+
termor
n.
Same as Termer, 2.
+
tenacity
n.
The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose.
+
tuft
v.t.
To adorn with tufts or with a tuft.
+
true
n.
Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the original.
+
totality
n.
The whole sum; the whole quantity or amount; the entirety; as, the totalityof human knowledge.
+
thermogen
n.
Caloric; heat; regarded as a material but imponderable substance.
+
turbinella
n.
A genus of large marine gastropods having a thick heavy shell with conspicuous folds on the columella.
+
testing
n.
The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.
+
trunk
n.
A long tube through which pellets of clay, p/as, etc., are driven by the force of the breath.
+
twist
n.
A roll of twisted dough, baked.
+
treat
v.t.
To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for.
+
tabby
a.
Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.
+
trolly
n.
A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like.
+
try
v.t.
To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions.
+
truss
n.
The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast.
+
tin
v.t.
To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil.
+
tectonic
a.
Of or pertaining to building or construction; architectural.
+
tenth
n.
The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third.
+
tactable
a.
Capable of being touched; tangible.
+
transformed
imp.|p.p.
of Transform
+
tonight
adv.
On the last night past.
+
top
v.t.
To rise to the top of; to go over the top of.
+
tripudiation
n.
The act of dancing.
+
tirewoman
n.
A lady's maid.
+
tinkle
n.
The common guillemot.
+
trueborn
a.
Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title; as, a true-born Englishman.
+
throatlatch
n.
A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat.
+
try
n.
Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.
+
thousand
n.
Hence, indefinitely, a great number.
+
toughness
n.
The quality or state of being tough.
+
topazolite
n.
A topaz-yellow variety of garnet.
+
trysting
n.
An appointment; a tryst.
+
theogony
n.
The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the Theogony of Hesiod.
+
taeniola
n.
One of the radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of certain medusae.
+
trifle
n.
To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements.
+
tace
n.
See Tasse.
+
triumvirate
n.
A coalition or association of three in office or authority; especially, the union of three men who obtained the government of the Roman empire.
+
tenosynovitis
n.
Inflammation of the synovial sheath enveloping a tendon.
+
therewith
adv.
At the same time; forthwith.
+
trustworthy
a.
Worthy of trust or confidence; trusty.
+
thessalian
a.
Of or pertaining to Thessaly in Greece.
+
taoism
n.
One of the popular religions of China, sanctioned by the state.
+
trewe
a.
True.
+
timekeeper
n.
One appointed to mark and declare the time of participants in races or other contests.
+
torilto
n.
A species of Turnix (Turnix sylvatica) native of Spain and Northen Africa.
+
tangled
imp.|p.p.
of Tangle
+
tabernacle
v.i.
To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.
+
targum
n.
A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect.
+
trustless
a.
That may not be trusted; not worthy of trust; unfaithful.
+
trichomatose
a.
Affected with a disease which causes agglutination and matting together; -- said of the hair when affected with plica. See Plica, 1.
+
transmissibility
n.
The quality of being transmissible.
+
tormentor
n.
One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures.
+
thysanopteran
n.
One of the Thysanoptera.
+
thrustle
n.
The throstle, or song thrust.
+
tablet
n.
A kind of pocket memorandum book.
+
tegmentum
n.
A covering; -- applied especially to the bundles of longitudinal fibers in the upper part of the crura of the cerebrum.
+
tarsus
n.
The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones.
+
theanthropist
n.
One who advocates, or believes in, theanthropism.
+
trestyne
n.
In the antler of a stag, the third tyne above the base. This tyne appears in the third year. In those deer in which the brow tyne does not divide, the tres-tyne is the second tyne above the base. See Illust. under Rucervine, and under Rusine.
+
toxoglossa
n.pl.
A division of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula are converted into poison fangs. The cone shells (Conus), Pleurotoma, and Terebra, are examples. See Illust. of Cone, n., 4, Pleurotoma, and Terebra.
+
typhomalarial
a.
Pertaining to typhoid fever and malaria; as, typhomalarial fever, a form of fever having symptoms both of malarial and typhoid fever.
+
theine
n.
See Caffeine. Called also theina.
+
trode

imp. of Tread.
+
techily
adv.
In a techy manner.
+
trammel
n.
A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
+
terrace
v.
A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces.
+
throne
n.
A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen.
+
tenon
v.t.
To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.
+
trepanning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trepan
+
thunderproof
a.
Secure against the effects of thunder or lightning.
+
transfer
n.
That which is transferred.
+
thatch
n.
A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
+
transport
v.t.
To carry, or cause to be carried, into banishment, as a criminal; to banish.
+
tentiginous
a.
Stiff; stretched; strained.
+
tailing
n.
The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff.
+
tap
v.t.
To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.
+
tertiary
n.
A member of the Third Order in any monastic system; as, the Franciscan tertiaries; the Dominican tertiaries; the Carmelite tertiaries. See Third Order, under Third.
+
tintle
n.
The wren.
+
table
n.
A circular plate of crown glass.
+
tumulate
v.t.
To cover, as a corpse, with a mound or tomb; to bury.
+
tache
n.
A spot, stain, or blemish.
+
tracheary
a.
Tracheal; breathing by means of tracheae.
+
trunk
n.
A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for containing clothes or other goods; especially, one used to convey the effects of a traveler.
+
thus
adv.
In this or that manner; on this wise.
+
tuition
n.
Superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship.
+
thulium
n.
A rare metallic element of uncertain properties and identity, said to have been found in the mineral gadolinite.
+
trinitrophenol
n.
Picric acid.
+
tinder
n.
Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen.
+
tempter
n.
One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil, regarded as the great enticer to evil.
+
tiar
n.
A tiara.
+
torsel
n.
A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.
+
tie
v.t.
To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with.
+
taste
n.
A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
+
tormentor
n.
An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels.
+
titling
n.
The hedge sparrow; -- called also titlene. Its nest often chosen by the cuckoo as a place for depositing its own eggs.
+
tremble
v.i.
To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles.
+
toreumatography
n.
A description of sculpture such as bas-relief in metal.
+
timekeeper
n.
One who marks the time in musical performances.
+
tabula
n.
One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids.
+
tablecloth
n.
A cloth for covering a table, especially one with which a table is covered before the dishes, etc., are set on for meals.
+
tillable
a.
Capable of being tilled; fit for the plow; arable.
+
tumble
v.t.
To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; -- sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers.
+
triangulate
v.t.
To divide into triangles; specifically, to survey by means of a series of triangles properly laid down and measured.
+
tridentine
a.
Of or pertaining to Trent, or the general church council held in that city.
+
territorialize
v.t.
To enlarge by extension of territory.
+
theophilosophic
a.
Combining theism and philosophy, or pertaining to the combination of theism and philosophy.
+
trump
v.t.
To play a trump card upon; to take with a trump card; as, she trumped the first trick.
+
thrumwort
n.
A kind of amaranth (Amarantus caudatus).
+
tenor
n.
An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.
+
turk
n.
A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.
+
testing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Test
+
turgidous
a.
Turgid.
+
tonophant
n.
A modification of the kaleidophon, for showing composition of acoustic vibrations. It consists of two thin slips of steel welded together, their length being adjystable by a screw socket.
+
tellurite
n.
A salt of tellurous acid.
+
trapan
n.
A snare; a stratagem; a trepan. See 3d Trepan.
+
trampling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trample
+
thyrsi
pl.
of Thyrsus
+
triliteralism
n.
Same as Triliterality.
+
translation
n.
Transfer of meaning by association; association of ideas.
+
throning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Throne
+
tabling
n.
A broad hem on the edge of a sail.
+
tritylene
n.
Propylene.
+
trisnitrate
n.
A nitrate formed from three molecules of nitric acid; also, less properly, applied to certain basic nitrates; as, trisnitrate of bismuth.
+
tineid
n.
Same as Tinean.
+
tend
v.t.
To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
+
thrust
n.|v.
Thrist.
+
thurling
n.
Same as Thurl, n., 2 (a).
+
trash
n.
That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.
+
trip hammer

A tilt hammer.
+
talipot
n.
A beautiful tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper.
+
tetradactyl
a.
Alt. of Tetradactyle
+
transplanter
n.
One who transplants; also, a machine for transplanting trees.
+
tricentenary
n.
A period of three centuries, or three hundred years, also, the three-hundredth anniversary of any event; a tercentenary.
+
takend
p.p.
of Take
+
turbinated
a.
Whirling in the manner of a top.
+
trial
n.
The act of testing by experience; proof; test.
+
traitory
n.
Treachery.
+
trapezohedral
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trapezohedron.
+
tabouret
n.
Same as Taboret.
+
traverse
v.i.
To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his croup to one side and his head to the other.
+
trunk
n.
The proboscis of an insect.
+
tetrapterous
a.
Having four wings.
+
thereabouts
adv.
Concerning that; about that.
+
table dhote

A common table for guests at a hotel; an ordinary.
+
tavernmen
pl.
of Tavernman
+
tetracolon
n.
A stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four verses or lines.
+
tabularization
n.
The act of tabularizing, or the state of being tabularized; formation into tables; tabulation.
+
trust
n.
Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance.
+
toparch
n.
The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy.
+
tellina
n.
A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells.
+
tenacula
pl.
of Tenaculum
+
treasured
imp.|p.p.
of Treasure
+
tetryl
n.
Butyl; -- so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.
+
tautologized
imp.|p.p.
of Tautologize
+
touch
v.t.
To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.
+
thoracotomy
n.
The operation of opening the pleural cavity by incision.
+
trailed
imp.|p.p.
of Trail
+
thanehood
n.
The character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes, collectively.
+
touter
n.
One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance, shops, and the like: hence, an obtrusive candidate for office.
+
translate
v.t.
To cause to remove from one part of the body to another; as, to translate a disease.
+
tucknet
n.
See Tuck, n., 2.
+
titling
n.
Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses.
+
tabacco
n.
Tobacco.
+
tore
imp.
of Tear
+
thimbleful
n.
As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.
+
towards
prep.
Near; about; approaching to.
+
tammuz
n.
A deity among the ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual lamentation. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the Phoenician Adon, or Adonis.
+
tappis
v.i.
See Tapish.
+
traction
n.
The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle.
+
tulipwood
n.
The beautiful rose-colored striped wood of a Brazilian tree (Physocalymna floribunda), much used by cabinetmakers for inlaying.
+
traveler
n.
The metal loop which travels around the ring surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner.
+
teetee
n.
Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to Callithrix, Chrysothrix, and allied genera; as, the collared teetee (Callithrix torquatus), and the squirrel teetee (Chrysothrix sciurea). Called also pinche, titi, and saimiri. See Squirrel monkey, under Squirrel.
+
tetraonid
n.
A bird belonging to the tribe of which the genus Tetrao is the type, as the grouse, partridge, quail, and the like. Used also adjectively.
+
trophy
n.
Anything taken from an enemy and preserved as a memorial of victory, as arms, flags, standards, etc.
+
tooth
n.
An angular or prominence on any edge; as, a tooth on the scale of a fish, or on a leaf of a plant
+
traditionary
a.
Traditional.
+
threnetic
a.
Alt. of Threnetical
+
thistly
a.
Overgrown with thistles; as, thistly ground.
+
table
v.t.
To lay or place on a table, as money.
+
teaselled

of Teasel
+
think
v.t.
To presume; to venture.
+
trimorphism
n.
The property of crystallizing in three forms fundamentally distinct, as is the case with titanium dioxide, which crystallizes in the forms of rutile, octahedrite, and brookite. See Pleomorphism.
+
text
n.
A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing; as, German text.
+
transferography
n.
The act or process of copying inscriptions, or the like, by making transfers.
+
thecophora
n.pl.
A division of hydroids comprising those which have the hydranths in thecae and the gonophores in capsules. The campanularians and sertularians are examples. Called also Thecata. See Illust. under Hydroidea.
+
timeserving
a.
Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power.
+
truss
n.
To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
+
tentaculite
n.
Any one of numerous species of small, conical fossil shells found in Paleozoic rocks. They are supposed to be pteropods.
+
turnouts
pl.
of Turn-out
+
tripped
imp.|p.p.
of Trip
+
tack
n.
A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack.
+
tragedian
n.
An actor or player in tragedy.
+
troopbird
n.
Any troupial.
+
touchdown
n.
The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal .
+
tamarack
n.
The black pine (Pinus Murrayana) of Alaska, California, etc. It is a small tree with fine-grained wood.
+
tear
n.
Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
+
town
adv.|prep.
The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
+
tartar
n.
A native or inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin, inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also, more correctly but less usually, Tatar.
+
transmutual
a.
Reciprocal; commutual.
+
timber
v.t.
To surmount as a timber does.
+
timberwork
n.
Work made of timbers.
+
thamyn
n.
An Asiatic deer (Rucervus Eldi) resembling the swamp deer; -- called also Eld's deer.
+
trapball
n.
An old game of ball played with a trap. See 4th Trap, 4.
+
trap
n.
A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot at.
+
tick
v.t.
To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.
+
thatch
n.
To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain.
+
token
n.
Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
+
throat
v.t.
To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending.
+
turanian
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade (called also Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages.
+
test
n.
Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical examination or decisive trial; as, to put a man's assertions to a test.
+
teem
v.i.
To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound.
+
toadyism
n.
The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation.
+
truckman
n.
One who drives a truck, or whose business is the conveyance of goods on trucks.
+
tribute
v.i.
To pay as tribute.
+
tree
n.
Wood; timber.
+
tempted
imp.|p.p.
of Tempt
+
teen
v.t.
To hedge or fence in; to inclose.
+
trust
n.
The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
+
thermosystaltic
a.
Influenced in its contraction by heat or cold; -- said of a muscle.
+
third
n.
The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
+
tractoration
n.
See Perkinism.
+
tormentry
n.
Anything producing torment, annoyance, or pain.
+
tiff
n.
A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift.
+
tampoe
n.
The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple.
+
tourmaline
n.
A mineral occurring usually in three-sided or six-sided prisms terminated by rhombohedral or scalenohedral planes. Black tourmaline (schorl) is the most common variety, but there are also other varieties, as the blue (indicolite), red (rubellite), also green, brown, and white. The red and green varieties when transparent are valued as jewels.
+
triumph
n.
To be prosperous; to flourish.
+
trim
n.
Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim.
+
through
adv.
From one end or side to the other; as, to pierce a thing through.
+
tinkle
v.t.
To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.
+
trilingual
a.
Containing, or consisting of, three languages; expressed in three languages.
+
thymiatechny
n.
The art of employing perfumes in medicine.
+
tern
a.
Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate.
+
tourniquet
n.
An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means.
+
turfless
a.
Destitute of turf.
+
tetanize
v.t.
To throw, as a muscle, into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in. See Tetanus, n., 2.
+
townsman
n.
An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another.
+
threepiled
a.
Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly.
+
theriaca
n.
Treacle; molasses.
+
tripartition
n.
A division by threes, or into three parts; the taking of a third part of any number or quantity.
+
tussock
n.
Same as Tussock grass, below.
+
torpedo
n.
A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
+
tentaculocyst
n.
One of the auditory organs of certain medusae; -- called also auditory tentacle.
+
testudo
n.
A cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on wheels.
+
tempting
a.
Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; as, tempting pleasures.
+
technological
a.
Of or pertaining to technology.
+
threadfin
n.
Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Polynemus and allied genera. They have numerous long pectoral filaments.
+
transcriptive
a.
Done as from a copy; having the style or appearance of a transcription.
+
toter
n.
The stone roller. See Stone roller (a), under Stone.
+
thoroughly
adv.
In a thorough manner; fully; entirely; completely.
+
throne
v.i.
To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.
+
trace
n.
One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
+
tenting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tent
+
tardity
n.
Slowness; tardiness.
+
toft
n.
A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.
+
tradeless
a.
Having no trade or traffic.
+
triste
n.
A cattle fair.
+
tinker
v.i.
To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.
+
tick
n.
Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.
+
tetartohedrism
n.
The property of being tetartohedral.
+
tolmen
n.
See Dolmen.
+
trunnion
n.
A gudgeon on each side of an oscillating steam cylinder, to support it. It is usually tubular, to convey steam.
+
tubbing
n.
The forming of a tub; also, collectively, materials for tubs.
+
too
adv.
Over; more than enough; -- noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too wide; too high; too many; too much.
+
thermotropic
a.
Manifesting thermotropism.
+
trier
n.
One who tries judicially.
+
tyrant
n.
Any one of numerous species of American clamatorial birds belonging to the family Tyrannidae; -- called also tyrant bird.
+
t square

See under T.
+
tribe
n.
A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude people united under one leader or government; as, the tribes of the Six Nations; the Seneca tribe.
+
tamping
n.
The material used in tamping. See Tamp, v. t., 1.
+
tabbinet
n.
A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface.
+
tracheary
n.
One of the Trachearia.
+
thence
adv.
From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.
+
triturable
a.
Capable of being triturated.
+
temperate
v.t.
To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
+
tyer
n.
One who ties, or unites.
+
tobogganer
n.
Alt. of Tobogganist
+
trading
a.
Venal; corrupt; jobbing; as, a trading politician.
+
trace
v.t.
The ground plan of a work or works.
+
temporality
n.
The state or quality of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity.
+
tonsile
a.
Capable of being clipped.
+
twill
v.i.
To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.
+
twiddle
v.t.
To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key.
+
townhall
n.
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.
+
tarpum
n.
A very large marine fish (Megapolis Atlanticus) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. It often becomes six or more feet in length, and has large silvery scales. The scales are a staple article of trade, and are used in fancywork. Called also tarpon, sabalo, savanilla, silverfish, and jewfish.
+
thistle
n.
Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants.
+
tying
n.
The act or process of washing ores in a buddle.
+
tract
v.
Track; trace.
+
turning
n.
A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned.
+
topcoat
n.
An outer coat; an overcoat.
+
trade
v.
Business of any kind; matter of mutual consideration; affair; dealing.
+
tagliacotain
a.
Of or pertaining to Tagliacozzi, a Venetian surgeon; as, the Tagliacotian operation, a method of rhinoplasty described by him.
+
tenor
n.
A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.
+
tranquil
a.
Quiet; calm; undisturbed; peaceful; not agitated; as, the atmosphere is tranquil; the condition of the country is tranquil.
+
trussed
imp.|p.p.
of Truss
+
throng
n.
A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.
+
time
v.t.
To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
+
tally
n.
To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
+
thalline
a.
Consisting of a thallus.
+
toiler
n.
One who toils, or labors painfully.
+
tretys
n.
A treatise; also, a treaty.
+
twofoot
a.
Measuring two feet; two feet long, thick, or wide; as, a two-foot rule.
+
turn
v.i.
To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well.
+
thumb
v.t.
To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune.
+
trade
v.
A company of men engaged in the same occupation; thus, booksellers and publishers speak of the customs of the trade, and are collectively designated as the trade.
+
thither
adv.
To that place; -- opposed to hither.
+
thence
adv.
From that place.
+
thalassography
n.
The study or science of the life of marine organisms.
+
trip
n.
A troop of men; a host.
+
tercellene
n.
A small male hawk.
+
three
n.
A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.
+
trill
n.
A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth -- tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip -- against another part; as, the r is a trill in most languages.
+
tertiate
v.t.
To do or perform for the third time.
+
taliacotian
a.
See Tagliacotian.
+
tirwit
n.
The lapwing.
+
tail
n.
A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; -- called also tailing.
+
tetesdepont
pl.
of Tete-de-pont
+
together
prep.
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.
+
taberd
n.
See Tabard.
+
trammeled
imp.|p.p.
of Trammel
+
take
p.p.
Taken.
+
tried
adj.
Proved; tested; faithful; trustworthy; as, a tried friend.
+
tyre

Curdled milk.
+
testate
a.
Having made and left a will; as, a person is said to die testate.
+
toady
n.
A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant.
+
transformism
n.
The hypothesis, or doctrine, that living beings have originated by the modification of some other previously existing forms of living matter; -- opposed to abiogenesis.
+
tubulous
a.
Containing, or consisting of, small tubes; specifically (Bot.), composed wholly of tubulous florets; as, a tubulous compound flower.
+
theatine
n.
One of an order of Italian monks, established in 1524, expressly to oppose Reformation, and to raise the tone of piety among Roman Catholics. They hold no property, nor do they beg, but depend on what Providence sends. Their chief employment is preaching and giving religious instruction.
+
talookdar
n.
Alt. of Talukdar
+
timocracy
n.
A state in which the love of honor is the ruling motive.
+
thermogenic
a.
Relating to heat, or to the production of heat; producing heat; thermogenous; as, the thermogenic tissues.
+
thebaic
a.
Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. This version is also called the Sahidic version.
+
threeparted
a.
Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite.
+
trifluctuation
n.
A concurrence of three waves.
+
tanghinia
n.
The ordeal tree. See under Ordeal.
+
tamis
n.
The cloth itself; tammy.
+
tailing
n.
The refuse part of stamped ore, thrown behind the tail of the buddle or washing apparatus. It is dressed over again to secure whatever metal may exist in it.  Called also tails.
+
tripod
n.
A three-legged frame or stand, usually jointed at top, for supporting a theodolite, compass, telescope, camera, or other instrument.
+
taille
n.
Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects.
+
tack
v.t.
Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder.
+
threaten
v.t.
To exhibit the appearance of (something evil or unpleasant) as approaching; to indicate as impending; to announce the conditional infliction of; as, to threaten war; to threaten death.
+
trifled
imp.|p.p.
of Trifle
+
telarly
adv.
In a weblike manner.
+
theave
n.
A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old.
+
twite
n.
The European tree sparrow.
+
tiling
n.
A surface covered with tiles, or composed of tiles.
+
terret
n.
One of the rings on the top of the saddle of a harness, through which the reins pass.
+
tchawytcha
n.
The quinnat salmon.
+
technique
n.
Same as Technic, n.
+
tripaschal
a.
Including three passovers.
+
tapis
n.
Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table.
+
telesm
n.
A kind of amulet or magical charm.
+
turkoman
n.
Same as Turcoman.
+
thump
v.i.
To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound.
+
tagtail
n.
A person who attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a hanger-on.
+
throatboll
n.
The Adam's apple in the neck.
+
tug
n.
A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles.
+
trinucleus
n.
A genus of Lower Silurian trilobites in which the glabella and cheeks form three rounded elevations on the head.
+
trench
v.t.
To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it.
+
tunnage
n.
See Tonnage.
+
threpsology
n.
The doctrine of nutrition; a treatise on nutrition.
+
trigger
n.
A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
+
tomtit
n.
A titmouse, esp. the blue titmouse.
+
trapezoidal
a.
Trapezohedral.
+
tawdry
superl.
Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers; tawdry colors.
+
teeny
a.
Fretful; peevish; pettish; cross.
+
tehee
v.i.
To titter; to laugh derisively.
+
tartan
n.
A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib.
+
tingent
a.
Having the power to tinge.
+
twenty
n.
A symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx.
+
treasure
n.
That which is very much valued.
+
trample
v.t.
To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers.
+
targums
pl.
of Targum
+
tenableness
n.
Same as Tenability.
+
twine
n.
To change the direction of.
+
thrum
v.t.
Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table.
+
tests
pl.
of Testa
+
tenonian
a.
Discovered or described by M. Tenon, a French anatomist.
+
tenacy
n.
Tenaciousness; obstinacy.
+
taster
n.
That in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.
+
trash
v.i.
To follow with violence and trampling.
+
thickhead
n.
Any one of several species of Australian singing birds of the genus Pachycephala. The males of some of the species are bright-colored. Some of the species are popularly called thrushes.
+
tetroxide
n.
An oxide having four atoms of oxygen in the molecule; a quadroxide; as, osmium tetroxide, OsO/.
+
trial
n.
Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, etc.
+
thermotype
n.
A picture (as of a slice of wood) obtained by first wetting the object slightly with hydrochloric or dilute sulphuric acid, then taking an impression with a press, and next strongly heating this impression.
+
tournament
n.
A mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle.
+
thrall
n.
A slave; a bondman.
+
tongue
n.
The clapper of a bell.
+
tablebook
n.
A tablet; a notebook.
+
tinker
n.
The silversides.
+
temple
n.
Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church.
+
textual
a.
Familiar with texts or authorities so as to cite them accurately.
+
turnout
n.
That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage; as, a man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turn-out.
+
touching
n.
The sense or act of feeling; touch.
+
tartarated
a.
Tartrated.
+
thionoline
n.
A beautiful fluorescent crystalline substance, intermediate in composition between thionol and thionine.
+
tranquilized
imp.|p.p.
of Tranquillize
+
trochoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the genus Trochus or family Trochidae.
+
transilience
n.
Alt. of Transiliency
+
thwittle
n.
A small knife; a whittle.
+
trihedral
a.
Having three sides or faces; thus, a trihedral angle is a solid angle bounded by three plane angles.
+
testicular
a.
Of or pertaining to the testicle.
+
trajetour
n.
Alt. of Trajetry
+
trajection
n.
The act of trajecting; a throwing or casting through or across; also, emission.
+
tunnel
n..
The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue; a funnel.
+
tenuated
imp.|p.p.
of Tenuate
+
teleostean
a.
Of or pertaining to the teleosts.
+
tegmen
n.
Same as Tectrices.
+
tailing
n.
The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
+
tendment
n.
Attendance; care.
+
telltale
n.
A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected with the bellows of an organ, that gives notice, by its position, when the wind is exhausted.
+
talk
n.
Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war.
+
tick
v.i.
To strike gently; to pat.
+
topblock
n.
A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, -- used in swaying and lowering the topmast.
+
thyroideal
a.
Thyroid.
+
tairn
n.
See Tarn.
+
terminological
a.
Of or pertaining to terminology.
+
trist
a.
Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.
+
tongue
v.t.
To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
+
traffic
v.
Commodities of the market.
+
tetrazone
n.
Any one of a certain series of basic compounds containing a chain of four nitrogen atoms; for example, ethyl tetrazone, (C2H5)2N.N2.N(C2H5)2, a colorless liquid having an odor of leeks.
+
tenability
n.
The quality or state of being tenable; tenableness.
+
taw
n.
A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
+
top
n.
The highest rank; the most honorable position; the utmost attainable place; as, to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school.
+
tomahawk
v.t.
To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.
+
toe
n.
Anything, or any part, corresponding to the toe of the foot; as, the toe of a boot; the toe of a skate.
+
testifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Testify
+
typhoean
a.
Of or pertaining to Typhoeus (t/*f/"/s), the fabled giant of Greek mythology, having a hundred heads; resembling Typhoeus.
+
turkic
a.
Turkish.
+
talapoin
n.
A small African monkey (Cercopithecus, / Miopithecus, talapoin) -- called also melarhine.
+
triformity
n.
The state of being triform, or of having a threefold shape.
+
textuarist
n.
A textuary.
+
tachometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood; a haematachometer.
+
toused
imp.|p.p.
of Touze
+
temple
n.
A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity; as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in India.
+
truncheoneer
n.
A person armed with a truncheon.
+
theory
n.
The science, as distinguished from the art; as, the theory and practice of medicine.
+
thalian
a.
Of or pertaining to Thalia; hence, of or pertaining to comedy; comic.
+
tropilidene
n.
A liquid hydrocarbon obtained by the dry distillation of tropine with quicklime. It is regarded as being homologous with dipropargyl.
+
taw
v.t.
To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge.
+
thwarter
n.
A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions.
+
theorem
n.
That which is considered and established as a principle; hence, sometimes, a rule.
+
talent
v.t.
Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was £243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180.
+
twine
n.
To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
+
tousing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Touze
+
talent
v.t.
Intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents (Matt. xxv. 14-30).
+
transitive
a.
Effected by transference of signification.
+
toddled
imp.|p.p.
of Toddle
+
twire
v.i.
To sing, or twitter.
+
toughen
v.i.|t.
To grow or make tough, or tougher.
+
tajacu
n.
Alt. of Tajassu
+
tithonographic
a.
Of, relating to, or produced by, the chemical action of rays of light; photographic.
+
twaddy
n.
Idle trifling; twaddle.
+
towage
v.
The act of towing.
+
tinkled
imp.|p.p.
of Tinkle
+
thialol
n.
A colorless oily liquid, (C2H5)2S2, having a strong garlic odor; -- called also ethyl disulphide. By extension, any one of the series of related compounds.
+
trunk
n.
A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc.
+
tinker
n.
A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware.
+
trumpetshaped
a.
Tubular with one end dilated, as the flower of the trumpet creeper.
+
thallic
a.
Of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with the thallous compounds; as, thallic oxide.
+
tentative
a.
Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
+
turves

pl. of Turf.
+
tingis
n.
A genus of small hemipterous insects which injure trees by sucking the sap from the leaves. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
turner
n.
One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe.
+
took

imp. of Take.
+
timbal
n.
A kettledrum. See Tymbal.
+
tang
n.
Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.  Cf. Tang a twang.
+
trollopee
n.
A kind of loose dress for women.
+
trenchant
v.t.
Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
+
towered
a.
Adorned or defended by towers.
+
talk
v.t.
To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening.
+
train
v.
A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.
+
titler
n.
A large truncated cone of refined sugar.
+
tuyere
n.
A nozzle, mouthpiece, or fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge.
+
tierce
n.
A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major.
+
tamboured
imp.|p.p.
of Tambour
+
thorn
v.t.
To prick, as with a thorn.
+
truckled
imp.|p.p.
of Truckle
+
trone
n.
Alt. of Trones
+
tabernacle
n.
Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship.
+
theoric
n.
Speculation; theory.
+
temper
n.
Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.
+
typify
v.t.
To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.
+
tinger
n.
One who, or that which, tinges.
+
teocalli
n.
Literally, God's house; a temple, usually of pyramidal form, such as were built by the aborigines of Mexico, Yucatan, etc.
+
toll
v.t.
To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell.
+
torgoch
n.
The saibling.
+
tucked
imp.|p.p.
of Tuck
+
tallow
n.
The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.
+
textbook
n.
A volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a schoolbook.
+
tasmanian
a.
Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Tasmania; specifically (Ethnol.), in the plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania, but is now extinct.
+
tonsure
n.
The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the state of being shorn.
+
to
prep.
Accord; adaptation; as, an occupation to his taste; she has a husband to her mind.
+
thirster
n.
One who thirsts.
+
teratology
n.
That branch of biological science which treats of monstrosities, malformations, or deviations from the normal type of structure, either in plants or animals.
+
toothpick
n.
A pointed instument for clearing the teeth of substances lodged between them.
+
toper
n.
One who topes, or drinks frequently or to excess; a drunkard; a sot.
+
thigh
n.
The coxa, or femur, of an insect.
+
textorial
a.
Of or pertaining to weaving.
+
tallowy
a.
Of the nature of tallow; resembling tallow; greasy.
+
tossily
adv.
In a tossy manner.
+
tallies
pl.
of Tally
+
thirst
n.
A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation.
+
tramble
v.t.
To wash, as tin ore, with a shovel in a frame fitted for the purpose.
+
tussac grass

Tussock grass.
+
triacid
a.
Capable of neutralizing three molecules of a monobasic acid or the equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms which may be acid radicals; -- said of certain bases; thus, glycerin is a triacid base.
+
thitsee
n.
The varnish tree of Burmah (Melanorrhoea usitatissima).
+
tallied
imp.|p.p.
of Tally
+
tartrelic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anhydride, C4H4O5, of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline deliquescent substance.
+
terce
n.
See Tierce.
+
thy
pron.
Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine.
+
trinomial
n.
A quantity consisting of three terms, connected by the sign + or -; as, x + y + z, or ax + 2b - c2.
+
tundra
n.
A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia.
+
terrace
v.
A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one.
+
time
v.i.
To pass time; to delay.
+
tercentenary
a.
Including, or relating to, an interval of three hundred years.
+
thriver
n.
One who thrives, or prospers.
+
tunnel
n..
An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like.
+
table
v.i.
To live at the table of another; to board; to eat.
+
think
v.t.
To plan or design; to plot; to compass.
+
trap
v.t.
Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
+
tinker
n.
One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.
+
taciturnity
n.
Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking.
+
takingoff
n.
Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t.
+
thorny
superl.
Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
+
tunic
n.
Any similar garment worm by ancient or Oriental peoples; also, a common name for various styles of loose-fitting under-garments and over-garments worn in modern times by Europeans and others.
+
tical
n.
A bean-shaped coin of Siam, worth about sixty cents; also, a weight equal to 236 grains troy.
+
take
v.t.
To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.
+
tyrannized
imp.|p.p.
of Tyrannize
+
tonsilitis
n.
Inflammation of the tonsil; quinsy.
+
thoroughwax
n.
An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium) with perfoliate leaves.
+
tooth
n.
one of the appendages at the mouth of the capsule of a moss. See Peristome.
+
therefore
adv.
For that or this reason, referring to something previously stated; for that.
+
termly
a.
Occurring every term; as, a termly fee.
+
tripinnate
a.
Having bipinnate leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis.
+
togated
a.
Dressed in a toga or gown; wearing a gown; gowned.
+
touchback
n.
The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown.
+
team
v.t.
To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber.
+
transportingly
adv.
So as to transport.
+
titter
n.
A restrained laugh.
+
tiff
v.i.
To be in a pet.
+
trull
n.
A drab; a strumpet; a harlot; a trollop.
+
translate
v.t.
To cause to lose senses or recollection; to entrance.
+
tralatitious
a.
Passed along; handed down; transmitted.
+
tragic
n.
A tragedy; a tragic drama.
+
troostite
n.
Willemite.
+
teredos
pl.
of Teredo
+
tableaux
pl.
of Tableau
+
tucker
v.t.
A fuller.
+
tow
v.t.
To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.
+
thrifty
superl.
Secured by thrift; well husbanded.
+
towhee
n.
The chewink.
+
trochal
a.
Resembling a wheel.
+
theomancy
n.
A kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles among heathen nations.
+
truckmen
pl.
of Truckman
+
tagtail
n.
A worm which has its tail conspicuously colored.
+
tourn
n.
A spinning wheel.
+
tiledrain
v.t.
To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain.
+
tulipist
n.
A person who is especially devoted to the cultivation of tulips.
+
turfy
superl.
Abounding with turf; made of, or covered with, turf.
+
till
v.i.
To cultivate land.
+
tartralic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white amorphous deliquescent substance, C8H10O11; -- called also ditartaric, tartrilic, or tartrylic acid.
+
triaconter
n.
A vessel with thirty banks of oars, or, as some say, thirty ranks of rowers.
+
translatitious
a.
Metaphorical; tralatitious; also, foreign; exotic.
+
teen
n.
To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure.
+
titulary
a.
Consisting in a title; titular.
+
tent
v.i.
To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle.
+
tailzie
n.
An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted.
+
thimble
n.
A tubular piece, generally a strut, through which a bolt or pin passes.
+
tamtam
n.
A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; -- called also tom-tom.
+
thrivingly
adv.
In a thriving manner.
+
trutination
n.
The act of weighing.
+
tenuiroster
n.
One of the Tenuirostres.
+
tivy
adv.
With great speed; -- a huntsman's word or sound.
+
treddle
n.
See Treadle.
+
triniunity
n.
Triunity; trinity.
+
tantalizingly
adv.
In a tantalizing or teasing manner.
+
transformer
n.
One who, or that which, transforms. Specif. (Elec.), an apparatus for producing from a given electrical current another current of different voltage.
+
treat
n.
That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat.
+
tilt
v.t.
To point or thrust, as a lance.
+
tool
n.
A weapon.
+
trawler
n.
One who, or that which, trawls.
+
trip
v.t.
To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
+
take
v.t.
To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right.
+
touchmenot
n.
Squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.
+
taint
v.i.
To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.
+
tride
a.
Short and ready; fleet; as, a tride pace; -- a term used by sportsmen.
+
tubulibranchian
n.
One of the Tubulibranchiata.
+
tubulure
n.
A short tubular opening at the top of a retort, or at the top or side of a bottle; a tubulation.
+
tuftaffeta
n.
A silk fabric formerly in use, having a nap or pile.
+
toilinette
n.
A cloth, the weft of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp of cotton and silk, -- used for waistcoats.
+
trugginghouse
n.
A brothel.
+
tibial
a.
Of or pertaining to a pipe or flute.
+
tympanum
n.
A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation.
+
tribulation
n.
That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction.
+
traded
imp.|p.p.
of Trade
+
toll
v.t.
To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend.
+
tripping
a.
Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; -- said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing.
+
tiger
n.
A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.
+
topsoil
n.
The upper layer of soil; surface soil.
+
tigersfoot
n.
A name given to some species of morning-glory (Ipomoea) having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion.
+
triplecrowned
a.
Having three crowns; wearing the triple crown, as the pope.
+
table
n.
A list of substances and their properties; especially, a list of the elementary substances with their atomic weights, densities, symbols, etc.
+
torteaus
pl.
of Torteau
+
trysail
n.
A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer.
+
turkish
n.
The language spoken by Turks, esp. that of the people of Turkey.
+
teteatete
adv.
Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly.
+
trifler
n.
One who trifles.
+
tepefied
imp.|p.p.
of Tepefy
+
tripartite
v.i.
Having three corresponding parts or copies; as, to make indentures tripartite.
+
triptych
n.
A picture or altarpiece in three compartments.
+
tetrarchical
a.
Of or pertaining to a tetrarch or tetrarchy.
+
thoroughbred
n.
A thoroughbred animal, especially a horse.
+
triobolar
a.
Alt. of Triobolary
+
tenpenny
a.
Valued or sold at ten pence; as, a tenpenny cake. See 2d Penny, n.
+
trod

imp. & p. p. of Tread.
+
tauntingly
adv.
In a taunting manner.
+
tanned
imp.|p.p.
of Tan
+
tapinage
n.
A lurking or skulking.
+
twinged
imp.|p.p.
of Twinge
+
tachinae
pl.
of Tachina
+
trap
v.t.
To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5.
+
torridness
n.
The quality or state of being torrid or parched.
+
textuist
n.
A textualist; a textman.
+
transmeable
a.
Alt. of Transmeatable
+
thiophenol
n.
A colorless mobile liquid, C6H5.SH, of an offensive odor, and analogous to phenol; -- called also phenyl sulphydrate.
+
tidbit
n.
A delicate or tender piece of anything eatable; a delicious morsel.
+
thunderstruck
p.p.
of Thunderstrike
+
theocratic
a.
Alt. of Theocratical
+
thiosulphate
n.
A salt of thiosulphuric acid; -- formerly called hyposulphite.
+
terrestrial
a.
Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals.
+
trader
n.
A vessel engaged in the coasting or foreign trade.
+
try
v.t.
To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc.
+
turbidly
adv.
In a turbid manner; with muddiness or confusion.
+
try
v.t.
To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal.
+
testiculate
a.
Having two tubers resembling testicles in form, as some species of orchis.
+
tubulose
a.
Alt. of Tubulous
+
teleozoon
n.
A metazoan.
+
thrombi
pl.
of Thrombus
+
tost

of Toss
+
trawl
n.
A fishing line, often extending a mile or more, having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter.
+
trigonometrical

Of or pertaining to trigonometry; performed by the rules of trigonometry.
+
teasel
v.t.
To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap.
+
tiltup
n.
Same as Tip-up.
+
teens
n.pl.
The years of one's age having the termination -teen, beginning with thirteen and ending with nineteen; as, a girl in her teens.
+
trashing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trash
+
tradesman
n.
One who trades; a shopkeeper.
+
tiglic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7CO2H (called also methyl crotonic acid), homologous with crotonic acid, and obtained from croton oil (from Croton Tiglium) as a white crystalline substance.
+
thrown

a. & p. p. from Throw, v.
+
tangalung
n.
An East Indian civet (Viverra tangalunga).
+
toothing
n.
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.
+
thrall
n.
A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc.
+
taking
a.
Apt to take; alluring; attracting.
+
tamarack
n.
The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British Columbia (Larix occidentalis). See Hackmatack, and Larch.
+
titanitic
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, titanium; as, a titanitic mineral.
+
tsaritsa
n.
The title of the empress of Russia. See Czarina.
+
tripping
n.
Act of one who, or that which, trips.
+
trucking
n.
The business of conveying goods on trucks.
+
trisyllable
n.
A word consisting of three syllables only; as, a-ven-ger.
+
tariffed
imp.|p.p.
of Tariff
+
torse
n.
A developable surface. See under Developable.
+
town
adv.|prep.
Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.
+
thunder
n.
To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously.
+
tazza
n.
An ornamental cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl, resting on a pedestal and often having handles.
+
thin
superl.
Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.
+
tract
n.
A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.
+
trochilus
n.
The crocodile bird.
+
to
prep.
In a very general way, and with innumerable varieties of application, to connects transitive verbs with their remoter or indirect object, and adjectives, nouns, and neuter or passive verbs with a following noun which limits their action. Its sphere verges upon that of for, but it contains less the idea of design or appropriation; as, these remarks were addressed to a large audience; let us keep this seat to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the mind; duty to God and to our parents; a dislike to spirituous liquor.
+
taphrenchyma
n.
Same as Bothrenchyma.
+
topology
n.
The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place.
+
torrock
n.
A gull.
+
tintinnabular
a.
Alt. of Tintinnabulary
+
testudo
n.
A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise (Testudo Graeca) and the gopher of the Southern United States.
+
transubstantiation
n.
The doctrine held by Roman Catholics, that the bread and wine in the Mass is converted into the body and blood of Christ; -- distinguished from consubstantiation, and impanation.
+
tune
v.t.
To sing with melody or harmony.
+
tardy
superl.
Moving with a slow pace or motion; slow; not swift.
+
transplanted
imp.|p.p.
of Transplant
+
tend
a.
To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or towards.
+
tanite
n.
A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement, used for making grinding wheels, slabs, etc.
+
tardigrade
a.
Of or pertaining to the Tardigrada.
+
twine
n.
To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
+
tide
prep.
A stream; current; flood; as, a tide of blood.
+
tongue
n.
Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
+
timbre
n.
The quality or tone distinguishing voices or instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the voice; the timbre of a violin.  See Tone, and Partial tones, under Partial.
+
tropological
a.
Characterized by tropes; varied by tropes; tropical.
+
tangent
v.t.
A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.
+
table
n.
Hence, in a great variety of applications: A condensed statement which may be comprehended by the eye in a single view; a methodical or systematic synopsis; the presentation of many items or particulars in one group; a scheme; a schedule.
+
topman
n.
See Topsman, 2.
+
traduce
v.t.
To transfer; to transmit; to hand down; as, to traduce mental qualities to one's descendants.
+
tropidine
n.
An alkaloid, C8H13N, obtained by the chemical dehydration of tropine, as an oily liquid having a coninelike odor.
+
truly
adv.
Sincerely; honestly; really; faithfully; as, to be truly attached to a lover; the citizens are truly loyal to their prince or their country.
+
tinned
a.
Covered, or plated, with tin; as, a tinned roof; tinned iron.
+
tetanomotor
n.
An instrument from tetanizing a muscle by irritating its nerve by successive mechanical shocks.
+
trade
v.
A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.
+
tumefy
v.i.
To rise in a tumor; to swell.
+
type
v.t.
To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.
+
tabor
v.i.
To play on a tabor, or little drum.
+
tapayaxin
n.
A Mexican spinous lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) having a head somewhat like that of a toad; -- called also horned toad.
+
table
n.
A view of the contents of a work; a statement of the principal topics discussed; an index; a syllabus; a synopsis; as, a table of contents.
+
transition
n.
A passing from one subject to another.
+
thewy
a.
Having strong or large thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy; strong.
+
tunicary
n.
One of the Tunicata.
+
trowl
n.
See Troll.
+
taxonomy
n.
That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classification.
+
taboring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tabor
+
test
v.i.
To make a testament, or will.
+
thereby
adv.
By that; by that means; in consequence of that.
+
toured
imp.|p.p.
of Tour
+
trigram
n.
Same as Trigraph.
+
tricot
n.
A fabric of woolen, silk, or cotton knitted, or women to resemble knitted work.
+
turnep
n.
See Turnip.
+
term
n.
A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration
+
taedium
n.
See Tedium.
+
thwarted
imp.|p.p.
of Thwart
+
tune
n.
Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood.
+
tartareous
a.
Consisting of tartar; of the nature of tartar.
+
transpirable
a.
Capable of being transpired, or of transpiring.
+
trait
v.
A distinguishing or marked feature; a peculiarity; as, a trait of character.
+
tories
pl.
of Tory
+
treeless
a.
Destitute of trees.
+
thick
adv.
Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.
+
trichogyne
n.
The slender, hairlike cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in red seaweeds.
+
treasury
n.
A repository of abundance; a storehouse.
+
t rail

See under T.
+
thither
adv.
To that point, end, or result; as, the argument tended thither.
+
typifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Typify
+
treature
n.
Treatment.
+
terrienniak
n.
The arctic fox.
+
tall
superl.
High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall person, tree, or mast.
+
twaite
n.
A European shad; -- called also twaite shad. See Shad.
+
turningness
n.
The quality of turning; instability; tergiversation.
+
trammeler
n.
One who, or that which, trammels or restrains.
+
telling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tell
+
tap
n.
A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
+
timist
n.
A timeserver.
+
tubicolae
n.pl.
A division of annelids including those which construct, and habitually live in, tubes. The head or anterior segments usually bear gills and cirri. Called also Sedentaria, and Capitibranchiata. See Serpula, and Sabella.
+
titular
n.
A titulary.
+
tometous
a.
Tomentose.
+
tercel
n.
See Tiercel. Called also tarsel, tassel.
+
touch
v.
The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers; as, a heavy touch, or a light touch; also, the manner of touching, striking, or pressing the keys of a piano; as, a legato touch; a staccato touch.
+
turn
v.i.
To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn Mohammedan.
+
turfing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Turf
+
tonsil
n.
One of the two glandular organs situated in the throat at the sides of the fauces. The tonsils are sometimes called the almonds, from their shape.
+
tufa

A soft or porous stone formed by depositions from water, usually calcareous; -- called also calcareous tufa.
+
tellurium
n.
A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and selenium, occasionally found native as a substance of a silver-white metallic luster, but usually combined with metals, as with gold and silver in the mineral sylvanite, with mercury in Coloradoite, etc. Symbol Te. Atomic weight 125.2.
+
turgesced
imp.|p.p.
of Turgesce
+
timbering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Timber
+
tilt hammer

A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or wipers on a revolving shaft; a trip hammer.
+
trimetrical
a.
Same as Trimeter.
+
tinet
n.
Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges.
+
tapiser
n.
A maker of tapestry; an upholsterer.
+
trunk
n.
The proboscis of an elephant.
+
trapanning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trapan
+
turkeys
pl.
of Turkey
+
textuary
a.
Contained in the text; textual.
+
torus
n.
The receptacle, or part of the flower on which the carpels stand.
+
trapeze
n.
A trapezium. See Trapezium, 1.
+
thirsting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Thirst
+
teteatete
a.
Private; confidential; familiar.
+
transmission
n.
The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another.
+
tailrace
n.
The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away.
+
tindal
n.
A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain.
+
teaseling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Teasel
+
tanka
n.
A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia.
+
tapestry
v.t.
To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry.
+
toft
n.
A grove of trees; also, a plain.
+
tangwhaup
n.
The whimbrel.
+
thrill
v.i.
To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body.
+
thretty
a.
Thirty.
+
thankful
a.
Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.
+
thymol
n.
A phenol derivative of cymene, C10H13.OH, isomeric with carvacrol, found in oil of thyme, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a pleasant aromatic odor and strong antiseptic properties; -- called also hydroxy cymene.
+
thereafter
adv.
According to that; accordingly.
+
triquetrous
a.
Three sided, the sides being plane or concave; having three salient angles or edges; trigonal.
+
torsion
n.
That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material, returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility.
+
tippet
n.
A cape, or scarflike garment for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, -- usually made of fur, cloth, or other warm material.
+
tenthredinides
n.pl.
A group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies.
+
thermobarometer
n.
An instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point of water.
+
truant
v.t.
To idle away; to waste.
+
triamide
n.
An amide containing three amido groups.
+
tegumentary
a.
Of or pertaining to a tegument or teguments; consisting of teguments; serving as a tegument or covering.
+
time
v.t.
To measure, as in music or harmony.
+
tissued
imp.|p.p.
of Tissue
+
traducingly
adv.
In a traducing manner; by traduction; slanderously.
+
truncation
n.
The replacement of an edge or solid angle by a plane, especially when the plane is equally inclined to the adjoining faces.
+
tree
v.t.
To drive to a tree; to cause to ascend a tree; as, a dog trees a squirrel.
+
tape
n.
A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape.
+
timeful
a.
Seasonable; timely; sufficiently early.
+
tamul
a.|n.
Tamil.
+
throng
imp.
of Thring
+
tappit hen

A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head.
+
twinkling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Twinkle
+
toughened
imp.|p.p.
of Toughen
+
triangular
a.
Oblong or elongated, and having three lateral angles; as, a triangular seed, leaf, or stem.
+
tolerance
n.
The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.
+
tablature
n.
An ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes.
+
tacked
imp.|p.p.
of Tack
+
testimonial
a.
Relating to, or containing, testimony.
+
tamper
n.
An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.
+
tholing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Thole
+
trochite
n.
A wheel-like joint of the stem of a fossil crinoid.
+
trapping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trap
+
tuberosity
n.
An obtuse or knoblike prominence; a protuberance.
+
trottoir
n.
Footpath; pavement; sidewalk.
+
trail
n.
The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition.
+
thumping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Thump
+
toss
v.t.
To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.
+
transversal
a.
Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line.
+
torrentine
a.
Of or pertaining to a torrent; having the character of a torrent; caused by a torrent .
+
tricurvate
a.
Curved in three directions; as, a tricurvate spicule (see Illust. of Spicule).
+
twill
v.t.
An appearance of diagonal lines or ribs produced in textile fabrics by causing the weft threads to pass over one and under two, or over one and under three or more, warp threads, instead of over one and under the next in regular succession, as in plain weaving.
+
tooth
n.
One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which usually aid in the prehension and mastication of food.
+
testudines
pl.
of Testudo
+
triclinic
a.
Having, or characterized by, three unequal axes intersecting at oblique angles. See the Note under crystallization.
+
tinker
n.
A small mortar on the end of a staff.
+
timenoguy
n.
A rope carried taut between or over obstacles likely to engage or foul the running rigging in working a ship.
+
tilth
n.
The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth.
+
throw
n.
The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston.
+
traitor
n.
One who violates his allegiance and betrays his country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place intrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished; also, one who takes arms and levies war against his country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country. See Treason.
+
token
n.
Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith, etc.
+
taxing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tax
+
twirling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Twirl
+
tollable
a.
Subject to the payment of toll; as, tollable goods.
+
tonic
n.
A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
+
trade
v.t.
To sell or exchange in commerce; to barter.
+
tear
n.
That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
+
trumpery
n.
Deceit; fraud.
+
torture
n.
The act or process of torturing.
+
twilling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Twill
+
tauntress
n.
A woman who taunts.
+
tambour
n.
A work usually in the form of a redan, to inclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade.
+
trigamous
a.
Having three sorts of flowers in the same head, -- male, female, and hermaphrodite, or perfect, flowers.
+
treget
n.
Guile; trickery.
+
trothplight
a.
Betrothed; espoused; affianced.
+
tared
imp.|p.p.
of Tare
+
tabularize
v.t.
To tabulate.
+
theologic
a.
Theological.
+
trodden

p. p. of Tread.
+
treddle
n.
A prostitute; a strumpet.
+
tissue
n.
Fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of falsehood.
+
teaspoonful
n.
As much as teaspoon will hold; enough to fill a teaspoon; -- usually reckoned at a fluid dram or one quarter of a tablespoonful.
+
teraph
n.
See Teraphim.
+
theocracy
n.
Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity.
+
tilt
v.i.
To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances.
+
tickle
a.
Wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the slightest touch; unstable; easily overthrown.
+
triumph
v.t.
To obtain a victory over; to prevail over; to conquer. Also, to cause to triumph.
+
trainable
a.
Capable of being trained or educated; as, boys trainable to virtue.
+
targeted
a.
Furnished, armed, or protected, with a target.
+
trill
v.i.
To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
+
tweedle
v.t.
To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.
+
tuberculated
a.
Tubercled; tubercular.
+
tiff
n.
Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.
+
tolsey
n.
A tollbooth; also, a merchants' meeting place, or exchange.
+
transition
n.
Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold.
+
talk
v.t.
To cause to be or become by talking.
+
triangled
a.
Having three angles; triangular.
+
twitch
v.t.
To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes.
+
throstle
n.
The song thrush. See under Song.
+
temporized
imp.|p.p.
of Temporize
+
thunderstorm
n.
A storm accompanied with lightning and thunder.
+
tisane
n.
See Ptisan.
+
temse
n.
A sieve.
+
touchneedle
n.
A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for trying the purity of articles of gold or silver by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone.
+
trapper
n.
A boy who opens and shuts a trapdoor in a gallery or level.
+
testiculate
a.
Shaped like a testicle, ovate and solid.
+
throat
n.
The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
+
triole
n.
Same as Triplet.
+
twang
n.
An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal sound.
+
transcend
v.t.
To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed.
+
tassel
n.
A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
+
tetramerous
a.
Having four joints in each of the tarsi; -- said of certain insects.
+
thrice
adv.
In a threefold manner or degree; repeatedly; very.
+
teocallis
pl.
of Teocalli
+
tout
v.i.
To act as a tout. See 2d Tout.
+
term
n.
The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
+
tier
v.t.
A row or rank, especially one of two or more rows placed one above, or higher than, another; as, a tier of seats in a theater.
+
tomb
n.
A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.
+
tersulphide
n.
A trisulphide.
+
trapezium
n.
A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.
+
team
n.
Two or more horses, oxen, or other beasts harnessed to the same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, wagon, sled, or the like.
+
treating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Treat
+
top
v.t.
To cover on the top; to tip; to cap; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
+
tartareous
a.
Of or pertaining to Tartarus; hellish.
+
togas
pl.
of Toga
+
trammel
n.
Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle.
+
triblet
n.
Alt. of Tribolet
+
thickheaded
a.
Having a thick skull; stupid.
+
tonical
a.
Tonic.
+
tumbling

a. & vb. n. from Tumble, v.
+
theanthropic
a.
Alt. of Theanthropical
+
tarpaulin
n.
A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.
+
twank
v.t.
To cause to make a sharp twanging sound; to twang, or twangle.
+
tenaculum
n.
An instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle, and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like.
+
tatting
n.
A kind of lace made from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch.
+
tarry
v.i.
To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.
+
turnplate
n.
A turntable.
+
treble
a.
Threefold; triple.
+
treatment
n.
Entertainment; treat.
+
terpinol
n.
Any oil substance having a hyacinthine odor, obtained by the action of acids on terpin, and regarded as a related hydrate.
+
tassel
n.
A male hawk. See Tercel.
+
terrorism
n.
The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation.
+
tarsorrhaphy
n.
An operation to diminish the size of the opening between eyelids when enlarged by surrounding cicatrices.
+
tickle
v.i.
To feel titillation.
+
triad
n.
A union of three; three objects treated as one; a ternary; a trinity; as, a triad of deities.
+
tampoon
n.
The stopper of a barrel; a bung.
+
tuck
v.i.
To contract; to draw together.
+
tooling
n.
Work performed with a tool.
+
trug
n.
A concubine; a harlot.
+
triflorous
a.
Three-flowered; having or bearing three flowers; as, a triflorous peduncle.
+
tho
conj.
Though.
+
tamil
n.
One of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India.
+
texas
n.
A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc.
+
taxable
a.
That may be legally charged by a court against the plaintiff of defendant in a suit; as, taxable costs.
+
transfixed
imp.|p.p.
of Transfix
+
traducing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Traduce
+
tongueshell
n.
Any species of Lingula.
+
tercet
n.
A triplet.
+
treadle
n.
The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread.
+
typifier
n.
One who, or that which, typifies.
+
tattooed
imp.|p.p.
of Tattoo
+
trapan
v.t.
To insnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan.
+
trilemma
n.
A state of things in which it is difficult to determine which one of three courses to pursue.
+
teach
v.t.
To accustom; to guide; to show; to admonish.
+
trilling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trill
+
tartarean
a.
Alt. of Tartareous
+
tear
n.
A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids.
+
tschakmeck
n.
The chameck.
+
thurl
n.
A short communication between adits in a mine.
+
tarsia
n.
Alt. of Tarsiatura
+
thelytokous
a.
Producing females only; -- said of certain female insects.
+
touchbox
n.
A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers who used matchlocks, to kindle the match.
+
trunch
n.
A stake; a small post.
+
trypsin
n.
A proteolytic ferment, or enzyme, present in the pancreatic juice. Unlike the pepsin of the gastric juice, it acts in a neutral or alkaline fluid, and not only converts the albuminous matter of the food into soluble peptones, but also, in part, into leucin and tyrosin.
+
tartar
n.
See Tartarus.
+
tajassu
n.
The common, or collared, peccary.
+
tetrahexahedral
a.
Pertaining to a tetrahexahedron.
+
termites
pl.
of Termite
+
townsmen
pl.
of Townsman
+
turrical
a.
Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a tower.
+
top
n.
The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.
+
tetracoccous
a.
Having four cocci, or carpels.
+
testamentize
v.i.
To make a will.
+
throng
v.i.
To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.
+
tritical
a.
Trite.
+
tankia
n.
See Tanka.
+
toadish
a.
Like a toad.
+
term
n.
A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
+
talking
a.
That talks; able to utter words; as, a talking parrot.
+
treaties
pl.
of Treaty
+
treble
n.
The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano.
+
transhape
v.t.
To transshape.
+
trachyspermous
a.
Rough-seeded.
+
torpid
a.
Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb.
+
towboat
n.
A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.
+
troop
v.i.
To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
+
tumble
n.
Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.
+
tide
prep.
The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times that of the former), acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth, thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one side of the earth is accompanied by a high tide upon the opposite side. Hence, when the sun and moon are in conjunction or opposition, as at new moon and full moon, their action is such as to produce a greater than the usual tide, called the spring tide, as represented in the cut. When the moon is in the first or third quarter, the sun's attraction in part counteracts the effect of the moon's attraction, thus producing under the moon a smaller tide than usual, called the neap tide.
+
tragical
a.
Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation.
+
thoroughwax
n.
Thoroughwort.
+
theriacal
a.
Of or pertaining to theriac; medicinal.
+
transplendency
n.
Quality or state of being transplendent.
+
toast
v.
Bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc.
+
timocratic
a.
Belonging to, or constituted by, timocracy.
+
tame
superl.
Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
+
transporting
a.
That transports; fig., ravishing.
+
traiteur
n.
The keeper of an eating house, or restaurant; a restaurateur.
+
threefold
a.
Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice.
+
trimeter
a.
Consisting of three poetical measures.
+
trip
v.t.
To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
+
towline
v.t.
A line used to tow vessels; a towrope.
+
tea
n.
A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage.
+
tariff
n.
A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff; a protective tariff; Clay's compromise tariff. (U. S. 1833).
+
tartrate
n.
A salt of tartaric acid.
+
trip
n.i.
Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.
+
thraste
imp.
of Thraste
+
telegraphist
n.
One skilled in telegraphy; a telegrapher.
+
threap
v.t.
To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; also, to contend or argue against (another) with obstinacy; to chide; as, he threaped me down that it was so.
+
tangental
a.
Tangential.
+
triacontahedral
a.
Having thirty sides.
+
through
prep.
Over the whole surface or extent of; as, to ride through the country; to look through an account.
+
trump
v.i.
To blow a trumpet.
+
tramp
v.i.
To travel; to wander; to stroll.
+
therefrom
adv.
From this or that.
+
tertian
n.
A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day.
+
turn
n.
A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
+
telestereoscope
n.
A stereoscope adapted to view distant natural objects or landscapes; a telescopic stereoscope.
+
trammel
n.
An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil.
+
tautologist
n.
One who uses tautological words or phrases.
+
totly
v.i.
To walk in a wavering, unsteady manner; to toddle; to topple.
+
tasselling

of Tassel
+
teaching
n.
The act or business of instructing; also, that which is taught; instruction.
+
trump
n.
A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry.
+
tussocky
a.
Having the form of tussocks; full of, or covered with, tussocks, or tufts.
+
toadstone
n.
Bufonite, formerly regarded as a precious stone, and worn as a jewel. See Bufonite.
+
threescore
a.
Thrice twenty; sixty.
+
trust
n.
That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit.
+
toxical
a.
Of or pertaining to poison; poisonous; as, toxic medicines.
+
thill
n.
One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.
+
tush
n.
A long, pointed tooth; a tusk; -- applied especially to certain teeth of horses.
+
transmittal
n.
Transmission.
+
tossing
n.
A process which consists in washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earhy particles; -- called also tozing, and treloobing, in Cornwall.
+
typewriter
n.
One who uses such an instrument.
+
tarpan
n.
A wild horse found in the region of the Caspian Sea.
+
theophany
n.
A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually as an incarnation.
+
transmogrification
n.
The act of transmogrifying, or the state of being transmogrified; transformation.
+
tringa
n.
A genus of limicoline birds including many species of sandpipers. See Dunlin, Knot, and Sandpiper.
+
truncated
a.
Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off.
+
travesty
n.
A burlesque translation or imitation of a work.
+
termination
n.
The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.
+
tortious
a.
Imploying tort, or privat injury for which the law gives damages; involing tort.
+
tasting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Taste
+
taenioid
a.
Like or pertaining to Taenia.
+
tout
v.i.
To ply or seek for customers.
+
tumulose
a.
Tumulous.
+
trivialness
n.
Quality or state of being trivial.
+
tambour
n.
A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by an India rubber tube, and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery.
+
transcension
n.
The act of transcending, or surpassing; also, passage over.
+
trivalent
a.
Having a valence of three; capable of being combined with, substituted for, or compared with, three atoms of hydrogen; -- said of triad atoms or radicals; thus, nitrogen is trivalent in ammonia.
+
tagging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tag
+
telescope
v.t.
To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope.
+
tear
v.t.
To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh.
+
taper
v.i.
To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
+
thecasporous
a.
Having the spores in thecae, or cases.
+
teretous
a.
Terete.
+
t iron

See under T.
+
transuding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Transude
+
trespassed
imp.|p.p.
of Trespass
+
torsos
pl.
of Torso
+
turbinal
n.
A turbinal bone or cartilage.
+
toluylene
n.
Same as Stilbene.
+
trail
n.
Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.
+
tritozooid
n.
A zooid of the third generation in asexual reproduction.
+
triclinia
pl.
of Triclinium
+
tyrannish
a.
Like a tyrant; tyrannical.
+
thrum
n.
A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
+
treacly
a.
Like, or composed of, treacle.
+
tetradic
a.
Of or pertaining to a tetrad; possessing or having the characteristics of a tetrad; as, a carbon is a tetradic element.
+
torsibillty
n.
The tendency, as of a rope, to untwist after being twisted.
+
technically
adv.
In a technical manner; according to the signification of terms as used in any art, business, or profession.
+
tricuspidate
a.
Three-pointed; ending in three points; as, a tricuspidate leaf.
+
tarsier
n.
See Tarsius.
+
tetrapla
sing.
A Bible consisting of four different Greek versions arranged in four columns by Origen; hence, any version in four languages or four columns.
+
tiver
v.t.
To mark with tiver.
+
treadsoftly
n.
Spurge nettle. See under Nettle.
+
tamine
n.
Alt. of Taminy
+
twoply
a.
Woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two sets of warp thread and two of weft.
+
touch
v.t.
To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
+
toughish
a.
Tough in a slight degree.
+
tyronism
n.
The state of being a tyro, or beginner.
+
troop
n.
Soldiers, collectively; an army; -- now generally used in the plural.
+
tunicaries
pl.
of Tunicary
+
tatouay
n.
An armadillo (Xenurus unicinctus), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head is long; the tail is round and tapered, and nearly destitute of scales; the claws of the fore feet are very large. Called also tatouary, and broad-banded armadillo.
+
tawniness
n.
The quality or state of being tawny.
+
tenia
n.
See Taenia.
+
tackle
n.
To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game.
+
thunder
n.
Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance.
+
trade
v.
Instruments of any occupation.
+
tumble
v.t.
To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
+
trimmed
imp.|p.p.
of Trim
+
trompil
n.
An aperture in a tromp.
+
tribunitial
a.
Alt. of Tribunitian
+
toss
n.
A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.
+
turret
n.
A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure.
+
taking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Take
+
tunicate
a.
Alt. of Tunicated
+
threecornered
a.
Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.
+
trick
v.t.
To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically; -- often followed by up, off, or out.
+
torent
imp.|p.p.
of To-rend
+
truth
n.
Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, object of imitation, or the like.
+
thwaite
n.
Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart.
+
throat
n.
That end of a gaff which is next the mast.
+
threnodist
n.
One who composes, delivers, or utters, a threnode, or threnody.
+
trunk
n.
That segment of the body of an insect which is between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the truncus.
+
thumbed
imp.|p.p.
of Thumb
+
tattoos
pl.
of Tattoo
+
true
n.
Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian.
+
tilmus
n.
Floccillation.
+
traitor
n.
Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer.
+
taffy
n.
A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans.
+
tail
n.
Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the superior part.
+
tetrastich
n.
A stanza, epigram, or poem, consisting of four verses or lines.
+
tobogganed
imp.|p.p.
of Toboggan
+
thundershower
n.
A shower accompanied with lightning and thunder.
+
trust
n.
Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief.
+
tie
v.t.
To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.
+
tompon
n.
An inking pad used in lithographic printing.
+
teel
n.
Sesame.
+
teewit
n.
The pewit.
+
teleology
n.
The doctrine of the final causes of things
+
towery
a.
Having towers; adorned or defended by towers.
+
trumpet
n.
A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.
+
trinket
n.
A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard.
+
tyranny
n.
The government or authority of a tyrant; a country governed by an absolute ruler; hence, arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not authorized by law or justice, or not requisite for the purposes of government.
+
token
n.
Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant established with Noah.
+
teinland
n.
Land granted by the crown to a thane or lord.
+
tinkering
n.
The act or work of a tinker.
+
temporalty
n.
A secular possession; a temporality.
+
touite
n.
The wood warbler.
+
tier
n.
One who, or that which, ties.
+
trunnel
n.
A trundle.
+
telltale
n.
The tattler. See Tattler.
+
telescopist
n.
One who uses a telescope.
+
triquetral
a.
Triquetrous.
+
transient
a.
Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure.
+
tunicata
n.pl.
A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and serves as a gill.
+
tract
v.
The footprint of a wild beast.
+
translucence
n.
Alt. of Translucency
+
tragus
n.
The prominence in front of the external opening of the ear. See Illust. under Ear.
+
trithing
n.
One of three ancient divisions of a county in England; -- now called riding.
+
tympanize
v.i.
To drum.
+
tract
v.
Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.
+
ticket
v.
A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, or the like.
+
tamaric
n.
A shrub or tree supposed to be the tamarisk, or perhaps some kind of heath.
+
turn
v.i.
To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of scales.
+
tonometry
n.
measurement of tension, esp. the tension of the eyeball.
+
tongue
n.
Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.
+
tract
v.
Traits; features; lineaments.
+
theft
n.
The thing stolen.
+
trigeminous
a.
Born three together; being one of three born at the same birth; also, threefold.
+
thunderstrike
v.t.
To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
+
trichiurus
n.
A genus of fishes comprising the hairtails. See Hairtail.
+
triumphantly
adv.
In a triumphant manner.
+
thuggee
n.
The practice of secret or stealthy murder by Thugs.
+
tally
v.i.
To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game.
+
threatened
imp.|p.p.
of Threaten
+
three
a.
One more than two; two and one.
+
tetrabranchiate
n.
One of the Tetrabranchiata.
+
truss
n.
To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
+
tilting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tilt
+
triune
a.
Being three in one; -- an epithet used to express the unity of a trinity of persons in the Godhead.
+
tranquilization
n.
Alt. of Tranquillization
+
trachystomata
n.pl.
An order of tailed aquatic amphibians, including Siren and Pseudobranchus. They have anterior legs only, are eel-like in form, and have no teeth except a small patch on the palate. The external gills are persistent through life.
+
tinsel
v.t.
To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.
+
tub
n.
A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
+
tympany
n.
Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness.
+
tuscaroras
n.pl.
A tribe of North American Indians formerly living on the Neuse and Tar rivers in North Carolina. They were conquered in 1713, after which the remnant of the tribe joined the Five Nations, thus forming the Six Nations. See Six Nations, under Six.
+
titanite
n.
See Sphene.
+
torment
v.t.
To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture.
+
trinket
v.t.
A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.
+
tonguetied
a.
Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause.
+
training
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Train
+
tended
imp.|p.p.
of Tend
+
tellurian
n.
An instrument for showing the operation of the causes which produce the succession of day and night, and the changes of the seasons.
+
tattler
n.
Any one of several species of large, long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus Totanus.
+
thoughtless
adv.
Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull.
+
toluenyl
n.
Tolyl.
+
tukotuko
n.
A burrowing South American rodent (Ctenomys Braziliensis). It has small eyes and ears and a short tail. It resembles the pocket gopher in size, form, and habits, but is more nearly allied to the porcupines.
+
torture
v.t.
To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.
+
tumor
n.
A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm.
+
tenter
n.
One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
+
trull
n.
A girl; a wench; a lass.
+
timothy grass

A kind of grass (Phleum pratense) with long cylindrical spikes; -- called also herd's grass, in England, cat's-tail grass, and meadow cat's-tail grass. It is much prized for fodder. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
tucker
v.t.
To tire; to weary; -- usually with out.
+
tract
v.
Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech.
+
twentieth
n.
The quotient of a unit divided by twenty; one of twenty equal parts of one whole.
+
teat
n.
A small protuberance or nozzle resembling the teat of an animal.
+
taenioid
a.
Ribbonlike; shaped like a ribbon.
+
trough
n.
Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc.
+
tuberose
a.
Tuberous.
+
trim
v.t.
To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
+
tofus
n.
Tufa. See under Tufa, and Toph.
+
trochili
n.pl.
A division of birds comprising the humming birds.
+
trachearia
n.pl.
A division of Arachnida including those that breathe only by means of tracheae. It includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, and harvestmen.
+
transcendentality
n.
The quality or state of being transcendental.
+
thrum
v.t.
To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
+
tackling
n.
The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness.
+
tau
n.
The common American toadfish; -- so called from a marking resembling the Greek letter tau (/).
+
tethering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tether
+
time
n.
Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen.
+
teemful
a.
Brimful.
+
threeway
a.
Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.
+
tellership
n.
The office or employment of a teller.
+
token
n.
A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death.
+
tributary
a.
Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior.
+
transpositional
a.
Of or pertaining to transposition; involving transposition.
+
thunderstriking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Thunderstrike
+
teretial
a.
Rounded; as, the teretial tracts in the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain of some fishes.
+
thooid
a.
Of or pertaining to a group of carnivores, including the wovels and the dogs.
+
treasurer
n.
One who has the care of a treasure or treasure or treasury; an officer who receives the public money arising from taxes and duties, or other sources of revenue, takes charge of the same, and disburses it upon orders made by the proper authority; one who has charge of collected funds; as, the treasurer of a society or corporation.
+
tiptoe
n.
The end, or tip, of the toe.
+
tempera
n.
A mode or process of painting; distemper.
+
tenter
n.
A kind of governor.
+
trabecula
n.
A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in the framework of an organ part.
+
toadstool
n.
A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the genus Agaricus. The species are almost numberless. They grow on decaying organic matter.
+
thin
adv.
Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.
+
tonic
a.
Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring healthy functions.
+
tomentum
n.
The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some plants.
+
treatable
a.
Manageable; tractable; hence, moderate; not violent.
+
toonwood
n.
Same as Toon.
+
troop
n.
Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery.
+
triply
adv.
In a triple manner.
+
twitting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Twit
+
tooth
n.
A projecting member resembling a tenon, but fitting into a mortise that is only sunk, not pierced through.
+
temperament
v.t.
Condition with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
+
tail
n.
A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
+
transcendency

Elevation above truth; exaggeration.
+
twaddle
v.i.|t.
To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle.
+
twinkled
imp.|p.p.
of Twinkle
+
town
adv.|prep.
The court end of London;-- commonly with the.
+
the
v.i.
See Thee.
+
tangible
a.
Capable of being possessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident.
+
twirl
v.t.
To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.
+
teredine
n.
A borer; the teredo.
+
turban
n.
The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.
+
therf
a.
Not fermented; unleavened; -- said of bread, loaves, etc.
+
tick
n.
Any one of several species of dipterous insects having a flattened and usually wingless body, as the bird ticks (see under Bird) and sheep tick (see under Sheep).
+
thrasher
n.
Alt. of Thresher
+
tectibranchiate
n.
A tectibranchiate mollusk.
+
ternate
a.
Having the parts arranged by threes; as, ternate branches, leaves, or flowers.
+
tallow
v.t.
To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; as, tallow sheep.
+
turtle
n.
Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata, especially a sea turtle, or chelonian.
+
tortuous
a.
Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.
+
thomite
n.
A Thomaean.
+
teacher
n.
One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination.
+
triumvirs
pl.
of Triumvir
+
thoracic
a.
Of or pertaining to the thorax, or chest.
+
thermoelectrometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the strength of an electric current in the heat which it produces, or for determining the heat developed by such a current.
+
textuel
a.
Textual.
+
tallier
n.
One who keeps tally.
+
toss
v.t.
To agitate; to make restless.
+
typhus
n.
A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever, etc. See Jail fever, under Jail.
+
toque
n.
A kind of cap worn in the 16th century, and copied in modern fashions; -- called also toquet.
+
turgid
a.
Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit.
+
tunicle
n.
A short, close-fitting vestment worn by bishops under the dalmatic, and by subdeacons.
+
tarsometatarsus
n.
The large bone next the foot in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus.
+
tilled
imp.|p.p.
of Till
+
tablespoon
n.
A spoon of the largest size commonly used at the table; -- distinguished from teaspoon, dessert spoon, etc.
+
tenotome
n.
A slender knife for use in the operation of tenotomy.
+
tiffin
n.
A lunch, or slight repast between breakfast and dinner; -- originally, a Provincial English word, but introduced into India, and brought back to England in a special sense.
+
tabular
a.
Having a flat surface; as, a tabular rock.
+
tetrandria
n.pl.
A Linnaean class of plants having four stamens.
+
thickset
a.
Having a short, thick body; stout.
+
to
prep.
Addition; union; accumulation.
+
thymic
a.
Of or pertaining to the thymus gland.
+
twiste

imp. of Twist.
+
thumper
n.
One who, or that which, thumps.
+
theatre
n.
A sphere or scheme of operation.
+
tufaceous
a.
Pertaining to tufa; consisting of, or resembling, tufa.
+
tumefaction
n.
The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a swelling.
+
tabby
a.
Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.
+
torques
n.
A cervical ring of hair or feathers, distinguished by its color or structure; a collar.
+
tip
n.
A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
+
territorial
a.
Limited to a certain district; as, right may be personal or territorial.
+
tumblerfuls
pl.
of Tumblerful
+
tackling
n.
Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling.
+
tri

A prefix meaning three, thrice, threefold; as in tricolored, tridentate.
+
taguan
n.
A large flying squirrel (Pteromys petuarista). Its body becomes two feet long, with a large bushy tail nearly as long.
+
trespasser
n.
One who enters upon another's land, or violates his rights.
+
tripod
n.
Any utensil or vessel, as a stool, table, altar, caldron, etc., supported on three feet.
+
thymate
n.
A compound of thymol analogous to a salt; as, sodium thymate.
+
theodicy
n.
That department of philosophy which treats of the being, perfections, and government of God, and the immortality of the soul.
+
tigh
n.
A close, or inclosure; a croft.
+
tour
v.i.
To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country.
+
testiness
n.
The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.
+
transpalatine
a.
Situated beyond or outside the palatine bone; -- said of a bone in the skull of some reptiles.
+
tub
n.
An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, -- used for various purposes.
+
tame
superl.
Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird.
+
tetanoid
a.
Resembling tetanus.
+
tremulant
a.
Alt. of Tremulent
+
tractitious
a.
Treating of; handling.
+
threaten
v.i.
To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance.
+
troll
v.t.
To fish in; to seek to catch fish from.
+
thick
superl.
Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.
+
telescopical
a.
Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope.
+
threat
n.
The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.
+
trickling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trickle
+
taxidermy
v.t.
The art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for cabinets.
+
try
v.t.
To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test; as, to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a man's opinions.
+
terpin
n.
A white crystalline substance regarded as a hydrate of oil of turpentine.
+
turanians
n.pl.
A group of races or tribes inhabiting Asia and closely related to the Mongols.
+
terutero
n.
The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing.
+
ticking
n.
A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; -- called also ticken.
+
truncated
a.
Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge.
+
touchstone
n.
Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See Basanite.
+
traunce
n.|v.
See Trance.
+
tollbooth
n.
A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll.
+
testy
superl.
Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
+
thumb
n.
The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex.
+
terminism
n.
The doctrine held by the Terminists.
+
tone
n.
The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone.
+
tangle
v.
An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, -- used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.
+
toyish
a.
Resembling a toy.
+
termonology
n.
Terminology.
+
traytrip
n.
An old game played with dice.
+
thread
n.
Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse.
+
thallate
n.
A salt of a hypothetical thallic acid.
+
tabellion
n.
A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in France during the old monarchy.
+
tongue
n.
The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.
+
tophus
n.
Calcareous tufa.
+
train
v.i.
To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.
+
tibiotarsus
n.
The large bone between the femur and tarsometatarsus in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the proximal part of the tarsus with the tibia.
+
turkey
n.
Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of America.
+
tined
a.
Furnished with tines; as, a three-tined fork.
+
thribble
a.
Triple; treble; threefold.
+
thiophenic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, thiophene; specifically, designating a certain acid analogous to benzoic acid.
+
tutelage
n.
The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage.
+
transport
v.t.
To carry away with vehement emotion, as joy, sorrow, complacency, anger, etc.; to ravish with pleasure or ecstasy; as, music transports the soul.
+
thereagain
adv.
In opposition; against one's course.
+
tuck
v.t.
To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.
+
tulle
n.
A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc.
+
thenceforward
adv.
From that time onward; thenceforth.
+
till
n.
A tray or drawer in a chest.
+
theobromine
n.
An alkaloidal ureide, C7H8N4O2, homologous with and resembling caffeine, produced artificially, and also extracted from cacao and chocolate (from Theobroma Cacao) as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also dimethyl xanthine.
+
tare
n.
A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia; especially, the V. sativa, sometimes grown for fodder.
+
towards
prep.
Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of.
+
tender
superl.
Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
+
thief
n.
A waster in the snuff of a candle.
+
tortuous
a.
Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.
+
tibiae
pl.
of Tibia
+
trochanter
n.
One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter.
+
traversable
a.
Deniable; specifically (Law), liable to legal objection; as, a traversable presentment.
+
transcribe
v.t.
To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter.
+
toppingly
a.
Same as Topping, a., 3.
+
throw
n.
A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.
+
trones
n.
A steelyard.
+
tret
n.
An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare deducted.
+
tapster
n.
One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor.
+
trumpeter
n.
A large edible fish (Latris hecateia) of the family Cirrhitidae, native of Tasmania and New Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish.
+
transcolating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Transcolate
+
tuberous
a.
Consisting of, or bearing, tubers; resembling a tuber.
+
trackmaster
n.
One who has charge of the track; -- called also roadmaster.
+
temps
n.
Time.
+
temporariness
n.
The quality or state of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity.
+
tribunate
n.
The state or office of a tribune; tribuneship.
+
tenor
n.
The higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the harmony adapted to this voice; the second of the four parts in the scale of sounds, reckoning from the base, and originally the air, to which the other parts were auxillary.
+
title
n.
That by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
+
technology
n.
Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, as spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc.
+
trifoly
n.
Sweet trefoil.
+
transformation
n.
The imagined possible or actual change of one metal into another; transmutation.
+
throttle
v.i.
To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
+
transitoriness
n.
The quality or state of being transitory; speedy passage or departure.
+
twosided
a.
Having two sides only; hence, double-faced; hypocritical.
+
table
n.
The part of a machine tool on which the work rests and is fastened.
+
toward
prep.
Ready to act; forward; bold; valiant.
+
triadic
a.
Having the characteristics of a triad; as, boron is triadic.
+
tease
v.t.
To comb or card, as wool or flax.
+
train
v.
Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement.
+
triumplant
v.i.
Of or pertaining to triumph; triumphal.
+
titled
a.
Having or bearing a title.
+
telpherage
n.
The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.
+
tang
n.
A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
+
timbre
n.
The crest on a coat of arms.
+
thomist
n.
A follower of Thomas Aquinas. See Scotist.
+
time
n.
A proper time; a season; an opportunity.
+
talebearer
n.
One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief.
+
tie
v.i.
To make a tie; to make an equal score.
+
tedium
n.
Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness.
+
thanksgiving
n.
The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.
+
twist
n.
A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.
+
thundering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Thunder
+
thanksgive
v.t.
To give or dedicate in token of thanks.
+
time
n.
A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be.
+
thea
n.
A genus of plants found in China and Japan; the tea plant.
+
truthy
a.
Truthful; likely; probable.
+
tiptoe
v.i.
To step or walk on tiptoe.
+
teem
v.t.
To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal.
+
take
v.t.
In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept.
+
transpose
v.t.
To bring, as any term of an equation, from one side over to the other, without destroying the equation; thus, if a + b = c, and we make a = c - b, then b is said to be transposed.
+
theopathy
n.
Capacity for religious affections or worship.
+
trityl
n.
Propyl.
+
tonsor
n.
A barber.
+
trunnion
n.
A cylindrical projection on each side of a piece, whether gun, mortar, or howitzer, serving to support it on the cheeks of the carriage. See Illust. of Cannon.
+
trepan
n.
A snare; a trapan.
+
turn
v.t.
To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach.
+
throne
n.
A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary.
+
trialogue
n.
A discourse or colloquy by three persons.
+
tertian
a.
Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever.
+
tamanoir
n.
The ant-bear.
+
truculence
n.
Alt. of Truculency
+
trueness
n.
The quality of being true; reality; genuineness; faithfulness; sincerity; exactness; truth.
+
tuza
n.
The tucan.
+
ticker
n.
One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc.
+
thiocarbonate
n.
A sulphocarbonate.
+
twinkle
v.i.
To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.
+
tropic
a.
Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical.
+
triatomic
a.
Having a valence of three; trivalent; sometimes, in a specific sense, having three hydroxyl groups, whether acid or basic; thus, glycerin, glyceric acid, and tartronic acid are each triatomic.
+
transfixing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Transfix
+
titi
n.
Same as Teetee.
+
translocation
n.
removal of things from one place to another; substitution of one thing for another.
+
tantalic
a.
Of or pertaining to tantalum; derived from, or containing, tantalum; specifically, designating any one of a series of acids analogous to nitric acid and the polyacid compounds of phosphorus.
+
table
n.
a memorandum book.
+
tralatitiously
adv.
In a tralatitious manner; metephorically.
+
tutor
n.
A treasurer; a keeper.
+
traducible
a.
Capable of being traduced or calumniated.
+
tub
i.
To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe.
+
tension
a.
The quality in consequence of which an electric charge tends to discharge itself, as into the air by a spark, or to pass from a body of greater to one of less electrical potential. It varies as the quantity of electricity upon a given area.
+
temeration
n.
Temerity.
+
trustee
v.t.
To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate.
+
tubicole
n.
One of the Tubicolae.
+
toadying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Toady
+
tower
n.
A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.
+
trey
n.
Three, at cards, dice, or dominoes; a card, die, or domino of three spots or pips.
+
time
v.i.
To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
+
toxicomania
n.
Toxiphobia.
+
trumping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trump
+
thatched
imp.|p.p.
of Thatch
+
tornado
n.
A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone.
+
truncation
n.
The state of being truncated.
+
tent
n.
The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
+
toon
n.
The reddish brown wood of an East Indian tree (Cedrela Toona) closely resembling the Spanish cedar; also. the tree itself.
+
tweak
n.
A prostitute.
+
tertian
n.
A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a tun.
+
trample
v.i.
To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon.
+
tramming
n.
The act or process of forming trams. See 2d Tram.
+
thought
n.
A small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought longer; a thought better.
+
tassel
n.
The flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent.
+
touch
v.t.
To harm, afflict, or distress.
+
transubstantiation
n.
A change into another substance.
+
truck
v.t.
To transport on a truck or trucks.
+
tegula
n.
A small appendage situated above the base of the wings of Hymenoptera and attached to the mesonotum.
+
tetrathecal
a.
Having four loculaments, or thecae.
+
tightly
adv.
In a tight manner; closely; nearly.
+
truncheon
v.t.
To beat with a truncheon.
+
turpeth
n.
A heavy yellow powder, Hg3O2SO4, which consists of a basic mercuric sulphate; -- called also turpeth mineral.
+
thrifallow
v.t.
See Thryfallow, and Trifallow.
+
thrashed
imp.|p.p.
of Thresh
+
tuitionary
a.
Of or pertaining to tuition.
+
take
v.t.
To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine.
+
teind
n.
A tithe.
+
tillering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tiller
+
tilling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Till
+
traumatic
a.
Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.
+
threste
imp.
of Threste
+
tiresome
a.
Fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse.
+
trays
pl.
of Tray
+
turfmen
pl.
of Turfman
+
theurgy
n.
A divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery.
+
tar
v.t.
To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.
+
toparchies
pl.
of Toparchy
+
tug
n.
A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat.
+
tweer
n.
Same as Tuyere.
+
theurgical
a.
Of or pertaining to theurgy; magical.
+
tritheistical
a.
Of or pertaining to tritheism.
+
trajectories
pl.
of Trajectory
+
taxidermist
n.
A person skilled in taxidermy.
+
tax
n.
A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.
+
trim
v.t.
To dress, as timber; to make smooth.
+
through
a.
Going or extending through; going, extending, or serving from the beginning to the end; thorough; complete; as, a through line; a through ticket; a through train.  Also, admitting of passage through; as, a through bridge.
+
tabu
n.|v.
See Taboo.
+
thurl
n.
A hole; an aperture.
+
tamable
a.
Capable of being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness or savage ferociousness.
+
testament
n.
A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after his death.
+
tallyho
interj.|n.
A tallyho coach.
+
transfugitive
n.
One who flees from one side to another; hence, a deserter; a turncoat; an apostate.
+
tide
prep.
Violent confluence.
+
terminology
n.
The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms.
+
transparency
n.
The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence.
+
tritorium
n.
Same as Triturium.
+
triturate
v.t.
To rub, grind, bruise, or thrash.
+
tartar
n.
A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; -- called also argol, wine stone, etc.
+
tactual
a.
Of or pertaining to the sense, or the organs, of touch; derived from touch.
+
topically
adv.
In a topical manner; with application to, or limitation of, a particular place or topic.
+
touchmenot
n.
See Impatiens.
+
tilt
n.
A covering overhead; especially, a tent.
+
tyler
n.
See 2d Tiler.
+
tantivy
n.
A rapid, violent gallop; an impetuous rush.
+
teratoid
a.
Resembling a monster; abnormal; of a pathological growth, exceedingly complex or highly organized.
+
topographical

Of or pertaining to topography; descriptive of a place.
+
transanimation
n.
The conveyance of a soul from one body to another.
+
trilinear
a.
Of, pertaining to, or included by, three lines; as, trilinear coordinates.
+
towards
prep.
With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning.
+
tunnelling

of Tunnel
+
testone
n.
A silver coin of Portugal, worth about sixpence sterling, or about eleven cents.
+
triluminous
a.
Having three lights
+
tali
pl.
of Talus
+
tag
n.
A sale of usually used items (such as furniture, clothing, household items or bric-a-brac), conducted by one or a small group of individuals, at a location which is not a normal retail establishment.
+
terminus
n.
The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line.
+
tooting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Toot
+
tike
n.
A dog; a cur.
+
transudatory
a.
Of or pertaining to transudation; passing by transudation.
+
threshed
imp.|p.p.
of Thresh
+
transmigrator
n.
One who transmigrates.
+
trebucket
n.
A cucking stool; a tumbrel.
+
thetical
a.
Laid down; absolute or positive, as a law.
+
tried
imp.|p.p.
of Try
+
tacking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tack
+
terry
n.
A kind of heavy colored fabric, either all silk, or silk and worsted, or silk and cotton, often called terry velvet, used for upholstery and trimmings.
+
temperature
n.
Constitution; state; degree of any quality.
+
thermotics
n.
The science of heat.
+
tenacious
a.
Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.
+
trajection
n.
Transposition.
+
throb
v.i.
To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.
+
torturer
n.
One who tortures; a tormentor.
+
tormina
n.pl.
acute, colicky pains; gripes.
+
triable
a.
Liable to undergo a judicial examination; properly coming under the cognizance of a court; as, a cause may be triable before one court which is not triable in another.
+
turmoiling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Turmoil
+
truce
n.
A suspension of arms by agreement of the commanders of opposing forces; a temporary cessation of hostilities, for negotiation or other purpose; an armistice.
+
transfer
n.
A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
+
threap
n.
An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation.
+
totalness
n.
The quality or state of being total; entireness; totality.
+
territoried
a.
Possessed of territory.
+
trot
v.i.
Fig.: A jogging pace, as of a person hurrying.
+
topmast
n.
The second mast, or that which is next above the lower mast, and below the topgallant mast.
+
toforn
prep.
Before.
+
tinto
n.
A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port.
+
transaction
n.
An adjustment of a dispute between parties by mutual agreement.
+
tailpiece
n.
A piece at the end; an appendage.
+
trachyte
n.
An igneous rock, usually light gray in color and breaking with a rough surface. It consists chiefly of orthoclase feldspar with sometimes hornblende and mica.
+
turn
n.
One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend; a meander.
+
transporting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Transport
+
tatterdemalion
n.
A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin.
+
thousandth
a.
Occurring as being one of, or the last one of, a very great number; very small; minute; -- used hyperbolically; as, to do a thing for the thousandth time.
+
transiency
n.
The quality of being transient; transientness.
+
twilight
n.
The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
+
tychonic
a.
Of or pertaining to Tycho Brahe, or his system of astronomy.
+
tellable
a.
Capable of being told.
+
tug
v.i.
To labor; to strive; to struggle.
+
tapeline
n.
A painted tape, marked with linear dimensions, as inches, feet, etc., and often inclosed in a case, -- used for measuring.
+
tumultuate
v.i.
To make a tumult.
+
train
v.
A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.
+
tartarian
a.
Alt. of Tartaric
+
trashily
adv.
In a trashy manner.
+
tallow
v.t.
To grease or smear with tallow.
+
tetrapetalous
a.
Containing four distinct petals, or flower leaves; as, a tetrapetalous corolla.
+
trouble
v.t.
To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.
+
trisyllabical
a.
Of or pertaining to a trisyllable; consisting of three syllables; as, "syllable" is a trisyllabic word.
+
tier
n.
A chold's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore.
+
thionic
a.
Of or pertaining to sulphur; containing or resembling sulphur; specifically, designating certain of the thio compounds; as, the thionic acids.  Cf. Dithionic, Trithionic, Tetrathionic, etc.
+
ticklefooted
a.
Uncertain; inconstant; slippery.
+
tenacious
a.
Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.
+
transprint
v.t.
To transfer to the wrong place in printing; to print out of place.
+
trousseau
n.
The collective lighter equipments or outfit of a bride, including clothes, jewelry, and the like; especially, that which is provided for her by her family.
+
textuary
a.
Serving as a text; authoritative.
+
twey
a.
Two.
+
tremex
n.
A genus of large hymenopterous insects allied to the sawflies. The female lays her eggs in holes which she bores in the trunks of trees with her large and long ovipositor, and the larva bores in the wood. See Illust. of Horntail.
+
transmissive
a.
Capable of being transmitted; derived, or handed down, from one to another.
+
twighte

imp. of Twitch.
+
telegrapher
n.
One who sends telegraphic messages; a telegraphic operator; a telegraphist.
+
turriculated
a.
Furnished with, or formed like, a small turret or turrets; somewhat turreted.
+
towards
adv.
Near; at hand; in state of preparation.
+
train
v.
A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like.
+
trance
n.
A tedious journey.
+
thickening
n.
Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
+
thridded
imp.|p.p.
of Thrid
+
tumbling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tumble
+
tomcod
n.
The kingfish. See Kingfish (a).
+
twofold
adv.
In a double degree; doubly.
+
thomsonite
n.
A zeolitic mineral, occurring generally in masses of a radiated structure. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda. Called also mesole, and comptonite.
+
tethydan
n.
A tunicate.
+
transcendental
n.
A transcendentalist.
+
trial
n.
The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like; affliction or temptation that exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men.
+
tucum
n.
A fine, strong fiber obtained from the young leaves of a Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum vulgare), used for cordage, bowstrings, etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. Called also tecum, and tecum fiber.
+
tuner
n.
One who tunes; especially, one whose occupation is to tune musical instruments.
+
tableland
n.
A broad, level, elevated area of land; a plateau.
+
thunderfish
n.
A large European loach (Misgurnus fossilis).
+
trap
n.
An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark-colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock.
+
tipulary
a.
Of or pertaining to the tipulas.
+
thirty
a.
Being three times ten; consisting of one more than twenty-nine; twenty and ten; as, the month of June consists of thirty days.
+
tyre
v.i.
To prey. See 4th Tire.
+
toughening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Toughen
+
train
v.
That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.
+
temperature
n.
Condition with respect to heat or cold, especially as indicated by the sensation produced, or by the thermometer or pyrometer; degree of heat or cold; as, the temperature of the air; high temperature; low temperature; temperature of freezing or of boiling.
+
triumph
n.
To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.
+
toadied
imp.|p.p.
of Toady
+
trivial
a.
Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair.
+
through
prep.
By means of; by the agency of.
+
traverse
v.i.
To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide.
+
tenuous
a.
Thin; slender; small; minute.
+
trica
n.
An apothecium in certain lichens, having a spherical surface marked with spiral or concentric ridges and furrows.
+
tergiferous
a.
Carrying or bearing upon the back.
+
troic
a.
Pertaining to Troy; Trojan.
+
tattoo
n.
An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; -- a mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by sailors.
+
totipalmate
a.
Having all four toes united by a web; -- said of certain sea birds, as the pelican and the gannet. See Illust. under Aves.
+
transit
n.
The passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place, or through the field of a telescope.
+
twinter
n.
A domestic animal two winters old.
+
trim
v.t.
To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to trim a hat.
+
tapet
n.
Worked or figured stuff; tapestry.
+
topsyturvy
adv.
In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside down; as, to turn a carriage topsy-turvy.
+
thysanoptera
n.pl.
A division of insects, considered by some writers a distinct order, but regarded by others as belonging to the Hemiptera. They are all of small size, and have narrow, broadly fringed wings with rudimentary nervures. Most of the species feed upon the juices of plants, and some, as those which attack grain, are very injurious to crops. Called also Physopoda.  See Thrips.
+
thecodont
a.
Of or pertaining to the thecodonts.
+
triton
n.
Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The common European species are Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and M. alpestris, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland. The most common species of the United States is Diemyctylus viridescens. See Illust. under Salamander.
+
tarsometatarsi
pl.
of Tarsometatarsus
+
turbinaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to peat, or turf; of the nature of peat, or turf; peaty; turfy.
+
translunary
a.
Being or lying beyond the moon; hence, ethereal; -- opposed to sublunary.
+
threeleafed
a.
Alt. of Three-leaved
+
that
pron.a.conj.|adv.
To introduce a purpose; -- usually followed by may, or might, and frequently preceded by so, in order, to the end, etc.
+
terminated
imp.|p.p.
of Terminate
+
tunker
n.
Same as Dunker.
+
tentacled
a.
Having tentacles.
+
thiocyanate
n.
Same as Sulphocyanate.
+
threevalved
a.
Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.
+
turbid
a.
Disturbed; confused; disordered.
+
temperament
v.t.
The peculiar physical and mental character of an individual, in olden times erroneously supposed to be due to individual variation in the relations and proportions of the constituent parts of the body, especially of the fluids, as the bile, blood, lymph, etc. Hence the phrases, bilious or choleric temperament, sanguine temperament, etc., implying a predominance of one of these fluids and a corresponding influence on the temperament.
+
tertenant
n.
See Terre-tenant.
+
transforate
v.t.
To bore through; to perforate.
+
teinture
n.
Color; tinge; tincture.
+
transcalency
n.
The quality or state of being transcalent.
+
theorize
v.i.
To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.
+
triens
n.
A Roman copper coin, equal to one third of the as. See 3d As, 2.
+
trilled
imp.|p.p.
of Trill
+
transvasate
v.t.
To pour out of one vessel into another.
+
tormenting
a.
Causing torment; as, a tormenting dream.
+
timberling
n.
A small tree.
+
torchlight
n.
The light of a torch, or of torches.  Also adjectively; as, a torchlight procession.
+
turf
n.
That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod.
+
thalassian
n.
Any sea tortoise.
+
thickset
a.
Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge.
+
tuba
n.
An ancient trumpet.
+
timbermen
pl.
of Timberman
+
tassel
n.
A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be put between the leaves.
+
treen
a.
Made of wood; wooden.
+
triolein
n.
See Olein.
+
thruster
n.
One who thrusts or stabs.
+
tardy
v.t.
To make tardy.
+
translated
imp.|p.p.
of Translate
+
twine
v.i.
To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
+
tartuffe
n.
Alt. of Tartufe
+
trade
v.i.
To have dealings; to be concerned or associated; -- usually followed by with.
+
torchon lace

a simple thread lace worked upon a pillow with coarse thread; also, a similar lace made by machinery.
+
tachometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the velocity of running water in a river or canal, consisting of a wheel with inclined vanes, which is turned by the current. The rotations of the wheel are recorded by clockwork.
+
tartramic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is the primary acid amide derivative of tartaric acid.
+
teaberry
n.
The checkerberry.
+
tyrannicidal
a.
Of or pertaining to tyrannicide, or the murder of a tyrant.
+
taphouse
n.
A house where liquors are retailed.
+
tidy
superl.
Being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as, tidy weather.
+
tern
a.
That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together; especially, a prize in a lottery resulting from the favorable combination of three numbers in the drawing; also, the three numbers themselves.
+
testaceography
n.
The science which treats of testaceans, or shellfish; the description of shellfish.
+
temple
n.
The space, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.
+
threnody
n.
A song of lamentation; a threnode.
+
tailblock
n.
A block with a tail. See Tail, 9.
+
tigerfooted
a.
Hastening to devour; furious.
+
tenuating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tenuate
+
troopial
n.
Same as Troupial.
+
toyer
n.
One who toys; one who is full of trifling tricks; a trifler.
+
tuffoon
n.
See Typhoon.
+
tetramethylene
n.
A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C4H8, analogous to trimethylene, and regarded as the base of well-known series or derivatives.
+
tine
v.t.
To kindle; to set on fire.
+
tend
v.t.
To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
+
touch
v.t.
To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.
+
tautological
a.
Involving tautology; having the same signification; as, tautological expression.
+
tricuspid
a.
Of or pertaining to the tricuspid valves; as, tricuspid obstruction.
+
thing
n.
Clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things.
+
turbulent
a.
Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean.
+
twin
a.
Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister.
+
tylopoda
n.pl.
A tribe of ungulates comprising the camels.
+
thanatopsis
n.
A view of death; a meditation on the subject of death.
+
temporally
adv.
In a temporal manner; secularly.
+
thrum
n.
A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
+
totem
n.
A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan.
+
torque
n.
That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces.
+
thunderstruck
imp.
of Thunderstrike
+
tonsilotomy
n.
The operation of removing the tonsil, or a portion thereof.
+
twitch
n.
A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. By twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation.
+
tiercet
n.
A triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming together.
+
tally
n.
To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit.
+
tisicky
a.
Consumptive, phthisical.
+
teneral
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a condition assumed by the imago of certain Neuroptera, after exclusion from the pupa. In this state the insect is soft, and has not fully attained its mature coloring.
+
tight

p. p. of Tie.
+
tissuing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tissue
+
tinting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tint
+
toted
imp.|p.p.
of Tote
+
trowel
n.
A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc.
+
tiercelet
n.
The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk.
+
triality
n.
Three united; state of being three.
+
trispast
n.
Alt. of Trispaston
+
transpose
v.t.
To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to transpose letters, words, or propositions.
+
temporomalar
a.
Of or pertaining to both the temple and the region of the malar bone; as, the temporomalar nerve.
+
trudging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trudge
+
tungstate
n.
A salt of tungstic acid; a wolframate.
+
transuded
imp.|p.p.
of Transude
+
trepidation
n.
Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion; fright; as, the men were in great trepidation.
+
train
v.
A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.
+
tholed
imp.|p.p.
of Thole
+
tempt
v.t.
To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what is wrong; to seduce.
+
tower
n.
High flight; elevation.
+
tiger
n.
A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger.
+
ted
v.t.
To spread, or turn from the swath, and scatter for drying, as new-mowed grass; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
+
tender
superl.
Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as, tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain.
+
trident
n.
A three-pronged fish spear.
+
tautologic
a.
Tautological.
+
thicken
v.t.
To make thick (in any sense of the word).
+
traduction
n.
Translation from one language to another.
+
theophilanthropy
n.
Theophilanthropism.
+
tallyman
n.
One who keeps a tally shop, or conducts his business as tally trade.
+
tapioca
n.
A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of the cassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening for soups. See Cassava.
+
temptress
n.
A woman who entices.
+
tabernacle
n.
A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.
+
tailoring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tailor
+
throw
v.i.
To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.
+
temulent
a.
Intoxicated; drunken.
+
temulentive
a.
Somewhat temulent; addicted to drink.
+
tripery
n.
A place where tripe is prepared or sold.
+
thirteenth
a.
Constituting or being one of thirteen equal parts into which anything is divided.
+
therebefore
adv.
Alt. of Therebiforn
+
turdus
n.
A genus of singing birds including the true thrushes.
+
taborite
n.
One of certain Bohemian reformers who suffered persecution in the fifteenth century; -- so called from Tabor, a hill or fortress where they encamped during a part of their struggles.
+
trick
a.
A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning.
+
tickseed
n.
Same as Coreopsis.
+
torso
n.
The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.
+
theocratical
a.
Of or pertaining to a theocracy; administred by the immediate direction of God; as, the theocratical state of the Israelites.
+
timber
n.
The crest on a coat of arms.
+
theriodontia
n.pl.
An extinct order of reptiles found in the Permian and Triassic formations in South Africa. In some respects they resembled carnivorous mammals. Called also Theromorpha.
+
thirsty
n.
Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.
+
tumbledown
a.
Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house.
+
tepefaction
n.
Act of tepefying.
+
torpedo
n.
A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship.
+
terminate
v.t.
To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.
+
tarsalia
pl.
of Tarsale
+
tombless
a.
Destitute of a tomb.
+
thaumaturge
n.
A magician; a wonder worker.
+
tear
v.i.
To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily.
+
ticktack
adv.
With a ticking noise, like that of a watch.
+
thiefly
a.|adv.
Like a thief; thievish; thievishly.
+
track
n.
The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said of birds, etc.
+
troul
v.t.|i.
See Troll.
+
team
n.
A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter.
+
tarriance
n.
The act or time of tarrying; delay; lateness.
+
theist
n.
One who believes in the existence of a God; especially, one who believes in a personal God; -- opposed to atheist.
+
trumpet
n.
One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.
+
terminus
n.
Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.
+
thwart
v.i.
To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.
+
take
v.i.
To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his face does not take well.
+
tactics
n.
The science and art of disposing military and naval forces in order for battle, and performing military and naval evolutions. It is divided into grand tactics, or the tactics of battles, and elementary tactics, or the tactics of instruction.
+
tree
n.
A piece of timber, or something commonly made of timber; -- used in composition, as in axletree, boottree, chesstree, crosstree, whiffletree, and the like.
+
turtle
n.
The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.
+
taurocholate
n.
A salt of taurocholic acid; as, sodium taurocholate, which occurs in human bile.
+
tipplinghouse
n.
A house in which liquors are sold in drams or small quantities, to be drunk on the premises.
+
transcendentness
n.
Same as Transcendence.
+
tilery
n.
A place where tiles are made or burned; a tile kiln.
+
taverner
n.
One who keeps a tavern.
+
teddered
imp.|p.p.
of Tedder
+
terrific
a.
Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread; terrible; as, a terrific form; a terrific sight.
+
thirteenth
n.
The quotient of a unit divided by thirteen; one of thirteen equal parts into which anything is divided.
+
truismatic
a.
Of or pertaining to truisms; consisting of truisms.
+
trefle
a.
Having a three-lobed extremity or extremities, as a cross; also, more rarely, ornamented with trefoils projecting from the edges, as a bearing.
+
tosto
a.
Quick; rapid.
+
tetrastyle
a.
Having four columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or colonnade.
+
tenfold
a.|adv.
In tens; consisting of ten in one; ten times repeated.
+
transfer
n.
A pathological process by virtue of which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
+
trifurcate
a.
Alt. of Trifurcated
+
tew
v.t.
To tow along, as a vessel.
+
tendency
n.
Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result.
+
tinge
v.t.
To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign; as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in some degree with the qualities of another substance, either by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red; an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron.
+
trigastric
a.
Having three bellies; -- said of a muscle.
+
trancscendental
a.
In the Kantian system, of or pertaining to that which can be determined a priori in regard to the fundamental principles of all human knowledge. What is transcendental, therefore, transcends empiricism; but is does not transcend all human knowledge, or become transcendent. It simply signifies the a priori or necessary conditions of experience which, though affording the conditions of experience, transcend the sphere of that contingent knowledge which is acquired by experience.
+
threadbare
a.
Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations.
+
tradition
n.
An unwritten code of law represented to have been given by God to Moses on Sinai.
+
tremulous
a.
Affected with fear or timidity; trembling.
+
textural
a.
Of or pertaining to texture.
+
takein
n.
Imposition; fraud.
+
tath
v.t.
To manure (land) by pasturing cattle on it, or causing them to lie upon it.
+
tendinous
a.
Full of tendons; sinewy; as, nervous and tendinous parts of the body.
+
twin
a.
Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts.
+
twiddle
n.
A pimple.
+
trigon
n.
A kind of triangular lyre or harp.
+
tittered
imp.|p.p.
of Titter
+
trug
n.
A trough, or tray.
+
tarantella
n.
A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the tarantula. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia.
+
trap
n.
The game of trapball.
+
thinkable
a.
Capable of being thought or conceived; cogitable.
+
truckling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Truckle
+
tailor
n.
The goldfish.
+
trowel
n.
A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
+
triploidite
n.
A manganese phosphate near triplite, but containing hydroxyl instead of fluorine.
+
tortile
a.
Twisted; wreathed; coiled.
+
thibetian
a.|n.
Same as Thibetan.
+
towards
prep.
In the direction of; to.
+
tuck
v.t.
To draw up; to shorten; to fold under; to press into a narrower compass; as, to tuck the bedclothes in; to tuck up one's sleeves.
+
tedge
n.
The gate of a mold, through which the melted metal is poured; runner, geat.
+
trustful
a.
Worthy of trust; faithful; trusty; trustworthy.
+
temptation
n.
That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement, especially to something evil.
+
toothlet
n.
A little tooth, or like projection.
+
tutworkmen
pl.
of Tut-workman
+
tameable
a.
Tamable.
+
tergiversation
n.
Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.
+
thirst
n.
Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; -- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold.
+
tone
n.
A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones.
+
tomcat
n.
A male cat, especially when full grown or of large size.
+
tamburin
n.
See Tambourine.
+
twining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Twine
+
tubfish
n.
The sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). See Illust. under Gurnard.
+
triplet
n.
Three verses rhyming together.
+
truculency
n.
The quality or state of being truculent; savageness of manners; ferociousness.
+
trochi
pl.
of Trochus
+
teleost
n.
One of the Teleosti. Also used adjectively.
+
termer
n.
One who resorted to London during the law term only, in order to practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like.
+
tint
n.
A pale or faint tinge of any color.
+
tartrovinic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain acid composed of tartaric acid in combination with ethyl, and now called ethyltartaric acid.
+
trochlea
n.
A pulley, or a structure resembling a pulley; as, the trochlea, or pulleylike end, of the humerus, which articulates with the ulna; or the trochlea, or fibrous ring, in the upper part of the orbit, through which the superior oblique, or trochlear, muscle of the eye passes.
+
tetragon
n.
An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are distant from each other ninety degrees, or the fourth of a circle.
+
tree
n.
A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution. See Lead tree, under Lead.
+
thitherto
adv.
To that point; so far.
+
trisyllabic
a.
Alt. of Trisyllabical
+
termination
n.
That which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent; bound; end; as, the termination of a line.
+
tramway
n.
A railway laid in the streets of a town or city, on which cars for passengers or for freight are drawn by horses; a horse railroad.
+
towage
v.
The price paid for towing.
+
theatre
n.
An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed.
+
tical
n.
A money of account in China, reckoning at about $1.60; also, a weight of about four ounces avoirdupois.
+
treeful
n.
The quantity or number which fills a tree.
+
tinman
n.
A manufacturer of tin vessels; a dealer in tinware.
+
triviality
n.
The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness.
+
taxation
n.
The act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a corporation or company, by the proper authority; the raising of revenue; also, a system of raising revenue.
+
transforming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Transform
+
tie
v.t.
A knot; a fastening.
+
trustee
n.
A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.
+
tide
prep.
The period of twelve hours.
+
torridity
n.
Torridness.
+
test
v.t.
To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
+
tripersonal
a.
Consisting of three persons.
+
tussah silk

A silk cloth made from the cocoons of a caterpillar other than the common silkworm, much used in Bengal and China.
+
telluride
n.
A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; -- formerly called telluret.
+
table
n.
The games of backgammon and of draughts.
+
tablement
n.
A table.
+
thropple
v.t.
To throttle.
+
travel
v.i.
To labor; to travail.
+
trendle
v.i.
A wheel, spindle, or the like; a trundle.
+
titanic
a.
Of or pertaining to titanium; derived from, or containing, titanium; specifically, designating those compounds of titanium in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with the titanous compounds.
+
theologist
n.
A theologian.
+
thimblerigger
n.
One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain.
+
terpenylic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C8H12O4 (called also terpentic acid), homologous with terebic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance by the oxidation of oil of turpentine with chromic acid.
+
transude
v.i.
To pass, as perspirable matter does, through the pores or interstices of textures; as, liquor may transude through leather or wood.
+
tahr
n.
Same as Thar.
+
tile
n.
A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.
+
torn

p. p. of Tear.
+
tumble
v.i.
To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.
+
tumblebug
n.
See Tumbledung.
+
tragacanth
n.
A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth.
+
thwartingly
adv.
In a thwarting or obstructing manner; so as to thwart.
+
tegmina
pl.
of Tegmen
+
thunderbolt
n.
A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth.
+
taguicati
n.
The white-lipped peccary.
+
toswink
v.i.
To labor excessively.
+
tumbler
n.
A drinking glass, without a foot or stem; -- so called because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure.
+
transmitter
n.
One who, or that which, transmits; specifically, that portion of a telegraphic or telephonic instrument by means of which a message is sent; -- opposed to receiver.
+
threadbare
a.
Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes.
+
teutonicism
n.
A mode of speech peculiar to the Teutons; a Teutonic idiom, phrase, or expression; a Teutonic mode or custom; a Germanism.
+
trick
a.
A turn; specifically, the spell of a sailor at the helm, -- usually two hours.
+
thawing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Thaw
+
thanks
pl.
of Thank
+
trash
v.t.
To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane.
+
traverse
a.
The turning of a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction.
+
terrace
v.
A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of houses.
+
tobogganing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Toboggan
+
telugu
n.
A Darvidian language spoken in the northern parts of the Madras presidency. In extent of use it is the next language after Hindustani (in its various forms) and Bengali.
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taint
v.t.
To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air.
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traverse
v.i.
To use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in fencing.
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travailing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Travail
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thrill
v.t.
Hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a shivering, throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate.
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trust
n.
To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived us.
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tunnel
v.t.
To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests.
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trigynian
a.
Alt. of Trigynous
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trichome
n.
A hair on the surface of leaf or stem, or any modification of a hair, as a minute scale, or star, or gland. The sporangia of ferns are believed to be of the nature of trichomes.
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torrefy
v.t.
To dry by a fire.
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triakisoctahedron
n.
A trigonal trisoctahedron.
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toolstock
n.
The part of a tool-rest in which a cutting tool is clamped.
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throw
v.t.
To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.
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turioniferous
a.
Producing shoots, as asparagus.
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thicken
v.t.
To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.
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terminalia
n.pl.
A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 in honor of Terminus, the god of boundaries.
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tethered
imp.|p.p.
of Tether
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titubate
v.i.
To stumble.
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transgressed
imp.|p.p.
of Transgress
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teracrylic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylic series, obtained by the distillation of terpenylic acid, as an only substance having a peculiar cheesy odor.
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threepiled
a.
Fig.: Extravagant; exaggerated; high-flown.
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tap
n.
A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.
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tool
n.
A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes.
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troweled

Formed with a trowel; smoothed with a trowel; as, troweled stucco, that is, stucco laid on and ready for the reception of paint.
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temporal
n.
Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts.
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thievery
n.
That which is stolen.
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tope
n.
A small shark or dogfish (Galeorhinus, / Galeus, galeus), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania; -- called also toper, oil shark, miller's dog, and penny dog.
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temperament
v.t.
The act of tempering or modifying; adjustment, as of clashing rules, interests, passions, or the like; also, the means by which such adjustment is effected.
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tellurism
n.
An hypothesis of animal magnetism propounded by Dr. Keiser, in Germany, in which the phenomena are ascribed to the agency of a telluric spirit or influence.
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trail
v.t.
To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat.
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twyblade
n.
See Twayblade.
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thickly
adv.
In a thick manner; deeply; closely.
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thumb
v.t.
To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the thumb; as, to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon.
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think
v.t.
To purpose; to intend; to design; to mean.
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tentwort
n.
A kind of small fern, the wall rue. See under Wall.
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twig
v.t.
To beat with twigs.
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tilt
n.
A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat.
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tend
a.
To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence; to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if granted, might tend to our destruction.
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tentaculum
n.
One of the stiff hairs situated about the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed to be tactile organs; a tactile hair.
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thummim
n.pl.
A mysterious part or decoration of the breastplate of the Jewish high priest. See the note under Urim.
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tumultuous
a.
Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent.
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tribal
a.
Of or pertaining to a tribe or tribes; as, a tribal scepter.
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thecosomata
n.pl.
An order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. See Pteropoda.
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triturium
n.
A vessel for separating liquids of different densities.
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trepidation
n.
A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.
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turritelloid
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the turritellas.
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typesetter
n.
One who, or that which, sets type; a compositor; a machine for setting type.
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teade
n.
A torch.
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them
pron.
The objective case of they. See They.
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tentering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tenter
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trepid
a.
Trembling; quaking.
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telestich
n.
A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name.  Cf. Acrostic.
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thenardite
n.
Anhydrous sodium sulphate, a mineral of a white or brown color and vitreous luster.
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tiger
n.
Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.
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taurine
a.
Of or pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle.
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tripody
n.
Three metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.
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thermometrical
a.
Of or pertaining to a thermometer; as, the thermometrical scale or tube.
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triparted
a.
Parted into three piece; having three parts or pieces; -- said of the field or of a bearing; as, a cross triparted.
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though
conj.
Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if.
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tricycle
n.
A three-wheeled velocipede. See Illust. under Velocipede.  Cf. Bicycle.
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thider
adv.
Thither.
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tope
n.
The wren.
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taw
n.
A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles.
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trisacramentarian
n.
One who recognizes three sacraments, and no more; -- namely, baptism, the Lord's Supper, and penance. See Sacrament.
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trooping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Troop
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tulipomaniac
n.
One who is affected with tulipomania.
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tameness
n.
The quality or state of being tame.
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tenement
n.
That which is held of another by service; property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in consideration of some military or pecuniary service; fief; fee.
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traverser
n.
One who, or that which, traverses, or moves, as an index on a scale, and the like.
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troupe
n.
A company or troop, especially the company pf performers in a play or an opera.
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tractarian
n.
One of the writers of the Oxford tracts, called "Tracts for the Times," issued during the period 1833-1841, in which series of papers the sacramental system and authority of the Church, and the value of tradition, were brought into prominence. Also, a member of the High Church party, holding generally the principles of the Tractarian writers; a Puseyite.
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tahaleb
n.
A fox (Vulpes Niloticus) of Northern Africa.
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traveler
n.
An iron encircling a rope, bar, spar, or the like, and sliding thereon.
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tuft
n.
A nobleman, or person of quality, especially in the English universities; -- so called from the tuft, or gold tassel, on the cap worn by them.
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triweekly
adv.
Three times a week.
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tubipora
n.
A genus of halcyonoids in which the skeleton, or coral (called organ-pipe coral), consists of a mass of parallel cylindrical tubes united at intervals by transverse plates. These corals are usually red or purple and form large masses. They are natives of the tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
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ticking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tick
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trial
n.
That which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that which tries the character or principles; that which tempts to evil; as, his child's conduct was a sore trial.
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threepenny
a.
Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean.
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tourney
n.
To perform in tournaments; to tilt.
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truncation
n.
The act of truncating, lopping, or cutting off.
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tallowing
n.
The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of producing tallow.
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tension
a.
The force by which a part is pulled when forming part of any system in equilibrium or in motion; as, the tension of a srting supporting a weight equals that weight.
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tread
v.i.
To set the foot; to step.
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tract
v.
Something drawn out or extended; expanse.
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topknot
n.
A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird; also, an orgamental knot worn on top of the head, as by women.
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tread
n.
Manner or style of stepping; action; gait; as, the horse has a good tread.
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tonsured
a.
Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald.
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taint
v.t.
To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
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tew
v.
To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw.
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transacted
imp.|p.p.
of Transact
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thwart
v.i.
Hence, to be in opposition; to clash.
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thracian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Thrace.
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terrel
n.
A spherical magnet so placed that its poles, equator, etc., correspond to those of the earth.
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tod
n.
A bush; a thick shrub; a bushy clump.
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tonus
n.
Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus.
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towed
imp.|p.p.
of Tow
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tubicolar
a.
Tubicolous.
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tripennate
a.
Same as Tripinnate.
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tabefying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tabefy
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torpedinous
a.
Of or pertaining to a torpedo; resembling a torpedo; exerting a benumbing influence; stupefying; dull; torpid.
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tuscan
a.
Of or pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; -- specifically designating one of the five orders of architecture recognized and described by the Italian writers of the 16th century, or characteristic of the order. The original of this order was not used by the Greeks, but by the Romans under the Empire. See Order, and Illust. of Capital.
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turbinal
a.
Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; -- applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers.
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trochaical
a.
Of or pertaining to trochees; consisting of trochees; as, trochaic measure or verse.
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tinkling
n.
A grackle (Quiscalus crassirostris) native of Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and rids them of insects.
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tiaraed
a.
Adorned with, or wearing, a tiara.
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then
conj.
In that case; in consequence; as a consequence; therefore; for this reason.
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tetrarchate
n.
A tetrarchy.
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twitter
v.i.
To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
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taint
v.i.
To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather.
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tetrasyllabic
a.
Alt. of Tetrasyllabical
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turnverein
n.
A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.
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tomenta
pl.
of Tomentum
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treatment
n.
The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment.
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twinge
n.
A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side.
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tine
n.
A tooth, or spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler.
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thou
v.i.
To use the words thou and thee in discourse after the manner of the Friends.
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toss
v.i.
To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.
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tibiotarsal
a.
Of or pertaining to the tibiotarsus.
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teak
n.
A tree of East Indies (Tectona grandis) which furnishes an extremely strong and durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes; also, the timber of the tree.
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transition
n.
Change from one form to another.
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to
prep.
Effect; end; consequence; as, the prince was flattered to his ruin; he engaged in a war to his cost; violent factions exist to the prejudice of the state.
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tedious
a.
Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome.
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thyrsoid
a.
Alt. of Thyrsoidal
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tenebrosity
n.
The quality or state of being tenebrous; tenebrousness.
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travestied
imp.|p.p.
of Travesty
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tat
n.
Gunny cloth made from the fiber of the Corchorus olitorius, or jute.
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twist
v.t.
To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
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terbium
n.
A rare metallic element, of uncertain identification, supposed to exist in certain minerals, as gadolinite and samarskite, with other rare ytterbium earth. Symbol Tr or Tb. Atomic weight 150.
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torsion
n.
The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.
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time
n.
Tense.
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tenderling
n.
One of the first antlers of a deer.
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trinketer
n.
One who trinkets.
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translate
v.t.
To change to another condition, position, place, or office; to transfer; hence, to remove as by death.
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thankly
adv.
Thankfully.
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twining
a.
The act of one who, or that which, twines; (Bot.) the act of climbing spirally.
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toilful
a.
Producing or involving much toil; laborious; toilsome; as, toilful care.
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tercine
n.
A cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule and surrounding the embryo sac.  Cf. Quintine.
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trevet
n.
A stool or other thing supported by three legs; a trivet.
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tripping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trip
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twittered
imp.|p.p.
of Twitter
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tonguy
a.
Ready or voluble in speaking; as, a tonguy speaker.
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terebilenic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid, C7H8O4, obtained as a white crystalline substance by a modified oxidation of terebic acid.
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tendencies
pl.
of Tendency
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takeoff
n.
An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.
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tympanal
n.
Tympanic.
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trimmer
n.
A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header.
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trainbands
pl.
of Trainband
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treat
v.t.
To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.
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thalli
pl.
of Thallus
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trews
n.pl.
Trowsers; especially, those of the Scotch Highlanders.
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tour
v.t.
anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty.
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triding
n.
A riding. See Trithing.
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tautomerism
n.
The condition, quality, or relation of metameric substances, or their respective derivatives, which are more or less interchangeable, according as one form or the other is the more stable. It is a special case of metamerism; thus, the lactam and the lactim compounds exhibit tautomerism.
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tributary
a.
Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing; as, the Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.
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teetee
n.
A diving petrel of Australia (Halodroma wrinatrix).
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tabernacle
n.
Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul.
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tick
n.
Ticking. See Ticking, n.
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tripartible
a.
Divisible into three parts.
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tinean
n.
Any species of Tinea, or of the family Tineidae, which includes numerous small moths, many of which are injurious to woolen and fur goods and to cultivated plants. Also used adjectively.
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tasker
n.
A laborer who receives his wages in kind.
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thumping
a.
Heavy; large.
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teeter
v.i.|t.
To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter-totter.
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trojan
n.
A native or inhabitant of Troy.
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thrill
v.t.
A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
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thing
n.
A transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed.
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torpedo
n.
A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it.
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too
adv.
Likewise; also; in addition.
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transfixion
n.
The act of transfixing, or the state of being transfixed, or pierced.
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tympanites
n.
A flatulent distention of the belly; tympany.
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trental
n.
Hence, a dirge; an elegy.
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tainted
imp.|p.p.
of Taint
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title
n.
The instrument which is evidence of a right.
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termination
n.
End; conclusion; result.
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temperateness
n.
The quality or state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance.
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thrast
p.p.
of Thraste
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tract
v.t.
To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.
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thievish
a.
Partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish practice.
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thriftily
adv.
Carefully; properly; becomingly.
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trochiscus
n.
A kind of tablet or lozenge; a troche.
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trumpeter
n.
Any one of several species of long-legged South American birds of the genus Psophia, especially P. crepitans, which is abundant, and often domesticated and kept with other poultry by the natives. They are allied to the cranes. So called from their loud cry.  Called also agami, and yakamik.
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twigsome
a.
Full of, or abounding in, twigs; twiggy.
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trawl
v.t.
To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.
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tagbelt
n.
Same as Tagsore.
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temperer
n.
One who, or that which, tempers; specifically, a machine in which lime, cement, stone, etc., are mixed with water.
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tergum
n.
One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped.
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tardily
adv.
In a tardy manner; slowly.
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thriftless
a.
Without thrift; not prudent or prosperous in money affairs.
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table
v.t.
In parliamentary usage, to lay on the table; to postpone, by a formal vote, the consideration of (a bill, motion, or the like) till called for, or indefinitely.
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tugboat
n.
See Tug, n., 3.
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theobroma
n.
A genus of small trees. See Cacao.
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trilocular
a.
Having three cells or cavities; as, a trilocular capsule; a trilocular heart.
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teaming
n.
The act or occupation of driving a team, or of hauling or carrying, as logs, goods, or the like, with a team.
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teleological
a.
Of or pertaining to teleology, or the doctrine of design.
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tetraphenol
n.
Furfuran.
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tarsus
n.
A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate.
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throwcrook
n.
An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.
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truancy
n.
The act of playing truant, or the state of being truant; as, addicted to truancy.
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telegraphical
a.
Telegraphic.
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temperamental
a.
Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional.
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tap
v.t.
To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.
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talebearing
n.
The act of informing officiously; communication of sectrts, scandal, etc., maliciously.
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temple
n.
The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah.
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tolt
n.
A writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a country court.
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transvolation
n.
The act of flying beyond or across.
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tenantless
a.
Having no tenants; unoccupied; as, a tenantless mansion.
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typical
a.
Combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group; as, a typical genus.
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traducible
a.
Capable of being derived or propagated.
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timber
n.
That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing.  Cf. Lumber, 3.
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talk
n.
To prate; to speak impertinently.
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trip
n.
A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
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tunneled
imp.|p.p.
of Tunnel
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termatary
n.
Same as Termatarium.
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tremble
n.
An involuntary shaking or quivering.
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tarry
v.t.
To delay; to defer; to put off.
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treasonous
a.
Treasonable.
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truckage
n.
The practice of bartering goods; exchange; barter; truck.
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triviality
n.
That which is trivial; a trifle.
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take
v.t.
In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to convey.
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trivet
n.
A tree-legged stool, table, or other support; especially, a stand to hold a kettle or similar vessel near the fire; a tripod.
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tussle
n.
A struggle; a scuffle.
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triphthongal
a.
Of or pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of three vowel sounds pronounced together in a single syllable.
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turbantop
n.
A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus (Helvella, / Gyromitra, esculenta.).
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terminant
n.
Termination; ending.
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thanksgiving
n.
A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties.
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tempse
n.
See Temse.
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tug
v.i.
To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream.
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tumid
a.
Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style.
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totally
adv.
In a total manner; wholly; entirely.
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turn
n.
Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn.
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tinct
n.
Color; tinge; tincture; tint.
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thurrok
n.
The hold of a ship; a sink.
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tangling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tangle
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tumidity
n.
The quality or state of being tumid.
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tachylyte
n.
A vitreous form of basalt; -- so called because decomposable by acids and readily fusible.
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theatre
n.
A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war.
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temptable
a.
Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.
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toughpitch
n.
The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper.
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table
n.
A thin, flat piece of wood, stone, metal, or other material, on which anything is cut, traced, written, or painted; a tablet
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tardy
superl.
Not being inseason; late; dilatory; -- opposed to prompt; as, to be tardy in one's payments.
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traducent
a.
Slanderous.
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theologian
n.
A person well versed in theology; a professor of theology or divinity; a divine.
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trebleness
n.
The quality or state of being treble; as, the trebleness of tones.
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treat
v.i.
To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to make discussion; -- usually with of; as, Cicero treats of old age and of duties.
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tablature
n.
Division into plates or tables with intervening spaces; as, the tablature of the cranial bones.
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tautology
n.
A repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless repetition of an idea in different words or phrases; a representation of anything as the cause, condition, or consequence of itself, as in the following lines: --//The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,/And heavily in clouds brings on the day. Addison.
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trade
v.
Course; custom; practice; occupation; employment.
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thornbut
n.
The turbot.
+
timbrel
n.
A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest antiquity.
+
tercentenary
n.
The three hundredth anniversary of any event; also, a celebration of such an anniversary.
+
turbo
n.
Any one of numerous marine gastropods of the genus Turbo or family Turbinidae, usually having a turbinate shell, pearly on the inside, and a calcareous operculum.
+
twinborn
a.
Born at the same birth.
+
totemic
a.
Of or pertaining to a totem, or totemism.
+
tabanus
n.
A genus of blood sucking flies, including the horseflies.
+
tiffed
imp.|p.p.
of Tiff
+
tremolo
n.
The rapid reiteration of tones without any apparent cessation, so as to produce a tremulous effect.
+
transatlantic
a.
Crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
+
temulency
n.
Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness.
+
tread
n.
A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as, a nimble tread; a cautious tread.
+
trickiness
n.
The quality of being tricky.
+
toxodon
n.
A gigantic extinct herbivorous mammal from South America, having teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order Toxodonta.
+
tessera
n.
A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes.
+
terephthalate
n.
A salt of terephthalic acid.
+
taper
n.
A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
+
thick
superl.
Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing.
+
thermometrical
a.
Made, or ascertained, by means of a thermometer; as, thermometrical observations.
+
temporality
n.
That which pertains to temporal welfare; material interests; especially, the revenue of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tenements, or lay fees, tithes, and the like; -- chiefly used in the plural.
+
trapanner
n.
One who trapans, or insnares.
+
terra
n.
The earth; earth.
+
train oil

Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling.
+
testiere
n.
A piece of plate armor for the head of a war horse; a tester.
+
tucker
n.
One who, or that which, tucks; specifically, an instrument with which tuck are made.
+
tensile
a.
Capable of extension; ductile; tensible.
+
tenebrific
a.
Rendering dark or gloomy; tenebrous; gloomy.
+
toftman
n.
The owner of a toft. See Toft, 3.
+
theosopher
n.
A theosophist.
+
throttle
v.i.
To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
+
thrashing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Thresh
+
totemism
n.
Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real or imaginary object; nature worship.
+
that
pron.a.conj.|adv.
As an adjective, that has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun.
+
triumph
n.
A trump card; also, an old game at cards.
+
ticken
n.
See Ticking.
+
topsmen
pl.
of Topsman
+
tollmen
pl.
of Tollman
+
tact
n.
The sense of touch; feeling.
+
ton
n.
The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton.
+
thorax
n.
The second, or middle, region of the body of a crustacean, arachnid, or other articulate animal. In the case of decapod Crustacea, some writers include under the term thorax only the three segments bearing the maxillipeds; others include also the five segments bearing the legs. See Illust. in Appendix.
+
tewing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tew
+
trainer
n.
One who trains; an instructor; especially, one who trains or prepares men, horses, etc., for exercises requiring physical agility and strength.
+
till
n.
A drawer.
+
therebiforn
adv.
Before that time; beforehand.
+
tarnished
imp.|p.p.
of Tarnish
+
tentaculum
n.
A tentacle.
+
terraqueous
a.
Consisting of land and water; as, the earth is a terraqueous globe.
+
trepanner
n.
One who trepans.
+
terras
n.
See /rass.
+
tourn
n.
The sheriff's turn, or court.
+
try
v.i.
To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn.
+
toped
imp.|p.p.
of Tope
+
tetter
n.
A vesicular disease of the skin; herpes. See Herpes.
+
teratical
a.
Wonderful; ominous; prodigious.
+
truth
n.
Fidelity; constancy; steadfastness; faithfulness.
+
tumulate
v.i.
To swell.
+
tranquilness
n.
Quality or state of being tranquil.
+
tracheate
a.
Breathing by means of tracheae; of or pertaining to the Tracheata.
+
terminus
n.
Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place.
+
trading
a.
Frequented by traders.
+
thrust
v.i.
To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.
+
tenacious
a.
Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.
+
thermomagnetism
n.
Magnetism as affected or caused by the action of heat; the relation of heat to magnetism.
+
tube
n.
One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk.
+
trained
imp.|p.p.
of Train
+
trivialism
n.
A trivial matter or method; a triviality.
+
tiltmill
n.
A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on.
+
tumbler
n.
A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.
+
tweed
n.
A soft and flexible fabric for men's wear, made wholly of wool except in some inferior kinds, the wool being dyed, usually in two colors, before weaving.
+
terrestrious
a.
Terrestrial.
+
tense
a.
Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.
+
teakettle
n.
A kettle in which water is boiled for making tea, coffee, etc.
+
tubicolous
a.
Inhabiting a tube; as, tubicolous worms.
+
tegmental
a.
Of or pertaining to a tegument or tegmentum; as, the tegmental layer of the epiblast; the tegmental cells of the taste buds.
+
testify
adv.
In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.
+
torrent
n.
Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence.
+
tiringroom
n.
The room or place where players dress for the stage.
+
tattlery
n.
Idle talk or chat; tittle-tattle.
+
torsk
n.
The cusk. See Cusk.
+
tincturing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tincture
+
tousel
v.t.
Same as Tousle.
+
turn
n.
A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat.
+
trajecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Traject
+
trend
v.t.
To cleanse, as wool.
+
teteatete
n.
Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of two persons.
+
tenpenny
a.
Denoting a size of nails. See 1st Penny.
+
tribunal
n.
Hence, a court or forum; as, the House of Lords, in England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom.
+
thrush
n.
An affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called aphthae. See Aphthae.
+
torace
v.t.
Alt. of Torase
+
triumvirate
n.
Government by three in coalition or association; the term of such a government.
+
tempest
n.
A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4.
+
transom
n.
The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages.
+
third
a.
Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.
+
thaught
n.
See Thwart.
+
tremble
v.i.
To totter; to shake; -- said of a thing.
+
tridimensional
a.
Having three dimensions; extended in three different directions.
+
throb
n.
A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation:
+
trine
a.
Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth, and thickness.
+
typo
n.
A compositor.
+
thibetan
a.
Of or pertaining to Thibet.
+
tabulated
imp.|p.p.
of Tabulate
+
taproom
n.
A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.
+
theorematical
a.
Of or pertaining to a theorem or theorems; comprised in a theorem; consisting of theorems.
+
tridentate
a.
Alt. of Tridentated
+
turbinate
a.
Alt. of Turbinated
+
toilet
n.
Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect.
+
talbot
n.
A sort of dog, noted for quick scent and eager pursuit of game.
+
thresh
v.t.
To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.
+
telugu
a.
Of or pertaining to the Telugu language, or the Telugus.
+
transire
n.
A customhouse clearance for a coasting vessel; a permit.
+
tyros
pl.
of Tyro
+
traverse
a.
To turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon.
+
thoro
a.
Thorough.
+
tabescent
a.
Withering, or wasting away.
+
telephonically
adv.
By telephonic means or processes; by the use of the telephone.
+
tart
v.t.
Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple.
+
traducianism
n.
The doctrine that human souls are produced by the act of generation; -- opposed to creationism, and infusionism.
+
thoracic
n.
One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectorial fins.
+
tune
v.i.
To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum.
+
tan
a.
Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.
+
tachometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the velocity, or indicating changes in the velocity, of a moving body or substance.
+
therefor
adv.
For that, or this; for it.
+
trice
n.
A very short time; an instant; a moment; -- now used only in the phrase in a trice.
+
tenuity
n.
Refinement; delicacy.
+
tyrant
v.i.
To act like a tyrant; to play the tyrant; to tyrannical.
+
tittering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Titter
+
talented
a.
Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted.
+
thresh
v.t.|i.
Same as Thrash.
+
thimbleeye
n.
The chub mackerel. See under Chub.
+
tender
superl.
Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's good; easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor; sympathetic.
+
tertiate
v.t.
To examine, as the thickness of the metal at the muzzle of a gun; or, in general, to examine the thickness of, as ordnance, in order to ascertain its strength.
+
turnover
n.
The act or result of turning over; an upset; as, a bad turnover in a carriage.
+
traveler
n.
A traveling crane. See under Crane.
+
torvity
a.
Sourness or severity of countenance; sterness.
+
thrid
v.t.
To make or effect (a way or course) through something; as, to thrid one's way through a wood.
+
tongue
v.i.
To talk; to prate.
+
tench
n.
A European fresh-water fish (Tinca tinca, or T. vulgaris) allied to the carp. It is noted for its tenacity of life.
+
tensioned
a.
Extended or drawn out; subjected to tension.
+
teazer
n.
The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in glass works.
+
tasting
n.
The act of perceiving or tasting by the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by which we perceive or distinguish savors.
+
turn
n.
A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began; a short walk; a stroll.
+
tarnisher
n.
One who, or that which, tarnishes.
+
tentacular
a.
Of or pertaining to a tentacle or tentacles.
+
thomean
n.
A member of the ancient church of Christians established on the Malabar coast of India, which some suppose to have been originally founded by the Apostle Thomas.
+
trust
n.
to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something.
+
tharms
n.pl.
Twisted guts.
+
theopneusted
a.
Divinely inspired; theopneustic.
+
tonguelet
n.
A little tongue.
+
turtle
n.
The turtledove.
+
truantly
adv.
Like a truant; in idleness.
+
tosh
a.
Neat; trim.
+
twelfth
a.
Consisting, or being one of, twelve equal parts into which anything is divided.
+
thorough
a.
Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house.
+
t was

A contraction of it was.
+
tump
v.t.
To form a mass of earth or a hillock about; as, to tump teasel.
+
thereon
adv.
On that or this.
+
terreity
n.
Quality of being earthy; earthiness.
+
trothplight
v.t.
To betroth.
+
thesis
n.
The depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word.
+
tentaculata
n.pl.
A division of Ctenophora including those which have two long tentacles.
+
transit
n.
The act or process of causing to pass; conveyance; as, the transit of goods through a country.
+
trundle
v.t.
To cause to roll or revolve; to roll along; as, to trundle a hoop or a ball.
+
target
n.
The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
+
tithe
v.i.
Tp pay tithes.
+
triarian
a.
Occupying the third post or rank.
+
toxicology
n.
The science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes, and recognition; also, a discourse or treatise on the science.
+
tanate
n.
An Asiatic wild dog (Canis procyonoides), native of Japan and adjacent countries. It has a short, bushy tail. Called also raccoon dog.
+
trichromatic
a.
Having or existing in three different phases of color; having three distinct color varieties; -- said of certain birds and insects.
+
tickler
n.
Something puzzling or difficult.
+
tawery
n.
A place where skins are tawed.
+
tabaret
n.
A stout silk having satin stripes, -- used for furniture.
+
trumpeting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trumpet
+
transmove
v.t.
To move or change from one state into another; to transform.
+
toshred
v.t.
To cut into shreads or pieces.
+
trappures
n.pl.
Trappings for a horse.
+
truck
v.i.
A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through.
+
trusion
n.
The act of pushing or thrusting.
+
tryst
n.
Trust.
+
triquadrantal
a.
Having three quadrants; thus, a triquadrantal triangle is one whose three sides are quadrants, and whose three angles are consequently right angles.
+
tough
superl.
Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough.
+
transplendent
a.
Resplendent in the highest degree.
+
tennis
n.
A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand.
+
token
n.
A memorial of friendship; something by which the friendship of another person is to be kept in mind; a memento; a souvenir.
+
tenesmic
a.
Of or pertaining to tenesmus; characterized by tenesmus.
+
torticollis
n.
See Wryneck.
+
time
v.t.
To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen.
+
turreted
a.
Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically (Zool.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; -- said of certain spiral shells.
+
thymus
n.
The thymus gland.
+
testae
pl.
of Testa
+
thionaphthene
n.
A double benzene and thiophene nucleus, C8H6S, analogous to naphthalene, and like it the base of a large series of derivatives.
+
toboggan
n.
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.
+
test
n.
Means of trial; as, absence is a test of love.
+
triumpher
n.
One who was honored with a triumph; a victor.
+
trikosane
n.
A hydrocarbon, C23H48, of the methane series, resembling paraffin; -- so called because it has twenty-three atoms of carbon in the molecule.
+
tropology
n.
A rhetorical mode of speech, including tropes, or changes from the original import of the word.
+
tempestivily
n.
The quality, or state, of being tempestive; seasonableness.
+
train
v.
The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.
+
topped
imp.|p.p.
of Top
+
transregionate
a.
Foreign.
+
turband
n.
A turban.
+
torpidly
adv.
In a torpid manner.
+
thyrsoidal
a.
Having somewhat the form of a thyrsus.
+
thalia
n.
That one of the nine Muses who presided over comedy.
+
twifold
a.
Twofold; double.
+
track
n.
A road; a beaten path.
+
terpsichore
n.
The Muse who presided over the choral song and the dance, especially the latter.
+
termless
a.
Inexpressible; indescribable.
+
topproud
a.
Proud to the highest degree.
+
then
adv.
At that time (referring to a time specified, either past or future).
+
thrillant
a.
Piercing; sharp; thrilling.
+
transparencies
pl.
of Transparency
+
territorially
adv.
In regard to territory; by means of territory.
+
tabefy
v.t.
To cause to waste gradually, to emaciate.
+
treasury
n.
A treasure.
+
threap
v.t.
To beat, or thrash.
+
truss
n.
A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass.
+
tap
v.t.
To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
+
try
v.t.
To experiment with; to test by use; as, to try a remedy for disease; to try a horse.
+
tattle
v.i.
To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; as, a tattling girl.
+
tho
def.art.
The.
+
touch
v.i.
To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.
+
tablemen
pl.
of Tableman
+
tillandsia
n.
A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses.
+
tramp
v.i.
To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
+
tablespoonfuls
pl.
of Tablespoonful
+
tutorial
a.
Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.
+
tetrapnuemonian
n.
One of the Tetrapneumona.
+
triumphal
a.
Of or pertaining to triumph; used in a triumph; indicating, or in honor of, a triumph or victory; as, a triumphal crown; a triumphal arch.
+
teasel
n.
Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.
+
tailpin
n.
The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.
+
tympany
n.
A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites.
+
tendon
n.
A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.
+
transmew
v.t.|i.
To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose.
+
tonite
n.
An explosive compound; a preparation of gun cotton.
+
telephone
v.t.
To convey or announce by telephone.
+
triton
n.
Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Triton and allied genera, having a stout spiral shell, often handsomely colored and ornamented with prominent varices. Some of the species are among the largest of all gastropods. Called also trumpet shell, and sea trumpet.
+
tantalus
n.
A genus of wading birds comprising the wood ibises.
+
transmutable
a.
Capable of being transmuted or changed into a different substance, or into into something of a different form a nature; transformable.
+
tailor
n.
The silversides.
+
taste
n.
A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.
+
triclinium
n.
A couch for reclining at meals, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts.
+
tergeminate
a.
Thrice twin; having three pairs of leaflets.
+
triangularity
n.
The quality or state of being triangular.
+
tutress
n.
Tutoress.
+
tuneless
a.
Not employed in making music; as, tuneless harps.
+
tusk
v.i.
To bare or gnash the teeth.
+
thick
superl.
Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain.
+
tragical
a.
Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow.
+
taxor
n.
Same as Taxer, n., 2.
+
temple
n.
Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially resides.
+
thrust
n.
The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them.
+
traitorous
a.
Guilty of treason; treacherous; perfidious; faithless; as, a traitorous officer or subject.
+
trill
n.
A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of the sound of an instrument, produced by the rapid alternation of two contiguous tones of the scale; as, to give a trill on the high C. See Shake.
+
trapeziums
pl.
of Trapezium
+
theandric
a.
Relating to, or existing by, the union of divine and human operation in Christ, or the joint agency of the divine and human nature.
+
turkis
n.
Turquois.
+
tressure
n.
A kind of border similar to the orle, but of only half the breadth of the latter.
+
townish
a.
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a town; like the town.
+
tread
n.
The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
+
t is

A common contraction of it is.
+
thorpe
n.
A group of houses in the country; a small village; a hamlet; a dorp; -- now chiefly occurring in names of places and persons; as, Althorp, Mablethorpe.
+
tenstrike
n.
A knocking down of all ten pins at one delivery of the ball.
+
turfing
n.
The act or process of providing or covering with turf.
+
tetaug
n.
See Tautog.
+
tabernacle
n.
A tryptich for sacred imagery.
+
typhlitis
n.
Inflammation of the caecum.
+
talewise
adv.
In a way of a tale or story.
+
ticket
v.t.
To distinguish by a ticket; to put a ticket on; as, to ticket goods.
+
toat
n.
The handle of a joiner's plane.
+
trip
n.i.
To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.
+
tassel
n.
A pendent ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose threads or cords.
+
tungreat
a.
Having the circumference of a tun.
+
tropist
n.
One who deals in tropes; specifically, one who avoids the literal sense of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere tropes and figures of speech.
+
tabulation
n.
The act of forming into a table or tables; as, the tabulation of statistics.
+
temperament
v.t.
Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.
+
tresor
n.
Treasure.
+
thysanopterous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Thysanoptera.
+
thring
v.t.|i.
To press, crowd, or throng.
+
tragic
n.
A writer of tragedy.
+
tincture
n.
A solution (commonly colored) of medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit containing medicinal substances in solution.
+
trunnioned
a.
Provided with trunnions; as, the trunnioned cylinder of an oscillating steam engine.
+
trumpery
n.
Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense; falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out and of no value; rubbish.
+
tappen
n.
An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other animals during hibernation.
+
traditionally
adv.
In a traditional manner.
+
techy
a.
Peevish; fretful; irritable.
+
truck
v.t.
To exchange; to give in exchange; to barter; as, to truck knives for gold dust.
+
telescope
a.
To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass; to come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another.
+
tegmen
n.
A tegument or covering.
+
tellurian
n.
A dweller on the earth.
+
tomaley
n.
The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; -- called also tomalline.
+
testif
a.
Testy; headstrong; obstinate.
+
tame
a.
To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth.
+
top
n.
A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem, the motion being sometimes continued by means of a whip.
+
taxeopoda
n.pl.
An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations.
+
testable
a.
Capable of being tested or proved.
+
tan
v.i.
To get or become tanned.
+
tearthumb
n.
A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles.
+
travel
n.
An account, by a traveler, of occurrences and observations during a journey; as, a book of travels; -- often used as the title of a book; as, Travels in Italy.
+
transform
v.t.
To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.
+
tachina
n.
Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to Tachina and allied genera. Their larvae are external parasites of other insects.
+
tregetour
n.
A juggler who produces illusions by the use of elaborate machinery.
+
trias
n.
The formation situated between the Permian and Lias, and so named by the Germans, because consisting of three series of strata, which are called in German the Bunter sandstein, Muschelkalk, and Keuper.
+
triternate
a.
Three times ternate; -- applied to a leaf whose petiole separates into three branches, each of which divides into three parts which each bear three leafiets.
+
tutnose
n.
A snub nose.
+
tickle
a.
Liable to change; uncertain; inconstant.
+
think
v.t.
To conceive; to imagine.
+
tabetic
n.
One affected with tabes.
+
tapa
n.
A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also kapa.
+
train
v.
A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite.
+
tun
n.
A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.
+
thecla
n.
Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; -- called also hairstreak, and elfin.
+
tetradynamia
n.pl.
A Linnaean class of plants having six stamens, four of which are longer than the others.
+
thrivingness
n.
The quality or condition of one who thrives; prosperity; growth; increase.
+
tetradynamian
a.
Alt. of Tetradynamous
+
theme
n.
Discourse on a certain subject.
+
tipple
v.i.
To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently in small quantities, but without absolute drunkeness.
+
trimethylene
n.
A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H6, isomeric with propylene and obtained from it indirectly. It is the base of a series of compounds analogous to the aromatic hydrocarbons.
+
throbbed
imp.|p.p.
of Throb
+
travail
n.
Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.
+
terminus
n.
Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term, 8.
+
tubiform
a.
Having the form of a tube; tubeform.
+
trumpeter
n.
One who sounds a trumpet.
+
tiffany
n.
A species of gause, or very silk.
+
twister
n.
The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.
+
thurst
n.
The ruins of the fallen roof resulting from the removal of the pillars and stalls.
+
ton
n.
Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden.
+
tibial
a.
Of or pertaining to a tibia.
+
testimonial
a.
Something, as money or plate, presented to a preson as a token of respect, or of obligation for services rendered.
+
twibilled
a.
Armed or provided with a twibil or twibils.
+
tetrahedron
n.
A solid figure inclosed or bounded by four triangles.
+
testify
v.i.
To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against.
+
teat
n.
The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the udder or breast of a mammal; a nipple; a pap; a mammilla; a dug; a tit.
+
tithed
imp.|p.p.
of Tithe
+
timothy

Alt. of Timothy grass
+
trysquare
n.
An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, etc., for laying off right angles off right angles, and testing whether work is square.
+
tamper
n.
One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.
+
trachymedusae
n.pl.
A division of acalephs in which the development is direct from the eggs, without a hydroid stage. Some of the species are parasitic on other medusae.
+
terebrant
a.
Boring, or adapted for boring; -- said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies.
+
tack
n.
A stain; a tache.
+
tectly
adv.
Covertly; privately; secretly.
+
tangly
a.
Entangled; intricate.
+
tarragon
n.
A plant of the genus Artemisa (A. dracunculus), much used in France for flavoring vinegar.
+
turgescency
n.
Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.
+
tan
n.
See Picul.
+
talus
n.
The astragalus.
+
termatarium
n.
Any nest or dwelling of termes, or white ants.
+
tempean
a.
Of or pertaining to Temple, a valley in Thessaly, celebrated by Greek poets on account of its beautiful scenery; resembling Temple; hence, beautiful; delightful; charming.
+
treaty
n.
An agreement so made; specifically, an agreement, league, or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns, or the supreme power of each state; an agreement between two or more independent states; as, a treaty of peace; a treaty of alliance.
+
tailboard
n.
The board at the rear end of a cart or wagon, which can be removed or let down, for convenience in loading or unloading.
+
thrumeyed
a.
Having the anthers raised above the stigma, and visible at the throat of the corolla, as in long-stamened primroses; -- the reverse of pin-eyed.
+
tesselar
a.
Formed of tesserae, as a mosaic.
+
terebene
n.
A polymeric modification of terpene, obtained as a white crystalline camphorlike substance; -- called also camphene. By extension, any one of a group of related substances.
+
tetrastyle
n.
A tetrastyle building.
+
thoughtful
a.
Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain; thoughtful in seeking truth.
+
tippled
a.
Intoxicated; inebriated; tipsy; drunk.
+
triumplant
v.i.
Graced with conquest; victorious.
+
tastily
adv.
In a tasty manner.
+
turnover
n.
An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time.
+
twist
n.
A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like.
+
twirl
n.
The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.
+
tractable
v.t.
Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures.
+
turnsole
a.
A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.
+
tessellated
a.
Marked like a checkerboard; as, a tessellated leaf.
+
terrifical
a.
Terrific.
+
twang
v.t.
To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly.
+
titlepage
n.
The page of a book which contains it title.
+
terrorless
a.
Free from terror.
+
togae
pl.
of Toga
+
tester
n.
A canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts.
+
tally
n.
One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
+
tiled
imp.|p.p.
of Tile
+
travel
v.i.
To pass; to go; to move.
+
thanage
n.
The district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.
+
temporize
v.t.
To comply; to agree.
+
testation
n.
A witnessing or witness.
+
tanglefish
n.
The sea adder, or great pipefish of Europe.
+
tuberculous
a.
Having tubercles; affected with, or characterized by, tubercles; tubercular.
+
teetuck
n.
The rock pipit.
+
tusky
a.
Having tusks.
+
trivial
a.
Of or pertaining to the trivium.
+
theologizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Theologize
+
there
pron.
To or into that place; thither.
+
textually
adv.
In a textual manner; in the text or body of a work; in accordance with the text.
+
tappice
v.i.
Alt. of Tappis
+
tachometer
n.
An instrument for showing at any moment the speed of a revolving shaft, consisting of a delicate revolving conical pendulum which is driven by the shaft, and the action of which by change of speed moves a pointer which indicates the speed on a graduated dial.
+
term
n.
A point, line, or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.
+
teaseled
imp.|p.p.
of Teasel
+
tetrical
a.
Forward; perverse; harsh; sour; rugged.
+
time
n.
The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal.
+
tomb
n.
A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.
+
tephrite
n.
An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both.
+
traveler
n.
One who travels; one who has traveled much.
+
tackling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tackle
+
tetrodont
n.
A tetrodon.
+
termly
adv.
Term by term; every term.
+
troubler
n.
One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace.
+
truant
a.
Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a truant boy.
+
tinware
n.
Articles made of tinned iron.
+
turn
v.t.
To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head.
+
tawer
n.
One who taws; a dresser of white leather.
+
thesicle
n.
A little or subordinate thesis; a proposition.
+
talon
n.
A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; -- usually called an ogee.
+
teetotaler
n.
One pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks.
+
tipup
n.
The spotted sandpiper; -- called also teeter-tail. See under Sandpiper.
+
tongueless
a.
Having no tongue.
+
tropic
n.
One of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude corresponding to the celestial tropics, and called by the same names.
+
thysanopter
n.
One of the Thysanoptera.
+
taintlessly
adv.
In a taintless manner.
+
toffee
n.
Alt. of Toffy
+
tope
n.
A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic.
+
trippant
a.
See Tripping, a., 2.
+
thieves
pl.
of Thief
+
taxicorn
n.
One of a family of beetles (Taxicornes) whose antennae are largest at the tip. Also used adjectively.
+
transpare
v.t.|i.
To be, or cause to be, transparent; to appear, or cause to appear, or be seen, through something.
+
tillet
n.
A bag made of thin glazed muslin, used as a wrapper for dress goods.
+
traceries
pl.
of Tracer/y
+
taffeta
n.
Alt. of Taffety
+
transmeation
n.
The act of transmeating; a passing through or beyond.
+
trying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Try
+
tidal
a.
Of or pertaining to tides; caused by tides; having tides; periodically rising and falling, or following and ebbing; as, tidal waters.
+
temper
v.i.
To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity.
+
telescoping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Telescope
+
trembler
n.
One who trembles.
+
telegram
n.
A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
+
tectibranchiate
a.
Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to the Tectibranchiata.
+
trippingly
adv.
In a tripping manner; with a light, nimble, quick step; with agility; nimbly.
+
treat
n.
A parley; a conference.
+
theorized
imp.|p.p.
of Theorize
+
timber
v.t.
To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
+
trimurti
n.
The triad, or trinity, of Hindu gods, consisting of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer.
+
tight
superl.
Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.
+
tidings
n.
Account of what has taken place, and was not before known; news.
+
truster
n.
One who trusts, or credits.
+
trawlnet
n.
Same as Trawl, n., 2.
+
trail
v.t.
To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
+
thank
n.
To express gratitude to (anyone) for a favor; to make acknowledgments to (anyone) for kindness bestowed; -- used also ironically for blame.
+
tenues
pl.
of Tenuis
+
ten
n.
The number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and five; ten units of objects.
+
throwster
n.
One who throws or twists silk; a thrower.
+
trembled
imp.|p.p.
of Tremble
+
timely
superl.
Keeping time or measure.
+
transpiration
n.
The act or process of transpiring or excreting in the form of vapor; exhalation, as through the skin or other membranes of the body; as, pulmonary transpiration, or the excretion of aqueous vapor from the lungs. Perspiration is a form of transpiration.
+
taverning
n.
A feasting at taverns.
+
transmutation
n.
The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism.
+
thrust
v.t.
To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.
+
thanking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Thank
+
thirtieth
n.
The quotient of a unit divided by thirty; one of thirty equal parts.
+
tensility
n.
The quality or state of being tensile, or capable of extension; tensibility; as, the tensility of the muscles.
+
toting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tote
+
tone
n.
Tonicity; as, arterial tone.
+
triumph
n.
A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.
+
tire
v.t.
To exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade.
+
tentaculiferous
a.
Producing or bearing tentacles.
+
thresher
n.
One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine.
+
trisoctahedron
n.
A solid of the isometric system bounded by twenty-four equal faces, three corresponding to each face of an octahedron.
+
theologaster
n.
A pretender or quack in theology.
+
turlupin
n.
One of the precursors of the Reformation; -- a nickname corresponding to Lollard, etc.
+
trod
imp.
of Tread
+
thyrohyoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the thyroid cartilage of the larynx and the hyoid arch.
+
truage
n.
A tax or impost; tribute.
+
tralatition
n.
A change, as in the use of words; a metaphor.
+
trust
a.
Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney.
+
town
adv.|prep.
Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.
+
trespassing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trespass
+
topography
n.
The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description in minute detail of any place or region.
+
turn
n.
An embellishment or grace (marked thus, /), commonly consisting of the principal note, or that on which the turn is made, with the note above, and the semitone below, the note above being sounded first, the principal note next, and the semitone below last, the three being performed quickly, as a triplet preceding the marked note. The turn may be inverted so as to begin with the lower note, in which case the sign is either placed on end thus /, or drawn thus /.
+
tubercle
n.
A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy.
+
texture
n.
A tissue. See Tissue.
+
transparence
n.
The quality or state of being transparent; transparency.
+
tilestone
n.
A tile of stone.
+
tutory
n.
Tutorage.
+
tympanohyal
n.
The proximal segment in the hyoidean arch, becoming a part of the styloid process of the temporal bone in adult man.
+
tergum
n.
The dorsal piece of a somite of an articulate animal.
+
talmudistic
a.
Resembling the Talmud; Talmudic.
+
traumatism
n.
A wound or injury directly produced by causes external to the body; also, violence producing a wound or injury; as, rupture of the stomach caused by traumatism.
+
truffled
a.
Provided or cooked with truffles; stuffed with truffles; as, a truffled turkey.
+
troublesome
a.
Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.
+
trot
n.
Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry.
+
tumbleweed
n.
Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo, Amarantus albus, etc.
+
turgescence
n.
Alt. of Turgescency
+
thorow
a.
Thorough.
+
tentiginous
a.
Lustful, or pertaining to lust.
+
thalamophora
n.pl.
Same as Foraminifera.
+
toryism
n.
The principles of the Tories.
+
thaliacea
n.pl.
A division of Tunicata comprising the free-swimming species, such as Salpa and Doliolum.
+
toss
v.t.
To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.
+
tiliaceous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Tiliaceae) of which the linden (Tilia) is the type. The order includes many plants which furnish a valuable fiber, as the jute.
+
telangiectasy
n.
Telangiectasis.
+
twitter
v.i.
To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises.
+
twaddling

a. & n. from Twaddle, v.
+
turbidly
adv.
Proudly; haughtily.
+
toadfish
n.
The angler.
+
tableware
n.
Ware, or articles collectively, for table use.
+
thaumaturgy
n.
The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain.
+
tromp
n.
Alt. of Trompe
+
toothback
n.
Any notodontian.
+
trachelipod
n.
One of the Trachelipoda.
+
tumping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tump
+
tumid
a.
Rising above the level; protuberant.
+
taste
v.i.
To take sparingly.
+
tout
n.
The anus.
+
term
n.
The limitation of an estate; or rather, the whole time for which an estate is granted, as for the term of a life or lives, or for a term of years.
+
thallious
a.
See Thallous.
+
temper
n.
Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; -- in a reproachful sense.
+
trussing
n.
The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, or the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc., till it has something of the character of a truss.
+
turning
n.
Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
+
tridecatoic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, that acid of the fatty acids heterologous with tridecane. It is a white crystalline substance.
+
tinamou
n.
Any one of several species of South American birds belonging to Tinamus and allied genera.
+
tag
n.
Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.
+
tegulated
a.
Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; -- said of a kind of ancient armor.
+
trigonia
n.
A genus of pearly bivalve shells, numerous extinct species of which are characteristic of the Mesozoic rocks. A few living species exist on the coast of Australia.
+
tokay
n.
A grape of an oval shape and whitish color.
+
trans

A prefix, signifying over, beyond, through and through, on the other side, as in transalpine, beyond the Alps; transform, to form through and through, that is, anew, transfigure.
+
tarnishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tarnish
+
thickening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Thicken
+
thrust
v.i.
To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude.
+
turner
n.
A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
+
trio
n.
The secondary, or episodical, movement of a minuet or scherzo, as in a sonata or symphony, or of a march, or of various dance forms; -- not limited to three parts or instruments.
+
tack
n.
That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix. See Tack, v. t., 3.
+
teelseed
n.
The seed of sesame.
+
treble
v.t.
To utter in a treble key; to whine.
+
twosided
a.
Symmetrical.
+
theban
n.
A native or inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man.
+
tunicate
n.
One of the Tunicata.
+
triable
a.
Fit or possible to be tried; liable to be subjected to trial or test.
+
tithe
n.
Hence, a small part or proportion.
+
transhipment
n.
Same as Transshipment.
+
tour
n.
A tower.
+
theorically
adv.
In a theoretic manner.
+
taste
v.t.
To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively.
+
toasted
imp.|p.p.
of Toast
+
thinning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Thin
+
tight

of Tie
+
tillage
n.
A place tilled or cultivated; cultivated land.
+
telson
n.
The terminal joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomen of Crustacea and other articulates. See Thoracostraca.
+
tried

imp. & p. p. of Try.
+
transom
n.
One of the crossbeams connecting the side frames of a truck with each other.
+
talus
n.
A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
+
terrene
n.
A tureen.
+
trashiness
n.
The quality or state of being trashy.
+
temperature
n.
Freedom from passion; moderation.
+
trail
n.
That part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered. See Illust. of Gun carriage, under Gun.
+
trifoliolate
a.
Having three leaflets.
+
turnsole
a.
A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See def. 1 (d).
+
tent
n.
A probe for searching a wound.
+
typesetting
n.
The act or art of setting type.
+
tingeing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tinge
+
technicology
n.
Technology.
+
trafficked
imp.|p.p.
of Traffic
+
trigintal
n.
A trental.
+
tarsal
n.
Same as Tercel.
+
traduce
v.t.
To increase or distribute by propagation.
+
testimonies
pl.
of Testimony
+
trigger
n.
A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the piece.
+
toptackle
n.
A tackle used in hoisting and lowering the topmast.
+
torricellian
a.
Of or pertaining to Torricelli, an Italian philosopher and mathematician, who, in 1643, discovered that the rise of a liquid in a tube, as in the barometer, is due to atmospheric pressure. See Barometer.
+
tierce
n.
The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour.
+
tsar
n.
The title of the emperor of Russia. See Czar.
+
tilter
n.
One who operates a tilt hammer.
+
transparent
a.
Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent diamond; -- opposed to opaque.
+
tripalmitin
n.
See Palmitin.
+
tune
n.
The state of giving the proper, sound or sounds; just intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice or an instrument; adjustment of the parts of an instrument so as to harmonize with itself or with others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune.
+
twine
n.
A twist; a convolution.
+
tame
v.t.
To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
+
tip
v.t.
To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.
+
teamwork
n.
Work done by a team, as distinguished from that done by personal labor.
+
tanistry
n.
In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election.
+
thorough
prep.
Through.
+
tasteful
a.
Having or exhibiting good taste; in accordance with good taste; tasty; as, a tasteful drapery.
+
tamp
v.t.
To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
+
totipalmi
n.pl.
A division of swimming birds including those that have totipalmate feet.
+
threw
imp.
of Throw
+
tumbril
n.
A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds.
+
trooped
imp.|p.p.
of Troop
+
trowsed
a.
Wearing trousers.
+
twinkling
n.
The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle.
+
taunting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Taunt
+
tentif
a.
Attentive.
+
taxed
imp.|p.p.
of Tax
+
tradition
n.
The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
+
torvous
a.
Sour of aspect; of a severe countenance; stern; grim.
+
tick
v.i.
To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.
+
taw
n.
Tow.
+
the
definitearticle.
A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.
+
tripos
n.
A university examination of questionists, for honors; also, a tripos paper; one who prepares a tripos paper.
+
thiophthene
n.
A double thiophene nucleus, C6H4S2, analogous to thionaphthene, and the base of a large series of compounds.
+
transpass
v.i.
To pass by; to pass away.
+
taxology
n.
Same as Taxonomy.
+
tyne
v.i.
To become lost; to perish.
+
threadfish
n.
A carangoid fish (Caranx gallus, or C. crinitus) having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins prolonged in the form of long threads.
+
tysonite
n.
A fluoride of the cerium metals occurring in hexagonal crystals of a pale yellow color.   Cf. Fluocerite.
+
texturing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Texture
+
thronged
imp.|p.p.
of Throng
+
taille
n.
The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola.
+
tethys
n.
A genus of a large naked mollusks having a very large, broad, fringed cephalic disk, and branched dorsal gills. Some of the species become a foot long and are brilliantly colored.
+
treacher
n.
A traitor; a cheat.
+
trunk
n.
A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.
+
theophilanthropism
n.
The doctrine of the theophilanthropists; theophilanthropy.
+
tridacna
n.
A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species (T. gigas) often weighs four or five hundred pounds, and is sometimes used for baptismal fonts. Called also paw shell, and fountain shell.
+
terpilene
n.
A polymeric form of terpene, resembling terbene.
+
truant
n.
One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk.
+
tailpiece
n.
A piece of ebony or other material attached to the lower end of a violin or similar instrument, to which the strings are fastened.
+
tempt
v.t.
To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.
+
townsman
n.
A selectman, in New England. See Selectman.
+
tana
n.
Same as Banxring.
+
thessalian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Thessaly.
+
texture
n.
The act or art of weaving.
+
tome
n.
As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of a larger work; a book; -- usually applied to a ponderous volume.
+
thimblerigging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Thimblerig
+
trode
n.
Tread; footing.
+
teasel
n.
A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D. fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth.
+
try
v.t.
To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good.
+
take
v.t.
To draw; to deduce; to derive.
+
trichocyst
n.
A lasso cell.
+
tooter
n.
One who toots; one who plays upon a pipe or horn.
+
thurl
n.
A long adit in a coalpit.
+
trenchmore
v.i.
To dance the trenchmore.
+
touch
v.
The act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact.
+
truffle
n.
Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish color. The French truffle (Tuber melanosporum) and the English truffle (T. aestivum) are much esteemed as articles of food.
+
thyroarytenoid
a.
Of or pertaining to both the thyroid and arytenoid cartilages of the larynx.
+
true
adv.
In accordance with truth; truly.
+
temporizingly
adv.
In a temporizing or yielding manner.
+
tath
n.
The luxuriant grass growing about the droppings of cattle in a pasture.
+
twill
v.t.
A fabric women with a twill.
+
tight
superl.
Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
+
testatrix
n.
A woman who makes and leaves a will at death; a female testator.
+
tetrabasic
a.
Capable of neutralizing four molecules of a monacid base; having four hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by bases; quadribasic; -- said of certain acids; thus, normal silicic acid, Si(OH)4, is a tetrabasic acid.
+
train
v.t.
To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.
+
trip
n.
A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.
+
trivant
n.
A truant.
+
twin
n.
A compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other.
+
tympanizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tympanize
+
truce
n.
Hence, intermission of action, pain, or contest; temporary cessation; short quiet.
+
tinstone
n.
Cassiterite.
+
theriaca
n.
An ancient composition esteemed efficacious against the effects of poison; especially, a certain compound of sixty-four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and reduced by means of honey to an electuary; -- called also theriaca Andromachi, and Venice treacle.
+
thrum
n.
Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.
+
twist
v.t.
A twig.
+
temptability
n.
The quality or state of being temptable; lability to temptation.
+
troubling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trouble
+
toxicomania
n.
An insane desire for intoxicating or poisonous drugs, as alcohol or opium.
+
tilburies
pl.
of Tilbury
+
toward
prep.
Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth.
+
tempest
n.
An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm.
+
ternaries
pl.
of Ternary
+
throne
v.t.
To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
+
twinkling
n.
A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars.
+
topical
n.
Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; according to topics.
+
tongued
a.
Having a tongue.
+
thalamencephalon
n.
The segment of the brain next in front of the midbrain, including the thalami, pineal gland, and pituitary body; the diencephalon; the interbrain.
+
threading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Thread
+
tumbler
n.
A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. They were formerly used in hunting rabbits.
+
territorializing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Territorialize
+
teddering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tedder
+
thermodynamics
n.
The science which treats of the mechanical action or relations of heat.
+
trierarchises
pl.
of Trierarchy
+
testification
n.
The act of testifying, or giving testimony or evidence; as, a direct testification of our homage to God.
+
transversed
imp.|p.p.
of Transverse
+
textuary
n.
One who adheres strictly or rigidly to the text.
+
titillative
a.
Tending or serving to titillate, or tickle; tickling.
+
trouble
v.t.
The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity.
+
tidying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tidy
+
told
imp.|p.p.
of Tell
+
tasteful
a.
Having a high relish; savory.
+
tarin
n.
The siskin.
+
tinsel
n.
Something shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable.
+
troopfowl
n.
The American scaup duck.
+
theses
pl.
of Thesis
+
thenar
a.
Of or pertaining to the thenar; corresponding to thenar; palmar.
+
teachable
a.
Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction; docile.
+
thenar
n.
The prominence of the palm above the base of the thumb; the thenar eminence; the ball of the thumb. Sometimes applied to the corresponding part of the foot.
+
tone
n.
State of mind; temper; mood.
+
tweyfold
a.
Twofold.
+
titubation
n.
The act of stumbling, rocking, or rolling; a reeling.
+
tetter
v.t.
To affect with tetter.
+
temperative
a.
Having power to temper.
+
trigonal
a.
Having three angles, or corners; triangular; as, a trigonal stem, one having tree prominent longitudinal angles.
+
transfusing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Transfuse
+
tower
v.t.
To soar into.
+
tiring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tire
+
tail
n.
The distal tendon of a muscle.
+
thickskull
n.
A dullard, or dull person; a blockhead; a numskull.
+
tafia
n.
A variety of rum.
+
tenuious
a.
Rare or subtile; tenuous; -- opposed to dense.
+
trangram
n.
Something intricately contrived; a contrived; a puzzle.
+
tracery
n.
A similar decoration in some styles of vaulting, the ribs of the vault giving off the minor bars of which the tracery is composed.
+
triatic
a.
A term used in the phrase triatic stay. See under Stay.
+
tarrock
n.
The common tern.
+
tuz
n.
A lock or tuft of hair.
+
timber
n.
Fig.: Material for any structure.
+
tally
n.
A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game.
+
tingle
v.i.
To feel a sharp, thrilling pain.
+
texture
v.t.
To form a texture of or with; to interweave.
+
tranquilize
v.t.
Alt. of Tranquillize
+
tradesmen
pl.
of Tradesman
+
thanksgiver
n.
One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness.
+
tennu
n.
The tapir.
+
tussock
n.
A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.
+
tender
n.
Regard; care; kind concern.
+
twinkle
v.i.
To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
+
tithonic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or denoting, those rays of light which produce chemical effects; actinic.
+
tabinet
n.
See Tabbinet.
+
tympana
pl.
of Tympanum
+
transfiguring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Transfigure
+
turning
n.
The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
+
tun
n.
An indefinite large quantity.
+
townhouse
n.
A building devoted to the public used of a town; a townhall.
+
tom
n.
The knave of trumps at gleek.
+
trundle
v.t.
To roll (a thing) on little wheels; as, to trundle a bed or a gun carriage.
+
trip
v.t.
Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
+
toothless
a.
Having no teeth.
+
trochometer
n.
A contrivance for computing the revolutions of a wheel; an odometer.
+
tearful
a.
Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful eyes.
+
tip
v.t.
To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant.
+
troop
n.
A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.
+
tantalum
n.
A rare nonmetallic element found in certain minerals, as tantalite, samarskite, and fergusonite, and isolated as a dark powder which becomes steel-gray by burnishing. Symbol Ta. Atomic weight 182.0. Formerly called also tantalium.
+
tag
n.
The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
+
theomachy
n.
Opposition to God or the divine will.
+
transgressing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Transgress
+
tisic
n.
Consumption; phthisis. See Phthisis.
+
traduct
n.
That which is traducted; that which is transferred; a translation.
+
throstling
n.
A disease of bovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under the throat, which, unless checked, causes strangulation.
+
tierce
n.
A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment.
+
tagger
n.
A device for removing taglocks from sheep.
+
toyish
a.
Sportive; trifling; wanton.
+
termine
v.t.
To terminate.
+
treachery
n.
Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason.
+
thoroughbrace
n.
A leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs, or serving as a spring. See Illust. of Chaise.
+
tralucency
n.
Translucency; as, the tralucency of a gem.
+
taconic
a.
Designating, or pertaining to, the series of rocks forming the Taconic mountains in Western New England. They were once supposed to be older than the Cambrian, but later proved to belong to the Lower Silurian and Cambrian.
+
trampoose
v.i.
To walk with labor, or heavily; to tramp.
+
twist
n.
The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
+
tendering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tender
+
thane
n.
A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place.
+
theromorpha
n.pl.
See Theriodonta.
+
tumefied
imp.|p.p.
of Tumefy
+
tonality
n.
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.
+
thriven

p. p. of Thrive.
+
turnsole
a.
The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.
+
tiara
n.
A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over.
+
terrane
n.
A group of rocks having a common age or origin; -- nearly equivalent to formation, but used somewhat less comprehensively.
+
theoremic
a.
Theorematic.
+
tantalize
v.t.
To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out of reach; to tease; to torment.
+
tinselled

of Tinsel
+
twangle
v.i.|t.
To twang.
+
taintless
a.
Free from taint or infection; pure.
+
turnsole
a.
A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).
+
tuwhoo
n.|interj.
Words imitative of the notes of the owl.
+
tutoress
n.
A woman who performs the duties of a tutor; an instructress.
+
tournament
n.
Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a chess tournament.
+
tuberculum
n.
A tubercle.
+
truck
n.
The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; -- called also truck system.
+
trafficker
n.
One who traffics, or carries on commerce; a trader; a merchant.
+
tail
n.
The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal.
+
thalline
n.
An artificial alkaloid of the quinoline series, obtained as a white crystalline substance, C10H13NO, whose salts are valuable as antipyretics; -- so called from the green color produced in its solution by certain oxidizing agents.
+
tatch
n.
A spot or stain; also, a trick.
+
tickled
imp.|p.p.
of Tickle
+
transpadane
a.
Lying or being on the further side of the river Po with reference to Rome, that is, on the north side; -- opposed to cispadane.
+
triumph
n.
To play a trump card.
+
tetrinic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex ketonic acid, C5H6O3, obtained as a white crystalline substance; -- so called because once supposed to contain a peculiar radical of four carbon atoms. Called also acetyl-acrylic acid.
+
tyrotoxine
n.
Same as Tyrotoxicon.
+
ticpolonga
n.
A very venomous viper (Daboia Russellii), native of Ceylon and India; -- called also cobra monil.
+
twire
n.
A twisted filament; a thread.
+
toss
n.
A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.
+
tarsal
n.
A tarsal bone or cartilage; a tarsale.
+
tee
n.
The mark aimed at in curling and in quoits.
+
tarre
v.
To set on, as a dog; to incite.
+
tatter
v.t.
To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective.
+
tricker
n.
One who tricks; a trickster.
+
tickling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tickle
+
triangular
a.
Having three angles; having the form of a triangle.
+
triliteral
n.
A triliteral word.
+
tameless
a.
Incapable of being tamed; wild; untamed; untamable.
+
turiones
pl.
of Turio
+
throng
a.
Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy.
+
tossing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Toss
+
tribe
n.
A number of species or genera having certain structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals.
+
tincture
n.
The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent.
+
tumultuary
a.
Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; promiscuous; confused; tumultuous.
+
titleless
a.
Not having a title or name; without legitimate title.
+
tamping
n.
The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding the mine.
+
tiebeam
n.
A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof.
+
transport
v.t.
To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.
+
turbellarian
n.
One of the Turbellaria. Also used adjectively.
+
thalamifloral
a.
Alt. of Thalamiflorous
+
tiller
v.i.
To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering.
+
thrived

of Thrive
+
tumultuation
n.
Irregular or disorderly movement; commotion; as, the tumultuation of the parts of a fluid.
+
tired
imp.|p.p.
of Tire
+
trip
n.
A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
+
typhon
n.
According to Hesiod, the son of Typhoeus, and father of the winds, but later identified with him.
+
tigrine
a.
Resembling the tiger in color; as, the tigrine cat (Felis tigrina) of South America.
+
telegraphic
a.
Of or pertaining to the telegraph; made or communicated by a telegraph; as, telegraphic signals; telegraphic art; telegraphic intelligence.
+
tripartitely
adv.
In a tripartite manner.
+
tongo
n.
The mangrove; -- so called in the Pacific Islands.
+
tubulation
n.
The act of shaping or making a tube, or of providing with a tube; also, a tube or tubulure; as, the tubulation of a retort.
+
telegraph
v.t.
To convey or announce by telegraph.
+
turn
v.i.
To be deflected; to take a different direction or tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.
+
twelvescore
n.|a.
Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty.
+
tapered
imp.|p.p.
of Taper
+
trimorphic
a.
Alt. of Trimorphous
+
tidied
imp.|p.p.
of Tidy
+
triangle
n.
A figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles.
+
trimestral
a.
Trimestrial.
+
take
v.i.
To please; to gain reception; to succeed.
+
toxiphobia
n.
An insane or greatly exaggerated dread of poisons.
+
till
prep.
To prepare; to get.
+
tunnel
v.t.
To catch in a tunnel net.
+
trinal
a.
Threefold.
+
tegmen
n.
The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura.
+
twelfth
n.
An interval comprising an octave and a fifth.
+
talk
n.
To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.
+
twitch
n.
The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve.
+
tentorium
n.
A fold of the dura mater which separates the cerebellum from the cerebrum and often incloses a process or plate of the skull called the bony tentorium.
+
triptych
n.
Anything in three parts or leaves.
+
thowl
n.
A rowlock.
+
traditional
a.
Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
+
thousandth
n.
The quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a thousand equal parts into which a unit is divided.
+
turbulent
a.
Producing commotion; disturbing; exciting.
+
turn
v.i.
To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
+
tardation
n.
The act of retarding, or delaying; retardation.
+
trace
v.i.
To walk; to go; to travel.
+
tinkling
n.
A tinkle, or succession of tinkles.
+
tiro
n.
Same as Tyro.
+
tote
v.t.
To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; -- a colloquial word of the Southern States, and used esp. by negroes.
+
tillow
v.i.
See 3d Tiller.
+
therefore
adv.
Consequently; by consequence.
+
tombed
imp.|p.p.
of Tomb
+
tooth
n.
Any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office; as, the teeth, or cogs, of a cogwheel; a tooth, prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth, or the teeth, of a rake, a saw, a file, a card.
+
tough
superl.
Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.
+
tatouhou
n.
The peba.
+
thropple
n.
The windpipe.
+
threne
n.
Lamentation; threnody; a dirge.
+
tything
n.
See Tithing.
+
trewth
n.
Truth.
+
theorem
v.t.
To formulate into a theorem.
+
theorizer
n.
One who theorizes or speculates; a theorist.
+
thrusting
n.
The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made.
+
thaw
v.i.
Fig.: To grow gentle or genial.
+
tippet
n.
A handful of straw bound together at one end, and used for thatching.
+
tradition
n.
Hence, that which is transmitted orally from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; knowledge or belief transmitted without the aid of written memorials; custom or practice long observed.
+
tradition
v.t.
To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.
+
transparent
a.
Admitting the passage of light; open; porous; as, a transparent veil.
+
tufting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tuft
+
triquetrum
n.
One of the bones of the carpus; the cuneiform. See Cuneiform (b).
+
totterer
n.
One who totters.
+
telsons
pl.
of Telson
+
toast
v.t.
To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet.
+
thinly
a.
In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited.
+
throne
n.
Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage.
+
throat
n.
The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
+
turquoise
a.
Having a fine light blue color, like that of choice mineral turquoise.
+
tank
n.
A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
+
title
n.
An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.
+
trespass
v.i.
To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go.
+
teaming
n.
Contract work.
+
tweel
n.|v.
See Twill.
+
turmeric
n.
The root or rootstock of the Curcuma longa. It is externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test.
+
telegraph
n.
An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcerted visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical action.
+
translate
v.t.
To render into another language; to express the sense of in the words of another language; to interpret; hence, to explain or recapitulate in other words.
+
timekeeper
n.
A person who keeps a record of the time spent by workmen at their work.
+
troutlet
n.
A little trout; a troutling.
+
tetradymite
n.
A telluride of bismuth. It is of a pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, and usually occurs in foliated masses. Called also telluric bismuth.
+
try
v.t.
To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience.
+
turtleshell
n.
The turtle cowrie.
+
threecornered
a.
Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three-cornered stem.
+
teemed
imp.|p.p.
of Teem
+
toll
n.
A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.
+
tasseling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tassel
+
thermometrograph
n.
An instrument for recording graphically the variations of temperature, or the indications of a thermometer.
+
telugu
n.
One of the people speaking the Telugu language.
+
transfer
v.t.
To remove from one substance or surface to another; as, to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone.
+
terminator
n.
One who, or that which, terminates.
+
tigrine
a.
Of or pertaining to a tiger; like a tiger.
+
thermo

A combining form from Gr. qe`rmh heat, qermo`s hot, warm; as in thermochemistry, thermodynamic.
+
tunic
n.
A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping an organ or part, as the eye.
+
trancscendental
a.
Vaguely and ambitiously extravagant in speculation, imagery, or diction.
+
truthless
a.
Devoid of truth; dishonest; dishonest; spurious; faithless.
+
trundle
v.i.
A round body; a little wheel.
+
triduan
a.
Lasting three lays; also, happening every third day.
+
tuesday
n.
The third day of the week, following Monday and preceding Wednesday.
+
tallowing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tallow
+
trichromic
a.
Containing three atoms of chromium.
+
transitionary
a.
Transitional.
+
triangularly
adv.
In a triangular manner; in the form of a triangle.
+
talker
n.
A loquacious person, male or female; a prattler; a babbler; also, a boaster; a braggart; -- used in contempt or reproach.
+
twenty
n.
The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score.
+
tropic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from atropine and certain other alkaloids, as a white crystalline substance slightly soluble in water.
+
traduct
v.t.
To derive or deduce; also, to transmit; to transfer.
+
thrashel
n.
An instrument to thrash with; a flail.
+
topshell
n.
Any one of numerous species of marine top-shaped shells of the genus Trochus, or family Trochidae.
+
trilithons
pl.
of Trilithon
+
tollhouse
n.
A house occupied by a receiver of tolls.
+
toll
v.i.
To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person.
+
trochaic
n.
A trochaic verse or measure.
+
tremolite
n.
A white variety of amphibole, or hornblende, occurring in long, bladelike crystals, and coarsely fibrous masses.
+
tubenosed
a.
Belonging to the Tubinares.
+
trinity
n.
The union of three persons (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, so that all the three are one God as to substance, but three persons as to individuality.
+
transcription
n.
A copy; a transcript.
+
transvection
n.
The act of conveying or carrying over.
+
trigon
n.
A figure having three angles; a triangle.
+
tangle
v.i.
To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.
+
terebinthic
a.
Of or pertaining to turpentine; resembling turpentine; terbinthine; as, terbinthic qualities.
+
trancscendental
a.
Supereminent; surpassing others; as, transcendental being or qualities.
+
turcomans
pl.
of Turcoman
+
topdressing
n.
The act of applying a dressing of manure to the surface of land; also, manure so applied.
+
turfman
n.
A turfite; a votary of the turf, or race course.
+
tutorize
v.t.
To teach; to instruct.
+
torrid
a.
Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert.
+
tab
n.
A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border.
+
tup
v.t.|i.
To butt, as a ram does.
+
tozy
a.
Soft, like wool that has been teased.
+
trunkback
n.
The leatherback.
+
tetradecapoda
n.pl.
Same as Arthrostraca.
+
tragopan
n.
Any one of several species of Asiatic pheasants of the genus Ceriornis. They are brilliantly colored with a variety of tints, the back and breast are usually covered with white or buff ocelli, and the head is ornamented with two bright-colored, fleshy wattles. The crimson tragopan, or horned pheasant (C. satyra), of India is one of the best-known species.
+
tradesfolk
n.
People employed in trade; tradesmen.
+
traduction
n.
The act of transferring; conveyance; transportation.
+
transversal
n.
A straight line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle or the sides produced.
+
tuneless
a.
Not expressed in music or poetry; unsung.
+
transcription
n.
An arrangement of a composition for some other instrument or voice than that for which it was originally written, as the translating of a song, a vocal or instrumental quartet, or even an orchestral work, into a piece for the piano; an adaptation; an arrangement; -- a name applied by modern composers for the piano to a more or less fanciful and ornate reproduction on their own instrument of a song or other piece not originally intended for it; as, Liszt's transcriptions of songs by Schubert.
+
tournois
n.
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.
+
toll
n.
A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
+
tit
n.
A small horse.
+
troll
v.i.
To fish with a rod whose line runs on a reel; also, to fish by drawing the hook through the water.
+
teacup
n.
A small cup from which to drink tea.
+
taught
imp.|p.p.
of Teach
+
tinker
n.
A skate.
+
turbidity
n.
Turbidness.
+
tax
n.
A lesson to be learned; a task.
+
thole
v.t.
To bear; to endure; to undergo.
+
tickler
n.
A prong used by coopers to extract bungs from casks.
+
take
v.t.
To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand over; as, he took the book to the bindery.
+
theoretical
a.
Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences.
+
trabeated
a.
Furnished with an entablature.
+
tidder
v.t.
Alt. of Tiddle
+
tectrices
n.pl.
The wing coverts of a bird. See Covert, and Illust. of Bird.
+
tegument
n.
A cover or covering; an integument.
+
tettering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tetter
+
temporization
n.
The act of temporizing.
+
tap
n.
A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.
+
terebinthinate
a.
Impregnating with the qualities of turpentine; terbinthine.
+
tephroite
n.
A silicate of manganese of an ash-gray color.
+
thick
adv.
Frequently; fast; quick.
+
trotting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trot
+
trunkfuls
pl.
of Trunkful
+
tosspot
n.
A toper; one habitually given to strong drink; a drunkard.
+
tighter
n.
A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer.
+
traction
n.
The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like.
+
turgent
a.
Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors.
+
thereupon
adv.
Upon that or this; thereon.
+
thorough
n.
A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
+
trifling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trifle
+
trapes
v.i.
To go about in an idle or slatternly fashion; to trape; to traipse.
+
tetraschistic
a.
Characterized by division into four parts.
+
tarso

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tarsus; as, tarsometatarsus.
+
tressed
a.
Having tresses.
+
turfs
pl.
of Turf
+
thermoscopic
a.
Of or pertaining to the thermoscope; made by means of the thermoscope; as, thermoscopic observations.
+
throw
n.
A turner's lathe; a throwe.
+
trance
v.t.
To pass over or across; to traverse.
+
tilt
n.
Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask.
+
tritheite
n.
A tritheist.
+
trifallowed
imp.|p.p.
of Trifallow
+
tallowfaced
a.
Having a sickly complexion; pale.
+
titter
v.i.
To seesaw. See Teeter.
+
tithingmen
pl.
of Tithingman
+
try
v.t.
To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.
+
tithingman
n.
The chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing.
+
tamias
n.
A genus of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk.
+
tempering
n.
The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required for various purposes, consisting usually in first plunging the article, when heated to redness, in cold water or other liquid, to give an excess of hardness, and then reheating it gradually until the hardness is reduced or drawn down to the degree required, as indicated by the color produced on a polished portion, or by the burning of oil.
+
thraldom
n.
The condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of servitude.
+
throat
v.t.
To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats.
+
theriac
n.
Alt. of Theriaca
+
tabernacle
n.
A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture.
+
tincture
n.
A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.
+
titmice
pl.
of Titmouse
+
tetrarch
a.
Four.
+
turnbuckle
n.
A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp.
+
tetrameter
n.
A verse or line consisting of four measures, that is, in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse, of eight feet; in other kinds of verse, of four feet.
+
toy
v.t.
A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling opinion.
+
trigone
n.
A smooth triangular area on the inner surface of the bladder, limited by the apertures of the ureters and urethra.
+
trim
v.t.
To adjust, as a ship, by arranging the cargo, or disposing the weight of persons or goods, so equally on each side of the center and at each end, that she shall sit well on the water and sail well; as, to trim a ship, or a boat.
+
tittletattling
n.
The act or habit of parting idly or gossiping.
+
traditional
a.
Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.
+
thieve
v.t.|i.
To practice theft; to steal.
+
tab
n.
A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets.
+
turbith
n.
See Turpeth.
+
thou
v.t.
To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt.
+
taring
n.
The common tern; -- called also tarret, and tarrock.
+
transferable
a.
Capable of being transferred or conveyed from one place or person to another.
+
tap
v.t.
To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.
+
tarsale
n.
One of the bones or cartilages of the tarsus; esp., one of the series articulating with the metatarsals.
+
thymy
a.
Abounding with thyme; fragrant; as, a thymy vale.
+
thrall
n.
Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom.
+
taxer
n.
One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate the assize of bread, and to see the true gauge of weights and measures is observed.
+
timed
imp.|p.p.
of Time
+
terrene
a.
Of or pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, terrene substance.
+
teetotal
a.
Entire; total.
+
trust
n.
Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust.
+
transplant
v.t.
To remove, and settle or establish for residence in another place; as, to transplant inhabitants.
+
tarantulas
pl.
of Tarantula
+
trematoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the Trematodea. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
tarsotomy
n.
The operation of cutting or removing the tarsal cartilages.
+
tyger
n.
A tiger.
+
trashed
imp.|p.p.
of Trash
+
temper
v.t.
To govern; to manage.
+
transfer
n.
The act of transferring, or the state of being transferred; the removal or conveyance of a thing from one place or person to another.
+
trepanned
imp.|p.p.
of Trepan
+
temporary
a.
Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief.
+
trap
n.
A kind of movable stepladder.
+
toady
v.t.
To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.
+
thacker

See Thatch, Thatcher.
+
trebly
adv.
In a treble manner; with a threefold number or quantity; triply.
+
test
n.
Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
+
teeth
n.
pl. of Tooth.
+
timeserving
n.
An obsequious compliance with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power, which implies a surrender of one's independence, and sometimes of one's integrity.
+
twist
n.
One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling.
+
trimera
n.pl.
A division of Coleoptera including those which have but three joints in the tarsi.
+
tropologize
v.t.
To use in a tropological sense, as a word; to make a trope of.
+
tetrahedrite
n.
A sulphide of antimony and copper, with small quantities of other metals. It is a very common ore of copper, and some varieties yield a considerable presentage of silver. Called also gray copper ore, fahlore, and panabase.
+
talcous
a.
Of or pertaining to talc; composed of, or resembling, talc.
+
tell
v.i.
To give an account; to make report.
+
trabu
n.
Same as Trubu.
+
truebred
a.
Of a genuine or right breed; as, a true-bred beast.
+
thine
pron.|a.
A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers.
+
translate
v.t.
To remove to heaven without a natural death.
+
tietick
n.
The meadow pipit.
+
turfite
n.
A votary of the turf, or race course; hence, sometimes, a blackleg.
+
tortiously
adv.
In a tortous manner.
+
thermochemical
a.
Of or pertaining to thermochemistry; obtained by, or employed in, thermochemistry.
+
trimellic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain tribasic acid (called also trimellitic acid) metameric with trimesitic acid.
+
taunt
n.
Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.
+
tarantass
n.
A low four-wheeled carriage used in Russia. The carriage box rests on two long, springy poles which run from the fore to the hind axletree. When snow falls, the wheels are taken off, and the body is mounted on a sledge.
+
tales
syntacticallysing.
The writ by which such persons are summoned.
+
tensor
n.
The ratio of one vector to another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the two vectors; -- so called because considered as a stretching factor in changing one vector into another. See Versor.
+
tridecatylene
n.
A hydrocarbon, C13H26, of the ethylene series, corresponding to tridecane, and obtained from Burmah petroleum as a light colorless liquid; -- called also tridecylene, and tridecene.
+
trillium
n.
A genus of liliaceous plants; the three-leaved nightshade; -- so called because all the parts of the plant are in threes.
+
thinking
a.
Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being.
+
twinning
n.
The assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other in accordance with some definite law; also, rarely, in artificial twinning (accomplished for example by pressure), the process by which this reversal is brought about.
+
trudgeman
n.
A truchman.
+
trochisci
pl.
of Trochiscus
+
taxiarch
n.
An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army.
+
trinket
v.t.
A small ornament, as a jewel, ring, or the like.
+
tonnage
n.
A duty or impost on vessels, estimated per ton, or, a duty, toll, or rate payable on goods per ton transported on canals.
+
topic
n.
A treatise on forms of argument; a system or scheme of forms or commonplaces of argument or oratory; as, the Topics of Aristotle.
+
tapestried
imp.|p.p.
of Tapestry
+
tenthly
adv.
In a tenth manner.
+
tread
n.
The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed.
+
transportal
n.
Transportation; the act of removing from one locality to another.
+
topsandbottoms
n.pl.
Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, -- used as food for infants.
+
thessalonian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Thessalonica.
+
thinness
n.
The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word).
+
treasuries
pl.
of Treasury
+
tributed
imp.|p.p.
of Tribute
+
travel
n.
The act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a journey.
+
talismans
pl.
of Talisman
+
testimony
n.
Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.
+
transom
n.
A horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window above it. Transom is the horizontal, as mullion is the vertical, bar across an opening. See Illust. of Mullion.
+
testify
v.t.
To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact.
+
thiocyanic
a.
Same as Sulphocyanic.
+
tin
n.
Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.
+
train
v.
A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.
+
tenement
n.
Any species of permanent property that may be held, so as to create a tenancy, as lands, houses, rents, commons, an office, an advowson, a franchise, a right of common, a peerage, and the like; -- called also free / frank tenements.
+
tibio

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tibia; as, tibiotarsus, tibiofibular.
+
treblet
n.
Same as Triblet.
+
thorough
adv.
Through.
+
tolerable
a.
Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation.
+
tessellate
v.t.
To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.
+
thought

imp. & p. p. of Think.
+
tabor
v.t.
To make (a sound) with a tabor.
+
tierce
n.
A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons.
+
tittletattle
v.i.
To talk idly; to prate.
+
thunderous
a.
Producing thunder.
+
typhon
n.
A violent whirlwind; a typhoon.
+
trio
n.
Three, considered collectively; three in company or acting together; a set of three; three united.
+
terror
n.
Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.
+
thrift
n.
Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.
+
thoroughgoing
a.
Going through, or to the end or bottom; very thorough; complete.
+
thieved
imp.|p.p.
of Thieve
+
teetertail
n.
The spotted sandpiper. See the Note under Sandpiper.
+
tripederoche
n.
Same as Rock tripe, under Rock.
+
typed
imp.|p.p.
of Type
+
turbary
n.
A right of digging turf on another man's land; also, the ground where turf is dug.
+
thirdpenny
n.
A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl.
+
tempered
imp.|p.p.
of Temper
+
tuned
imp.|p.p.
of Tune
+
truage
n.
A pledge of truth or peace made on payment of a tax.
+
traced
imp.|p.p.
of Trace
+
traverse
a.
To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board.
+
tailor
n.
One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments.
+
testa
n.
The outer integument of a seed; the episperm, or spermoderm.
+
thwartly
adv.
Transversely; obliquely.
+
tantivy
v.i.
To go away in haste.
+
thorium
n.
A metallic element found in certain rare minerals, as thorite, pyrochlore, monazite, etc., and isolated as an infusible gray metallic powder which burns in the air and forms thoria; -- formerly called also thorinum. Symbol Th. Atomic weight 232.0.
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tringoid
a.
Of or pertaining to Tringa, or the Sandpiper family.
+
traject
v.t.
A trajectory.
+
tetrapharmacom
n.
Alt. of Tetrapharmacum
+
tossing
n.
A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.
+
totter
v.i.
To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; as,an old man totters with age.
+
ticktack
n.
A noise like that made by a clock or a watch.
+
tailbay
n.
The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.
+
tabular
a.
Set in squares.
+
transmittible
a.
Capable of being transmitted; transmissible.
+
tale
v.i.
To tell stories.
+
thirteenth
a.
Next in order after the twelfth; the third after the tenth; -- the ordinal of thirteen; as, the thirteenth day of the month.
+
traditor
n.
A deliverer; -- a name of infamy given to Christians who delivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to their persecutors to save their lives.
+
transition
n.
A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation.
+
turn
v.t.
Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in proper condition; to adapt.
+
turko
n.
One of a body of native Algerian tirailleurs in the French army, dressed as a Turk.
+
tetradactylous
a.
Having, or characterized by, four digits to the foot or hand.
+
tunk
n.
A sharp blow; a thump.
+
trap
v.t.
To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.
+
tint
n.
A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.
+
typhoon
n.
A violent whirlwind; specifically, a violent whirlwind occurring in the Chinese seas.
+
tot
n.
A drinking cup of small size, holding about half a pint.
+
tarot
n.
A game of cards; -- called also taroc.
+
thought
imp.|p.p.
of Think
+
taenioglossa
n.pl.
An extensive division of gastropod mollusks in which the odontophore is long and narrow, and usually bears seven rows of teeth. It includes a large number of families both marine and fresh-water.
+
theatre
n.
That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater.
+
tasker
n.
One who imposes a task.
+
thoracica
n.pl.
A division of cirripeds including those which have six thoracic segments, usually bearing six pairs of cirri. The common barnacles are examples.
+
tetracid
a.
Capable of neutralizing four molecules of a monobasic acid; having four hydrogen atoms capable of replacement ba acids or acid atoms; -- said of certain bases; thus, erythrine, C4H6(OH)4, is a tetracid alcohol.
+
tropical
n.
Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical.
+
thread
n.
Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness.
+
tamil
n.
The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a.
+
telescopical
a.
Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as, telescopic stars.
+
tonsilotome
n.
An instrument for removing the tonsils.
+
trihedron
n.
A figure having three sides.
+
taw
v.t.
To push; to tug; to tow.
+
talus
n.
A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.
+
transshipment
n.
The act of transshipping, or transferring, as goods, from one ship or conveyance to another.
+
tunicated
a.
Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with layers; as, a tunicated bulb.
+
truss
n.
A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes.
+
trucebreaker
n.
One who violates a truce, covenant, or engagement.
+
throw
v.t.
To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames.
+
trigrammatic
a.
Containing three letters or characters, or three sets of letters or characters.
+
transmutability
n.
The quality of being transmutable.
+
tell
v.t.
To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate.
+
truncus
n.
The thorax of an insect. See Trunk, n., 5.
+
telesmatical
a.
Of or pertaining to telesms; magical.
+
tumbrel
n.
Alt. of Tumbril
+
taper
v.t.
To make or cause to taper.
+
trace
v.t.
To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens.
+
testamentary
a.
Of or pertaining to a will, or testament; as, letters testamentary.
+
tare
imp.
Tore.
+
thar
n.
A goatlike animal (Capra Jemlaica) native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. Called also serow, and imo.
+
truss
n.
To bind or pack close; to make into a truss.
+
torment
v.t.
To pain; to distress; to afflict.
+
tyro
n.
A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a subject; a novice.
+
that
pron.a.conj.|adv.
In an elliptical sentence to introduce a dependent sentence expressing a wish, or a cause of surprise, indignation, or the like.
+
tense
n.
One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time.
+
tone
v.t.
To utter with an affected tone.
+
tasselled

of Tassel
+
thiller
n.
The horse which goes between the thills, or shafts, and supports them; also, the last horse in a team; -- called also thill horse.
+
toadeater
n.
A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a flatterer; a toady.
+
truchman
n.
An interpreter. See Dragoman.
+
ternion
a.
The number three; three things together; a ternary.
+
theiform
a.
Having the form of tea.
+
tolbooth
n.
See Tollbooth.
+
toupet
n.
A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
+
tabular
a.
Derived from, or computed by, the use of tables; as, tabular right ascension.
+
thwart
prep.
Across; athwart.
+
tegulae
pl.
of Tegula
+
thanatology
n.
A description, or the doctrine, of death.
+
towards
prep.|adv.
See Toward.
+
taste
n.
The act of tasting; gustation.
+
traditionary
n.
One, among the Jews, who acknowledges the authority of traditions, and explains the Scriptures by them.
+
thwart
n.
A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.
+
tempest
v.i.
To storm.
+
trundle
v.i.
A lind of low-wheeled cart; a truck.
+
twitch grass

See Quitch grass.
+
thereby
adv.
Annexed to that.
+
tittimouse
n.
Titmouse.
+
trumpetweed
n.
An herbaceous composite plant (Eupatorium purpureum), often having hollow stems, and bearing purplish flowers in small corymbed heads.
+
tornariae
pl.
of Tornaria
+
truelove
n.
One really beloved.
+
triumviri
pl.
of Triumvir
+
touch
v.t.
To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
+
tranced
imp.|p.p.
of Trance
+
toy
v.t.
A plaything for children; a bawble.
+
tiddle
v.t.
To use with tenderness; to fondle.
+
thiotolene
n.
A colorless oily liquid, C4H3S.CH3, analogous to, and resembling, toluene; -- called also methyl thiophene.
+
towpath
n.
A path traveled by men or animals in towing boats; -- called also towing path.
+
taking
n.
Agitation; excitement; distress of mind.
+
twin
n.
A sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini.
+
tinned
a.
Packed in tin cases; canned; as, tinned meats.
+
thoughtless
adv.
Giddy; gay; dissipated.
+
ticklish
a.
Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable.
+
twittingly
adv.
In a twitting manner; with upbraiding.
+
traducian
n.
A believer in traducianism.
+
tapeworm
n.
Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to Taenia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the body being much larger and longer than the anterior ones, and containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is small, destitute of a mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (which vary greatly in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, with hooks for adhesion to the walls of the intestines of the animals in which they are parasitic. The larvae (see Cysticercus) live in the flesh of various creatures, and when swallowed by another animal of the right species develop into the mature tapeworm in its intestine. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
trusty
superl.
Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable.
+
tincture
n.
One of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory.
+
tenure
n.
The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior.
+
trickster
n.
One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat.
+
tripolitan
n.
A native or inhabitant of Tripoli.
+
thankless
a.
Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task.
+
trigonous
a.
Same as Trigonal.
+
tautophonical
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, tautophony; repeating the same sound.
+
tinge
n.
A degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture, or added to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste.
+
thereout
adv.
On the outside; out of doors.
+
temper
v.t.
To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.
+
thematic
n.
Of or pertaining to a theme, or subject.
+
tincture
v.t.
To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything foreign to; to tinge.
+
tralatitious
a.
Metaphorical; figurative; not literal.
+
ticket
v.
A certificate or token of right of admission to a place of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance; as, a theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket.
+
tabler
n.
One who boards others for hire.
+
tracheate
n.
Any arthropod having tracheae; one of the Tracheata.
+
tread
v.i.
To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males.
+
tinctured
imp.|p.p.
of Tincture
+
triumpher
n.
One who triumphs or rejoices for victory.
+
teraphim
n.pl.
Images connected with the magical rites used by those Israelites who added corrupt practices to the patriarchal religion. Teraphim were consulted by the Israelites for oracular answers.
+
threeleaved
a.
Consisting of three distinct leaflets; having the leaflets arranged in threes.
+
thomsenolite
n.
A fluoride of aluminium, calcium, and sodium occurring with the cryolite of Greenland.
+
tant
n.
A small scarlet arachnid.
+
thought
n.
The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms; reflection; cogitation.
+
trompe
n.
A trumpet; a trump.
+
towy
a.
Composed of, or like, tow.
+
train
v.t.
To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head.
+
taillie
n.
Same as Tailzie.
+
tapoa tafa

A small carnivorous marsupial (Phascogale penicillata) having long, soft fur, and a very long tail with a tuft of long hairs at the end; -- called also brush-tailed phascogale.
+
tedding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ted
+
thornback
n.
A European skate (Raia clavata) having thornlike spines on its back.
+
tauriform
a.
Having the form of a bull.
+
tantalism
n.
A punishment like that of Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable; tantalization.
+
thricecock
n.
The missel thrush.
+
threepence
n.
A small silver coin of three times the value of a penny.
+
tun
n.
A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton.
+
tracer
n.
One who, or that which, traces.
+
terminal
n.
Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.
+
traffic
v.t.
To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.
+
termite
n.
Any one of numerous species of pseudoneoropterous insects belonging to Termes and allied genera; -- called also white ant. See Illust. of White ant.
+
theanthropism
n.
The ascription of human atributes to the Deity, or to a polytheistic deity; anthropomorphism.
+
timous
a.
Timely; seasonable.
+
townpeople
n.
The inhabitants of a town or city, especially in distinction from country people; townsfolk.
+
trefoiled
a.
Same as Trefle.
+
thrallless
a.
Having no thralls.
+
trueblue
a.
Of inflexible honesty and fidelity; -- a term derived from the true, or Coventry, blue, formerly celebrated for its unchanging color. See True blue, under Blue.
+
truth
n.
That which is true or certain concerning any matter or subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of things; fact; verity; reality.
+
tongue
v.i.
To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
+
tetrandrous
a.
Belonging to the class Tetrandria.
+
traitress
n.
A woman who betrays her country or any trust; a traitoress.
+
troilus
n.
A large, handsome American butterfly (Euph/ades, / Papilio, troilus). It is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front wings, and blue spots on the rear wings.
+
tomelet
n.
All small tome, or volume.
+
temporize
v.t.
To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties.
+
tumbril
n.
A cart or carriage with two wheels, which accompanies troops or artillery, to convey the tools of pioneers, cartridges, and the like.
+
trended
imp.|p.p.
of Trend
+
trochar
n.
See Trocar.
+
tenancy
n.
A house for habitation, or place to live in, held of another.
+
tinning
n.
The act, art, or process of covering or coating anything with melted tin, or with tin foil, as kitchen utensils, locks, and the like.
+
twitcher
n.
One who, or that which, twitches.
+
transpassable
a.
Capable of being transpassed, or crossed over.
+
tribe
v.t.
To distribute into tribes or classes.
+
truss
n.
A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants.
+
tracker
n.
One who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.
+
translatorship
n.
The office or dignity of a translator.
+
testable
a.
Capable of being devised, or given by will.
+
thermopile
n.
An instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slight differences and degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different capacities for the conduction of heat, connected with an astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric current induced in the system of bars when exposed even to the feeblest degrees of heat.
+
transfigured
imp.|p.p.
of Transfigure
+
tachygraphical
a.
Of or pertaining to tachygraphy; written in shorthand.
+
tricentenary
a.
Including, or relating to, the interval of three hundred years; tercentenary.
+
tearfalling
a.
Shedding tears; tender.
+
tamper
v.i.
To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.
+
transferee
n.
The person to whom a transfer in made.
+
toilet
n.
A dressing table.
+
terrace
v.
A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.
+
testing
n.
The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation.
+
tubule
n.
A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.
+
terpsichorean
a.
Of or pertaining to Terpsichore; of or pertaining to dancing.
+
toffy
n.
Taffy.
+
trimming
n.
The act of reprimanding or chastisting; as, to give a boy a trimming.
+
tableau
n.
A representation of some scene by means of persons grouped in the proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and remaining silent and motionless.
+
titter
v.t.
To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise; to giggle.
+
turnbuckle
n.
A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc.
+
tarantulae
pl.
of Tarantula
+
throw
v.t.
To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.
+
therewhile
adv.
At that time; at the same time.
+
thalamus
n.
A mass of nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain; -- called also optic thalamus.
+
thoria
n.
A rare white earthy substance, consisting of the oxide of thorium; -- formerly called also thorina.
+
tasty
superl.
Having a good taste; -- applied to persons; as, a tasty woman. See Taste, n., 5.
+
tripartite
v.i.
Divided into three parts; triparted; as, a tripartite leaf.
+
theorem
n.
A statement of a principle to be demonstrated.
+
tread
n.
Way; track; path.
+
trumpet
n.
A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone.
+
tetrathionic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a thionic derivative, H/S/O/, of sulphuric acid, obtained as a colorless, odorless liquid.
+
trist
v.t.|i.
To trust.
+
tenant saw

See Tenon saw, under Tenon.
+
turtling
n.
The act, practice, or art of catching turtles.
+
toggle
n.
A wooden pin tapering toward both ends with a groove around its middle, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope to be secured to any other loop or bight or ring; a kind of button or frog capable of being readily engaged and disengaged for temporary purposes.
+
teredines
pl.
of Teredo
+
thraste
v.t.
To thrust.
+
tug
v.t.
To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.
+
tranquilizing
a.
Alt. of Tranquillizing
+
testudinal
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tortoise.
+
tragedy
n.
A fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives are lost by human violence, more especially by unauthorized violence.
+
tickle
v.i.
To excite the sensation of titillation.
+
thick
n.
A thicket; as, gloomy thicks.
+
turanians
n.pl.
An extensive division of mankind including the Mongols and allied races of Asia, together with the Malays and Polynesians.
+
tobacco
n.
The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing, etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various ways.
+
teend
v.t.|i.
To kindle; to burn.
+
turkey
n.
An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
+
trestletree
n.
One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the masthead, to support the crosstrees and the frame of the top; -- generally used in the plural.
+
theophanic
a.
Of or pertaining to a theopany; appearing to man, as a god.
+
triumphing
a.
Having or celebrating a triumph; victorious; triumphant.
+
templet
n.
A short piece of timber, iron, or stone, placed in a wall under a girder or other beam, to distribute the weight or pressure.
+
thilk
pron.
That same; this; that.
+
twentieth
a.
Consisting, or being, one of twenty equal parts into which anything is divided.
+
titanous
a.
Designating certain compounds of titanium in which that element has a lower valence as contrasted with titanic compounds.
+
tetragrammaton
n.
The mystic number four, which was often symbolized to represent the Deity, whose name was expressed by four letters among some ancient nations; as, the Hebrew JeHoVaH, Greek qeo`s, Latin deus, etc.
+
that
pron.a.conj.|adv.
As adverb: To such a degree; so; as, he was that frightened he could say nothing.
+
th

In Old English, the article the, when the following word began with a vowel, was often written with elision as if a part of the word. Thus in Chaucer, the forms thabsence, tharray, thegle, thend, thingot, etc., are found for the absence, the array, the eagle, the end, etc.
+
tension
a.
Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling; intense effort.
+
tax
n.
A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.
+
tyrannical
a.
Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel; arbitrary; as, a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master; tyrannical government.
+
timberman
n.
A man employed in placing supports of timber in a mine.
+
totipresent
a.
Omnipresence.
+
towall
n.
A towel.
+
topic
n.
An argument or reason.
+
thru
prep.adv.|a.
Through.
+
threadworm
n.
Any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and filaria.
+
trifallow
v.t.
To plow the third time before sowing, as land.
+
tureenful
n.
As much as a tureen can hold; enough to fill a tureen.
+
torqued
a.
Twisted; bent; -- said of a dolphin haurient, which forms a figure like the letter S.
+
tailoring
adv.
The business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress.
+
teil
n.
The lime tree, or linden; -- called also teil tree.
+
threatening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Threaten
+
truthful
a.
Full of truth; veracious; reliable.
+
tribular
a.
Of or relating to a tribe; tribal; as, a tribual characteristic; tribular worship.
+
theosophy
n.
Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed, knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the interior relations of the divine nature.
+
trolley
n.
Alt. of Trolly
+
typographic
a.
Alt. of Typographical
+
table
v.t.
To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf.
+
till
n.
A money drawer in a shop or store.
+
tituled
a.
Having a title.
+
taint
n.
A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
+
tantalization
n.
The act of tantalizing, or state of being tantalized.
+
tag
n.
A sheep of the first year.
+
tab
n.
A tag. See Tag, 2.
+
trochosphere
n.
A young larval form of many annelids, mollusks, and bryozoans, in which a circle of cilia is developed around the anterior end.
+
timely
superl.
Being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable.
+
trooper
n.
A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also, the horse of a cavalryman.
+
torrefy
v.t.
To subject to scorching heat, so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast, as ores.
+
titulary
a.
Of or pertaining to a title.
+
thrips
n.
Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips (Thrips cerealium).
+
thing
n.
A portion or part; something.
+
tawed
imp.|p.p.
of Taw
+
teeming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Teem
+
teuk
n.
The redshank.
+
turion
n.
Same as Turio.
+
tailored
imp.|p.p.
of Tailor
+
testify
v.t.
To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny.
+
toughhead
n.
The ruddy duck.
+
tephrosia
n.
A genus of leguminous shrubby plants and herbs, mostly found in tropical countries, a few herbaceous species being North American. The foliage is often ashy-pubescent, whence the name.
+
timpano
n.
See Tympano.
+
taenidia
pl.
of Taenidium
+
trot
v.i.
The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side are lifted at the same time.
+
tail
v.i.
To swing with the stern in a certain direction; -- said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down stream.
+
travel
n.
Labor; parturition; travail.
+
tentaculated
a.
Having tentacles, or organs like tentacles; tentacled.
+
thrall
a.
Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved.
+
trisected
a.
Divided into three parts or segments by incisions extending to the midrib or to the base; -- said of leaves.
+
trapezoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the trapezoid ligament; as, the trapezoid line.
+
tender
superl.
Unwilling to cause pain; gentle; mild.
+
tetrahedral
a.
Having the form of the regular tetrahedron.
+
toed
imp.|p.p.
of Toe
+
ticket
v.
A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.
+
ton
n.
A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc.
+
tariff
v.t.
To make a list of duties on, as goods.
+
testudineous
a.
Resembling the shell of a tortoise.
+
tue
n.
The parson bird.
+
task
v.
Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
+
tartarizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tartarize
+
titano

A combining form (also used adjectively) designating certain double compounds of titanium with some other elements; as, titano-cyanide, titano-fluoride, titano-silicate, etc.
+
throw
v.t.
To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river.
+
touch
v.t.
To perceive by the sense of feeling.
+
tachygraphic
a.
Alt. of Tachygraphical
+
this
pron.|a.
As an adjective, this has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun; as, this book; this way to town.
+
text
n.
A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.
+
time
n.
Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition.
+
teem
a.
To think fit.
+
tractarianism
n.
The principles of the Tractarians, or of those persons accepting the teachings of the "Tracts for the Times."
+
threaded
imp.|p.p.
of Thread
+
turonian
n.
One of the subdivisions into which the Upper Cretaceous formation of Europe is divided.
+
tristy
a.
See Trist, a.
+
thinking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Think
+
theme
n.
The leading subject of a composition or a movement.
+
trustful
a.
Full of trust; trusting.
+
trying
a.
Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive; as, a trying occasion or position.
+
tell
v.t.
To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform.
+
toothed
a.
Having marginal projecting points; dentate.
+
translation
n.
Motion in which all the points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion; -- opposed to rotation.
+
trimaculated
a.
Marked with three spots, or maculae.
+
to
prep.
As sign of the infinitive, to had originally the use of last defined, governing the infinitive as a verbal noun, and connecting it as indirect object with a preceding verb or adjective; thus, ready to go, i.e., ready unto going; good to eat, i.e., good for eating; I do my utmost to lead my life pleasantly. But it has come to be the almost constant prefix to the infinitive, even in situations where it has no prepositional meaning, as where the infinitive is direct object or subject; thus, I love to learn, i.e., I love learning; to die for one's country is noble, i.e., the dying for one's country. Where the infinitive denotes the design or purpose, good usage formerly allowed the prefixing of for to the to; as, what went ye out for see? (Matt. xi. 8).
+
tidy
superl.
Arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper and becoming neatness, or habitually keeping things so; as, a tidy lass; their dress is tidy; the apartments are well furnished and tidy.
+
tristitiate
v.t.
To make sad.
+
tangent
a.
Touching; touching at a single point
+
truck
n.
Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market.
+
terrier
n.
In modern usage, a book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, or the like.
+
tubeshell
n.
Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its siphon, as the watering-shell.
+
tournure
n.
Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.
+
triquetra
pl.
of Triquetrum
+
truss
n.
A padded jacket or dress worn under armor, to protect the body from the effects of friction; also, a part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
+
thirtieth
a.
Constituting or being one of thirty equal parts into which anything is divided.
+
thirteenth
n.
The interval comprising an octave and a sixth.
+
truncal
a.
Of or pertaining to the trunk, or body.
+
thrum
n.
One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.
+
type
n.
A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.
+
toppingly
adv.
In a topping or proud manner.
+
taproot
n.
The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
+
troll
v.t.
To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly or freely.
+
toll
v.i.
To take toll; to raise a tax.
+
trencher
v.t.
One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches.
+
terrier
n.
An auger or borer.
+
talon
n.
The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
+
tribual
a.
Alt. of Tribular
+
tailor
v.i.
To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor.
+
timbered
a.
Built; formed; contrived.
+
transient
n.
That which remains but for a brief time.
+
totalize
v.t.
To make total, or complete;to reduce to completeness.
+
to
prep.
Comparison; as, three is to nine as nine is to twenty-seven; it is ten to one that you will offend him.
+
thereinto
adv.
Into that or this, or into that place.
+
tinct
v.t.
To color or stain; to imblue; to tint.
+
tain
n.
Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors.
+
tyny
a.
Small; tiny.
+
thistly
a.
Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.
+
theorizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Theorize
+
thermae
n.pl.
Springs or baths of warm or hot water.
+
torpedo
v.t.
to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo.
+
trait
v.
A stroke; a touch.
+
tales
n.
Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or about the courthouse, to make up any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned, being like, or such as, the latter.
+
tune
v.t.
To put into a proper state or disposition.
+
tenaille
n.
An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin.
+
transposition
n.
The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed.
+
tutenag
n.
Crude zinc.
+
trichite
n.
A delicate, hairlike siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges.
+
transexion
n.
Change of sex.
+
transcriber
n.
One who transcribes, or writes from a copy; a copier; a copyist.
+
thrombus
n.
A tumor produced by the escape of blood into the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
+
throat
n.
The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
+
trust
n.
To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment; as, merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.
+
twist
v.t.
To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.
+
transposing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Transpose
+
teazehole
n.
The opening in the furnaces through which fuel is introduced.
+
thee
a.
To thrive; to prosper.
+
treasuring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Treasure
+
telling
a.
Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech.
+
twoparted
a.
Divided from the border to the base into two distinct parts; bipartite.
+
tuition
n.
Especially, the act, art, or business of teaching; instruction; as, children are sent to school for tuition; his tuition was thorough.
+
telluric
a.
Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or resembling, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with tellurous compounds; as, telluric acid, which is analogous to sulphuric acid.
+
touch
n.
A boys' game; tag.
+
triform
a.
Having a triple form or character.
+
turn
n.
A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; -- so called from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given.
+
trapezoid
n.
A bone of the carpus at the base of the second metacarpal, or index finger.
+
triglyceride
n.
A glyceride formed by the replacement of three hydrogen atoms in glycerin by acid radicals.
+
transpiratory
a.
Of or relating to transpiration.
+
ticement
n.
Enticement.
+
trist
n.
A secret meeting, or the place of such meeting; a tryst. See Tryst.
+
tympanums
pl.
of Tympanum
+
triumviry
n.
A triumvirate.
+
tip
n.
A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like.
+
talipes
n.
The deformity called clubfoot. See Clubfoot.
+
ticklish
a.
Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish.
+
tamkin
n.
A tampion.
+
thousandth
a.
Constituting, or being one of, a thousand equal parts into which anything is divided; the tenth of a hundredth.
+
topping
n.
The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.
+
toght
a.
Taut.
+
tradesunionist
n.
Alt. of Trade-unionist
+
tub
n.
A small cask; as, a tub of gin.
+
tumbler
n.
A kind of cart; a tumbrel.
+
tar
n.
A sailor; a seaman.
+
tightened
imp.|p.p.
of Tighten
+
tressed
a.
Formed into ringlets or braided; braided; curled.
+
twin
v.t.
To separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to remove; also, to strip; to rob.
+
temporizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Temporize
+
triplicateternate
a.
Triternate.
+
transpiring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Transpire
+
telescopic
a.
Alt. of Telescopical
+
troilite
n.
Native iron protosulphide, FeS. It is known only in meteoric irons, and is usually in imbedded nodular masses of a bronze color.
+
tiling
n.
Tiles, collectively.
+
tatusiid
n.
Any armadillo of the family Tatusiidae, of which the peba and mule armadillo are examples. Also used adjectively.
+
twisting

a. & n. from Twist.
+
timidous
a.
Timid.
+
tetragynian
a.
Alt. of Tetragynous
+
tentory
n.
The awning or covering of a tent.
+
term
n.
A word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term.
+
tripper
n.
An excursionist.
+
tithing
n.
The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe.
+
tongue
n.
A people having a distinct language.
+
triture
n.
A rubbing or grinding; trituration.
+
trunkful
n.
As much as a trunk will hold; enough to fill a trunk.
+
tilting
n.
The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.
+
toady
n.
A coarse, rustic woman.
+
trichinosis
n.
The disease produced by the presence of trichinae in the muscles and intestinal track. It is marked by fever, muscular pains, and symptoms resembling those of typhoid fever, and is frequently fatal.
+
transanimated
imp.|p.p.
of Transanimate
+
theochristic
a.
Anointed by God.
+
tricolor
n.
The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white, and red, adopted at the first revolution.
+
tail
a.
Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail.
+
trones
n.
A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused.
+
trebucket
n.
A military engine used in the Middle Ages for throwing stones, etc.  It acted by means of a great weight fastened to the short arm of a lever, which, being let fall, raised the end of the long arm with great velocity, hurling stones with much force.
+
tentfuls
pl.
of Tentful
+
transpiration
n.
The evaporation of water, or exhalation of aqueous vapor, from cells and masses of tissue.
+
tithe
n.
A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges.
+
trackage
n.
The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage.
+
transpose
v.t.
To change the key of.
+
turning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Turn
+
tabernacular
a.
Of or pertaining to a tabernacle, especially the Jewish tabernacle.
+
tragedian
n.
A writer of tragedy.
+
tarantism
n.
A nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by the bite of the tarantula, and considered to be incapable of cure except by protracted dancing to appropriate music.
+
trophy
n.
A sign or memorial of a victory raised on the field of battle, or, in case of a naval victory, on the nearest land. Sometimes trophies were erected in the chief city of the conquered people.
+
tenoclock
n.
A plant, the star-of-Bethlehem. See under Star.
+
tundish
n.
A tunnel.
+
theory
n.
A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.
+
turbot
n.
Any one of numerous species of flounders more or less related to the true turbots, as the American plaice, or summer flounder (see Flounder), the halibut, and the diamond flounder (Hypsopsetta guttulata) of California.
+
theodicy
n.
A vindication of the justice of God in ordaining or permitting natural and moral evil.
+
togue
n.
The namaycush.
+
trichinous
a.
Of or pertaining to trichinae or trichinosis; affected with, or containing, trichinae; as, trichinous meat.
+
toname
n.
A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it.
+
trashy
superl.
Like trash; containing much trash; waste; rejected; worthless; useless; as, a trashy novel.
+
treason
n.
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.
+
try
v.t.
To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause suffering or trouble to.
+
tulipshell
n.
A large, handsomely colored, marine univalve shell (Fasciolaria tulipa) native of the Southern United States. The name is sometimes applied also to other species of Fasciolaria.
+
tormentil
n.
A rosaceous herb (Potentilla Tormentilla), the root of which is used as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating gripes, or tormina, in diarrhea.
+
theogonist
n.
A writer on theogony.
+
tamer
n.
One who tames or subdues.
+
transanimating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Transanimate
+
tilt
n.
A thrust, as with a lance.
+
throngly
adv.
In throngs or crowds.
+
tear
v.t.
To move violently; to agitate.
+
thicket
a.
A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket.
+
thurghfare
n.
Thoroughfare.
+
tete
n.
A kind of wig; false hair.
+
trustee
v.t.
To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.
+
trimness
n.
The quality or state of being trim; orderliness; compactness; snugness; neatness.
+
torquated
a.
Having or wearing a torque, or neck chain.
+
thrusting
n.
The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey.
+
trephined
imp.|p.p.
of Trephine
+
tribunician
a.
Alt. of Tribunitian
+
troop
n.
A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
+
take
v.t.
To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say.
+
tyne
n.
A prong or point of an antler.
+
toll
v.t.
To collect, as a toll.
+
terrestrial
a.
Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents.
+
tauromachy
n.
Bullfighting.
+
tread
v.t.
To step or walk on.
+
tautologous
a.
Repeating the same thing in different words; tautological.
+
twelve
n.
The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen.
+
transcalent
a.
Pervious to, or permitting the passage of, heat.
+
territorial
a.
Of or pertaining to all or any of the Territories of the United States, or to any district similarly organized elsewhere; as, Territorial governments.
+
trawlwarp
n.
A rope passing through a block, used in managing or dragging a trawlnet.
+
twink
n.
A wink; a twinkling.
+
tatt
v.t.|i.
To make (anything) by tatting; to work at tatting; as, tatted edging.
+
tarantula
n.
Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species (Tarantula apuliae). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale.
+
thearchic
a.
Divinely sovereign or supreme.
+
tomtit
n.
The wren.
+
twight
v.t.
To twit.
+
tiny
superl.
Very small; little; puny.
+
terminal
n.
Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike.
+
tractor
n.
Two small, pointed rods of metal, formerly used in the treatment called Perkinism.
+
twelfth
n.
The quotient of a unit divided by twelve; one of twelve equal parts of one whole.
+
transform
v.t.
To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.
+
tick
n.
The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling.
+
talmudic
a.
Alt. of Talmudical
+
ta
v.t.
To take.
+
taquanut
n.
A Central American name for the ivory nut.
+
tatou
n.
The giant armadillo (Priodontes gigas) of tropical South America. It becomes nearly five feet long including the tail. It is noted for its burrowing powers, feeds largely upon dead animals, and sometimes invades human graves.
+
thick wind

A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema.
+
tribunitious
a.
Tribunician; tribunitial.
+
tye
v.t.
See Tie, the proper orthography.
+
trepan
n.
A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.
+
trustiness
n.
The quality or state of being trusty.
+
tartrated
a.
Containing, or derived from, tartar; combined with tartaric acid.
+
thrush
n.
Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to Turdus and allied genera. They are noted for the sweetness of their songs.
+
target
n.
A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
+
temporalness
n.
Worldliness.
+
teary
a.
Consisting of tears, or drops like tears.
+
tylari
pl.
of Tylarus
+
tepor
n.
Gentle heat; moderate warmth; tepidness.
+
thruout

Throughout.
+
triolet
n.
A short poem or stanza of eight lines, in which the first line is repeated as the fourth and again as the seventh line, the second being, repeated as the eighth.
+
tragicomipastoral
a.
Partaking of the nature of, or combining, tragedy, comedy, and pastoral poetry.
+
taurocol
n.
Alt. of Taurocolla
+
toltec
n.
One of a race which formerly occupied Mexico.
+
token
n.
A piece of metal intended for currency, and issued by a private party, usually bearing the name of the issuer, and redeemable in lawful money. Also, a coin issued by government, esp. when its use as lawful money is limited and its intrinsic value is much below its nominal value.
+
tripoline
a.
Of or pertaining to Tripoli or its inhabitants; Tripolitan.
+
tenancy
n.
A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another.
+
tireling
a.
Tired; fatigued.
+
thespian
a.
Of or pertaining to Thespis; hence, relating to the drama; dramatic; as, the Thespian art.
+
tertiary
a.
Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word.
+
telotrochae
pl.
of Telotrocha
+
tubercled
a.
Having tubercles; affected with, tubercles; tuberculate; as, a tubercled lung or stalk.
+
tergiversator
n.
One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion.
+
trivially
adv.
In a trivial manner.
+
tweeze
n.
A surgeon's case of instruments.
+
tintinnabulation
n.
A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells.
+
togider
adv.
Alt. of Togidres
+
thickened
imp.|p.p.
of Thicken
+
thrush
n.
Any one of numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush (or thrasher). See Brown thrush.
+
trifle
v.t.
To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money.
+
taplash
n.
Bad small beer; also, the refuse or dregs of liquor.
+
twopenny
a.
Of the value of twopence.
+
thrusting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Thrust
+
torus
n.
A lage molding used in the bases of columns.  Its profile is semicircular. See Illust. of Molding.
+
transposition
n.
A change of the natural order of words in a sentence; as, the Latin and Greek languages admit transposition, without inconvenience, to a much greater extent than the English.
+
tunning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tun
+
terminative
a.
Tending or serving to terminate; terminating; determining; definitive.
+
tambour
v.t.
To embroider on a tambour.
+
transmigrate
v.i.
To pass from one body or condition into another.
+
thermotic
a.
Alt. of Thermotical
+
thecodont
n.
One of the Thecodontia.
+
tabularizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tabularize
+
thoughtful
a.
Anxious; solicitous; concerned.
+
trap
n.
Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares.
+
table
v.t.
To form into a table or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to table fines.
+
tally
v.i.
To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match.
+
trusted
imp.|p.p.
of Trust
+
typographer
n.
A printer.
+
thumbless
a.
Without a thumb.
+
theropoda
n.pl.
An order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet are less birdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped, than in the Ornithopoda. It includes the rapacious genera Megalosaurus, Creosaurus, and their allies.
+
torturing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Torture
+
tompion
n.
The iron bottom to which grapeshot are fixed.
+
tannic
a.
Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan; as, tannic acid.
+
topchain
n.
A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away.
+
till
prep.
To plow and prepare for seed, and to sow, dress, raise crops from, etc., to cultivate; as, to till the earth, a field, a farm.
+
tentage
n.
A collection of tents; an encampment.
+
tuberosity
n.
The state of being tuberous.
+
timbrelled
a.
Sung to the sound of the timbrel.
+
thereby
adv.
Thereabout; -- said of place, number, etc.
+
tit
n.
A morsel; a bit.
+
trademark
n.
A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law.
+
tindal
n.
An attendant on an army.
+
tartarize
v.t.
To cause to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as by conquest.
+
twohand
a.
Employing two hands; as, the two-hand alphabet. See Dactylology.
+
triennial
a.
Continuing three years; as, triennial parliaments; a triennial reign.
+
tag
n.
Something mean and paltry; the rabble.
+
tweedle
v.t.
To twist.
+
trap
n.
A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes.
+
triparted
a.
Divided nearly to the base into three segments or lobes.
+
thinking
n.
The act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment.
+
tyrannicide
n.
One who kills a tyrant.
+
trachelipodous
a.
Having the foot united with the neck; of or pertainingto the Trachelipoda.
+
telluric
a.
Of or pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth.
+
tarrying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tarry
+
tent
v.t.
To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively.
+
teller
n.
One who is appointed to count the votes given in a legislative body, public meeting, assembly, etc.
+
tettix
n.
The cicada.
+
tar
n.
A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it.
+
tawing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Taw
+
thermocautery
n.
Cautery by the application of heat.
+
toughly
adv.
In a tough manner.
+
tone
n.
General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners.
+
thickbill
n.
The bullfinch.
+
teacupful
n.
As much as a teacup can hold; enough to fill a teacup.
+
timbered
a.
Covered with growth timber; wooden; as, well-timbered land.
+
tiller
n.
A small drawer; a till.
+
threadbareness
n.
The state of being threadbare.
+
tilt
v.t.
To cover with a tilt, or awning.
+
trite
a.
Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject.
+
thirst
v.t.
To have a thirst for.
+
tabasheer
n.
A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases.
+
turncoat
n.
One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate.
+
termini
pl.
of Terminus
+
tergiversation
n.
The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.
+
touch
v.
A hint; a suggestion; slight notice.
+
trot
v.i.
One who trots; a child; a woman.
+
transposed
imp.|p.p.
of Transpose
+
tubulated
a.
Made in the form of a small tube; provided with a tube, or elongated opening.
+
treat
v.t.
To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.
+
titling
n.
The meadow pipit.
+
tophamper
n.
The upper rigging, spars, etc., of a ship.
+
tigereye
n.
A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See Crocidolite.
+
trend
v.t.
To cause to turn; to bend.
+
trimorph
n.
A substance which crystallizes in three distinct forms, or which has three distinct physical states; also, any one of these distinct forms. See Trimorphism, 1.
+
tenderness
n.
The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective).
+
trap
v.t.
To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.
+
triliteral
a.
Consisting of three letters; trigrammic; as, a triliteral root or word.
+
tucket
n.
A slight flourish on a trumpet; a fanfare.
+
transmigrate
v.i.
To pass from one country or jurisdiction to another for the purpose of residence, as men or families; to migrate.
+
trot
v.i.
To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n.
+
tang
n.
The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
+
tactility
n.
The quality or state of being tactile; perceptibility by touch; tangibleness.
+
transmutationist
n.
One who believes in the transmutation of metals or of species.
+
tig
n.
A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.
+
tohew
v.t.
To hew in pieces.
+
testimony
v.t.
To witness; to attest; to prove by testimony.
+
take
v.i.
To move or direct the course; to resort; to betake one's self; to proceed; to go; -- usually with to; as, the fox, being hard pressed, took to the hedge.
+
trinkle
v.i.
To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper.
+
truncate
a.
Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or feather.
+
tworanked
a.
Alternately disposed on exactly opposite sides of the stem so as to from two ranks; distichous.
+
tattoo
v.t.
To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out.
+
tableing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Table
+
theomachy
n.
A fighting against the gods, as the battle of the gaints with the gods.
+
thussock
n.
See Tussock.
+
torrential
a.
Alt. of Torrentine
+
triphyline
n.
Triphylite.
+
trichloride
n.
A chloride having three atoms of chlorine in the molecule.
+
tush
interj.
An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it.
+
toothed
imp.|p.p.
of Tooth
+
transfiguratien
n.
A change of form or appearance; especially, the supernatural change in the personal appearance of our Savior on the mount.
+
turk
n.
A Mohammedan; esp., one living in Turkey.
+
te deum

An ancient and celebrated Christian hymn, of uncertain authorship, but often ascribed to St. Ambrose; -- so called from the first words "Te Deum laudamus." It forms part of the daily matins of the Roman Catholic breviary, and is sung on all occasions of thanksgiving. In its English form, commencing with words, "We praise thee, O God," it forms a part of the regular morning service of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church in America.
+
tomato
n.
The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family (Lycopersicum esculentun); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is called also love apple, is usually of a rounded, flattened form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked.
+
traverse
a.
To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the habitable globe.
+
tenebrae
n.
The matins and lauds for the last three days of Holy Week, commemorating the sufferings and death of Christ, -- usually sung on the afternoon or evening of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, instead of on the following days.
+
tzaritza
n.
The empress of Russia.  See Czarina.
+
tunnel
v.t.
To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.
+
trigyn
n.
Any one of the Trigynia.
+
theatral
a.
Of or pertaining to a theater; theatrical.
+
traumatic
a.
Produced by wounds; as, traumatic tetanus.
+
tellurhydric
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen telluride, which is regarded as an acid, especially when in solution.
+
troll
v.t.
To send about; to circulate, as a vessel in drinking.
+
teem
v.i.
To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.
+
tower
n.
A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
+
twice
adv.
Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor.
+
tang
n.
A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
+
trundlebed
n.
A low bed that is moved on trundles, or little wheels, so that it can be pushed under a higher bed; a truckle-bed; also, sometimes, a simiral bed without wheels.
+
trammel
v.t.
To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
+
traduce
v.t.
To represent; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to make an example of.
+
tradespeople
n.
People engaged in trade; shopkeepers.
+
tambourin
n.
A tambourine.
+
textual
a.
Serving for, or depending on, texts.
+
tricky
a.
Given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish.
+
transverberate
v.t.
To beat or strike through.
+
tenotomy
n.
The division of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon.
+
tiger
n.
A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
+
transmute
v.t.
To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform.
+
twopence
n.
A small coin, and money of account, in England, equivalent to two pennies, -- minted to a fixed annual amount, for almsgiving by the sovereign on Maundy Thursday.
+
toxifera
n.pl.
Same as Toxoglossa.
+
topical
n.
Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.
+
throttle
n.
The throttle valve.
+
twentyfourmo
a.
Having twenty-four leaves to a sheet; as, a twenty-fourmo form, book, leaf, size, etc.
+
triumvir
n.
One of tree men united in public office or authority.
+
twist
v.t.
To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
+
tricarballylic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex tribasic organic acid, C3H5.(CO2H)3 occurring naturally in unripe beet roots, and produced artificially from glycerin as a white crystalline substance.
+
teaseling
n.
The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels.
+
tidley
n.
The goldcrest.
+
testamur
n.
A certificate of merit or proficiency; -- so called from the Latin words, Ita testamur, with which it commences.
+
transcolated
imp.|p.p.
of Transcolate
+
truelove
n.
A plant. See Paris.
+
tram
n.
A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore.
+
treasurership
n.
The office of treasurer.
+
twisting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Twist
+
tiger
n.
A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger.
+
terremote
n.
An earthquake.
+
triplication
n.
Same as Surrejoinder.
+
tilt
v.t.
To point or thrust a weapon at.
+
text
n.
The four Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence.
+
ter

A combining form from L. ter signifying three times, thrice. See Tri-, 2.
+
towncrier
n.
A town officer who makes proclamations to the people; the public crier of a town.
+
toft
n.
A knoll or hill.
+
transport
v.
A convict transported, or sentenced to exile.
+
tone
n.
Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion.
+
tyrian
n.
A native of Tyre.
+
twist
v.t.
To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread.
+
thriftily
adv.
In a thrifty manner.
+
thoracentesis
n.
The operation of puncturing the chest wall so as to let out liquids contained in the cavity of the chest.
+
tottled
imp.|p.p.
of Totly
+
trafficable
a.
Capable of being disposed of in traffic; marketable.
+
tricipital
a.
Having three heads, or three origins; as, a tricipital muscle.
+
trumpie
n.
The Richardson's skua (Stercorarius parasiticus).
+
thomsonianism
n.
An empirical system which assumes that the human body is composed of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, and that vegetable medicines alone should be used; -- from the founder, Dr. Samuel Thomson, of Massachusetts.
+
tetra

A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting four proportional or combining parts of the substance or ingredient denoted by the term to which it is prefixed, as in tetra-chloride, tetroxide.
+
toise
a.
An old measure of length in France, containing six French feet, or about 6.3946 French feet.
+
tractrix
n.
A curve such that the part of the tangent between the point of tangency and a given straight line is constant; -- so called because it was conceived as described by the motion of one end of a tangent line as the other end was drawn along the given line.
+
tendrac
n.
Any one of several species of small insectivores of the family Centetidae, belonging to Ericulus, Echinope, and related genera, native of Madagascar. They are more or less spinose and resemble the hedgehog in habits. The rice tendrac (Oryzorictes hora) is very injurious to rice crops. Some of the species are called also tenrec.
+
temple
n.
One of the side bars of a pair of spectacles, jointed to the bows, and passing one on either side of the head to hold the spectacles in place.
+
tooled
imp.|p.p.
of Tool
+
tufa

A friable volcanic rock or conglomerate, formed of consolidated cinders, or scoria.
+
trail
v.t.
To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.
+
tessellation
n.
The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed.
+
trinketry
n.
Ornaments of dress; trinkets, collectively.
+
tapestries
pl.
of Tapestry
+
turreted
a.
Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp.
+
textualist
n.
A textman; a textuary.
+
thermolysis
n.
The resolution of a compound into parts by heat; dissociation by heat.
+
therial
a.
Theriac.
+
topsman
n.
The chief drover of those who drive a herd of cattle.
+
tie
v.t.
To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind.
+
theistical
a.
Of or pertaining to theism, or a theist; according to the doctrine of theists.
+
teaspoon
n.
A small spoon used in stirring and sipping tea, coffee, etc., and for other purposes.
+
transumptive
a.
Taking from one to another; metaphorical.
+
tump
v.t.
To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.
+
tombac
n.
An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, / Dutch, brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac.
+
temper
v.t.
To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm.
+
tang
n.
The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
+
tang
n.
The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
+
tonnihood
n.
The female of the bullfinch; -- called also tonyhoop.
+
terminable
a.
Capable of being terminated or bounded; limitable.
+
towhead
n.
An urchin who has soft, whitish hair.
+
telltale
a.
Telling tales; babbling.
+
twigger
n.
A fornicator.
+
tutor
n.
An officer or member of some hall, who instructs students, and is responsible for their discipline.
+
trounce
v.t.
To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.
+
trespass
v.i.
To commit any offense, or to do any act that injures or annoys another; to violate any rule of rectitude, to the injury of another; hence, in a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known rule of duty; to sin; -- often followed by against.
+
tarpaulin
n.
Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar.
+
tretys
a.
Long and well-proportioned; nicely made; pretty.
+
tory
n.
A member of the conservative party, as opposed to the progressive party which was formerly called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of exsisting royal and ecclesiastical authority.
+
tabulae
pl.
of Tabula
+
taffety
n.
A fine, smooth stuff of silk, having usually the wavy luster called watering. The term has also been applied to different kinds of silk goods, from the 16th century to modern times.
+
torqued
a.
Wreathed; twisted.
+
tongue
n.
Same as Reed, n., 5.
+
tidley
n.
The wren.
+
timeous
a.
Timely; seasonable.
+
ticket
v.
A tradesman's bill or account.
+
thirl
v.t.
To bore; to drill or thrill. See Thrill.
+
typified
imp.|p.p.
of Typify
+
tiebar
n.
A flat bar used as a tie.
+
tackling
n.
Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc.
+
temper
n.
The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar.
+
ticketing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ticket
+
take
v.t.
To admit, as, something presented to the mind; not to dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought; to entertain in opinion; to understand; to interpret; to regard or look upon; to consider; to suppose; as, to take a thing for granted; this I take to be man's motive; to take men for spies.
+
trice
v.t.
To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.
+
turbit
n.
A variety of the domestic pigeon, remarkable for its short beak.
+
truncheon
n.
A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear.
+
these
pl.
of This
+
technicals
n.pl.
Those things which pertain to the practical part of an art, science, or profession; technical terms; technics.
+
toned
a.
Having (such) a tone; -- chiefly used in composition; as, high-toned; sweet-toned.
+
tracery
n.
Ornamental work with rambled lines.
+
trisplanchnic
a.
Of or pertaining to the three great splanchnic cavities, namely, that of the head, the chest, and the abdomen; -- applied to the sympathetic nervous system.
+
topheavy
a.
Having the top or upper part too heavy for the lower part.
+
throw
n.
Time; while; space of time; moment; trice.
+
threepiled
a.
Accustomed to wearing three-pile; hence, of high rank, or wealth.
+
tarsius
n.
A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; -- called also malmag, spectral lemur, podji, and tarsier.
+
thin
superl.
Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.
+
trundle
v.i.
To go or move on small wheels; as, a bed trundles under another.
+
teratoma
n.
A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle.
+
tinner
n.
One who makes, or works in, tinware; a tinman.
+
travers
a.
Across; athwart.
+
triglyph
n.
An ornament in the frieze of the Doric order, repeated at equal intervals. Each triglyph consists of a rectangular tablet, slightly projecting, and divided nearly to the top by two parallel and perpendicular gutters, or channels, called glyphs, into three parts, or spaces, called femora. A half channel, or glyph, is also cut upon each of the perpendicular edges of the tablet. See Illust. of Entablature.
+
taste
v.t.
To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.
+
tramp
n.
A tool for trimming hedges.
+
thimble
n.
A ring of thin metal formed with a grooved circumference so as to fit within an eye-spice, or the like, and protect it from chafing.
+
tracheid
n.
A wood cell with spiral or other markings and closed throughout, as in pine wood.
+
tee
n.
A short piece of pipe having a lateral outlet, used to connect a line of pipe with a pipe at a right angle with the line; -- so called because it resembles the letter T in shape.
+
that
pron.a.conj.|adv.
To introduce a clause employed as the object of the preceding verb, or as the subject or predicate nominative of a verb.
+
telltale
n.
A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.
+
trothplighted
a.
Having fidelity pledged.
+
transplaced
imp.|p.p.
of Transplace
+
tiercemajor
n.
See Tierce, 4.
+
tittertotter
v.i.
See Teeter.
+
tone
n.
A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones.
+
tipcat
n.
A game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends, called a cat, is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, so as to fly into the air.
+
trencherman
n.
A cook.
+
thickknee
n.
A stone curlew. See under Stone.
+
tartinis tones

See the Note under Tone.
+
transfused
imp.|p.p.
of Transfuse
+
tapetum
n.
An area in the pigmented layer of the choroid coat of the eye in many animals, which has an iridescent or metallic luster and helps to make the eye visible in the dark. Sometimes applied to the whole layer of pigmented epithelium of the choroid.
+
turtledove
n.
Any one of several species of pigeons more or less resembling the true turtledoves, as the American mourning dove (see under Dove), and the Australian turtledove (Stictopelia cuneata).
+
throw
v.t.
To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
+
tacit
a.
Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection.
+
tub
n.
Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely or opprobriously.
+
thick
superl.
Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.
+
thinnish
a.
Somewhat thin.
+
tide
n.
To betide; to happen.
+
tenthmeter
n.
Alt. of Tenthmetre
+
thoroughwort
n.
Same as Boneset.
+
trapezoidal
a.
Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoid.
+
trape
v.i.
To walk or run about in an idle or slatternly manner; to traipse.
+
tranter
n.
One who trants; a peddler; a carrier.
+
tikus
n.
The bulau.
+
touched
imp.|p.p.
of Touch
+
thinned
imp.|p.p.
of Thin
+
tip
n.
Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
+
trident
a.
Having three teeth or prongs; tridentate.
+
tarrace
n.
See Trass.
+
terza rima

A peculiar and complicated system of versification, borrowed by the early Italian poets from the Troubadours.
+
theocrasy
n.
An intimate union of the soul with God in contemplation, -- an ideal of the Neoplatonists and of some Oriental mystics.
+
techiness
n.
The quality or state of being techy.
+
trucking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Truck
+
tannage
n.
A tanning; the act, operation, or result of tanning.
+
tapering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Taper
+
tiller
n.
The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself.
+
thialdine
n.
A weak nitrogenous sulphur base, C6H13NS2.
+
trunked
a.
Having (such) a trunk.
+
tote
n.
The entire body, or all; as, the whole tote.
+
tenant
n.
One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under Tenement, 2.
+
tergiversate
v.i.
To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.
+
transportation
n.
Transport; ecstasy.
+
tracheophonae
n.pl.
A group of passerine birds having the syrinx at the lower end of the trachea.
+
truncate
v.t.
To cut off; to lop; to maim.
+
trichinize
v.t.
To render trichinous; to affect with trichinae; -- chiefly used in the past participle; as, trichinized pork.
+
threecoat
a.
Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat.
+
trestlework
n.
A viaduct, pier, scaffold, or the like, resting on trestles connected together.
+
traveled
a.
Having made journeys; having gained knowledge or experience by traveling; hence, knowing; experienced.
+
tolane
n.
A hydrocarbon, C14H10, related both to the acetylene and the aromatic series, and produced artificially as a white crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl acetylene.
+
tennantite
n.
A blackish lead-gray mineral, closely related to tetrahedrite. It is essentially a sulphide of arsenic and copper.
+
tewel
n.
The tuyere of a furnace.
+
throatwort
n.
A plant (Campanula Trachelium) formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla.
+
tigerfoot
n.
Same as Tiger's-foot.
+
tie
v.t.
Low shoes fastened with lacings.
+
touchhole
n.
The vent of a cannot or other firearm, by which fire is communicateed to the powder of the charge.
+
threeflowered
a.
Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.
+
tutsan
n.
A plant of the genus Hypericum (H. Androsoemum), from which a healing ointment is prepared in Spain; -- called also parkleaves.
+
tractive
a.
Serving to draw; pulling; attracting; as, tractive power.
+
tambouring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tambour
+
thatching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Thatch
+
troche
n.
A medicinal tablet or lozenge; strictly, one of circular form.
+
tinnen
a.
Made or consisting of tin.
+
turtler
n.
One who catches turtles or tortoises.
+
trout
n.
Any one of numerous species of fishes belonging to Salmo, Salvelinus, and allied genera of the family Salmonidae. They are highly esteemed as game fishes and for the quality of their flesh. All the species breed in fresh water, but after spawning many of them descend to the sea if they have an opportunity.
+
transparency
n.
That which is transparent; especially, a picture painted on thin cloth or glass, or impressed on porcelain, or the like, to be viewed by natural or artificial light, which shines through it.
+
tallage
n.
Alt. of Talliage
+
trivium
n.
The three " liberal" arts, grammar, logic, and rhetoric; -- being a triple way, as it were, to eloquence.
+
theca
n.
The chitinous cup which protects the hydranths of certain hydroids.
+
trumplike
a.
Resembling a trumpet, esp. in sound; as, a trumplike voice.
+
teated
a.
Having protuberances resembling the teat of an animal.
+
top
n.
A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudital grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
+
tilted
imp.|p.p.
of Tilt
+
titularies
pl.
of Titulary
+
twoforked
a.
Divided into two parts, somewhat after the manner of a fork; dichotomous.
+
terebic
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, terbenthene (oil of turpentine); specifically, designating an acid, C7H10O4, obtained by the oxidation of terbenthene with nitric acid, as a white crystalline substance.
+
transcript
n.
A written version of what was said orally; as, a transcript of a trial.
+
tose
v.t.
To tease, or comb, as wool.
+
troll
v.i.
To roll; to run about; to move around; as, to troll in a coach and six.
+
term
n.
The menses.
+
thermometry
n.
The estimation of temperature by the use of a thermometric apparatus.
+
thimblerig
v.t.
To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick.
+
tupal
n.
Any one of the tupaiids.
+
tincture
n.
A slight quality added to anything; a tinge; as, a tincture of French manners.
+
tear
v.t.
To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.
+
tamped
imp.|p.p.
of Tamp
+
trays
n.pl.
Traces.
+
tubmen
pl.
of Tubman
+
tossel
n.
See Tassel.
+
tenuous
a.
Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument.
+
teach
v.i.
To give instruction; to follow the business, or to perform the duties, of a preceptor.
+
traditionarily
adv.
By tradition.
+
transalpine
n.
A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is, out of Italy.
+
transferrible
a.
Capable of being transferred; transferable.
+
tace
n.
The cross, or church, of St. Antony. See Illust. (6), under Cross, n.
+
turnicimorphae
n.pl.
A division of birds including Turnix and allied genera, resembling quails in appearance but differing from them anatomically.
+
twig
v.t.
To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
+
trepan
v.t.|i.
To perforate (the skull) with a trepan, so as to remove a portion of the bone, and thus relieve the brain from pressure or irritation; to perform an operation with the trepan.
+
taurine
n.
A body occurring in small quantity in the juices of muscle, in the lungs, and elsewhere, but especially in the bile, where it is found as a component part of taurocholic acid, from which it can be prepared by decomposition of the acid. It crystallizes in colorless, regular six-sided prisms, and is especially characterized by containing both nitrogen and sulphur, being chemically amido-isethionic acid, C2H7NSO3.
+
tourist
n.
One who makes a tour, or performs a journey in a circuit.
+
torch
n.
A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame.
+
tackle
n.
To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon.
+
tabernacled
imp.|p.p.
of Tabernacle
+
tire
n.
Attire; apparel.
+
trigon
n.
A kind of game at ball played by three persons standing at the angular points of a triangle.
+
told

imp. & p. p. of Tell.
+
treacle
n.
A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, and the like.
+
toupee
n.
Alt. of Toupet
+
throughly
adv.
Thoroughly.
+
thin
superl.
Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.
+
trust
n.
That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
+
tomboy
n.
A romping girl; a hoiden.
+
transgressive
a.
Disposed or tending to transgress; faulty; culpable. -
+
transom
n.
One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer.
+
tool
n.
An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.
+
thermolyze
v.t.
To subject to thermolysis; to dissociate by heat.
+
tew
v.i.
To work hard; to strive; to fuse.
+
triplicate
n.
A third thing corresponding to two others of the same kind.
+
thereto
adv.
Besides; moreover.
+
tripartite
v.i.
Made between three parties; as, a tripartite treaty.
+
thither
a.
Being on the farther side from the person speaking; farther; -- a correlative of hither; as, on the thither side of the water.
+
thorow
prep.
Through.
+
torulae
pl.
of Torula
+
tuberous
a.
Covered with knobby or wartlike prominences; knobbed.
+
toppescent
a.
Becoming torpid or numb.
+
tabefied
imp.|p.p.
of Tabefy
+
twin
a.
Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4.
+
tail
n.
The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head, effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the expression "heads or tails," employed when a coin is thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its fall.
+
tortility
n.
The quality or state of being tortile, twisted, or wreathed.
+
thicken
v.t.
To strengthen; to confirm.
+
thimbleberry
n.
A kind of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), common in America.
+
tool
v.t.
To shape, form, or finish with a tool.
+
timorous
a.
Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage.
+
taenioglossate
a.
Of or pertaining to the Taenioglossa.
+
trim
v.t.
To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree.
+
tubfuls
pl.
of Tubful
+
trio
n.
A composition for three parts or three instruments.
+
temperament
v.t.
A system of compromises in the tuning of organs, pianofortes, and the like, whereby the tones generated with the vibrations of a ground tone are mutually modified and in part canceled, until their number reduced to the actual practicable scale of twelve tones to the octave. This scale, although in so far artificial, is yet closely suggestive of its origin in nature, and this system of tuning, although not mathematically true, yet satisfies the ear, while it has the convenience that the same twelve fixed tones answer for every key or scale, C/ becoming identical with D/, and so on.
+
toluric
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of three isomeric crystalline acids, C9H10ON.CO2H, which are toluyl derivatives of glycocoll.
+
target
n.
A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
+
theatricals
n.pl.
Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs.
+
trichinae
pl.
of Trichina
+
truckle
n.
A small wheel or caster.
+
tanyard
n.
An inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery.
+
tenebrose
a.
Characterized by darkness or gloom; tenebrous.
+
technic
a.
Technical.
+
taste
n.
The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.
+
title
n.
The inscription in the beginning of a book, usually containing the subject of the work, the author's and publisher's names, the date, etc.
+
tingle
v.i.
To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound.
+
toeing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Toe
+
tunicle
n.
A slight natural covering; an integument.
+
top
n.
The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
+
tread
v.t.
To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
+
tragicomedy
n.
A kind of drama representing some action in which serious and comic scenes are blended; a composition partaking of the nature both of tragedy and comedy.
+
terminator
n.
The dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminated part of the moon.
+
tron
n.
See 3d Trone, 2. 
+
tricostate
a.
Three-ribbed; having three ribs from the base.
+
teeuck
n.
The lapwing.
+
tender
superl.
Careful to save inviolate, or not to injure; -- with of.
+
topmem
pl.
of Topman
+
tilestone
n.
A kind of laminated shale or sandstone belonging to some of the layers of the Upper Silurian.
+
trebled
imp.|p.p.
of Treble
+
tahitian
a.
Of or pertaining to Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean.
+
telltale
n.
A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course.
+
twitter
n.
A half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a titter; a giggle.
+
torpedoes
pl.
of Torpedo
+
trochee
n.
A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.
+
termless
a.
Having no term or end; unlimited; boundless; unending; as, termless time.
+
temperance
v.t.
Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
+
trammelled

of Trammel
+
till
n.
A kind of coarse, obdurate land.
+
till
v.t.
To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc., and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and Ireland; as, I worked till four o'clock; I will wait till next week.
+
tomatoes
pl.
of Tomato
+
trespasser
n.
A transgressor of the moral law; an offender; a sinner.
+
threap
v.i.
To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious.
+
traduction
n.
Transmission from one to another.
+
thaumaturgics
n.
Feats of legerdemain, or magical performances.
+
tergeminal
a.
Alt. of Tergeminate
+
tying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tie
+
thirstle
n.
The throstle.
+
tacamahaca
n.
A bitter balsamic resin obtained from tropical American trees of the genus Elaphrium (E. tomentosum and E. Tacamahaca), and also from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar.
+
trucked
imp.|p.p.
of Truck
+
trinodal
a.
Having three nodal points.
+
tiller
n.
A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker.
+
trass
n.
A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water.
+
testimony
n.
A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.
+
toboggan
v.i.
To slide down hill over the snow or ice on a toboggan.
+
tink
v.i.
To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle.
+
testimony
n.
Hence, the whole divine revelation; the sacre/ Scriptures.
+
turnix
n.
Any one of numerous species of birds belonging to Turnix or Hemipodius and allied genera of the family Turnicidae. These birds resemble quails and partridges in general appearance and in some of their habits, but differ in important anatomical characteristics. The hind toe is usually lacking. They are found in Asia, Africa, Southern Europe, the East Indian Islands, and esp. in Australia and adjacent islands, where they are called quails (see Quail, n., 3.). See Turnicimorphae.
+
transfigurate
v.t.
To transfigure; to transform.
+
tavern
n.
A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in small quantities.
+
topiary
a.
Of or pertaining to ornamental gardening; produced by cutting, trimming, etc.; topiarian.
+
twelfth
a.
Next in order after the eleventh; coming after eleven others; -- the ordinal of twelve.
+
tithonicity
n.
The state or property of being tithonic; actinism.
+
telltale
n.
One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress.
+
truths
pl.
of Truth
+
thowel
n.
Alt. of Thowl
+
thinner
n.
One who thins, or makes thinner.
+
treachour
n.
A traitor.
+
tripolitan
a.
Of or pertaining to Tripoli or its inhabitants; Tripoline.
+
thoral
a.
Of or pertaining to a bed.
+
trimming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trim
+
tirailleur
n.
Formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in the French army. They were used sometimes in front of the army to annoy the enemy, sometimes in the rear to check his pursuit. The term is now applied to all troops acting as skirmishers.
+
table
v.t.
To enter upon the docket; as, to table charges against some one.
+
torved
a.
Stern; grim. See Torvous.
+
tongue
n.
A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue.
+
tailpiece
n.
An ornament placed at the bottom of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a book.
+
toparmor
n.
A top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting.
+
taffrail
n.
The upper part of a ship's stern, which is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work; the rail around a ship's stern.
+
toncanet
n.
A small toucan.
+
thresher
n.
A name given to the brown thrush and other allied species. See Brown thrush.
+
term
n.
To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.
+
travailous
a.
Causing travail; laborious.
+
toty
a.
Totty.
+
traffic
v.
The business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc., with reference to the number of passengers or the amount of freight carried.
+
treble
a.
Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound.
+
tumorous
a.
Inflated; bombastic.
+
tour
v.t.
A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies.
+
thankful
a.
Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful.
+
titty
n.
A little teat; a nipple.
+
trench
v.t.
An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches.
+
tickseed
n.
Any plant of the genus Corispermum, plants of the Goosefoot family.
+
tony
n.
A simpleton.
+
treasonable
a.
Pertaining to treason; consisting of treason; involving the crime of treason, or partaking of its guilt.
+
turn
v.t.
To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often with to or into before the word denoting the effect or product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse; to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to turn good to evil, and the like.
+
triandrous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Triandria; having three distinct and equal stamens in the same flower.
+
tantalate
n.
A salt of tantalic acid.
+
train
v.
That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement.
+
teleologist
n.
One versed in teleology.
+
turk
n.
A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
+
term
n.
The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life.
+
thrift
n.
A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.
+
tail
n.
The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
+
tidesmen
pl.
of Tidesman
+
towel
v.t.
To beat with a stick.
+
trebucket
n.
A kind of balance for weighing.
+
timber
n.
The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
+
trochilus
n.
An annular molding whose section is concave, like the edge of a pulley; -- called also scotia.
+
together
prep.
In concert; with mutual cooperation; as, the allies made war upon France together.
+
trunkfish
n.
Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidae, having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish.
+
timber
n.
A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united.
+
triweekly
n.
A triweekly publication.
+
taciturn
a.
Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak.
+
tolerated
imp.|p.p.
of Tolerate
+
toco
n.
A toucan (Ramphastos toco) having a very large beak. See Illust. under Toucan.
+
technicist
n.
One skilled in technics or in one or more of the practical arts.
+
traduce
v.t.
To draw away; to seduce.
+
treed
imp.|p.p.
of Tree
+
toot
v.t.
To cause to sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the beginning and end as if by pronouncing the letter t; to blow; to sound.
+
thrice
adv.
Three times.
+
trew
a.
Alt. of Trewe
+
twin
v.i.
To bring forth twins.
+
trireme
n.
An ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of oars.
+
termination
n.
End in time or existence; as, the termination of the year, or of life; the termination of happiness.
+
trematode
n.
One of the Trematodea. Also used adjectively.
+
thunder
n.
An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.
+
tampion
n.
A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use.
+
tetradont
a.|n.
See Tetrodont.
+
thesis
n.
A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument.
+
thecodont
a.
Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.
+
turnstile
n.
A revolving frame in a footpath, preventing the passage of horses or cattle, but admitting that of persons; a turnpike. See Turnpike, n., 1.
+
tammies
pl.
of Tammy
+
teacupfuls
pl.
of Teacupful
+
tagnicate
n.
The white-lipped peccary.
+
tyrannic
a.
Alt. of Tyrannical
+
ten
a.
One more than nine; twice five.
+
toreador
n.
A bullfighter.
+
thwaite
n.
The twaite.
+
twitching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Twitch
+
tertiary
n.
The Tertiary era, period, or formation.
+
tolutation
n.
A pacing or ambling.
+
trichoscolices
n.pl.
An extensive group of wormlike animals characterized by being more or less covered with cilia.
+
trousdeloup
pl.
of Trou-de-loup
+
termination
n.
A word; a term.
+
tore
n.
Same as Torus.
+
tonnage
n.
The whole amount of shipping estimated by tons; as, the tonnage of the United States. See Ton.
+
twine
n.
A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.
+
tasted
imp.|p.p.
of Taste
+
tag
v.t.
To join; to fasten; to attach.
+
tasker
n.
One who performs a task, as a day-laborer.
+
tupmen
pl.
of Tupman
+
temperable
a.
Capable of being tempered.
+
traveling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Travel
+
tufty
a.
Growing in tufts or clusters.
+
tributariness
n.
The quality or state of being tributary.
+
taglioni
n.
A kind of outer coat, or overcoat; -- said to be so named after a celebrated Italian family of professional dancers.
+
twigging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Twig
+
throat
n.
The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column.
+
tibiale
n.
The bone or cartilage of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia and corresponds to a part of the astragalus in man and most mammals.
+
telegrammic
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a telegram; laconic; concise; brief.
+
tautophony
n.
Repetition of the same sound.
+
tripe
n.
The large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.
+
temporomaxillary
a.
Of or pertaining to both the temple or the temporal bone and the maxilla.
+
touchwood
n.
Dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus igniarius.
+
tzetze
n.
Same as Tsetse.
+
timeling
n.
A timeserver.
+
tourbillion
n.
An ornamental firework which turns round, when in the air, so as to form a scroll of fire.
+
tricrotous
a.
Tricrotic.
+
totemist
n.
One belonging to a clan or tribe having a totem.
+
transcend
v.i.
To be transcendent; to excel.
+
theftbote
n.
The receiving of a man's goods again from a thief, or a compensation for them, by way of composition, with the intent that the thief shall escape punishment.
+
thermovoltaic
a.
Of or relating to heat and electricity; especially, relating to thermal effects produced by voltaic action.
+
tidiness
n.
The quality or state of being tidy.
+
tubulidentate
a.
Having teeth traversed by canals; -- said of certain edentates.
+
twist
n.
The form given in twisting.
+
tarry
v.t.
To wait for; to stay or stop for.
+
thresh
v.t.
Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently.
+
turn
v.i.
To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue.
+
treble
v.t.
To make thrice as much; to make threefold.
+
tradeful
a.
Full of trade; busy in traffic; commercial.
+
tympanized
imp.|p.p.
of Tympanize
+
to
prep.
In many phrases, and in connection with many other words, to has a pregnant meaning, or is used elliptically.
+
trade
v.
Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
+
turnspit
n.
A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.
+
thresh
v.t.
To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw.
+
toilet
n.
A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.
+
tubulous
a.
Resembling, or in the form of, a tube; longitudinally hollow; specifically (Bot.), having a hollow cylindrical corolla, often expanded or toothed at the border; as, a tubulose flower.
+
tenuifolious
a.
Having thin or narrow leaves.
+
teutones
pl.
of Teuton
+
thioxene
n.
Any one of three possible metameric substances, which are dimethyl derivatives of thiophene, like the xylenes from benzene.
+
tyne
v.t.
To lose.
+
trigenic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7N3O2, obtained, by the action of the vapor of cyanic acid on cold aldehyde, as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste and faint smell; -- called also ethidene- / ethylidene-biuret.
+
tattoo
n.
A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp.
+
ton

pl. of Toe.
+
tagrag
n.|a.
The lowest class of people; the rabble.  Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail.
+
tinted
imp.|p.p.
of Tint
+
termes
n.
A genus of Pseudoneuroptera including the white ants, or termites. See Termite.
+
thyrohyal
n.
One of the lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidated with the body of the hyoid bone and forming one of its great horns, as in man.
+
top
v.t.
To perform eminently, or better than before.
+
turribant
n.
A turban.
+
taction
n.
The act of touching; touch; contact; tangency.
+
troll
n.
A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch; a round.
+
twittletwattle
n.
Tattle; gabble.
+
tintinnabulary
a.
Having or making the sound of a bell; tinkling.
+
tarrock
n.
The young of the kittiwake gull before the first molt.
+
tight
superl.
Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight.
+
taas
n.
A heap. See Tas.
+
tracheal
a.
Of or pertaining to the trachea; like a trachea.
+
tither
n.
One who pays tithes.
+
tremulous
a.
Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous leaf of the poplar.
+
tail
n.
See Tailing, n., 5.
+
tummals
n.
A great quantity or heap.
+
trisect
v.t.
To cut or divide into three equal parts.
+
therewithal
adv.
Over and above; besides; moreover.
+
tetrakosane
n.
A hydrocarbon, C24H50, resembling paraffin, and like it belonging to the marsh-gas series; -- so called from having twenty-four atoms of carbon in the molecule.
+
tillered
imp.|p.p.
of Tiller
+
tonnish
a.
In the ton; fashionable; modish.
+
trogon
n.
Any one of numerous species of beautiful tropical birds belonging to the family Trogonidae. They are noted for the brilliant colors and the resplendent luster of their plumage.
+
trematodea
n.pl.
An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in the internal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many species are found, also, on the gills and skin of fishes. A few species are parasitic on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most important, are injurious parasites of domestic animals. The trematodes usually have a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the species are hermaphrodite. Called also Trematoda, and Trematoidea. See Fluke, Tristoma, and Cercaria.
+
tit
n.
The European meadow pipit; a titlark.
+
thermoelectricity
n.
Electricity developed in the action of heat. See the Note under Electricity.
+
talk
v.t.
To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics.
+
transact
v.t.
To carry through; to do; perform; to manage; as, to transact commercial business; to transact business by an agent.
+
taxine
n.
A poisonous alkaloid of bitter taste extracted from the leaves and seeds of the European yew (Taxus baccata). Called also taxia.
+
throe
n.
A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
+
trumped
imp.|p.p.
of Trump
+
topsman
n.
The uppermost sawyer in a saw pit; a topman.
+
tintamar
n.
A hideous or confused noise; an uproar.
+
torpent
a.
Having no motion or activity; incapable of motion; benumbed; torpid.
+
tapestry
n.
A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery.
+
tiff
v.t.
To deck out; to dress.
+
tungsten
n.
A rare element of the chromium group found in certain minerals, as wolfram and scheelite, and isolated as a heavy steel-gray metal which is very hard and infusible. It has both acid and basic properties. When alloyed in small quantities with steel, it greatly increases its hardness. Symbol W (Wolframium). Atomic weight, 183.6. Specific gravity, 18.
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torpifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Torpify
+
tally
n.
Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in duplicate.
+
tonnage
n.
The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship.
+
transportment
n.
The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; transportation.
+
trapeziform
a.
Having the form of a trapezium; trapezoid.
+
tripetaloid
a.
Having the form or appearance of three petals; appearing as if furnished with three petals.
+
traffic
v.i.
To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.
+
theoretic
a.
Alt. of Theoretical
+
tuff
n.
Same as Tufa.
+
tupelo
n.
A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to split. Called also black gum, sour gum, and pepperidge.
+
taxonomic
a.
Pertaining to, or involving, taxonomy, or the laws and principles of classification; classificatory.
+
tropaeolin
n.
A name given to any one of a series of orange-red dyestuffs produced artificially from certain complex sulphonic acid derivatives of azo and diazo hydrocarbons of the aromatic series; -- so called because of the general resemblance to the shades of nasturtium (Tropaeolum).
+
trichiuroid
a.
Of, like, or pertaining to, Trichiurus.
+
tepefying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tepefy
+
tellurite
n.
Oxide of tellurium. It occurs sparingly in tufts of white or yellowish crystals.
+
triassic
n.
The Triassic formation.
+
thibetan
n.
A native or inhabitant of Thibet.
+
tough
superl.
Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm.
+
tabored
imp.|p.p.
of Tabor
+
towel
n.
A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a bath.
+
translucent
a.
Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen; partially transparent.
+
tabarder
n.
A scholar on the foundation of Queen's College, Oxford, England, whose original dress was a tabard.
+
testate
n.
One who leaves a valid will at death; a testate person.
+
thermotical
a.
Of or pertaining to heat; produced by heat; as, thermotical phenomena.
+
truth
n.
The quality or being true; as: -- (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be.
+
tablespoonful
n.
As much as a tablespoon will hold; enough to fill a tablespoon. It is usually reckoned as one half of a fluid ounce, or four fluid drams.
+
type
n.
A general form or structure common to a number of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a species, genus, or other group, combining the essential characteristics; an animal or plant possessing or exemplifying the essential characteristics of a species, genus, or other group.  Also, a group or division of animals having a certain typical or characteristic structure of body maintained within the group.
+
tracheoscopy
n.
Examination of the interior of the trachea by means of a mirror.
+
toxotes
n.
A genus of fishes comprising the archer fishes. See Archer fish.
+
toe
n.
A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved.
+
transformation
n.
The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition.
+
thave
n.
Same as Theave.
+
trail
n.
The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; -- applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep.
+
triassic
a.
Of the age of, or pertaining to, the Trias.
+
throwoff
n.
A start in a hunt or a race.
+
tent
n.
A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta.
+
trotter
n.
The foot of an animal, especially that of a sheep; also, humorously, the human foot.
+
turpin
n.
A land tortoise.
+
trioxide
n.
An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen; as, sulphur trioxide, SO3; -- formerly called tritoxide.
+
twinkling
n.
The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.
+
thready
a.
Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub.
+
thrill
n.
A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy.
+
tache
n.
Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button.
+
thoughtless
adv.
Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act.
+
terminate
v.i.
To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.
+
tenacity
n.
That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity.
+
twattle
v.t.
To make much of, as a domestic animal; to pet.
+
trommel
n.
A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores.
+
tribune
n.
An officer or magistrate chosen by the people, to protect them from the oppression of the patricians, or nobles, and to defend their liberties against any attempts that might be made upon them by the senate and consuls.
+
tamper
v.i.
To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.
+
tumbril
n.
A rough cart.
+
tenor
n.
That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
+
toe
v.i.
To hold or carry the toes (in a certain way).
+
touch
v.
The broadest part of a plank worked top and but (see Top and but, under Top, n.), or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
+
tight
superl.
Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.
+
thrust
v.i.
To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
+
transpire
v.i.
To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired.
+
thesis
n.
An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.
+
tula metal

An alloy of silver, copper, and lead made at Tula in Russia.
+
trivial
n.
One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.
+
transformation
n.
A change in disposition, heart, character, or the like; conversion.
+
tigelle
n.
Same as Tigella.
+
traunter
n.
Same as Tranter.
+
talent
v.t.
Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93/ lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from £340 to £396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels.
+
temporizer
n.
One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.
+
terrible
a.
Excessive; extreme; severe.
+
turnhalle
n.
A building used as a school of gymnastics.
+
top
n.
Top-boots.
+
taste
n.
A particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste.
+
therapeutics
n.
That part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases.
+
tauromachian
a.
Of or pertaining to bullfights.
+
twinkle
n.
A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye.
+
tailing
n.
Sexual intercourse.
+
toning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tone
+
trigesimosecundo
n.
A book composed of sheets so folded that each one makes thirty-two leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 32mo, or 32°, and called thirty-twomo.
+
tragedies
pl.
of Tragedy
+
throat
n.
The inside of a timber knee.
+
tither
n.
One who collects tithes.
+
tantamount
a.
Equivalent in value, signification, or effect.
+
thornback
n.
The large European spider crab or king crab (Maia squinado).
+
trichotomous
a.
Divided into three parts, or into threes; three-forked; as, a trichotomous stem.
+
tentifly
adv.
Attentively.
+
toprope
n.
A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.
+
tyre
n.|v.
Attire. See 2d and 3d Tire.
+
tax
n.
To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government.
+
textman
n.
One ready in quoting texts.
+
tasty
n.
Being in conformity to the principles of good taste; elegant; as, tasty furniture; a tasty dress.
+
thorax
n.
A breastplate, cuirass, or corselet; especially, the breastplate worn by the ancient Greeks.
+
trething
n.
A tax; an impost.
+
thamnophile
n.
A bush shrike.
+
thrum
n.
A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
+
titularly
adv.
In a titular manner; nominally; by title only.
+
top
v.i.
To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains.
+
timetable
n.
A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc.
+
teetotally
adv.
Entirely; totally.
+
towardliness
n.
The quality or state of being towardly; docility; tractableness.
+
triton
n.
A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a trumpet made of a shell.
+
truly
adv.
Conformably to law; legally; legitimately.
+
twirl
v.i.
To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.
+
twin
n.
A person or thing that closely resembles another.
+
tender
n.
Any offer or proposal made for acceptance; as, a tender of a loan, of service, or of friendship; a tender of a bid for a contract.
+
testudinate
a.
Alt. of Testudinated
+
thole
n.
The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath.
+
trumpery
a.
Worthless or deceptive in character.
+
transfusible
a.
Capable of being transfused; transferable by transfusion.
+
trellis
n.
A structure or frame of crossbarred work, or latticework, used for various purposes, as for screens or for supporting plants.
+
turn
n.
Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time.
+
thief
n.
One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.
+
toom
v.t.
To empty.
+
throe
v.t.
To put in agony.
+
troudeloup
n.
A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also trapholes.
+
tentation
n.
Trial; temptation.
+
tomahawked
imp.|p.p.
of Tomahawk
+
tynd
v.t.
To shut; to close.
+
tee iron

See T iron, under T.
+
twist
n.
That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts.
+
tunic
n.
Same as Tunicle.
+
tampering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tamper
+
twin
a.
Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing the relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with.
+
tabulata
n.pl.
An artificial group of stony corals including those which have transverse septa in the calicles. The genera Pocillopora and Favosites are examples.
+
traduce
v.t.
To translate from one language to another; as, to traduce and compose works.
+
tetradite
n.
A person in some way remarkable with regard to the number four, as one born on the fourth day of the month, or one who reverenced four persons in the Godhead.
+
termination
n.
The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.
+
taxation
n.
Tax; sum imposed.
+
triumplant
v.i.
Celebrating victory; expressive of joy for success; as, a triumphant song or ode.
+
thwack
v.t.
To fill to overflow.
+
trickled
imp.|p.p.
of Trickle
+
terminational
a.
Of or pertaining to termination; forming a termination.
+
tipsify
v.t.
To make tipsy.
+
troglodyte
n.
The wren.
+
tossed
imp.|p.p.
of Toss
+
troglodytic
a.
Alt. of Troglodytical
+
telegraphed
imp.|p.p.
of Telegraph
+
trade union

An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, and interests with respect to wages, hours of labor, customs, etc.
+
tenant
v.t.
To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.
+
transfretation
n.
The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea.
+
twister
n.
The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
+
torta
n.
a flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the patio process.
+
tentful
n.
As much, or as many, as a tent will hold.
+
tick
v.i.
To give tick; to trust.
+
teasle
n.|v.t.
See Teasel.
+
tetard
n.
A gobioid fish (Eleotris gyrinus) of the Southern United States; -- called also sleeper.
+
trimetric
a.
Same as Orthorhombic.
+
tinct
a.
Tined; tinged.
+
tick
n.
The whinchat; -- so called from its note.
+
tritheist
n.
One who believes in tritheism.
+
trochilic
a.
OF or pertaining to rotary motion; having power to draw out or turn round.
+
tenderfoot
n.
A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of pioneer life.
+
treadboard
n.
See Tread, n., 5.
+
thanedom
n.
The property or jurisdiction of a thane; thanage.
+
try
v.i.
To do; to fare; as, how do you try!
+
toph
n.
kind of sandstone.
+
tabour
n.|v.
See Tabor.
+
tonsilitic
a.
Tonsilar.
+
thickhead
n.
A thick-headed or stupid person.
+
timber
n.
A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer.
+
trollop
n.
A stroller; a loiterer; esp., an idle, untidy woman; a slattern; a slut; a whore.
+
trip
v.t.
To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling.
+
twinge
v.i.
To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.
+
tunnelled

of Tunnel
+
tan
n.
A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.
+
twelfthnight
n.
The evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after Christmas, observed as a festival by various churches.
+
tiers etat

The third estate, or commonalty, in France, answering to the commons in Great Britain; -- so called in distinction from, and as inferior to, the nobles and clergy.
+
tas
v.t.
To tassel.
+
toothleted
a.
Having a toothlet or toothlets; as, a toothleted leaf.
+
treasure
v.t.
To collect and deposit, as money or other valuable things, for future use; to lay up; to hoard; usually with up; as, to treasure up gold.
+
traverse
a.
A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
+
triarchy
n.
Government by three persons; a triumvirate; also, a country under three rulers.
+
twanged
imp.|p.p.
of Twang
+
trigon
n.
Trine, an aspect of two planets distant 120 degrees from each other.
+
terebrae
pl.
of Terebra
+
tempo
n.
The rate or degree of movement in time.
+
thrusting
n.
The act of pushing with force.
+
taxer
n.
One who taxes.
+
thuja
n.
A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves.
+
traverse
a.
To deny formally, as what the opposite party has alleged. When the plaintiff or defendant advances new matter, he avers it to be true, and traverses what the other party has affirmed. To traverse an indictment or an office is to deny it.
+
thencefrom
adv.
From that place.
+
tonies
pl.
of Tony
+
tantalite
n.
A heavy mineral of an iron-black color and submetallic luster. It is essentially a tantalate of iron.
+
tang
v.i.
To make a ringing sound; to ring.
+
type
n.
The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or a coin.
+
tryster
n.
One who makes an appointment, or tryst; one who meets with another.
+
tisar
n.
The fireplace at the side of an annealing oven.
+
tisic
a.
Alt. of Tisical
+
trickish
a.
Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to deception and cheating; knavish.
+
thrive
v.i.
To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil.
+
tersulphuret
n.
A trisulphide.
+
tritheistic
a.
Alt. of Tritheistical
+
titrated
imp.|p.p.
of Titrate
+
taurus
n.
The Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of April; -- marked thus [/] in almanacs.
+
tantalus
n.
A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise receded whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp them.
+
transacting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Transact
+
tricking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trick
+
tipulas
pl.
of Tipula
+
tithingman
n.
A peace officer; an under constable.
+
tangibility
n.
The quality or state of being tangible.
+
thuggism
n.
Thuggee.
+
trub
n.
A truffle.
+
tan
n.
To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water.
+
tie
v.t.
A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
+
tank
n.
A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.
+
thoroughbred
a.
Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; -- said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of elegant form, or the like.
+
thunderhead
n.
A rounded mass of cloud, with shining white edges; a cumulus, -- often appearing before a thunderstorm.
+
toddle
v.i.
To walk with short, tottering steps, as a child.
+
tempestuous
a.
Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate.
+
trolly
n.
A truck which travels along the fixed conductors, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.
+
tafferer
n.
See Taffrail.
+
transit
n.
The act of passing; passage through or over.
+
token
n.
A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
+
troller
n.
One who trolls.
+
thomaean
n.
Alt. of Thomean
+
tomfoolery
n.
Folly; trifling.
+
tilley seed

The seeds of a small tree (Croton Pavana) common in the Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those of Croton Tiglium.
+
thiosulphuric
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an unstable acid, H2S2O3, analogous to sulphuric acid, and formerly called hyposulphurous acid.
+
thumbbird
n.
The goldcrest.
+
tick
n.
Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check.
+
traverse
a.
Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control.
+
thicken
v.t.
To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men.
+
twattle
v.i.
To prate; to talk much and idly; to gabble; to chatter; to twaddle; as, a twattling gossip.
+
textile
a.
Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.
+
transplant
v.t.
To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees.
+
trend
v.i.
To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
+
trephining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trephine
+
tracing
n.
The act of one who traces; especially, the act of copying by marking on thin paper, or other transparent substance, the lines of a pattern placed beneath; also, the copy thus producted.
+
tumultuous
a.
Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech.
+
taintworm
n.
A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.
+
transportant
a.
Transporting; /avishing; as, transportant love.
+
tractate
n.
A treatise; a tract; an essay.
+
turn
v.i.
Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.
+
tridactylous
a.
Tridactyl.
+
thornheaded
a.
Having a head armed with thorns or spines.
+
tippet
n.
A length of twisted hair or gut in a fish line.
+
twist
n.
A beverage made of brandy and gin.
+
troubadour
n.
One of a school of poets who flourished from the eleventh to the thirteenth century, principally in Provence, in the south of France, and also in the north of Italy. They invented, and especially cultivated, a kind of lyrical poetry characterized by intricacy of meter and rhyme, and usually of a romantic, amatory strain.
+
threw

imp. of Throw.
+
trappings
n.pl.
That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress; superficial decorations.
+
traulism
n.
A stammering or stuttering.
+
tunny
n.
Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Orcynus / Albacora thynnus) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called horse mackerel. See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse.
+
triplet
n.
A collection or combination of three of a kind; three united.
+
titillate
v.t.|i.
To tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather.
+
trench
v.t.
A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land.
+
traduction
n.
A process of reasoning in which each conclusion applies to just such an object as each of the premises applies to.
+
temper
n.
Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper.
+
topaz
n.
Either one of two species of large, brilliantly colored humming birds of the Topaza, of South America and the West Indies.
+
twinkle
n.
A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
+
tubbing
n.
A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety.
+
tromp
n.
A blowing apparatus, in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace.
+
theocracy
n.
The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom.
+
telotype
n.
An electric telegraph which prints the messages in letters and not in signs.
+
turn
v.t.
To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to another purpose or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to apply; to devote.
+
tricennarious
a.
Of or pertaining to thirty years; tricennial.
+
tone
n.
That state of a body, or of any of its organs or parts, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
+
threap
v.t.
To call; to name.
+
twine
v.i.
To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally; as, many plants twine.
+
twenties
pl.
of Twenty
+
treefuls
pl.
of Treeful
+
terebration
n.
The act of terebrating, or boring.
+
trundled
imp.|p.p.
of Trundle
+
tubing
n.
A series of tubes; tubes, collectively; a length or piece of a tube; material for tubes; as, leather tubing.
+
trachea
n.
One of the large cells in woody tissue which have spiral, annular, or other markings, and are connected longitudinally so as to form continuous ducts.
+
terreous
a.
Consisting of earth; earthy; as, terreous substances; terreous particles.
+
taenia
n.
The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave.
+
templed
a.
Supplied with a temple or temples, or with churches; inclosed in a temple.
+
take
v.t.
To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit.
+
treasuretrove
n.
Any money, bullion, or the like, found in the earth, or otherwise hidden, the owner of which is not known. In England such treasure belongs to the crown; whereas similar treasure found in the sea, or upon the surface of the land, belongs to the finder if no owner appears.
+
thyrotomy
n.
The operation of cutting into the thyroid cartilage.
+
tusk
n.
Same as Torsk.
+
tug
n.
An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
+
tempt
v.t.
To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt.
+
tueiron
n.
See Tuyere.
+
thrill
n.
A warbling; a trill.
+
tasimer
n.
An instrument for detecting or measuring minute extension or movements of solid bodies. It consists essentially of a small rod, disk, or button of carbon, forming part of an electrical circuit, the resistance of which, being varied by the changes of pressure produced by the movements of the object to be measured, causes variations in the strength of the current, which variations are indicated by a sensitive galvanometer. It is also used for measuring minute changes of temperature.
+
turn
v.t.
To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; -- used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or from something.
+
toughpitch
n.
Copper so reduced; -- called also tough-cake.
+
thick
superl.
Intimate; very friendly; familiar.
+
tarry
n.
Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.
+
trombone
n.
The common European bittern.
+
theosophic
a.
Alt. of Theosophical
+
turn
n.
The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel.
+
tazel
n.
The teasel.
+
tut

Be still; hush; -- an exclamation used for checking or rebuking.
+
tribolet
n.
A goldsmith's tool used in making rings.
+
tungstenic
a.
Of or pertaining to tungsten; containing tungsten; as, tungstenic ores.
+
territorialized
imp.|p.p.
of Territorialize
+
tongkang
n.
A kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the Malay Archipelago.
+
trist
n.
Trust.
+
typography
n.
The act or art of expressing by means of types or symbols; emblematical or hieroglyphic representation.
+
tempting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tempt
+
team
n.
A number of persons associated together in any work; a gang; especially, a number of persons selected to contend on one side in a match, or a series of matches, in a cricket, football, rowing, etc.
+
transmuter
n.
One who transmutes.
+
tragical
a.
Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution.
+
trainy
a.
Belonging to train oil.
+
tortoise
n.
a tortoise-shell cat.
+
tanagrine
a.
Of or pertaining to the tanagers.
+
tetratomic
a.
Having a valence of four; quadrivalent; tetravalent; sometimes, in a specific sense, having four hydroxyl groups, whether acid or basic.
+
tickle
v.t.
To please; to gratify; to make joyous.
+
tranect
n.
A ferry.
+
tarentism
n.
See Tarantism.
+
trinket
v.t.
A knife; a cutting tool.
+
touch
v.
A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof.
+
theomachy
n.
A battle or strife among the gods.
+
trachitis
n.
Tracheitis.
+
trip
v.t.
To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.
+
topgallant
n.
Fig.: Anything elevated or splendid.
+
touchpaper
n.
Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like.
+
tenable
a.
Capable of being held, naintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or againts attempts to take or process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument.
+
tackey
a.|n.
See Tacky.
+
telescopical
a.
Having the power of extension by joints sliding one within another, like the tube of a small telescope or a spyglass; especially (Mach.), constructed of concentric tubes, either stationary, as in the telescopic boiler, or movable, as in the telescopic chimney of a war vessel, which may be put out of sight by being lowered endwise.
+
theosophism
n.
Belief in theosophy.
+
townlet
n.
A small town.
+
titular
a.
Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular prince.
+
threader
n.
A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut.
+
terin
n.
A small yellow singing bird, with an ash-colored head; the European siskin. Called also tarin.
+
triseralous
a.
Having three sepals, or calyx leaves.
+
tuition
n.
The money paid for instruction; the price or payment for instruction.
+
taffy
n.
Flattery; soft phrases.
+
teratology
n.
Affectation of sublimity; bombast.
+
transversion
n.
The act of changing from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.
+
taint
n.
Infection; corruption; deprivation.
+
thickskinned
a.
Having a thick skin; hence, not sensitive; dull; obtuse.
+
men
pl.
of Tripeman
+
tumulter
n.
A maker of tumults.
+
truck
v.i.
A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles.
+
tabooed
imp.|p.p.
of Taboo
+
tewhit
n.
The lapwing; -- called also teewheep.
+
trifle
v.t.
To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle.
+
trammeler
n.
One who uses a trammel net.
+
tabling
n.
The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding.
+
torsi
pl.
of Torso
+
ton
n.
A measure of weight or quantity.
+
top
n.
A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
+
targumist
n.
The writer of a Targum; one versed in the Targums.
+
table
n.
A plane surface, supposed to be transparent and perpendicular to the horizon; -- called also perspective plane.
+
tripoline
a.
Of or pertaining to tripoli, the mineral.
+
turmoil
v.i.
To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.
+
temper
v.t.
To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
+
thrived
p.p.
of Thrive
+
trundletail
n.
A round or curled-up tail; also, a dog with such a tail.
+
turbulent
a.
Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory; as, turbulent spirits.
+
taboo
v.t.
To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals.
+
talkative
a.
Given to much talking.
+
tit
n.
Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to the families Paridae and Leiotrichidae; a titmouse.
+
thuriferous
a.
Producing or bearing frankincense.
+
tincal
n.
Crude native borax, formerly imported from Thibet. It was once the chief source of boric compounds.  Cf. Borax.
+
tufted
imp.|p.p.
of Tuft
+
throp
n.
A thorp.
+
tribe
n.
A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob.
+
twocleft
a.
Divided about half way from the border to the base into two segments; bifid.
+
themselves
pron.
The plural of himself, herself, and itself. See Himself, Herself, Itself.
+
tussle
v.i.|t.
To struggle, as in sport; to scuffle; to struggle with.
+
tessellated
a.
Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement.
+
to
prep.
Hence, it indicates motion, course, or tendency toward a time, a state or condition, an aim, or anything capable of being regarded as a limit to a tendency, movement, or action; as, he is going to a trade; he is rising to wealth and honor.
+
thawy
a.
Liquefying by heat after having been frozen; thawing; melting.
+
tail
n.
One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
+
teething
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Teeth
+
tacamahaca
n.
Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera).
+
twibil
n.
A reaping hook.
+
towering
a.
Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing.
+
terrifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Terrify
+
tentered
imp.|p.p.
of Tenter
+
titillation
n.
Any pleasurable sensation.
+
townward
adv.
Alt. of Townwards
+
tumble
v.i.
To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.
+
transcolation
n.
Act of transcolating, or state of being transcolated.
+
turnkey
n.
A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder.
+
tarry
n.
Stay; stop; delay.
+
twinleaf
n.
See Jeffersonia.
+
taglet
n.
A little tag.
+
take
v.i.
To take hold; to fix upon anything; to have the natural or intended effect; to accomplish a purpose; as, he was inoculated, but the virus did not take.
+
tacksman
n.
One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, or lessee.
+
trembling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tremble
+
thermometrically
adv.
In a thermometrical manner; by means of a thermometer.
+
tinker
v.t.
To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend.
+
take
v.t.
To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church.
+
theca
n.
The wall forming a calicle of a coral.
+
turkish
a.
Of or pertaining to Turkey or the Turks.
+
twilight
a.
Seen or done by twilight.
+
tractility
n.
The quality of being tractile; ductility.
+
taint
v.t.
To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
+
tutor
v.t.
To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity.
+
ticketed
imp.|p.p.
of Ticket
+
thesmothete
n.
A lawgiver; a legislator; one of the six junior archons at Athens.
+
tallymen
pl.
of Tallyman
+
transport
v.
Vehement emotion; passion; ecstasy; rapture.
+
typolite
n.
A stone or fossil which has on it impressions or figures of plants and animals.
+
tiller
v.t.
One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.
+
tattooing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tattoo
+
toxicological
a.
Of or pertaining to toxicology.
+
translation
n.
That which is obtained by translating something a version; as, a translation of the Scriptures.
+
ton
n.
The common tunny, or house mackerel.
+
tympan
n.
A drum.
+
twin
v.i.
To depart from a place or thing.
+
transformative
a.
Having power, or a tendency, to transform.
+
transcend
v.i.
To climb; to mount.
+
testamental
a.
Of or pertaining to a testament; testamentary.
+
totipresence
n.
Omnipresence.
+
triceps
n.
A muscle having three heads; specif., the great extensor of the forearm, arising by three heads and inserted into the olecranon at the elbow.
+
tocsin
n.
An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of alarm.
+
trachelidan
n.
Any one of a tribe of beetles (Trachelides) which have the head supported on a pedicel. The oil beetles and the Cantharides are examples.
+
trifle
n.
A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.
+
thrush
n.
An inflammatory and suppurative affection of the feet in certain animals. In the horse it is in the frog.
+
trillachan
n.
The oyster catcher.
+
tole
v.t.
To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing or desirable; to allure by some bait.
+
tractor
n.
That which draws, or is used for drawing.
+
tubercula
pl.
of Tuberculum
+
terebrating
a.
Boring; perforating; -- applied to molluskas which form holes in rocks, wood, etc.
+
trapstick
n.
A stick used in playing the game of trapball; hence, fig., a slender leg.
+
tablet
n.
A solid kind of electuary or confection, commonly made of dry ingredients with sugar, and usually formed into little flat squares; -- called also lozenge, and troche, especially when of a round or rounded form.
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taste
n.
Manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.
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tetradrachma
n.
A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, of the value of four drachms.
+
treacle
n.
A remedy against poison. See Theriac, 1.
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tope
v.i.
To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess.
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thrid
v.t.
To pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find a course through; to thread.
+
tenpounder
n.
A large oceanic fish (Elops saurus) found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.
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tile
n.
A plate of metal used for roofing.
+
travel
v.i.
To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets.
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tin
n.
An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4.
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toged
a.
Togated.
+
tryst
n.
To agree with to meet at a certain place; to make an appointment with.
+
trochilus
n.
A genus of humming birds. It Formerly included all the known species.
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tinker
n.
A young mackerel about two years old.
+
taenia
n.
A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.
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tocororo
n.
A cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus) having a serrated bill and a tail concave at the end.
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twofold
a.
Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument.
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thack

Alt. of Thacker
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tongue
v.t.
To speak; to utter.
+
touch
v.i.
To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; -- often with on or upon.
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thebaine
n.
A poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine.
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trail
n.
A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains.
+
targumim
pl.
of Targum
+
tamis
n.
A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth.
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tragicomic
a.
Alt. of Tragi-comical
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thienyl
n.
The hypothetical radical C4H3S, regarded as the essential residue of thiophene and certain of its derivatives.
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twinging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Twinge
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ternary
n.
A ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a triad.
+
tumid
a.
Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh.
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tecum
n.
See Tucum.
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temper
v.i.
To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable.
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tryptone
n.
The peptone formed by pancreatic digestion; -- so called because it is formed through the agency of the ferment trypsin.
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tusker
n.
An elephant having large tusks.
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thereabout
adv.
Alt. of Thereabouts
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tharos
n.
A small American butterfly (Phycoides tharos) having the upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black, the outer margins black with small white crescents; -- called also pearl crescent.
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technicalness
n.
The quality or state of being technical; technicality.
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toilless
a.
Free from toil.
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typhoid
a.
Of or pertaining to typhus; resembling typhus; of a low grade like typhus; as, typhoid symptoms.
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thunder
v.t.
To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation.
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telemeter
n.
An instrument used for measuring the distance of an object from an observer; as, a telescope with a micrometer for measuring the apparent diameter of an object whose real dimensions are known.
+
tokay
n.
A rich Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes.
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trick
a.
A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
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thorough
a.
Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.
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turkomans
pl.
of Turkoman
+
tube
n.
A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.
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transfix
v.t.
To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix one with a dart.
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topping
a.
Fine; gallant.
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technicality
n.
The quality or state of being technical; technicalness.
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turfiness
n.
Quality or state of being turfy.
+
tabid
a.
Affected by tabes; tabetic.
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toluic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, one of three metameric acids, CH3.C6H4.CO2H, which are related to toluene and analogous to benzoic acids. They are white crystalline substances, and are called respectively orthotoluic acid, metatoluic acid, and paratoluic acid.
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token
n.
To betoken.
+
tigella
n.
That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle.
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titillation
n.
The act of tickling, or the state of being tickled; a tickling sensation.
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triumph
n.
Hence, any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant.
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tension
a.
A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness.
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tomahawk
n.
A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.
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typhos
n.
Typhus.
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taw
v.t.
To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
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tithing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tithe
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thrift
n.
Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
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typhotoxin
n.
A basic substance, C7H17NO2, formed from the growth of the typhoid bacillus on meat pulp. It induces in small animals lethargic conditions with liquid dejecta.
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torn
p.p.
of Tear
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twifallowing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Twifallow
+
tympanum
n.
A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds.
+
tolerable
a.
Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.
+
tabooing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Taboo
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transliterate
v.t.
To express or represent in the characters of another alphabet; as, to transliterate Sanskrit words by means of English letters.
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tutorism
n.
Tutorship.
+
treble
adv.
Trebly; triply.
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trespass
v.
Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin.
+
tierce
n.
The third tone of the scale. See Mediant.
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touze
v.t|i.
See Touse.
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twilled
imp.|p.p.
of Twill
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tubularida
n.pl.
An extensive division of Hydroidea; the tubularians; -- called also Athecata, Gymnoblastea, and Tubulariae.
+
tampion
n.
A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
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tonometry
n.
The act of measuring with a tonometer;
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transcended
imp.|p.p.
of Transcend
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tagger
n.
That which is pointed like a tag.
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turn
v.i.
To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
+
tetanic
a.
Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction.
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track
n.
Course; way; as, the track of a comet.
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tokened
a.
Marked by tokens, or spots; as, the tokened pestilence.
+
tied
imp.|p.p.
of Tie
+
tinged
imp.|p.p.
of Tinge
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tragedy
n.
A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life.
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thewed
a.
Furnished with thews or muscles; as, a well-thewed limb.
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trawlerman
n.
A fisherman who used unlawful arts and engines to catch fish.
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tympanohyal
a.
Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoidean arch.
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tarsiatura
n.
A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood.
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thysbe
n.
A common clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe).
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thallogen
n.
One of a large class or division of the vegetable kingdom, which includes those flowerless plants, such as fungi, algae, and lichens, that consist of a thallus only, composed of cellular tissue, or of a congeries of cells, or even of separate cells, and never show a distinction into root, stem, and leaf.
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thyme
n.
Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus. The garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris) is a warm, pungent aromatic, much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.
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tribute
n.
A personal contribution, as of money, praise, service, etc., made in token of services rendered, or as that which is due or deserved; as, a tribute of affection.
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transept
n.
The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the basilicas, this had often no projection at its two ends. In Gothic churches these project these project greatly, and should be called the arms of the transept. It is common, however, to speak of the arms themselves as the transepts.
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thin
superl.
Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
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turnstone
n.
Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake.
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trenching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trench
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tegular
a.
Of or pertaining to a tile; resembling a tile, or arranged like tiles; consisting of tiles; as, a tegular pavement.
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type
v.t.
To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
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touch
v.
A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.
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therapeutist
n.
One versed in therapeutics, or the discovery and application of remedies.
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tret

3d pers. sing. pres. of Tread, for treadeth.
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throw
n.
The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; -- according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow.
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term
n.
Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions.
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tithingman
n.
A parish officer elected annually to preserve good order in the church during divine service, to make complaint of any disorderly conduct, and to enforce the observance of the Sabbath.
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topsail
n.
In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship.
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titanic
a.
Of or relating to Titans, or fabled giants of ancient mythology; hence, enormous in size or strength; as, Titanic structures.
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tympanum
n.
The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.
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trade
v.
The business which a person has learned, and which he engages in, for procuring subsistence, or for profit; occupation; especially, mechanical employment as distinguished from the liberal arts, the learned professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician.
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tenuirostres
n.pl.
An artificial group of passerine birds having slender bills, as the humming birds.
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task
v.
Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.
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tolu
n.
A fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada. See Balsam of Tolu, under Balsam.
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tideless
a.
Having no tide.
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triforium
n.
The gallery or open space between the vaulting and the roof of the aisles of a church, often forming a rich arcade in the interior of the church, above the nave arches and below the clearstory windows.
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transfer
v.t.
To make over the possession or control of; to pass; to convey, as a right, from one person to another; to give; as, the title to land is transferred by deed.
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trap
a.
Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike.
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teste
n.
A witness.
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thrall
v.t.
To enslave.
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tup
v.t.|i.
To cover; -- said of a ram.
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trefoil
n.
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.
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toppled
imp.|p.p.
of Topple
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transpositive
a.
Made by transposing; consisting in transposition; transposable.
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thin
superl.
Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
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tanning
n.
The art or process of converting skins into leather. See Tan, v. t., 1.
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traitor
v.t.
To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.
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toot
v.i.
To stand out, or be prominent.
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trance
n.
A condition, often simulating death, in which there is a total suspension of the power of voluntary movement, with abolition of all evidences of mental activity and the reduction to a minimum of all the vital functions so that the patient lies still and apparently unconscious of surrounding objects, while the pulsation of the heart and the breathing, although still present, are almost or altogether imperceptible.
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transubstantiate
v.t.
To change, as the sacramental elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ.
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time
n.
Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.
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thornless
a.
Destitute of, or free from, thorns.
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table
n.
A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.
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tartrazine
n.
An artificial dyestuff obtained as an orange-yellow powder, and regarded as a phenyl hydrazine derivative of tartaric and sulphonic acids.
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transpiercing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Transpierce
+
tablet
n.
A small table or flat surface.
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telesmatic
a.
Alt. of Telesmatical
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tonicity
n.
The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.
+
tennis
v.t.
To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis.
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tamperer
n.
One who tampers; one who deals unfairly.
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tritheism
n.
The opinion or doctrine that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three distinct Gods.
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trump
v.t.
To trick, or impose on; to deceive.
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testudinarious
a.
Of or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise; resembling a tortoise shell; having the color or markings of a tortoise shell.
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tenon
n.
A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side.  Cf. Tooth, Tusk.
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topic
a.
Topical.
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teraconic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the distillation of terebic acid, and homologous with citraconic acid.
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treaty
n.
A treatise; a tract.
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tonka bean

The seed of a leguminous tree (Dipteryx odorata), native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed in the scenting of snuff. Called also tonquin bean.
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truncating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Truncate
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tart
n.
A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
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tut
n.
A hassock.
+
trail
v.t.
To hunt by the track; to track.
+
trancing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trance
+
tracheae
pl.
of Trachea
+
tournery
n.
Work turned on a lathe; turnery.
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tardiness
n.
The quality or state of being tardy.
+
teething
n.
The process of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomena attending their issue through the gums; dentition.
+
therapy
n.
Therapeutics.
+
tarras
n.
See Trass.
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term
n.
A space of time granted to a debtor for discharging his obligation.
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tenuity
n.
Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood.
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teapot
n.
A vessel with a spout, in which tea is made, and from which it is poured into teacups.
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taira
n.
Same as Tayra.
+
tablet
n.
A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture.
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translucency
n.
The quality or state of being translucent; clearness; partial transparency.
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tip
n.
The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.
+
til tree

See Teil.
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tantalizer
n.
One who tantalizes.
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torend
v.t.
To rend in pieces.
+
ten
n.
A symbol representing ten units, as 10, x, or X.
+
turgesce
v.i.
To become turgid; to swell or be inflated.
+
trifid
a.
Cleft to the middle, or slightly beyond the middle, into three parts; three-cleft.
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those
pron.
The plural of that. See That.
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trunk
n.
The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.
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traverse
adv.
Athwart; across; crosswise.
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thomaism
n.
The doctrine of Thomas Aquinas, esp. with respect to predestination and grace.
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trackscout
n.
See Trackschuyt.
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temper
v.t.
To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.
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tinkle
v.i.
To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to clink.
+
telephonic
a.
Conveying sound to a great distance.
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tampan
n.
A venomous South African tick.
+
tanneries
pl.
of Tannery
+
toothache
n.
Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia.
+
tabler
n.
One who boards.
+
tricking
n.
Dress; ornament.
+
teleophore
n.
Same as Gonotheca.
+
toadflax
n.
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.
+
temperancy
n.
Temperance.
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toilsome
a.
Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work.
+
turkism
n.
Same as Turcism.
+
tripmadam
n.
Same as Prickmadam.
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tweague
n.
A pinching condition; perplexity; trouble; distress.
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tumultuous
a.
Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting.
+
tone
n.
The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone too flat; raise it a tone.
+
throw
n.
The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.
+
throttler
n.
See Flasher, 3 (b).
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tetterous
a.
Having the character of, or pertaining to, tetter.
+
treader
n.
One who treads.
+
they
obj.
The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed.
+
top
n.
Eve; verge; point.
+
trowelfuls
pl.
of Trowelful
+
tone
n.
The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; -- commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone.
+
trial
n.
The formal examination of the matter in issue in a cause before a competent tribunal; the mode of determining a question of fact in a court of law; the examination, in legal form, of the facts in issue in a cause pending before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining such issue.
+
tub
v.t.
To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.
+
turner
n.
A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.
+
thievish
a.
Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret.
+
territory
n.
The extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government; as, the territory of a State; the territories of the East India Company.
+
testicle
n.
One of the essential male genital glands which secrete the semen.
+
tack
v.t.
To change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles to her former course.
+
troll
v.i.
To take part in trolling a song.
+
tip
v.t.
To strike slightly; to tap.
+
torment
v.t.
To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances.
+
transumpt
n.
A copy or exemplification of a record.
+
theosophized
imp.|p.p.
of Theosophize
+
treat
v.t.
To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to treat a substance with sulphuric acid.
+
turcism
n.
A mode of speech peculiar to the Turks; a Turkish idiom or expression; also, in general, a Turkish mode or custom.
+
trumpet
v.i.
To sound loudly, or with a tone like a trumpet; to utter a trumplike cry.
+
threpe
v.t.
To call; to term.
+
thursday
n.
The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday.
+
transmogrify
v.t.
To change into a different shape; to transform.
+
trivalvular
a.
Having three valves; three-valved.
+
topdressing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Top-dress
+
trionychoidea
n.pl.
A division of chelonians which comprises Trionyx and allied genera; -- called also Trionychoides, and Trionychina.
+
tanystomata
n.pl.
A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillae. The horseflies and robber flies are examples.
+
thebaid
n.
A Latin epic poem by Statius about Thebes in Boeotia.
+
theurgy
n.
A kind of magical science or art developed in Alexandria among the Neoplatonists, and supposed to enable man to influence the will of the gods by means of purification and other sacramental rites.
+
tarnish
v.i.
To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air.
+
tapiroid
a.
Allied to the tapir, or the Tapir family.
+
targe
n.
A shield or target.
+
tire
n.
A covering for the head; a headdress.
+
trotted
imp.|p.p.
of Trot
+
thereat
adv.
At that occurrence or event; on that account.
+
teeong
n.
The mino bird.
+
triangle
n.
A small constellation near the South Pole, containing three bright stars.
+
triticin
n.
A carbohydrate isomeric with dextrin, obtained from quitch grass (Agropyrum, formerly Triticum, repens) as a white amorphous substance.
+
trinity
n.
Any union of three in one; three units treated as one; a triad, as the Hindu trinity, or Trimurti.
+
trifle
n.
A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it.
+
toad
n.
Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family Bufonidae. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid.
+
trace
v.t.
A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace.
+
tetragonal
a.
Of or pertaining to a tetragon; having four angles or sides; thus, the square, the parallelogram, the rhombus, and the trapezium are tetragonal fingers.
+
ting
v.i.
To sound or ring, as a bell; to tinkle.
+
trawlboat
n.
A boat used in fishing with trawls or trawlnets.
+
tewed
imp.|p.p.
of Tew
+
triradiate
a.
Alt. of Triradiated
+
timelessly
adv.
In a timeless manner; unseasonably.
+
torpedo
n.
A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
+
tongue
n.
That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form.
+
temper
v.t.
To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel.
+
tarpaulin
n.
A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc.
+
trouble
v.t.
A fault or interruption in a stratum.
+
terzetto
n.
A composition in three voice parts; a vocal (rarely an instrumental) trio.
+
tracheocele
n.
Goiter.
+
tonguester
n.
One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip.
+
tension
a.
The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length; strain.
+
tryst
v.i.
To mutually agree to meet at a certain place.
+
tracheocele
n.
A tumor containing air and communicating with the trachea.
+
transcendentally
adv.
In a transcendental manner.
+
telamones
n.pl.
Same as Atlantes.
+
thiophene
n.
A sulphur hydrocarbon, C4H4S, analogous to furfuran and benzene, and acting as the base of a large number of substances which closely resemble the corresponding aromatic derivatives.
+
tricornigerous
a.
Having three horns.
+
treason
n.
Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy.
+
tailrace
n.
See Race, n., 6.
+
tammuz
n.
The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July.
+
trichobranchia
n.
The gill of a crustacean in which the branchial filaments are slender and cylindrical, as in the crawfishes.
+
terminal
n.
Either of the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole.
+
trawlermen
pl.
of Trawlerman
+
towing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tow
+
trip
n.
A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
+
threnode
n.
A threne, or threnody; a dirge; a funeral song.
+
tonight
n.
The present or the coming night; the night after the present day.
+
trapezoid
a.
Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoidal; as, the  trapezoid ligament  which connects the coracoid process and the clavicle.
+
thirteen
n.
The number greater by one than twelve; the sum of ten and three; thirteen units or objects.
+
temperance
v.t.
State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
+
tooth
n.
Any hard calcareous or chitinous organ found in the mouth of various invertebrates and used in feeding or procuring food; as, the teeth of a mollusk or a starfish.
+
thing
n.
In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.
+
tread
n.
The act of copulation in birds.
+
throe
n.
Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition.
+
tormenter
n.
One who, or that which, torments; a tormentor.
+
thecodactyl
n.
Any one of a group of lizards of the Gecko tribe, having the toes broad, and furnished with a groove in which the claws can be concealed.
+
threshwold
n.
Threshold.
+
topdressed
imp.|p.p.
of Top-dress
+
torpitude
n.
Torpidness.
+
titanotherium
n.
A large American Miocene mammal, allied to the rhinoceros, and more nearly to the extinct Brontotherium.
+
type
n.
A figure or representation of something to come; a token; a sign; a symbol; -- correlative to antitype.
+
thrashing

a. & n. from Thrash, v.
+
tetchiness
n.
See Techiness.
+
transenne
n.
A transom.
+
thwacking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Thwack
+
treenail
n.
A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other.
+
tip
v.t.
To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver.
+
teased
imp.|p.p.
of Tease
+
tren
n.
A fish spear.
+
tampon
v.t.
To plug with a tampon.
+
threste
v.t.
To thrust.
+
tripe
n.
The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; -- generally used in the plural.
+
thump
n.
A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall.
+
trenchplow
v.t.
Alt. of Trench-plough
+
tollbooth
v.t.
To imprison in a tollbooth.
+
tintype
n.
Same as Ferrotype.
+
thuringian
n.
A native, or inhabitant of Thuringia.
+
tunic
n.
A natural covering; an integument; as, the tunic of a seed.
+
trochantine
n.
The second joint of the leg of an insect, -- often united with the coxa.
+
torc
n.
Same as Torque, 1.
+
tingling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tingle
+
tubulicole
n.
Any hydroid which has tubular chitinous stems.
+
turnsole
a.
Litmus.
+
turf
n.
Peat, especially when prepared for fuel. See Peat.
+
transport
v.
A vessel employed for transporting, especially for carrying soldiers, warlike stores, or provisions, from one place to another, or to convey convicts to their destination; -- called also transport ship, transport vessel.
+
tracheobranchia
n.
One of the gill-like breathing organs of certain aquatic insect larvae. They contain tracheal tubes somewhat similar to those of other insects.
+
tactic
n.
See Tactics.
+
theanthropism
n.
A state of being God and man.
+
tawdrily
adv.
In a tawdry manner.
+
thymic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, thyme; as, thymic acid.
+
teemful
a.
Pregnant; prolific.
+
tetrahedrally
adv.
In a tetrahedral manner.
+
trestle
n.
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.
+
twinkler
n.
One who, or that which, twinkles, or winks; a winker; an eye.
+
theorist
n.
One who forms theories; one given to theory and speculation; a speculatist.
+
trachea
n.
One of the respiratory tubes of insects and arachnids.
+
tableau vivant

Same as Tableau, n., 2.
+
terete
a.
Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of plants.
+
turret
n.
A movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.
+
tamability
n.
The quality or state of being tamable; tamableness.
+
take
n.
That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch.
+
target
n.
The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target.
+
touchable
a.
Capable of being touched; tangible.
+
typology
n.
A discourse or treatise on types.
+
trick
a.
A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks.
+
trending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trend
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table
n.
An article of furniture, consisting of a flat slab, board, or the like, having a smooth surface, fixed horizontally on legs, and used for a great variety of purposes, as in eating, writing, or working.
+
thunderbird
n.
An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher.
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teret
a.
Round; terete.
+
tath
n.
Dung, or droppings of cattle.
+
tore
n.
The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
+
trogue
n.
A wooden trough, forming a drain.
+
triphylite
n.
A mineral of a grayish-green or bluish color, consisting of the phosphates of iron, manganese, and lithia.
+
turgescent
a.
Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big.
+
tithe
a.
Tenth.
+
twixtbrain
n.
The thalamen/cephalon.
+
tartar
n.
A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.
+
tabefaction
n.
A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.
+
third
a.
Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.
+
towhead
n.
The hooded merganser.
+
thickskulled
a.
Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.
+
title
n.
To call by a title; to name; to entitle.
+
tuberculate
a.
Alt. of Tuberculated
+
that
pron.a.conj.|adv.
As a conjunction, that retains much of its force as a demonstrative pronoun.
+
tabling
n.
Board; support.
+
tway
a.|n.
Two; twain.
+
take
n.
The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time.
+
tweese
n.
Alt. of Tweeze
+
telescopically
adv.
In a telescopical manner; by or with the telescope.
+
train
v.
That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear.
+
toothbrush
n.
A brush for cleaning the teeth.
+
tube
n.
A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans, insects, and other animals, for protection or concealment. See Illust. of Tubeworm.
+
trochilidist
n.
One who studies, or is versed in, the nature and habits of humming birds, or the Trochilidae.
+
tribe
n.
A division, class, or distinct portion of a people, from whatever cause that distinction may have originated; as, the city of Athens was divided into ten tribes.
+
theriotomy
n.
Zootomy.
+
transferability
n.
The quality or state of being transferable.
+
traitorous
a.
Consisting in treason; partaking of treason; implying breach of allegiance; as, a traitorous scheme.
+
thought
n.
Solicitude; anxious care; concern.
+
tillage
n.
The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops.
+
tinea
n.
A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis.
+
toothsome
a.
Grateful to the taste; palatable.
+
tubicinate
v.i.
To blow a trumpet.
+
thracian
a.
Of or pertaining to Thrace, or its people.
+
timetable
n.
A table showing the notation, length, or duration of the several notes.
+
theft
n.
The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.
+
think
v.t.
To employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties.
+
tortoise
n.
Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.
+
that
pron.a.conj.|adv.
To introduce, a reason or cause; -- equivalent to for that, in that, for the reason that, because.
+
tray
n.
A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a block of wood, for various domestic uses, as in making bread, chopping meat, etc.
+
tared
a.
Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as, tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates.
+
trochilics
n.
The science of rotary motion, or of wheel work.
+
tick
n.
Any one of numerous species of large parasitic mites which attach themselves to, and suck the blood of, cattle, dogs, and many other animals. When filled with blood they become ovate, much swollen, and usually livid red in color. Some of the species often attach themselves to the human body. The young are active and have at first but six legs.
+
tumbler
n.
A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
+
toying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Toy
+
thrift
n.
One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria.
+
tottery
a.
Trembling or vaccilating, as if about to fall; unsteady; shaking.
+
timaline
a.
Of or pertaining to the genus Timalus or family Timalidae, which includes the babblers thrushes, and bulbuls.
+
throttle
v.t.
To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
+
tensity
n.
The quality or state of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension; tenseness.
+
tretis
a.
Alt. of Tretys
+
tetel
n.
A large African antelope (Alcelaphus tora). It has widely divergent, strongly ringed horns.
+
thrum
v.t.
To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner.
+
tubulipore
n.
Any one of numerous species of Bryozoa belonging to Tubulipora and allied genera, having tubular calcareous calicles.
+
tho
adv.
Then.
+
tinning
n.
The covering or lining of tin thus put on.
+
thespian
n.
An actor.
+
transcript
n.
That which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy.
+
tartlet
n.
A small tart.
+
translucent
a.
Transparent; clear.
+
trocar
n.
A stylet, usually with a triangular point, used for exploring tissues or for inserting drainage tubes, as in dropsy.
+
tithing
n.
A number or company of ten householders who, dwelling near each other, were sureties or frankpledges to the king for the good behavior of each other; a decennary.
+
throng
v.t.
To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.
+
thorn
n.
The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It was used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine.
+
trebling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Treble
+
terminist
n.
One of a class of theologians who maintain that God has fixed a certain term for the probation of individual persons, during which period, and no longer, they have the offer to grace.
+
tartufe
n.
A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
+
tartro

A combining form (also used adjectively) used in chemistry to denote the presence of tartar or of some of its compounds or derivatives.
+
thecaphore
n.
A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecae.
+
timwhiskey
n.
A kind of carriage. See Whiskey.
+
treble
a.
Playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds; playing or singing the treble; as, a treble violin or voice.
+
tasseled
imp.|p.p.
of Tassel
+
tressful
a.
Tressy.
+
triangle
n.
A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
+
tremella
n.
A genus of gelatinous fungi found in moist grounds.
+
thermodynamic
a.
Relating to thermodynamics; caused or operated by force due to the application of heat.
+
tetrylene
n.
Butylene; -- so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.
+
tat
n.
A pony.
+
thereafter
adv.
Of that sort.
+
transgressional
a.
Of pertaining to transgression; involving a transgression.
+
thick
superl.
Deep; profound; as, thick sleep.
+
trope
n.
The word or expression so used.
+
targeteer
n.
One who is armed with a target or shield.
+
track
n.
The permanent way; the rails.
+
tram
n.
A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.
+
term
n.
In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.
+
trivialities
pl.
of Triviality
+
trigynia
n.pl.
A Linnaean order of plants having three pistils or styles.
+
tuatera
n.
See Hatteria.
+
torulose
a.
Same as Torose.
+
therapeutical
a.
Of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases; curative.
+
tice
v.t.
To entice.
+
telephonic
a.
Of or pertaining to the telephone; by the telephone.
+
theobromic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from cacao butter (from the Theobroma Cacao), peanut oil (from Arachis hypogaea), etc., as a white waxy crystalline substance.
+
trespass
v.
An action for injuries accompanied with force.
+
tumulus
n.
An artificial hillock, especially one raised over a grave, particularly over the graves of persons buried in ancient times; a barrow.
+
thermochemistry
n.
That branch of chemical science which includes the investigation of the various relations existing between chemical action and that manifestation of force termed heat, or the determination of the heat evolved by, or employed in, chemical actions.
+
triple
a.
Three times repeated; treble. See Treble.
+
towser
n.
A familiar name for a dog.
+
triandria
n.pl.
A Linnaean class of plants having three distinct and equal stamens.
+
turnpike
n.
A winding stairway.
+
technicality
n.
That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade, profession, sect, or the like.
+
tolerance
n.
The power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal.
+
theoric
a.
Of or pertaining to the theorica.
+
triglyphical
a.
Containing three sets of characters or sculptures.
+
tout
v.i.
To toot a horn.
+
top
n.
A platform surrounding the head of the lower mast and projecting on all sudes. It serves to spead the topmast rigging, thus strengheningthe mast, and also furnishes a convenient standing place for the men aloft.
+
thuringian
a.
Of or pertaining to Thuringia, a country in Germany, or its people.
+
typography
n.
The art of printing with types; the use of types to produce impressions on paper, vellum, etc.
+
thumped
imp.|p.p.
of Thump
+
tremendous
a.
Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall.
+
trouble
a.
Troubled; dark; gloomy.
+
till
n.
A vetch; a tare.
+
tilbury
n.
A kind of gig or two-wheeled carriage, without a top or cover.
+
thunderbolt
n.
A belemnite, or thunderstone.
+
talking
a.
Given to talk; loquacious.
+
thriven

of Thrive
+
tabernacle
n.
Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept.
+
trident
n.
A curve of third order, having three infinite branches in one direction and a fourth infinite branch in the opposite direction.
+
turiole
n.
The golden oriole.
+
truster
n.
One who makes a trust; -- the correlative of trustee.
+
tenth
n.
The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the like; a tithe.
+
tyrant
n.
An absolute ruler; a sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution; a usurper of sovereignty.
+
taille
n.
A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood.
+
twin
v.i.
To be born at the same birth.
+
tore

imp. of Tear.
+
turnpiked
imp.|p.p.
of Turnpike
+
thummie
n.
The chiff-chaff.
+
transpire
v.i.
To evaporate from living cells.
+
thirst
n.
To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.
+
testimony
n.
Affirmation; declaration; as, these doctrines are supported by the uniform testimony of the fathers; the belief of past facts must depend on the evidence of human testimony, or the testimony of historians.
+
tress
n.
A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
+
tripersonalist
n.
A Trinitarian.
+
tumblerful
n.
As much as a tumbler will hold; enough to fill a tumbler.
+
topgallant
a.
Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship.
+
trick
v.t.
To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate or distinguish without color, as arms, etc., in heraldry.
+
tek
n.
A Siberian ibex.
+
trimmer
n.
An instrument with which trimming is done.
+
twittering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Twitter
+
turpentine
n.
A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree (Pistacia Terebinthus), a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir.
+
tone
n.
Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.
+
telescopy
n.
The art or practice of using or making telescopes.
+
turn
v.i.
To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.
+
tearing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tear
+
trump
n.
A good fellow; an excellent person.
+
thrilling
a.
Causing a thrill; causing tremulous excitement; deeply moving; as, a thrilling romance.
+
thorny
superl.
Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing.
+
theologics
n.
Theology.
+
tangent
a.
meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same direction as the curve or surface; -- said of a straight line, curve, or surface; as, a line tangent to a curve; a curve tangent to a surface; tangent surfaces.
+
turbanshell
n.
A sea urchin when deprived of its spines; -- popularly so called from a fancied resemblance to a turban.
+
tunicin
n.
Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the Tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the cellulose of the vegetable kingdom.
+
twist
v.t.
To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft.
+
treat
v.t.
To entreat; to beseech.
+
tensor
n.
A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.
+
transfluent
a.
Flowing or running across or through; as, a transfluent stream.
+
teleostean
n.
A teleostean fish.
+
tonic
n.
The key tone, or first tone of any scale.
+
tolerating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tolerate
+
tone
n.
A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone.
+
taenia
n.
A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.
+
transubstantiator
n.
One who maintains the doctrine of transubstantiation.
+
taste
v.i.
To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty.
+
tor
n.
High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle.
+
transcript
n.
A copy of any kind; an imitation.
+
taste
v.i.
To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic.
+
tenuate
v.t.
To make thin; to attenuate.
+
tridecane
n.
A hydrocarbon, C13H28, of the methane series, which is a probable ingredient both of crude petroleum and of kerosene, and is produced artificially as a light colorless liquid.
+
trill
n.
The action of the organs in producing such sounds; as, to give a trill to the tongue. d
+
thankworthy
a.
Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude; mreitorious.
+
thread
v.t.
To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.
+
tickler
n.
A book containing a memorandum of notes and debts arranged in the order of their maturity.
+
transvertible
a.
Capable of being transverted.
+
trifoliated
a.
Having three leaves or leaflets, as clover. See Illust. of Shamrock.
+
tragicomical
a.
Of or pertaining to tragi-comedy; partaking of grave and comic scenes.
+
teetotalism
n.
The principle or practice of entire abstinence, esp. from intoxicating drinks.
+
ton
n.
The weight of twenty hundredweight.
+
temporo

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the temple, or temporal bone; as, temporofacial.
+
terebras
pl.
of Terebra
+
throat
n.
A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.
+
tax
n.
A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government.
+
terming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Term
+
testifier
n.
One who testifies; one who gives testimony, or bears witness to prove anything; a witness.
+
trenchplough
v.t.
To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual.
+
transposal
n.
The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed; transposition.
+
talliage
n.
A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses.
+
troutling
n.
A little trout; a troutlet.
+
trinomial
a.
Consisting of three terms; of or pertaining to trinomials; as, a trinomial root.
+
talking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Talk
+
tottered
imp.|p.p.
of Totter
+
tell
n.
A hill or mound.
+
thrilled
imp.|p.p.
of Thrill
+
topaz
n.
A mineral occurring in rhombic prisms, generally yellowish and pellucid, also colorless, and of greenesh, bluish, or brownish shades. It sometimes occurs massive and opaque. It is a fluosilicate of alumina, and is used as a gem.
+
thibet cloth

A kind of fine woolen cloth, used for dresses, cloaks, etc.
+
train
v.i.
To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company.
+
twelfthday
n.
See Twelfthtide.
+
tenacious
a.
Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.
+
towering
a.
Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height.
+
thrill
v.i.
To pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills through the whole frame.
+
tumuli
pl.
of Tumulus
+
travailed
imp.|p.p.
of Travail
+
tenderloin
n.
A strip of tender flesh on either side of the vertebral column under the short ribs, in the hind quarter of beef and pork. It consists of the psoas muscles.
+
tamtam
n.
A gong. See Gong, n., 1.
+
treading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tread
+
tunned
imp.|p.p.
of Tun
+
till
n.
A deposit of clay, sand, and gravel, without lamination, formed in a glacier valley by means of the waters derived from the melting glaciers; -- sometimes applied to alluvium of an upper river terrace, when not laminated, and appearing as if formed in the same manner.
+
tided
a.
Affected by the tide; having a tide.
+
teal
n.
Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus Anas and the subgenera Querquedula and Nettion. The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or blue speculum on the wings.
+
tailstock
n.
The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle.
+
tool
n.
Hence, any instrument of use or service.
+
tormentress
n.
A woman who torments.
+
transverse
v.t.
To overturn; to change.
+
trappist
n.
A monk belonging to a branch of the Cistercian Order, which was established by Armand de Rance in 1660 at the monastery of La Trappe in Normandy.  Extreme austerity characterizes their discipline.  They were introduced permanently into the United States in 1848, and have monasteries in Iowa and Kentucky.
+
theophilanthropic
a.
Pertaining to theophilanthropy or the theophilanthropists.
+
tofore
prep.
Alt. of Toforn
+
treat
v.i.
To give a gratuitous entertainment, esp. of food or drink, as a compliment.
+
tetanic
n.
A substance (notably nux vomica, strychnine, and brucine) which, either as a remedy or a poison, acts primarily on the spinal cord, and which, when taken in comparatively large quantity, produces tetanic spasms or convulsions.
+
thalassinian
n.
Any species of Thalaassinidae, a family of burrowing macrurous Crustacea, having a long and soft abdomen.
+
thumbing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Thumb
+
terrorist
n.
One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
+
thecodontia
n.pl.
A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebrae and the teeth implanted in sockets.
+
toot
v.t.
To see; to spy.
+
twifallowed
imp.|p.p.
of Twifallow
+
trochleary
a.
Pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; trochlear; as, the trochleary, or trochlear, nerve.
+
task
v.t.
To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.
+
tuna
n.
The bonito, 2.
+
twistical
a.
Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest.
+
trace
v.t.
A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige.
+
tailoress
n.
A female tailor.
+
typographical
a.
Of or pertaining to typography or printing; as, the typographic art.
+
taxation
n.
Charge; accusation.
+
throat
n.
The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
+
trammeled
a.
Having blazes, or white marks, on the fore and hind foot of one side, as if marked by trammels; -- said of a horse.
+
tire
v.t.
To adorn; to attire; to dress.
+
trilateral
a.
Having three sides; being three-sided; as, a trilateral triangle.
+
trappings
n.pl.
Specifically, ornaments to be put on horses.
+
theosophistical
a.
Of or pertaining to theosophy; theosophical.
+
toparchy
n.
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.
+
toddle
n.
A toddling walk.
+
transplantation
n.
The act of transplanting, or the state of being transplanted; also, removal.
+
tiptoes
pl.
of Tiptoe
+
taha
n.
The African rufous-necked weaver bird (Hyphantornis texor).
+
tremble
v.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.
+
triennially
adv.
Once in three years.
+
trade
v.
The trade winds.
+
tradeswoman
n.
A woman who trades, or is skilled in trade.
+
translating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Translate
+
thresher
n.
Same as Thrasher.
+
testern
v.t.
To present with a tester.
+
tenure
n.
The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate.
+
test
n.
That with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.
+
tophet
n.
A place lying east or southeast of Jerusalem, in the valley of Hinnom.
+
taen

p. p. of Ta, to take, or a contraction of Taken.
+
take
v.t.
To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will take an affront from no man.
+
troat
v.i.
To cry, as a buck in rutting time.
+
t cart

See under T.
+
toy
v.t.
A thing for amusement, but of no real value; an article of trade of little value; a trifle.
+
testaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to shells; consisted of a hard shell, or having a hard shell.
+
torsional
a.
Of or pertaining to torsion; resulting from torsion, or the force with which a thread or wire returns to a state of rest after having been twisted round its axis; as, torsional force.
+
teeming
a.
Prolific; productive.
+
tabouret
n.
A seat without arms or back, cushioned and stuffed: a high stool; -- so called from its resemblance to a drum.
+
tending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tend
+
tye
n.
A knot; a tie.
+
tease
v.t.
To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague.
+
trifasciated
a.
Having, or surrounded by, three fasciae, or bands.
+
toluidine
n.
Any one of three metameric amido derivatives of toluene analogous to aniline, and called respectively orthtoluidine, metatoluidine, and paratoluidine; especially, the commonest one, or paratoluidine, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance.
+
tableman
n.
A man at draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables. See Table, n., 10.
+
trade
v.
Specifically: The act or business of exchanging commodities by barter, or by buying and selling for money; commerce; traffic; barter.
+
transgress
v.t.
To pass over or beyond; to surpass.
+
trave
n.
A wooden frame to confine an unruly horse or ox while shoeing.
+
tompion
n.
A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See Tampion.
+
transitorily
adv.
In a transitory manner; with brief continuance.
+
treeing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tree
+
tripsis
n.
Trituration.
+
toxicant
n.
A poisonous agent or drug, as opium; an intoxicant.
+
telepheme
n.
A message by a telephone.
+
testoon
n.
An Italian silver coin. The testoon of Rome is worth 1s. 3d. sterling, or about thirty cents.
+
trefoil
n.
An ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils.
+
telestic
a.
Tending or relating to a purpose or an end.
+
tofall
n.
A lean-to. See Lean-to.
+
theogonic
a.
Of or relating to theogony.
+
tresayle
n.
A grandfather's grandfather.
+
tap
v.i.
To strike a gentle blow.
+
turnpike
n.
A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise.
+
toe
n.
The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.
+
tranquilly
adv.
In a tranquil manner; calmly.
+
toot
v.i.
To peep; to look narrowly.
+
tinkling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tinkle
+
temperate
v.t.
Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language.
+
tuck
n.
Food; pastry; sweetmeats.
+
torpedo
n.
A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore.
+
trinitarian
n.
One of a monastic order founded in Rome in 1198 by St. John of Matha, and an old French hermit, Felix of Valois, for the purpose of redeeming Christian captives from the Mohammedans.
+
trionyx
n.
A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity.  Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle.
+
tabrere
n.
A taborer.
+
trainband
n.
A band or company of an organized military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; -- afterwards applied to the London militia.
+
thionyl
n.
The hypothetical radical SO, regarded as an essential constituent of certain sulphurous compounds; as, thionyl chloride.
+
tram
n.
A car on a horse railroad.
+
thermifugine
n.
An artificial alkaloid of complex composition, resembling thalline and used as an antipyretic, -- whence its name.
+
triturating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Triturate
+
that
pron.a.conj.|adv.
As a demonstrative pronoun (pl. Those), that usually points out, or refers to, a person or thing previously mentioned, or supposed to be understood. That, as a demonstrative, may precede the noun to which it refers; as, that which he has said is true; those in the basket are good apples.
+
tonguetie
v.t.
To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation.
+
tiver
n.
A kind of ocher which is used in some parts of England in marking sheep.
+
tumbler
n.
One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.
+
take
v.t.
Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear; as, to take a hedge or fence.
+
tongued
imp.|p.p.
of Tongue
+
tymbal
n.
A kind of kettledrum.
+
theorica
n.pl.
Public moneys expended at Athens on festivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people; -- also called theoric fund.
+
tortrix
n.
Any one of numerous species of small moths of the family Tortricidae, the larvae of which usually roll up the leaves of plants on which they live; -- also called leaf roller.
+
talk
n.
The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more.
+
turn
v.t.
To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost; to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the outside of; to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box or a board; to turn a coat.
+
tirewoman
n.
A dresser in a theater.
+
transmutation
n.
The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals.
+
theism
n.
The belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a God, as opposed to atheism, pantheism, or polytheism.
+
tint
n.
A slight coloring.
+
twibil
n.
A kind of mattock, or ax; esp., a tool like a pickax, but having, instead of the points, flat terminations, one of which is parallel to the handle, the other perpendicular to it.
+
tirade
n.
A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language.
+
tuskshell
n.
See 2d Tusk, n., 2.
+
termagant
n.
An imaginary being supposed by the Christians to be a Mohammedan deity or false god. He is represented in the ancient moralities, farces, and puppet shows as extremely vociferous and tumultous.
+
tewan
n.
A tribe of American Indians including many of the Pueblos of New Mexico and adjacent regions.
+
throw
n.
The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.
+
truelove
n.
An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning, perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath.
+
trump
v.i.
To play a trump card when one of another suit has been led.
+
trine
v.t.
To put in the aspect of a trine.
+
thrust
imp.|p.p.
of Thrust
+
tack
v.i.
To change the direction of a vessel by shifting the position of the helm and sails; also (as said of a vessel), to have her direction changed through the shifting of the helm and sails. See Tack, v. t., 4.
+
turfy
superl.
Of or pertaining to the turf, or horse racing.
+
tac
n.
A kind of customary payment by a tenant; -- a word used in old records.
+
transnature
v.t.
To transfer or transform the nature of.
+
teine
n.
See Teyne.
+
tacaud
n.
The bib, or whiting pout.
+
trancscendent
n.
That which surpasses or is supereminent; that which is very excellent.
+
tattling
a.
Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales.
+
thenadays
adv.
At that time; then; in those days; -- correlative to nowadays.
+
tuch
n.
A dark-colored kind of marble; touchstone.
+
trivalve
n.
Anything having three valves, especially a shell.
+
tinselling

of Tinsel
+
theatric
a.
Theatrical.
+
triserial
a.
Alt. of Triseriate
+
tend
v.i.
To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with on or upon.
+
terminate
v.t.
Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect.
+
tore
n.
The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.
+
trading
a.
Carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade; as, a trading company.
+
transplacing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Transplace
+
tradesman
n.
A mechanic or artificer; esp., one whose livelihood depends upon the labor of his hands.
+
tenerity
a.
Tenderness.
+
tide
n.
To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
+
time
n.
The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.
+
thing
n.
Whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; -- distinguished from person.
+
tile
n.
A draintile.
+
topau
n.
The rhinocerous bird (a).
+
tangfish
n.
The common harbor seal.
+
turf
v.t.
To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, of the border of a terrace.
+
threaped
imp.|p.p.
of Threap
+
trammel
n.
A net for confining a woman's hair.
+
trochilus
n.
Any one of several species of wrens and kinglets.
+
tilde
n.
The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus, ñ, /], indicating that, in pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y.
+
toadfish
n.
A swellfish.
+
strucken

of Thunderstrike
+
thrifty
superl.
Well appearing; looking or being in good condition; becoming.
+
telluret
n.
A telluride.
+
theosophist
n.
One addicted to theosophy.
+
troupial
n.
Any one of numerous species of bright-colored American birds belonging to Icterus and allied genera, especially Icterus icterus, a native of the West Indies and South America. Many of the species are called orioles in America.
+
tetanus
n.
That condition of a muscle in which it is in a state of continued vibratory contraction, as when stimulated by a series of induction shocks.
+
tract
v.
A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea.
+
tretable
a.
Tractable; moderate.
+
toy
v.t.
To treat foolishly.
+
type
n.
Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole quantity of them used in printing, spoken of collectively; any number or mass of such letters or characters, however disposed.
+
tribasic
a.
Capable of neutralizing three molecules of a monacid base, or their equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basic elements on radicals; -- said of certain acids; thus, citric acid is a tribasic acid.
+
truck
v.i.
A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie in England. Trucks usually have four or six wheels.
+
thammuz
n.
Alt. of Tammuz
+
tetramorph
n.
The union of the four attributes of the Evangelists in one figure, which is represented as winged, and standing on winged fiery wheels, the wings being covered with eyes. The representations of it are evidently suggested by the vision of Ezekiel (ch. i.)
+
tannery
n.
The art or process of tanning.
+
tether
n.
A long rope or chain by which an animal is fastened, as to a stake, so that it can range or feed only within certain limits.
+
touch
v.
An emotion or affection.
+
tetanin
n.
A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth through the agency of a peculiar microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus; -- so called because it produces tetanus as one of its prominent effects.
+
tortulous
a.
Swelled out at intervals like a knotted cord.
+
traversing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Traverse
+
thundercloud
n.
A cloud charged with electricity, and producing lightning and thunder.
+
tobine
n.
A stout twilled silk used for dresses.
+
trunk
n.
That part of a pilaster which is between the base and the capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.
+
trellised
a.
Having a trellis or trellises.
+
truck
v.i.
To exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal.
+
twilight
n.
faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed.
+
tearer
n.
One who tears or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves with violence.
+
two
n.
The sum of one and one; the number next greater than one, and next less than three; two units or objects.
+
tackled
imp.|p.p.
of Tackle
+
thatching
n.
The act or art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to keep out rain, snow, etc.
+
trichotomy
n.
Division into three parts.
+
threepointed
a.
Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.
+
turning
n.
The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned.
+
totear
v.t.
To tear or rend in pieces.
+
tricktrack
n.
An old game resembling backgammon.
+
thirteen
a.
One more than twelve; ten and three; as, thirteen ounces or pounds.
+
trenton period

A subdivision in the lower Silurian system of America; -- so named from Trenton Falls, in New York. The rocks are mostly limestones, and the period is divided into the Trenton, Utica, and Cincinnati epochs. See the Chart of Geology.
+
triumph
n.
To obtain victory; to be successful; to prevail.
+
touch
v.t.
To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the books.
+
taxgatherer
n.
One who collects taxes or revenues.
+
turnpike
v.t.
To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road.
+
thro

A contraction of Through.
+
tetramerous
a.
Having the parts arranged in sets of four; as, a tetramerous flower.
+
tabulating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tabulate
+
tercelet
n.
A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet.
+
taint
n.
A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.
+
theopathic
a.
Of or pertaining to a theopathy.
+
terminer
n.
A determining; as, in oyer and terminer. See Oyer.
+
thrust
n.
The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.
+
tire
v.i.
To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires.
+
trundle
v.i.
One of the bars of a lantern wheel.
+
tact
n.
Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances.
+
terpene
n.
Any one of a series of isomeric hydrocarbons of pleasant aromatic odor, occurring especially in coniferous plants and represented by oil of turpentine, but including also certain hydrocarbons found in some essential oils.
+
triadelphous
a.
Having stamens joined by filaments into three bundles. See Illust. under Adelphous.
+
twenty
a.
An indefinite number more or less that twenty.
+
tas
n.
A heap.
+
tenth
n.
The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.
+
tawdriness
n.
Quality or state of being tawdry.
+
table
n.
Any collection and arrangement in a condensed form of many particulars or values, for ready reference, as of weights, measures, currency, specific gravities, etc.; also, a series of numbers following some law, and expressing particular values corresponding to certain other numbers on which they depend, and by means of which they are taken out for use in computations; as, tables of logarithms, sines, tangents, squares, cubes, etc.; annuity tables; interest tables; astronomical tables, etc.
+
threave
n.
Same as Thrave.
+
tunicated
a.
Having a tunic, or mantle; of or pertaining to the Tunicata.
+
talmudical
a.
Of or pertaining to the Talmud; contained in the Talmud; as, Talmudic Greek; Talmudical phrases.
+
tranquilliized

of Tranquillize
+
tire
n.
Furniture; apparatus; equipment.
+
tray
n.
A shallow box, generally without a top, often used within a chest, trunk, box, etc., as a removable receptacle for small or light articles.
+
taliation
n.
Retaliation.
+
transform
v.t.
To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert.
+
thoroughpaced
a.
Perfect in what is undertaken; complete; going all lengths; as, a thoroughplaced Tory or Whig.
+
tait
n.
A small nocturnal and arboreal Australian marsupial (Tarsipes rostratus) about the size of a mouse. It has a long muzzle, a long tongue, and very few teeth, and feeds upon honey and insects. Called also noolbenger.
+
turban
n.
A headdress worn by men in the Levant and by most Mohammedans of the male sex, consisting of a cap, and a sash, scarf, or shawl, usually of cotton or linen, wound about the cap, and sometimes hanging down the neck.
+
teller
n.
One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay moneys payable by the king.
+
tetrapody
n.
A set of four feet; a measure or distance of four feet.
+
tertiary
a.
Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals; as, a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt.  Cf. Primary, and Secondary.
+
torture
v.t.
To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person.
+
tetany
n.
A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms.
+
transmeatable
a.
Capable of being passed over or traversed; passable.
+
tactile
a.
Of or pertaining to the organs, or the sense, of touch; perceiving, or perceptible, by the touch; capable of being touched; as, tactile corpuscles; tactile sensations.
+
tambreet
n.
The duck mole.
+
treat
n.
An entertainment given as an expression of regard.
+
tag
v.t.
To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.
+
teary
a.
Wet with tears; tearful.
+
temerity
n.
Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as, the temerity of a commander in war.
+
twitter
n.
A slight trembling or agitation of the nerves.
+
tarweed
n.
A name given to several resinous-glandular composite plants of California, esp. to the species of Grindelia, Hemizonia, and Madia.
+
tabific
a.
Alt. of Tabifical
+
tread
n.
A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See Interfere, 3.
+
tirewomen
pl.
of Tire-woman
+
teledu
n.
An East Indian carnivore (Mydaus meliceps) allied to the badger, and noted for the very offensive odor that it emits, somewhat resembling that of a skunk. It is a native of the high mountains of Java and Sumatra, and has long, silky fur. Called also stinking badger, and stinkard.
+
tartramate
n.
A salt of tartramic acid.
+
tittle
n.
A particle; a minute part; a jot; an iota.
+
tuft
n.
A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers.
+
tension
a.
The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the muscles, tension of the larynx.
+
tarry
v.i.
To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.
+
tower
v.i.
To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.
+
tenter
v.t.
To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.
+
toddy
n.
A mixture of spirit and hot water sweetened.
+
toadies
pl.
of Toady
+
threnetical
a.
Pertaining to a threne; sorrowful; mournful.
+
tubing
n.
The act of making tubes.
+
truncheon
n.
A baton, or military staff of command.
+
tracing
n.
A regular path or track; a course.
+
tile
v.t.
To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.
+
touch
n.
That part of the field which is beyond the line of flags on either side.
+
tonguing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tongue
+
tumult
v.i.
To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
+
task
v.t.
To charge; to tax; as with a fault.
+
trend
n.
Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast.
+
threatful
a.
Full of threats; having a menacing appearance.
+
tortive
a.
Twisted; wreathed.
+
trolling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Troll
+
tester
n.
An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston.
+
tibiotarsi
pl.
of Tibiotarsus
+
traverse
a.
To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
+
timeless
a.
Having no end; interminable; unending.
+
tonsilar
a.
Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsilitic.
+
tarnish
n.
A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original color; as, the steel tarnish in columbite.
+
thwack
v.t.
To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump.
+
trithionic
a.
Of or pertaining to, or designating, a certain thionic acid, H2S3O6 which is obtained as a colorless, odorless liquid.
+
trident
n.
A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, -- the common attribute of Neptune.
+
touchstone
n.
Any test or criterion by which the qualities of a thing are tried.
+
tide
prep.
Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
+
tronage
n.
A toll or duty paid for weighing wool; also, the act of weighing wool.
+
tassel
v.t.
To adorn with tassels.
+
thermocurrent
n.
A current, as of electricity, developed, or set in motion, by the action of heat.
+
tortuose
a.
Wreathed; twisted; winding.
+
twig
v.t.
To twitch; to pull; to tweak.
+
tellurate
n.
A salt of telluric acid.
+
tipple
n.
Liquor taken in tippling; drink.
+
touring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tour
+
trinervate
a.
Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex; -- said of a leaf.
+
triglyphical
a.
Consisting of, or pertaining to, triglyphs.
+
trisected
imp.|p.p.
of Trisect
+
thunder
n.
Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.
+
training
n.
The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education.
+
treadmill
n.
A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.
+
tally
n.
Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
+
towering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tower
+
thumbscrew
n.
A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger.
+
torchwood
n.
The inflammable wood of certain trees (Amyris balsamifera, A. Floridana, etc.); also, the trees themselves.
+
tenderling
n.
One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling.
+
tender
superl.
Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate; as, a tender subject.
+
taster
n.
One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its quality.
+
trapezohedron
n.
A tetartohedral solid of the hexagonal system, bounded by six trapezoidal planes. The faces of this form are common on quartz crystals.
+
twig
n.
A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size.
+
turn
v.i.
To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.
+
thryfallow
v.t.
To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow.
+
tussah silk

The silk fiber itself.
+
tut
n.
An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a cross on it.
+
trapdoor
n.
A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; -- called also weather door.
+
tautoousious
a.
Having the same essence; being identically of the same nature.
+
then
conj.
Than.
+
terrigenous
a.
Earthborn; produced by the earth.
+
troop
v.i.
To march on; to go forward in haste.
+
timekeeper
n.
One who gives the time for the departure of conveyances.
+
tartness
n.
The quality or state of being tart.
+
toreutic
a.
In relief; pertaining to sculpture in relief, especially of metal; also, pertaining to chasing such as surface ornamentation in metal.
+
tartramide
n.
An acid amide derivative of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
+
transmuting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Transmute
+
tetratomic
a.
Consisting of four atoms; having four atoms in the molecule, as phosphorus and arsenic.
+
transmitted
imp.|p.p.
of Transmit
+
treasurehouse
n.
A house or building where treasures and stores are kept.
+
tare
n.
A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged by modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum, or darnel.
+
tungstite
n.
The oxide of tungsten, a yellow mineral occurring in a pulverulent form. It is often associated with wolfram.
+
theriodonta
n.pl.
Same as Theriodontia.
+
torture
n.
Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind.
+
toweling
n.
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.
+
tabernacle
n.
The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.
+
thundering
a.
Very great; -- often adverbially.
+
tendron
n.
A tendril.
+
totteringly
adv.
In a tottering manner.
+
tetradynamian
n.
A plant of the order Tetradynamia.
+
tumult
n.
Irregular or confused motion; agitation; high excitement; as, the tumult of the spirits or passions.
+
thearchy
n.
Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy.
+
to
prep.
Apposition; connection; antithesis; opposition; as, they engaged hand to hand.
+
tuba
n.
A sax-tuba. See Sax-tuba.
+
tath
obs.
3d pers. sing. pres. of Ta, to take.
+
travail
n.
To suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor.
+
torque
n.
A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis.
+
trichromatism
n.
The quality, state, or phenomenon of being trichromatic.
+
tetrad
n.
The number four; a collection of four things; a quaternion.
+
troglodytes
n.
A genus of singing birds including the common wrens.
+
tetrachotomous
a.
Having a division by fours; separated into four parts or series, or into series of fours.
+
treat
v.t.
To care for medicinally or surgically; to manage in the use of remedies or appliances; as, to treat a disease, a wound, or a patient.
+
tempest
n.
Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.
+
telpher
n.
A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.
+
torrefaction
n.
The act or process of torrefying, or the state of being torrefied.
+
tamed
imp.|p.p.
of Tame
+
trig
n.
A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
+
thermograph
n.
An instrument for automatically recording indications of the variation of temperature.
+
thak
v.t.
To thwack.
+
troth
n.
Betrothal.
+
thomsonian
n.
A believer in Thomsonianism; one who practices Thomsonianism.
+
twisted
imp.|p.p.
of Twist
+
textile
n.
That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving.
+
tail
n.
The bottom or lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile.
+
turn
v.i.
To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; -- said of the tide.
+
thalia
n.
One of the three Graces.
+
teach
v.t.
To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or important; to exhibit impressively; as, to teach arithmetic, dancing, music, or the like; to teach morals.
+
tattle
v.i.
To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.
+
transpose
v.t.
To change; to transform; to invert.
+
tender
v.t.
To offer in words; to present for acceptance.
+
toman
n.
A money of account in Persia, whose value varies greatly at different times and places. Its average value may be reckoned at about two and a half dollars.
+
thousand
a.
Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.
+
turriculate
a.
Alt. of Turriculated
+
taunter
n.
One who taunts.
+
trumpet
n.
A trumpeter.
+
terga
pl.
of Tergum
+
thrash
v.t.
Alt. of Thresh
+
transalpine
a.
Being on the farther side of the Alps in regard to Rome, that is, on the north or west side of the Alps; of or pertaining to the region or the people beyond the Alps; as, transalpine Gaul; -- opposed to cisalpine.
+
twine
n.
To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen.
+
tubercle
n.
A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption.
+
trifloral
a.
Alt. of Triflorous
+
transhumanize
v.t.
To make more than human; to purity; to elevate above humanity.
+
tokin
n.
A tocsin.
+
tun
v.i.
To put into tuns, or casks.
+
tooth
n.
Fig.: Taste; palate.
+
tuft
v.i.
To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.
+
thermobattery
n.
A thermoelectric battery; a thermopile.
+
tariff
n.
The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; as, the tariff on wool; a tariff of two cents a pound.
+
tracked
imp.|p.p.
of Track
+
trilling
n.
One of tree children born at the same birth.
+
trunk
v.t.
To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk. See Trunk, n., 9.
+
tweezers
n.pl.
Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes.
+
trillion
n.
According to the French notation, which is used upon the Continent generally and in the United States, the number expressed by a unit with twelve ciphers annexed; a million millions; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the third power, or the number represented by a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.
+
thornbird
n.
A small South American bird (Anumbius anumbii) allied to the ovenbirds of the genus Furnarius). It builds a very large and complex nest of twigs and thorns in a bush or tree.
+
throughout
adv.
In every part; as, the cloth was of a piece throughout.
+
try
v.t.
To experience; to have or gain knowledge of by experience.
+
tenacies
pl.
of Tenancy
+
turnover
n.
A semicircular pie or tart made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, inclosing the fruit or other materials.
+
telotrochous
a.
Having both a preoral and a posterior band of cilla; -- applied to the larvae of certain annelids.
+
threadiness
n.
Quality of being thready.
+
tournure
n.
Turn; contour; figure.
+
tapping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tap
+
tug
n.
A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort.
+
topiarian
a.
Of or pertaining to the ornamental cutting and trimming of trees, hedges, etc.; practicing ornamental gardening.
+
twiddle
v.i.
To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.
+
truckage
n.
Money paid for the conveyance of goods on a truck; freight.
+
teachableness
n.
Willingness to be taught.
+
tuber
n.
A genus of fungi. See Truffle.
+
triplicity
a.
The quality or state of being triple, or threefold; trebleness.
+
tall
superl.
Brave; bold; courageous.
+
troll
v.t.
To move circularly or volubly; to roll; to turn.
+
touch
v.t.
To relate to; to concern; to affect.
+
tambac
n.
See Tombac.
+
truncheoned
a.
Having a truncheon.
+
terrar
n.
See 2d Terrier, 2.
+
tutelary
a.
Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, tutelary goddesses.
+
twelfth
n.
The next in order after the eleventh.
+
tradescantia
n.
A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew.
+
tester
n.
A headpiece; a helmet.
+
tapetis
pl.
of Tapeti
+
tear
v.t.
Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions.
+
tetrahedral
a.
Having, or composed of, four sides.
+
trade

imp. of Tread.
+
tipping
n.
A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing.
+
tooth
v.t.
To furnish with teeth.
+
toddy
n.
A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it by fermentation.
+
tipstaff
n.
An officer who bears a staff tipped with metal; a constable.
+
tartaric
a.
Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar.
+
table
v.t.
To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a picture.
+
trash
v.t.
To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.
+
talismanic
a.
Alt. of Talismanical
+
toil
n.
A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.
+
tonometer
n.
An instrument for measuring tension, esp. that of the eyeball.
+
tyfoon
n.
See Typhoon.
+
tyall
n.
Something serving to tie or secure.
+
turnsick
a.
Giddy.
+
tartar
n.
A person of a keen, irritable temper.
+
tendriled
a.
Alt. of Tendrilled
+
thegn
n.
Thane. See Thane.
+
trusteeship
n.
The office or duty of a trustee.
+
trechometer
n.
An odometer for vehicles.
+
trender
n.
One whose business is to free wool from its filth.
+
tracking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Track
+
tellurian
a.
Of or pertaining to the earth.
+
tilefish
n.
A large, edible, deep-water food fish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) more or less thickly covered with large, round, yellow spots.
+
taxidermic
a.
Of or pertaining to the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals.
+
taenidium
n.
The chitinous fiber forming the spiral thread of the tracheae of insects. See Illust. of Trachea.
+
tipsy
superl.
Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling.
+
tanager
n.
Any one of numerous species of bright-colored singing birds belonging to Tanagra, Piranga, and allied genera. The scarlet tanager (Piranga erythromelas) and the summer redbird (Piranga rubra) are common species of the United States.
+
trespass
v.
Any injury or offence done to another.
+
torment
n.
Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind.
+
torpescence
n.
The quality or state or being torpescent; torpidness; numbness; stupidity.
+
truepenny
n.
An honest fellow.
+
tippler
n.
One who keeps a tippling-house.
+
tonsure
n.
The shaven corona, or crown, which priests wear as a mark of their order and of their rank.
+
thickness
n.
The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).
+
travel
v.t.
To force to journey.
+
temperate
v.t.
Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
+
terrorism
n.
The practise of coercing governments to accede to political demands by committing violence on civilian targets; any similar use of violence to achieve goals.
+
terraculture
n.
Cultivation on the earth; agriculture.
+
thievish
a.
Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie.
+
tittletattle
n.
Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle.
+
trochilos
n.
The crocodile bird, or trochil.
+
tasked
imp.|p.p.
of Task
+
tray
n.
A flat, broad vessel on which dishes, glasses, etc., are carried; a waiter; a salver.
+
tile
n.
A stiff hat.
+
trouble
v.t.
That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts.
+
torporific
a.
Tending to produce torpor.
+
toil
v.t.
To weary; to overlabor.
+
terrify
v.t.
To make terrible.
+
tyrant
n.
Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor.
+
tandem
n.
A team of horses harnessed one before the other.
+
turbinated
a.
Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.
+
thallus
n.
A solid mass of cellular tissue, consisting of one or more layers, usually in the form of a flat stratum or expansion, but sometimes erect or pendulous, and elongated and branching, and forming the substance of the thallogens.
+
twinkle
n.
The time of a wink; a twinkling.
+
testa
n.
The external hard or firm covering of many invertebrate animals.
+
tutored
imp.|p.p.
of Tutor
+
tangerine
n.
A kind of orange, much like the mandarin, but of deeper color and higher flavor. It is said to have been produced in America from the mandarin.
+
technologist
n.
One skilled in technology; one who treats of arts, or of the terms of arts.
+
tanning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tan
+
tetrahedral
a.
Pertaining or related to a tetrahedron, or to the system of hemihedral forms to which the tetrahedron belongs.
+
tomcod
n.
A small edible American fish (Microgadus tomcod) of the Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic coast of the Northen United States; -- called also frostfish. See Illust. under Frostfish.
+
trepeget
n.
A trebuchet.
+
trippet
n.
A cam, wiper, or projecting piece which strikes another piece repeatedly.
+
taste
n.
The one of the five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.
+
thundered
imp.|p.p.
of Thunder
+
trick
v.t.
To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse.
+
tropine
n.
A white crystalline alkaloid, C8H15NO, produced by decomposing atropine.
+
thundrous
a.
Thunderous; sonorous.
+
tullian
a.
Belonging to, or in the style of, Tully (Marcus Tullius Cicero).
+
theater
n.
Alt. of Theatre
+
tubman
n.
One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer.  Cf. Postman, 2.
+
timid
a.
Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.
+
trenchermen
pl.
of Trencher-man
+
trilobate
a.
Having three lobes.
+
toss
v.t.
Hence, to try; to harass.
+
tristearin
n.
See Stearin.
+
taskwork
n.
Work done as a task; also, work done by the job; piecework.
+
tiffing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tiff
+
twohanded
a.
Having two hands; -- often used as an epithet equivalent to large, stout, strong, or powerful.
+
tables dhote
pl.
of Table d'hote
+
turbulency
n.
Turbulence.
+
touch
v.
A slight and brief essay.
+
throat
n.
Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces.
+
transit
v.t.
To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body).
+
torpor
n.
Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the mental faculties.
+
trug
n.
An old measure of wheat equal to two thirds of a bushel.
+
tartronate
n.
A salt of tartronic acid.
+
teemer
n.
One who teems, or brings forth.
+
talon
n.
One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
+
troyounce
n.
See Troy ounce, under Troy weight, above, and under Ounce.
+
tripetalous
a.
Having three petals, or flower leaves; three-petaled.
+
triticum
n.
A genus of grasses including the various species of wheat.
+
tedder
v.t.
Same as Tether.
+
tup
n.
A ram.
+
torase
v.t.
To scratch to pieces.
+
torus
n.
One of the ventral parapodia of tubicolous annelids. It usually has the form of an oblong thickening or elevation of the integument with rows of uncini or hooks along the center. See Illust. under Tubicolae.
+
trifolium
n.
A genus of leguminous herbs with densely spiked flowers and usually trifoliate leaves; trefoil. There are many species, all of which are called clover. See Clover.
+
thyrsus
n.
A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut.
+
tracheobronchial
a.
Pertaining both to the tracheal and bronchial tubes, or to their junction; -- said of the syrinx of certain birds.
+
taurocolla
n.
Glue made from a bull's hide.
+
tetraboric
a.
Same as Pyroboric.
+
terracing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Terrace
+
telegraphing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Telegraph
+
thrid
n.
Thread; continuous line.
+
tack
v.t.
To fasten or attach.
+
thwart
a.
Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.
+
theorbist
n.
One who plays on a theorbo.
+
toling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tole
+
triumph
n.
Success causing exultation; victory; conquest; as, the triumph of knowledge.
+
tepefy
v.t.|i.
To make or become tepid, or moderately warm.
+
thornset
a.
Set with thorns.
+
tranquillization
n.
The act of tranquilizing, or the state of being tranquilized.
+
through
prep.
Between the sides or walls of; within; as, to pass through a door; to go through an avenue.
+
tenuous
a.
Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.
+
trouble
v.t.
To give occasion for labor to; -- used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.
+
trace
v.t.
To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing.
+
tenaculums
pl.
of Tenaculum
+
turnstile
n.
A similar arrangement for registering the number of persons passing through a gateway, doorway, or the like.
+
timepleaser
n.
One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver.
+
triangulating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Triangulate
+
tenter
n.
A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square.
+
tappester
n.
A female tapster.
+
tag
v.
A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched.
+
tarried
imp.|p.p.
of Tarry
+
toothbill
n.
A peculiar fruit-eating ground pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris) native of the Samoan Islands, and noted for its resemblance, in several characteristics, to the extinct dodo. Its beak is stout and strongly hooked, and the mandible has two or three strong teeth toward the end.  Its color is chocolate red. Called also toothbilled pigeon, and manu-mea.
+
threadfish
n.
The cutlass fish.
+
toothwort
n.
A plant whose roots are fancied to resemble teeth, as certain plants of the genus Lathraea, and various species of Dentaria. See Coralwort.
+
turban
n.
A kind of headdress worn by women.
+
turtlehead
n.
An American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead, shell flower, and balmony.
+
tailwater
n.
Water in a tailrace.
+
terebinthine
a.
Of or pertaining to turpentine; consisting of turpentine, or partaking of its qualities.
+
thin
v.t.
To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
+
toll
n.
A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
+
toxodonta
n.pl.
An extinct order of Mammalia found in the South American Tertiary formation. The incisor teeth were long and curved and provided with a persistent pulp. They are supposed to be related both to the rodents and ungulates. Called also Toxodontia.
+
test
n.
A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as the production of some characteristic precipitate; also, the reagent employed to produce such reaction; thus, the ordinary test for sulphuric acid is the production of a white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by means of some soluble barium salt.
+
tenementary
a.
Capable of being leased; held by tenants.
+
throw
n.
A stroke; a blow.
+
twilly
n.
A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or willying machine; -- called also twilly devil, and devil. See Devil, n., 6, and Willy.
+
thence
adv.
Not there; elsewhere; absent.
+
temporist
n.
A temporizer.
+
touch
v.t.
To make an impression on; to have effect upon.
+
tamping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tamp
+
twelve
n.
A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii.
+
trip
n.
A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
+
testify
v.i.
To make a solemn declaration under oath or affirmation, for the purpose of establishing, or making proof of, some fact to a court; to give testimony in a cause depending before a tribunal.
+
tressel
n.
A trestle.
+
tour
v.t.
A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England.
+
tarnish
n.
The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.
+
thermetograph
n.
A self-registering thermometer, especially one that registers the maximum and minimum during long periods.
+
tanrec
n.
Same as Tenrec.
+
tristoma
n.
Any one of numerous species of trematode worms belonging to Tristoma and allied genera having a large posterior sucker and two small anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin, and disklike bodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin of fishes.
+
tiptoe
a.
Noiseless; stealthy.
+
tender
superl.
Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate.
+
tribuneship
n.
The office or power of a tribune.
+
tree
n.
Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.
+
try
v.t.
Refined; select; excellent; choice.
+
tuscan
n.
A native or inhabitant of Tuscany.
+
timber
v.i.
To light on a tree.
+
thiderward
adv.
Thitherward.
+
twine
n.
To mingle; to mix.
+
turret
n.
The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation.
+
thor
n.
The god of thunder, and son of Odin.
+
tangle
n.
Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.
+
tribrach
n.
A poetic foot of three short syllables, as, meblius.
+
transitory
a.
Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.
+
teutonic
a.
Of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these languages.
+
theologer
n.
A theologian.
+
tanged
imp.|p.p.
of Tang
+
thread
n.
A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted.
+
threaping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Threap
+
trust
n.
To commit, as to one's care; to intrust.
+
terebratulae
pl.
of Terebratula
+
triturate
v.t.
To rub or grind to a very fine or impalpable powder; to pulverize and comminute thoroughly.
+
twig
v.t.
To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me?
+
tonge
n.
Tongue.
+
tricarbimide
n.
See under Cyanuric.
+
throttled
imp.|p.p.
of Throttle
+
tallowed
imp.|p.p.
of Tallow
+
turn
v.t.
To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal.
+
throe
v.i.
To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
+
tawdries
pl.
of Tawdry
+
tacet
v.impers.
It is silent; -- a direction for a vocal or instrumental part to be silent during a whole movement.
+
tangible
a.
Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable.
+
traditive
a.
Transmitted or transmissible from father to son, or from age, by oral communication; traditional.
+
taunt
v.t.
To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.
+
turbillion
n.
A whirl; a vortex.
+
township
n.
In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections.
+
tricolored
a.
Having three colors.
+
tick
n.
A quick, audible beat, as of a clock.
+
tockay
n.
A spotted lizard native of India.
+
temerous
a.
Temerarious.
+
townwards
adv.
Toward a town.
+
toll
v.t.
To take away; to vacate; to annul.
+
tableaux vivants
pl.
of Tableau vivant
+
trichopter
n.
One of the Trichoptera.
+
themis
n.
The goddess of law and order; the patroness of existing rights.
+
touraco
n.
Same as Turacou.
+
trades union

Alt. of Trade union
+
trunnel
n.
See Treenail.
+
transmigrant
n.
One who transmigrates.
+
trucidation
n.
The act of killing.
+
tibrie
n.
The pollack.
+
tincture
n.
A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel.
+
tetragynia
n.pl.
A Linnaean order of plants having four styles.
+
tardigrada
a.
A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3.
+
tear
v.i.
To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.
+
though
adv.
However; nevertheless; notwithstanding; -- used in familiar language, and in the middle or at the end of a sentence.
+
tabby
n.
A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock.
+
tender
n.
An offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture, which would be incurred by nonpayment or nonperformance; as, the tender of rent due, or of the amount of a note, with interest.
+
transatlantic
a.
Lying or being beyond the Atlantic Ocean.
+
track
n.
A tract or area, as of land.
+
train
v.t.
To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen.
+
troy
n.
Troy weight.
+
thalassic
a.
Of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocks formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.
+
tragedienne
n.
A woman who plays in tragedy.
+
traditionalist
n.
An advocate of, or believer in, traditionalism; a traditionist.
+
tene
n.|v.
See 1st and 2d Teen.
+
tendence
n.
Tendency.
+
tetragon
n.
A plane figure having four sides and angles; a quadrangle, as a square, a rhombus, etc.
+
trinitrocellulose
n.
Gun cotton; -- so called because regarded as containing three nitro groups.
+
traverse
a.
To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
+
trumpeting
n.
A channel cut behind the brick lining of a shaft.
+
toxophilite
n.
A lover of archery; one devoted to archery.
+
tale
v.i.
A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated.
+
tare

of Tear
+
transverse
v.t.
To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.
+
toll
v.t.
To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing.
+
thyine wood

The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree (Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called Thuja articulata. The tree is of the Cedar family, and furnishes a balsamic resin called sandarach.
+
tamil
a.
Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language.
+
twaddler
n.
One who prates in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed.
+
telescope
n.
An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.
+
tape
n.
A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.
+
twist
v.t.
Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up.
+
trover
n.
An action to recover damages against one who found goods, and would not deliver them to the owner on demand; an action which lies in any case to recover the value of goods wrongfully converted by another to his own use. In this case the finding, though alleged, is an immaterial fact; the injury lies in the conversion.
+
terrestrial
n.
An inhabitant of the earth.
+
take
v.t.
To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat.
+
tormented
imp.|p.p.
of Torment
+
tool
n.
A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.
+
tumult
n.
The commotion or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices; hurly-burly; noisy confusion.
+
trencherman
n.
A feeder; a great eater; a gormandizer.
+
trim
v.t.
Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands erect.
+
throng
v.t.
To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street.
+
traverse
a.
A turning; a trick; a subterfuge.
+
thrummy
a.
Like thrums; made of, furnished with, or characterized by, thrums.
+
tuning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tune
+
tatter
n.
A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural.
+
thirstiness
n.
The state of being thirsty; thirst.
+
turmeric
n.
An East Indian plant of the genus Curcuma, of the Ginger family.
+
tower
n.
A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress.
+
tired
a.
Weary; fatigued; exhausted.
+
townsfolk
n.
The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, in distinction from country people; townspeople.
+
tingled
imp.|p.p.
of Tingle
+
tensile
a.
Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.
+
treasury
n.
Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge, wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, " Maunder's Treasury of Botany."
+
tig
n.
A game among children. See Tag.
+
triobolary
a.
Of the value of three oboli; hence, mean; worthless.
+
to
prep.
Extent; limit; degree of comprehension; inclusion as far as; as, they met us to the number of three hundred.
+
travel
n.
The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve.
+
tube
n.
A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance.
+
triweekly
a.
Occurring or appearing three times a week; thriceweekly; as, a triweekly newspaper.
+
tachyglossa
n.pl.
A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna.
+
testudo
n.
A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.
+
tridentated
a.
Having three teeth; three-toothed.
+
trigness
n.
The quality or state of being trig; smartness; neatness.
+
tuet
n.
The lapwing.
+
tautochrone
n.
A curved line, such that a heavy body, descending along it by the action of gravity, will always arrive at the lowest point in the same time, wherever in the curve it may begin to fall; as, an inverted cycloid with its base horizontal is a tautochrone.
+
tame
a.
To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast.
+
tow
n.
The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
+
trump
n.
An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; -- called also ruff.
+
telescoped
imp.|p.p.
of Telescope
+
tear
v.t.
To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home.
+
thralllike
a.
Resembling a thrall, or his condition, feelings, or the like; slavish.
+
thuya
n.
Same as Thuja.
+
tractability
n.
The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.
+
tease
n.
One who teases or plagues.
+
trail
n.
Anything drawn along, as a vehicle.
+
thrust
n.
An attack; an assault.
+
turkos
pl.
of Turko
+
trepan
n.
a deceiver; a cheat.
+
thundering
a.
Emitting thunder.
+
trailer
n.
One who, or that which, trails.
+
terricolae
n.pl.
A division of annelids including the common earthworms and allied species.
+
twain
a.|n.
Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque.
+
tipped
imp.|p.p.
of Tip
+
toasting

a. & n. from Toast, v.
+
tangly
a.
Covered with tangle, or seaweed.
+
trail
v.t.
To draw or drag, as along the ground.
+
tyrannize
v.i.
To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not necessary to the ends of justice and government; as, a prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants or apprentices.
+
twanging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Twang
+
thimble
n.
A kind of cap or cover, or sometimes a broad ring, for the end of the finger, used in sewing to protect the finger when pushing the needle through the material. It is usually made of metal, and has upon the outer surface numerous small pits to catch the head of the needle.
+
tractarian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Tractarians, or their principles.
+
termagant
a.
Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding.
+
tanging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tang
+
tubularian
n.
Any hydroid belonging to the suborder Tubularida.
+
tilt
n.
The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
+
transfusive
a.
Tending to transfuse; having power to transfuse.
+
taper
n.
A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
+
township
n.
The district or territory of a town.
+
tristfully
adv.
In a tristful manner; sadly.
+
touch
v.
The act of the hand on a musical instrument; bence, in the plural, musical notes.
+
nies
pl.
of Theophany
+
tiptop
a.
Very excellent; most excellent; perfect.
+
trabeculae
pl.
of Trabecula
+
terrible
a.
Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable.
+
taur
n.
The constellation Taurus.
+
threeleaved
a.
Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade.
+
threshing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Thresh
+
trithionate
n.
A salt of trithionic acid.
+
trachelorrhaphy
n.
The operation of sewing up a laceration of the neck of the uterus.
+
type
n.
A combining form signifying impressed form; stamp; print; type; typical form; representative; as in stereotype phototype, ferrotype, monotype.
+
torrent
n.
Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.
+
tophus
n.
One of the mineral concretions about the joints, and in other situations, occurring chiefly in gouty persons. They consist usually of urate of sodium; when occurring in the internal organs they are also composed of phosphate of calcium.
+
transpatronize
v.t.
To transfer the patronage of.
+
teutonic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Teutons, esp. the ancient Teutons; Germanic.
+
tinselly
adv.
In a showy and cheap manner.
+
toil
v.t.
To labor; to work; -- often with out.
+
tan
n.
A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan.
+
trimmingly
adv.
In a trimming manner.
+
tricrotism
n.
That condition of the arterial pulse in which there is a triple beat. The pulse curve obtained in the sphygmographic tracing characteristic of tricrotism shows two secondary crests in addition to the primary.
+
thatching
n.
The materials used for this purpose; thatch.
+
toed
a.
Having (such or so many) toes; -- chiefly used in composition; as, narrow-toed, four-toed.
+
thoroughpin
n.
A disease of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; -- probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through.
+
triplet
n.
A group of three notes sung or played in the tree of two.
+
tentacle
n.
A more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense, prehension, or motion.
+
trammelling

of Trammel
+
tenrec
n.
A small insectivore (Centetes ecaudatus), native of Madagascar, but introduced also into the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius; -- called also tanrec. The name is applied to other allied genera. See Tendrac.
+
tee
n.
The nodule of earth  from which the ball is struck in golf.
+
trusty
superl.
Involving trust; as, a trusty business.
+
trophy
n.
Any evidence or memorial of victory or conquest; as, every redeemed soul is a trophy of grace.
+
thyrse
n.
A thyrsus.
+
thurgh
prep.
Through.
+
terrestrify
v.t.
To convert or reduce into a condition like that of the earth; to make earthy.
+
thirdborough
n.
An under constable.
+
toluid
n.
A complex double tolyl and toluidine derivative of glycocoll, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
+
traduce
v.t.
To expose to contempt or shame; to represent as blamable; to calumniate; to vilify; to defame.
+
timidity
n.
The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.
+
thrave
n.
Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook.
+
tabular
a.
Having the form of, or pertaining to, a table (in any of the uses of the word).
+
trace
v.t.
To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
+
tissued
a.
Clothed in, or adorned with, tissue; also, variegated; as, tissued flowers.
+
titration
n.
The act or process of titrating; a substance obtained by titrating.
+
tasteless
a.
Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.
+
trawl
n.
A large bag net attached to a beam with iron frames at its ends, and dragged at the bottom of the sea, -- used in fishing, and in gathering forms of marine life from the sea bottom.
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trieterics
n.pl.
Festival games celebrated once in three years.
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thereunder
adv.
Under that or this.
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tachydidaxy
n.
A short or rapid method of instructing.
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tetanization
n.
The production or condition of tetanus.
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toscatter
v.t.
To scatter in pieces; to divide.
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thigh
n.
The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur.
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tenantry
n.
The body of tenants; as, the tenantry of a manor or a kingdom.
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trist
n.
A post, or station, in hunting.
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tubuliform
a.
Having the form of a small tube.
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trepidation
n.
An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.
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tang
n.
The tongue of a buckle.
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trajected
imp.|p.p.
of Traject
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tipsily
adv.
In a tipsy manner; like one tipsy.
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troth
n.
Truth; verity; veracity; as, by my troth.
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throating
n.
A drip, or drip molding.
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traject
v.t.
The act of trajecting; trajection.
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tucan
n.
The Mexican pocket gopher (Geomys Mexicanus). It resembles the common pocket gopher of the Western United States, but is larger. Called also tugan, and tuza.
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turtlefooted
a.
Slow-footed.
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tetrarch
a.
A Roman governor of the fourth part of a province; hence, any subordinate or dependent prince; also, a petty king or sovereign.
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tableau
n.
A striking and vivid representation; a picture.
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thallophyte
n.
Same as Thallogen.
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terma
n.
The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain.
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troco
n.
An old English game; -- called also lawn billiards.
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typhlosole
n.
A fold of the wall which projects into the cavity of the intestine in bivalve mollusks, certain annelids, starfishes, and some other animals.
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thar
v.impersonalpres.
It needs; need.
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torture
v.t.
To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.
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turgent
a.
Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
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trispermous
a.
Containing three seeds; three-seeded; as, a trispermous capsule.
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the
adv.
By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.
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trust
n.
To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
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tenth
n.
A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of all the movables belonging to the subject.
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triennial
n.
Something which takes place or appears once in three years.
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theanthropical
a.
Partaking of, or combining, both divinity and humanity.
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thieving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Thieve
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touch
v.
A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
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tartarian
n.
The name of some kinds of cherries, as the Black Tartarian, or the White Tartarian.
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theatine
n.
One of an order of nuns founded by Ursula Benincasa, who died in 1618.
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touch
v.t.
To come to; to reach; to attain to.
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tricksiness
n.
The quality or state of being tricksy; trickiness.
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tutor
n.
One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.
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trip
n.
A flock of widgeons.
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tailor
n.
The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring.
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terebenthene
n.
Oil of turpentine. See Turpentine.
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touch
v.t.
To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music.
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tertiaries
pl.
of Tertiary
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toaster
n.
One who toasts.
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tyrian
a.
Of or pertaining to Tyre or its people.
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trammeling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trammel
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toluate
n.
A salt of any one of the toluic acids.
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traps
n.pl.
Small or portable articles for dress, furniture, or use; goods; luggage; things.
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trilobitic
a.
Of, pertaining to or containing, trilobites; as, trilobitic rocks.
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tribune
n.
Anciently, a bench or elevated place, from which speeches were delivered; in France, a kind of pulpit in the hall of the legislative assembly, where a member stands while making an address; any place occupied by a public orator.
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theology
n.
The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) "the knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of Christian faith and life."
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troglodytical
a.
Of or pertaining to a troglodyte, or dweller in caves.
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tobrest
v.t.
To burst or break in pieces.
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tid
a.
Tender; soft; nice; -- now only used in tidbit.
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theme
n.
That by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument.
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transprose
v.t.
To change from prose into verse; to versify; also, to change from verse into prose.
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tramping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Tramp
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transcolate
v.t.
To cause to pass through a sieve or colander; to strain, as through a sieve.
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theories
pl.
of Theory
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trundling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Trundle
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torpedo
n.
Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical.
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thump
n.
The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.
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theurgy
n.
In later or modern magic, that species of magic in which effects are claimed to be produced by supernatural agency, in distinction from natural magic.
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trim
n.
The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing.
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triunguli
pl.
of Triungulus
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tew
v.
Hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul; to tease; to vex.
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tenor
n.
A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it.
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toupet
n.
A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.
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taunt
a.
Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts.
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treacle
n.
A sovereign remedy; a cure.
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tuggingly
adv.
In a tugging manner; with laborious pulling.
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tierce
a.
Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon.
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throttle
v.t.
To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.
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tell
n.
That which is told; tale; account.
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turn
n.
Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn.
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thule
n.
The name given by ancient geographers to the northernmost part of the habitable world. According to some, this land was Norway, according to others, Iceland, or more probably Mainland, the largest of the Shetland islands; hence, the Latin phrase ultima Thule, farthest Thule.
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tontine
n.
An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance.
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transfer
n.
A drawing or writing printed off from one surface on another, as in ceramics and in many decorative arts.
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trout
n.
Any one of several species of marine fishes more or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits, but not belonging to the same family, especially the California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also salt-water trout, sea trout, shad trout, and gray trout. See Squeteague, and Rock trout under Rock.
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thryes
a.
Thrice.
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take
v.t.
To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as, to take the breath from one; to take two from four.
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trampler
n.
One who tramples; one who treads down; as, a trampler on nature's law.
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tungusic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Tunguses; as, the Tungusic dialects.
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trinodal
a.
Having three knots or nodes; having three points from which a leaf may shoot; as, a trinodal stem.
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trend
n.
Clean wool.
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trombone
n.
A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bent double, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rare instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the family of wind instruments whose scale, both diatonic and chromatic, is complete without the aid of keys or pistons, and which can slide from note to note as smoothly as the human voice or a violin. Softly blown, it has a rich and mellow sound, which becomes harsh and blatant when the tones are forced; used with discretion, its effect is often solemn and majestic.
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touch
v.t.
To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
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trivial
a.
Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar.
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tolerance
n.
The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration.
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teutons
pl.
of Teuton
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talebearing
a.
Telling tales officiously.
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troching
n.
One of the small branches of a stag's antler.
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truck
v.i.
A freight car.
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tide
v.t.
To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.
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truly
adv.
In a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with fact; as, to state things truly; the facts are truly represented.
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throne
v.t.
To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
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tight
superl.
Handy; adroit; brisk.
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tranquillizing

of Tranquillize
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tuneless
a.
Without tune; inharmonious; unmusical.
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tympanum
n.
The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear.
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topdrain
v.t.
To drain the surface of, as land; as, to top-drain a field or farm.
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tent
v.t.
To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.
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topstone
n.
A stone that is placed on the top, or which forms the top.
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tenth
n.
The next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine others.
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thrasonical
a.
Of or pertaining to Thraso; like, or becoming to, Thraso; bragging; boastful; vainglorious.
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tack
v.t.
A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
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tend
v.t.
To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks.
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touch
v.
A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
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thin
superl.
Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
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tuck
n.
The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.
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taenioidea
n.pl.
The division of cestode worms which comprises the tapeworms. See Tapeworm.
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transact
v.i.
To conduct matters; to manage affairs.
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tigerish
a.
Like a tiger; tigrish.
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terrifically
adv.
In a terrific manner.
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tit
n.
A woman; -- used in contempt.
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throughout
prep.
Quite through; from one extremity to the other of; also, every part of; as, to search throughout the house.
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trespass
v.i.
To go too far; to put any one to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude; as, to trespass upon the time or patience of another.
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toyful
a.
Full of trifling play.
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tipper
n.
A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; -- so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper.
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terebra
n.
The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.
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thriftiness
n.
The quality or state of being thrifty; thrift.
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trappous
n.
Of or performance to trap; resembling trap, or partaking of its form or qualities; trappy.
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trichroism
n.
The quality possessed by some crystals of presenting different colors in three different directions.
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trichromic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, three colors or color sensations.
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talesmen
pl.
of Talesman
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taluk
n.
A large estate; esp., one constituting a revenue district or dependency the native proprietor of which is responsible for the collection and payment of the public revenue due from it.
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tapper
n.
The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpe