Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
trabeation |
noun |
Same as Entablature. |
trabeculae |
plural |
of Trabecula |
trabecular |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a trabecula or trabeculae; composed of trabeculae. |
trachearia |
nounpl. |
A division of Arachnida including those that breathe only by means of tracheae. It includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, and harvestmen. |
tracheitis |
noun |
Inflammation of the trachea, or windpipe. |
trachinoid |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or like, Trachinus, a genus of fishes which includes the weevers. See Weever. |
trachytoid |
adjective |
Resembling trachyte; — used to define the structure of certain rocks. |
track-road |
noun |
A towing path. |
trackscout |
noun |
See Trackschuyt. |
tractarian |
noun |
One of the writers of the Oxford tracts, called “Tracts for the Times,” issued during the period 1833-1841, in which series of papers the sacramental system and authority of the Church, and the value of tradition, were brought into prominence. Also, a member of the High Church party, holding generally the principles of the Tractarian writers; a Puseyite., Of or pertaining to the Tractarians, or their principles. |
tractation |
noun |
Treatment or handling of a subject; discussion. |
tractility |
noun |
The quality of being tractile; ductility. |
trade-mark |
noun |
A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law. |
tradesfolk |
noun |
People employed in trade; tradesmen. |
traducible |
adjective |
Capable of being derived or propagated., Capable of being traduced or calumniated. |
traduction |
noun |
Transmission from one to another., Translation from one language to another., Derivation by descent; propagation., The act of transferring; conveyance; transportation., Transition., A process of reasoning in which each conclusion applies to just such an object as each of the premises applies to. |
traductive |
adjective |
Capable of being deduced; derivable. |
trafficked |
imp. & past participle |
of Traffic |
trafficker |
noun |
One who traffics, or carries on commerce; a trader; a merchant. |
tragacanth |
noun |
A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth. |
tragedious |
adjective |
Like tragedy; tragical. |
trainbands |
plural |
of Trainband |
traitoress |
noun |
A traitress. |
traitorous |
adjective |
Guilty of treason; treacherous; perfidious; faithless; as, a traitorous officer or subject., Consisting in treason; partaking of treason; implying breach of allegiance; as, a traitorous scheme. |
trajecting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Traject |
trajection |
noun |
The act of trajecting; a throwing or casting through or across; also, emission., Transposition. |
trajectory |
noun |
The curve which a body describes in space, as a planet or comet in its orbit, or stone thrown upward obliquely in the air. |
tralineate |
verb i. |
To deviate; to stray; to wander. |
tralucency |
noun |
Translucency; as, the tralucency of a gem. |
trammelled |
|
of Trammel |
trammeling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Trammel |
tramontane |
adjective |
Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous., One living beyond the mountains; hence, a foreigner; a stranger. |
tranquilly |
adverb |
In a tranquil manner; calmly. |
transacted |
imp. & past participle |
of Transact |
transactor |
noun |
One who transacts, performs, or conducts any business. |
transcribe |
verb t. |
To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter. |
transcript |
noun |
That which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy., A copy of any kind; an imitation., A written version of what was said orally; as, a transcript of a trial. |
transexion |
noun |
Change of sex. |
transferee |
noun |
The person to whom a transfer in made. |
transfixed |
imp. & past participle |
of Transfix |
transfrete |
verb i. |
To pass over a strait or narrow sea. |
transfused |
imp. & past participle |
of Transfuse |
transgress |
verb t. |
To pass over or beyond; to surpass., Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the /imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral., To offend against; to vex., To offend against the law; to sin. |
transhuman |
adjective |
More than human; superhuman. |
transience |
noun |
Alt. of Transiency |
transiency |
noun |
The quality of being transient; transientness. |
transition |
noun |
Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold., A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation., A passing from one subject to another., Change from one form to another. |
transitive |
adjective |
Having the power of making a transit, or passage., Effected by transference of signification., Passing over to an object; expressing an action which is not limited to the agent or subject, but which requires an object to complete the sense; as, a transitive verb, for example, he holds the book. |
transitory |
adjective |
Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent. |
translated |
imp. & past participle |
of Translate |
translator |
noun |
One who translates; esp., one who renders into another language; one who expresses the sense of words in one language by equivalent words in another., A repeating instrument. |
translucid |
adjective |
Translucent. |
transmeate |
verb t. |
To pass over or beyond. |
transmuted |
imp. & past participle |
of Transmute |
transmuter |
noun |
One who transmutes. |
transpired |
imp. & past participle |
of Transpire |
transplace |
verb t. |
To remove across some space; to put in an opposite or another place. |
transplant |
verb t. |
To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees., To remove, and settle or establish for residence in another place; as, to transplant inhabitants. |
transposal |
noun |
The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed; transposition. |
transposed |
imp. & past participle |
of Transpose |
transposer |
noun |
One who transposes. |
transprint |
verb t. |
To transfer to the wrong place in printing; to print out of place. |
transprose |
verb t. |
To change from prose into verse; to versify; also, to change from verse into prose. |
transshape |
verb t. |
To change into another shape or form; to transform. |
transuding |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Transude |
transverse |
adjective |
Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; — often opposed to longitudinal., Anything that is transverse or athwart., The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse., To overturn; to change., To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose. |
trapanning |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Trapan |
trapeziums |
plural |
of Trapezium |
trashiness |
noun |
The quality or state of being trashy. |
traumatism |
noun |
A wound or injury directly produced by causes external to the body; also, violence producing a wound or injury; as, rupture of the stomach caused by traumatism. |
travailing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Travail |
travailous |
adjective |
Causing travail; laborious. |
travelling |
|
of Travel |
traversing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Traverse, Adjustable laterally; having a lateral motion, or a swinging motion; adapted for giving lateral motion. |
travertine |
noun |
A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hard and semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of springs or streams holding lime in solution. Extensive deposits exist at Tivoli, near Rome. |
travesties |
plural |
of Travesty |
travestied |
imp. & past participle |
of Travesty |
travesting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Travesty |
trawlermen |
plural |
of Trawlerman |
trawlerman |
noun |
A fisherman who used unlawful arts and engines to catch fish. |