English words: T

1049 words under T; 101–200 on this page.

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• tapping verb form (tap, taps, tapped, tapping); noun (a tapping)
  Tapping is hitting something lightly and quickly, often again and again, like tapping on a window.
• taproom noun (taprooms)
  A taproom is a room in an old inn or pub where drinks are served from barrels.
• taproot noun (a taproot, taproots)
  A taproot is a large main root that grows straight down into the ground, with smaller roots growing off it.
• tar noun (tar, uncountable); verb (tar, tars, tarred, tarring)
  Tar is a thick, black, sticky liquid made from coal, wood or oil, which goes hard when it cools.
• tarantula noun (a tarantula, tarantulas)
  A tarantula is a large, hairy spider that lives in warm places, such as deserts and rainforests in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia.
• tardigrade noun (a tardigrade, tardigrades); also called water bear…
  A tardigrade is a tiny, eight-legged animal, usually less than 1 millimetre long, that lives in water, moss and soil and can survive…
• tardiness noun (tardiness — uncountable)
  Tardiness is being late, especially arriving late to school, work or a meeting.
• tardy adjective (tardy, tardier, tardiest); noun…
  Tardy means late, arriving after the right time: «Don't be tardy for class».
• target noun (a target, targets); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A target is a thing you aim at and try to hit, like the circle in archery or darts.
• tariff noun (a tariff, tariffs)
  A tariff is a tax that a country makes people pay on goods brought in from another country.
• tarmac noun (tarmac, uncountable; the tarmac)
  Tarmac is a hard black material for road and path surfaces, made of crushed stones mixed with tar.
• tarnish verb (tarnish, tarnishes, tarnished, tarnishing); noun…
  To tarnish is when metal like silver, brass or copper loses its shine and gets dull or dark, because of the air.
• taro noun (taro — uncountable; a taro, taros)
  Taro is a tropical plant grown for its large, starchy root (corm), which is cooked and eaten like a potato.
• tarot nounJewish tradition
  A set of picture cards used for fortune-telling and games, with special pictures such as the Fool and the Tower.
• tarpan noun (a tarpan, tarpans)
  The tarpan was a wild horse that lived in Europe and western Asia, including the steppes of Ukraine and Russia; it is now extinct.
• tarry verb (tarry, tarries, tarried, tarrying)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To tarry is to stay somewhere for a while or to wait before going on.
• tarsier noun (a tarsier, tarsiers)
  A tarsier is a tiny primate from islands in South-East Asia, such as the Philippines and Borneo, with huge round eyes, long back legs and…
• tarsus noun (a tarsus, plural tarsi)
  The tarsus is the group of small bones in the ankle and upper foot (science).
• tart noun (a tart, tarts); adjective (tart, tarter, tartest)…
  A tart is an open pie made of pastry with a sweet or savoury filling, like jam or fruit.
• tartan noun (a tartan, tartans; also uncountable); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Tartan is a pattern of coloured stripes crossing each other at right angles, making squares; it is woven into woollen cloth, especially in…
• tartar noun (tartar — uncountable; a Tartar, Tartars)
  Tartar is a hard yellowish coating that builds up on teeth if they are not cleaned well.
• tartaric adjective (tartaric)
  Tartaric describes tartaric acid, a natural acid found in grapes, bananas and tamarinds; it is used in cooking, baking powder (as cream of…
• tartly adverb
  In a sharp way, with a little unkind edge, as when someone is annoyed and speaks briefly.
• tarzan noun (Tarzan — a name; a Tarzan — informal)
  Tarzan is a made-up character created by the American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs in the novel "Tarzan of the Apes" (1912): a boy raised…
• task noun (a task, tasks); verb (task, tasked — formal)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A task is a piece of work that someone has to do, often given by someone else.
• taskmaster nounJewish tradition
  A person who sets hard work for others and makes sure they do it.
• tasmanian adjective (Tasmanian); noun (a Tasmanian, Tasmanians)
  Tasmanian means from or about Tasmania, the island state in the south of Australia.
• tassel noun (a tassel, tassels)
  A tassel is a bunch of threads or strings tied together at the top and hanging loose at the bottom, used for decoration on cushions…
• taste noun (taste, tastes); verb (taste, tastes, tasted, tasting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The flavour of food or drink in your mouth: "a sweet taste".
• tasteless adjective
  Tasteless food has little or no flavour.
• tastest verb, old form used with thou
  «tastest» means «you taste», a form of «taste»: The flavour of food or drink in your mouth: "a sweet taste".
• tasty adjective (tasty, tastier, tastiest)
  Having a good, pleasant flavour: "a tasty sandwich".
• tat noun (tat — uncountable, informal UK); verb…
  Tat is cheap, tasteless or useless things, like junk sold at a fair: «The shop sells tourist tat».
• tatar noun (a Tatar, Tatars; Tatar — the language); adjective…
  A member of a Turkic people who live mainly in Tatarstan in Russia, and also in Crimea (Crimean Tatars) and other countries.
• tatter noun (tatters)
  A tatter is a torn scrap of cloth or paper.
• tattered adjective
  Torn and ragged, old and worn out at the edges.
• tattler noun (tattlers)
  A tattler is a person who tells other people's secrets or spreads gossip, often to get into trouble.
• tattletale noun (a tattletale, tattletales)
  A tattletale is a person, often a child, who tells a teacher or parent about other people's small mistakes, usually to get them into…
• tattling verb…
  Tattling means telling an adult about someone's small misbehaviour, often just to get them into trouble (mainly American).
• tattoo noun (a tattoo, tattoos); verb…
  A picture or pattern made on the skin with ink pushed in by a needle, which stays there.
• tatty adjective (tatty, tattier, tattiest) — informal, UK…
  Old, worn out and in poor condition, a bit shabby.
• tatu noun (Ukrainian: тату, vocative "Tatu!"); also other…
  "Tatu" is the Ukrainian word for Dad when you call him or speak to him directly: "Tatu!" means "Dad!".
• tau nounJewish tradition
  The last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, also spelled Tav, or a letter of the Greek alphabet.
• taunt verb (taunt, taunts, taunted, taunting); noun (taunts)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To taunt someone is to say unkind things to hurt their feelings or to make them angry.
• taurus noun (Taurus)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Taurus is a group of stars (a constellation) that looks like the shape of a bull.
• tavern noun (taverns)
  A tavern is an inn or public house where people go to eat and drink.
• taw nounJewish tradition
  Another way of spelling Tav, the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
• tawny adjective (tawny, tawnier, tawniest); noun (tawny — rare)
  Tawny describes a warm orange-brown or yellowish-brown colour, like a lion's fur.
• tax noun (a tax, taxes); verb (tax, taxes, taxed, taxing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Money that people and businesses must pay to the government to pay for things like schools, roads, hospitals and police.
• taxation noun (taxation — usually no plural)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Taxation is the system of taking money (taxes) from people and businesses to pay for things a government provides.
• taxi noun (a taxi, taxis); verb…
  A taxi is a car with a driver that you pay to take you where you want to go.
• taxman noun (the taxman; a taxman, taxmen)
  The taxman is the government office that collects taxes, spoken of as if it were one person.
• taxonomic adjective (taxonomic; more taxonomic is not used)
  Taxonomic means to do with sorting living things into named groups, such as kingdom, family, genus and species.
• taxpayer noun (a taxpayer, taxpayers)
  A person or business that pays taxes (money) to the government.
• tay noun (Tay — a name); noun (tay — dialect)
  The River Tay is the longest river in Scotland (about 190 km), flowing past Perth and into the sea at Dundee; also Loch Tay and the Firth…
• te noun (te — a music note; also spelt ti); also French and…everyday · Jewish tradition
  In tonic sol-fa singing (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, te), «te» is the seventh note of the major scale, just below the top do; it is spelt «ti»…
• tea noun (tea, uncountable; a tea, teas)
  Tea is a hot drink made by pouring boiling water onto dried leaves of the tea plant.
• teach verb (teach, teaches, taught, teaching)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To teach means to help someone learn something by showing or explaining it.
• teachable adjective (teachable)
  Able and willing to learn: a teachable puppy.
• teacher noun (teacher, teachers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A teacher is a person whose job is to help pupils learn, at school or in a class.
• teaching noun (teachings)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Teaching is the work of showing or explaining things so that others learn them.
• teacup noun (a teacup, teacups)
  A teacup is a cup used for drinking tea, often with a handle and a saucer.
• teal noun (teal, teals — the duck; plural often teal); noun…
  Teal is a blue-green colour, darker than turquoise.
• team noun, verb (team, teams, teamed, teaming)
  A team is a group of people who play a sport or game together against others.
• teammate noun (a teammate, teammates)
  A teammate is a person who is on the same team as you, in a sport, game or school project.
• teamwork noun (teamwork — uncountable)
  Working together well as a group to reach a shared goal, each person helping the others.
• teapot noun (a teapot, teapots)
  A teapot is a pot with a handle, a lid and a spout, used for making and pouring tea.
• tear noun (a tear, tears — rhymes with «ear»); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A tear (rhymes with «ear») is a drop of salty water that comes from your eye, when you cry, laugh a lot or get something in your eye.
• teardrop noun (a teardrop, teardrops); adjective-like before a noun…
  A teardrop is a single tear falling from the eye.
• teareth verb, old form of «tears» (he, she, it)
  «teareth» means «tears», a form of «tear»: A tear (rhymes with «ear») is a drop of salty water that comes from your eye, when you cry…
• tearful adjective (more tearful, most tearful)
  Tearful means crying, or close to tears, with wet eyes or a shaky voice.
• teary adjective (teary, tearier, teariest)
  Teary means full of tears or close to crying: teary eyes, a teary goodbye.
• tease verb (tease, teases, teased, teasing); noun…
  To tease someone means to laugh at them or make jokes about them, in a friendly way or an unkind way.
• teased verb…
  Laughed at someone or made jokes about them, either in a friendly, playful way or in an unkind way that hurts.
• teaser noun (a teaser, teasers)
  A teaser is a short puzzle or question that makes you think hard, often called a brain teaser.
• teasing noun (teasing — uncountable); verb form…
  Teasing is making fun of someone or annoying them with words or tricks, sometimes in a friendly way and sometimes in a hurtful way.
• teaspoon noun (a teaspoon, teaspoons); also teaspoonful…
  A teaspoon is a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee and for eating some foods.
• teat noun (a teat, teats)
  A teat is the small, soft part on a female mammal's body that her babies suck to get milk; cows, goats and pigs have teats.
• teatime noun (teatime — uncountable)
  The time in the late afternoon or early evening when people eat their evening meal, often called «tea».
• tebet nounJewish tradition
  The name of a month in the Jewish calendar, in winter, about December or January, often spelled Tevet.
• tech noun, adjective (tech, techs)
  Tech is a short word for technology, like computers, phones and the internet.
• technical adjective (technical, more technical, most technical)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Technical means to do with science, machines, computers or practical skills.
• technically adverb (technically)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Technically means according to the exact rules or facts, even if it doesn't seem that way in everyday life, as in "Technically, a tomato…
• technique noun (a technique, techniques)
  A technique is a special way of doing something that needs skill, like a painting technique or a swimming technique.
• technology noun…
  The use of science and knowledge to make useful tools, machines and ways of doing things.
• tectonics noun (tectonics; plate tectonics) — uncountable, takes a…
  Tectonics, or plate tectonics, is the idea that the Earth's outer shell is broken into huge pieces called plates that move very slowly…
• ted noun (a ted, teds — informal, UK); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A teddy bear: «my old ted».
• teddy noun (a teddy, teddies; teddy bear)
  A teddy (or teddy bear) is a soft toy bear made of furry cloth and stuffed so it is cuddly.
• tedious adjective (tedious, more tedious, most tedious); adverb…
  Long, slow and boring; tiring because it goes on and on.
• tee noun (a tee, tees); verb…
  A tee is a small peg, often wooden or plastic, that holds a golf ball up before it is hit.
• teem verb (teem, teems, teemed, teeming)
  To teem with something is to be full of it, crowded with lots of living things moving about: «The pond teemed with tadpoles».
• teen noun (a teen, teens); adjective (teen); combining form…
  A teenager, a person aged 13 to 19.
• teenage adjective (teenage)
  Aged between 13 and 19, or connected with people of that age: "my teenage brother", "teenage years".
• teenager noun (a teenager, teenagers)
  A person between 13 and 19 years old.
• teens noun (plural: the teens, one's teens)
  Your teens are the years of your life when your age ends in «-teen», from 13 to 19.
• teeny adjective (teeny, teenier, teeniest)
  Very small; tiny.
• teepee noun (teepees)
  A teepee is a cone-shaped tent of poles covered with skins or cloth, used by some Native American peoples.
• teethe verb (teethe, teethes, teethed, teething)
  When a baby teethes, its first teeth are growing through the gums, which can make the baby sore, grumpy and dribbly.
• teething noun (teething — uncountable); adjective (teething); also…
  The time when a baby's first teeth are growing through the gums, which can be sore.
• telegram noun (telegrams)
  A telegram is a short written message sent by wire or radio, once paid for by the word.

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