English words: T

1049 words under T; 501–600 on this page.

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• till preposition, conjunction, noun, verb (till, tills, tilled)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Till means until, up to a time: open from 9 till 5.
• tillage nounJewish tradition
  Farming the land: plowing and planting the soil, or land that is farmed.
• tiller nounJewish tradition
  A person who works the land, a farmer.
• tillest verb, old form used with thou
  «tillest» means «you till», a form of «till»: Till means until, up to a time: open from 9 till 5.
• tilt verb (tilt, tilts, tilted, tilting); noun (a tilt, tilts)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To move something so that one side is higher than the other; to lean or slope.
• tilted adjective (tilted); verb…
  Leaning or sloping, with one side higher than the other.
• timber noun (timber — mostly uncountable; timbers); interjection…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Timber is wood that is cut and used for building or making things.
• timbrel nounJewish tradition
  A small hand drum or tambourine, played with dancing.
• time noun, verb (time, times, timed, timing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Time is what we measure with clocks in seconds, minutes, hours, days and years.
• timekeeper noun (a timekeeper, timekeepers)
  A timekeeper is a person who keeps track of time in a game, race or event, often with a stopwatch, and says when time is up.
• timekeeping noun (timekeeping — uncountable)
  Being on time, arriving and finishing when you should.
• timeline noun (a timeline, timelines)
  A timeline is a line or chart showing events in the order they happened, with times marked along it.
• timely adjective (timelier, timeliest)
  Timely means happening at just the right moment, when it is most needed.
• timepiece noun (a timepiece, timepieces)
  A clock or watch; any instrument for measuring time.
• timer noun (a timer, timers)
  A timer is a device that measures how much time passes and often rings or beeps when a set time is over, like a kitchen timer.
• times noun (in «N times»; time, times); preposition…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Times tells how many copies of a number are put together: «5 times 6» means 5 × 6.
• timetable noun (a timetable, timetables); verb…
  A timetable is a list or chart showing what happens at what time, like lessons at school.
• timid adjective (timid, timider/more timid, timidest/most timid)
  Shy and nervous, easily frightened, not brave or confident.
• timidity noun (timidity; uncountable)
  Being shy, nervous and easily frightened; lack of courage or confidence.
• timidly adverb
  Timidly means in a shy, nervous, frightened way, without confidence.
• timing noun (timing, uncountable; a timing in technical use); also…
  Timing is choosing the right moment to do something.
• timorous adjective
  Timorous means fearful and easily frightened, shy and nervous.
• timothy proper noun (Timothy — a name; Timothy in the Bible); noun…
  Timothy is a boy's or man's name (a name); short forms are Tim and Timmy.
• timpani noun (timpani — plural; one drum is a timpano, rare)
  Timpani are large, round, bowl-shaped drums made of copper with skin or plastic stretched over the top, played with soft-headed sticks in…
• tin noun (tin; a tin, tins); adjective (tin)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Tin is a soft, silvery-white metal.
• tinder noun (tinder, no plural)
  Tinder is dry material that catches fire easily from a spark, used to start a fire.
• tinderbox noun (tinderboxes)
  A tinderbox is an old box holding tinder, flint and steel, used to light fires.
• tine noun (a tine, tines)
  A tine is one of the pointed prongs of a fork, rake or garden fork.
• ting noun (a ting, tings); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A ting is a short, high, clear ringing sound, like a small bell or a spoon tapping a glass.
• tingle verb (tingle, tingles, tingled, tingling); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  When a part of your body tingles, you feel lots of tiny prickles in it, like pins and needles.
• tinker noun (tinkers); verb (tinker, tinkers, tinkered, tinkering)
  A tinker is a travelling person who mends pots and pans.
• tinkle noun (tinkles); verb (tinkle, tinkles, tinkled, tinkling)
  A tinkle is a light, high ringing sound, like small bells.
• tinkling adjective (tinkling); noun (a tinkling); the -ing form of…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Making light, clear, ringing sounds, like a small bell or glass.
• tinned adjective (tinned); verb…
  Tinned food is food sealed in a metal can to keep it fresh for a long time; in the US people say «canned».
• tinsel noun (tinsel — uncountable)
  Tinsel is long strings of thin, shiny, glittering material used as decoration, especially at Christmas.
• tinsmith noun (tinsmiths)
  A tinsmith is a person who makes or mends things out of tin, such as pots, lamps and cans.
• tint noun (a tint, tints); verb (tint, tints, tinted, tinting)
  A slight shade of a colour, a pale or light version of it.
• tiny adjective (tiny, tinier, tiniest)
  Very, very small: "a tiny ant".
• tip noun (a tip, tips); verb (tip, tips, tipped, tipping)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The tip of something is its pointed or thin end, like the tip of your finger or a pencil.
• tipi noun (a tipi, tipis); also spelled tepee or teepee
  A tipi is a cone-shaped tent made of animal skins or cloth over long wooden poles, traditionally used by some Native American peoples of…
• tipped past form and past participle of the verb «tip»…
  Tipped means turned over or tilted so it fell or poured: «she tipped the water out».
• tipsy adjective (tipsy, tipsier, tipsiest) — informal
  Slightly drunk from drinking alcohol, a bit happy and unsteady, but not very drunk.
• tiptoe verb (tiptoe, tiptoes, tiptoed, tiptoeing); noun…
  To walk quietly and carefully on the front parts of your feet with your heels off the ground.
• tiptop adjective (tiptop — informal, old-fashioned); noun…
  Excellent; in the very best condition: «in tiptop shape».
• tire verb (tire, tires, tired, tiring); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To become tired, or to make someone tired.
• tired adjective (tired, more tired, most tired)
  Needing rest or sleep because you have used a lot of energy.
• tiredly adverb
  Tiredly means in a tired way, showing that you have little energy.
• tiredness noun (tiredness — no plural)
  The feeling of needing rest or sleep; being tired.
• tiresome adjective
  Boring and annoying because it goes on too long or happens too often.
• tishri nounJewish tradition
  The seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, usually in September or October.
• tissue noun (a tissue, tissues; tissue, uncountable)
  A tissue is a soft, thin piece of paper used to blow or wipe your nose.
• tit noun (a tit, tits)
  A tit is a small, lively bird, such as the blue tit or great tit, common in gardens in the UK and Europe.
• titan noun (a titan, titans; Titan — a moon, the Titans in myth)
  The Titans were giant, powerful gods in Greek myths who ruled before Zeus and the Olympian gods defeated them.
• titania noun (proper noun: Titania)
  Titania is the queen of the fairies in Shakespeare's play «A Midsummer Night's Dream», the wife of Oberon.
• titanic adjective (titanic; more titanic); proper noun (the Titanic)
  Extremely big, strong or important; huge.
• titanium noun (titanium, uncountable)
  Titanium is a strong, light, silver-grey metal, a chemical element with the symbol Ti and atomic number 22.
• tithe noun (a tithe, tithes); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A tithe is one tenth of what a person earns or grows, given to the church or to God.
• title noun (a title, titles); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The name of a book, film, song, picture or piece of writing.
• titmouse noun (titmice, titmouse)
  A titmouse is a small, lively songbird, a kind of tit, often seen in gardens and woods.
• titter verb (titter, titters, tittered, tittering); noun…
  To titter is to laugh quietly in a nervous, silly or slightly rude way, often trying not to.
• tlc abbreviation (TLC — usually written in capitals)
  TLC stands for «tender loving care»: kind, gentle attention given to someone or something that needs it.
• to preposition; part of a verb («to run»)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To shows where something goes or who gets it: «go to school», «give it to Sam».
• toad noun (toad, toads)
  A toad is a small animal like a frog, an amphibian, usually with dry, bumpy skin and short legs that make it walk or hop rather than leap.
• toadstool noun (a toadstool, toadstools)
  A toadstool is a fungus with a round cap on a stalk, like a mushroom; the word is often used for kinds that are poisonous or not eaten…
• toady noun (a toady, toadies); verb…
  A person who flatters and obeys a powerful person too much, to get favours; a creep (informal).
• toast noun…
  Toast is bread whose sides have been made brown and crisp by heating.
• toaster noun (a toaster, toasters)
  A toaster is a small electric kitchen machine that browns slices of bread by heating them.
• tobacco noun (tobacco — uncountable; tobaccos for kinds)
  Tobacco is a plant whose dried leaves are smoked in cigarettes, cigars and pipes, or chewed.
• toboggan noun (a toboggan, toboggans); verb…
  A toboggan is a long, narrow sledge without runners, with a curled-up front, used for sliding down snowy hills; in everyday use it is…
• tobogganing noun (tobogganing — uncountable); verb form…
  Tobogganing is the activity of sliding down snowy hills on a toboggan or sledge.
• toby noun (a toby jug, toby jugs); proper noun (Toby — a name)
  Toby is a boy's name.
• today adverb, nouneveryday · Jewish tradition
  Today is this day, the day that is now.
• toddle verb (toddle, toddles, toddled, toddling)
  To toddle is to walk with short, wobbly steps, the way a small child who has just learned to walk does.
• toddler noun (a toddler, toddlers)
  A young child who has just learned to walk, usually about one to three years old.
• toe noun (a toe, toes); verb (toe the line)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A toe is one of the five parts at the end of your foot, like fingers on your hand.
• toenail noun (a toenail, toenails)
  The hard, thin, flat covering on the top of the end of each toe, like a fingernail but on your foot.
• toffee noun (toffee, toffees)
  A hard or chewy brown sweet made by boiling sugar and butter.
• tofu noun (tofu — uncountable; also bean curd)
  Tofu is a soft white food made from soya milk pressed into blocks, eaten a lot in China, Japan and other Asian countries and by vegetarians.
• together adverb; adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Together means with each other, in one place or at the same time: «We play together».
• toggle noun (a toggle, toggles); verb…
  A toggle is a short piece of wood, plastic or metal used like a button: it is pushed through a loop to fasten a coat or bag, as on a…
• togs noun plural (togs)…
  Togs are swimming costumes, swimmers.
• toil verb (toil, toils, toiled, toiling); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To toil is to work very hard for a long time, usually at tiring work.
• toilet noun (a toilet, toilets)
  A large bowl with a seat that you use to get rid of wee and poo, then flush with water.
• toilette noun (toilette — uncountable) — French, formal
  Toilette is the process of washing, dressing and doing your hair, as in making her toilette.
• token noun (a token, tokens); adjective (token)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A token is a round piece of metal or plastic used instead of a coin, for example in games or machines.
• tolerable adjective (more tolerable, most tolerable)
  Tolerable means fairly good, not great but good enough to be pleased with.
• tolerably adverb (more tolerably, most tolerably)
  Tolerably means fairly well or quite; not very well, but well enough.
• tolerance noun (tolerance — uncountable; a tolerance, tolerances)
  Tolerance is accepting and respecting people whose beliefs, ways of life or opinions are different from yours, even if you disagree.
• tolerant adjective (tolerant, more tolerant, most tolerant)
  Accepting and respecting other people's beliefs, ways of life or opinions, even when they are different from yours.
• tolerate verb (tolerate, tolerates, tolerated, tolerating)
  To allow something you do not like or agree with, without stopping it.
• toleration noun (toleration; uncountable)
  Allowing beliefs, customs or behaviour that you may not agree with, without trying to stop them.
• toll noun (a toll, tolls; the toll); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A toll is money you must pay to use a road, bridge or tunnel.
• tom noun (a tom, toms); name (Tom)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A male cat; also a tomcat.
• tomahawk noun (plural tomahawks)
  A tomahawk is a light axe with a short handle, used as a tool or a weapon by some Native American peoples.
• tomato noun (a tomato, tomatoes)
  A tomato is a soft, round, juicy fruit, usually red, which is eaten raw in salads or cooked in sauces and soups.
• tomb noun (a tomb, tombs)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A tomb is a grave or a stone room where a dead body is laid, often with a big stone or monument over it.
• tombola noun (a tombola, tombolas)
  A tombola is a game at a fair where people buy tickets and win a prize if their ticket number matches one on a prize.
• tomboy noun (a tomboy, tomboys)
  A tomboy is a girl who likes doing things that people used to think were only for boys, such as climbing trees, rough games and football…
• tombstone noun (a tombstone, tombstones)
  A tombstone is a large flat stone over or at the end of a grave, with the name of the person buried there and often words about them.
• tomcat noun (a tomcat, tomcats)
  A tomcat (or tom) is a male cat.

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