Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
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. |