English words: T

1049 words under T; 1–100 on this page.

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• ta interjection (ta — informal, UK, Australia, NZ); also an…
  Ta means «thank you»: «Ta, mate.».
• tab noun (a tab, tabs); verb (tab, tabs, tabbed, tabbing)
  A tab is a small flap or strip sticking out of something, used for pulling, holding or labelling it, like the tab on a can or a folder.
• tabby noun (a tabby, tabbies); adjective (tabby)
  A tabby is a cat with a striped, swirled or spotted coat, often grey, brown or ginger, with an «M» shape on its forehead.
• tabernacle nounJewish tradition
  In the Bible, the portable sanctuary or tent in which the Israelites worshipped God in the desert.
• tabernacles nounJewish tradition
  Plural of tabernacle; here it means huts or booths, as in the festival Sukkot.
• table noun (table, tables); verb (table, tables, tabled — rare)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A table is a piece of furniture with a flat top on legs, where you eat, work or put things.
• tablecloth noun (a tablecloth, tablecloths)
  A tablecloth is a large piece of cloth that covers a table, especially during meals, to protect it and make it look nice.
• tablespoon noun (a tablespoon, tablespoons; short forms tbsp, T)
  A tablespoon is a large spoon used for serving food or for measuring in cooking.
• tablet noun (a tablet, tablets)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A tablet is a small, flat, hard piece of medicine that you swallow; a pill.
• tableware noun (tableware — uncountable)
  Tableware is all the things used for serving and eating a meal at a table: plates, bowls, cups, glasses, knives, forks and spoons.
• tabloid noun (a tabloid, tabloids); adjective (tabloid)
  A newspaper with smaller pages, many photos and short, eye-catching stories, often about famous people, crime and gossip.
• taboo noun (taboos); adjective; verb…
  A taboo is a rule of a group that says something must not be done, touched or said.
• tabor noun (tabors)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A tabor is a small drum, played with one hand, often with a pipe.
• tabulate verb (tabulate, tabulates, tabulated, tabulating)
  To tabulate information is to arrange it in a table, in rows and columns, so it is easy to read and compare.
• tabulation noun (tabulations)
  A tabulation is a list of facts arranged in neat rows and columns, such as a table of numbers.
• tack noun (a tack, tacks); verb (tack, tacks, tacked, tacking)…
  A tack is a small nail with a flat head; a drawing pin or thumbtack holds paper on a board.
• tackle verb (tackle, tackles, tackled, tackling); noun…
  To try to take the ball from a player, or to bring a player to the ground, in games like football, rugby and hockey.
• taco noun (a taco, tacos)
  A taco is a Mexican food made of a folded corn or wheat tortilla (a thin flat bread) filled with meat, beans, cheese, salad or other food.
• tact noun (no plural)
  Tact is skill in saying or doing the right thing without upsetting people.
• tactful adjective (tactful, more tactful, most tactful)
  A tactful person is careful to say and do things in a way that does not upset or hurt others.
• tactic noun (a tactic, tactics)
  A planned action or method used to get a result.
• tactical adjective (tactical)
  To do with the plans and moves used to win a game, battle or contest.
• tactile adjective (tactile)
  Tactile means about the sense of touch, or able to be felt by touching: tactile paving, a tactile map.
• tad noun (a tad)
  A small amount; a little: «a tad of milk».
• tadpole noun (a tadpole, tadpoles)
  A tadpole is a young frog or toad that has just hatched from an egg; it lives in water, has a tail and breathes with gills.
• taekwondo noun (taekwondo — uncountable; also tae kwon do)
  Taekwondo is a martial art and sport from Korea, famous for high, fast kicks and jumping and spinning kicks.
• taffy noun (taffy, taffies; uncountable for the sweet); Taffy — a…
  A soft, chewy sweet made by boiling sugar or molasses and pulling it until it is shiny and stretchy; salt-water taffy is a famous kind.
• tag noun (tag, tags); verb (tag, tags, tagged, tagging)
  A tag is a small label tied or stuck on something, like a price tag or a name tag.
• tagged verb form of tag (tag, tags, tagged, tagging); adjective…
  Tagged means caught by being touched in the game of tag (tig, it).
• tagger noun (a tagger, taggers)
  A tagger is a person who sprays or writes their nickname or sign (a tag) on walls, trains or buildings, often without permission, which is…
• tahitian adjective (Tahitian); noun…
  Tahitian means from or about Tahiti, the largest island of French Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean.
• tai proper noun (Tai — peoples and languages); part of "tai…
  Tai chi (or t'ai chi) is a Chinese system of slow, flowing exercise movements, practised for health and calm.
• tail noun (a tail, tails); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The part at the back end of an animal's body that sticks out and can often move.
• tailless adjective (tailless)
  Tailless means having no tail: a tailless animal, or an aircraft or kite built without a tail.
• tailor noun, verb (tailor, tailors, tailored, tailoring)
  A tailor is a person whose job is to make, mend or change clothes, especially suits and coats.
• tailorbird noun (a tailorbird, tailorbirds)
  A tailorbird is a small bird of tropical Asia, such as India and Southeast Asia, that makes its nest by sewing leaves together with plant…
• taipan noun (a taipan, taipans); noun…
  A large, very venomous snake from Australia and New Guinea; the inland taipan has the strongest venom of any land snake.
• taka noun (a taka, taka)
  The taka is the money of Bangladesh; one taka is made of 100 poisha.
• takahe noun (a takahe, takahe or takahes)
  The takahe is a large, flightless bird from New Zealand, with blue-green feathers, a big red beak and red legs.
• take verb (take, takes, took, taken, taking); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To take is to get hold of something and move it or have it.
• takeaway noun (a takeaway, takeaways); adjective (takeaway food)
  A takeaway is a meal you buy cooked from a shop or restaurant and eat at home; the shop itself is also called a takeaway (in the USA and…
• takeout noun (takeout, takeouts — US, Canada); adjective…
  Takeout is food cooked and bought at a restaurant or shop to eat somewhere else, usually at home.
• taker noun (a taker, takers)
  A taker is a person who takes or accepts something that is offered.
• takest verb, old form used with thou
  «takest» means «you take», a form of «take»: To take is to get hold of something and move it or have it.
• taketh verb, old form of «takes» (he, she, it)
  «taketh» means «takes», a form of «take»: To take is to get hold of something and move it or have it.
• takin noun (a takin, takins); also informal clipped spelling…
  A large, strong, goat-like animal with thick golden or brown fur and short horns that lives in the mountains of the Himalayas and China.
• takings noun, plural (takings)
  Takings are the money a shop, cafe, fair or business gets from selling things in a certain time: the day's takings.
• talc noun (talc, uncountable)
  Talc is a very soft, white or grey mineral that feels soapy or greasy.
• tale noun (tale, tales)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A tale is a story, often a made-up one with adventures.
• talebearer nounJewish tradition
  A person who spreads gossip or stories about others.
• talent noun (a talent, talents; talent — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A talent is a natural ability to do something well, like singing, drawing or sport.
• taliban noun (proper noun: the Taliban)
  The Taliban is a militant political and religious group in Afghanistan.
• talisman noun (talismans)
  A talisman is an object believed to bring luck or protection, a charm.
• talk verb (talk, talks, talked, talking); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To say words; to speak: "The baby is learning to talk.".
• talkative adjective (talkative, more talkative, most talkative)
  A talkative person talks a lot, often in a friendly and chatty way.
• talker noun (a talker, talkers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A person who talks, especially in a certain way: a fast talker, a good talker.
• talkie noun (a talkie, talkies); (walkie-talkie)
  A film with sound and spoken words, as opposed to a silent film; the first "talkies" were made a long time ago.
• talking verb form (-ing of talk: talk, talks, talked, talking)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Saying words to people; speaking (the -ing form of talk).
• talks verb form (third person of talk: talks); noun…
  Talks is the form of «talk» used with he, she or it: she talks, he talks.
• tall adjective (tall, taller, tallest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Tall means high from the bottom to the top: a giraffe is very tall.
• tallish adjective (tallish)
  Fairly tall; a bit taller than average.
• tallow noun (no plural)
  Tallow is hard animal fat, used to make candles and soap.
• tally noun (a tally, tallies); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A tally is a record of a count, often made by drawing small lines: a tally chart.
• tallyman noun (a tallyman, tallymen)
  A tallyman was a person who kept a tally, or count, of goods, such as bananas being loaded onto a ship, or votes.
• talon noun (a talon, talons)
  A talon is a long, sharp, curved claw on the foot of a bird of prey, like an eagle, owl or hawk.
• tam noun (a tam, tams); abbreviation or fragment (tam)
  A tam (short for tam-o'-shanter) is a soft, round, flat woollen cap, often with a bobble (pom-pom) on top, traditionally worn in Scotland.
• tamale noun (a tamale, tamales)
  A tamale is a Mexican and Central American food made of corn dough (masa) filled with meat, cheese, beans or vegetables, wrapped in a corn…
• tamarin noun (a tamarin, tamarins)
  A small monkey from the rainforests of Central and South America, with silky fur and a long tail; some, like the golden lion tamarin, have…
• tamarisk noun (a tamarisk, tamarisks)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A tamarisk is a shrub or small tree with feathery leaves and small pink or white flowers that grows well in dry, salty places such as…
• tambourine noun (a tambourine, tambourines)
  A tambourine is a musical instrument like a small round frame or hand drum with little metal discs (jingles) round the edge that jingle…
• tame adjective (tame, tamer, tamest); verb…
  Of an animal: not wild or afraid of people, because it has been trained or lives with people.
• tameness noun (tameness — uncountable)
  Tameness is being tame: when an animal is gentle, used to people and not afraid of them.
• tamer noun (a tamer, tamers); adjective…
  A tamer is a person who tames or trains wild animals, such as a lion tamer in an old-fashioned circus.
• tamil noun (Tamil — the language; a Tamil, Tamils — the people)…
  Tamil is a language spoken by more than 70 million people, mainly in the state of Tamil Nadu in south India and in Sri Lanka, and also in…
• tammuz nounJewish tradition
  The name of a month in the Jewish calendar, in summer, about June or July.
• tamp verb (tamp, tamps, tamped, tamping); usually «tamp down»
  To tamp something means to press or pat it down firmly so it is packed tight, such as soil around a plant or coffee in a machine.
• tamper verb (tamper, tampers, tampered, tampering)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To tamper with a thing is to meddle with it or change it without permission, often so that it no longer works properly.
• tampon noun (a tampon, tampons)
  A small soft roll of cotton or similar material put inside the vagina to soak up blood during a period (menstruation).
• tan noun (a tan, tans); verb (tan, tans, tanned, tanning)…
  A tan is the brown colour skin gets after being in the sun.
• tandem noun (a tandem, tandems); adverb (in tandem)
  A bicycle built for two riders, one behind the other.
• tang noun (a tang, tangs; uncountable for the taste); adjective…
  A tang is a strong, sharp taste or smell, like lemon or the sea air.
• tangible adjective (tangible, more tangible, most tangible)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Tangible means real and able to be touched: a tangible object.
• tangle noun (a tangle, tangles); verb…
  A tangle is a twisted, messy knot of hair, string, wires or other long things.
• tangled adjective; verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Tangled means twisted together in a messy way that is hard to undo, like string, hair or wires.
• tangy adjective (tangy, tangier, tangiest)
  Tangy describes a sharp, strong, pleasant taste or smell, often a bit sour, like lemon, lime or orange.
• tank noun (tank, tanks); verb (tank — fail badly, slang)
  A tank is a big container that holds water, fuel, oil or gas.
• tankard noun (tankards)
  A tankard is a large drinking mug, often made of metal, with a handle and sometimes a lid.
• tankful noun (a tankful, tankfuls)
  A tankful is the amount a tank can hold when full: a tankful of petrol, a tankful of water.
• tanned adjective (tanned); also past form of the verb tan…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Tanned skin has become darker after being in the sun.
• tanner noun (a tanner, tanners); proper noun (Tanner — a name)
  A tanner is a person whose job is tanning animal skins to turn them into leather.
• tantrum noun (a tantrum, tantrums)
  A tantrum is a sudden burst of anger or upset, with crying, shouting or kicking, often from a young child who cannot get what they want.
• tanzanian adjective (Tanzanian); noun (a Tanzanian, Tanzanians)
  Tanzanian means from or to do with Tanzania, a country in East Africa.
• taoiseach noun (the Taoiseach — a title; Taoisigh — Irish plural)
  The title of the prime minister, the head of the government, of the Republic of Ireland.
• tap noun, verb (tap, taps, tapped, tapping)
  A tap (UK) is a thing you turn to let water come out (US: faucet).
• tape noun, verb (tape, tapes, taped, taping)
  Tape is a thin sticky strip used to stick things together: sticky tape.
• taper noun (tapers); verb (taper, tapers, tapered, tapering)
  A taper is a long thin candle, used for lighting other candles or lamps.
• tapestry noun (a tapestry, tapestries)
  A heavy piece of cloth with a picture or pattern made by weaving or sewing coloured threads, hung on a wall.
• tapioca noun (tapioca; uncountable)
  Tapioca is a starch made from the root of the cassava plant; it comes as flour, flakes or small white balls (pearls).
• tapir noun (a tapir, tapirs)
  A tapir is a large, plant-eating animal shaped a bit like a pig, with a short, bendy nose (snout) like a tiny trunk.
• tapped verb, past tense and past participle of «tap»…
  Hit something lightly and quickly.

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