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