| Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
| twaddle |
verb i. & t. |
To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle., Silly talk; gabble; fustian. |
| twagger |
noun |
A lamb. |
| twanged |
imp. & past participle |
of Twang |
| twangle |
verb i. & t. |
To twang. |
| twankay |
noun |
See Note under Tea, n., 1. |
| twattle |
verb i. |
To prate; to talk much and idly; to gabble; to chatter; to twaddle; as, a twattling gossip., To make much of, as a domestic animal; to pet., Act of prating; idle talk; twaddle. |
| tweague |
noun |
A pinching condition; perplexity; trouble; distress. |
| tweedle |
verb t. |
To handle lightly; — said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure., To twist. |
| twelfth |
adjective |
Next in order after the eleventh; coming after eleven others; — the ordinal of twelve., Consisting, or being one of, twelve equal parts into which anything is divided., The quotient of a unit divided by twelve; one of twelve equal parts of one whole., The next in order after the eleventh., An interval comprising an octave and a fifth. |
| twiddle |
verb t. |
To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to twiddle one’s thumbs; to twiddle a watch key., To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles., A slight twist with the fingers., A pimple. |
| twifold |
adjective |
Twofold; double. |
| twigged |
imp. & past participle |
of Twig |
| twiggen |
adjective |
Made of twigs; wicker. |
| twigger |
noun |
A fornicator. |
| twighte |
|
imp. of Twitch. |
| twilled |
imp. & past participle |
of Twill |
| twinned |
imp. & past participle |
of Twin, Composed of parts united according to a law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4. |
| twining |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Twine, Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant., The act of one who, or that which, twines; (Bot.) the act of climbing spirally. |
| twinged |
imp. & past participle |
of Twinge |
| twinkle |
verb i. |
To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink., To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate., A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye., A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated., The time of a wink; a twinkling. |
| twinner |
noun |
One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins. |
| twinter |
noun |
A domestic animal two winters old. |
| twirled |
imp. & past participle |
of Twirl |
| twisted |
imp. & past participle |
of Twist, Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted. |
| twister |
noun |
One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving., The instrument used in twisting, or making twists., A girder., The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback. |
| twitted |
imp. & past participle |
of Twit |
| twitter |
noun |
One who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider., To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises., To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle., To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated., To utter with a twitter., The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow., A half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a titter; a giggle., A slight trembling or agitation of the nerves. |
| twofold |
adjective |
Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument., In a double degree; doubly. |
| two-ply |
adjective |
Consisting of two thicknesses, as cloth; double., Woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two sets of warp thread and two of weft. |