quality or state of being total; entireness; totality.
totipalmi	nounpl.	A division of swimming birds including those that have totipalmate feet.
tottering	present participle & vb. noun	of Totter
touchable	adjective	Capable of being touched; tangible.
touchback	noun	The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; — distinguished from safety touchdown.
touch-box	noun	A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers who used matchlocks, to kindle the match.
touchdown	noun	The act of touching the football down behind the opponents’ goal .
touchhole	noun	The vent of a cannot or other firearm, by which fire is communicateed to the powder of the charge.
touchwood	noun	Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk., Dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus igniarius.
toughened	imp. & past participle	of Toughen
toughness	noun	The quality or state of being tough.
toupettit	noun	The crested titmouse.
townhouse	noun	A building devoted to the public used of a town; a townhall.
townsfolk	noun	The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, in distinction from country people; townspeople.
townwards	adverb	Toward a town.
toxodonta	nounpl.	An extinct order of Mammalia found in the South American Tertiary formation. The incisor teeth were long and curved and provided with a persistent pulp. They are supposed to be related both to the rodents and ungulates. Called also Toxodontia.
trabeated	adjective	Furnished with an entablature.
trabecula	noun	A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in the framework of an organ part.
traceable	adjective	Capable of being traced.
traceries	plural	of Tracer/y
tracheary	adjective	Tracheal; breathing by means of tracheae., One of the Trachearia.
tracheata	nounpl.	An extensive division of arthropods comprising all those which breathe by tracheae, as distinguished from Crustacea, which breathe by means of branchiae.
tracheate	adjective	Breathing by means of tracheae; of or pertaining to the Tracheata., Any arthropod having tracheae; one of the Tracheata.
trachitis	noun	Tracheitis.
trachytic	adjective	Of, pertaining to, or resembling, trachyte.
trackless	adjective	Having no track; marked by no footsteps; untrodden; as, a trackless desert.
tractable	verb t.	Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner., Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures.
tractator	noun	One who writes tracts; specif., a Tractarian.
tradeless	adjective	Having no trade or traffic.
tradesmen	plural	of Tradesman
tradesman	noun	One who trades; a shopkeeper., A mechanic or artificer; esp., one whose livelihood depends upon the labor of his hands.
tradition	noun	The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery., The unwritten or oral delivery of information, opinions, doctrines, practices, rites, and customs, from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; the transmission of any knowledge, opinions, or practice, from forefathers to descendants by oral communication, without written memorials., Hence, that which is transmitted orally from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; knowledge or belief transmitted without the aid of written memorials; custom or practice long observed., An unwritten code of law represented to have been given by God to Moses on Sinai., That body of doctrine and discipline, or any article thereof, supposed to have been put forth by Christ or his apostles, and not committed to writing., To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.
traditive	adjective	Transmitted or transmissible from father to son, or from age, by oral communication; traditional.
traducing	present participle & vb. noun	of Traduce
traducent	adjective	Slanderous.
traducian	noun	A believer in traducianism.
tragedian	noun	A writer of tragedy., An actor or player in tragedy.
tragedies	plural	of Tragedy
trainable	adjective	Capable of being trained or educated; as, boys trainable to virtue.
trainband	noun	A band or company of an organized military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; — afterwards applied to the London militia.
train oil		Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling.
traitorly	adjective	Like a traitor; treacherous; traitorous.
traitress	noun	A woman who betrays her country or any trust; a traitoress.
trajected	imp. & past participle	of Traject
trajetour	noun	Alt. of Trajetry
tralation	noun	The use of a word in a figurative or extended sense; ametaphor; a trope.
tralucent	adjective	Translucent.
trammeled	imp. & past participle	of Trammel, Having blazes, or white marks, on the fore and hind foot of one side, as if marked by trammels; — said of a horse.
trammeler	noun	One who uses a trammel net., One who, or that which, trammels or restrains.
trampling	present participle & vb. noun	of Trample
trampoose	verb i.	To walk with labor, or heavily; to tramp.
tranation	noun	The act of swimming over.
transcend	verb t.	To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds., To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed., To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed., To climb; to mount., To be transcendent; to excel.
transenne	noun	A transom.
transflux	noun	A flowing through, across, or beyond.
transform	verb t.	To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly., To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold., To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert., To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value., To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed.
transfuge	noun	Alt. of Transfugitive
transfund	verb t.	To pour from one vessel into another; to transfuse.
transfuse	verb t.	To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to transfer by pouring., To transfer, as blood, from the veins or arteries of one man or animal to those of another., To cause to pass from to another; to cause to be instilled or imbibed; as, to transfuse a spirit of patriotism into a man; to transfuse a love of letters.
transhape	verb t.	To transshape.
transient	adjective	Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure., Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape., Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders., That which remains but for a brief time.
translate	verb t.	To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to transfer; as, to translate a tree., To change to another condition, position, place, or office; to transfer; hence, to remove as by death., To remove to heaven without a natural death., To remove, as a bishop, from one see to another., To render into another language; to express the sense of in the words of another language; to interpret; hence, to explain or recapitulate in other words., To change into another form; to transform., To cause to remove from one part of the body to another; as, to translate a disease., To cause to lose senses or recollection; to entrance., To make a translation; to be engaged in translation.
transmove	verb t.	To move or change from one state into another; to transform.
transmute	verb t.	To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform.
transpare	verb t. & i.	To be, or cause to be, transparent; to appear, or cause to appear, or be seen, through something.
transpass	verb t.	To pass over; as, Alexander transpassed the river., To pass by; to pass away.
transpire	verb i.	To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to exhale., To evaporate from living cells., To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired., To happen or come to pass; to occur., To excrete through the skin; to give off in the form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire., To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.
transport	verb t.	To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops., To carry, or cause to be carried, into banishment, as a criminal; to banish., To carry away with vehement emotion, as joy, sorrow, complacency, anger, etc.; to ravish with pleasure or ecstasy; as, music transports the soul., Transportation; carriage; conveyance., A vessel employed for transporting, especially for carrying soldiers, warlike stores, or provisions, from one place to another, or to convey convicts to their destination; — called also transport ship, transport vessel., Vehement emotion; passion; ecstasy; rapture., A convict transported, or sentenced to exile.
transpose	verb t.	To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to transpose letters, words, or propositions., To change; to transform; to invert., To bring, as any term of an equation, from one side over to the other, without destroying the equation; thus, if a + b = c, and we make a = c – b, then b is said to be transposed., To change the natural order of, as words., To change the key of.
transship	verb t.	To transfer from one ship or conveyance to another.
transuded	imp. & past participle	of Transude
transumpt	noun	A copy or exemplification of a record.
transvert	verb t.	To cause to turn across; to transverse.
trapanned	imp. & past participle	of Trapan
trapanner	noun	One who trapans, or insnares.
trapezate	adjective	Having the form of a trapezium; trapeziform.
trapezium	noun	A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two are parallel., A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb., A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.
trapezoid	noun	A plane four-sided figure, having two sides parallel to each other., A bone of the carpus at the base of the second metacarpal, or index finger., Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoidal; as, the trapezoid ligament which connects the coracoid process and the clavicle., Of or pertaining to the trapezoid ligament; as, the trapezoid line.
trappings	noun pl.	That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress; superficial decorations., Specifically, ornaments to be put on horses.
trappures	noun pl.	Trappings for a horse.
trapstick	noun	A stick used in playing the game of trapball; hence, fig., a slender leg.
traumatic	adjective	Of or pertaining to wounds; applied to wounds., Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary., Produced by wounds; as, traumatic tetanus., A traumatic medicine.
travailed	imp. & past participle	of Travail
travelled		of Travel
traveling	present participle & vb. noun	of Travel
traversed	imp. & past participle	of Traverse
traverser	noun	One who, or that which, traverses, or moves, as an index on a scale, and the like., One who traverses, or denies., A traverse table. See under Traverse, n.
trawlboat	noun	A boat used in fishing with trawls or trawlnets.
trawlwarp	noun	A rope passing through a block, used in managing or dragging a trawlnet.
tray-trip	noun	An old game played with dice.
treachery	noun	Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason.
treachour	noun	A traitor.
treadfowl	noun	A cock.
treadmill	noun	A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.
treasured	imp. & past participle	of Treasure
treasurer	noun	One who has the care of a treasure or treasure or treasury; an officer who receives the public money arising from taxes and duties, or other sources of revenue, takes charge of the same, and disburses it upon orders made by the proper authority; one who has charge of collected funds; as, the treasurer of a society or corporation.
treatable	adjective	Manageable; tractable; hence, moderate; not violent.
treatably	adverb	In a treatable manner.
treatiser	noun	One who writes a treatise.
treatment	noun	The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment., Entertainment; treat.
trebuchet	noun	Alt. of Trebucket
trebucket	noun	A cucking stool; a tumbrel., A military engine used in the Middle Ages for throwing stones, etc. It acted by means of a great weight fastened to the short arm of a lever, which, being let fall, raised the end of the long arm with great velocity, hurling stones with much force., A kind of balance for weighing.
treebeard	noun	A pendulous branching lichen (Usnea barbata); — so called from its resemblance to hair.
trefoiled	adjective	Same as Trefle.
tregetour	noun	A juggler who produces illusions by the use of elaborate machinery.
trehalose	noun	Mycose; — so called because sometimes obtained from trehala.
treillage	noun	Latticework for supporting vines, etc.; an espalier; a trellis.
trellised	adjective	Having a trellis or trellises.
trematode	noun	One of the Trematodea. Also used adjectively.
trematoid	adjective	Of or pertaining to the Trematodea. See Illustration in Appendix.
trembling	present participle & vb. noun	of Tremble, Shaking; tottering; quivering.
tremolite	noun	A white variety of amphibole, or hornblende, occurring in long, bladelike crystals, and coarsely fibrous masses.
tremulant	adjective	Alt. of Tremulent
tremulent	adjective	Tremulous; trembling; shaking.
tremulous	adjective	Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous leaf of the poplar., Affected with fear or timidity; trembling.
trenching	present participle & vb. noun	of Trench
trenchand	adjective	Trenchant.
trenchant	verb t.	Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp., Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
trepanned	imp. & past participle	of Trepan
trepanize	verb t.	To trepan.
trepanner	noun	One who trepans.
trephined	imp. & past participle	of Trephine
trepidity	noun	Trepidation.
tressured	adjective	Provided or bound with a tressure; arranged in the form of a tressure.
tres-tyne	noun	In the antler of a stag, the third tyne above the base. This tyne appears in the third year. In those deer in which the brow tyne does not divide, the tres-tyne is the second tyne above the base. See Illust. under Rucervine, and under Rusine.
trialogue	noun	A discourse or colloquy by three persons.
triandria	noun pl.	A Linnaean class of plants having three distinct and equal stamens.
triangled	adjective	Having three angles; triangular.
triatomic	adjective	Having three atoms; — said of certain elements or radicals., Having a valence of three; trivalent; sometimes, in a specific sense, having three hydroxyl groups, whether acid or basic; thus, glycerin, glyceric acid, and tartronic acid are each triatomic.
tribalism	noun	The state of existing in tribes; also, tribal feeling; tribal prejudice or exclusiveness; tribal peculiarities or characteristics.
tribunary	adjective	Of or pertaining to tribunes; as, tribunary powers or authority.
tribunate	noun	The state or office of a tribune; tribuneship.
tributary	adjective	Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace., Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior., Paid in tribute., Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing; as, the Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi., A ruler or state that pays tribute, or a stated sum, to a conquering power, for the purpose of securing peace and protection, or as an acknowledgment of submission, or for the purchase of security., A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent.
tributing	present participle & vb. noun	of Tribute
trichinae	plural	of Trichina
trichroic	adjective	Exhibiting trichroism; pleochroic; pleochroism.
trickling	present participle & vb. noun	of Trickle
trickment	noun	Decoration.
trickster	noun	One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat.
triclinic	adjective	Having, or characterized by, three unequal axes intersecting at oblique angles. See the Note under crystallization.
triclinia	plural	of Triclinium
tricrotic	adjective	Of or pertaining to tricrotism; characterized by tricrotism.
tricuspid	adjective	Having three cusps, or points; tricuspidate; as, a tricuspid molar., Of or pertaining to the tricuspid valves; as, tricuspid obstruction.
tridactyl	adjective	Alt. of Tridactyle
tridecane	noun	A hydrocarbon, C13H28, of the methane series, which is a probable ingredient both of crude petroleum and of kerosene, and is produced artificially as a light colorless liquid.
tridented	adjective	Having three prongs; trident; tridentate; as, a tridented mace.
tridymite	noun	Pure silica, like quartz, but crystallizing in hexagonal tables. It is found in trachyte and similar rocks.
triennial	adjective	Continuing three years; as, triennial parliaments; a triennial reign., Happening, coming about, or appearing once in every three years; as, triennial elections; a triennial catalogue; a triennial visitation., Something which takes place or appears once in three years.
trierarch	noun	The commander of a trireme., At Athens, one who (singly, or jointly with other citizens) had to fit out a trireme for the public service.
trifacial	adjective	See Trigeminal.
trifallow	verb t.	To plow the third time before sowing, as land.
trifloral	adjective	Alt. of Triflorous
trifolium	noun	A genus of leguminous herbs with densely spiked flowers and usually trifoliate leaves; trefoil. There are many species, all of which are called clover. See Clover.
triforium	noun	The gallery or open space between the vaulting and the roof of the aisles of a church, often forming a rich arcade in the interior of the church, above the nave arches and below the clearstory windows.
trigamist	noun	One who has been married three times; also, one who has three husbands or three wives at the same time.
trigamous	adjective	Having three sorts of flowers in the same head, — male, female, and hermaphrodite, or perfect, flowers.
trigintal	noun	A trental.
trigonous	adjective	Same as Trigonal.
trigynian	adjective	Alt. of Trigynous
trigynous	adjective	Having three pistils or styles; of or pertaining to the Trigynia.
trihedral	adjective	Having three sides or faces; thus, a trihedral angle is a solid angle bounded by three plane angles.
trihedron	noun	A figure having three sides.
trijugate	adjective	In three pairs; as, a trijugate leaf, or a pinnate leaf with three pairs of leaflets.
trijugous	adjective	Same as Trijugate.
trikosane	noun	A hydrocarbon, C23H48, of the methane series, resembling paraffin; — so called because it has twenty-three atoms of carbon in the molecule.
trilinear	adjective	Of, pertaining to, or included by, three lines; as, trilinear coordinates.
trilithic	adjective	Pertaining to a trilith.
trilithon	noun	A monument consisting of three stones; especially, such a monument forming a kind of doorway, as among the ancient Celts.
trilobate	adjective	Having three lobes.
trilobita	noun pl.	An extinct order of arthropods comprising the trilobites.
trilobite	noun	Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the Silurian and Devonian periods, but became extinct at the close of the Paleozoic. So named from the three lobes usually seen on each segment.
trimellic	adjective	Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain tribasic acid (called also trimellitic acid) metameric with trimesitic acid.
trimerous	adjective	Having the parts in threes.
trimester	noun	A term or period of three months.
trimethyl		A prefix or combining form (also used adjectively) indicating the presence of three methyl groups.
trimetric	adjective	Same as Orthorhombic.
trinerved	adjective	Same as Trinervate.
trinketer	noun	One who trinkets.
trinketry	noun	Ornaments of dress; trinkets, collectively.
trinomial	noun	A quantity consisting of three terms, connected by the sign + or -; as, x + y + z, or ax + 2b – c2., Consisting of three terms; of or pertaining to trinomials; as, a trinomial root.
triobolar	adjective	Alt. of Triobolary
trioctile	noun	An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are three octants, or three eighths of a circle, that is, 135 degrees, distant from each other.
tri/cious	adjective	Having three sorts of flowers on the same or on different plants, some of the flowers being staminate, others pistillate, and others both staminate and pistillate; belonging to the order Tri/cia.
triparted	adjective	Parted into three piece; having three parts or pieces; — said of the field or of a bearing; as, a cross triparted., Divided nearly to the base into three segments or lobes.
tripmadam	noun	Same as Prickmadam.
tripodian	noun	An ancient stringed instrument; — so called because, in form, it resembled the Delphic tripod.
tripoline	adjective	Of or pertaining to Tripoli or its inhabitants; Tripolitan., Of or pertaining to tripoli, the mineral.
triquetra	plural	of Triquetrum
trisagion	noun	An ancient anthem, — usually known by its Latin name tersanctus.See Tersanctus.
trisected	imp. & past participle	of Trisect, Divided into three parts or segments by incisions extending to the midrib or to the base; — said of leaves.
triserial	adjective	Alt. of Triseriate
tritheism	noun	The opinion or doctrine that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three distinct Gods.
tritheist	noun	One who believes in tritheism.
tritheite	noun	A tritheist.
tritorium	noun	Same as Triturium.
triturate	verb t.	To rub, grind, bruise, or thrash., To rub or grind to a very fine or impalpable powder; to pulverize and comminute thoroughly.
triturium	noun	A vessel for separating liquids of different densities.
tritylene	noun	Propylene.
triumphed	imp. & past participle	of Triumph
triumphal	adjective	Of or pertaining to triumph; used in a triumph; indicating, or in honor of, a triumph or victory; as, a triumphal crown; a triumphal arch., A token of victory.
triumpher	noun	One who was honored with a triumph; a victor., One who triumphs or rejoices for victory.
triumviri	plural	of Triumvir
triumvirs	plural	of Triumvir
triumviry	noun	A triumvirate.
triunguli	plural	of Triungulus
trivalent	adjective	Having a valence of three; capable of being combined with, substituted for, or compared with, three atoms of hydrogen; — said of triad atoms or radicals; thus, nitrogen is trivalent in ammonia.
trivially	adverb	In a trivial manner.
triweekly	adjective	Occurring or appearing three times a week; thriceweekly; as, a triweekly newspaper., Three times a week., A triweekly publication.
trochilic	adjective	OF or pertaining to rotary motion; having power to draw out or turn round.
trochilos	noun	The crocodile bird, or trochil.
trochilus	noun	A genus of humming birds. It Formerly included all the known species., Any one of several species of wrens and kinglets., The crocodile bird., An annular molding whose section is concave, like the edge of a pulley; — called also scotia.
trochisci	plural	of Trochiscus
trochlear	noun	Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; as, a trochlear articular surface; the trochlear muscle of the eye.
trogonoid	adjective	Like or pertaining to the trogons.
troiluses	plural	of Troilus
trollopee	noun	A kind of loose dress for women.
troopbird	noun	Any troupial.
troopfowl	noun	The American scaup duck.
troopmeal	adverb	By troops; in crowds.
troopship	noun	A vessel built or fitted for the conveyance of troops; a transport.
troostite	noun	Willemite.
tropidine	noun	An alkaloid, C8H13N, obtained by the chemical dehydration of tropine, as an oily liquid having a coninelike odor.
tropology	noun	A rhetorical mode of speech, including tropes, or changes from the original import of the word.
trothless	adjective	Faitless; false; treacherous.
troubling	present participle & vb. noun	of Trouble
troublous	adjective	Full of trouble; causing trouble.
trouncing	present participle & vb. noun	of Trounce
trousseau	noun	The collective lighter equipments or outfit of a bride, including clothes, jewelry, and the like; especially, that which is provided for her by her family.
troutbird	noun	The American golden plover.
troutling	noun	A little trout; a troutlet.
trowelful	noun	As much as a trowel will hold; enough to fill a trowel.
troyounce	noun	See Troy ounce, under Troy weight, above, and under Ounce.
truceless	adjective	Without a truce; unforbearing.
truckling	present participle & vb. noun	of Truckle
truculent	adjective	Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia., Cruel; destructive; ruthless.
trudgeman	noun	A truchman.
true-blue	adjective	Of inflexible honesty and fidelity; — a term derived from the true, or Coventry, blue, formerly celebrated for its unchanging color. See True blue, under Blue., A person of inflexible integrity or fidelity.
true-born	adjective	Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title; as, a true-born Englishman.
true-bred	adjective	Of a genuine or right breed; as, a true-bred beast., Being of real breeding or education; as, a true-bred gentleman.
trumpeted	imp. & past participle	of Trumpet
trumpeter	noun	One who sounds a trumpet., One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces., Any one of several species of long-legged South American birds of the genus Psophia, especially P. crepitans, which is abundant, and often domesticated and kept with other poultry by the natives. They are allied to the cranes. So called from their loud cry. Called also agami, and yakamik., A variety of the domestic pigeon., An American swan (Olor buccinator) which has a very loud note., A large edible fish (Latris hecateia) of the family Cirrhitidae, native of Tasmania and New Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish.
trumplike	adjective	Resembling a trumpet, esp. in sound; as, a trumplike voice.
truncated	imp. & past participle	of Truncate, Cut off; cut short; maimed., Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge., Lacking the apex; — said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off.
truncheon	noun	A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear., A baton, or military staff of command., A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth., To beat with a truncheon.
trundling	present participle & vb. noun	of Trundle
trunkback	noun	The leatherback.
trunkfish	noun	Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidae, having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish.
trunkfuls	plural	of Trunkful
trunkwork	noun	Work or devices suitable to be concealed; a secret stratagem.
trustless	adjective	That may not be trusted; not worthy of trust; unfaithful.
truthless	adjective	Devoid of truth; dishonest; dishonest; spurious; faithless.
truthness	noun	Truth.
tubercled	adjective	Having tubercles; affected with, tubercles; tuberculate; as, a tubercled lung or stalk.
tubercula	plural	of Tuberculum
tubicolae	noun pl.	A division of annelids including those which construct, and habitually live in, tubes. The head or anterior segments usually bear gills and cirri. Called also Sedentaria, and Capitibranchiata. See Serpula, and Sabella.
tubicolar	adjective	Tubicolous.
tubinares	noun pl.	A tribe of sea birds comprising the petrels, shearwaters, albatrosses, hagdons, and allied birds having tubular horny nostrils.
tubivalve	noun	A shell or tube formed by an annelid, as a serpula.
tubularia	noun	A genus of hydroids having large, naked, flowerlike hydranths at the summits of long, slender, usually simple, stems. The gonophores are small, and form clusters at the bases of the outer tentacles.
tubulated	adjective	Made in the form of a small tube; provided with a tube, or elongated opening.
tue-irons	noun pl.	A pair of blacksmith’s tongs.
tufaceous	adjective	Pertaining to tufa; consisting of, or resembling, tufa.
tuggingly	adverb	In a tugging manner; with laborious pulling.
tuko-tuko	noun	A burrowing South American rodent (Ctenomys Braziliensis). It has small eyes and ears and a short tail. It resembles the pocket gopher in size, form, and habits, but is more nearly allied to the porcupines.
tulipwood	noun	The beautiful rose-colored striped wood of a Brazilian tree (Physocalymna floribunda), much used by cabinetmakers for inlaying.
tumblebug	noun	See Tumbledung.
tumefying	present participle & vb. noun	of Tumefy
tun-great	adjective	Having the circumference of a tun.
tungstate	noun	A salt of tungstic acid; a wolframate.
tungstite	noun	The oxide of tungsten, a yellow mineral occurring in a pulverulent form. It is often associated with wolfram.
tunicated	adjective	Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with layers; as, a tunicated bulb., Having a tunic, or mantle; of or pertaining to the Tunicata., Having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one, as in certain antennae of insects.
tunnelled		of Tunnel
tunneling	present participle & vb. noun	of Tunnel
turanians	noun pl.	An extensive division of mankind including the Mongols and allied races of Asia, together with the Malays and Polynesians., A group of races or tribes inhabiting Asia and closely related to the Mongols.
turbaries	plural	of Turbary
turbidity	noun	Turbidness.
turbinate	verb i.	To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl., Alt. of Turbinated
turbinite	noun	A petrified shell resembling the genus Turbo.
turbinoid	adjective	Like or pertaining to Turbo or the family Turbinidae.
turbulent	adjective	Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean., Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory; as, turbulent spirits., Producing commotion; disturbing; exciting.
turcomans	plural	of Turcoman
tureenful	noun	As much as a tureen can hold; enough to fill a tureen.
turfiness	noun	Quality or state of being turfy.
turgesced	imp. & past participle	of Turgesce
turgidity	noun	The quality or state of being turgid.
turgidous	adjective	Turgid.
turkomans	plural	of Turkoman
turmaline	noun	See Tourmaline.
turmoiled	imp. & past participle	of Turmoil
turnerite	noun	A variety of monazite.
turnhalle	noun	A building used as a school of gymnastics.
turn-outs	plural	of Turn-out
turnpiked	imp. & past participle	of Turnpike
turnplate	noun	A turntable.
turn-sick	adjective	Giddy., A disease with which sheep are sometimes affected; gid; sturdy. See Gid.
turnstile	noun	A revolving frame in a footpath, preventing the passage of horses or cattle, but admitting that of persons; a turnpike. See Turnpike, n., 1., A similar arrangement for registering the number of persons passing through a gateway, doorway, or the like.
turnstone	noun	Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake.
turntable	noun	A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars, locomotives, etc., in a different direction; — called also turnplate.
turnwrest	noun	Designating a cumbersome style of plow used in England, esp. in Kent., designating a kind of hillside plow.
turpitude	noun	Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or actions; shameful wickedness; depravity.
turquoise	noun	Alt. of Turquois, Having a fine light blue color, like that of choice mineral turquoise.
turribant	noun	A turban.
turrilite	noun	Any fossil ammonite of the genus Turrilites. The shell forms an open spiral with the later whorls separate.
tutorship	noun	The office, duty, or care of a tutor; guardianship; tutelage.
twaddling		a. & n. from Twaddle, v.
twayblade	noun	Any one of several orchidaceous plants which have only two leaves, as the species of Listera and of Liparis.
twentieth	adjective	Next in order after the nineteenth; tenth after the tenth; coming after nineteen others; — the ordinal of twenty., Consisting, or being, one of twenty equal parts into which anything is divided., The next in order after the nineteen; one coming after nineteen others., The quotient of a unit divided by twenty; one of twenty equal parts of one whole.
twibilled	adjective	Armed or provided with a twibil or twibils.
twifallow	verb t.	To plow, or fallow, a second time (land that has been once fallowed).
twinkling	present participle & vb. noun	of Twinkle, The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle., A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars., The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.
twistical	adjective	Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest.
twitching	present participle & vb. noun	of Twitch
twittered	imp. & past participle	of Twitter
two-cleft	adjective	Divided about half way from the border to the base into two segments; bifid.
two-edged	adjective	Having two edges, or edges on both sides; as, a two-edged sword.
two-sided	adjective	Having two sides only; hence, double-faced; hypocritical., Symmetrical.
tympanist	noun	One who beats a drum.
tympanize	verb i.	To drum., To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum.
tympanums	plural	of Tympanum
typewrite	verb t. & i.	To write with a typewriter.
typhlitis	noun	Inflammation of the caecum.
typifying	present participle & vb. noun	of Typify
typocosmy	noun	A representation of the world.
tyranness	noun	A female tyrant.
tyrannish	adjective	Like a tyrant; tyrannical.
tyrannize	verb i.	To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not necessary to the ends of justice and government; as, a prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants or apprentices., To subject to arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical treatment; to oppress.
tyrannous	adjective	Tyrannical; arbitrary; unjustly severe; despotic.