| taal | (Afrikaans) language, usually by implication Afrikaans > TAALS. |
| tabi | (Japanese) a kind of sock worn with Japanese sandals > TABIS. |
| tabs | (3rd.) TAB, to name or designate. |
| tabu | (Tongan) a prohibition, interdict; (verb) to forbid as e.g. unclean > TABUS, TABUING, TABUED. Also TABOO, TAPU. |
| tace | (In plate armour) one of a series of overlapping pieces forming a kind of skirt > TACES. Also TASSE, TASLET, TASSET. |
| tach | (Bibl.) a fastening or clasp > TACHS. Also TACHE. |
| tack | To fasten with tacks (short, sharp-pointed nails) > TACKS, TACKING, TACKED. |
| taco | (Spanish) in Mexican cooking, a very thin rolled pancake with a meat filling > TACOS. |
| tact | Skill in dealing with delicate situations > TACTS. |
| tads | (Pl.) TAD, a small amount. |
| taed | (Pt.) TAE, to toe. |
| tael | (Malay) a denomination of money, also, a weight of one ounce and a third > TAELS. [Malay tahil, weight]. |
| taes | (Pl.) TAE, to toe. |
| tags | (3rd.) TAG, to put a tag on. |
| taha | (Zulu) a S. African weaver-bird > TAHAS. [Zulu taka]. |
| tahr | A Himalayan wild goat > TAHRS. Also TEHR. |
| taig | (Irish) derogatory for a Roman Catholic > TAIGS. |
| tail | To provide with a tail (a hindmost part) > TAILS, TAILING, TAILED. |
| tain | Paper-thin tin plate; tinfoil used as a backing for mirrors > TAINS. |
| tais | (Pl.) TAI, a sea-bream. |
| tait | (Scots) a small portion, a pinch > TAITS. Also TATE. |
| taka | (Bengali) a monetary unit of Bangladesh > TAKAS. |
| take | To get possession of > TAKES, TAKING, TOOK, TAKEN. |
| taki | (Mongolian) a rare wild horse > TAKIS. Also TAKHI. |
| taks | (3rd.) TAK, to take. |
| taky | (Obs.) attractive > TAKIER, TAKIEST. |
| tala | (Sanskrit) a traditional rhythmic pattern in Indian music > TALAS. [Skr. 'hand-clapping']. |
| talc | A soft greasy white mineral, acid magnesium silicate; (verb) to sprinkle with talc > TALCS, TALCING or TALCKING, TALCED or TALCKED. |
| tale | A story > TALES. |
| tali | (Pl.) TALUS, ankle bone. |
| talk | To communicate by speaking > TALKS, TALKING, TALKED. |
| tall | Of more than usual height > TALLER, TALLEST; (noun) a garment size for a tall person > TALLS. |
| tame | Not wild > TAMER, TAMEST; TAMELY; (verb) to make tame > TAMES, TAMING, TAMED. |
| tamp | To stop up a shot hole with earth; to ram down > TAMPS, TAMPING, TAMPED. |
| tams | (Pl.) TAM, a cap with a broad flat top. |
| tana | (Hindi) an Indian police station > TANAS. Also TANNA, TANNAH, THANA, THANAH, THANNA, THANNAH. |
| tane | (Spenser) taken. |
| tang | To ring; to twang > TANGS, TANGING, TANGED. |
| tanh | (Abbr.) hyperbolic tangent > TANHS. |
| tank | (Verb) to store in a tank > TANKS, TANKING, TANKED. |
| tans | (3rd.) TAN, to become brown in the sun. |
| taos | (Pl.) TAO, virtuous conduct. |
| tapa | (Polynesian) a kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry > TAPAS. Also KAPA, TAPPA. |
| tape | To fasten with tape (a long, narrow strip or band) > TAPES, TAPING, TAPED. |
| taps | (3rd.) TAP, to knock gently. |
| tapu | (Tongan) a prohibition, interdict; (verb) to forbid as e.g. unclean > TAPUS, TAPUING, TAPUED. Also TABOO, TABU. |
| tara | (Maori) a variety of bracken found in New Zealand and Tasmania > TARAS. |
| tare | To ascertain and allow for the tare of > TARES, TARING, TARED. |
| tarn | A lake in the bedrock basin of a CIRQUE > TARNS. |
| taro | (Polynesian) a kind of yam, aka DASHEEN, EDDO > TAROS. |
| tarp | (Sl.) tarpaulin > TARPS. |
| tars | (3rd.) TAR, to coat with tar > TARS. |
| tart | A dish of pastry distinguished from a pie either by being uncovered or by having a sweet, not savoury, filling; (adj.) sharp tasting > TARTER, TARTEST; TARTLY; (verb) to smarten up > TARTS, TARTING, TARTED. |
| tase | to stun with a gun that fires electrified darts > TASES, TASING, TASED. |
| tash | (Scots) to soil, blemish > TASHES, TASHING, TASHED. |
| task | To assign a job to > TASKS, TASKING, TASKED. |
| tass | (Dial.) a mow, a heap > TASSES. |
| tate | (Scots) a small portion, a pinch > TATES. Also TAIT. |
| tath | Cattle dung; coarse tufted grass that grows where cattle dung has fallen; (verb) to manure > TATHS, TATHING, TATHED. |
| tats | (3rd.) TAT, to make by TATTING, a knotted lace edging. |
| tatt | To make (anything) by tatting; to work at tatting; as, tatted edging > TATTS, TATTING, TATTED. |
| tatu | To mark the skin with indelible pigments > TATUS, TATUING, TATUED. Also TATTOO. |
| taus | (Pl.) TAU, the Greek letter. |
| taut | Stretched tight > TAUTER, TAUTEST; TAUTLY; (verb, Scots) to mat, tangle > TAUTS, TAUTING, TAUTED. Also TAWT. |
| tava | (Hindi) a griddle in Indian cookery > TAVAS. Also TAWA, TAVAH. |
| tavs | (Pl.) TAV, the Hebrew letter. |
| tawa | (Hindi) a griddle in Indian cookery > TAWAS. Also TAVA, TAVAH. |
| taws | (3rd.) TAW, to convert skin to white leather by tanning with alum and salt. |
| tawt | (Scots) to mat, tangle > TAWTS, TAWTING, TAWTED. Also TAUT. |
| taxa | (Pl.) TAXON, a taxonomical unit of classification. |
| taxi | A motor-car for hire > TAXIS. (Verb) of an aeroplane, to run along the ground > TAXIES, TAXIING or TAXYING, TAXIED. |
| tays | (Pl.) TAY, tea. |
| tead | (Spenser) a torch > TEADS. Also TEADE. |
| teak | (Malayalam) a large tree of the verbena family of India and SE Asia; the timber of this tree, a dark heavy oily wood of great strength and durability > TEAKS. [Malayalam tekka]. |
| teal | A kind of duck > TEALS. |
| team | To form a team (a group of persons associated in a joint action) > TEAMS, TEAMING, TEAMED. |
| tear | To emit tears (drops of saline liquid secreted by a gland of the eye) > TEARS, TEARING, TEARED; to pull apart or into pieces > TEARS, TEARING, TORE, TORN. |
| teas | (3rd.) TEA, to take tea. |
| teat | The small protuberance through which the mammalian young suck the milk > TEATS, TEATED. |
| tech | (Abbr.) technology > TECHS. |
| tecs | (Pl.) TEC, detective. |
| teds | (3rd.) TED, to spread out grass for drying. |
| tedy | (Scott) tedious > TEDIER, TEDIEST. |
| teed | (Pt.) TEE, to place a golf ball on a tee. |
| teek | (Hinglish) well. |
| teel | The sesame plant > TEELS. Also TIL. |
| teem | To be full to overflowing > TEEMS, TEEMING, TEEMED. |
| teen | Injury, pain; (verb) to injure > TEENS, TEENING, TEENED. Also TENE, TEENE. |
| teer | To daub, plaster > TEERS, TEERING, TEERED. |
| tees | (3rd.) TEE, to place a golf ball on a tee. |
| teff | (Amharic) an Ethiopian cereal grass > TEFFS. Also TEF. |
| tefs | (Pl.) TEF, an Ethiopian cereal grass. |
| tegg | A sheep in its second year > TEGGS. Also TEG. |
| tegs | (Pl.) TEG, a sheep in its second year. |
| tegu | (Aztec) a large black and yellow S American lizard > TEGUS. Also TEGUEXIN. |
| tehr | A Himalayan wild goat > TEHRS. Also TAHR. |
| teil | (Biblical) an oak-like hardwood tree, the TEREBINTH, which when cut exudes a fragrant resinous juice > TEILS. [OF teil, L. tilia]. |
| tein | A monetary unit of Kazakhstan, equal to one hundredth of a tenge > TEINS. |
| tela | (Lat.) a web-like structure > TELAE. |
| teld | (Spenser) told. |
| tele | (Abbr.) television > TELES. Also TELLY. |
| tell | To inform > TELLS, TELLING, TOLD or (Scots) TELT or TAULD. |
| tels | (Pl.) TEL, burial mound. |
| telt | (Scots) pt. TELL. Cf. TELD. |
| teme | (Obs.) team > TEMES. |
| temp | (Abbr.) temporary; (verb) to work as a temporary secretary > TEMPS, TEMPING, TEMPED. |
| tems | A sieve > TEMSES. N.B. no TEM*. Also TEMSE. |
| tend | To be disposed or inclined > TENDS, TENDING, TENDED. |
| tene | (Arch.) injury, pain > TENES. Also TEEN, TEENE. |
| tens | (Pl.) TEN, the next whole number after nine. |
| tent | (Verb) to cover with a tent > TENTS, TENTING, TENTED. |
| tepa | An organophosphorus compound used as an insect sterilant and formerly to treat cancer > TEPAS. |
| terf | (Milton) turf > TERFS. Also TERFE. |
| term | To give a name to > TERMS, TERMING, TERMED. |
| tern | A long-winged aquatic bird, related to the gulls > TERNS. |
| test | To subject to an examination > TESTS, TESTING, TESTED. |
| tete | (Fr.) an elaborately dressed head of hair; a headdress > TETES. |
| teth | (Hebrew) a Hebrew letter > TETHS. Also TET. |
| tets | (Pl.) TET, a Hebrew letter. |
| tews | (3rd.) TEW, to hustle. |
| text | The main body of a written or printed work; (verb) to save a text message > TEXTS, TEXTING, TEXTED. |
| thae | (Scots) these. |
| than | (Obs.) then > THANS. |
| thar | (Nepali) a Himalayan goat-like antelope, aka SEROW > THARS. Not to be confused with the TAHR or TEHR, which is a Himalayan wild goat. |
| that | The one indicated. |
| thaw | To melt > THAWS, THAWING, THAWED. |
| thee | (Verb) to address as thee, e.g. to thee and thou > THEES, THEEING, THEED. |
| them | The objective case of the pronoun THEY. |
| then | (Noun) that time > THENS. |
| thew | Muscle, strength > THEWS, THEWED. |
| they | The 3d person pl. pronoun in the nominative case. |
| thig | (Scots) to beg; to live on alms > THIGS, THIGGING, THIGGIT. |
| thin | Not fat > THINNER, THINNEST; THINLY; (verb) to make thin > THINS, THINNING, THINNED. |
| thio | Of compounds, containing sulphur. |
| thir | (Scots) those. |
| this | The person or thing just mentioned. |
| thon | (Scots) yon. |
| thou | (Verb) to address as THOU > THOUS, THOUING, THOUED. |
| thro | (Arch.) through. Also THRU. |
| thru | (Arch.) through. Also THRO. |
| thud | To make a dull, heavy sound > THUDS, THUDDING, THUDDED. |
| thug | A brutal ruffian or assassin > THUGS. |
| thus | (Noun) frankincense > THUSES. |
| tian | (Provencal) a vegetable gratin baked in an earthenware dish > TIANS. |
| tiar | A tiara > TIARS. |
| tice | (Shakesp.) to entice > TICES, TICING, TICED. |
| tich | A small person > TICHES. Also TITCH. |
| tick | Any of the larger bloodsucking mites of the Acarina order; (verb) to make a sound like a clock > TICKS, TICKING, TICKED. |
| tics | (Pl.) TIC, a muscular twitch. |
| tide | To flow like the tide (the rise and fall of the ocean's waters) > TIDES, TIDING, TIDED. |
| tids | (Pl.) TID, mood, state of mind. |
| tidy | In good order > TIDIER, TIDIEST; TIDILY; (verb) to make tidy > TIDIES, TIDYING, TIDIED. |
| tied | (Pt.) TIE, to fasten. |
| tier | (Verb) to arrange in tiers > TIERS, TIERING, TIERED. |
| ties | (3rd.) TIE, to fasten. |
| tiff | (Verb) to dress, trick out > TIFFS, TIFFING, TIFFED. |
| tift | (Scots) to sip, drink; to squabble > TIFTS, TIFTING, TIFTED. Also TIFF. |
| tige | (Fr.) the shaft of a column > TIGES. [Fr. tige, stalk]. |
| tigs | (Pl.) TIG, a touch, a game involving touching. |
| tika | (Hindi) a red mark or pendant on the forehead of Hindu women, originally of religious significance but now also worn for ornament > TIKAS. Also TILAK. |
| tike | (Shakesp.) a cur > TIKES. |
| tiki | (Maori) in Polynesia, an image representing an ancestor, often worn as an amulet; (verb) to take a scenic tour round an area > TIKIS, TIKIING, TIKIED. |
| tiks | (Pl.) TIK, the drug methamphetamine in crystal form. |
| tile | To cover with tiles (thin slabs of baked clay) > TILES, TILING, TILED. |
| till | To cultivate > TILLS, TILLING, TILLED. |
| tils | (Pl.) TIL, sesame. |
| tilt | To cause to slant > TILTS, TILTING, TILTED. |
| time | To determine the speed or duration of > TIMES, TIMING, TIMED. |
| tina | (Slang) crystal meth > TINAS. |
| tind | To kindle; to burn > TINDED, TYND or TYNDE. Also TEEND. |
| tine | (Scots) to lose, be lost > TINES, TINING, TINED. Also TYNE. |
| ting | To make the sound of a bell > TINGS, TINGING, TINGED. |
| tink | To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle > TINKS, TINKING, TINKED. |
| tins | (3rd.) TIN, to coat with tin. |
| tint | To color slightly or delicately > TINTS, TINTING, TINTED. |
| tiny | Very small > TINIER, TINIEST; TINILY. |
| tipi | (Am. Ind.) a Native American tent > TIPIS. (Sioux tipi, dwelling). Also TEPEE, TEEPEE. |
| tips | (3rd.) TIP, to give a tip. |
| tipt | (Pt.) TIP, to give a tip. |
| tire | To grow tired > TIRES, TIRING, TIRED. |
| tirl | (Scots) to turn; to whirl; to rattle > TIRLS, TIRLING, TIRLED. |
| tiro | (Lat.) a novice > TIROS or TIROES. [L. tiro, young soldier, new recruit or more generally novice]. Also TYRO. |
| tirr | (Scots) to strip > TIRRS, TIRRING, TIRRED. |
| tite | (Obs.) promptly, at once > TITELY. Also TYTE. |
| titi | A small S. American monkey > TITIS. |
| tits | (3rd.) TIT, to tug. |
| tivy | With great speed. |
| tiyn | a monetary unit of Kazakhstan > TIYNS. |
| tizz | (Coll.) a state of agitation > TIZZES. Also TIZZY. |
| toad | Any anuran amphibian of the class Bufonidae, similar to frogs but more terrestrial, and having a drier warty skin > TOADS. |
| toby | (Thieves' slang) the road > TOBIES. |
| tock | Of a clock, to make a sound like a tick, but deeper > TOCKS, TOCKING, TOCKED. |
| toco | Punishment > TOCOS. Also TOKO. |
| tocs | (Pl.) TOC, an arbitrary syllable used for the letter t in spoken telecommunication messages. |
| tods | (Pl.) TOD, an old wool weight. |
| tody | A small West Indian insectivorous bird > TODIES. |
| toea | A monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, 1/100 of a KINA > TOEAS. |
| toed | (Pt.) TOE, to kick or touch with the toes. |
| toes | (3rd.) TOE, to kick or touch with the toes. |
| toey | (Aus. sl.) nervous, edgy > TOEIER, TOEIEST. |
| toff | A dandy > TOFFS. [From a gold tassel worn by titled students at Oxford & Cambridge]. |
| toft | A homestead; a hillock > TOFTS. |
| tofu | (Japanese) a soft Oriental cheese made from soybean milk > TOFUS. |
| toga | (Lat.) a Roman garment > TOGAS or TOGAE, TOGAED. Also TOGE. |
| toge | (Shakesp.) a TOGA > TOGES, TOGED. |
| togs | (3rd.) TOG, to dress, attire. |
| toho | A call to pointers or setters to stop > TOHOS. |
| toil | To work strenuously > TOILS, TOILING, TOILED. |
| toit | To saunter > TOITS, TOITING, TOITED. |
| toke | (Sl.) a puff on a cigarette; (verb) to puff > TOKES, TOKING, TOKED. |
| toko | Punishment > TOKOS. Also TOCO. |
| tola | (Hindi) an Indian unit of weight > TOLAS. [Hindi from Skr. tula, weight]. |
| told | (Pt.) TELL, to inform. |
| tole | To lure or decoy > TOLES, TOLING, TOLED. |
| toll | (Verb) to sound, as a large bell does, esp with slow, measured strokes > TOLLS, TOLLING, TOLLED. |
| tolt | A kind of writ in Old English law > TOLTS. |
| tolu | A fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada > TOLUS. |
| tomb | (Verb) to entomb, bury > TOMBS, TOMBING, TOMBED. |
| tome | A large, usu scholarly, book or volume > TOMES. |
| tomo | (Maori) a shaft formed by the action of water on volcanic or limestone rock > TOMOS. |
| toms | (Pl.) TOM, a male animal e.g. a tomcat. |
| tone | To give a particular tone (a sound of definite pitch and vibration) to > TONES, TONING, TONED. |
| tong | (Chinese) a Chinese guild or secret society, particularly one associated with organized crime; (verb) to hold, manipulate, use tongs > TONGS, TONGING, TONGED. |
| tonk | To hit e.g. a cricket-ball into the air > TONKS, TONKING, TONKED. |
| tons | (Pl.) TON, a unit of weight. |
| tony | A simpleton > TONIES; (adj.) high-toned > TONIER, TONIEST. Also TONEY. |
| took | (Pt.) TAKE, to get possession of. |
| tool | To form or finish with a tool (an implement used in manual work) > TOOLS, TOOLING, TOOLED. |
| toom | (Scots) empty > TOOMER, TOOMEST; (noun) a rubbish-tip; (verb) to empty > TOOMS, TOOMING, TOOMED. |
| toon | (Hindi) an Indian tree of the mahogany family > TOONS. [Hindi tun]. |
| toot | To sound a horn or whistle in short blasts > TOOTS, TOOTING, TOOTED. |
| tope | A kind of shark; (verb) to drink > TOPES, TOPING, TOPED. |
| toph | A rock made of fine volcanic detritus > TOPHS. Also TUFA, CALCTUFA, TOPHE. |
| topi | 1. (Hindi) a tropical pith helmet. Also TOPEE. |
| topo | (Coll.) a picture of mountain with climbing routes superimposed on it > TOPOS. |
| tops | (3rd.) TOP, to surpass. |
| tora | (Hebrew) the body of Jewish law and learning, including sacred literature and oral tradition > TORAS. Also TORAH. |
| torc | A necklace or armband in the form of a twisted metal band > TORCS. |
| tore | A surface described by rotation of conic section about a line > TORES. |
| tori | (Pl.) TORUS, a large convex moulding. |
| torn | (PaP).) TEAR, to pull apart. |
| toro | (Spanish) a bull > TOROS. |
| torr | A unit of pressure equal to 1/760 of standard atmospheric pressure > TORRS. |
| tors | (Pl.) TOR, a rocky heap on the top of a hill. |
| tort | A breach of a duty imposed by law (rather than by contract) which gives a right of action for damages > TORTS. |
| tory | A member of the Conservative party > TORIES. |
| tosa | (Japanese) a breed of heavily built, smooth-haired dog > TOSAS. |
| tose | (Scots) to tease out, draw out > TOSES, TOSING, TOSED. Also TOZE, TOAZE. |
| tosh | (Sl.) nonsense; (verb) to trim > TOSHES, TOSHING, TOSHED. |
| toss | To throw lightly > TOSSES, TOSSING, TOSSED or ( obs.) TOST or YTOST. |
| tost | (Obs) pt. TOSS, to throw up. |
| tote | To carry by hand > TOTES, TOTING, TOTED. |
| tots | (3rd.) TOT, to add or total. |
| touk | (Scots) to tap, drum > TOUKS, TOUKING, TOUKED. |
| toun | (Scots) town > TOUNS. Also TOON. |
| tour | (Fr.) to make a prolonged journey from place to place > TOURS, TOURING, TOURED. |
| tout | To solicit brazenly > TOUTS, TOUTING, TOUTED. |
| town | A center of population smaller than a city > TOWNS. |
| tows | (3rd.) TOW, to pull along. |
| towt | (Scots) to pout, sulk > TOWTS, TOWTING, TOWTED. |
| towy | Pertaining to TOW, prepared fibres of flax, hemp etc > TOWIER, TOWIEST. |
| toyo | A smooth straw for making hats > TOYOS. |
| toys | (3rd.) TOY, to play idly with. |
| toze | (Shakesp.) to tease out, comb > TOZES, TOZING, TOZED. Also TOSE, TOAZE. |
| trad | (Abbr.) traditional (jazz) > TRADS. |
| tram | A device for aligning a piece of machinery; (verb) to adjust a machine using a tram > TRAMS, TRAMMING, TRAMMED. |
| trap | To catch in a trap > TRAPS, TRAPPING, TRAPPED or (obs.) TRAPT. |
| trat | (Abbr.) TRATTORIA, an Italian restaurant > TRATS. Also TRATT. |
| tray | The three in cards or dice > TRAYS. Also TREY. |
| tree | To drive up a tree (a tall, woody plant) > TREES, TREEING, TREED. |
| tref | (Hebrew) in the Jewish religion, forbidden as food, not kosher. Also TREFA, TREFAH, TREIF, TREIFA. |
| trek | To go on a journey > TREKS, TREKKING, TREKKED. Also TRECK. |
| trem | an electric guitar lever for producing a tremolo > TREMS. |
| tres | (Fr.) very. |
| tret | An allowance to purchasers of 4lb on every 104 lb for waste > TRETS. |
| trew | (Obs.) true. |
| trey | The three in cards or dice > TREYS. Also TREZ. |
| trez | The three in cards or dice. Also TREY. |
| trie | (Spenser) to try > TRIES, TRYING, TRIED. |
| trig | (Scots) trim, neat > TRIGLY > no comp; (verb) to make something trig > TRIGS, TRIGGING, TRIGGED. |
| trim | Neat > TRIMMER, TRIMMEST; TRIMLY; (verb) to cut neatly > TRIMS, TRIMMING, TRIMMED. |
| trin | A triplet by birth > TRINS. |
| trio | (Ital.) a set of three; a composition for three instruments > TRIOS. |
| trip | To stumble > TRIPS, TRIPPING, TRIPPED. |
| trod | (Noun) track, path > TRODS. Also TROAD, TROADE, TRODE. |
| trog | To trudge, walk wearily > TROGS, TROGGING, TROGGED. |
| tron | (Scots) a public weighing-machine for weighing produce in the market-place of a city or burgh; the post of this used as a pillory > TRONS. Also TRONE. |
| trop | (Fr.) too much. |
| trot | To go at a gait between a walk and a run > TROTS, TROTTING, TROTTED. |
| trou | (Short for) trousers. |
| trow | (Arch.) to believe > TROWS, TROWING, TROWED. |
| troy | A system of weights > TROYS. [From Troyes in France]. |
| true | Corresponding to fact > TRUER, TRUEST; TRULY; (verb) to make true > TRUES, TRUING, TRUED. |
| trug | A shallow wooden basket with a handle, used for carrying flowers or fruit > TRUGS. |
| trye | (Spenser) = TRY as adjective, in sense of choice, purified. |
| tryp | (Abbr.) TRYPANOSOME, a parasite causing sleeping sickness > TRYPS. |
| tsar | (Russian) ruler, emperor > TSARS. Also CZAR, TZAR. |
| tsks | (3rd.) TSK, to make the sound task. |
| tuan | (Malay) sir, lord, master; also, an Australian marsupial, aka WAMBENGER or brush-tailed PHASCOGALE* > TUANS. |
| tuba | (Lat.) an ancient trumpet > TUBAS or TUBAE. |
| tube | (Verb) to provide with or fit into a tube > TUBES, TUBING, TUBED. |
| tubs | (3rd.) TUB, to bathe in a tub. |
| tuck | To fold under > TUCKS, TUCKING, TUCKED. |
| tufa | (Ital.) a rock made of fine volcanic detritus > TUFAS. Also CALCTUFA, TOPH, TOPHE. |
| tuff | A general term for all consolidated pyroclastic rock > TUFFS. Not to be confused with TUFA > TUFFS. Also CALCTUFF. |
| tuft | To form into tufts (clusters of flexible outgrowths attached at the base) > TUFTS, TUFTING, TUFTED. |
| tugs | (3rd.) TUG, to pull forcibly. |
| tuis | (Pl.) TUI, the New Zealand honey-bird. |
| tule | (Nahuatl) a large American bulrush > TULES. [Sp. f. Nahuatl tollin, tullin]. |
| tump | (Dial.) to tip or turn over esp. accidentally; to cause to tip over > TUMPS, TUMPING, TUMPED. |
| tums | (Pl.) TUM, stomach. |
| tuna | Any of several large marine food and game-fishes of the family Scombridae > TUNAS. Also TUNNY. |
| tund | To beat, thump > TUNDS, TUNDING, TUNDED. |
| tune | To put into the proper pitch > TUNES, TUNING, TUNED. |
| tung | (Chinese) a kind of Chinese tree > TUNGS. |
| tuns | (3rd.) TUN, to put into a tun. |
| tuny | Tuneful, esp. in a superficial way > TUNIER, TUNIEST. |
| tups | (3rd.) TUP, of a ram, to copulate. |
| turd | A piece of dung -- an offensive term > TURDS. |
| turf | A surface layer of earth containing a dense growth of grass and its roots > TURVES; (verb) to cover with turf > TURFS, TURFING, TURFED. |
| turk | A young dynamic person > TURKS. |
| turm | (Obs.) a troop > TURMS. Also TURME. |
| turn | To move around a central point > TURNS, TURNING, TURNED. |
| turr | (Canadian) a Newfoundland name for the guillemot > TURRS. |
| tush | (Verb) to say tush > TUSHES, TUSHING, TUSHED. |
| tusk | (Verb) to pierce with the tusks > TUSKS, TUSKING, TUSKED. |
| tuts | (Scots) tut; (verb) to say tut > TUTSES, TUTSING, TUTSED. |
| tutu | (Fr.) a ballerina's short stiff skirt > TUTUS, TUTUED. |
| tuzz | (Dryden) a tuft > TUZZES. |
| twae | (Scots) two > TWAES. Also TWA. |
| twal | (Scots) twelve > TWALS. |
| twas | (Pl.) TWA, two. |
| twat | (Sl.) the female genitalia; a foolish person > TWATS. |
| tway | (Obs.) a form of TWAIN > TWAYS. |
| twee | Affectedly cute or quaint > TWEER, TWEEST; TWEELY. |
| twig | (Verb) to observe closely > TWIGS, TWIGGING, TWIGGED. |
| twin | To bring together in close association > TWINS, TWINNING, TWINNED. |
| twit | (Verb) to upbraid, taunt > TWITS, TWITTING, TWITTED. |
| twos | (Pl.) TWO, the next whole number after one. |
| tyde | (Spenser) tied. |
| tyed | (Pt.) TYE, to wash ore in a TYE. |
| tyee | A food fish > TYEES. |
| tyer | One who ties > TYERS. |
| tyes | (Pl.) TYE, to wash ore in a TYE. |
| tygs | (Pl.) TYG, an old drinking-cup with two or more handles. |
| tyin | A monetary unit of Kyrgyzstan > TYIN. No -S. Also TYIYN. |
| tyke | A dog, a cur; a rough-mannered person; a Roman Catholic > TYKES. Also TIKE. |
| tymp | The plate of a blast furnace opening > TYMPS. |
| tynd | (Spenser) pt. of TIND, to kindle. Also TYNDE. |
| tyne | (Spenser) to lose > TYNES, TYNING, TYNED. Also TINE. |
| type | To write with a typewriter > TYPES, TYPING, TYPED. |
| typo | A typographical error > TYPOS. |
| typp | A unit of yarn size > TYPPS. |
| typy | Characterised by conformity to a group > TYPIER, TYPIEST. Also TYPEY. |
| tyre | (Verb) to fit with a tyre > TYRES, TYRING, TYRED. |
| tyro | (Lat.) a novice or beginner > TYROS, TYROES or TYRONES. |
| tyte | (Obs.) promptly, at once. Also TITE. |
| tzar | (Russian) ruler, emperor > TZARS. Also CZAR, TSAR. |
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