Words starting with T

266 words.

tabiya A position in the opening of a game that occurs after a sequence of moves that is heavily standardiz
tachygraphy The art and practice of rapid writing.
tadbhava A word inherited from Old Indo-Aryan through a Prakrit used in a modern Indo-Aryan language.
taenia A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece.
tahrir a type of vocal ornamentation; especially the variant used in the Near and Middle East
taikonaut A person who travels in space for the Chinese space program; a Chinese astronaut.
tainture Dirtiness; uncleanliness; contamination, tainting.
taipan A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon.
takhtrawan A covered litter carried by a pair of animals.
talaria The winged sandals worn by certain gods and goddesses, especially the Roman god Mercury (and his Gre
talayot A kind of Bronze Age megalith found on the islands of Minorca and Mallorca.
talebearer An indiscreet person who spreads gossip or blame.
talipes Clubfoot; the condition of having a clubfoot.
tamada A toastmaster at a feast in the Caucasus, especially in Georgia.
tamasha A visual art form from Maharashtra, India, involving singing and dancing.
tamizdat Writings published abroad and smuggled back into the former USSR.
tanist The heir presumptive to the chieftainship or kingship of a Celtic clan in ancient Ireland, Scotland
tardigrade Sluggish; moving slowly.
tardyon Any particle with non-zero mass (i.e. one that travels more slowly than the speed of light).
targum An Aramaic translation of the Tanakh written or compiled between the Second Temple period and the ea
tarre To incite; to provoke; to spur on.
tasseography Divination with tea leaves or coffee grounds.
tatsama A Sanskrit learned loanword used in a South Asian language.
tatterdemalion A person with tattered clothing.
tatum The shortest statistically significant time interval between successive notes in a rhythmic phrase o
taurobolium The ritual slaughter of a bull.
tawaif A professional courtesan serving the nobility, especially under the Mughal Empire; (derogatory)
taxiarch An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army.
tchotchke A small ornament of minor value; a knick-knack, a trinket.
teapoy Originally, a three-legged decorative stand or table; now, especially, one with recesses for holding
teart Tending toward scouring (diarrheal illness) in grazing livestock, being high in molybdenum content a
techlash Backlash against technology.
technicalia Technical details, especially ones that are tedious or of little interest to nonspecialists; technic
technoetic Combining technology and consciousness.
technoference Interference in one's (social) life caused by technology, e.g. notifications and texts that interrup
technopoly The cultural state of mind that assumes technology is always positive and of value.
teetotum A toy (spinning top) similar to a dreidel.
tehsildar An administrative officer in Pakistan and India who gathers taxes from a tehsil.
teinture colour; tinge; tincture
telega A simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs.
teleophobia Reluctance or refusal to ascribe purpose to natural phenomena.
telesm A magical talisman, amulet or charm.
telesterion A building used to celebrate sacred rites in Ancient Greece.
telic Tending or directed towards a goal or specific end.
telish Punish (an innocent person) for the sake of deterrence; subject (a person) to telishment.
telishment The act or institution of punishing the innocent for the sake of providing deterrence.
tellurocracy Dominance or supremacy due to military or commercial power on land.
telogenetic Related to or arising during telogenesis, the process of erosion and oxidation that occurs when sedi
telos The aim, purpose, or end goal.
telpher An electric-run cable car used for transportation, along overhead wires.
telson The part of an arthropod or crustacean posterior to the last segment, often resembling an armored ta
temnospondyl Any of many extinct primitive amphibians (labyrinthodonts) of the order Temnospondyli, from the Carb
temporale A cycle of texts to be read or chanted at liturgical services on particular weeks and movable feasts
temptable Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.
tenate A kind of deep cylindrical basket, usually made of woven palm, used in Mexico.
tenebricose Full of darkness; gloomy, tenebrous.
tenebrific Producing darkness, obscuring; (loosely) gloomy.
tenebrous Dark and gloomy; obscure.
tentorium The framework of internal supports (a false endoskeleton) within an arthropod head, formed by ingrow
tephra The solid material thrown into the air by a volcanic eruption that settles on the surrounding areas.
tepui A type of table-top mountain or mesa found in the Guiana Highlands of South America, especially in V
terai A belt of marshy land, which lies between the foothills of the Himalayas and the plains.
teratology The study of congenital malformations, their development, and people with them.
tercelet A male falcon, especially a peregrine falcon or goshawk; a tiercel.
tergiversate To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to obfuscate in a deliberate manner.
ternary A group of three things; a trio, threesome or tierce.
terraqueous Chiefly in terraqueous globe (that is, the Earth): consisting of both land and water.
terrasse To terrace; to supply with a terrace or cut into terraces.
terrene The Earth's surface; the earth; the ground.
terret One of the rings on the top of the harness saddle, through which the reins pass.
tertiate To increase by half as much again; especially to increase the price in this way.
teshuva The Jewish concept of penitence.
testacea Any of various shellfish, especially those of the obsolete orders Vermes or Acephala, or the suborde
testerical Overly aggressive, irritable, or unreasonable, as from being overwhelmed by testosterone.
testilie To commit perjury (as a police officer).
teterrimous Extremely foul or ugly; horrible; terrible.
tetragon An aspect of two planets with regard to the Earth when they are distant from each other ninety degre
tetraplicate In or of four identical experiments.
tetration The arithmetic operator consisting of repeated exponentiation, by analogy with exponentiation being
tetter Any of various pustular skin conditions.
tettix A cicada, especially in Greece.
texta A coloured felt-tip pen, usually wide-tipped for use by children.
thack The weatherproof outer layer of a roof, often specifically thatch.
thagomizer An arrangement of spikes found on the tails of various stegosaurs.
thanadar The commander of a thana; a police chief.
thanatopic Prone to thanatopsis; morbid.
thanatopraxis Funeral rites; death rituals or practices.
thangka A painted or embroidered linen banner, usually depicting Buddhist themes, originating in Tibet; a pr
thaumatophobia The fear of, or aversion to, miracles, magic, or supernatural phenomena.
thaumaturge A performer of thaumaturgy; a performer of miracles; a magician.
theanthropism A state of being God and man.
thearchy A government ruled by God or a god; a theocracy.
thelony A toll or custom required from travelling merchants as a tax on doing business.
thelygeny The production of only female offspring.
theocrasy Interaction, admixture, and conflation of divine principles.
theodicy A justification of a deity or of particular attributes of a deity; specifically, a justification of
theogony The origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods.
theologize To discuss or speculate about theological subjects.
theophany A manifestation of a deity to a person.
theophoric Containing the name of a deity.
theorbo A baroque, double-necked lute having an extra set of open bass strings.
theoric Theory, as opposed to practice.
theosis The likeness to or union with God; deification.
thereout Out of it, out from it.
theriac A universal antidote against all poisons, particularly medicines considered to derive from a recipe
thlipsis Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause.
thneed A useless product which is advertised as being needed by everybody, but which in fact no one needs.
tholos A dome, or domed building; a cupola.
thraneen An insignificant amount; a trifle.
thrapple The throat, especially the gullet or windpipe.
thrasonical Boastful, bragging, vainglorious.
thrave A sheaf; a handful (of crops).
threap An altercation, quarrel, argument.
threegether Together as a group of three.
throughline In full through line of action: a theme that runs through the plot of a book, film, or other narrati
thrutch To push; press; shove; thrust.
thunderbox A blunderbuss; also, a cannon.
thunderlight Lightning; a bolt or flash of lightning.
thunderstick A gun or cannon, especially a rifle, as seen from the imagined perspective of an uncivilized person
thurible A censer, especially one hanging on a chain.
thwite To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle.
thylacine A carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus) which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.
thyle A member of an early medieval Scandinavian or Anglo-Saxon court whose exact function is now unclear,
thyrse A type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxes.
thyrsus A staff topped with a conical ornament, carried by Bacchus or his followers.
tibicen A flute-player; a piper, flautist.
tidder To treat with tenderness; fondle
tidely Cleverly; smartly; bravely; quickly; speedily; soon.
tiercel A male hawk or falcon.
tilth Agricultural labour; husbandry.
timeous In sufficient time; timely; in (its) proper time or season.
tinction A stain; a preparation for staining.
tippet A shoulder covering, typically the fur of a fox, with long ends that dangle in front.
tiswas A state of nervous excitement or confusion.
titch A very small person; a small child.
titubant stumbling, staggering; with the movement of one who is tipsy
titushky Hired thugs used for violence and intimidation against protestors by the Ukrainian government during
tlachtli A ceremonial ball game once played by the Aztecs; evolved into the ulama game.
tobruise To bruise up, completely beat or batter; crush; to make numb.
tocrack To crack, fracture, fissure; to break with a cracking sound.
tokophobia A morbid fear of childbirth or pregnancy.
toman A division of 10,000 men in the Mongolian army.
tondo A round picture or other work of art.
tonguely Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.
tonguey Tending to talk a lot; fluent or voluble in speech (generally with an unfavourable connotation).
tonlet A long armoured skirt, designed for combat on foot.
tonoscope Any of various devices that make sound visible by displaying vibrations.
toparch The prince or ruler of a small district, city, or petty state; a petty "king".
toparchy A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch.
topolect The speech form, variety (lect) of a particular place or region.
tormina acute pain in the abdomen; colic, gripes
torose Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded promi
torple To fall headlong; topple
tortfeasance The condition, or an act, of doing wrong; the act of committing a tort.
tortfeasor A person who commits a tort.
tortile Twisted, winding, contorted.
tortuosity tortuousness; tortuous condition or nature.
towardly Promising, propitious.
toxarch The captain of a group of archers in ancient Greece, particularly the mercenaries at Athens.
tradigital Produced through, or using, a combination of traditional and computer-based techniques.
traditive Transmitted or transmissible from parent to child, or from older to younger generations, by oral com
traduce To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
traduct That which is traduced or translated.
traject A place for passing across; a passage; a ferry.
tralineate To deviate; to stray; to wander.
trammel Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle.
transclusion The inclusion of part of one hypertext document in another one by means of reference rather than cop
transcur To run or rove to and fro, to flit
transfrete To cross a channel or narrow sea.
transhuman More than human; superhuman.
transjective Transcending the distinction between subjective and objective, or referring to a property not of the
transmeate To pass over or beyond.
transmiss A (version of a) bill or other document sent or transmitted to a council, court, or other body; a tr
transmogrify To completely alter one's form.
transpicuous Easily construed or seen through.
transtainer A mobile gantry crane used for stacking intermodal containers within the stacking areas of a contain
transumer A consumer who makes purchases while travelling, such as at airports, train stations, hotels, etc.
transumpt A copy or exemplification of a record.
trapan An act of entrapping or tricking; an entrapment; also, a thing which entraps or tricks; a snare or t
traunch One of a series of allotments (of funds for a certain purpose).
travailous Causing or involving travail; laborious; toilsome.
traverso A transverse flute of the Baroque period, made in three or four sections with a conical bore from th
travest To travesty; to disguise; to parody; to demean.
treacher A traitor or deceiver.
treechange A movement of people from cities to the countryside.
treenail A wooden peg or pin used as a fastener.
tregetour A magician or juggler; a trickster.
trencher A plate on which food is served or cut.
trendle A wheel, spindle, or other thing that rotates in a similar way, such as a trundle.
trental A set of 30 requiem masses, said once a day for a month or all in one day.
trepanation The practice of drilling a hole in the skull as a physical, mental, or spiritual treatment.
tresayle A grandfather's grandfather; a great-great-grandfather.
tressure A narrow border near the edge of a shield or banner.
trialogue A conversation or talk between three people.
tribelet A small tribe of Native Americans, especially a small independent group of Native California people
tribrach A metrical foot consisting of three short syllables.
tricenarian The highest rank and pay grade for prefectures in Ancient Rome.
tricennalia The festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 30th year of rule.
tricennium A period of thirty years.
tricesimation A one-thirtieth tax introduced in the Duchy of Württemberg in 1691.
trichogyne The slender, hair-like cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in female red
trichotomy Division or separation into three groups or pieces.
triclinium A couch for reclining at mealtimes, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three par
tricolon A sentence with three clearly defined parts of equal length, usually independent clauses.
triduan An event lasting three days.
triduum A period of three days (especially in Roman Catholic liturgy).
trigeminous born three together; being one of three born at the same birth
triglyph A vertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze.
trigone One of the thickenings of the cell wall at the angles where several cells join.
trimerous Organized in threes; having parts in numbers that are multiples of three.
triphthong A monosyllabic vowel combination usually involving a quick but smooth movement from one vowel to ano
triplicity The quality or state of being triple or threefold; trebleness.
tripos A three-legged structure; a tripod.
trippant Represented as walking or trotting, usually with one of the forehooves lifted while the remaining th
triptote A noun which has three cases.
triskele A material with a structure resembling a triskeles.
triskeles A symbol consisting of three spirals, or three bent human legs.
trithing a riding (one of three ancient divisions of a county in England)
tritorium A vessel for separating liquids of different densities.
triumphator One granted a triumph.
triune Both trine and one at the same time.
trivet A stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire.
triviata A collection of trivia; a list of trivial information.
trivium The lower division of the liberal arts in a medieval university; grammar, logic, and rhetoric.
troche A lozenge; a cough drop.
troglodyte A member of a supposed prehistoric race that lived in caves or holes, a caveman.
tropology The use of a trope (metaphor or figure of speech).
troth An oath, pledge, plight, or promise.
trothful Faithful, loyal, trustworthy.
trounce To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
trover Taking possession of personal property which has been found.
truage Tribute, as paid to a ruler or superior.
truckle To act in a submissive manner; to fawn, submit to a superior.
truechimer A timeserver that transmits an accurate time via the Network Time Protocol.
trypophobia An irrational or obsessive fear of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes, such as those foun
tryzub A trident emblem representing Ukraine.
tubicination The act or process of sounding a trumpet
tuchun A Chinese military governor or warlord.
tucket A fanfare played on one or more trumpets, bugles or similar.
tuffet A clump of grass or similar vegetation; a small grass-covered mound.
tuile A type of thin, papery cookie, often bent into fancy shapes and added as garnish to dishes or desser
tulgey Thick, dense, dark (originally in reference to a wood).
tulpa A magical creature that attains corporeal reality, having been originally merely imaginary.
tumbril A kind of medieval torture device, later associated with a ducking stool.
tumultuary Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; confused; tumultuous.
turbary Peatland from which peat or turf may be cut for fuel; (countable) a piece of such land; a peat bog.
turbeh A small mausoleum built over the grave of a high-ranking or holy Muslim, especially under the Ottoma
turcopole A mounted archer locally recruited by the Christian states during the Crusades.
turgent swelling, turgid, or tumourous.
turncoat A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance.
turnhalle A building used as a school of gymnastics, mostly in German contexts.
turpitude Inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness.
turra A feather-like ornament projecting from a tied turban.
turrel A tool used primarily by coopers to bore holes.
turriphilia An (often manic) affection for, love of, or attraction (in any form) towards towers or similarly sha
tuyere A nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace,
twank To emit a sharp twanging sound.
tweenlight The period between dusk and nightfall; twilight.
twelfhyndman A man worth twelve hundred shillings in wergeld.
twibill A two-edged tool used in gate-type hurdle-making for cutting out mortises, with a flat chisel and a
twire To glance shyly or slyly; look askance; make eyes; leer; peer; pry.
twyhyndman A man worth two hundred shillings in wergeld.
tympany The sound made by beating a drum.
typhon A violent whirlwind; a typhoon.
typocosmy The representation of the world.
tzaddik A very righteous person, especially a Hassidic spiritual leader.