| Word | Definition |
| tabacosis | tobacco poisoning |
| tabanid | blood-sucking insect; gad-fly |
| tabaret | striped watered silk and satin fabric |
| tabatière | snuff-box |
| tabby | plain-woven silk taffeta fabric |
| tabefaction | wasting away; emaciation |
| tabellary | auditor; carrier of letters |
| tabellion | scrivener |
| tabernacle | ornamental container for storing Communion bread and wine |
| tabernacular | of, like or pertaining to a tabernacle |
| tabescent | wasting; shrivelling |
| tabific | wasting; consumptive; producing tabes |
| tabinet | silk and wool watered fabric |
| tablature | mental image or picture; plate-like surface or object |
| tablier | apron; part of dress resembling an apron |
| tabloidese | language typical of tabloid journalism |
| tabor | light medieval drum buckled onto the player's chest |
| tabouret | low stool; embroidery frame |
| tacenda | things not to be mentioned |
| tacent | silent |
| tach | link |
| tacheometer | instrument for rapidly measuring survey points on a map |
| tachism | painting by smearing or splattering |
| tachistoscope | instrument for rapidly showing images on a screen to test perception |
| tachograph | instrument for recording speed of rotation |
| tachometer | instrument for measuring speed of rotation |
| tachygraphy | shorthand |
| tachymetry | measurement of speed |
| tachyphrasia | abnormally rapid or voluble speech |
| tachyscope | early cinematograph |
| taction | contact; touch |
| tactometer | instrument measuring sense of touch |
| tactual | of, like or pertaining to or derived from the sense of touch |
| taenia | band; tapeworm; fillet |
| taeniacide | killing of tapeworms |
| taeniate | like a ribbon or tapeworm |
| taenioid | of a ribbon-like shape |
| taffeta | thin glossy silk |
| taffrail | rail round the stern of a ship |
| tagmeme | analysis of arrangement of spoken elements |
| tain | tin foil used as backing for mirror; thin tin plate |
| talalgia | pain in heel or ankle |
| talar | ankle-length robe |
| talaric | of, like or pertaining to or reaching the ankles |
| taligrade | walking on the outer side of the foot |
| talionic | retributive; like for like |
| taliped | one with a club-foot |
| tallage | feudal tax of a lord on tenants; any tax or toll |
| talliate | to impose a tax |
| talpa | mole or similar mark on the body |
| talus | rock detritus or debris at the base of a slope |
| tambour | sloping buttress or fortification |
| tamin | thin glazed worsted |
| tamis | thin wool |
| tampion | protective plug placed in mouth of gun or cannon |
| tanacles | pincer-like instruments of torture |
| tandem | two-seated carriage with horses harnessed in series |
| tangoreceptor | sensory receptor responding to touch |
| tanistry | succession by previously elected relative |
| tanquam | a person fit for college education |
| tantalus | locked case used to hold wine bottles |
| tanti | worthwhile |
| tantième | share of profits or royalties |
| tantivy | at full gallop; headlong |
| taperer | one who bears a taper during a religious procession |
| taphephobia | fear of being buried alive |
| taphrogenesis | vertical movement of the earth's crust |
| tapinosis | use of degrading or diminutive diction regarding a topic |
| tapotement | use of light taps in massage |
| tappit | crested |
| tarantas | four-wheeled carriage mounted on poles |
| tarantella | fast violent Italian folk dance |
| tarantism | irresistible urge to dance |
| tarassis | hysteria suffered by a man |
| tardigrade | slow-paced |
| tardiloquous | slow in speech |
| tarlatan | thin sheer stiff cotton |
| tarradiddle | lie; falsehood; nonsense; fib |
| tarriance | act of tarrying or delaying; procrastination |
| tarrish | of the quality or consistency of tar |
| tartarology | beliefs about hell or the underworld |
| taseometer | instrument for measuring stress in a structure |
| tasimeter | instrument for measuring changes in pressure |
| tasse | one of a series of armour plates that go around the hips like a skirt |
| tastevin | wine taster |
| tatonnement | experimentation; trial and error |
| tatou | armadillo |
| tatterdemalion | tattered; ragged; scarecrow-like |
| taupe | brownish-grey |
| taurean | of, like or pertaining to a bull |
| tauricide | killing or killer of a bull |
| tauricornous | having horns like a bull's |
| tauriform | having the form of a bull |
| taurine | of, like or pertaining to bulls |
| taurine | bull-like; of a bull |
| tauromachy | bullfighting |
| tauromorphous | bull-shaped |
| tautochronous | lasting the same amount of time |
| tautological | repetition of an idea implied in a statement |
| tautomerism | possession of more than one structure by a substance |
| tautonym | taxonomic name in which genus and species are the same |
| tautophony | repetition of the same sound |
| taw | to prepare skins by soaking, salting, stretching and paring |
| taws | thong used for punishment |
| taxaceous | of, like or pertaining to yew trees |
| taxeme | a basic unit of systems of classification |
| taximeter | instrument for measuring fee for hired vehicle |
| taxis | movement of a whole organism |
| tazza | cup with saucer-shaped bowl on a pedestal |
| teasel | brush with hooked bits used in napping cloth |
| technocracy | government by technical experts |
| technography | description of arts and crafts |
| technolithic | of, like or pertaining to stone tools |
| technomania | craze for technology |
| technonomy | laws of industrial arts |
| technophile | one who is fond of technology |
| technophobia | fear of technology |
| technopole | place where high-technology industries located |
| tecnology | teaching of children |
| tectiform | shaped like a roof |
| tectonic | of, like or pertaining to building; structural |
| tectonics | science of structure of objects, buildings and landforms |
| tectorial | covering |
| tectosphere | part of the earth that moves during plate tectonic activity |
| tectrix | small feather of a bird's wing |
| ted | to spread grass for drying |
| tediferous | bearing a torch |
| teen | injury; grief |
| teg | a sheep in its second year; the fleece of such a sheep |
| tegestology | study and collecting of beer mats |
| tegmen | covering or shell |
| tegmental | of, like or pertaining to coverings or outer shells |
| tegminal | covering; protecting |
| tegula | tile |
| tegular | of, like or overlapping like tiles or slates |
| tegulated | composed of plates overlapping like tiles |
| tegument | natural covering of an animal or plant body |
| teichopsia | visual blurring and colours associated with migraines |
| teichoscopy | observation from the perspective of a wall |
| teinoscope | prism telescope |
| teknonymy | the naming of the parent from the child |
| telaesthesia | perception of events or objects not actually present or near |
| telamon | a column carved in the shape of a human male |
| telarian | creature that spins a web |
| telary | web-spinning |
| telautograph | telegraph that reproduces writing done with a pen or pencil |
| telega | four-wheeled springless wagon |
| telegnosis | knowledge of events taking place far away; clairvoyance |
| telegony | influence of previous mate on offspring of current one |
| telematics | transmission of computerized data over long distances |
| telemeter | instrument for measuring strain or distance from observer |
| telenergy | application of spirit energy at a distance |
| teleology | study of final causes; analysis in terms of purpose |
| teleonomy | characteristic of being governed by an overall purpose |
| teleorganic | vital |
| telergy | physical force at work in telepathy |
| teleseism | tremor due to a very distant earthquake |
| telesis | making use of natural or social processes for a goal |
| telespectroscope | instrument for analysing radiation omitted by distant bodies |
| telestereoscope | instrument for viewing distant objects stereoscopically |
| telesthesia | abnormal impression of objects beyond the senses |
| telestic | of, like or pertaining to the mysteries |
| telestich | poem where final letters of each line spell a word |
| teletactor | instrument that allows deaf people to feel sound vibrations |
| telic | expressing purpose; purposive; signifying intention |
| tellograph | signalling apparatus like a semaphore system |
| tellural | of, like or pertaining to the earth |
| tellurian | terrestrial |
| tellurometer | instrument using microwaves to measure distance |
| telmatology | study of swamps |
| telodynamic | of, like or pertaining to transmission of power to a distance |
| telos | aim; purpose; ultimate end |
| teloteropathy | telepathy between living persons |
| telpherage | system of cargo conveyance using electric motor and cable |
| telson | last segment of a crustacean |
| temenos | place dedicated to a god; sacred precinct |
| temerarious | rashly or presumptuously daring |
| tempera | painting using white of egg instead of oil |
| temperative | having a moderating influence |
| tempestive | timely; seasonable |
| temporal | indicating time when |
| temporaneous | lasting only a short while |
| tempore | in the time of |
| temporise | to delay; to procrastinate |
| temulence | intoxication |
| tenaculum | pincers |
| tenaille | outwork in main ditch of a fortification |
| tendentious | designed to advance a cause |
| tenderometer | instrument for measuring tenderness of fruits and vegetables |
| tenebrific | producing darkness |
| tenebrose | dark; gloomy |
| tenendum | clause in a deed defining land tenure |
| tenne | heraldic designation for orange-brown colour |
| tenon | projecting part of joint for inserting into mortise |
| tensimeter | instrument for measuring vapour pressure |
| tensiometer | instrument for measuring tension |
| tentamen | experiment; attempt |
| tentation | experiment by trial and error |
| tentiginous | lust-provoking |
| tentigo | priapism; morbid lasciviousness |
| tenue | bearing; carriage; manner of dress |
| tepefaction | making or becoming tepid |
| tephra | ash and debris ejected by volcano |
| tephrochronology | dating of volcanic eruptions by studying layers of ash |
| tephromancy | divination by ashes |
| tephrosis | incineration |
| tepor | state of being tepid or lukewarm |
| teramorphous | of abnormal or monstrous form |
| teratism | monster, malformed person or animal |
| teratogenic | producing monsters or abnormal growth |
| teratoid | monstrous |
| teratology | study of monsters, freaks, abnormal growths or malformations |
| terce | prayer service held at 9 a.m. |
| tercel | male hawk |
| tercet | group of three rhyming lines |
| terdiurnal | three times per day |
| terebrate | to bore into; to pierce |
| terete | smooth and cylindrical or tapering |
| tergal | of, like or pertaining to the back |
| tergiversation | equivocation |
| termagant | an overbearing or nagging woman |
| terminative | indicating motion up to or time until |
| terminism | doctrine that there is a time limit for repentance |
| ternary | in threes; having three components; having three as a base |
| terotechnology | use of various skills to extend life of equipment |
| terpsichorean | of, like or pertaining to dancing |
| terraceous | earthen |
| terracotta | reddish-brown |
| terramara | kind of earthy fertiliser |
| terraneous | of, like or pertaining to the earth |
| terraqueous | amphibious; consisting of land and water |
| terrazzo | flooring of chips of marble |
| terrella | magnetic model of the earth |
| terremotive | seismic |
| terrene | of the earth; earthly; worldly; mundane |
| terreplein | top of a rampart where guns are mounted |
| terret | swivel-ring; ring for fastening chain to |
| terricolous | living in or on the soil |
| terrier | register or roll of rents from an estate |
| terrigenous | produced on land; produced by the land |
| terriginous | earth-born; derived from the land |
| terrine | earthenware jar or dish |
| terry | piled fabric consisting of uncut loops |
| tersive | cleansing; detersive |
| terzain | stanza of three lines |
| tesla | unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter |
| tessaraglot | speaking four languages |
| tessellate | to form into or adorn with mosaic |
| tessellation | fitting together exactly; leaving no spaces |
| tessera | small token or ticket; block of stone used in mosaic; password |
| tesseract | figure of a cube within a cube |
| tesserarian | of, like or pertaining to dice games |
| tesseratomy | division into four parts |
| testaceous | of or having a hard shell; brick-red |
| testamur | certificate of having passed an examination |
| tester | piece of armour for the head; headgear for a horse |
| tester | canopy over a bed, pulpit or altar |
| testicond | having the testes concealed within the body |
| testudinal | of, like or pertaining to tortoises or tortoise-shell |
| testudo | wheeled shelter used for protection from above attacks |
| tetanigenous | causing tetanus |
| tetchy | irritable |
| tetrachotomous | divided into fours |
| tetrachromatic | concerning theory that there are four primary colours |
| tetradarchy | government by four people; tetrarchy |
| tetragrammaton | sacred word or acronym of four letters |
| tetrakishexahedron | cube with pyramid erected on each face |
| tetralemma | quandary with four alternatives |
| tetramerous | having four parts |
| tetramorph | artistic representation of the four evangelists in one figure |
| tetrapod | quadruped |
| tetrapolis | group of four cities |
| tetrapteran | having four wings |
| tetraptych | hinged painting in four parts |
| tetrarchy | government by four people |
| teuthology | study of cephalopods |
| Teutomania | obsession with Teutonic or German things |
| tewel | a chimney; the rectum or anus of a horse |
| textology | study of the production of texts |
| textorial | of, like or pertaining to weaving |
| textrine | of, like or pertaining to weaving |
| textuary | a person having extensive biblical knowledge |
| thalassian | marine; type of sea turtle |
| thalassiarchy | sovereignty of the seas; thalassocracy |
| thalassic | marine; of seas; of inland seas |
| thalassocracy | sovereignty of the seas |
| thalassography | science of the sea |
| thalassometer | instrument for measuring tides |
| thalassophilous | living in or fond of the sea |
| thalassophobia | fear of the sea |
| thalassotherapy | medical treatment using baths in sea water |
| thalerophagous | feeding on fresh vegetable matter |
| thalposis | sensation of warmth |
| thalweg | middle of navigable waterway used as boundary line |
| thanatism | belief that the soul dies with the body |
| thanatognomonic | indicating or characteristic of death |
| thanatography | narrative of a death |
| thanatoid | apparently dead; deathly; deadly |
| thanatology | study of death and its customs |
| thanatomania | belief that one has been affected by death magic, and resulting illness |
| thanatophobia | fear of death |
| thanatopsis | view of or reflection upon death |
| thanatosis | gangrene; necrosis; state imitating death |
| thanatousia | funeral rites |
| thaumatogeny | doctrine of the miraculous origin of life |
| thaumatography | description of natural wonders |
| thaumatolatry | worship of miracles or wonders |
| thaumatology | study of miracles |
| thaumatrope | gadged showing persistence of visual impressions using spinning disk |
| thaumaturgy | performing of miracles |
| theandric | divine and human at the same time |
| theanthropic | simultaneously human and divine |
| theanthroposophy | system of belief concerning Christ as god and man |
| thearchy | rule by a god or gods; body of divine rulers |
| theatrocracy | goverment by gathered assemblies of citizens |
| theatromania | craze for going to plays |
| theca | sheath; capsule |
| thecate | having a sheath |
| theftuous | thievish |
| thegosis | tooth-grinding in order to sharpen teeth |
| theiform | of the form of tea |
| theism | belief in the existence of God without special revelation |
| thelematic | of, like or pertaining to will or volition; voluntary |
| thelemic | allowing people to do as they wish |
| thelemite | libertine |
| thelitis | inflammation of the nipple |
| thelytoky | parthenogenetic production of females only |
| theocentrism | belief that God is central fact of existence |
| theocracy | government by priests or by religious law |
| theocrasy | mixture of religions; fitting other religions into own |
| theodicy | defense of goodness in view of the existence of evil |
| theodidact | student of God; one who is taught by God |
| theodolite | surveying instrument for measuring angles |
| theody | hymn in praise of God |
| theogamy | marriage of gods |
| theogonic | accounting for the origin or presence of gods |
| theolepsy | seizure or possession by a god |
| theologaster | petty or shallow theologian |
| theologoumenon | theological statement as opposed to divine one |
| theomachy | war amongst or against the gods |
| theomancy | divination by means of oracles |
| theomania | belief that one is a god |
| theomastix | punisher of mortals sent by God; such a punishment |
| theometry | measurement or estimation of God |
| theomicrist | one who belittles God |
| theonomy | government or rule by God |
| theopantism | belief that God is the only reality |
| theopathy | emotional experience brought on by religious belief |
| theophagy | sacramental consumption of a god |
| theophany | manifestation or appearance of a god to people |
| theophilanthropism | love of both God and humanity |
| theophile | one who loves or is loved by God |
| theophobia | fear of God |
| theophorous | having the name of a god; derived from a god's name |
| theopneustic | divinely inspired |
| theopsychism | belief that the soul is of a divine nature |
| theorbo | double-necked lute |
| theosophy | immediate divine illumination or wisdom |
| theotechny | use of the gods as primary moving force in a poem or play |
| theotherapy | faith healing |
| theotokos | title given to the Virgin Mary as bearer of God |
| therblig | unit of work for quantifying industrial operations |
| thereinto | into that or it |
| thereoid | bestial; savage |
| thereology | therapeutics |
| thereon | thereupon |
| therewith | thereupon; forthwith |
| therewithal | besides |
| theriac | antidote to venomous bites |
| theriacal | of, like or pertaining to antidotes |
| therianthropic | combining human and animal forms |
| theriatrics | veterinary medicine |
| theriodic | malignant |
| theriogenology | study of animals' reproductive systems |
| theriolatry | animal-worship |
| theriomorph | animal form in art |
| theriomorphosis | transformation into a beast |
| therm | unit of quantity of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units |
| thermaesthesia | sensitivity to heat or cold |
| thermantidote | apparatus for cooling air |
| thermic | of, like or pertaining to heat |
| thermogenesis | production of heat |
| thermograph | instrument for recording changes in temperature |
| thermokinematics | study of motion of heat |
| thermolabile | easily decomposed by heat |
| thermology | study of heat |
| thermolysis | decomposition caused by heat |
| thermometrograph | instrument for recording changes in temperature |
| thermonous | of, like or pertaining to stimulation by heat |
| thermophilous | preferring or thriving in high temperatures |
| thermopile | instrument measuring minute changes in temperature |
| thermoplagia | sunstroke |
| thermoscope | instrument indicating change in temperature |
| thermotaxis | movement influenced or controlled by heat |
| thermotropism | growth of organism influenced by heat |
| theroid | of, like or pertaining to a beast or wild animal |
| therology | study of wild mammals |
| thersitical | scurrilous; violent in manner of speech |
| thesial | of, like or pertaining to a thesis |
| thesmothete | law-giver |
| thetic | positively asserting; bearing the thesis; prescribed |
| theurgy | magic or miracles by the agency of good spirits |
| thewe | pillory for women that keeps the legs together |
| thiasus | group of worshippers gathered to dance in praise of gods |
| thigmotaxis | movement of plant towards or away from an object |
| thigmotropism | turning of an object in response to touch |
| thionic | of, like or pertaining to or containing sulphur |
| thirdborough | petty constable of a township |
| thirdendeal | old liquid measure of three pints; one-third of anything |
| thither | to that place |
| thixotropy | temporary reduction in viscosity when shaken or stirred |
| thlipsis | constriction; compression |
| thnetopsychism | belief that the soul dies with the body, to be reborn on day of judgement |
| thole | to endure; to suffer |
| thole | pin in the side of a boat to keep oar in place |
| tholobate | circular substructure on which a dome rests |
| tholoid | dome-shaped lava extrusion plugging the vent of a volcano |
| tholus | round building; dome; cupola |
| thooid | like a wolf |
| thoracoscope | instrument for viewing the thorax and chest wall |
| thoughtography | supposed technique for transferring mental images onto photographs |
| thrasonic | boastful; bragging |
| thremmatology | science of breeding domestic animals and plants |
| threnetic | mournful |
| threnodic | mournful |
| threnody | ode or song of lamentation; lament; dirge |
| threpsology | science of nutrition |
| threptic | of, like or pertaining to the rearing of young |
| thrioboly | divination using pebbles |
| thro | through |
| throat-pit | depression between collarbones where they meet the breastbone |
| thrombus | blood clot |
| thronal | of, like or pertaining to a throne |
| thropple | throat or windpipe of an animal |
| throstle | machine for drawing, twisting and winding fibres |
| throttlebottom | harmless incompetent holding public office |
| thrum | loose thread or fringe of a garment or cloth |
| thumomancy | divination by means of one's own soul |
| thurible | censer |
| thurifer | altar boy who bears censer |
| thuriferous | incense-bearing |
| thurl | cow's hip-joint |
| thyestean | cannibalistic |
| thymiatechny | use of perfumes for medicinal purposes |
| thymiaterion | ancient Greek censer |
| thymogenic | due to emotion |
| thymoleptic | psychologically energizing |
| thymopathy | mental disorder |
| thyrsus | staff wreathed with ivy |
| tiara | three-tiered crown worn by or carried in front of the pope |
| tibicinate | to play on a pipe |
| tichorrhine | woolly rhinoceros |
| tick | cover of a mattress or pillow |
| ticking | strong linen or cotton fabric used for mattress and pillow cases |
| tidology | study of tides |
| tiffany | transparent silk-like gauzy fabric |
| tigerism | swagger |
| tigrine | of, like or pertaining to tigers |
| tilbury | light open two-wheeled carriage |
| tiller | handle or lever for turning a ship's rudder |
| tilleul | pale yellowish-green |
| tilth | agricultural work |
| tiltmeter | instrument for measuring tilting of earth's surface |
| timarchy | government by the propertied class; timocracy |
| timbal | kettle drum |
| timberhead | top end of ship's timber used above the gunwale |
| timbrology | study of postage stamps |
| timbromania | craze for stamp collecting |
| timbrophily | love or fondness for stamps; stamp-collecting |
| timbrous | resonant; sonorous |
| timenoguy | rope stretched from place to place in a ship |
| timeous | in good time; seasonable |
| timocracy | government by the propertied class |
| timoneer | helmsman |
| timwhisky | light carriage for one or two people, pulled by one or two horses |
| tinchel | circle of men who encircle a deer |
| tinction | act of dyeing |
| tinctorial | of, like or pertaining to dyeing; giving colour |
| tinctumutation | change of colour |
| tincture | a heraldic colour or metal |
| tingent | adding colour; having the ability to tinge |
| tinnient | ringing; resonant |
| tinnitus | ringing sound in the head |
| tintinnabulate | to ring; to tinkle |
| tintinnabulum | percussion instrument of many bells in succession |
| tippet | long black scarf worn by Anglican clergy |
| tiqueur | one who suffers from tics |
| tirailleur | skirmisher; sharpshooter |
| tirasse | pedal-coupler in an organ |
| tiretaine | wool cloth mixed with cotton or linen |
| tiro | recruit; novice; beginner |
| tirocinium | early training; first experience; group of recruits |
| tiromancy | divination using cheese |
| tisane | infusion of herbs or flowers |
| tisicky | wheezy; asthmatic |
| titaniferous | bearing titanium |
| titanism | spirit of revolt or defiance against social conventions |
| titanomachy | war of the Titans against the gods |
| titian | red-gold or reddish-brown |
| titivate | dress up; spruce up |
| titrimetry | measuring by titration |
| tittup | to prance mincingly; to walk in an affected manner |
| titubate | to stagger; to stumble |
| titulus | inscription on or over something |
| tmema | segment or section |
| tmesis | separation of word into parts by an intervening word |
| toadstone | stone thought to grow inside a toad and have magic powers |
| tobaccophile | one who loves tobacco |
| tocodynamometer | instrument for measuring uterine contractions during childbirth |
| tocology | obstetrics; midwifery |
| tocophobia | fear of pregnancy or childbirth |
| tocsin | alarm bell; sounding of an alarm bell |
| tod | old unit of weight of wool equal to 28 pounds |
| toft | a small hill |
| tog | unit of measurement for insulation properties of fabric |
| togated | wearing a toga; dignified |
| toile | plain or simple twilled fabric |
| toison | lamb's wool |
| tolerationism | doctrine of toleration of religious differences |
| tolsester | duty of ale due to one's lord for the privilege of brewing |
| tolutation | act of pacing or ambling |
| tolypeutine | of, like or pertaining to armadillos |
| toman | myriad; ten thousand |
| tombac | cheap gold-coloured alloy of zinc and copper |
| tombic | holding that the Egyptian pyramids were intended as tombs |
| tombola | lottery in which each entrant must win a prize |
| tomentose | bearing thickly matted hair or fur |
| tomiparous | of organic matter, multiplying by division |
| tomium | cutting edge of a bird's bill |
| tomograph | instrument for viewing section of an object using X-rays |
| tomography | scan to obtain detailed image of solid structure |
| tomomania | irrational predilection for performing surgery |
| ton | unit of cooling power equal to 12,000 BTU per hour |
| tonant | thundering |
| tondo | circular painting or relief carving |
| tonetic | of, like or pertaining to tonal pronunciation or languages |
| tonetics | study of pronunciation |
| tonga | light two-wheeled carriage |
| tonish | modish; fashionable |
| tonitrophobia | fear of thunder |
| tonitruone | musical instrument that imitates sound of thunder |
| tonitruous | thundering |
| tonlet | set of overlapping strips on armour skirt |
| tonneau | rear extension of body of car |
| tonometer | instrument measuring pitch of musical tones |
| tonsorial | of, like or pertaining to a barber or a barber's work |
| tonsure | shaving of small area on the crown of head of a priest or monk |
| tontine | annuity scheme where benefits increase as members die |
| tonus | normal elasticity of healthy muscle at rest |
| topaesthesia | determining place by sense of touch |
| toparch | ruler of a district |
| topaz | dark yellow |
| topgallant | mast or sail above the topmast and below the royal mast |
| tophaceous | gritty |
| topiary | clipping of trees into imitative or fantastic shapes |
| toplofty | high and mighty; haughty |
| topmast | ship's mast above the lower mast |
| topology | study of places and their natural features |
| topomancy | divination using landforms |
| toponomastic | of, like or pertaining to place names |
| toponym | place name derived from geographical feature |
| toponymics | study of place-names |
| topophilia | great love or affection for a particular place |
| topophobia | stage fright; fear of performing; fear of certain places |
| topophone | instrument to determine direction and distance of a fog-horn |
| topotype | specimen collected in the same locality as an original |
| topsail | ship's sail above the lowermost sail |
| toran | arched gateway or garland of flowers |
| torchier | floor lamp with bowl for reflecting light upwards |
| torchon | duster or dishcloth; coarse lace or paper |
| torcula | wine press |
| torcular | tourniquet |
| tordion | Renaissance dance similar to but slower than a galliard |
| tore | surface described by rotation of conic section about a line |
| toreumatography | description of ancient metal sculpture |
| toreutics | study of artistic work in metal |
| toreutics | artistic work in metal by chasing and embossing |
| torfaceous | growing in mosses or bogs |
| tormentum | ancient siege engine |
| tornote | having blunt extremities |
| toroid | shaped like a doughnut or anchor-ring |
| torose | swelling; bulging; knobby; muscular |
| torpedinous | numbing; having the quality of a torpedo |
| torpefy | to make numb or torpid; to paralyze |
| torpescence | becoming numb or torpid |
| torpid | numb; lethargic; having lost the power to act |
| torpillage | electric shock therapy |
| torpor | numbness; inactivity; dullness |
| torporific | causing dullness or numbness |
| torquated | wearing a collar or chain; formed like a torque |
| torr | unit of pressure equal to 1/760 of standard atmospheric pressure |
| torrefy | to scorch or parch; to dry or roast with heat |
| torrentine | of, like or pertaining to a torrent; having the character of a torrent |
| torsade | ornament on a hat like a twisted cord; any twisted cord |
| torsel | plate in a brick wall to support the end of a beam |
| torsibility | capability of being twisted |
| torsiograph | instrument for recording torsional vibrations on an object |
| torsive | twisted spirally |
| torticollis | stiff neck |
| tortile | wreathed; twisted; coiled |
| tortious | committing a wrongful deed |
| torulose | with small swellings at intervals |
| torus | rounded swelling; lowest moulding of a column |
| torvity | grimness; fierceness |
| torvous | stern |
| tosticated | fuddled; perplexed |
| tot | bone or other object retrieved from garbage pile |
| totemism | belief that a group has a special kinship with an object or animal |
| tother | the other |
| totient | number of numbers less than and prime to a given number |
| totipotent | capable of differentiation |
| totitive | number less than and prime to another |
| tourbillon | swirl; vortex; whirlwind |
| tournure | contour; characteristic turn of line; grace or poise |
| tovarish | comrade |
| tow | bundle of untwisted natural fibres |
| toxicogenic | producing or produced by poisons |
| toxicomania | morbid craving for poisons |
| toxicophagous | eating poison |
| toxicophobia | fear of poisoning |
| toxiferous | producing or bearing poison |
| toxiphagous | poison-eating |
| toxiphobia | fear of poison or being poisoned |
| toxophilite | lover of archery; an archer; of, like or pertaining to archery |
| toxophily | love of archery; archery; study of archery |
| toze | to tease out; card; comb; draw out; elicit |
| trabeate | built of horizontal beams rather than arches |
| trabecula | small bar or rod |
| trabeculated | transversely barred |
| tracasserie | turmoil |
| trachelate | having a neck |
| trachyphonia | roughness of voice |
| tractate | treatise; tract |
| tractile | ductile; able to be drawn out |
| traditive | traditional |
| traduce | to defame; to slander |
| traductive | transmitted |
| tragedian | writer or actor of tragedy |
| tragelaph | mythical crossbreed of a goat and stag |
| tragomaschalia | smelly armpits |
| tragus | prominent bump in front of opening of the ear |
| trahison | treachery; treason |
| traject | crossing; ferry; transference |
| tralatition | metaphor |
| tralatitious | traditional; transmitted; handed on; metaphorical |
| tralineate | to deviate |
| tramble | to wash tin-ore by agitation in a trough |
| trammel | device used to hold pots and pans over a fire |
| trammel | net used to catch fish or birds |
| trammel | to hamper or restrain |
| trammel | tool used for drawing ellipses |
| tramontane | beyond the mountains; foreign; uncivilized |
| tranation | act of swimming over or across |
| trancey | creating a trance-like effect; hypnotic |
| tranche | slice or block of money or shares |
| tranchet | Neolithic flint chisel |
| tranect | ferry |
| trangam | showy or worthless article |
| transcalent | pervious to or allowing the passage of heat |
| transcendentalism | theory that emphasizes that which transcends perception |
| transenna | screen enclosing a shrine |
| transept | part of a church off to one side of main structure |
| transfluent | flowing across |
| tranship | to transfer from one ship to another |
| transhumant | passing from winter to summer pastures |
| transilient | leaping or passing across |
| transire | ship's customs warrant for clearing goods |
| translative | indicating process of change or movement through |
| translunary | beyond the moon; spiritual |
| transmarine | across or beyond the sea |
| transmigrationism | belief that soul passes into other body at death |
| transmissometer | instrument for measuring transmission of light through a fluid |
| transom | transverse timbers attached to ship's sternpost |
| transom | structure dividing a window horizontally; horizontal bar |
| transpicuous | transparent; easily seen through or understood |
| transpontine | from the other side of the river; melodramatic |
| transubstantiation | miraculous changing of bread and wine into body and blood of Christ |
| transude | to ooze out; to exude through the pores |
| transumption | transcription; transference; translation |
| transuranic | denoting heavy radioactive artificial chemical elements |
| transverberate | to pierce |
| transvolation | flying higher than normal |
| trap | light one-horse carriage with springs |
| trapezium | quadrilateral having only one pair of parallel sides |
| trapunto | kind of quilting in which only the design is padded |
| traulism | stammering |
| traumatology | study of wounds and their effects |
| traumatropism | alteration in direction of growth of a plant due to a wound |
| trautonium | electronic musical instrument like a theramin |
| trave | crossbeam or space between crossbeams |
| travelator | moving footpath for pedestrians |
| treacle | dark; syrupy molasses |
| trebuchet | medieval siege engine for launching stones |
| trechometer | instrument for determining distance travelled; odometer |
| treenail | long wooden pin used to fix planks of ship to the timbers |
| trefoil | three-lobed architectural ornament |
| tregetour | juggler; trickster; deceiver |
| treillage | trellis-work; a trellis |
| trellis | structure of cross-barred or lattice-work |
| trema | an orifice; a dieresis |
| tremallose | gelatinous |
| tremendum | feeling of overwhelming awe associated with religious experience |
| tremissis | late Roman and early Byzantine gold coin |
| tremogram | irregularity in a person's handwriting |
| tremograph | instrument for recording involuntary muscular motion |
| tremolist | one who employs tremolo |
| tremolo | vibrating effect of certain musical instruments or the singing voice |
| tremulous | trembling; quivering |
| trenchant | incisive; terse; vigorous |
| trencher | edible plate and platter made of bread |
| trendle | flat rounded baker's vessel |
| trental | commemoratory service held thirty days after burial |
| trepan | obsolete instrument for cutting open the skull |
| trepanation | cutting open the skull |
| tresayle | great-great grandfather |
| tressilate | to quiver |
| tressure | narrow band around a heraldic shield |
| trews | close-fitting trousers with tartan pattern |
| triage | selection for patients most likely to survive |
| trialism | doctrine that humans have three separate essences (body, soul, spirit) |
| triarchy | government by three people |
| triatic | rope joining adjacent mastheads |
| tribade | female homosexual; lesbian |
| tribadism | lesbian intercourse in the missionary position |
| tribble | horizontal frame with wires for drying paper |
| tribology | study of friction and wear between surfaces |
| triboluminescence | emission of light caused by friction |
| tribometer | instrument measuring friction |
| tribuloid | yielding prickly fruit |
| tribunitial | of, like or pertaining to a tribune |
| tributorian | of, like or pertaining to tribute or payment |
| trice | to haul in and lash secure a sail with a small rope |
| tricephalous | having three heads |
| trichoclasis | brittleness of hair |
| trichogenous | producing hair |
| trichoic | having or exhibiting three colours |
| trichoid | hair-like |
| trichology | study of hair and its disorders |
| trichoschisis | splitting of hair |
| trichosis | arrangement, distribution or disorder of hair |
| trichotillomania | neurosis where patient pulls out own hair |
| trichotomy | division into three parts or categories |
| tricoaster | combination of three-speed gear and coaster brake on a cycle |
| tricolette | silk or rayon knitted fabric |
| tricorn | three-horned; three-cornered |
| tricot | plain knitted silk or woollen fabric |
| tricotee | lively old dance |
| tricotine | double-twilled worsted fabric |
| tridominium | threefold rule |
| triduan | lasting three days |
| triduum | period of three days of prayer preceding Roman Catholic feasts |
| trierarchy | obligation of fitting out ships |
| trieteric | occurring in alternate years |
| trifarious | facing three ways |
| triforium | gallery or arcade over an aisle; gallery over nave and choir |
| trifurcate | to divide into three forks |
| trig | stone placed under a wheel to keep it from rolling |
| trigamy | state of being married to three spouses |
| triglyph | architectural ornament of tablet bearing two V-shaped channels |
| trigonal | having three angles |
| trigonometer | instrument for solving triangles |
| trigraph | combination of three letters for one sound |
| trihoral | happening every three hours |
| trilaminar | having three layers |
| trilemma | quandary having three choices |
| trilith | stone monument of two upright and one transverse slab |
| trimacular | having three spots or marks |
| trimerous | having the parts in threes |
| trin | triplet |
| trinacriform | three-pronged |
| trindle | thin piece of wood which holds book spine while trimmed |
| tringoid | of, like or pertaining to sandpipers |
| trinoctial | lasting three nights |
| trionym | name consisting of three words |
| triphibious | taking place on land, in water and in air |
| triphthong | three vowel sounds pronounced as one |
| triplopia | triple vision |
| trippet | part of machine which strikes another part regularly |
| tripsis | pulverization; shampooing; massage |
| triptote | used in three cases only |
| triptych | hinged painting with three panels |
| tripudiate | to dance for joy; to exult; to stamp |
| triquetra | triangular-shaped object |
| trireme | ancient ship with three banks of oars |
| triskaidekaphobia | fear of the number thirteen |
| triskelion | figure of three radiating curves or legs |
| trismus | lockjaw |
| tristachyous | three-spiked |
| tristichous | having or in three rows |
| tristiloquy | mournful manner of speech |
| tristisonous | mournful-sounding |
| trisulcate | having three ridges or forks |
| tritanopia | inability to distinguish the colour blue |
| tritarchy | government by three people; triarchy |
| tritavia | four-greats grandmother |
| tritavus | four-greats grandfather |
| tritheism | belief that the members of the Trinity are separate gods |
| tritheocracy | government by three gods |
| tritical | trite; common |
| triticeous | wheat-like |
| triticism | trite remark |
| triturate | to rub or grind into a fine powder |
| triumphalism | belief in the superiority of one particular religious creed |
| triune | trinity; three in one |
| trivet | tripod for a pot; metal plate to raise food from heat |
| trivirgate | having three linear marks |
| troat | to bellow like a roaring buck |
| trochal | wheel-like; circular |
| trocheameter | instrument counting wheel's revolutions |
| trochiferous | bearing a wheel or wheel-like organ |
| trochiform | shaped like a spinning-top |
| trochilic | of, like or pertaining to rotatory motion |
| trochilidine | of, like or pertaining to hummingbirds |
| trochiline | of, like or pertaining to hummingbirds |
| trochiscus | medicated tablet or lozenge |
| trochlear | like a pulley |
| trochoid | curve traced by a fixed point in plane of a circle |
| trochomancy | divination by studying wheel tracks |
| troglodytic | cave-dwelling |
| troglodytine | of, like or pertaining to wrens |
| troika | carriage drawn by three horses |
| troilism | sexual activity between three people |
| trommel | revolving sieve for cleaning or sizing minerals |
| tromometer | instrument for measuring slight earthquake shocks |
| tronc | collection of gratuities to be divided out later |
| trophallaxis | mutual exchange of nutriment in symbiosis |
| trophism | nutrition |
| trophobiosis | exchange of nutriment in symbiotic relationship |
| trophology | study of nutrition |
| trophotropism | direction of growth by nutritional factors |
| tropic | like a keel |
| tropism | a tendency to react to stimuli in a specific manner |
| tropological | characterized by tropes or figures of speech |
| tropology | figurative language; moral interpretation of the Bible |
| tropometer | instrument measuring rotation |
| tropophilous | flourishing in seasonal extremes of climate |
| tropophyte | plant adapted to alterations of moisture and drought |
| trottoir | pavement |
| trousseau | clothes collected by a bride for her marriage |
| trouvaille | a fortunate find |
| trover | legal action brought to recover goods from wrongful owner |
| trucage | faking of works of art |
| trucidation | slaughter |
| truckle | to submit; to cringe |
| truculent | belligerent; cruel; pugnacious; defiant; aggressive |
| trullization | act of plastering with a trowel |
| trumeau | piece of wall or pillar between two openings |
| truncheon | broken spear; broken or cut piece |
| trunnion | a pin or pivot on which something can be rotated |
| trutinate | to weigh using a balance; to evaluate mentally |
| truttaceous | of, like or pertaining to trout |
| tryma | nut-like fruit |
| trypanocide | killing of trypanosomes |
| trysail | ship's sail bent to a gaff and hoisted on a lower mast |
| tsiganology | study of gypsies |
| tsiology | treatise on tea |
| tuant | of writing, keen or trenchant |
| tuberiferous | bearing tubers |
| tuberiform | shaped like a lump or protuberance |
| tuberous | having tubers; knobbed |
| tubicinate | to blow a trumpet |
| tubicolous | inhabiting a tube |
| tubicornous | hollow-horned |
| tubifacient | constructing a tube |
| tubiform | shaped like a tube |
| tubulate | to form into a tube; to provide with a tube |
| tubulure | tubular opening |
| tuck | part of ship where ends of lower planks meet under the stern |
| tucket | flourish on a trumpet |
| tufa | rock made of fine volcanic detritus |
| tufthunter | toady |
| tuille | armour plate hanging below the tasses |
| tuism | theory that individuals have a second or other self |
| tuism | apostrophe; reference to or regard to a second person |
| tuitive | giving instruction; acquired by instruction |
| tulchan | calf's skin set beside a cow to make her give milk freely |
| tulipomania | obsession with tulips |
| tulle | sheer and delicate thin silk |
| tumbrel | old instrument of punishment like a pillory |
| tumefacient | causing swelling |
| tumefy | to swell |
| tumescent | tending to swell |
| tumid | inflated; falsely sublime; bombastic |
| tumorigenic | producing tumours |
| tum-tum | dog-cart |
| tumular | consisting of a mound or tumulus |
| tumultuary | chaotic; haphazard |
| tumulus | barrow-mound; mound of earth over a grave |
| tund | to beat; to thump |
| tunicate | covered with layers |
| tunicle | short ecclesiastical vestment worn by bishop or subdeacon |
| tup | ram; pile-driver; striking face of steam hammer or jackhammer |
| turbary | right to take peat from another's ground |
| turbidimeter | instrument for measuring turbidity of liquids |
| turbinate | shaped like a top or inverted cone |
| turdiform | like a thrush |
| turdine | of, like or pertaining to thrushes |
| turdine | of, like or pertaining to thrushes |
| turgent | swollen |
| turgescence | act or process of swelling; swollenness |
| turgid | swollen; inflated |
| turgometer | instrument for measuring turgidity |
| turncock | valve for regulating water flow |
| turnery | art of turning in a lathe |
| turnspit | person who turns a roasting spit |
| turnverein | athletic club |
| turophile | cheese lover |
| turquoise | blue-green |
| turrical | of, like or pertaining to a tower or turret; like a turret |
| turriferous | bearing towers |
| turriform | shaped like a tower |
| turtleback | structure over ship's bows or stern |
| tussah | brownish silk fabric |
| tussicular | of, like or pertaining to coughs |
| tussock | a compact tuft of grass or sedge |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a thing |
| tutiorism | doctrine that one should take the safer moral course |
| tutulus | conical Roman headdress |
| twain | two |
| twee | affectedly dainty; sentimentally sweet |
| twiforked | bifurcate |
| twingle | to wriggle; to twist |
| twink | to blink; to twinkle |
| twinter | two-year-old domestic animal |
| twire | to peep; to leer |
| twixt | between |
| twizzle | to swirl; to spin |
| two-step | ballroom dance with two main steps |
| twyer | nozzle for a blast of air |
| tychism | theory that accepts role of pure chance |
| tye | inclined trough for washing ore |
| tyloma | callus |
| tympaniform | drum-like; shaped like a drum |
| tympanum | space within an arch; arched recess at entrance of cathedral |
| tympany | swelling with pride or with pregnancy |
| typhlograph | instrument to help the blind write clearly |
| typhlology | study of blindness and the blind |
| typhlophile | one who is kind to the blind |
| typhogenic | causing fever |
| typhomania | delirious state resulting from typhus fever |
| typhonic | having the character of a whirlwind or tornado |
| typographia | matter pertaining to printing or printers |
| typography | art of printing or using type |
| typology | study of types of things |
| typomania | craze for printing one's lucubrations |
| typothetae | master printers collectively |
| typtology | theory concerning rappings by spirits or ghosts |
| tyrannicide | killing or killer of a tyrant |
| tyriasis | elephantiasis |
| tyroid | resembling cheese; cheesy |
| tyroma | cheese-like matter |
| tyromancy | divination using cheese |
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Ankur Dubey
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