Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
toadfish |
noun |
Any marine fish of the genus Batrachus, having a large, thick head and a wide mouth, and bearing some resemblance to a toad. The American species (Batrachus tau) is very common in shallow water. Called also oyster fish, and sapo., The angler., A swellfish. |
toadflax |
noun |
An herb (Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; — called also butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted. |
toadhead |
noun |
The golden plover. |
toadying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Toady |
toadyism |
noun |
The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation. |
toasting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Toast, a. & n. from Toast, v. |
toboggan |
noun |
A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by hand, over soft and deep snow., To slide down hill over the snow or ice on a toboggan. |
to-break |
verb t. |
To break completely; to break in pieces. |
to-brest |
verb t. |
To burst or break in pieces. |
tocology |
noun |
The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition. |
tocororo |
noun |
A cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus) having a serrated bill and a tail concave at the end. |
toddling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Toddle |
together |
preposition |
In company or association with respect to place or time; as, to live together in one house; to live together in the same age; they walked together to the town., In or into union; into junction; as, to sew, knit, or fasten two things together; to mix things together., In concert; with mutual cooperation; as, the allies made war upon France together. |
togidres |
adverb |
Together. |
toilette |
noun |
See Toilet, 3. |
toilless |
adjective |
Free from toil. |
toilsome |
adjective |
Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work. |
tokening |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Token |
tolbooth |
noun |
See Tollbooth. |
tolerant |
adjective |
Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent. |
tolerate |
verb t. |
To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices. |
tollable |
adjective |
Subject to the payment of toll; as, tollable goods. |
tollgate |
noun |
A gate where toll is taken. |
toluenyl |
noun |
Tolyl. |
tolylene |
noun |
A hydrocarbon radical, C6H4.(CH2)2, regarded as characteristic of certain toluene derivatives. |
tomahawk |
noun |
A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron., To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk. |
tomatoes |
plural |
of Tomato |
tombless |
adjective |
Destitute of a tomb. |
tometous |
adjective |
Tomentose. |
tomentum |
noun |
The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some plants. |
tomnoddy |
noun |
A sea bird, the puffin., A fool; a dunce; a noddy. |
tomorrow |
adverb |
On the day after the present day; on the next day; on the morrow., The day after the present; the morrow. |
tonality |
noun |
The principle of key in music; the character which a composition has by virtue of the key in which it is written, or through the family relationship of all its tones and chords to the keynote, or tonic, of the whole. |
toneless |
adjective |
Having no tone; unmusical. |
tongkang |
noun |
A kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the Malay Archipelago. |
tonguing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Tongue |
tonicity |
noun |
The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus. |
tonsilar |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsilitic. |
tonsured |
adjective |
Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald. |
toonwood |
noun |
Same as Toon. |
toothing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Tooth, The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth., Bricks alternately projecting at the end of a wall, in order that they may be bonded into a continuation of it when the remainder is carried up. |
toothful |
adjective |
Toothsome. |
toothlet |
noun |
A little tooth, or like projection. |
toparchy |
noun |
A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies. |
topology |
noun |
The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place. |
toponomy |
noun |
The designation of position and direction. |
toppiece |
noun |
A small wig for the top of the head; a toupee. |
toppling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Topple |
top-rope |
noun |
A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes. |
topstone |
noun |
A stone that is placed on the top, or which forms the top. |
top-tool |
noun |
A tool applied to the top of the work, in distinction from a tool inserted in the anvil and on which the work is placed. |
toreador |
noun |
A bullfighter. |
toreutic |
adjective |
In relief; pertaining to sculpture in relief, especially of metal; also, pertaining to chasing such as surface ornamentation in metal. |
torinese |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to Turin., A native or inhabitant of Turin; collectively, the people of Turin. |
tornaria |
noun |
The peculiar free swimming larva of Balanoglossus. See Illust. in Append. |
torosity |
noun |
The quality or state of being torose. |
torpidly |
adverb |
In a torpid manner. |
torquate |
adjective |
Collared; having a torques, or distinct colored ring around the neck. |
torteaus |
plural |
of Torteau |
tortilla |
noun |
An unleavened cake, as of maize flour, baked on a heated iron or stone. |
tortious |
adjective |
Injurious; wrongful., Imploying tort, or privat injury for which the law gives damages; involing tort. |
tortoise |
noun |
Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata., Same as Testudo, 2., having a color like that of a tortoise’s shell, black with white and orange spots; — used mostly to describe cats of that color., a tortoise-shell cat. |
tortuose |
adjective |
Wreathed; twisted; winding. |
tortuous |
adjective |
Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla., Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful., Injurious: tortious., Oblique; — applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely. |
tortured |
imp. & past participle |
of Torture |
torturer |
noun |
One who tortures; a tormentor. |
torulose |
adjective |
Same as Torose. |
torulous |
adjective |
Same as Torose. |
totality |
noun |
The quality or state of being total; as, the totality of an eclipse., The whole sum; the whole quantity or amount; the entirety; as, the totalityof human knowledge. |
totalize |
verb t. |
To make total, or complete;to reduce to completeness. |
totemism |
noun |
The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a tribe by the totem., Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real or imaginary object; nature worship. |
totemist |
noun |
One belonging to a clan or tribe having a totem. |
tottered |
imp. & past participle |
of Totter |
totterer |
noun |
One who totters. |
tottling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Totly |
tottlish |
adjective |
Trembling or tottering, as if about to fall; un steady. |
toncanet |
noun |
A small toucan. |
touching |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Touch, Affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale., Concerning; with respect to., The sense or act of feeling; touch. |
touchily |
adverb |
In a touchy manner. |
toughish |
adjective |
Tough in a slight degree. |
tournery |
noun |
Work turned on a lathe; turnery. |
tournois |
noun |
A former French money of account worth 20 sous, or a franc. It was thus called in distinction from the Paris livre, which contained 25 sous. |
tournure |
noun |
Turn; contour; figure., Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle. |
towardly |
adjective |
Same as Toward, a., 2. |
toweling |
noun |
Cloth for towels, especially such as is woven in long pieces to be cut at will, as distinguished from that woven in towel lengths with borders, etc. |
towering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Tower, Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height., Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing. |
tow-head |
noun |
An urchin who has soft, whitish hair., The hooded merganser. |
townhall |
noun |
A public hall or building, belonging to a town, where the public offices are established, the town council meets, the people assemble in town meeting, etc. |
townless |
adjective |
Having no town. |
township |
noun |
The district or territory of a town., In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections., In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county. |
townsmen |
plural |
of Townsman |
townsman |
noun |
An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another., A selectman, in New England. See Selectman. |
townward |
adverb |
Alt. of Townwards |
toxicant |
noun |
A poisonous agent or drug, as opium; an intoxicant. |
toxifera |
nounpl. |
Same as Toxoglossa. |
toyhouse |
noun |
A house for children to play in or to play with; a playhouse. |
toyingly |
adverb |
In a toying manner. |