English words: T

1049 words under T; 801–900 on this page.

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• treat verb (treat, treats, treated, treating); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To behave towards someone or something in a certain way: «Treat others kindly».
• treater noun (a treater, treaters) — rare
  A treater is a person who treats someone, for example who pays for or gives them something nice.
• treatise noun (treatises)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A long, serious piece of writing that explains a subject in detail.
• treatment noun (treatment, a treatment, treatments)
  Treatment is the care given by a doctor, nurse or other helper to make someone better when they are ill or injured.
• treaty noun (a treaty, treaties)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A written agreement between countries or nations, for example to end a war, to trade or to share land.
• treble verb (treble, trebles, trebled, trebling); adjective…
  To treble is to become three times as big, or to make something three times as big.
• trebuchet noun (a trebuchet, trebuchets)
  A trebuchet is a huge medieval siege machine like a giant catapult that throws heavy stones over castle walls, powered by a heavy…
• tree noun (tree, trees)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A tree is a tall plant with a wooden trunk, branches and leaves.
• treeless adjective (treeless)
  Treeless means with no trees, or almost no trees.
• treetop noun (a treetop, treetops)
  A treetop is the highest part of a tree, its top branches and leaves.
• trefoil noun (trefoils)
  A trefoil is a plant with three leaves on each stalk, like clover.
• trek noun (a trek, treks); verb (trek, treks, trekked, trekking)
  noun: A long, hard journey, especially on foot through mountains, forests or wild country.
• trellis noun (trellises); verb (trellises, trellised, trellising)
  A trellis is aframe of crossed wooden strips or wire that a climbing plant grows up.
• tremble verb (tremble, trembles, trembled, trembling); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To tremble is to shake slightly and without wanting to, because you are cold, afraid, excited or weak.
• tremendous adjective (tremendous)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Very great in size, amount or strength; huge: a tremendous noise.
• tremendously adverb
  Tremendously means very much or enormously.
• tremor noun (a tremor, tremors)
  A small earthquake or a shaking of the ground.
• tremulous adjective
  Tremulous describes a voice or hand that shakes a little, from fear, cold or old age.
• trench noun (a trench, trenches); trench coateveryday · Jewish tradition
  A trench is a long, narrow, deep ditch dug in the ground, for pipes, drains or building foundations.
• trend noun (trend, trends); verb…
  A general direction in which something is changing or developing: «a trend towards healthier eating».
• trespass verb (trespass, trespasses, trespassed, trespassing); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To go onto someone's land or into a building without permission.
• trespassing noun (trespassing — uncountable); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Going onto someone's land or into a building without permission.
• tress noun (tresses)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A tress is a long lock or strand of hair, especially one that hangs down.
• trestle noun (a trestle, trestles)
  A trestle is a frame with legs, often a beam on two pairs of sloping legs, used to hold up a table top or plank.
• trey noun (a trey, treys); name (Trey)
  A trey is a card, dice face or domino with three spots.
• triad nounJewish tradition
  A group of three things or persons.
• triage noun (triage — uncountable); verb…
  Triage is deciding the order in which sick or injured people are treated, based on who needs help most urgently, as in a hospital…
• trial noun (a trial, trials)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A trial is when a court, with a judge and often a jury, decides if someone is guilty of a crime.
• triangle noun (triangle, triangles)
  A triangle is a flat shape with three straight sides and three corners (angles).
• triangular adjective (triangular)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Triangular means shaped like a triangle, with three sides and three corners.
• tribal adjective (tribal)
  Belonging to a tribe – a group of families or communities who share ancestors, language, customs and often land, with their own leaders.
• tribe noun (a tribe, tribes)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A tribe is a group of families and people who share the same ancestors, language, customs and way of life, often with their own leader.
• tribulation nounJewish tradition
  Great trouble, suffering or hardship.
• tribunal noun (a tribunal, tribunals)
  A special kind of court or group of officials who decide on a particular kind of problem, such as work disputes or tax arguments.
• tributary noun (a tributary, tributaries); adjective (tributary)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A tributary is a river or stream that flows into a bigger river or a lake.
• tribute noun (a tribute, tributes)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A tribute is something said, done or given to show respect, thanks or admiration for someone: «a tribute to the nurses».
• trice noun (only in the phrase 'in a trice')
  A trice is a very short time, a moment.
• triceps noun (the triceps, triceps — same form for one and many)
  The triceps is the big muscle at the back of your upper arm, which straightens your arm at the elbow.
• triceratops noun (a triceratops; plural triceratops or triceratopses)
  A large plant-eating dinosaur with three horns on its face and a big bony frill around the back of its head.
• trick noun (a trick, tricks); verb…
  Something done to fool or cheat someone.
• trickery noun (trickery — uncountable)
  Trickery is using tricks to deceive or cheat people, making them believe something false: "He won the game by trickery.".
• trickle verb (trickle, trickles, trickled, trickling); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To trickle is for a liquid to flow slowly in a thin line or small drops.
• trickster noun (a trickster, tricksters)
  A trickster is a person who tricks or cheats people, often to get their money.
• tricky adjective (tricky, trickier, trickiest)
  Tricky means difficult and needing care or skill («a tricky question»).
• tricycle noun (tricycle, tricycles)
  A tricycle is a small bike with three wheels, one at the front and two at the back.
• trident noun (a trident, tridents)
  A trident is a spear with three sharp points, like a fork with three prongs.
• tried verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Past of «try»: made an effort to do something (I tried to lift the box).
• trieth verb, old form of «tries» (he, she, it)
  «trieth» means «tries», a form of «try»: To make an effort to do something: "Try to finish.".
• trifle noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A cold dessert made of layers of sponge cake, fruit or jelly, custard and cream, popular in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ.
• trigger noun (a trigger, triggers); verb…
  A trigger is the small lever on a gun or tool that you pull to make it work.
• trigon nounJewish tradition
  A triangular stringed musical instrument, a kind of small harp.
• trike noun (a trike, trikes)
  A tricycle: a cycle with three wheels, often for small children.
• trill noun (a trill, trills); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A trill is a quick, high, repeated sound, like a bird singing.
• trillion noun and number (a trillion, trillions; two trillion)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A trillion is a million millions: 1,000,000,000,000, or 10 to the power of 12 — a 1 followed by 12 zeros.
• trilobite noun (a trilobite, trilobites)
  A trilobite was a sea animal with a hard, jointed shell and many legs that lived about 520 to 250 million years ago; trilobites are now…
• trim verb, noun, adjective (trim, trims, trimmed, trimming)
  To trim means to cut a little off to make something neat: trim the hedge, trim your hair.
• trimmed verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Trimmed means cut a little to make it neat or tidy, such as trimmed hair, hedges or nails.
• trimmer noun (a trimmer, trimmers)
  A trimmer is a tool or machine for cutting hedges, grass edges, hair or beards neatly.
• trimming verb form (trim, trims, trimmed, trimming); noun…
  Trimming means cutting a little off something to make it tidy: trimming a hedge, trimming hair.
• trinity noun (the Trinity; a trinity, trinities)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The Trinity is the Christian belief that there is one God who is three persons: the Father, the Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit.
• trinket noun (trinkets)
  A trinket is a small, cheap ornament or piece of jewellery.
• trio noun (a trio, trios)
  A trio is a group of three people or things.
• trip noun, verb (trip, trips, tripped, tripping)
  A trip is a journey to a place and back, often short: a school trip.
• triple adjective (triple); verb…
  Triple means three times as much or as many.
• triplet noun (a triplet, triplets)
  One of three children born to the same mother at the same time.
• tripod noun (a tripod, tripods)
  A stand with three legs used to hold a camera, telescope or other equipment steady.
• tripping verb, -ing form of «trip» (trip, trips, tripped, tripping)
  Tripping means catching your foot on something so that you stumble or fall.
• trireme noun (a trireme, triremes)
  A trireme was a long, fast wooden warship of ancient Greece, Phoenicia and Rome, rowed by about 170 men sitting in three rows, one above…
• triton noun (a triton, tritons; Triton, a name)
  Triton is a sea god in the myths of ancient Greece, half man and half fish, who blows a conch shell like a trumpet.
• triumph noun (a triumph, triumphs; triumph — uncountable); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A triumph is a great victory or success: the concert was a triumph.
• triumphal adjectiveeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Triumphal means done to celebrate a victory.
• triumphant adjectiveeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Triumphant means happy and proud because you have won or succeeded.
• trivia noun (no plural; used with a singular verb)
  Trivia are small, unimportant facts or details.
• trivial adjective (trivial; more trivial, most trivial)
  Something trivial is small and not important, not worth worrying about.
• triviality noun (a triviality, trivialities)
  Something small and unimportant.
• trojan adjective (Trojan); noun…
  Trojan means from Troy, the ancient city in what is now Turkey; a Trojan is a person from Troy.
• troll noun (a troll, trolls); verb…
  In Scandinavian fairy tales, a big, ugly, often stupid creature that lives in caves, mountains or under bridges.
• trolley noun (a trolley, trolleys)
  A trolley is a small cart with wheels for carrying things, like a shopping trolley in a supermarket.
• trolling noun (trolling); verb form of «troll»…
  Posting rude, mean or upsetting messages on the internet on purpose, to make people angry or to get attention.
• trombone noun (a trombone, trombones)
  A trombone is a large brass musical instrument that you play by blowing into it and moving a long sliding tube in and out to change the…
• troop noun (a troop, troops; troops — soldiers); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Soldiers, especially a large group of them.
• troops noun, plural (troops); singular troop (a troop, troops)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Troops are soldiers, especially a large group of them.
• trophic adjective (trophic)
  To do with food and feeding, especially who eats whom in nature.
• trophy noun (a trophy, trophies)
  A trophy is a prize such as a cup, a shield or a statue given to a winner of a competition.
• tropic noun (a tropic, the tropics); adjective (tropical)
  The tropics are the hot, wet regions of the Earth near the equator, between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
• tropical adjective (tropical)
  Tropical describes places near the equator, in the tropics, which are hot all year.
• troposphere noun (the troposphere)
  The troposphere is the lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere, from the ground up to about 10 to 15 km, where we live and where nearly all…
• trot verb (trot, trots, trotted, trotting); noun (a trot, trots)
  When a horse trots, it moves faster than walking, lifting its legs in pairs with a bouncy step.
• troth noun (old use, in fairy tales)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Troth is an old word for a promise or a faithful word; 'my troth' or 'on my troth' is an old oath meaning truly, I promise.
• trouble noun (trouble — mostly uncountable; troubles); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Problems, difficulty or worry: «I had trouble with my homework».
• troublemaker noun (a troublemaker, troublemakers)
  A troublemaker is a person who often causes problems, for example by breaking rules, starting fights or upsetting others on purpose.
• troubler nounJewish tradition
  A person who brings trouble or distress to others.
• troublesome adjective (troublesome, more troublesome, most troublesome)
  Causing trouble, worry or difficulty; annoying or hard to deal with.
• troublous adjectiveJewish tradition
  Full of trouble, hard and disturbed.
• trough noun (a trough, troughs)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A trough is a long narrow open box that holds water or food for farm animals like pigs, cows or horses.
• trounce verb (trounces, trounced, trouncing)
  To trounce someone is to beat them thoroughly, or to defeat them easily.
• trouser noun used before another noun…
  Having to do with trousers: «trouser leg», «trouser pocket», «trouser press».
• trousers noun (trousers — plural only; a pair of trousers)
  A piece of clothing that covers the body from the waist down, with a separate part for each leg.
• trout noun (a trout, trout or trouts)
  A trout is a fish that lives in clean, cool rivers and lakes, related to the salmon, often with spots on its skin.
• troy proper noun (Troy); adjective…
  Troy was an ancient city in what is now Turkey, famous from Greek stories of the Trojan War, in which the Greeks got inside the city by…

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