5 Letter Words With Friends Words Starting With T

TAB (5) [noun] A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc. | [noun] An ear. | [noun] (by extension) A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls. | [noun] A restaurant bill. | [noun] A cigarette. | [noun] A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments. | [noun] (British slang) A student of Cambridge University. | [noun] A tabloid newspaper. | [noun] A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs. | [noun] A tableau curtain. TAD (4) [noun] A small amount; a little bit. | [noun] A street boy; an urchin. TAE (3) TAG (4) [noun] A small label. | [noun] A children's chasing game in which one player (known as "it") attempts to touch another, who then becomes "it". | [noun] A skin tag, an excrescence of skin. | [noun] A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls. TAJ (10) [noun] A tall brimless hat, usually conical or curved on top, worn in Muslim countries as a sign of distinction and prestige. | [noun] A crown worn by Indian princes as a sign of high rank. TAM (5) [noun] A type of woolen hat developed in Scotland, a toorie bunnet. Originally they were worn by both genders, but now they are mostly worn by men and boys. | [noun] A traditional South and East Asian unit of weight, based upon the load of a shoulder pole and varying by place and over time but usually standardized at about 60 kg. TAN (3) [noun] A yellowish-brown colour. | [noun] A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources. | [noun] The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained. | [verb] To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun. | [numeral] The second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting. | [noun] An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh | [noun] A traditional South and East Asian unit of weight, based upon the load of a shoulder pole and varying by place and over time but usually standardized at about 60 kg. | [noun] A twig or small switch. TAO (3) [proper noun] In Taoism, The Way, specifically the transcendental basis of nature and, and/or the ideal way to live one's life. | [noun] The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution | [noun] The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area. TAP (5) [noun] A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask. | [noun] A device used to dispense liquids. | [noun] Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor. | [noun] A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat. | [noun] An Indian malarial fever. TAR (3) [noun] (usually uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal. | [noun] Coal tar. | [noun] A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke. | [noun] A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems. | [noun] A Persian long-necked, waisted instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus. | [noun] A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East. TAS (3) [noun] A heap, pile. | [noun] A cup or cupful. | [noun] An Oriental silk fabric, with gold or silver thread. TAT (3) [noun] Cheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze. | [noun] Cheap, tasteless, useless goods; trinkets. | [noun] Gunny cloth made from the fibre of the Corchorus olitorius (jute). | [verb] To make (something by) tatting. | [noun] A pony. | [noun] A tattoo. TAU (3) [noun] The letter Τ/τ in the Greek, Hebrew and ancient Semitic alphabets, being the nineteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek, the twenty-first letter of Old and Ancient Greek. | [noun] A Τ-shaped sign or structure; a Saint Anthony's cross, sometimes regarded as a sacred symbol. | [noun] A tau meson, now usually known as a kaon. TAV (6) TAW (6) [noun] Tawed leather. | [verb] To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew. | [verb] (by extension) To beat; to scourge. | [noun] A favorite marble in the game of marbles. | [noun] The 22nd and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac and Arabic. | [verb] To push; to tug; to tow. TAX (10) [noun] Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services. | [noun] A burdensome demand. | [noun] A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject. | [verb] To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company). TEA (3) [noun] A drug smoked or ingested for euphoric effect, cannabis. | [noun] The hemp plant itself, Cannabis sativa. | [noun] Food consumed before going to bed. | [noun] A moment, a historical unit of time from China, about the amount of time needed to quickly drink a traditional cup of tea. It is now found in Chinese-language historical fiction. TED (4) [noun] A teddy boy. | [verb] To spread hay for drying. TEE (3) [noun] The name of the Latin-script letter T. | [noun] Something shaped like the letter T. | [noun] (clothing) T-shirt. | [verb] To draw; lead. | [noun] A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole. | [noun] A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries. TEG (4) [noun] A sheep (originally a ewe) that is one to two years old | [noun] A doe in its second year TEL (3) [noun] A message transmitted by telegraph. | [noun] An apparatus, or a process, for communicating rapidly between distant points, especially by means of established visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical means. | [noun] A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take. | [noun] A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold. TEN (3) [noun] A set or group with ten elements. | [noun] A card in a given suit with a value of ten. | [noun] A denomination of currency, such as a banknote, with a value of ten units. See also tenner. TET (3) TEW (6) THE (6) [adverb] With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives. | [adverb] With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none. See none the. | [preposition] For each; per. THO (6) [pronoun] Those; they. | [adverb] Then; thereupon. | [conjunction] When. | [adverb] Despite that; however. THY (9) [conjunction] Because, for sake, forwhy, since. TIC (5) [noun] A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization. | [noun] (by extension) Something that is done or produced habitually or characteristically. | [noun] (abbreviation) ticket TIE (3) [noun] A knot; a fastening. | [noun] A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. | [noun] A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie. | [verb] To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely. TIL (3) [preposition] Until, till | [preposition] ~ to: as far as; down to; up to, until | [conjunction] Until, till | [noun] The sesame plant TIN (3) [noun] A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn. | [noun] An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food. | [noun] A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc. TIP (5) [noun] The tip of the external ear. | [noun] A small earpiece or earplug. | [noun] The part of an earbud that contours to the ear canal. | [noun] (skittles) The knocking over of a skittle. | [noun] A light blow or tap. | [noun] A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation. | [noun] A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc. | [noun] A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour. TIS (3) [noun] A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale. | [noun] The good luck plant, Cordyline fruticosa, an evergreen shrub. TIT (3) [noun] A mammary gland, teat. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast. | [noun] An idiot; a fool. | [noun] A light blow or hit (now usually in the phrase tit for tat). | [noun] A chickadee; a small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae, common in the Northern Hemisphere. TOD (4) [noun] A fox. | [noun] Someone like a fox; a crafty person. | [noun] A bush, especially of ivy. TOE (3) [noun] Each of the five digits on the end of the foot. | [noun] An equivalent part in an animal. | [noun] That part of a shoe or sock covering the toe. TOG (4) [noun] A cloak. | [noun] A coat. | [noun] A unit of thermal resistance, being ten times the temperature difference (in °C) between the two surfaces of a material when the flow of heat is equal to one watt per square metre | [adverb] At the same time, in the same place; in close association or proximity. TOM (5) [noun] A flat gong (without knob) that is struck with a felt-covered hammer. | [noun] The male of the domesticated cat. | [noun] The male of the turkey. | [noun] A tomato (the fruit). | [noun] Jewellery | [verb] (of a black person) To act in an obsequiously servile manner toward white authority. | [verb] To dig out a hole below the hatch cover of a bulker and fill it with cargo or weights to aid stability. TON (3) [noun] A unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton). | [noun] A unit of volume; register ton. | [noun] In refrigeration and air conditioning, a unit of thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C). | [noun] Fashion, the current style, the vogue. | [noun] The common tunny, or horse mackerel. TOO (3) [adverb] (focus) Likewise. | [adverb] Also; in addition. | [adverb] (degree) To an excessive degree; over; more than enough. TOP (5) [noun] The highest or uppermost part of something. | [noun] A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top. | [noun] (heading) Someone who is eminent. TOR (3) [noun] A craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill, created by the erosion and weathering of rock. | [noun] (South-West England) A hill with such rock formation. | [noun] A tower; a turret. | [adjective] Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious. TOT (3) [noun] A small child. | [noun] A measure of spirits, especially rum. | [noun] Tater tot. | [noun] A total, an addition of a long column of figures. TOW (6) TOY (6) [noun] Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child. | [noun] A thing of little importance or value; a trifle. | [noun] A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal. TRY (6) [noun] An attempt. | [noun] An act of tasting or sampling. | [noun] A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football. | [adjective] Fine, excellent. TSK (7) TUB (5) [noun] A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in. | [noun] The contents or capacity of such a vessel. | [noun] A bathtub. TUG (4) [noun] A sudden powerful pull. | [noun] A tugboat. | [noun] A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles. TUI (3) [noun] A New Zealand honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae TUN (3) [noun] A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. | [noun] A fermenting vat. | [noun] An old English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes. | [noun] A part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days. TUP (5) [noun] A male sheep, a ram. | [noun] The head of a hammer, and particularly of a steam-driven hammer. | [verb] To mate; used of a ram mating with a ewe. | [noun] Two pence. TUT (3) [verb] To make a tut tut sound of disapproval. | [interjection] Tut tut; an expression of disapproval. | [interjection] Hush; be silent. | [noun] A tutorial. | [noun] An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a cross on it. | [noun] A piece of work. TUX (10) [noun] A tuxedo. TWA (6) TWO (6) [noun] The digit/figure 2. | [noun] A two-dollar bill. | [noun] A child aged two. TYE (6)

TABS (6) [noun] A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc. | [noun] An ear. | [noun] (by extension) A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls. TABU (6) [noun] An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. | [noun] (in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred. | [verb] To mark as taboo. TACE (6) TACH (9) [noun] Tachometer | [noun] (costers) A hat. | [noun] Tachycardia. TACK (10) [noun] A small nail with a flat head. | [noun] A thumbtack. | [noun] A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth. | [verb] To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head). | [noun] A stain; a tache. | [noun] That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy. TACO (6) [noun] A Mexican snack food; a small tortilla (soft or hard shelled), with typically some type of meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables (usually tomatoes and lettuce, as served in the United States, and cilantro, onion, and avocado, as served in México) and salsa. | [noun] The vulva. | [noun] A yellow stain on a shirt armpit caused by sweat or deodorant. TACT (6) [noun] The sense of touch; feeling. | [noun] The stroke in beating time. | [noun] Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing. TADS (5) [noun] A small amount; a little bit. | [noun] A street boy; an urchin. TAEL (4) [noun] Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams. | [noun] Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in silver. | [noun] Leung, a traditional unit of weight, in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a catty or kan (斤) or 0.0377993638 kilograms TAGS (5) [noun] A small label. | [noun] A children's chasing game in which one player (known as "it") attempts to touch another, who then becomes "it". | [noun] A skin tag, an excrescence of skin. TAHR (7) [noun] Any of three genera of large Asian ungulates belonging to the subfamily Caprinae (goat-antelopes). TAIL (4) [noun] The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus. | [noun] An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails. | [noun] The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything. | [noun] Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs. TAIN (4) TAKA (8) [noun] The official currency of Bangladesh, equal to 100 paisas. Symbol: ৳ TAKE (8) [noun] The or an act of taking. | [noun] Something that is taken; a haul. | [noun] An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective. TALA (4) [noun] The currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene. | [noun] A rhythmic pattern in Indian music. TALC (6) [noun] Originally a large range of transparent or glistening foliated minerals. Examples include mica, selenite and the hydrated magnesium silicate that the term talc generally has referred to in modern times (see below). Also an item made of such a mineral and depending for its function on the special nature of the mineral (see next). Mediaeval writers adopted the term from the Arabic. | [noun] A microscope slide made of a plate of mica, generally in use from the start of modern microscopy until the early nineteenth century, after which glass slides became the standard medium. | [noun] A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, and usually occurs in foliated masses. TALE (4) [noun] An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie. | [noun] A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. | [noun] A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration. | [verb] To speak; discourse; tell tales. | [noun] Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams. TALI (4) [noun] The bone of the ankle. TALK (8) [verb] To communicate, usually by means of speech. | [verb] To discuss; to talk about. | [verb] To speak (a certain language). | [noun] A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal. TALL (4) [noun] (possibly nonstandard) Someone or something that is tall. | [adjective] (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall. | [adjective] (of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high. TAME (6) [verb] To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate. | [verb] To become tame or domesticated. | [verb] To make gentle or meek. | [verb] To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out. TAMP (8) [verb] (blasting) To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock. | [verb] To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes | [verb] To reduce the intensity of. TAMS (6) [noun] A traditional South and East Asian unit of weight, based upon the load of a shoulder pole and varying by place and over time but usually standardized at about 60 kg. | [noun] A type of woolen hat developed in Scotland, a toorie bunnet. Originally they were worn by both genders, but now they are mostly worn by men and boys. TANG (5) [noun] A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor. | [noun] A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself. | [noun] A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. | [noun] A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang. | [noun] Knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed) | [noun] The vagina. TANK (8) [noun] A closed container for liquids or gases. | [noun] An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids. | [noun] A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial. | [noun] A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight. | [verb] To stand; to tolerate. TANS (4) [noun] A traditional South and East Asian unit of weight, based upon the load of a shoulder pole and varying by place and over time but usually standardized at about 60 kg. | [noun] A yellowish-brown colour. | [noun] A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources. TAOS (4) [noun] The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution | [noun] The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area. | [noun] That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown. TAPA (6) [noun] A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry. | [noun] Any appetizer or snack served in the evening as part of tapas. | [noun] Seasoned slices of dried or cured meat in Filipino cuisine. TAPE (6) [noun] Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape. | [noun] Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll. | [noun] Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race. TAPS (6) [noun] A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask. | [noun] A device used to dispense liquids. | [noun] Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor. TARE (4) [noun] A vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa) | [noun] Any of the tufted grasses of genus Lolium; darnel. | [noun] A damaging weed growing in fields of grain. | [noun] The empty weight of a container; the tare weight or unladen weight. | [verb] To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. | [noun] Any of various dipping sauces served with Japanese food, typically based on soy sauce. TARN (4) [noun] A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England. | [noun] (chiefly Montana) One of many small mountain lakes or ponds. TARO (4) [noun] Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato. | [noun] Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc. | [noun] Food from a taro plant. TARP (6) [noun] A tarpaulin. | [verb] To cover something with a tarpaulin. TARS (4) [noun] (usually uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal. | [noun] Coal tar. | [noun] A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke. TART (4) [adjective] Sharp to the taste; acid; sour. | [adjective] (of wine) high or too high in acidity. | [adjective] Sharp; keen; severe. | [noun] A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie. | [noun] A prostitute. TASK (8) [noun] A piece of work done as part of one’s duties. | [noun] A difficult or tedious undertaking. | [noun] An objective. | [noun] Second sight; the involuntary ability of seeing the future or distant events. TASS (4) [noun] A heap, pile. | [noun] A cup or cupful. | [noun] A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet. Usually the tasse was a plate of iron swinging from the cuirass, but the skirts of sliding splints were also called by this name. | [noun] An Oriental silk fabric, with gold or silver thread. TATE (4) TATS (4) [noun] Cheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze. | [noun] Cheap, tasteless, useless goods; trinkets. | [noun] Gunny cloth made from the fibre of the Corchorus olitorius (jute). TAUS (4) [noun] The letter Τ/τ in the Greek, Hebrew and ancient Semitic alphabets, being the nineteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek, the twenty-first letter of Old and Ancient Greek. | [noun] A Τ-shaped sign or structure; a Saint Anthony's cross, sometimes regarded as a sacred symbol. | [noun] A tau meson, now usually known as a kaon. TAUT (4) [verb] To make taut; to tauten, to tighten. | [adjective] Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight. | [adjective] (of a body, muscles, etc.) Not flabby; firm, toned; (of a person) having a lean, strong body. TAVS (7) TAWS (7) [verb] To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew. | [verb] (by extension) To beat; to scourge. | [verb] To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them. TAXA (11) [noun] A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. TAXI (11) [noun] A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver. | [noun] A share taxi. | [verb] To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power. TEAK (8) [noun] An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.). | [noun] A tree of the species in the genus Tectona | [noun] A yellowish brown colour, like that of teak wood. TEAL (4) [noun] Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks. | [noun] A dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan. | [adjective] Having a bluish-green colour TEAM (6) [noun] A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage. | [noun] Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work. | [noun] A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks. TEAR (4) [noun] A hole or break caused by tearing. | [noun] A rampage. | [verb] To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. | [noun] A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation. TEAS (4) [noun] A drug smoked or ingested for euphoric effect, cannabis. | [noun] The hemp plant itself, Cannabis sativa. | [noun] Food consumed before going to bed. TEAT (4) [noun] The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted. | [noun] Something resembling a teat, such as a small protuberance or nozzle. | [noun] An artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants. TEDS (5) [noun] A teddy boy. | [verb] To spread hay for drying. TEED (5) [verb] To draw; lead. | [verb] To draw away; go; proceed. | [verb] To place a ball on a tee TEEL (4) TEEM (6) [verb] To be stocked to overflowing. | [verb] To be prolific; to abound; to be rife. | [verb] To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply. | [verb] To empty. | [verb] To think fit. TEEN (4) [noun] A teenager. | [adjective] Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage | [noun] Grief; sorrow; trouble. | [verb] To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure. | [verb] (provincial) To hedge or fence in; to enclose. TEES (4) [noun] The name of the Latin-script letter T. | [noun] Something shaped like the letter T. | [noun] (clothing) T-shirt. TEFF (10) [noun] A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia. | [noun] The fine grain of this plant. TEGS (5) [noun] A sheep (originally a ewe) that is one to two years old | [noun] A doe in its second year TELA (4) TELE (4) [noun] Television. | [noun] A television set. | [noun] A hotel or motel. TELL (4) [noun] A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold. | [noun] That which is told; a tale or account. | [noun] A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper. | [noun] A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements. TELS (4) TEMP (8) [noun] Abbreviation of tempore. | [noun] A temporary employee, usually in an office. | [noun] A temporary storage location. TEND (5) [verb] (Old English law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender. | [verb] (followed by a to-infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning. | [verb] To contribute to or toward some outcome. | [verb] (with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.) | [verb] To kindle; ignite; set on fire; light; inflame; burn. TENS (4) [noun] A set or group with ten elements. | [noun] A card in a given suit with a value of ten. | [noun] A denomination of currency, such as a banknote, with a value of ten units. See also tenner. TENT (4) [noun] A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather. | [noun] The representation of a tent used as a bearing. | [noun] A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church. | [noun] Attention; regard, care. | [noun] A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges. | [noun] A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent wine, and tinta. TEPA (6) TERM (6) [noun] That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary. | [noun] A chronological limitation or restriction. | [noun] Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract. | [noun] A computer program that emulates a physical terminal. | [noun] One whose employment has been terminated TERN (4) [noun] Any of various sea birds of the family Sternidae that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail. | [noun] That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together. | [noun] A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw. TEST (4) [noun] A challenge, trial. | [noun] A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement. | [noun] (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term. | [noun] A witness. | [noun] (body building) testosterone TETH (7) TETS (4) TEWS (7) TEXT (11) [noun] A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences. | [noun] A book, tome or other set of writings. | [noun] A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones. THAE (7) THAN (7) [adverb] At that time; then. | [preposition] Introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates. | [conjunction] Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison. THAT (7) [noun] Something being indicated that is there; one of those. | [adverb] (degree) To a given extent or degree. | [adverb] (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions). THAW (10) [noun] The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost | [noun] A warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is frozen | [verb] To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen THEE (7) [verb] To address (a person) using the pronoun thee. | [verb] To use the word thee. | [pronoun] Objective and reflexive case of thou. | [verb] To thrive; prosper. | [noun] The letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound /ð/ in Pitman shorthand. THEM (9) [pronoun] (plural) Those ones. | [pronoun] (singular) Him, her, or it; that one. THEN (7) [conjunction] Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison. | [conjunction] (obsolete outside dialectal, usually used with for) Because; for. | [noun] That time THEW (10) [noun] A bondman; a slave. | [adjective] Bond; servile. | [verb] To oppress; enslave. | [noun] Muscle or sinew. THEY (10) [pronoun] (the third-person plural) A group of people, animals, plants or objects previously mentioned. | [pronoun] (the third-person singular, sometimes proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, especially if of unknown or non-binary gender, but typically not if previously named and identified as male or female. | [pronoun] (indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker. | [pronoun] There (especially as an expletive subject of be). THIN (7) [noun] A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole. | [noun] Any food produced or served in thin slices. | [verb] To make thin or thinner. THIO (7) THIR (7) THIS (7) [noun] Something being indicated that is here; one of these. | [noun] Referring to the current context in a programming environment in C-like languages. | [adverb] To the degree or extent indicated. THOU (7) THRO (7) [preposition] Through | [adjective] Eager; earnest; vehement. | [adjective] Bold. THRU (7) [preposition] From one side of an opening to the other. | [preposition] Entering, then later leaving. | [preposition] Surrounded by (while moving). THUD (8) [noun] The sound of a dull impact. | [noun] Republic F-105 Thunderchief jet ground attack fighter. | [verb] To make the sound of a dull impact. THUG (8) [noun] Someone with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, often for hire. | [noun] One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and offered their victims to her. | [noun] In gardening, an over-vigorous plant that spreads and dominates the flowerbed. THUS (7) [adverb] (manner) In this way or manner. | [adverb] As a result. | [noun] Frankincense obtained from conifers such as the Norway spruce, or long-leaved pine. TICK (10) [noun] A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida. | [noun] A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery. | [noun] A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement. | [noun] Ticking. | [noun] Credit, trust. | [noun] (place names) A goat. TICS (6) [noun] A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization. | [noun] (by extension) Something that is done or produced habitually or characteristically. | [noun] (abbreviation) ticket TIDE (5) [noun] The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon. | [noun] A stream, current or flood. | [noun] (chronology, except in liturgy) Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast. | [verb] To happen, occur. TIDY (8) [noun] A tabletop container for pens and stationery. | [noun] A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, etc. | [noun] A child's pinafore. TIED (5) [verb] To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely. | [verb] To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like. | [verb] To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like. TIER (4) [noun] One who ties (knots, etc). | [noun] Something that ties. | [noun] A child's apron. | [noun] A layer or rank, especially of seats or a wedding cake. TIES (4) [noun] A knot; a fastening. | [noun] A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. | [noun] A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie. TIFF (10) [noun] A small argument; a petty quarrel. | [noun] Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor. | [verb] To quarrel. | [verb] To deck out; to dress. | [verb] (British India) To have lunch. TIKE (8) [noun] A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida. | [noun] A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery. | [noun] A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement. TIKI (8) [noun] Carved talisman in humanoid form, common to the cultures of the Pacific Ocean. TILE (4) [noun] A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc. | [noun] A rectangular graphic. | [noun] Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong. | [verb] To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated. TILL (4) [preposition] Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time). | [preposition] To, up to (physically). | [preposition] To make it possible that. | [noun] A cash register. | [verb] To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc.). | [noun] Glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders | [noun] A vetch; a tare. TILS (4) TILT (4) [noun] A slope or inclination. | [noun] The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc. | [noun] The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this. | [noun] A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc. TIME (6) [noun] The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events. | [noun] A duration of time. | [noun] An instant of time. TINE (4) [noun] A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb. | [noun] A small branch, especially on an antler or horn. | [noun] A wild vetch or tare. | [adjective] Small, diminutive | [noun] Trouble; distress; teen. | [verb] To kindle; to set on fire. | [verb] To shut in, or enclose. TING (5) [noun] The sound made when a small bell is struck. | [verb] To make a high sharp sound like a small bell being struck. | [interjection] Used to represent the sound of a small bell. | [noun] An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid. | [noun] (Caribbean creoles) Thing, person. TINS (4) [noun] A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn. | [noun] An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food. | [noun] A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc. TINT (4) [noun] A slight coloring. | [noun] A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade) | [noun] A color considered with reference to other very similar colors. TINY (7) [noun] A small child; an infant. | [noun] Anything very small. | [adjective] Very small. TIPI (6) [noun] Alternative form of teepee TIPS (6) [noun] The tip of the external ear. | [noun] A small earpiece or earplug. | [noun] The part of an earbud that contours to the ear canal. TIRE (4) [verb] To become sleepy or weary. | [verb] To make sleepy or weary. | [verb] To become bored or impatient (with). | [noun] Accoutrements, accessories. | [verb] To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does. | [noun] A tier, row, or rank. TIRL (4) TIRO (4) [noun] A newly recruited soldier. TITI (4) [noun] A New World monkey of the genus Callicebus, native to South America, distinguished by their long soft fur. | [noun] Mutton bird. | [noun] A tree of the southern United States (Cliftonia monophylla) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes. TITS (4) [noun] A mammary gland, teat. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast. | [noun] An idiot; a fool. TIVY (10) TOAD (5) [noun] An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae. | [noun] A contemptible or unpleasant person. | [noun] An ugly person. TOBY (9) [noun] A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop. | [noun] The valve that mediates the connection between a mains water-supply and a premises's own plumbing. | [noun] The road or highway. TODS (5) [noun] A fox. | [noun] Someone like a fox; a crafty person. | [noun] A bush, especially of ivy. TODY (8) [noun] Any of the genus Todus of small insectivorous Caribbean birds. TOEA (4) [noun] A unit of currency, equivalent to one hundredth of a Papua New Guinean kina. TOED (5) [adjective] (chiefly in combination) Having (a specified number or type of) toes. | [verb] To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe. | [verb] To touch, tap or kick with the toes. TOES (4) [noun] Each of the five digits on the end of the foot. | [noun] An equivalent part in an animal. | [noun] That part of a shoe or sock covering the toe. TOFF (10) [noun] An elegantly dressed person. | [noun] A person of the upper class, or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority. TOFT (7) [noun] A hillock. | [noun] A homestead, especially one on a hill. | [noun] A messuage with right of common. TOFU (7) [noun] A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk. | [noun] A box or rectangle, empty or with a question mark or hexadecimal code inside, displayed by some systems in place of a character not supported by available fonts. (such as □ or ժ) TOGA (5) [noun] A loose outer garment worn by the citizens of Ancient Rome. | [noun] A loose wrap gown. | [noun] An academic gown. TOGS (5) [noun] A cloak. | [noun] A coat. | [noun] A unit of thermal resistance, being ten times the temperature difference (in °C) between the two surfaces of a material when the flow of heat is equal to one watt per square metre TOIL (4) [noun] Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature. | [noun] Trouble, strife. | [noun] (usually in plural) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey. TOIT (4) TOKE (8) [noun] (casinos) A gratuity. | [verb] To give a gratuity to. | [noun] A puff of marijuana. | [noun] A piece of bread. TOLA (4) TOLD (5) [verb] (archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate. | [verb] To narrate. | [verb] To convey by speech; to say. TOLE (4) [noun] A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded | [noun] Tola (unit of mass) | [verb] To entice; to allure or attract. | [noun] A portion of grain paid to the miller who grinds it. TOLL (4) [noun] Loss or damage incurred through a disaster. | [noun] A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc. | [noun] A fee for using any kind of material processing service. | [noun] The act or sound of tolling | [verb] To draw; pull; tug; drag. | [verb] To take away; to vacate; to annul. TOLU (4) [noun] The resinous secretion of Myroxylon balsamum, used in cough syrups and perfumery. TOMB (8) [noun] A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed. | [noun] A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave. | [noun] One who keeps secrets. TOME (6) [noun] One in a series of volumes. | [noun] A large or scholarly book. TOMS (6) [noun] A flat gong (without knob) that is struck with a felt-covered hammer. | [noun] The male of the domesticated cat. | [noun] The male of the turkey. TONE (4) [noun] A specific pitch. | [noun] (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second. | [noun] (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody. | [pronoun] The one (of two) TONG (5) [noun] An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands. | [verb] To use tongs. | [verb] To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs. | [noun] A Chinese secret society or gang. | [noun] The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech. TONS (4) [noun] A unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton). | [noun] A unit of volume; register ton. | [noun] In refrigeration and air conditioning, a unit of thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C). TONY (7) [adjective] Stylish, high-toned, upscale. | [noun] A simpleton. TOOK (8) [verb] To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force. | [verb] To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc). | [verb] To remove. TOOL (4) [noun] A mechanical device intended to make a task easier. | [noun] Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade. | [noun] Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means. TOOM (6) TOON (4) [noun] A cartoon, especially an animated television show. | [noun] A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. | [noun] A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye. | [noun] A town. | [noun] A melody. TOOT (4) [noun] The noise of a horn or whistle. | [noun] (by extension) A fart; flatus. | [noun] Cocaine. | [noun] A toilet. TOPE (6) [verb] To drink excessively; to get drunk. | [noun] A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout. | [noun] A grove of trees. | [noun] A mound-like Buddhist sepulchre, or memorial monument, often erected over a relic; a stupa. TOPH (9) TOPI (6) [noun] An antelope of the species Damaliscus korrigum. | [noun] A taqiyah (skullcap worn by Muslims etc.) TOPS (6) [noun] The highest or uppermost part of something. | [noun] A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top. | [noun] (heading) Someone who is eminent. TORA (4) TORC (6) [noun] A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples. TORE (4) [adjective] Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious. | [adjective] Strong, sturdy; great, massive. | [adjective] Full; rich. | [verb] To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. | [noun] The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane. | [noun] The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring. TORI (4) [noun] A topological space which is a product of two circles. | [noun] The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a shape consisting of a ring with a circular cross-section: the shape of an inner tube or hollow doughnut. | [noun] (in combination, n-torus, 4-torus, etc.) The product of the specified number of circles. | [noun] One who executes a technique against the training partner, or uke. TORN (4) [verb] To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. | [verb] To injure as if by pulling apart. | [verb] To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional. TORO (4) [noun] A traditional Japanese lantern. | [noun] Rapanea salicina, a species of shrub or small tree native to New Zealand. TORR (4) [noun] A unit of pressure that is equal to approximately 0.001316 atmospheres or 133.3 pascals. TORS (4) [noun] A craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill, created by the erosion and weathering of rock. | [noun] (South-West England) A hill with such rock formation. | [noun] A tower; a turret. TORT (4) [noun] An injury or wrong. | [noun] A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages. | [noun] (only in the plural torts) Tort law (the area of law dealing with such wrongful acts). | [adjective] Tart; sharp. | [adjective] Stretched tight; taut. | [noun] A tortoise. | [noun] A tortoiseshell (animal with coloured markings on fur). TORY (7) [noun] (UK politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party, which evolved from Royalist politicians; historically associated with upholding the rights of the monarchy and the privileges of the established Church. | [noun] (by extension) One who is like a British Tory; someone politically conservative. | [noun] (Canadian politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, one of that party's predecessors, or an affiliated provincial political party. TOSH (7) [noun] Copper; items made of copper | [noun] Valuables retrieved from sewers and drains | [noun] Rubbish, trash, especially in the sense of nonsense, bosh, balderdash | [verb] To make ‘tosh’: to tidy, to trim. | [noun] A half-crown coin; its value TOSS (4) [noun] A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care. | [noun] The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play. | [noun] A haughty throwing up of the head. TOST (4) TOTE (4) [noun] A tote bag. | [noun] A heavy burden. | [noun] (logistics) A kind of plastic box used for transporting goods. | [verb] To add up; to calculate a total. | [noun] A pari-mutuel machine; a totalizator. TOTS (4) [noun] A small child. | [noun] A measure of spirits, especially rum. | [noun] Tater tot. TOUR (4) [noun] A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc. | [noun] A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place. | [noun] A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts. | [noun] A tower. | [verb] To toot a horn. TOUT (4) [noun] Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way. | [noun] A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win. | [noun] A spy for a smuggler, thief, or similar. | [noun] In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks. TOWN (7) [noun] A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city. | [noun] Any more urbanized center than the place of reference. | [noun] A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week. TOWS (7) TOWY (10) TOYO (7) TOYS (7) [noun] Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child. | [noun] A thing of little importance or value; a trifle. | [noun] A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal. TRAD (5) [noun] Traditional climbing. | [noun] Irish traditional music | [noun] A traditionalist. TRAM (6) [noun] A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America). | [noun] A similar vehicle for carrying materials. | [noun] A people mover. | [noun] A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods. TRAP (6) [noun] A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body. | [noun] A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare. | [noun] A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor. | [noun] A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock. | [verb] To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses). | [noun] The trapezius muscle. TRAY (7) [noun] A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried. | [noun] A flat carrier for items being transported. | [noun] The items on a full tray. | [noun] Trouble; annoyance; anger | [verb] To grieve; to annoy | [verb] To betray | [noun] A playing card or die with the rank of three. TREE (4) [noun] Fast growing function based on Kruskal's tree theorem. | [noun] A perennial woody plant, not exactly defined, but differentiated from a shrub by its larger size (typically over a few meters in height) or growth habit, usually having a single (or few) main axis or trunk unbranched for some distance above the ground and a head of branches and foliage. | [noun] Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree (in any botanical sense). TREF (7) TREK (8) [noun] A journey by ox wagon. | [noun] The Boer migration of 1835-1837. | [noun] A slow or difficult journey. TRET (4) [noun] An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare is deducted. TREY (7) [noun] A playing card or die with the rank of three. | [noun] A score of three in cards, dice, or dominoes. | [noun] A three-pointer. TRIG (5) [noun] A dandy; coxcomb. | [adjective] True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful. | [adjective] Safe; secure. | [noun] Trigonometry. | [noun] A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid. | [verb] To fill; to stuff; to cram. | [noun] Triglyceride TRIM (6) [noun] Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders. | [noun] A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style. | [noun] Dress; gear; ornaments. TRIO (4) [noun] A group of three people or things. | [noun] A group of three musicians. | [noun] A piece of music written for three musicians. TRIP (6) [noun] A journey; an excursion or jaunt | [noun] A stumble or misstep | [noun] An error; a failure; a mistake | [noun] A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc. TROD (5) [verb] To step or walk (on or over something); to trample. | [verb] To step or walk upon. | [verb] To beat or press with the feet. | [verb] To walk heavily or laboriously; plod; tread | [noun] A track or pathway. TROP (6) TROT (4) [noun] Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus. | [noun] Equipment with legs. | [noun] Type of equipment. | [noun] A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections. | [noun] A supporter of Trotskyism. TROW (7) [noun] Trust or faith. | [verb] To trust or believe. | [verb] To have confidence in, or to give credence to. | [noun] Any of several flat-bottomed sailing boats used for fishing or for carrying bulk goods. TROY (7) [adjective] Of, or relating to, troy weight. TRUE (4) [noun] The state of being in alignment. | [noun] Truth. | [noun] A pledge or truce. TRUG (5) [noun] A shallow, oval basket used for gardening | [noun] A trough or tray. | [noun] A hod for mortar. TSAR (4) [noun] An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states. | [noun] A person with great power; an autocrat. TSKS (8) TUBA (6) [noun] A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys. | [noun] A type of Roman military trumpet, distinct from the modern tuba. | [noun] A large reed stop in organs. | [noun] A Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis. | [noun] A reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap. | [noun] A tube or tubular organ. TUBE (6) [noun] Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape. | [noun] An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances. | [noun] (often capitalized as Tube) The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.) TUBS (6) [noun] A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in. | [noun] The contents or capacity of such a vessel. | [noun] A bathtub. TUCK (10) [noun] An act of tucking; a pleat or fold. | [noun] A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece. | [noun] A curled position. | [noun] A rapier, a sword. | [noun] The beat of a drum. | [noun] Food, especially snack food. TUFA (7) [noun] Calcareous lime deposited by precipitation from a body of water, such as a hot spring. | [noun] A variety of volcanic rock, tuff. TUFF (10) [noun] A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel. | [adjective] Strong and resilient; sturdy. | [adjective] (of food) Difficult to cut or chew. TUFT (7) [noun] A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base. | [noun] A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding. | [noun] A small clump of trees or bushes. TUGS (5) [noun] A sudden powerful pull. | [noun] A tugboat. | [noun] A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles. TUIS (4) [noun] A New Zealand honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae TULE (4) [noun] Any of a number of large freshwater sedges of western North America formerly classified in the genus Scirpus, but now mostly as Schoenoplectus | [noun] A type of chinook salmon which spawns in the Columbia River basin TUMP (8) [noun] A mound or hillock. | [verb] To form a mass of earth or a hillock around. | [verb] To bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump") | [noun] A tumpline. TUNA (4) [noun] Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae. | [noun] The edible flesh of the tuna. | [noun] The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia. TUNE (4) [noun] A melody. | [noun] A song, or short musical composition. | [noun] The act of tuning or maintenance. TUNG (5) TUNS (4) [noun] A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. | [noun] A fermenting vat. | [noun] An old English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes. TUPS (6) [noun] A male sheep, a ram. | [noun] The head of a hammer, and particularly of a steam-driven hammer. TURD (5) [noun] (mildly) A piece of solid animal or human feces. | [noun] A worthless person or thing. TURF (7) [noun] A layer of earth covered with grass; sod. | [noun] A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc. | [noun] A sod of peat used as fuel. TURK (8) TURN (4) [verb] (heading) to make a non-linear physical movement. | [verb] (heading) To change condition or attitude. | [verb] To change one's course of action; to take a new approach. | [noun] A change of direction or orientation. TUSH (7) [noun] A tusk. | [noun] A small tusk sometimes found on the female Indian elephant. | [noun] The buttocks. | [noun] Nonsense; tosh. | [verb] To pull or drag a heavy object such as a tree or log. | [noun] A half-crown coin; its value TUSK (8) [noun] One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar. | [noun] A small projection on a (tusk) tenon. | [noun] A tusk shell. | [noun] A fish, the torsk (Brosme brosme). TUTS (4) [verb] To make a tut tut sound of disapproval. | [verb] To work by the piece; to carry out tut-work. TUTU (4) [noun] A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting. | [noun] Any of the genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand. TWAE (7) TWAS (7) TWAT (7) [noun] The vagina or vulva. | [noun] A contemptible and stupid person, idiot. | [verb] To hit, slap. TWEE (7) [adjective] Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice. TWIG (8) [noun] A small thin branch of a tree or bush. | [verb] To beat with twigs. | [verb] To realise something; to catch on; to recognize someone or something. | [verb] To twitch; to pull; to tweak. TWIN (7) [noun] Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling. | [noun] Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc. | [noun] A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room. | [adjective] Double; dual; occurring as a matching pair TWIT (7) [noun] A reproach, gibe or taunt. | [noun] A foolish or annoying person. | [noun] A euphemism for "twat", a contemptible or stupid person. TWOS (7) [noun] The digit/figure 2. | [noun] A two-dollar bill. | [noun] A child aged two. TYEE (7) TYER (7) TYES (7) TYKE (11) [noun] A mongrel dog. | [noun] A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one | [noun] A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement TYNE (7) TYPE (9) [noun] A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class. | [noun] An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc. | [noun] An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment. TYPO (9) [noun] A typographical error. | [verb] To make a typographical error. | [noun] A compositor; a typographer. TYPP (11) TYPY (12) TYRE (7) [noun] The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid. | [noun] The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railway vehicle. | [verb] To fit tyres to (a vehicle). | [noun] Curdled milk. | [noun] Attire. TYRO (7) [noun] A beginner; a novice. TZAR (13) [noun] An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states. | [noun] A person with great power; an autocrat.

TABBY (12) [noun] A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering. | [noun] A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock. | [noun] A brindled cat. TABER (7) TABES (7) [noun] A kind of slow bodily wasting or emaciating disease, often accompanying a chronic disease. TABID (8) TABLA (7) [noun] A pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the Indian subcontinent, that are similar to bongos. TABLE (7) [noun] Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses. | [noun] A two-dimensional presentation of data. | [noun] The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate. TABOO (7) [noun] An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. | [noun] (in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred. | [verb] To mark as taboo. TABOR (7) [noun] A small drum. | [verb] To make (a sound) with a tabor. | [verb] To strike lightly and frequently. | [noun] A military train of men and wagons; an encampment of such resources. TABUN (7) [noun] An extremely toxic nerve agent; a clear, tasteless liquid, molecular formula C5H11N2O2P. | [noun] A clay oven, shaped like a truncated cone, with an opening at the bottom for stoking the fire. TABUS (7) [noun] An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. | [noun] (in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred. TACES (7) TACET (7) TACHE (10) [noun] Moustache, mustache. | [noun] A spot, stain, or blemish. | [noun] Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button. TACHS (10) [noun] Tachometer TACIT (7) [adjective] Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent. | [adjective] Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction. TACKS (11) [noun] A small nail with a flat head. | [noun] A thumbtack. | [noun] A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth. TACKY (14) [adjective] Of a substance, slightly sticky. | [noun] A scrubby, neglected horse. | [noun] A person in a similar condition. TACOS (7) [noun] A Mexican snack food; a small tortilla (soft or hard shelled), with typically some type of meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables (usually tomatoes and lettuce, as served in the United States, and cilantro, onion, and avocado, as served in México) and salsa. | [noun] The vulva. | [noun] A yellow stain on a shirt armpit caused by sweat or deodorant. TACTS (7) TAELS (5) [noun] Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams. | [noun] Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in silver. | [noun] Leung, a traditional unit of weight, in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a catty or kan (斤) or 0.0377993638 kilograms TAFFY (14) [noun] A soft, chewy candy made from boiled molasses or brown sugar. | [noun] Flattery. TAFIA (8) [noun] A variety of rum. TAHRS (8) [noun] Any of three genera of large Asian ungulates belonging to the subfamily Caprinae (goat-antelopes). TAIGA (6) [noun] A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere. TAILS (5) [noun] The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus. | [noun] An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails. | [noun] The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything. TAINS (5) TAINT (5) [noun] A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food | [noun] A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish | [noun] Tincture; hue; colour | [noun] A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect. | [noun] The perineum. TAJES (12) [noun] A tall brimless hat, usually conical or curved on top, worn in Muslim countries as a sign of distinction and prestige. | [noun] A crown worn by Indian princes as a sign of high rank. TAKEN (9) [verb] To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force. | [verb] To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc). | [verb] To remove. TAKER (9) [noun] One who takes something. | [noun] A person or thing that takes or receives, often more than he or she gives. | [noun] One who is willing to participate in, or buy, something. TAKES (9) [noun] The or an act of taking. | [noun] Something that is taken; a haul. | [noun] An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective. TAKIN (9) [noun] A goat-antelope, species Budorcas taxicolor. TALAR (5) TALAS (5) [noun] The currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene. | [noun] A rhythmic pattern in Indian music. TALCS (7) [noun] Originally a large range of transparent or glistening foliated minerals. Examples include mica, selenite and the hydrated magnesium silicate that the term talc generally has referred to in modern times (see below). Also an item made of such a mineral and depending for its function on the special nature of the mineral (see next). Mediaeval writers adopted the term from the Arabic. | [noun] A microscope slide made of a plate of mica, generally in use from the start of modern microscopy until the early nineteenth century, after which glass slides became the standard medium. | [noun] A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, and usually occurs in foliated masses. TALER (5) TALES (5) [noun] Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams. | [noun] Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in silver. | [noun] Leung, a traditional unit of weight, in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a catty or kan (斤) or 0.0377993638 kilograms | [noun] A person available to fill vacancies in a jury. TALKS (9) [verb] To communicate, usually by means of speech. | [verb] To discuss; to talk about. | [verb] To speak (a certain language). TALKY (12) [adjective] (of a person) Talkative or loquacious | [adjective] (of a book etc.) Containing a great deal of dialogue or talking in general TALLY (8) [interjection] Target sighted. | [noun] (by extension) One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept. | [noun] (by extension) Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate. | [verb] To count something. | [adverb] In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit. TALON (5) [noun] A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal. | [noun] One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth. | [noun] A kind of moulding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; an ogee. (When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.) TALUK (9) [noun] A hereditary estate in parts of India; subsequently, an administrative subdivision of a district. TALUS (5) [noun] The bone of the ankle. | [noun] A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice. | [noun] The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top. TAMAL (7) TAMED (8) [verb] To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate. | [verb] To become tame or domesticated. | [verb] To make gentle or meek. TAMER (7) [adjective] Not or no longer wild; domesticated | [adjective] (chiefly of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact | [adjective] Not exciting. TAMES (7) [verb] To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate. | [verb] To become tame or domesticated. | [verb] To make gentle or meek. TAMIS (7) TAMMY (12) [noun] A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc. | [noun] A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth | [noun] The cloth itself; tammy. | [noun] A tam o’shanter hat. TAMPS (9) [verb] (blasting) To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock. | [verb] To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes | [verb] To reduce the intensity of. TANGO (6) [noun] A Standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango. | [noun] A piece of music suited to such a dance. | [noun] The letter T in the ICAO spelling alphabet. TANGS (6) [noun] A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor. | [noun] A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself. | [noun] A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. TANGY (9) [adjective] Having a sharp, pungent flavor TANKA (9) [noun] A form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 morae. | [noun] A strong, forceful expression | [noun] A Tibetan painting of the Buddha on fabric. | [noun] An ethnic group of boat people in the Canton area. | [noun] A coin and unit of currency of varying value, formerly used in parts of India and Central Asia. TANKS (9) [noun] A closed container for liquids or gases. | [noun] An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids. | [noun] A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial. | [interjection] Thanks TANSY (8) [noun] A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum vulgare. | [noun] A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs, sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs (including tansy), baked with butter in a shallow dish. "Originally flavoured with tansy, but by Pepys's time generally having spinach as its predominant flavouring." TANTO (5) [noun] A common type of Japanese dagger or knife. Alternative spelling of tantō | [adverb] So much; too much. TAPAS (7) [noun] A variety of Spanish small food items or snacks, originally served with sherry. | [noun] (by extension) Small food items generally. TAPED (8) [verb] To bind with adhesive tape. | [verb] To record, particularly onto magnetic tape. | [verb] (passive) To understand, figure out. TAPER (7) [noun] A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle | [noun] (by extension) a small light. | [noun] A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object | [noun] One who operates a tape machine. TAPES (7) [noun] Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape. | [noun] Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll. | [noun] Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race. TAPIR (7) [noun] Any one of the species of large odd-toed ungulates of the taxonomic family Tapiridae with a long prehensile upper lip, of which all four surviving species are in genus Tapirus. TAPIS (7) [noun] A tapestry. | [noun] Carpeting. | [noun] The cover of a council table. TARDO (6) TARDY (9) [noun] A piece of paper given to students who are late to class. | [noun] An instance of a student being marked as tardy by a teacher in his or her attendance sheet. | [verb] To make tardy. TARED (6) TARES (5) [noun] A vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa) | [noun] Any of the tufted grasses of genus Lolium; darnel. | [noun] A damaging weed growing in fields of grain. TARGE (6) [noun] A small shield | [noun] A tassel or pendant TARNS (5) [noun] A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England. | [noun] (chiefly Montana) One of many small mountain lakes or ponds. TAROC (7) TAROK (9) TAROS (5) [noun] Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato. | [noun] Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc. | [noun] Food from a taro plant. TAROT (5) [noun] (singular or plural) A card game played in various different variations. | [noun] Any of the set of 78 playing cards (divided into five suits, including one of permanent trumps), often used for mystical divination. TARPS (7) [noun] A tarpaulin. TARRE (5) TARRY (8) [noun] A sojourn. | [verb] To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything. | [verb] To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens. | [adjective] Resembling tar. TARSI (5) [noun] The part of the foot between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus. | [noun] Any of the seven bones in this part of the foot. | [noun] A plate of dense connective tissue found in each eyelid, attached to either the superior tarsal muscle (in the upper eyelid) or inferior tarsal muscle (lower eyelid), which aid with sympathetic control. TARTS (5) [noun] A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie. | [noun] A prostitute. | [noun] By extension, any woman with loose sexual morals. TARTY (8) [adjective] Like a tart (promiscuous woman); slutty, whorish. TASKS (9) [noun] A piece of work done as part of one’s duties. | [noun] A difficult or tedious undertaking. | [noun] An objective. TASSE (5) TASTE (5) [noun] One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation. | [noun] The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation. | [noun] A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs. TASTY (8) [adjective] Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor; delicious. | [adjective] Having or showing good taste; tasteful. | [adjective] Appealing; when applied to persons, sexually appealing. TATAR (5) TATER (5) [noun] A potato. | [noun] A home run TATES (5) TATTY (8) [noun] Potato | [adjective] Tattered; dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn | [noun] A woven mat or screen hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters. TAUNT (5) [noun] A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery | [verb] To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner. | [adjective] Very high or tall. TAUPE (7) [noun] A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin. | [adjective] Of a dark brownish-grey colour. TAUTS (5) TAWED (9) [verb] To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew. | [verb] (by extension) To beat; to scourge. | [verb] To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them. TAWER (8) TAWIE (8) TAWNY (11) [noun] A light brown to brownish orange colour. | [adjective] Of a light brown to brownish orange color. | [adjective] A sweet, fortified wine which is blended and matured in wood. TAWSE (8) [noun] A leather strap or thong which is split into (typically three) tails, used for corporal punishment in schools, applied to the palm of the hands or buttocks. | [verb] To beat with a tawse. TAXED (13) [verb] To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company). | [verb] To impose and collect a tax on (something). | [verb] To make excessive demands on. TAXER (12) TAXES (12) [noun] Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services. | [noun] A burdensome demand. | [noun] A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject. | [noun] The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus. TAXIS (12) [noun] The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus. | [noun] The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after injury. | [noun] The arrangement of the parts of a topic. | [noun] A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver. TAXON (12) [noun] A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. TAXUS (12) TAZZA (23) [noun] A shallow saucer-like dish, mounted either on a stem and foot or on a foot alone. TAZZE (23) TEACH (10) [verb] To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate. | [verb] (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to. | [verb] To pass on knowledge, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher. | [noun] (usually as a term of address) teacher TEAKS (9) [noun] An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.). | [noun] A tree of the species in the genus Tectona | [noun] A yellowish brown colour, like that of teak wood. TEALS (5) [noun] Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks. | [noun] A dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan. TEAMS (7) [noun] A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage. | [noun] Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work. | [noun] A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks. TEARS (5) [noun] A hole or break caused by tearing. | [noun] A rampage. | [verb] To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. TEARY (8) [adjective] Of a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry. | [adjective] Of eyes, filled with tears. TEASE (5) [noun] One who teases. | [noun] A single act of teasing. | [noun] One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal. TEATS (5) [noun] The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted. | [noun] Something resembling a teat, such as a small protuberance or nozzle. | [noun] An artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants. TECHY (13) [adjective] Technical | [adjective] Easily annoyed or irritated; peevish, testy or irascible. TECTA (7) [noun] The dorsal portion of the midbrain of vertebrates; in mammals, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus | [noun] The interconnected outer surface of a spore. TEDDY (10) [noun] By extension, any stuffed toy. | [noun] A type of all-in-one piece of women's underwear. | [noun] A plush toy in the shape of a bear. TEELS (5) TEEMS (7) [verb] To be stocked to overflowing. | [verb] To be prolific; to abound; to be rife. | [verb] To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply. TEENS (5) [noun] A teenager. | [noun] Grief; sorrow; trouble. | [noun] Vexation; anger; hate. TEENY (8) [adjective] Very small; tiny. | [adjective] Fretful; peevish; cross TEETH (8) [noun] The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect. | [verb] To grow teeth. | [verb] To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth. TEFFS (11) TEGUA (6) TEIID (6) TEIND (6) TELAE (5) TELES (5) [noun] Television. | [noun] A television set. | [noun] A hotel or motel. TELEX (12) [noun] A communications system consisting of a network of teletypewriters. | [noun] A message sent through such a network. | [noun] The machine used to send and receive such messages. TELIA (5) TELIC (7) [adjective] Tending or directed towards a goal or specific end. | [adjective] (grammar) That expresses an end or purpose. | [adjective] That expresses the perfective aspect. TELLS (5) [noun] A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold. | [noun] That which is told; a tale or account. | [noun] A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper. TELLY (8) [noun] Television. | [noun] A television set. | [noun] A hotel or motel. TELOI (5) [noun] The aim or goal. TELOS (5) [noun] The aim or goal. TEMPI (9) [noun] A frequency or rate. | [noun] A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another. | [noun] The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side. TEMPO (9) [noun] A frequency or rate. | [noun] A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another. | [noun] The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side. TEMPS (9) [noun] A temporary employee, usually in an office. | [noun] A temporary storage location. | [verb] To work as a temporary employee. TEMPT (9) [verb] To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice. | [verb] To attract; to allure. | [verb] To provoke something; to court. TENCH (10) [noun] A species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca. TENDS (6) [verb] (Old English law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender. | [verb] (followed by a to-infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning. | [verb] To contribute to or toward some outcome. TENET (5) [noun] An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization. TENIA (5) [noun] A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece. | [noun] (Doric architecture) A band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order. | [noun] Any of several ribbon-like bands of tissue. TENON (5) [noun] A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame. | [verb] To make into a tenon. | [verb] To fit with tenons. TENOR (5) [noun] A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto. | [noun] A person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range. | [noun] A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies. TENSE (5) [noun] (grammar) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists. | [noun] (grammar) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense. | [noun] The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists. | [verb] To make or become tense. TENTH (8) [noun] The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position. | [noun] One of ten equal parts of a whole. | [noun] The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third. TENTS (5) [noun] A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather. | [noun] The representation of a tent used as a bearing. | [noun] A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church. TENTY (8) TEPAL (7) [noun] Any component of the perianth (outermost whorls of flower parts, not involved in reproduction), especially when the components are not distinguished into sepals and petals. TEPAS (7) TEPEE (7) [noun] Alternative form of teepee TEPID (8) [adjective] Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool. | [adjective] Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness. TEPOY (10) TERAI (5) [noun] A belt of marshy land, which lies between the foothills of the Himalayas and the plains. | [noun] A terai hat. TERCE (7) [noun] The third hour of daylight (about 9 am). | [noun] The service appointed for this hour. | [noun] A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property. TERGA (6) [noun] The upper or dorsal surface of an articulated animal such as an arthropod. TERMS (7) [noun] That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary. | [noun] A chronological limitation or restriction. | [noun] Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract. TERNE (5) [noun] An alloy coating made of lead and tin (or, more recently, zinc and tin) and used to cover steel. TERNS (5) [noun] Any of various sea birds of the family Sternidae that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail. | [noun] That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together. | [noun] A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw. TERRA (5) [noun] (astrogeology) A rough upland or mountainous region of the Moon with a relatively high albedo. TERRY (8) [noun] A type of coarse cotton fabric covered in many small raised loops that is used to make towels, bathrobes and some types of nappy/diaper. TERSE (5) [adjective] (by extension) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point. | [adjective] (by extension) Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt. | [adjective] Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce. TESLA (5) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux density or magnetic inductivity. Symbol: T TESTA (5) [noun] A seed coat. | [noun] The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm; the test. TESTS (5) [noun] A challenge, trial. | [noun] A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement. | [noun] (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term. TESTY (8) [adjective] Easily annoyed, irritable. | [adjective] Marked by impatience or ill humor. TETHS (8) TETRA (5) [noun] Any of numerous species of small South American freshwater fish of the family Characidae, popular in home aquariums. TEUCH (10) TEUGH (9) TEWED (9) TEXAS (12) TEXTS (12) [noun] A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences. | [noun] A book, tome or other set of writings. | [noun] A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones. THACK (14) THANE (8) [noun] A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron. THANK (12) [noun] An expression of appreciation; a thought. | [verb] To express gratitude or appreciation toward. | [verb] To feel gratitude or appreciation toward. THARM (10) THAWS (11) [noun] The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost | [noun] A warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is frozen | [verb] To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen THEBE (10) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Botswanan pula. THECA (10) [noun] Any external case or sheath. | [noun] The pollen-producing organ usually found in pairs and forming an anther. | [noun] The twin layers of cells surrounding the basal lamina of an ovarian follicle. THEFT (11) [noun] The act of stealing property. THEGN (9) [noun] A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron. THEIN (8) THEIR (8) THEME (10) [noun] A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic. | [noun] A recurring idea; a motif. | [noun] An essay written for school. THENS (8) THERE (8) [noun] That place. | [noun] That status; that position. | [adverb] (location) In a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) at some distance from the speaker (compare here). THERM (10) [noun] A former unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units. Symbol: thm. THESE (8) [pronoun] The thing, item, etc. being indicated. THETA (8) [noun] The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ. | [noun] The measure of an angle. | [noun] The sensitivity of the value of a derivative with respect to time; the "time decay". THEWS (11) [noun] A bondman; a slave. | [verb] To oppress; enslave. | [noun] Muscle or sinew. THEWY (14) THICK (14) [noun] The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something. | [noun] A thicket. | [noun] A stupid person; a fool. THIEF (11) [noun] One who carries out a theft. | [noun] One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence. | [noun] A waster in the snuff of a candle. THIGH (12) [noun] The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee. | [noun] That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect. THILL (8) [noun] One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft. | [noun] The shallow stratum of underclay that lies under a seam of coal; the bottom of a coal-seam. THINE (8) [pronoun] Singular second person possessive pronoun; yours THING (9) [noun] That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept. | [noun] A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity. | [noun] An individual object or distinct entity. THINK (12) [noun] An act of thinking; consideration (of something). | [verb] To ponder, to go over in one's head. | [verb] To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem. | [verb] To seem, to appear. THINS (8) [noun] A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole. | [noun] Any food produced or served in thin slices. | [verb] To make thin or thinner. THIOL (8) [noun] A univalent organic radical (-SH) containing a sulphur and a hydrogen atom; a compound containing such a radical. THIRD (9) [noun] The person or thing in the third position. | [noun] One of three equal parts of a whole. | [noun] The third gear of a gearbox. THIRL (8) THOLE (8) [noun] The ability to bear or endure something; endurance, patience. | [verb] To suffer. | [verb] To endure, to put up with, to tolerate. | [noun] A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars. | [noun] A cupola, a dome, a rotunda; a tholus. THONG (9) [noun] A strip of leather. | [noun] (usually in the plural) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour. | [noun] An undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more. THORN (8) [noun] A sharp protective spine of a plant. | [noun] Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn. | [noun] That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome. THORO (8) THORP (10) [noun] (now chiefly in placenames) A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village. THOSE (8) [pronoun] (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. | [pronoun] The known (thing); used to refer to something just said. | [pronoun] (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality or proposition; used to emphatically affirm or deny a previous statement or question. THOUS (8) THRAW (11) THREE (8) [noun] The digit/figure 3. | [noun] Anything measuring three units, as length. | [noun] A person who is three years old. THREW (11) [verb] To change place. | [verb] To change in state or status | [verb] To move through time. THRIP (10) [noun] Optional singular for thrips, an insect of the order Thysanoptera. THROB (10) [noun] A beating, vibration or palpitation. | [verb] To pound or beat rapidly or violently. | [verb] To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm. THROE (8) [noun] A pang, spasm. | [noun] (usually plural) A hard struggle. | [noun] A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow. THROW (11) [verb] To change place. | [verb] To change in state or status | [verb] To move through time. | [noun] Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe. | [noun] A moment, time, occasion. THRUM (10) [noun] A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration. | [noun] A spicy taste; a tang. | [verb] To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking. | [noun] The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut. THUDS (9) [noun] The sound of a dull impact. | [noun] Republic F-105 Thunderchief jet ground attack fighter. THUGS (9) [noun] Someone with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, often for hire. | [noun] One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and offered their victims to her. | [noun] In gardening, an over-vigorous plant that spreads and dominates the flowerbed. THUJA (15) [noun] A tree of the genus Thuja. THUMB (12) [noun] The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers. | [noun] The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider. | [noun] A thumbnail picture. THUMP (12) [noun] A blow that produces a muffled sound. | [noun] The sound of such a blow; a thud. | [noun] Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases. THUNK (12) [verb] To strike against something, without breakage, making a "thunk" sound. | [interjection] Representing the dull sound of the impact of a heavy object striking another and coming to an immediate standstill, with neither object being broken by the impact. | [noun] (functional programming) A delayed computation. THURL (8) THUYA (11) [noun] Any member of the genus Thuya. THYME (13) [noun] Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as the garden thyme, Thymus vulgaris, a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups. THYMI (13) [noun] A ductless gland, consisting mainly of lymphatic tissue, located behind the top of the breastbone. It is most active during puberty, after which it shrinks in size. It plays an important role in the development of the immune system and produces lymphocytes. THYMY (16) TIARA (5) [noun] The papal crown. | [noun] An ornamental coronet. TIBIA (7) [noun] The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone | [noun] The second segment from the end of an insect's leg, between the femur and tarsus. | [noun] The third segment from the end of an arachnid's leg, between the patella and metatarsus. TICAL (7) TICKS (11) [noun] A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida. | [noun] A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery. | [noun] A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement. TIDAL (6) [adjective] Relating to tides TIDED (7) [verb] To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream. | [verb] To pour a tide or flood. | [verb] To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse. TIDES (6) [noun] The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon. | [noun] A stream, current or flood. | [noun] (chronology, except in liturgy) Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast. TIERS (5) [noun] One who ties (knots, etc). | [noun] Something that ties. | [noun] A child's apron. TIFFS (11) [noun] A small argument; a petty quarrel. | [noun] Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor. | [verb] To quarrel. TIGER (6) [noun] Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia. | [noun] A representation of a large mythological cat, used on a coat of arms. | [noun] A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress. | [noun] A final shouted phrase, accompanied by a jump or outstretched arms, at the end of a cheer. TIGHT (9) TIGON (6) [noun] A cross between a male tiger and a lioness. TIKES (9) [noun] A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida. | [noun] A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery. | [noun] A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement. TIKIS (9) [noun] Carved talisman in humanoid form, common to the cultures of the Pacific Ocean. TILAK (9) [noun] A mark or symbol worn on the forehead by Hindus, ornamentally or as an indication of status. TILDE (6) [noun] The grapheme of character ~. | [noun] The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬. TILED (6) [verb] To cover with tiles. | [verb] To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface). | [verb] To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique. TILER (5) [noun] A person who sets tiles. | [noun] A doorkeeper or attendant at a lodge of Freemasons. TILES (5) [noun] A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc. | [noun] A rectangular graphic. | [noun] Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong. TILLS (5) [noun] A cash register. | [noun] A removable box within a cash register containing the money. | [noun] The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift. TILTH (8) [noun] Agricultural labour; husbandry. | [noun] The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture. | [noun] Rich cultivated soil. TILTS (5) [noun] A slope or inclination. | [noun] The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc. | [noun] The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this. TIMED (8) [verb] To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of. | [verb] To choose when something begins or how long it lasts. | [verb] To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time. TIMER (7) [noun] Someone or something which times. | [noun] A device used to measure amounts of time. | [noun] Any electronic function that causes a device to be able to do something automatically after a preset amount of time. TIMES (7) [noun] The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events. | [noun] A duration of time. | [noun] An instant of time. TIMID (8) [adjective] Lacking in courage or confidence. TINCT (7) TINEA (5) [noun] A fungal infection of the skin, known generally as ringworm. TINED (6) TINES (5) [noun] A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb. | [noun] A small branch, especially on an antler or horn. | [noun] A wild vetch or tare. TINGE (6) [noun] A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing. | [noun] The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint. | [verb] To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing. TINGS (6) [noun] The sound made when a small bell is struck. | [noun] An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid. | [noun] The apartment in a Chinese temple where the idol is kept. TINNY (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to or resembling tin. | [adjective] Pertaining to the thinness and cheapness of tin or similar-looking metals, in contrast to a heavier, more valuable metal. | [adjective] Pertaining to a thin, unpleasant sound recalling that of tin being rapped. | [noun] A can of beer. TINTS (5) [noun] A slight coloring. | [noun] A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade) | [noun] A color considered with reference to other very similar colors. TIPIS (7) [noun] Alternative form of teepee TIPPY (12) [noun] A dandy. | [adjective] Fashionable, tip-top. | [adjective] (absolute, with the) In the height of fashion, excellent, cool. | [adjective] Tending to tip or tilt over; unstable. TIPSY (10) [adjective] Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages | [adjective] (metonymy) unsteady, askew TIRED (6) [verb] To become sleepy or weary. | [verb] To make sleepy or weary. | [verb] To become bored or impatient (with). TIRES (5) [verb] To become sleepy or weary. | [verb] To make sleepy or weary. | [verb] To become bored or impatient (with). TIRLS (5) TIROS (5) [noun] A newly recruited soldier. TITAN (5) [noun] Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness. TITER (5) [noun] The concentration of a substance as determined by titration. | [verb] To measure a concentration, especially by means of titration TITHE (8) [noun] A tenth. | [noun] The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. | [noun] A contribution to one's religious community or congregation of worship (notably to the LDS church) | [noun] A boon (a grant or concession). TITIS (5) [noun] A New World monkey of the genus Callicebus, native to South America, distinguished by their long soft fur. | [noun] Mutton bird. | [noun] A tree of the southern United States (Cliftonia monophylla) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes. TITLE (5) [noun] A prefix (honorific) or suffix (post-nominal) added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification. See also | [noun] Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this. | [noun] In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice. TITRE (5) [noun] The strength or concentration of a solution that has been determined by titration. | [verb] To determine a titre, especially by titration TITTY (8) [noun] A breast | [noun] A nipple | [noun] A kitten TIZZY (26) [noun] A state of nervous excitement, confusion, or distress; a dither. | [noun] A sixpence; a tester. TOADS (6) [noun] An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae. | [noun] A contemptible or unpleasant person. | [noun] An ugly person. TOADY (9) [noun] A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage or an obsequious lackey or minion | [noun] A coarse, rustic woman. | [verb] (construed with to) To behave like a toady (to someone). | [adjective] Toadlike TOAST (5) [noun] Toasted bread. | [noun] A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol. | [noun] A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem. | [verb] To lightly cook by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source. TODAY (9) [noun] A current day or date. | [noun] From 6am to 6pm on the current day. | [adverb] On the current day or date. TODDY (10) [noun] A drink made from alcoholic liquor mixed with sugar, spice and hot water. | [noun] The sweet sap from any of several tropical trees fermented to make an alcoholic drink. TOFFS (11) [noun] An elegantly dressed person. | [noun] A person of the upper class, or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority. TOFFY (14) [noun] A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard | [noun] A small, individual piece of toffee | [noun] Any kind of sweets; candy | [adjective] Posh, upper-class; snooty. TOFTS (8) [noun] A hillock. | [noun] A homestead, especially one on a hill. | [noun] A messuage with right of common. TOFUS (8) TOGAE (6) TOGAS (6) [noun] A loose outer garment worn by the citizens of Ancient Rome. | [noun] A loose wrap gown. | [noun] An academic gown. TOGUE (6) TOILE (5) [noun] Plain or simple twilled fabric TOILS (5) [noun] Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature. | [noun] Trouble, strife. | [noun] (usually in plural) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey. TOITS (5) TOKAY (12) [noun] A variety of grape grown in eastern Hungary and in eastern Slovakia. | [noun] Any of a variety of white wines made from this grape. | [noun] The tokay gecko, a spotted lizard native to Asia and some Pacific islands. TOKED (10) [verb] To give a gratuity to. | [verb] To smoke marijuana. | [verb] To inhale a puff of marijuana TOKEN (9) [noun] Something serving as an expression of something else. | [noun] A keepsake. | [noun] A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services. TOKER (9) TOKES (9) [noun] (casinos) A gratuity. | [noun] A puff of marijuana. | [noun] A piece of bread. TOLAN (5) TOLAS (5) TOLED (6) TOLES (5) TOLLS (5) [noun] Loss or damage incurred through a disaster. | [noun] A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc. | [noun] A fee for using any kind of material processing service. TOLUS (5) TOLYL (8) TOMAN (7) TOMBS (9) [noun] A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed. | [noun] A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave. | [noun] One who keeps secrets. TOMES (7) [noun] One in a series of volumes. | [noun] A large or scholarly book. TOMMY (12) [noun] Bread, generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance | [noun] A truck, or barter; the exchange of labour for goods instead of money. | [verb] To pay (employees) according to the truck system, with goods instead of money. TONAL (5) [adjective] Of or relating to tones or tonality. | [adjective] Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something. | [adjective] Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic. | [noun] An animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death. TONDI (6) [noun] A round picture or other work of art. TONDO (6) [noun] A round picture or other work of art. TONED (6) [verb] To give a particular tone to | [verb] To change the colour of | [verb] To make (something) firmer TONER (5) [noun] Powder used in laser printers and photocopiers to form the text and images on the printed paper. | [noun] Cosmetic lotion designed to cleanse the skin and shrink pores, usually used on the face. | [noun] A musician, particularly one that plays a wind instrument. TONES (5) [noun] A specific pitch. | [noun] (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second. | [noun] (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody. TONEY (8) TONGA (6) [noun] A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage used for transportation in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. | [noun] A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum. TONGS (6) [noun] An instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands or fingers, consisting of two slats or grips hinged at the end or in the middle, and sometimes including a spring to open the grips. | [noun] (by extension) A large scissors-like two-piece center-hinged forged-iron implement with oval-loop handles and with pointed tips turned inward (in the same plane as and perpendicular to the handles) to facilitate lifting and carrying a block of ice. Often called ice tongs. | [noun] An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands. | [verb] To use tongs. | [noun] An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands. TONIC (7) [noun] A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate. | [noun] Tonic water. | [noun] (Massachusetts) Any of various carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages; soda pop. | [noun] The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote. TONNE (5) [noun] A metric unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. Symbol: t | [noun] A score of 100. TONUS (5) [noun] Tonicity; tone TOOLS (5) [noun] A mechanical device intended to make a task easier. | [noun] Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade. | [noun] Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means. TOONS (5) [noun] A cartoon, especially an animated television show. | [noun] A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. | [noun] A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye. TOOTH (8) [noun] A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating. | [noun] A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement. | [noun] A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain. TOOTS (5) [noun] The noise of a horn or whistle. | [noun] (by extension) A fart; flatus. | [noun] Cocaine. | [noun] (sometimes derogatory) Babe, sweetie: a term used when addressing a young woman, besties, sisters. TOPAZ (16) [noun] A silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine, usually tinted by impurities. | [noun] An often clear, yellowish-brown gemstone cut from this. | [noun] A yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone. TOPED (8) [verb] To drink excessively; to get drunk. TOPEE (7) [noun] A pith helmet. TOPER (7) TOPES (7) [verb] To drink excessively; to get drunk. | [noun] A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout. | [noun] A grove of trees. TOPHE (10) TOPHI (10) [noun] A deposit of monosodium urate crystals in the body, caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood. TOPHS (10) TOPIC (9) [noun] Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest. | [noun] Discussion thread. | [noun] A musical sign intended to suggest a particular style or genre. TOPIS (7) [noun] An antelope of the species Damaliscus korrigum. | [noun] A taqiyah (skullcap worn by Muslims etc.) TOPOI (7) [noun] A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula. | [noun] An elementary topos | [noun] A Grothendieck topos TOPOS (7) [noun] A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula. | [noun] An elementary topos | [noun] A Grothendieck topos TOQUE (14) [noun] A type of hat with no brim. | [noun] (specifically) A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs | [noun] (by extension) A chef. | [noun] A knitted hat, usually conical but of varying shape, often woollen, and sometimes topped by a pom-pom or tassel. | [noun] A rhythm used in Latin music, especially Cuban religious rituals. TORAH (8) TORAS (5) TORCH (10) [noun] A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material. | [noun] A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight. | [noun] An arsonist. TORCS (7) [noun] A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples. TORES (5) [noun] The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane. | [noun] The solid enclosed by such a surface; an anchor ring. | [noun] A topological space which is a product of two circles. TORIC (7) [adjective] Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal. TORII (5) [noun] A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred. TOROS (5) TOROT (5) TORSE (5) [noun] A twist of cloth or wreath underneath and forming part of a crest; an orle, a wreath. It is customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on. | [noun] The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs. TORSI (5) [noun] The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs. TORSK (9) [noun] An edible fish, Brosme brosme. TORSO (5) [noun] The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs. TORTE (5) [noun] A rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau). TORTS (5) [noun] An injury or wrong. | [noun] A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages. | [noun] (only in the plural torts) Tort law (the area of law dealing with such wrongful acts). TORUS (5) [noun] A topological space which is a product of two circles. | [noun] The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a shape consisting of a ring with a circular cross-section: the shape of an inner tube or hollow doughnut. | [noun] (in combination, n-torus, 4-torus, etc.) The product of the specified number of circles. TOTAL (5) [noun] An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts. | [noun] Sum. | [verb] To add up; to calculate the sum of. TOTED (6) [verb] To carry or bear. | [verb] To add up; to calculate a total. TOTEM (7) [noun] Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family. | [noun] The representation of such object or creature. | [noun] The clan whose kinship is defined in reference to such an object or creature. TOTER (5) TOTES (5) [noun] A tote bag. | [noun] A heavy burden. | [noun] (logistics) A kind of plastic box used for transporting goods. | [adverb] To the fullest extent or degree. TOUCH (10) TOUGH (9) [noun] A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully. | [verb] To endure. | [verb] To toughen. TOURS (5) [noun] A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc. | [noun] A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place. | [noun] A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts. TOUSE (5) TOUTS (5) [noun] Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way. | [noun] A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win. | [noun] A spy for a smuggler, thief, or similar. TOWED (9) TOWEL (8) [noun] A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as a person after a bath. | [verb] To hit with a towel. | [verb] To dry by using a towel. TOWER (8) [noun] A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed; mast. | [noun] A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top, used as a lookout for spotting fires, plane crashes, fugitives, etc. | [noun] A water tower. | [verb] To be very tall. | [noun] One who tows. TOWIE (8) TOWNS (8) [noun] A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city. | [noun] Any more urbanized center than the place of reference. | [noun] A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week. TOWNY (11) [noun] A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university. | [noun] A person born and raised in an area of Massachusetts who is proud of his or her Irish-American community, culture, and heritage. | [noun] A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area. Especially, one who is perceived not to have adopted rural ways. TOXIC (14) [adjective] Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities. | [adjective] Appearing grossly unwell; characterised by serious, potentially life-threatening compromise in the respiratory, circulatory or other body systems. | [adjective] Severely negative or harmful. TOXIN (12) [noun] A toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms. TOYED (9) [verb] To play (with) in an idle or desultory way. | [verb] To ponder or consider. | [verb] To stimulate with a sex toy. TOYER (8) TOYON (8) [noun] A chiefly Californian ornamental evergreen shrub (Heteromeles arbutifolia) of the rose family having white flowers succeeded by red berries. TOYOS (8) TRACE (7) [noun] An act of tracing. | [noun] An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package. | [noun] A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal. | [verb] To follow the trail of. TRACK (11) [noun] A mark left by something that has passed along. | [noun] A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal. | [noun] The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc. TRACT (7) [noun] An area or expanse. | [noun] A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract. | [noun] A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses. | [verb] To pursue, follow; to track. TRADE (6) [noun] Buying and selling of goods and services on a market. | [noun] A particular instance of buying or selling. | [noun] An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another. TRAGI (6) [noun] The small piece of thick cartilage of the external ear that is immediately in front of the ear canal. TRAIK (9) TRAIL (5) [noun] The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky. | [noun] A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc. | [noun] A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme. TRAIN (5) [noun] Elongated portion. | [noun] Connected sequence of people or things. | [verb] To practice an ability. | [noun] Treachery; deceit. TRAIT (5) [noun] An identifying characteristic, habit or trend. | [noun] An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface. TRAMP (9) [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A homeless person; a vagabond. | [noun] A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut. | [noun] Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call. TRAMS (7) [noun] A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America). | [noun] A similar vehicle for carrying materials. | [noun] A people mover. TRANK (9) [noun] An oblong piece of skin from which the pieces for a glove are cut. | [noun] A tranquilizer. | [verb] To tranquilize. TRANQ (14) [noun] A tranquilizer. | [verb] To tranquilize. TRANS (5) [verb] To cross from one side to another of (gender, sex or something in that vein). | [adjective] In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the opposite side of the bond. | [adjective] Of the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum. | [noun] (sometimes offensive, sometimes humorous) A trans person. | [noun] The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans). | [noun] (sometimes offensive, sometimes humorous) A trans person. TRAPS (7) [noun] A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body. | [noun] A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare. | [noun] A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor. TRAPT (7) TRASH (8) [noun] Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse. | [noun] A container into which things are discarded. | [noun] Something worthless or of poor quality. TRASS (5) [noun] A white to grey volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders, sometimes used as a cement. | [noun] A coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water. TRAVE (8) TRAWL (8) [noun] A net or dragnet used for trawling. | [noun] A long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it; a setline. | [verb] To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl. TRAYS (8) [noun] A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried. | [noun] A flat carrier for items being transported. | [noun] The items on a full tray. TREAD (6) [verb] To step or walk (on or over something); to trample. | [verb] To step or walk upon. | [verb] To beat or press with the feet. | [noun] A step taken with the foot. TREAT (5) [noun] An entertainment, outing, food, drink, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others. | [noun] An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure. | [noun] A snack food item designed to be given to pets. TREED (6) [verb] To chase (an animal or person) up a tree. | [verb] To place in a tree. | [verb] To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree. TREEN (5) [noun] Fast growing function based on Kruskal's tree theorem. | [noun] A perennial woody plant, not exactly defined, but differentiated from a shrub by its larger size (typically over a few meters in height) or growth habit, usually having a single (or few) main axis or trunk unbranched for some distance above the ground and a head of branches and foliage. | [noun] Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree (in any botanical sense). | [noun] Household articles made of wood. | [noun] A territorial division in the Isle of Man. TREES (5) [noun] Fast growing function based on Kruskal's tree theorem. | [noun] A perennial woody plant, not exactly defined, but differentiated from a shrub by its larger size (typically over a few meters in height) or growth habit, usually having a single (or few) main axis or trunk unbranched for some distance above the ground and a head of branches and foliage. | [noun] Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree (in any botanical sense). TREKS (9) [noun] A journey by ox wagon. | [noun] The Boer migration of 1835-1837. | [noun] A slow or difficult journey. TREND (6) [noun] An inclination in a particular direction. | [noun] A tendency. | [noun] A fad or fashion style. | [noun] Clean wool. TRESS (5) [noun] A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet. | [noun] A long lock of hair | [noun] (by extension) A knot or festoon, as of flowers. TRETS (5) TREWS (8) [noun] Trousers, especially if close fitting and tartan. TREYS (8) [noun] A playing card or die with the rank of three. | [noun] A score of three in cards, dice, or dominoes. | [noun] A three-pointer. TRIAC (7) [noun] A three-terminal electronic component that conducts current in either direction when triggered; a bidirectional triode thyristor. TRIAD (6) [noun] A grouping of three. | [noun] A word of three syllables. | [noun] A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong. TRIAL (5) [noun] An opportunity to test something out; a test. | [noun] Appearance at judicial court in order to be examined. | [noun] A difficult or annoying experience. | [adjective] Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components. TRIBE (7) [noun] A socially, ethnically, or politically cohesive group of people. | [noun] A society larger than a band but smaller than a state. | [noun] A group of apes who live and work together. TRICE (7) [verb] To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply. | [verb] To drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope. | [noun] Now only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; an instant, a moment. | [noun] A pulley, a windlass. TRICK (11) [noun] Something designed to fool or swindle. | [noun] A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick. | [noun] An entertaining difficult physical action. TRIED (6) [adjective] Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable. | [adjective] Put on trial, taken before a lawcourt. | [verb] To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive. TRIER (5) [noun] One who tries; one who makes experiments or examines anything by a test or standard. | [noun] An instrument used for sampling something. | [noun] One who tries judicially. TRIES (5) [noun] An ordered tree data structure that is used to store an associative array where the keys are usually strings. | [noun] An attempt. | [noun] An act of tasting or sampling. TRIGO (6) TRIGS (6) [noun] A dandy; coxcomb. | [noun] Trigonometry. | [noun] A trigonometric point, trig point. TRIKE (9) [noun] A tricycle. | [noun] A three-wheeled motorbike. | [noun] A kind of railroad maintenance vehicle: a speeder or jigger. | [noun] A triceratops. TRILL (5) [noun] A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff. | [noun] A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish rr. | [noun] A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats. | [verb] To trickle. | [verb] To twirl. TRIMS (7) [noun] Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders. | [noun] A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style. | [noun] Dress; gear; ornaments. TRINE (5) [noun] A group of three things. | [noun] An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart. | [verb] To put in the aspect of a trine. TRIOL (5) TRIOS (5) [noun] A group of three people or things. | [noun] A group of three musicians. | [noun] A piece of music written for three musicians. TRIPE (7) [noun] The lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food. | [noun] The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; -- generally used in the plural. | [noun] (chiefly plural) Something disparaged as valueless, especially written works and popular entertainment (movies, television). TRIPS (7) [noun] A journey; an excursion or jaunt | [noun] A stumble or misstep | [noun] An error; a failure; a mistake TRITE (5) [adjective] Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed. | [adjective] So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law. | [noun] A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater. TROAK (9) TROCK (11) TRODE (6) TROIS (5) TROKE (9) TROLL (5) [noun] A supernatural being of varying size, now especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges. | [noun] An ugly person of either sex, especially one seeking sexual experiences. | [noun] Optical ejections from the top of the electrically active core regions of thunderstorms that are red in color that seem to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward toward the cloud tops. | [noun] An instance of trolling, especially, in fishing, the trailing of a baited line. | [noun] The act of moving round; routine; repetition. TROMP (9) [verb] To tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot. | [verb] To utterly defeat an opponent. | [noun] A blowing apparatus in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace. TRONA (5) [noun] A saline evaporite, consisting of mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, Na3HCO3CO3·2H2O. TRONE (5) TROOP (7) [noun] (collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general). | [noun] A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry. | [noun] A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers. TROOZ (14) TROPE (7) [noun] Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales; a motif. | [noun] A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor. | [noun] Mathematical senses. TROTH (8) [noun] An oath, pledge, or promise. | [noun] Truth; something true. | [verb] To pledge to marry somebody. TROTS (5) [noun] A supporter of Trotskyism. | [noun] Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus. | [noun] Equipment with legs. TROUT (5) [noun] Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once. | [noun] An objectionable elderly woman. | [verb] To (figuratively) slap someone with a slimy, stinky, wet trout; to admonish jocularly. TROVE (8) [noun] A treasure trove; a collection of treasure. | [noun] A collection of things. TROWS (8) [noun] Trust or faith. | [noun] Any of several flat-bottomed sailing boats used for fishing or for carrying bulk goods. | [noun] Troll. TROYS (8) TRUCE (7) [noun] A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties | [noun] An agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time TRUCK (11) [noun] A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun carriage. | [noun] The ball on top of a flagpole. | [noun] On a wooden mast, a circular disc (or sometimes a rectangle) of wood near or at the top of the mast, usually with holes or sheaves to reeve signal halyards; also a temporary or emergency place for a lookout. "Main" refers to the mainmast, whereas a truck on another mast may be called (on the mizzenmast, for example) "mizzen-truck". | [verb] To fail; run out; run short; be unavailable; diminish; abate. | [verb] To tread (down); stamp on; trample (down). | [noun] (often in the plural) Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barter. TRUED (6) [verb] To straighten. | [verb] To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust. TRUER (5) [adjective] (of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct. | [adjective] Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate. | [adjective] Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result. TRUES (5) [verb] To straighten. | [verb] To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust. TRUGS (6) [noun] A shallow, oval basket used for gardening | [noun] A trough or tray. | [noun] A hod for mortar. TRULL (5) [noun] A female prostitute or harlot. | [noun] A set of three special trump cards used in some Tarock games, having a higher value than the other trumps. TRULY (8) [adverb] (manner) In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately. | [adverb] (modal) Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really. | [adverb] (degree) Very. TRUMP (9) [noun] The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others. | [noun] A playing card of that suit. | [noun] Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve. | [noun] A trumpet. | [noun] A musical instrument consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo “tongue” attached to a frame. This tongue is placed in the performer’s mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note of constant pitch. Melodies can be created by changing the shape of the mouth and causing different overtones. TRUNK (9) [noun] (heading, biological) Part of a body. | [noun] (heading) A container. | [noun] (heading) A channel for flow of some kind. TRUSS (5) [noun] A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place. | [noun] A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge. | [noun] A triangular bracket. TRUST (5) [noun] Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality. | [noun] Dependence upon something in the future; hope. | [noun] Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit. TRUTH (8) [noun] True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality. | [noun] Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy. | [noun] The state or quality of being true to someone or something. TRYMA (10) TRYST (8) [noun] A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time. | [noun] A mutual agreement, a covenant. | [verb] To make a tryst; to agree to meet at a place. TSADE (6) TSADI (6) TSARS (5) [noun] An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states. | [noun] A person with great power; an autocrat. TSKED (10) TSUBA (7) [noun] The guard at the end of the grip of a sword. TUBAE (7) TUBAL (7) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a tube, especially an anatomical one TUBAS (7) [noun] A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys. | [noun] A type of Roman military trumpet, distinct from the modern tuba. | [noun] A large reed stop in organs. TUBBY (12) [noun] (often used teasingly) An overweight person. | [adjective] Stout, rotund | [adjective] Resembling a tub; sounding dull and without resonance or freedom of sound. TUBED (8) [verb] To supply with, or enclose in, a tube. | [verb] To ride an inner tube. | [verb] To intubate. TUBER (7) [noun] A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot. | [noun] A thickened rootstock. | [noun] A rounded, protuberant structure in a human or animal body. TUBES (7) [noun] Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape. | [noun] An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances. | [noun] (often capitalized as Tube) The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.) TUCKS (11) [noun] An act of tucking; a pleat or fold. | [noun] A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece. | [noun] A curled position. TUFAS (8) TUFFS (11) TUFTS (8) [noun] A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base. | [noun] A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding. | [noun] A small clump of trees or bushes. TUFTY (11) TULES (5) [noun] Any of a number of large freshwater sedges of western North America formerly classified in the genus Scirpus, but now mostly as Schoenoplectus | [noun] A type of chinook salmon which spawns in the Columbia River basin TULIP (7) [noun] A type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa. | [noun] The flower of this plant. TULLE (5) [noun] A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc. TUMID (8) [adjective] Swollen, enlarged, bulging | [adjective] Cancerous, unhealthy | [adjective] Pompous, bombastic TUMMY (12) [noun] (often childish) Stomach or belly. | [noun] Protruding belly, paunch. TUMOR (7) [noun] An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia. TUMPS (9) [noun] A mound or hillock. | [noun] A tumpline. TUNAS (5) [noun] Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae. | [noun] The edible flesh of the tuna. | [noun] The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia. TUNED (6) [verb] To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches. | [verb] To adjust or modify (esp. a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally. | [verb] To adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel. TUNER (5) [noun] A person who tunes a piano or organ. | [noun] A device, electronic or mechanical, that helps a person tune a musical instrument by showing the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch. | [noun] On a musical instrument, a peg or mechanical device that changes the tension, and hence pitch, of a string. | [noun] (entertainment industry) A musical. TUNES (5) [noun] A melody. | [noun] A song, or short musical composition. | [noun] The act of tuning or maintenance. TUNGS (6) TUNIC (7) [noun] A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles. | [noun] Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane. TUNNY (8) [noun] Tuna. TUPIK (11) [noun] A tent or other building made from animal skins, used by the Inuit during the summer. TUQUE (14) [noun] A knitted hat, usually conical but of varying shape, often woollen, and sometimes topped by a pom-pom or tassel. | [noun] A watch cap. TURBO (7) [noun] Turbocharger. | [noun] Turbojet. | [noun] Turbomolecular pump. | [noun] A turban shell. TURDS (6) [noun] (mildly) A piece of solid animal or human feces. | [noun] A worthless person or thing. TURFS (8) [noun] A layer of earth covered with grass; sod. | [noun] A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc. | [noun] A sod of peat used as fuel. TURFY (11) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or constructed of turf. | [adjective] Relating to or involved with horses or horse-racing. TURKS (9) TURNS (5) [verb] (heading) to make a non-linear physical movement. | [verb] (heading) To change condition or attitude. | [verb] To change one's course of action; to take a new approach. TURPS (7) [noun] Turpentine or turpentine substitute. | [noun] Any alcoholic drink. TUSHY (11) [noun] Buttocks, bottom TUSKS (9) [noun] One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar. | [noun] A small projection on a (tusk) tenon. | [noun] A tusk shell. TUTEE (5) [noun] A student of a tutor. TUTOR (5) [noun] One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction. | [noun] A university officer responsible for students in a particular hall. | [noun] One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian. TUTTI (5) [noun] A passage in which all members of an orchestra are playing | [adjective] All together; with all playing at once. | [adverb] All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices. TUTTY (8) TUTUS (5) [noun] A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting. | [noun] Any of the genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand. TUXES (12) [noun] A tuxedo. TUYER (8) TWAES (8) TWAIN (8) [noun] Pair, couple | [adjective] Twofold | [numeral] Two | [verb] To part in twain; divide; sunder. TWANG (9) [noun] The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument. | [noun] A particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electric guitars. | [noun] A trace of a regional or foreign accent in someone's voice. TWATS (8) [noun] The vagina or vulva. | [noun] A contemptible and stupid person, idiot. | [verb] To hit, slap. TWEAK (12) [noun] A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch. | [noun] A slight adjustment or modification. | [noun] Trouble; distress; tweag. TWEED (9) [noun] A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing. TWEEN (8) [noun] An action of tweening (inserting frames for continuity); a sequence of frames generated by tweening. | [verb] To generate intermediate frames in an animated sequence so as to give the appearance of smooth movement. | [noun] A person in their twenties, between 20 and 29 years old. Possibly including 30-32. | [noun] A child, usually a girl, in the age range between young childhood and adolescence, normally between eight and thirteen years of age. TWEET (8) [noun] The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle. | [noun] An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter. | [verb] To make a short high-pitched sound, like that of certain birds. TWERP (10) [noun] A fool, a twit. | [noun] A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible. | [noun] A person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling). TWICE (10) [adverb] Two times. | [adverb] (usually with "as", of a specified quality) Doubled in quantity, intensity, or degree. TWIER (8) TWIGS (9) [noun] A small thin branch of a tree or bush. | [verb] To beat with twigs. | [verb] To realise something; to catch on; to recognize someone or something. TWILL (8) [noun] A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving. | [noun] A cloth or portion of cloth woven in such a pattern. | [verb] To weave (cloth, etc.) so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface. TWINE (8) [noun] A twist; a convolution. | [noun] A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string. | [noun] The act of twining or winding round. | [verb] To weave together. | [verb] (obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide. TWINS (8) [noun] Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling. | [noun] Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc. | [noun] A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room. TWINY (11) [adjective] Tending to twine; twisting around. | [adjective] Made of twine; having the appearance of twine. | [adjective] (North Country) fretful; uneasy TWIRL (8) [noun] A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette. | [noun] Any rotating movement; a spin. | [noun] A little twist of some substance; a swirl. TWIRP (10) [interjection] An imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn. | [noun] A fool, a twit. | [noun] A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible. TWIST (8) [noun] A twisting force. | [noun] Anything twisted, or the act of twisting. | [noun] The form given in twisting. TWITS (8) [noun] A reproach, gibe or taunt. | [noun] A foolish or annoying person. | [noun] A euphemism for "twat", a contemptible or stupid person. TWIXT (15) [preposition] Betwixt, between TWYER (11) [noun] A nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge TYEES (8) TYERS (8) TYING (9) [verb] To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely. | [verb] To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like. | [verb] To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like. TYKES (12) [noun] A mongrel dog. | [noun] A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one | [noun] A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement TYNED (9) TYNES (8) TYPAL (10) TYPED (11) [verb] To put text on paper using a typewriter. | [verb] To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard. | [verb] To determine the blood type of. TYPES (10) [noun] A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class. | [noun] An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc. | [noun] An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment. TYPEY (13) TYPIC (12) TYPOS (10) [noun] A typographical error. | [noun] A compositor; a typographer. TYPPS (12) TYRED (9) TYRES (8) [noun] The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid. | [noun] The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railway vehicle. | [verb] To fit tyres to (a vehicle). TYROS (8) [noun] A beginner; a novice. TYTHE (11) TZARS (14) [noun] An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states. | [noun] A person with great power; an autocrat.

TABARD (9) [noun] A silk banner attached to a bugle or trumpet. | [noun] A woman's or girl's sleeveless jerkin or loose overgarment. | [noun] A sleeveless garment made of coarse cloth formerly worn outdoors by the common people. TABBED (11) [verb] To affix with tabs; to label. | [verb] To use the Tab key on a computer to advance the cursor or move the input focus, or on a typewriter to advance the carriage. | [adjective] Having a tab (protruding strip of material). TABBIS (10) TABERS (8) TABLAS (8) [noun] A pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the Indian subcontinent, that are similar to bongos. TABLED (9) [verb] To tabulate; to put into a table or grid. | [verb] To supply (a guest, client etc.) with food at a table; to feed. | [verb] To delineate; to represent, as in a picture; to depict. TABLES (8) [noun] Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses. | [noun] A two-dimensional presentation of data. | [noun] The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate. TABLET (8) [noun] A slab of clay used for inscription. | [noun] A short scripture written by the founders of the Bahá'í faith. | [noun] A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance. TABOOS (8) [noun] An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. | [noun] (in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred. TABORS (8) [noun] A small drum. | [noun] A military train of men and wagons; an encampment of such resources. TABOUR (8) TABUED (9) [adjective] Forbidden; prohibited. TABULI (8) TABUNS (8) TACHES (11) [noun] Moustache, mustache. | [noun] A spot, stain, or blemish. | [noun] Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button. TACKED (13) [verb] To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head). | [verb] To sew/stich with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth). | [verb] To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other. TACKER (12) TACKET (12) TACKEY (15) TACKLE (12) [noun] A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook. | [noun] A block and tackle. | [noun] Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling. TACTIC (10) [noun] A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end. | [noun] A maneuver used against an enemy. | [noun] A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material. TAENIA (6) [noun] A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece. | [noun] (Doric architecture) A band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order. | [noun] Any of several ribbon-like bands of tissue. TAFFIA (12) TAFIAS (9) [noun] A variety of rum. TAGGED (9) [verb] To label (something). | [verb] (graffiti) To mark (something) with one’s tag. | [verb] To remove dung tags from a sheep. TAGGER (8) [noun] One who or that which tags. | [noun] A device for removing taglocks from sheep. | [noun] That which is pointed like a tag. | [noun] The penis. | [noun] (in the plural) Sheets of tin or other plate which run below the gauge. TAGRAG (8) TAHINI (9) [noun] A paste made from ground sesame seeds, and used to make hummus, baba ghanoush etc. TAHSIL (9) [noun] An administrative division in India and Pakistan. TAIGAS (7) TAILED (7) [verb] To follow and observe surreptitiously. | [verb] To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into | [verb] To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor. TAILER (6) TAILLE (6) [noun] A form of taxation levied on the land of peasants in pre-Revolutionary France. | [noun] A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood. | [noun] The tenor voice or part. TAILOR (6) [noun] A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing. | [noun] The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). | [verb] To make, repair, or alter clothes. TAINTS (6) [noun] A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food | [noun] A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish | [noun] Tincture; hue; colour TAIPAN (8) [noun] A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon. | [noun] Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea. TAKAHE (13) [noun] A species of large flightless bird in the Rallidae family, endemic to New Zealand. TAKERS (10) [noun] One who takes something. | [noun] A person or thing that takes or receives, often more than he or she gives. | [noun] One who is willing to participate in, or buy, something. TAKEUP (12) [noun] The act of taking something up, by tightening, absorption, or reeling in. | [noun] (machinery) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine or loom for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch. | [noun] Acceptance (of a proposal, offer, request, etc.). TAKING (11) [verb] To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force. | [verb] To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc). | [verb] To remove. TAKINS (10) [noun] A goat-antelope, species Budorcas taxicolor. TALARS (6) TALCED (9) [verb] To apply talc to. TALCKY (15) TALCUM (10) [noun] Powdered and perfumed talc for toilet use. | [verb] To perfume with talcum powder. TALENT (6) [noun] A marked natural ability or skill. | [noun] A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East. | [noun] A desire or inclination for something. TALERS (6) TALION (6) TALKED (11) [verb] To communicate, usually by means of speech. | [verb] To discuss; to talk about. | [verb] To speak (a certain language). TALKER (10) [noun] A person who talks, especially one who gives a speech, or is loquacious or garrulous. | [noun] Any creature or machine that talks. | [noun] A talk show TALKIE (10) [noun] A movie with sound, as opposed to a silent film. TALLER (6) [adjective] (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall. | [adjective] (of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high. | [adjective] (of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale. TALLIS (6) [noun] A traditional Jewish prayer shawl with tassels which covers the chest and upper part of the back. TALLIT (6) TALLOL (6) TALLOW (9) [noun] A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants | [verb] To grease or smear with tallow. | [verb] To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten. TALONS (6) [noun] A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal. | [noun] One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth. | [noun] A kind of moulding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; an ogee. (When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.) TALUKA (10) [noun] A hereditary estate in parts of India; subsequently, an administrative subdivision of a district. TALUKS (10) [noun] A hereditary estate in parts of India; subsequently, an administrative subdivision of a district. TAMALE (8) [noun] Mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various ingredients (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks. TAMALS (8) TAMARI (8) [noun] A type of soy sauce made without wheat, having a rich flavor. TAMBAC (12) TAMBAK (14) TAMBUR (10) TAMEIN (8) TAMELY (11) TAMERS (8) TAMEST (8) [adjective] Not or no longer wild; domesticated | [adjective] (chiefly of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact | [adjective] Not exciting. TAMING (9) [verb] To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate. | [verb] To become tame or domesticated. | [verb] To make gentle or meek. TAMMIE (10) TAMPAN (10) TAMPED (11) [verb] (blasting) To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock. | [verb] To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes | [verb] To reduce the intensity of. TAMPER (10) [noun] A person or thing that tamps. | [noun] A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe. | [noun] A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast. | [verb] To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something). TAMPON (10) [noun] A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid, especially one inserted in the vagina during menstruation. | [noun] A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum. | [noun] An inking pad used in lithographic printing. TANDEM (9) [noun] A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing the pulling power but only the animal in front able to steer. | [noun] (transferred sense) A bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front able to steer. | [noun] A group of two or more people, machines etc. working together; close collaboration. TANGED (8) [verb] To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper. | [verb] To make a ringing sound; to ring. | [adjective] Having a tang. TANGLE (7) [noun] A tangled twisted mass. | [noun] A complicated or confused state or condition. | [noun] An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight. | [noun] Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria. TANGLY (10) TANGOS (7) [noun] A Standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango. | [noun] A piece of music suited to such a dance. | [noun] The letter T in the ICAO spelling alphabet. TANIST (6) [noun] The heir presumptive to the chieftainship or kingship of a Celtic clan in ancient Ireland, Scotland or Mann. TANKAS (10) [noun] An ethnic group of boat people in the Canton area. | [noun] A kind of boat used in Canton, about 25 feet long and often rowed by tanka women; junk. | [noun] A coin and unit of currency of varying value, formerly used in parts of India and Central Asia. TANKED (11) [verb] To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet. | [verb] To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently. | [verb] To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank. TANKER (10) [noun] A tank ship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid. | [noun] A tank truck. | [noun] A fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker. TANNED (7) [verb] To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun. | [verb] To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner. | [verb] To spank or beat. TANNER (6) [noun] A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan. | [noun] A former British coin, worth six old pence | [adjective] Of a yellowish-brown. TANNIC (8) [adjective] Pertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin. TANNIN (6) [noun] Tannic acid or any of its derivatives. TANREC (8) TANTRA (6) [noun] A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text. TANUKI (10) TAPALO (8) TAPERS (8) [noun] A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle | [noun] (by extension) a small light. | [noun] A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object TAPETA (8) TAPING (9) [verb] To bind with adhesive tape. | [verb] To record, particularly onto magnetic tape. | [verb] (passive) To understand, figure out. TAPIRS (8) [noun] Any one of the species of large odd-toed ungulates of the taxonomic family Tapiridae with a long prehensile upper lip, of which all four surviving species are in genus Tapirus. TAPPED (11) [verb] To furnish with taps. | [verb] To draw off liquid from a vessel. | [verb] To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out. TAPPER (10) TAPPET (10) [noun] A lever or projection which is moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended to tap or touch something else, in order to produce change or regulate motion. TARAMA (8) [noun] Salted cured cod roe, used in making taramosalata TARGES (7) [noun] A small shield | [noun] A tassel or pendant TARGET (7) [noun] A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile. | [noun] A goal or objective. | [noun] A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war. TARIFF (12) [noun] A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves. | [noun] A schedule of rates, fees or prices. | [noun] A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime. TARING (7) TARMAC (10) [noun] Tarmacadam. | [noun] Any bituminous road surfacing material. | [noun] The driveable surface of a road. TARNAL (6) TAROCS (8) TAROKS (10) TAROTS (6) [noun] (singular or plural) A card game played in various different variations. | [noun] Any of the set of 78 playing cards (divided into five suits, including one of permanent trumps), often used for mystical divination. TARPAN (8) [noun] An extinct Northern European wild horse, Equus ferus ferus. TARPON (8) [noun] Any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish. TARRED (7) [verb] To coat with tar. | [verb] To besmirch. | [verb] To create a tar archive. TARRES (6) TARSAL (6) [noun] Any of the seven bones of the tarsus. | [adjective] Of or relating to the tarsus. TARSIA (6) TARSUS (6) [noun] The part of the foot between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus. | [noun] Any of the seven bones in this part of the foot. | [noun] A plate of dense connective tissue found in each eyelid, attached to either the superior tarsal muscle (in the upper eyelid) or inferior tarsal muscle (lower eyelid), which aid with sympathetic control. TARTAN (6) [noun] A kind of woven woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles, associated with Scottish Highlanders, different clans having their own distinctive patterns. | [noun] The pattern associated with such material. | [noun] An individual or a group wearing tartan; a Highlander or Scotsman in general. | [noun] A type of one-masted vessel used in the Mediterranean. TARTAR (6) [noun] A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate - a source of cream of tartar. | [noun] A hard yellow deposit on the teeth. | [noun] A fearsome or angrily violent person. TARTED (7) [verb] To practice prostitution | [verb] To practice promiscuous sex | [verb] To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily TARTER (6) [adjective] Sharp to the taste; acid; sour. | [adjective] (of wine) high or too high in acidity. | [adjective] Sharp; keen; severe. TARTLY (9) TARZAN (15) TASKED (11) [verb] To assign a task to, or impose a task on. | [verb] To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax. | [verb] To charge, as with a fault. TASSEL (6) [noun] A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings). | [noun] The panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them. | [noun] The loose hairs at the end of a braid. TASSES (6) [noun] A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet. Usually the tasse was a plate of iron swinging from the cuirass, but the skirts of sliding splints were also called by this name. TASSET (6) TASSIE (6) [noun] A cup or goblet for drinking wine. | [noun] A decorative ring or plug at the end of the barrel of a pen. | [noun] A small tart or miniature pie. TASTED (7) [verb] To sample the flavor of something orally. | [verb] To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavour is distinguished. | [verb] To experience. TASTER (6) [noun] An object in which, or by which, food or drink is tasted, for example a dram cup | [noun] Someone who tastes something, especially food, wine etc., for quality. | [noun] A kind of zooid situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophorae, resembling the feeding zooids, but destitute of mouths. TASTES (6) [noun] One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation. | [noun] The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation. | [noun] A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs. TATAMI (8) [noun] Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses TATARS (6) TATERS (6) [noun] A potato. | [noun] A home run | [adjective] Cold. TATTED (7) [verb] To make (something by) tatting. | [verb] To apply a tattoo. | [adjective] Tattooed. TATTER (6) [noun] A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing. | [verb] To destroy an article of clothing etc. by shredding. | [verb] To fall into tatters. | [noun] A person engaged in tatting. TATTIE (6) [noun] Potato | [noun] A woven mat or screen hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters. TATTLE (6) [noun] A tattletale. | [noun] Often said of children: a piece of incriminating information or an account of wrongdoing that is said about another person. | [noun] Idle talk; gossip; an instance of such talk or gossip. TATTOO (6) [noun] An image made in the skin with ink and a needle. | [noun] A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle). | [verb] To apply a tattoo to (someone or something). | [noun] A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out). | [noun] A breed of pony from India; a pony of that breed. TAUGHT (10) [verb] To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate. | [verb] (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to. | [verb] To pass on knowledge, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher. TAUNTS (6) [noun] A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery | [verb] To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner. TAUPES (8) TAUTED (7) TAUTEN (6) TAUTER (6) [adjective] Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight. | [adjective] (of a body, muscles, etc.) Not flabby; firm, toned; (of a person) having a lean, strong body. | [adjective] (of music, writing, etc.) Containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled. TAUTLY (9) TAUTOG (7) [noun] A fish of the wrasse family found in salt water off of eastern North America from Nova Scotia to South Carolina (Tautoga onitis). TAVERN (9) [noun] A building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, and usually offering accommodation; an inn. TAWDRY (13) [noun] Tawdry lace. | [noun] Anything gaudy and cheap; pretentious finery. | [adjective] (of clothing, appearance, etc.) Cheap and gaudy; showy. TAWERS (9) TAWING (10) [verb] To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew. | [verb] (by extension) To beat; to scourge. | [verb] To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them. TAWNEY (12) TAWPIE (11) TAWSED (10) TAWSES (9) [noun] A leather strap or thong which is split into (typically three) tails, used for corporal punishment in schools, applied to the palm of the hands or buttocks. TAXEME (15) TAXERS (13) TAXIED (14) [verb] To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power. | [verb] To travel by taxicab. TAXIES (13) [noun] A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver. | [noun] A share taxi. | [verb] To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power. TAXING (14) [verb] To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company). | [verb] To impose and collect a tax on (something). | [verb] To make excessive demands on. TAXITE (13) TAXMAN (15) [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A tax collector. | [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A tax-collecting organ, personified. TAXMEN (15) [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A tax collector. | [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A tax-collecting organ, personified. TAXONS (13) TAZZAS (24) [noun] A shallow saucer-like dish, mounted either on a stem and foot or on a foot alone. TEABOX (15) TEACUP (10) [noun] A small cup, usually with a handle, used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set. | [noun] A unit of measure; a teacupful. | [adjective] Of an animal, smaller than average. TEAMED (9) [verb] To form a group, as for sports or work. | [verb] (by extension) To go together well; to harmonize. | [verb] To convey or haul with a team. TEAPOT (8) [noun] A vessel for brewing and serving tea. TEAPOY (11) [noun] Originally, a three-legged decorative stand or table; sometimes also having a tea chest for holding a tea service. TEARED (7) [verb] To produce tears. | [verb] To produce tears. TEARER (6) TEASED (7) [verb] To separate the fibres of a fibrous material. | [verb] To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction. | [verb] To back-comb. TEASEL (6) [noun] Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus. | [noun] The dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, used for teasing or carding cloth. | [noun] Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth. TEASER (6) [noun] One who teases or pokes fun. | [noun] (textile treatment) A person or thing that teases. | [noun] A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song or quote. TEASES (6) [noun] One who teases. | [noun] A single act of teasing. | [noun] One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal. TEATED (7) TEAZEL (15) [noun] Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus. | [noun] The dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, used for teasing or carding cloth. | [noun] Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth. TEAZLE (15) [noun] Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus. | [noun] The dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, used for teasing or carding cloth. | [noun] Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth. TECHED (12) TECHIE (11) [noun] One who works with, or has an interest in, technology or computers. | [noun] A person who works on the technical side of events. TECTAL (8) TECTUM (10) [noun] The dorsal portion of the midbrain of vertebrates; in mammals, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus | [noun] The interconnected outer surface of a spore. TEDDED (9) [verb] To spread hay for drying. TEDDER (8) TEDIUM (9) [noun] Boredom or tediousness; ennui. TEEING (7) [verb] To draw; lead. | [verb] To draw away; go; proceed. | [verb] To place a ball on a tee TEEMED (9) [verb] To be stocked to overflowing. | [verb] To be prolific; to abound; to be rife. | [verb] To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply. TEEMER (8) TEENER (6) TEENSY (9) [adjective] Tiny TEEPEE (8) [verb] To toilet paper; to throw toilet paper in rolls over a structure, so the structure becomes draped with it. TEETER (6) [noun] A teeter-totter or seesaw. | [verb] To tilt back and forth on an edge. | [verb] To be indecisive. TEETHE (9) [verb] To grow teeth. | [verb] To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth. TEGMEN (9) [noun] A covering or integument, usually referring to a thin layer or membrane in an organism. | [noun] An integument such as the inner membrane of the coat of a seed. | [noun] A covering such as the thin layer of bone in the roof of the middle ear of mammals. TEGUAS (7) TEIIDS (7) TEINDS (7) TELEDU (7) [noun] A stink badger, a mammal endemic to the island of Java, Mydaus javanensis. TELEGA (7) TELFER (9) TELIAL (6) TELIUM (8) TELLER (6) [noun] A device that provides bank customers with cash withdrawal and other services without the need for a human teller. | [noun] A person who tells stories. | [noun] A bank clerk who receives and pays out money. TELLYS (9) TELOME (8) TELSON (6) [noun] The part of an arthropod or crustacean posterior to the last segment. TEMPED (11) [verb] To work as a temporary employee. TEMPEH (13) [noun] An Indonesian food made from partially-cooked fermented soybeans, mixed with a fungus (Rhizopus oligosporus). TEMPER (10) [noun] A tendency to be in a certain type of mood; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting. | [noun] State of mind; mood. | [noun] A tendency to become angry. TEMPLE (10) [noun] A house of worship, especially: | [noun] A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members. | [noun] Any place regarded as holding a religious presence. | [noun] The slightly flatter region, on either side of the human head, behind of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear. | [noun] A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely. TEMPOS (10) [noun] A frequency or rate. | [noun] A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another. | [noun] The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side. TEMPTS (10) [verb] To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice. | [verb] To attract; to allure. | [verb] To provoke something; to court. TENACE (8) [noun] An interrupted sequence of high cards of the same suit, such as the king and jack or the ace and queen. TENAIL (6) TENANT (6) [noun] One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others. | [noun] One who has possession of any place. | [noun] One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership. TENDED (8) [verb] (Old English law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender. | [verb] (followed by a to-infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning. | [verb] To contribute to or toward some outcome. TENDER (7) [noun] Care, kind concern, regard. | [noun] The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry. | [adjective] Sensitive or painful to the touch. | [adverb] Tenderly | [verb] To make tender or delicate; to weaken. | [noun] Someone who tends or waits on someone. | [noun] Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply. TENDON (7) [noun] A tough band of inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment. | [noun] A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete. TENETS (6) [noun] An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization. TENIAE (6) TENIAS (6) [noun] A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece. | [noun] (Doric architecture) A band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order. | [noun] Any of several ribbon-like bands of tissue. TENNER (6) [noun] A monetary note (bill) whose face value is ten basic units of currency. Originally, a ten-shilling (half pound) note. | [noun] A kind of 10-kilowatt lamp. | [noun] A tennis shoe. TENNIS (6) [noun] A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets. | [noun] A match in this sport. | [noun] An earlier game in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racquet or with the open hand. TENONS (6) [noun] A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame. | [verb] To make into a tenon. | [verb] To fit with tenons. TENORS (6) [noun] A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto. | [noun] A person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range. | [noun] A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies. TENOUR (6) TENPIN (8) [noun] Any of the bottle-shaped targets used in tenpin bowling. | [noun] The game of ten-pin bowling. TENREC (8) [noun] Any of several diverse small mammals, of the family Tenrecidae, many native to Madagascar. TENSED (7) [verb] (grammar) To apply a tense to. | [verb] To make or become tense. TENSER (6) [adjective] Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed. | [adjective] Pulled taut, without any slack. TENSES (6) [noun] (grammar) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists. | [noun] (grammar) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense. | [noun] The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists. TENSOR (6) [noun] A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense. | [noun] A mathematical object that describes linear relations on scalars, vectors, matrices and other tensors, and is represented as a multidimensional array. | [noun] A norm operation on the quaternion algebra. TENTED (7) [verb] To go camping. | [verb] To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven. | [verb] To form into a tent-like shape. TENTER (6) [noun] A framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried. | [noun] One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman. | [noun] A kind of governor, or regulating device. TENTHS (9) [noun] The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position. | [noun] One of ten equal parts of a whole. | [noun] The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third. TENTIE (6) TENUES (6) TENUIS (6) TENURE (6) [noun] A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency. | [noun] A period of time during which something is possessed. | [noun] A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution. TENUTI (6) [noun] A tempo mark directing that a note or passage is to be held for the full time | [noun] A passage having this mark TENUTO (6) [noun] A tempo mark directing that a note or passage is to be held for the full time | [noun] A passage having this mark | [adjective] Describing a passage having this mark TEOPAN (8) TEPALS (8) [noun] Any component of the perianth (outermost whorls of flower parts, not involved in reproduction), especially when the components are not distinguished into sepals and petals. TEPEES (8) [noun] Alternative form of teepee TEPEFY (14) TEPHRA (11) [noun] The solid material thrown into the air by a volcanic eruption that settles on the surrounding areas. TEPOYS (11) TERAIS (6) [noun] A belt of marshy land, which lies between the foothills of the Himalayas and the plains. | [noun] A terai hat. TERAPH (11) [noun] An image of a Semitic household god. TERBIA (8) TERBIC (10) TERCEL (8) [noun] A male hawk or falcon, used in falconry. TERCES (8) [noun] The third hour of daylight (about 9 am). | [noun] The service appointed for this hour. | [noun] A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property. TERCET (8) [noun] A three-line stanza in a poem TEREDO (7) [noun] A shipworm (of genus Teredo). TERETE (6) [adjective] Having a smooth circular cross-section; cylindrical, commonly more or less tapering. TERGAL (7) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the tergum; dorsal TERGUM (9) [noun] The upper or dorsal surface of an articulated animal such as an arthropod. TERMED (9) [verb] To phrase a certain way; to name or call. | [verb] To terminate one's employment TERMER (8) TERMLY (11) [adjective] Occurring every term. | [adverb] Term by term; every term TERMOR (8) TERNES (6) TERRAE (6) TERRAS (6) TERRET (6) [noun] One of the rings on the top of the saddle of a harness, through which the reins pass. TERRIT (6) [noun] One of the rings on the top of the saddle of a harness, through which the reins pass. TERROR (6) [noun] Intense dread, fright, or fear. | [noun] The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction. | [noun] Something or someone that causes such fear. TERSER (6) [adjective] (by extension) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point. | [adjective] (by extension) Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt. | [adjective] Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce. TESLAS (6) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux density or magnetic inductivity. Symbol: T TESTAE (6) [noun] A seed coat. | [noun] The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm; the test. TESTED (7) [verb] To challenge. | [verb] To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation. | [verb] To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try. TESTEE (6) TESTER (6) [noun] A canopy over a bed. | [noun] Something that overhangs something else; especially a canopy or soundboard over a pulpit. | [noun] A person who administers a test. | [noun] An old French silver coin. TESTES (6) [noun] A witness. | [noun] The witnessing or concluding clause, duty attached; said of a writ, deed, etc. | [noun] A testicle of a vertebrate. TESTIS (6) [noun] A testicle of a vertebrate. | [noun] An analogous gland in invertebrates such as the hydra. TESTON (6) TETANY (9) [noun] A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism TETCHY (14) [adjective] Easily annoyed or irritated; peevish, testy or irascible. TETHER (9) [noun] A rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement | [noun] A strong rope or line that connects a sailor's safety harness to the boat's jackstay | [noun] (by extension) the limit of one's abilities, resources etc. TETRAD (7) [noun] A group of four things. | [noun] Two pairs of sister chromatids (a dyad pair) aligned in a certain way and often on the equatorial plane during the meiosis process. | [noun] A group of four haploid and immature pollen grains in tetrahedral fashion produced by meiotic microsporogenesis. TETRAS (6) [noun] Any of numerous species of small South American freshwater fish of the family Characidae, popular in home aquariums. TETRYL (9) TETTER (6) [noun] Any of various pustular skin conditions. | [verb] To affect with tetter. | [noun] (Regional Dixieland vernacular) Potato, or sweet potato root. TEWING (10) THACKS (15) THAIRM (11) THALER (9) [noun] A monetary unit used in a number of central and northern European countries, known locally as daalder (Netherlands), daler (Scandinavia), Taler, Thaler (Germany), etc. | [noun] The currency of Baden from 1829 to 1837, valued at 100 Kreuzer. THALLI (9) [noun] An undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae. | [noun] Any plant body lacking vascular tissue. THANES (9) [noun] A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron. THANKS (13) [noun] An expression of appreciation; a thought. | [verb] To express gratitude or appreciation toward. | [verb] To feel gratitude or appreciation toward. THARMS (11) THATCH (14) [noun] Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain. | [noun] Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching. | [noun] A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn. | [verb] To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc. THAWED (13) [verb] To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen | [verb] To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally. | [verb] To grow gentle or genial. THAWER (12) THECAE (11) [noun] Any external case or sheath. | [noun] The pollen-producing organ usually found in pairs and forming an anther. | [noun] The twin layers of cells surrounding the basal lamina of an ovarian follicle. THECAL (11) THEFTS (12) [noun] The act of stealing property. THEGNS (10) [noun] A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron. THEINE (9) [noun] Caffeine when present in tea. THEINS (9) THEIRS (9) [pronoun] That which belongs to them; the possessive case of they, used without a following noun. THEISM (11) [noun] Belief in the existence of at least one deity. | [noun] (narrowly) Belief in the existence of a personal creator god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses present and active in the governance and organization of the world and the universe. The God may be known by or through revelation. | [noun] A morbid condition resulting from excessive consumption of tea. THEIST (9) [noun] One who believes in the existence of a god or gods. THEMED (12) [verb] To give a theme to. | [verb] To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software). | [adjective] (often in combination) Having a particular theme or topic THEMES (11) [noun] A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic. | [noun] A recurring idea; a motif. | [noun] An essay written for school. THENAL (9) THENAR (9) [noun] The palm of the hand or sole of the foot. | [noun] The ball of the thumb, or the muscle controlling it. | [adjective] Relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot. THENCE (11) [adverb] From there, from that place or from that time. | [adverb] Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom. | [adverb] From that time; thenceforth; thereafter THEORY (12) [noun] A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate. | [noun] Mental conception; reflection, consideration. | [noun] A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc. THERES (9) [noun] That place. | [noun] That status; that position. THERME (11) THERMS (11) [noun] A former unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units. Symbol: thm. THESES (9) [noun] Senses relating to logic, rhetoric, etc. | [noun] Senses relating to music and prosody. THESIS (9) [noun] Senses relating to logic, rhetoric, etc. | [noun] Senses relating to music and prosody. THETAS (9) [noun] The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ. | [noun] The measure of an angle. | [noun] The sensitivity of the value of a derivative with respect to time; the "time decay". THETIC (11) THICKS (15) THIEVE (12) [verb] To commit theft. THIGHS (13) [noun] The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee. | [noun] That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect. THILLS (9) [noun] One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft. | [noun] The shallow stratum of underclay that lies under a seam of coal; the bottom of a coal-seam. THINGS (10) [noun] That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept. | [noun] A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity. | [noun] An individual object or distinct entity. THINKS (13) [noun] An act of thinking; consideration (of something). | [verb] To ponder, to go over in one's head. | [verb] To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem. THINLY (12) [adverb] In a thin, loose, or scattered manner; scantily; not thickly. THIOLS (9) [noun] A univalent organic radical (-SH) containing a sulphur and a hydrogen atom; a compound containing such a radical. THIRAM (11) [noun] The fungicide and bird repellent tetramethylthiuram disulfide. THIRDS (10) [noun] The person or thing in the third position. | [noun] One of three equal parts of a whole. | [noun] The third gear of a gearbox. THIRLS (9) THIRST (9) [noun] A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which spots the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane | [noun] The condition producing the sensation of thirst. | [noun] A want and eager desire (for something); a craving or longing. THIRTY (12) [noun] A rack of thirty beers. | [numeral] The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30. THOLED (10) [verb] To suffer. | [verb] To endure, to put up with, to tolerate. THOLES (9) [noun] A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars. | [noun] A pin, or handle, of the snath (shaft) of a scythe. | [noun] A cupola, a dome, a rotunda; a tholus. THOLOI (9) [noun] A dome, or domed building; a cupola. | [noun] A dome-shaped tomb from the Mycenaean period of Ancient Greece. THOLOS (9) [noun] A dome, or domed building; a cupola. | [noun] A dome-shaped tomb from the Mycenaean period of Ancient Greece. THONGS (10) [noun] A strip of leather. | [noun] (usually in the plural) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour. | [noun] An undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more. THORAX (16) [noun] The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs. | [noun] The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body to which the legs are attached. THORIA (9) [noun] The rare earth, thorium oxide. THORIC (11) THORNS (9) [noun] A sharp protective spine of a plant. | [noun] Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn. | [noun] That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome. THORNY (12) [adjective] Having thorns or spines | [adjective] Troublesome or vexatious | [adjective] Aloof and irritable THORON (9) THORPE (11) [noun] (now chiefly in placenames) A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village. THORPS (11) [noun] (now chiefly in placenames) A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village. THOUED (10) THOUGH (13) [adverb] Despite that; however. | [adverb] (degree) Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed. | [conjunction] Despite the fact that; although. THRALL (9) [noun] One who is enslaved or under mind control. | [noun] The state of being under the control of another person. | [noun] A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. | [verb] To make a thrall; enslave. THRASH (12) [noun] A beat or blow; the sound of beating. | [noun] Thrash metal | [verb] To beat mercilessly. THRAVE (12) THRAWN (12) THRAWS (12) THREAD (10) [noun] A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string. | [noun] A continued theme or idea. | [noun] A screw thread. THREAP (11) [noun] An altercation, quarrel, argument | [noun] An accusation or serious charge | [noun] Stubborn insistence | [verb] To contradict THREAT (9) [noun] An expression of intent to injure or punish another. | [noun] An indication of potential or imminent danger. | [noun] A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace. | [verb] To press; urge; compel. THREEP (11) THREES (9) [noun] The digit/figure 3. | [noun] Anything measuring three units, as length. | [noun] A person who is three years old. THRESH (12) [verb] To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery. | [verb] To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub. THRICE (11) [adverb] Three times. THRIFT (12) [noun] The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money). | [noun] A savings bank. | [noun] Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima. THRILL (9) [noun] A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion. | [noun] A cause of sudden excitement; a kick. | [noun] A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur. | [verb] To drill and thread in one operation, using a tool bit that cuts the hole and the threads in one series of computer-controlled movements. THRIPS (11) [noun] Any of the many small insects of the order Thysanoptera, especially those that attack useful plants. THRIVE (12) [verb] To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, to flourish. | [verb] To increase in wealth or success; to prosper, be profitable. THROAT (9) [noun] The front part of the neck. | [noun] The gullet or windpipe. | [noun] A narrow opening in a vessel. THROBS (11) [noun] A beating, vibration or palpitation. | [verb] To pound or beat rapidly or violently. | [verb] To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm. THROES (9) [noun] A pang, spasm. | [noun] (usually plural) A hard struggle. | [noun] A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow. THRONE (9) [noun] An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions. | [noun] Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch. | [noun] The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope. THRONG (10) [noun] A group of people crowded or gathered closely together. | [noun] A group of things; a host or swarm. | [verb] To crowd into a place, especially to fill it. THROVE (12) [verb] To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, to flourish. | [verb] To increase in wealth or success; to prosper, be profitable. THROWN (12) [verb] To change place. | [verb] To change in state or status | [verb] To move through time. THROWS (12) [verb] To change place. | [verb] To change in state or status | [verb] To move through time. THRUMS (11) [noun] A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration. | [noun] A spicy taste; a tang. | [verb] To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking. THRUSH (12) [noun] Any of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae, often with spotted underbellies such as the bluebird, nightingale, and American robin have. | [noun] A female singer. | [noun] A fungal infection caused by Candida, now especially of the vagina; candidiasis. THRUST (9) [noun] An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point. | [noun] A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.) | [noun] The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine. THUJAS (16) [noun] A tree of the genus Thuja. THULIA (9) THUMBS (13) [noun] The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers. | [noun] The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider. | [noun] A thumbnail picture. THUMPS (13) [noun] A blow that produces a muffled sound. | [noun] The sound of such a blow; a thud. | [noun] Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases. THUNKS (13) [noun] (functional programming) A delayed computation. | [noun] In the Scheme programming language, a function or procedure taking no arguments. | [noun] A mapping of machine data from one system-specific form to another, usually for compatibility reasons, such as from 16-bit addresses to 32-bit to allow a 16-bit program to run on a 32-bit operating system. THURLS (9) THUSLY (12) [adverb] (sometimes proscribed) thus (in this way). THUYAS (12) [noun] Any member of the genus Thuya. THWACK (18) [noun] The act of thwacking; a strike or blow, especially with a flat implement. | [noun] A heavy slapping sound. | [verb] To hit with a flat implement. THWART (12) [noun] A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit. | [noun] A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail. | [noun] An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle. THYMES (14) [noun] Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as the garden thyme, Thymus vulgaris, a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups. THYMEY (17) THYMIC (16) [adjective] Of or relating to the thymus gland | [adjective] Derived from thymol THYMOL (14) [noun] A monoterpene phenol, C10H13OH, found in the oil extracted from thyme; used as in perfume, as an antiseptic and fungicide, and in embalming THYMUS (14) [noun] A ductless gland, consisting mainly of lymphatic tissue, located behind the top of the breastbone. It is most active during puberty, after which it shrinks in size. It plays an important role in the development of the immune system and produces lymphocytes. THYRSE (12) THYRSI (12) [noun] A staff topped with a conical ornament, carried by Bacchus or his followers. | [noun] A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut. TIARAS (6) [noun] The papal crown. | [noun] An ornamental coronet. TIBIAE (8) [noun] The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone | [noun] The second segment from the end of an insect's leg, between the femur and tarsus. | [noun] The third segment from the end of an arachnid's leg, between the patella and metatarsus. TIBIAL (8) TIBIAS (8) [noun] The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone | [noun] The second segment from the end of an insect's leg, between the femur and tarsus. | [noun] The third segment from the end of an arachnid's leg, between the patella and metatarsus. TICALS (8) TICKED (13) [verb] To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock. | [verb] To make a tick or checkmark. | [verb] To work or operate, especially mechanically. TICKER (12) [noun] One who makes a tick mark. | [noun] A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur. | [noun] A ticker tape, either the traditional paper kind or a scrolling message on a screen. TICKET (12) [noun] A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, etc. | [noun] A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation | [noun] A citation for a traffic violation. TICKLE (12) [noun] The act of tickling. | [noun] An itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling. | [noun] A light tap of the ball. TICTAC (10) TICTOC (10) TIDBIT (9) [noun] A tasty morsel (of food). | [noun] A quarter of a byte (Half of a nybble; two bits). | [noun] A short mention of news or gossip. TIDDLY (11) [noun] An alcoholic beverage. | [adjective] Somewhat drunk | [adjective] Tiny; little TIDIED (8) [verb] To make tidy; to neaten. TIDIER (7) [noun] One who tidies. | [adjective] Arranged neatly and in order. | [adjective] Not messy; neat and controlled. TIDIES (7) [verb] To make tidy; to neaten. TIDILY (10) TIDING (8) [verb] To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream. | [verb] To pour a tide or flood. | [verb] To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse. TIEING (7) TIEPIN (8) [noun] A tie tack, a pin or stud used to secure a tie to the shirt. TIERCE (8) [noun] The third hour of daylight (about 9 am). | [noun] The service appointed for this hour. | [noun] A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property. TIERED (7) [verb] To arrange in layers. | [verb] To cascade in an overlapping sequence. | [verb] To move (data) from one storage medium to another as an optimization, based on how frequently it is accessed. TIFFED (13) TIFFIN (12) [noun] A (light) midday meal or snack; luncheon. | [noun] A container used to carry a tiffin; tiffin box, tiffin carrier, tiffin container. | [verb] To eat a (light) midday meal or snack. TIGERS (7) [noun] Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia. | [noun] A representation of a large mythological cat, used on a coat of arms. | [noun] A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress. TIGHTS (10) [noun] A close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet. | [noun] A similar, non-sheer garment worn by dancers of either sex, especially by ballet dancers. | [noun] A garment, similar to briefs, worn chiefly by professional wrestlers. TIGLON (7) [noun] A fertile hybrid cross between a male tiger (Panthera tigris) and a lioness (Panthera leo). TIGONS (7) [noun] A cross between a male tiger and a lioness. TILAKS (10) [noun] A mark or symbol worn on the forehead by Hindus, ornamentally or as an indication of status. TILDES (7) [noun] The grapheme of character ~. | [noun] The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬. TILERS (6) [noun] A person who sets tiles. | [noun] A doorkeeper or attendant at a lodge of Freemasons. TILING (7) [verb] To cover with tiles. | [verb] To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface). | [verb] To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique. TILLED (7) [verb] To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc.). | [verb] To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops. | [verb] To cultivate soil. TILLER (6) [noun] A person who tills; a farmer. | [noun] A machine that mechanically tills the soil. | [noun] A young tree. | [noun] The stock; a beam on a crossbow carved to fit the arrow, or the point of balance in a longbow. TILTED (7) [verb] To slope or incline (something); to slant. | [verb] (jousting) To charge (at someone) with a lance. | [verb] To be at an angle. TILTER (6) TILTHS (9) TIMBAL (10) [noun] A kettledrum. TIMBER (10) [noun] Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood. | [noun] (outside North America) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction. | [noun] A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof. TIMBRE (10) [noun] The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume. | [noun] The pitch of a sound as heard by the ear, described relative to its absolute pitch. | [noun] The crest on a coat of arms. TIMELY (11) [adjective] Done at the proper time or within the proper time limits; prompt. | [adjective] Happening or appearing at the proper time. | [adjective] Keeping time or measure. TIMERS (8) [noun] Someone or something which times. | [noun] A device used to measure amounts of time. | [noun] Any electronic function that causes a device to be able to do something automatically after a preset amount of time. TIMING (9) [verb] To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of. | [verb] To choose when something begins or how long it lasts. | [verb] To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time. TINCAL (8) TINCTS (8) TINDER (7) [noun] Small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire. | [verb] To set fire to; torch. TINEAL (6) TINEAS (6) TINEID (7) TINFUL (9) TINGED (8) [verb] To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing. | [verb] To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing. | [verb] To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing. | [verb] To make a high sharp sound like a small bell being struck. TINGES (7) [noun] A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing. | [noun] The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint. TINGLE (7) [noun] A prickling or mildly stinging sensation. | [verb] To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation. | [verb] To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation. TINGLY (10) [adjective] Producing or feeling tingles. TINIER (6) [adjective] Very small. TINILY (9) TINING (7) TINKER (10) [noun] An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal. | [noun] A member of the Irish Traveller community. A gypsy. | [noun] (usually with "little") A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster. TINKLE (10) [noun] A light metallic sound, resembling the tinkling of bells or wind chimes. | [noun] A telephone call. | [noun] An act of urination. TINKLY (13) TINMAN (8) TINMEN (8) TINNED (7) [verb] To place into a tin in order to preserve. | [verb] To cover with tin. | [verb] To coat with solder in preparation for soldering. TINNER (6) [noun] A tinsmith. | [noun] A worker in a tin mine. TINSEL (6) [noun] A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like. | [noun] Very thin strips of a glittering, metallic material used as a decoration, and traditionally draped at Christmas time over streamers, paper chains and the branches of Christmas trees. | [noun] Anything shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more pretty than valuable. TINTED (7) [verb] To shade, to color. | [adjective] Slightly colored, having tint. TINTER (6) TIPCAT (10) [noun] An old game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, to make it travel through the air as far as possible. | [noun] The wooden piece used in this game. TIPOFF (14) [noun] An obvious clue or indication. | [noun] A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority. TIPPED (11) [verb] To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of. | [verb] (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn. | [verb] (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced. TIPPER (10) [noun] Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity. | [noun] A small moustache. | [noun] A goods vehicle with a tippable body, used for carrying loose materials such as gravel or rubble; a tipper truck or lorry. | [noun] A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well. TIPPET (10) [noun] A shoulder covering, typically the fur of a fox, with long ends that dangle in front. | [noun] A stole worn by Anglican ministers or other clergymen. | [noun] A length of twisted hair or gut in a fishing line. TIPPLE (10) [noun] An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal. | [noun] An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done. | [noun] Any alcoholic drink. TIPTOE (8) [noun] (usually in the plural) The tip of the toe. | [verb] To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground. | [adjective] Standing elevated, on or as if on the tips of one's toes. TIPTOP (10) [noun] The very topmost point. | [noun] The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything. | [adverb] Excellently; in a first-rate manner. TIRADE (7) [noun] A long, angry or violent speech; a diatribe. | [noun] A section of verse concerning a single theme; a laisse. | [verb] To make a long, angry or violent speech, a tirade. TIRING (7) [verb] To become sleepy or weary. | [verb] To make sleepy or weary. | [verb] To become bored or impatient (with). TIRLED (7) TISANE (6) [noun] A medicinal drink, originally made from barley soaked in water. TISSUE (6) [noun] Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric. | [noun] A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures. | [noun] A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief. TITANS (6) [noun] Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness. TITBIT (8) [noun] A tasty morsel (of food). | [noun] A quarter of a byte (Half of a nybble; two bits). | [noun] A short mention of news or gossip. TITERS (6) [noun] The concentration of a substance as determined by titration. TITFER (9) [noun] A hat. TITHED (10) [verb] To give one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly: | [verb] To take one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly: | [verb] To compose the tenth part of something. TITHER (9) TITHES (9) [noun] A tenth. | [noun] The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. | [noun] A contribution to one's religious community or congregation of worship (notably to the LDS church) TITIAN (6) [noun] A bright auburn colour, tinted with gold. | [adjective] Of a bright auburn colour, tinted with gold, especially in reference to hair. TITLED (7) [verb] To assign a title to; to entitle. | [adjective] Bearing a title. TITLES (6) [noun] A prefix (honorific) or suffix (post-nominal) added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification. See also | [noun] Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this. | [noun] In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice. TITMAN (8) TITMEN (8) TITRES (6) [noun] The strength or concentration of a solution that has been determined by titration. TITTER (6) [noun] A nervous or somewhat repressed giggle. | [verb] To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or poorly-suppressed amusement. | [verb] To teeter; to seesaw. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast. TITTIE (6) [noun] A breast | [noun] A nipple | [noun] A kitten TITTLE (6) [noun] A small, insignificant amount (of something); a modicum or speck. | [noun] Any small dot, stroke, or diacritical mark, especially if part of a letter, or if a letter-like abbreviation; in particular, the dots over the Latin letters i and j. | [verb] To chatter. TITTUP (8) [noun] A caper, or canter. | [verb] To prance or frolic; of a horse, to canter easily. TMESES (8) [noun] The insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word. TMESIS (8) [noun] The insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word. TOASTS (6) [noun] Toasted bread. | [noun] A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol. | [noun] A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem. TOASTY (9) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of toast. | [adjective] Pleasantly warm TOBIES (8) [noun] A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop. | [noun] The valve that mediates the connection between a mains water-supply and a premises's own plumbing. | [noun] The road or highway. TOCHER (11) [noun] A dowry. | [verb] To supply with a dowry. TOCSIN (8) [noun] An alarm or other signal sounded by a bell or bells, originally especially with reference to France. | [noun] A bell used to sound an alarm. TODAYS (10) TODDLE (8) [noun] A carefree or aimless gait; a stroll. | [verb] To walk unsteadily, as a small child does. | [verb] To walk in a carefree manner. TODIES (7) [noun] Any of the genus Todus of small insectivorous Caribbean birds. TOECAP (10) [noun] A piece of leather or other material on a shoe or boot that covers the toes. TOEING (7) [verb] To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe. | [verb] To touch, tap or kick with the toes. | [verb] To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to. TOFFEE (12) [noun] A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard | [noun] A small, individual piece of toffee | [noun] Any kind of sweets; candy TOGAED (8) TOGATE (7) TOGGED (9) [adjective] Dressed; clothed. TOGGLE (8) [noun] A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat. | [noun] (in particular) A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric. | [noun] A toggle switch. TOGUES (7) TOILED (7) [verb] To labour; work. | [verb] To struggle. | [verb] To work (something); often with out. TOILER (6) TOILES (6) TOILET (6) [noun] A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room. | [noun] The table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table. | [noun] Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair. TOITED (7) TOKAYS (13) [noun] A variety of grape grown in eastern Hungary and in eastern Slovakia. | [noun] Any of a variety of white wines made from this grape. | [noun] The tokay gecko, a spotted lizard native to Asia and some Pacific islands. TOKENS (10) [noun] Something serving as an expression of something else. | [noun] A keepsake. | [noun] A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services. TOKERS (10) TOKING (11) [verb] To give a gratuity to. | [verb] To smoke marijuana. | [verb] To inhale a puff of marijuana TOLANE (6) TOLANS (6) TOLEDO (7) TOLING (7) TOLLED (7) [verb] To impose a fee for the use of. | [verb] To levy a toll on (someone or something). | [verb] To take as a toll. TOLLER (6) TOLUIC (8) TOLUID (7) TOLUOL (6) TOLUYL (9) TOLYLS (9) TOMANS (8) TOMATO (8) [noun] A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit. | [noun] The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking. | [noun] A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato. TOMBAC (12) TOMBAK (14) TOMBAL (10) TOMBED (11) TOMBOY (13) [noun] A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner. | [noun] A lesbian. TOMCAT (10) [noun] A tom, a male cat. | [verb] To prowl for sexual gratification. TOMCOD (11) [noun] A species of edible cod found in the Atlantic, Microgadus tomcod. | [noun] Microgadus proximus, found in the Pacific. | [noun] A kingfish. TOMMED (11) [verb] (of a black person) To act in an obsequiously servile manner toward white authority. | [verb] To dig out a hole below the hatch cover of a bulker and fill it with cargo or weights to aid stability. TOMTIT (8) [noun] Petroica macrocephala, the miromiro or New Zealand tit, a bird of the Petroicidae (Australasian robin) family. TONDOS (7) TONEME (8) [noun] A phoneme in a language that uses different tones for different meanings. TONERS (6) [noun] Powder used in laser printers and photocopiers to form the text and images on the printed paper. | [noun] Cosmetic lotion designed to cleanse the skin and shrink pores, usually used on the face. | [noun] A musician, particularly one that plays a wind instrument. TONGAS (7) [noun] A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage used for transportation in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. TONGED (8) [verb] To use tongs. | [verb] To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs. TONGER (7) TONGUE (7) [noun] The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech. | [noun] This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows).− | [noun] (metonym) A language. TONICS (8) [noun] A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate. | [noun] Tonic water. | [noun] (Massachusetts) Any of various carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages; soda pop. TONIER (6) [adjective] Stylish, high-toned, upscale. TONING (7) [verb] To give a particular tone to | [verb] To change the colour of | [verb] To make (something) firmer TONISH (9) TONLET (6) TONNER (6) TONNES (6) [noun] A metric unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. Symbol: t | [noun] A score of 100. TONSIL (6) [noun] Either of a pair of small masses of lymphoid tissue that lie on each side of the throat and that help protect the body against infection; palatine tonsil. | [noun] Any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues, including palatine tonsils, adenoids and lingual tonsils. TOOLED (7) [verb] To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather. | [verb] To equip with tools. | [verb] To work very hard. TOOLER (6) TOOTED (7) [verb] To stand out, or be prominent. | [verb] To peep; to look narrowly. | [verb] To see; to spy. TOOTER (6) TOOTHS (9) TOOTHY (12) [adjective] Having prominent teeth TOOTLE (6) [noun] A soft toot sound. | [noun] A trip or excursion. | [verb] To make a soft toot sound. TOOTSY (9) TOPEES (8) [noun] A pith helmet. TOPERS (8) TOPFUL (11) TOPHES (11) TOPHUS (11) [noun] A deposit of monosodium urate crystals in the body, caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood. TOPICS (10) [noun] Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest. | [noun] Discussion thread. | [noun] A musical sign intended to suggest a particular style or genre. TOPING (9) [verb] To drink excessively; to get drunk. TOPPED (11) [verb] To cover on the top or with a top. | [verb] To cut or remove the top (as of a tree) | [verb] To excel, to surpass, to beat. TOPPER (10) [noun] Something that is on top. | [noun] A top hat. | [noun] Something that exceeds those previous in a series, as a joke or prank. TOPPLE (10) [verb] To push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something | [verb] To totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so TOQUES (15) [noun] A type of hat with no brim. | [noun] (specifically) A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs | [noun] (by extension) A chef. TOQUET (15) TORAHS (9) TORCHY (14) TORERO (6) [noun] A bullfighter TORIES (6) [noun] (UK politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party, which evolved from Royalist politicians; historically associated with upholding the rights of the monarchy and the privileges of the established Church. | [noun] (by extension) One who is like a British Tory; someone politically conservative. | [noun] (Canadian politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, one of that party's predecessors, or an affiliated provincial political party. TOROID (7) [noun] A surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane. | [noun] A ring-shaped object whose surface is a torus. TOROSE (6) TOROTH (9) TOROUS (6) TORPID (9) [noun] (Oxford University slang) An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat. | [adjective] Unmoving | [adjective] Dormant or hibernating TORPOR (8) [noun] A state of being inactive or stuporous. | [noun] A state of apathy or lethargy. | [noun] A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep. TORQUE (15) [noun] A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton metre or Nm; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy) | [verb] To twist or turn something. | [noun] A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples. TORRID (7) [adjective] Very hot and dry. | [adjective] Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate. | [adjective] Full of difficulty. TORSES (6) [noun] A twist of cloth or wreath underneath and forming part of a crest; an orle, a wreath. It is customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on. | [noun] The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs. TORSKS (10) [noun] An edible fish, Brosme brosme. TORSOS (6) [noun] The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs. TORTEN (6) TORTES (6) [noun] A rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau). TORULA (6) [noun] Any of a group of fungi, Candida utilis, related to the yeasts, sometimes used in processed food. | [noun] A small torus. TOSHES (9) [noun] Copper; items made of copper | [noun] Valuables retrieved from sewers and drains | [noun] Rubbish, trash, especially in the sense of nonsense, bosh, balderdash TOSSED (7) [verb] To throw with an initial upward direction. | [verb] To lift with a sudden or violent motion. | [verb] To agitate; to make restless. TOSSER (6) [noun] One who tosses or throws something. | [noun] A male who masturbates. | [noun] An objectionable male, often somewhat obnoxious in demeanour. TOSSES (6) [noun] A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care. | [noun] The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play. | [noun] A haughty throwing up of the head. TOSSUP (8) [noun] A decision in which neither choice is clearly favorable or unfavorable, or for which the outcome does not matter. | [noun] Either of two outcomes that are equally likely. | [noun] The toss of a coin used to decide some issue. TOTALS (6) [noun] An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts. | [noun] Sum. | [verb] To add up; to calculate the sum of. TOTEMS (8) [noun] Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family. | [noun] The representation of such object or creature. | [noun] The clan whose kinship is defined in reference to such an object or creature. TOTERS (6) TOTHER (9) [adjective] The other (of two). | [adjective] Other, all others. | [pronoun] Other. Most often used after the. TOTING (7) [verb] To carry or bear. | [verb] To add up; to calculate a total. TOTTED (7) [verb] To sum or total. | [verb] To mark (a debt) with the word tot (Latin for "so much"), indicating that it was good or collectible for the amount specified. TOTTER (6) [noun] An unsteady movement or gait. | [noun] A rag and bone man. | [verb] To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall. TOUCAN (8) [noun] Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak. TOUCHE (11) [interjection] An acknowledgement of a hit. | [interjection] An acknowledgement of the validity, appropriateness or superiority of an opponent's argument or statement in a discussion. TOUCHY (14) [adjective] (of a situation) Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness. | [adjective] (of a person) Easily offended; oversensitive; ticklish. TOUGHS (10) [noun] A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully. TOUGHY (13) TOUPEE (8) [noun] A wig of false hair worn to cover a bald spot, especially as worn by a man. | [noun] A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair. | [noun] A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig. TOURED (7) [verb] To make a journey | [verb] To make a circuit of a place | [verb] To toot a horn. TOURER (6) [noun] An open-top or soft-top motor car suitable for touring. | [noun] A touring bicycle. TOUSED (7) TOUSES (6) TOUSLE (6) [noun] The action of ruffling or setting in disorder. | [verb] To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse; to muss. TOUTED (7) [verb] To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote. | [verb] To look upon or watch. | [verb] To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.). TOUTER (6) TOUZLE (15) TOWAGE (10) [noun] The act of towing. | [noun] A charge for towing. TOWARD (10) [adjective] Yielding, pliant; docile; ready or apt to learn; not froward. | [adjective] Future; to-come. | [adjective] Approaching, coming near; impending; present, at hand. TOWELS (9) [noun] A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as a person after a bath. | [verb] To hit with a towel. | [verb] To dry by using a towel. TOWERS (9) [noun] A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed; mast. | [noun] A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top, used as a lookout for spotting fires, plane crashes, fugitives, etc. | [noun] A water tower. TOWERY (12) [adjective] Which has the characteristics of a tower. TOWHEE (12) [noun] Any of several species of birds of the genera Pipilo and Melozone. TOWIES (9) TOWING (10) [noun] The act by which something is towed. TOWNEE (9) [noun] A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university. | [noun] A person born and raised in an area of Massachusetts who is proud of his or her Irish-American community, culture, and heritage. | [noun] A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area. Especially, one who is perceived not to have adopted rural ways. TOWNIE (9) [noun] A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university. | [noun] A person born and raised in an area of Massachusetts who is proud of his or her Irish-American community, culture, and heritage. | [noun] A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area. Especially, one who is perceived not to have adopted rural ways. TOXICS (15) [noun] (waste processing) Toxic waste TOXINE (13) TOXINS (13) [noun] A toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms. TOXOID (14) [noun] A toxin that has had its toxic properties removed, but retains its ability to generate an immune response. TOYERS (9) TOYING (10) [verb] To play (with) in an idle or desultory way. | [verb] To ponder or consider. | [verb] To stimulate with a sex toy. TOYISH (12) TOYONS (9) [noun] A chiefly Californian ornamental evergreen shrub (Heteromeles arbutifolia) of the rose family having white flowers succeeded by red berries. TRACED (9) [verb] To follow the trail of. | [verb] To follow the history of. | [verb] To draw or sketch lightly or with care. TRACER (8) [noun] A compound, element, or isotope used to track the progress or history of a natural process. | [noun] A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark. | [noun] The act or state of tracking or investigating something. TRACES (8) [noun] An act of tracing. | [noun] An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package. | [noun] A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal. TRACKS (12) [noun] A mark left by something that has passed along. | [noun] A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal. | [noun] The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc. TRACTS (8) [noun] An area or expanse. | [noun] A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract. | [noun] A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses. TRADED (8) [verb] To engage in trade. | [verb] To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions. | [verb] To give (something) in exchange for. TRADER (7) [noun] One who earns a living by trading goods or securities. TRADES (7) [noun] Buying and selling of goods and services on a market. | [noun] A particular instance of buying or selling. | [noun] An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another. TRAGIC (9) [noun] An obsessive fan, a superfan | [noun] A writer of tragedy. | [noun] A tragedy; a tragic drama. TRAGUS (7) [noun] The small piece of thick cartilage of the external ear that is immediately in front of the ear canal. TRAIKS (10) TRAILS (6) [noun] The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky. | [noun] A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc. | [noun] A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme. TRAINS (6) [noun] Elongated portion. | [noun] Connected sequence of people or things. | [verb] To practice an ability. TRAITS (6) [noun] An identifying characteristic, habit or trend. | [noun] An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface. TRAMEL (8) TRAMPS (10) [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A homeless person; a vagabond. | [noun] A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut. | [noun] Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call. TRANCE (8) [noun] A dazed or unconscious condition. | [noun] A state of awareness, concentration, and/or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being). | [noun] A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis. | [noun] (obsolete outside Britain) A tedious journey. TRANKS (10) [noun] An oblong piece of skin from which the pieces for a glove are cut. | [noun] A tranquilizer. TRANQS (15) [noun] A tranquilizer. TRAPAN (8) TRAPES (8) [noun] A long or tiring walk. | [verb] To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt. | [verb] To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort. | [noun] (seldom in use since about WWII) A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman. TRASHY (12) [adjective] Like trash; containing much trash | [adjective] Having a sound like white noise TRAUMA (8) [noun] Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident. | [noun] An emotional wound leading to psychological injury. | [noun] An event that causes great distress. TRAVEL (9) [noun] The act of traveling; passage from place to place. | [noun] (in the plural) A series of journeys. | [noun] (in the plural) An account of one's travels. TRAVES (9) TRAWLS (9) [verb] To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl. | [verb] To fish from a slow-moving boat. | [verb] To make an exhaustive search for something within a defined area. TREADS (7) [verb] To step or walk (on or over something); to trample. | [verb] To step or walk upon. | [verb] To beat or press with the feet. TREATS (6) [noun] An entertainment, outing, food, drink, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others. | [noun] An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure. | [noun] A snack food item designed to be given to pets. TREATY (9) [noun] A binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely states and international organizations. | [noun] A formal agreement between two or more states. TREBLE (8) [noun] The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition. | [noun] A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano. | [noun] The highest tuned in a ring of bells. TREBLY (11) [adjective] Having treble, or high-pitched, qualities. | [adverb] Three times, thrice | [adverb] To three times the extent or degree; triply. TREENS (6) [noun] Household articles made of wood. | [noun] A large wooden platter. | [noun] A territorial division in the Isle of Man. TREFAH (12) TREMOR (8) [noun] A shake, quiver, or vibration. | [noun] An earthquake. | [verb] To shake or quiver excessively and rapidly or involuntarily; to tremble. TRENCH (11) [noun] A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground. | [noun] A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces. | [noun] A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation. TRENDS (7) [noun] An inclination in a particular direction. | [noun] A tendency. | [noun] A fad or fashion style. TRENDY (10) [noun] A trendy person. | [adjective] Of, or in accordance with the latest trend, fashion or hype. TREPAN (8) [noun] A tool used to bore through rock when sinking shafts. | [noun] A surgical instrument used to remove a circular section of bone from the skull; a trephine. | [verb] To create a large hole by making a narrow groove outlining the shape of the hole and then removing the plug of material remaining by less expensive means. | [noun] A trickster. TREPID (9) TRESSY (9) TREVET (9) TRIACS (8) [noun] A three-terminal electronic component that conducts current in either direction when triggered; a bidirectional triode thyristor. TRIADS (7) [noun] A grouping of three. | [noun] A word of three syllables. | [noun] A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong. TRIAGE (7) [noun] Assessment or sorting according to quality. | [noun] The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury). | [noun] (by extension) The process of prioritizing bugs to be fixed. TRIALS (6) [noun] An opportunity to test something out; a test. | [noun] Appearance at judicial court in order to be examined. | [noun] A difficult or annoying experience. TRIBAL (8) [noun] A design or image that has been influenced by indigenous peoples; especially such a tattoo. | [adjective] Of or relating to tribes. | [adjective] Based on or organized according to tribes. TRIBES (8) [noun] A socially, ethnically, or politically cohesive group of people. | [noun] A society larger than a band but smaller than a state. | [noun] A group of apes who live and work together. TRICED (9) TRICES (8) TRICKS (12) [noun] Something designed to fool or swindle. | [noun] A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick. | [noun] An entertaining difficult physical action. TRICKY (15) [adjective] Hard to deal with, complicated | [adjective] Adept at using deception | [adjective] Relating to or associated with a prostitution trick TRICOT (8) [noun] A soft knit fabric. TRIENE (6) [noun] Any alkene that has three double bonds TRIENS (6) TRIERS (6) [noun] One who tries; one who makes experiments or examines anything by a test or standard. | [noun] An instrument used for sampling something. | [noun] One who tries judicially. TRIFID (10) [adjective] Divided into three lobes. TRIFLE (9) [noun] An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream. | [noun] Anything that is of little importance or worth. | [noun] A very small amount (of something). TRIGLY (10) TRIGON (7) [noun] A triangle. | [noun] An ancient triangular harp of Oriental origin which had four strings and was often used for banquet music. Also called sabbeka, sackbut, sambuca. | [noun] A division consisting of three signs. TRIGOS (7) TRIJET (13) [noun] An aircraft powered by three jet engines. | [noun] Three jets of particles from an event or source TRIKES (10) [noun] A tricycle. | [noun] A three-wheeled motorbike. | [noun] A kind of railroad maintenance vehicle: a speeder or jigger. TRILBY (11) [noun] A narrow-brimmed felt hat. TRILLS (6) [noun] A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff. | [noun] A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish rr. | [noun] A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats. TRIMER (8) [noun] A polymer composed of three monomers TRIMLY (11) TRINAL (6) TRINED (7) [verb] To put in the aspect of a trine. | [verb] To hang; To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck. | [verb] To go. TRINES (6) [noun] A group of three things. | [noun] An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart. TRIODE (7) [noun] A thermionic valve containing an anode, a cathode, and a control grid; small changes to the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode, which makes amplification possible. TRIOLS (6) TRIOSE (6) [noun] A sugar or saccharide containing three carbon atoms. Trioses are the smallest monosaccharides. Dihydroxyacetone and L-/D-glyceraldehyde are the only trioses. TRIPES (8) TRIPLE (8) [noun] Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc | [noun] A drink with three portions of alcohol. | [noun] A hamburger with three patties. TRIPLY (11) TRIPOD (9) [noun] A three-legged stand or mount. | [noun] A man with macrophallism. | [verb] To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress. TRIPOS (8) [noun] A three-legged structure; a tripod. | [noun] (Cambridge University) Any of the final examinations for a BA honours degree. | [noun] (Cambridge University) The list of successful candidates in such an examination. TRIPPY (13) [adjective] Strange, similar to the effects of a hallucinogen. TRISTE (6) TRITER (6) [adjective] Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed. | [adjective] So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law. TRITON (6) [noun] The atomic nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons | [noun] Any of several marine gastropods of the family Ranellidae, which have a pointed spiral shell. TRIUNE (6) [adjective] Threefold, having three components that are both separate and united. | [adjective] (specifically, of the Trinity) Having three hypostases that are perfectly united but distinct. TRIVET (9) [noun] A stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire. | [noun] A stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, used to support hot dishes and protect a table; a hot coaster | [noun] A weaver's knife. See trevat. TRIVIA (9) [noun] Insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information | [noun] A quiz game that involves obscure facts. | [noun] (in medieval universities) The lower division of the liberal arts; grammar, logic and rhetoric. TROAKS (10) TROCAR (8) [noun] A pointed hollow cylindrical device used to make small incisions and surgically insert cannulas, etc., into body cavities, or to aspirate fluids. TROCHE (11) TROCKS (12) TROGON (7) [noun] A bird of a species in the family Trogonidae, most of which live in Central and South America, have colorful feathers, and nest in holes in trees. TROIKA (10) [noun] A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast. | [noun] A party or group of three, especially a ruling council of three people in Russian contexts. TROKED (11) TROKES (10) TROLLS (6) [noun] A supernatural being of varying size, now especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges. | [noun] An ugly person of either sex, especially one seeking sexual experiences. | [noun] Optical ejections from the top of the electrically active core regions of thunderstorms that are red in color that seem to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward toward the cloud tops. TROLLY (9) TROMPE (10) TROMPS (10) [verb] To tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot. | [verb] To utterly defeat an opponent. TRONAS (6) TRONES (6) TROOPS (8) [noun] (collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general). | [noun] A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry. | [noun] A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers. TROPES (8) [noun] Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales; a motif. | [noun] A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor. | [noun] Mathematical senses. TROPHY (14) [noun] Tropæum. | [noun] An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement. | [noun] An object taken as a prize by a hunter or conqueror, especially one that is displayed. TROPIC (10) TROPIN (8) TROTHS (9) TROTYL (9) TROUGH (10) [noun] A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals. | [noun] Any similarly shaped container. | [noun] A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates. TROUPE (8) [noun] A company of, often touring, actors, singers or dancers. | [noun] Any group of people working together on a shared activity. | [verb] To tour with a troupe. TROUTS (6) [noun] Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once. | [noun] An objectionable elderly woman. | [verb] To (figuratively) slap someone with a slimy, stinky, wet trout; to admonish jocularly. TROUTY (9) TROVER (9) [noun] Taking possession of personal property which has been found. | [noun] A legal action brought to recover such property by its original owner. TROVES (9) [noun] A treasure trove; a collection of treasure. | [noun] A collection of things. TROWED (10) [verb] To trust or believe. | [verb] To have confidence in, or to give credence to. TROWEL (9) [noun] A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them. | [noun] A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc. | [noun] A tool used for smoothing a mold. TROWTH (12) TRUANT (6) [noun] One who is absent without permission, especially from school. | [verb] To play truant. | [verb] To idle away; to waste. TRUCED (9) TRUCES (8) [noun] A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties | [noun] An agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time TRUCKS (12) [noun] A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun carriage. | [noun] The ball on top of a flagpole. | [noun] On a wooden mast, a circular disc (or sometimes a rectangle) of wood near or at the top of the mast, usually with holes or sheaves to reeve signal halyards; also a temporary or emergency place for a lookout. "Main" refers to the mainmast, whereas a truck on another mast may be called (on the mizzenmast, for example) "mizzen-truck". TRUDGE (8) [noun] A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk. | [verb] To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps. | [verb] To trudge along or over a route etc. TRUEST (6) [adjective] (of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct. | [adjective] Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate. | [adjective] Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result. TRUFFE (12) TRUING (7) [verb] To straighten. | [verb] To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust. | [noun] The alignment (and cutting) of a wheel (especially a grinding wheel) such that its surface is concentric with its axis. TRUISM (8) [noun] A self-evident or obvious truth. | [noun] A banality or cliché. TRULLS (6) [noun] A female prostitute or harlot. | [noun] A set of three special trump cards used in some Tarock games, having a higher value than the other trumps. TRUMPS (10) [noun] A musical instrument consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo “tongue” attached to a frame. This tongue is placed in the performer’s mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note of constant pitch. Melodies can be created by changing the shape of the mouth and causing different overtones. | [noun] The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others. | [noun] A playing card of that suit. TRUNKS (10) [noun] (heading, biological) Part of a body. | [noun] (heading) A container. | [noun] (heading) A channel for flow of some kind. TRUSTS (6) [noun] Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality. | [noun] Dependence upon something in the future; hope. | [noun] Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit. TRUSTY (9) [noun] A trusted person, especially a prisoner who has been granted special privileges. | [adjective] Reliable or trustworthy. TRUTHS (9) [noun] True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality. | [noun] Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy. | [noun] The state or quality of being true to someone or something. TRYING (10) [verb] To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive. | [verb] To divide; to separate. | [verb] To test, to work out. TRYOUT (9) [noun] A test of the suitability or effectiveness of a person or thing, especially of a performer or athlete (an audition) TRYSTE (9) TRYSTS (9) [noun] A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time. | [noun] A mutual agreement, a covenant. | [verb] To make a tryst; to agree to meet at a place. TSADES (7) TSADIS (7) TSETSE (6) [noun] Any fly of the genus Glossina, native to Africa, that feeds on human and animal blood; known primarily as a carrier of parasitic trypanosomes. TSKING (11) TSKTSK (14) TSORES (6) [noun] Problems or troubles. TSORIS (6) TSURIS (6) [noun] Problems or troubles. TUBATE (8) TUBBED (11) [verb] To plant, set, or store in a tub. | [verb] To bathe in a tub. TUBBER (10) TUBERS (8) [noun] A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot. | [noun] A thickened rootstock. | [noun] A rounded, protuberant structure in a human or animal body. TUBFUL (11) TUBING (9) [verb] To supply with, or enclose in, a tube. | [verb] To ride an inner tube. | [verb] To intubate. TUBIST (8) TUBULE (8) [noun] A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube. TUCHUN (11) TUCKED (13) [verb] To pull or gather up (an item of fabric). | [verb] To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe or somewhat hidden. | [verb] (often with "in" or "into") To eat; to consume. TUCKER (12) [noun] One who or that which tucks. | [noun] Food. | [noun] Work that scarcely yields a living wage. | [noun] Lace or a piece of cloth in the neckline of a dress. TUCKET (12) [noun] A fanfare played on one or more trumpets. | [noun] A steak; a collop. TUFFET (12) [noun] A clump of grass or similar vegetation. | [noun] (furniture) A large cushion which may have an internal frame, used as a low seat or stool. | [noun] An inflatable cushion serving as landing area for precision accuracy parachuting. TUFOLI (9) TUFTED (10) [verb] To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts. | [verb] To form into tufts. | [verb] To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts. TUFTER (9) TUGGED (9) [verb] To pull or drag with great effort | [verb] To pull hard repeatedly | [verb] To tow by tugboat TUGGER (8) TUGRIK (11) [noun] The Mongolian unit of currency; abbreviated MNT, ₮; formerly subdivided into 100 möngö. TUILLE (6) TULADI (7) TULIPS (8) [noun] A type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa. | [noun] The flower of this plant. TULLES (6) TUMBLE (10) [noun] A fall, especially end over end. | [noun] A disorderly heap. | [noun] An act of sexual intercourse. TUMEFY (14) [verb] To cause to swell. | [verb] To swell; to rise into a tumour. TUMORS (8) [noun] An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia. TUMOUR (8) [noun] An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia. TUMPED (11) TUMULI (8) [noun] A mound of earth, especially one placed over a prehistoric tomb; a barrow. TUMULT (8) [noun] Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd. | [noun] Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds. | [noun] A riot or uprising. TUNDRA (7) [noun] A flat and treeless Arctic biome. TUNERS (6) [noun] A person who tunes a piano or organ. | [noun] A device, electronic or mechanical, that helps a person tune a musical instrument by showing the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch. | [noun] On a musical instrument, a peg or mechanical device that changes the tension, and hence pitch, of a string. TUNEUP (8) [noun] A series of adjustments to an engine in order to improve its performance | [noun] A series of preparations for vigorous exercise; a warm-up | [noun] A match or race (frequently one exhibition in nature) contested as preparation for a match or race of high stakes. TUNICA (8) TUNICS (8) [noun] A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles. | [noun] Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane. TUNING (7) [verb] To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches. | [verb] To adjust or modify (esp. a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally. | [verb] To adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel. TUNNED (7) [verb] To put into tuns, or casks. TUNNEL (6) [noun] An underground or underwater passage. | [noun] A passage through or under some obstacle. | [noun] A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow. TUPELO (8) [noun] Any of several trees of the genus Nyssa which grow in swampy regions on the eastern, southern and midwestern United States. TUPIKS (12) [noun] A tent or other building made from animal skins, used by the Inuit during the summer. TUPPED (11) [verb] To mate; used of a ram mating with a ewe. | [verb] To have sex with, to bonk, etc. | [verb] (regional English) To butt: said of a ram. TUQUES (15) [noun] A knitted hat, usually conical but of varying shape, often woollen, and sometimes topped by a pom-pom or tassel. | [noun] A watch cap. TURACO (8) [noun] Any of the birds in the Musophagidae family with vivid colouring and prominent crest. TURBAN (8) [noun] A man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head. | [noun] A woman's close-fitting hat with little or no brim. | [noun] The complete set of whorls of a spiral shell. TURBID (9) [adjective] (of a liquid) Having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear. | [adjective] Smoky or misty. | [adjective] Unclear; confused; obscure. TURBIT (8) [noun] A kind of pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding, known for its peaked crest, short beak, and frill of feathers on the breast. | [noun] The turbot. TURBOS (8) [noun] Turbocharger. | [noun] Turbojet. | [noun] Turbomolecular pump. TURBOT (8) [noun] A species of flatfish native to Europe (Scophthalmus maximus, earlier Psetta maxima). | [noun] Any of various other flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae that are found in marine or brackish waters. | [noun] Triggerfish, Canthidermis sufflamen. TUREEN (6) [noun] A broad, deep serving dish used for serving soup or stew. TURFED (10) [verb] To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs. | [verb] (Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release. | [verb] To fire from a job or dismiss from a task. TURGID (8) [adjective] Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force. | [adjective] (of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic. TURGOR (7) [noun] Turgidity | [noun] The pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane. TURKEY (13) [noun] The guinea fowl (family Numididae). | [noun] A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated). | [noun] The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food. TURNED (7) [verb] (heading) to make a non-linear physical movement. | [verb] (heading) To change condition or attitude. | [verb] To change one's course of action; to take a new approach. TURNER (6) [noun] One who or that which turns. | [noun] A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe | [noun] A kitchen utensil used for turning food. | [noun] A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises. | [noun] An old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI. TURNIP (8) [noun] The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle. | [noun] The yellow root of a related plant, the swede or Brassica napus. | [noun] A large, heavy pocket watch, so called because its profile resembled the vegetable. TURNUP (8) TURRET (6) [noun] A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle. | [noun] A siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries. | [noun] A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes). TURTLE (6) [noun] Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise. | [noun] (specifically) A marine reptile of that order. | [noun] An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above. | [noun] A turtle dove. TURVES (9) [noun] A layer of earth covered with grass; sod. | [noun] A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc. | [noun] A sod of peat used as fuel. TUSCHE (11) TUSHED (10) TUSHES (9) [noun] A half-crown coin; its value | [noun] A crown coin; its value | [noun] A tusk. TUSHIE (9) TUSKED (11) TUSKER (10) [noun] An animal, such as a bull elephant or a boar, with large tusks. | [noun] A tool used in peat cutting. TUSSAH (9) [noun] A deep gold-coloured silk produced from larvae of several species of silk worms belonging to the moth genus Antheraea | [noun] Any of the moth species used to produce tussar silk TUSSAL (6) TUSSAR (6) TUSSEH (9) TUSSER (6) TUSSIS (6) TUSSLE (6) [noun] A physical fight or struggle. | [noun] A conflict, an argument, a disagreement. | [verb] To have a tussle. TUSSOR (6) TUSSUR (6) TUTEES (6) [noun] A student of a tutor. TUTORS (6) [noun] One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction. | [noun] A university officer responsible for students in a particular hall. | [noun] One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian. TUTTED (7) [verb] To make a tut tut sound of disapproval. | [verb] To work by the piece; to carry out tut-work. TUTTIS (6) [noun] A passage in which all members of an orchestra are playing TUXEDO (14) [noun] A typically black formal jacket worn by men. | [noun] The entire suit complementing and including this jacket. TUYERE (9) [noun] A nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge TUYERS (9) TWAINS (9) TWANGS (10) [noun] The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument. | [noun] A particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electric guitars. | [noun] A trace of a regional or foreign accent in someone's voice. TWANGY (13) TWANKY (16) TWEAKS (13) [noun] A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch. | [noun] A slight adjustment or modification. | [noun] Trouble; distress; tweag. TWEAKY (16) TWEEDS (10) [noun] A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing. TWEEDY (13) [adjective] (of clothing) made of tweed, or having a similar rough texture | [adjective] (of a person) wearing tweed clothing | [adjective] (of a person) preppy TWEENY (12) [noun] A shot played between the legs; a tweener. | [noun] A between-maid, or maidservant who helps the cook as well as the housemaid. | [adjective] Characteristic of a typical tween (a child not quite old enough to be a teenager). TWEETS (9) [noun] The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle. | [noun] An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter. | [verb] To make a short high-pitched sound, like that of certain birds. TWEEZE (18) [verb] To pluck or grasp using tweezers. | [verb] To shape by plucking out hairs with tweezers. | [verb] To pluck out hairs using tweezers. TWELVE (12) [noun] A group of twelve items. | [noun] A twelve-bore gun. | [noun] A jury (normally composed of twelve persons). TWENTY (12) [noun] A banknote with a denomination of 20. | [noun] 10-20 (location). | [noun] An old English division of infantry. TWERPS (11) [noun] A fool, a twit. | [noun] A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible. | [noun] A person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling). TWIBIL (11) TWIERS (9) TWIGGY (14) TWILIT (9) [verb] To illuminate faintly. | [adjective] Illuminated by or as if by twilight. TWILLS (9) [noun] A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving. | [noun] A cloth or portion of cloth woven in such a pattern. TWINED (10) [verb] (obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide. | [verb] (obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart. | [verb] (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries). TWINER (9) TWINES (9) [verb] (obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide. | [verb] (obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart. | [verb] (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries). TWINGE (10) [noun] A pinch; a tweak; a twitch. | [noun] A sudden sharp pain. | [verb] To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak. TWIRLS (9) [noun] A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette. | [noun] Any rotating movement; a spin. | [noun] A little twist of some substance; a swirl. TWIRLY (12) TWIRPS (11) [noun] A fool, a twit. | [noun] A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible. | [noun] A person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling). TWISTS (9) [noun] A twisting force. | [noun] Anything twisted, or the act of twisting. | [noun] The form given in twisting. TWISTY (12) [noun] Something that is twisty, such as a road | [noun] A strand of hair twisted together in a braid-like fashion | [adjective] Characterised by a twist, or that which twists. TWITCH (14) [noun] Couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed) TWOFER (12) [noun] Something that yields a substantial additional benefit; something that figuratively kills two birds with one stone. | [noun] The fashion of wearing long sleeves outside a short-sleeved shirt. | [noun] A cabling device used in theatre, allowing two stage lighting instruments to be connected to one dimmer. TWYERS (12) [noun] A nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge TYCOON (11) [noun] A wealthy and powerful business person. TYMBAL (13) [noun] A kettledrum. TYMPAN (13) [noun] A piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed. | [noun] The stretched membrane of a drum. | [noun] A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each end. TYNING (10) TYPHON (14) TYPHUS (14) [noun] One of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever. TYPIER (11) TYPIFY (17) [verb] To embody, exemplify; to represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance. | [verb] To portray stereotypically. | [verb] To serve as a typical or reference specimen of. TYPING (12) [verb] To put text on paper using a typewriter. | [verb] To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard. | [verb] To determine the blood type of. TYPIST (11) [noun] A person who types, a clerical worker who writes letters, etc., using a typewriter. TYRANT (9) [noun] A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession. | [noun] Any monarch or governor. | [noun] A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly. TYRING (10) TYTHED (13) TYTHES (12) TZETZE (24) TZURIS (15)

TABANID (10) TABARDS (10) [noun] A silk banner attached to a bugle or trumpet. | [noun] A woman's or girl's sleeveless jerkin or loose overgarment. | [noun] A sleeveless garment made of coarse cloth formerly worn outdoors by the common people. TABARET (9) [noun] A strong fabric consisting of stripes of silk and satin. TABBIED (12) TABBIES (11) [noun] A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering. | [noun] A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock. | [noun] A brindled cat. TABBING (12) [verb] To affix with tabs; to label. | [verb] To use the Tab key on a computer to advance the cursor or move the input focus, or on a typewriter to advance the carriage. TABERED (10) TABETIC (11) TABLEAU (9) [noun] A striking and vivid representation; a picture. | [noun] A vivid graphic scene of a group of people arranged as in a painting or bas relief sculpture. | [noun] Hence, an arrangement of actors in static positions on stage, having the effect of pointing up a particular moment in the drama, conventionally revealed by opening tableau curtains (known as "tabs"). TABLETS (9) [noun] A slab of clay used for inscription. | [noun] A short scripture written by the founders of the Bahá'í faith. | [noun] A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance. TABLING (10) [verb] To tabulate; to put into a table or grid. | [verb] To supply (a guest, client etc.) with food at a table; to feed. | [verb] To delineate; to represent, as in a picture; to depict. TABLOID (10) [noun] A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of the standard format. | [noun] A newspaper, especially one in this format, that favours stories of a sensational or even fictitious nature over serious news. | [noun] A compressed portion of drugs, chemicals, etc.; a tablet. TABOOED (10) [verb] To mark as taboo. | [verb] To ban. | [verb] To avoid. TABORED (10) TABORER (9) TABORET (9) [noun] A little drum; a tabret. | [noun] A low stool in the form of a drum. | [noun] A low stand or embroidery frame in the same shape. TABORIN (9) TABOULI (9) [noun] A Middle Eastern salad or meze generally consisting of bulgur wheat, chopped tomatoes, parsley, olive oil and lemon juice. TABOURS (9) TABUING (10) [verb] To mark as taboo. | [verb] To ban. | [verb] To avoid. TABULAR (9) [adjective] Having a flat, plane surface | [adjective] Organized as a table or list | [adjective] Calculated by means of a table TABULIS (9) TACHISM (14) [noun] A French style of abstract painting popular in the 1940s and 1950s. TACHIST (12) TACHYON (15) [noun] A hypothetical particle that travels faster than the speed of light. | [noun] A flaw in a physical theory that predicts the existence of tachyons or similar paradoxical results. Compare with ghost. TACITLY (12) [adverb] In a tacit manner; done in silence or implied. TACKERS (13) TACKETS (13) TACKIER (13) [adjective] Of a substance, slightly sticky. | [adjective] Of low quality. | [adjective] In poor taste. TACKIFY (19) TACKILY (16) TACKING (14) [verb] To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head). | [verb] To sew/stich with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth). | [verb] To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other. TACKLED (14) [verb] To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into him or her. | [verb] To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down. | [verb] To attempt to take away a ball. TACKLER (13) TACKLES (13) [noun] A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook. | [noun] A block and tackle. | [noun] Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling. TACNODE (10) TACTFUL (12) [adjective] Possessing tact; able to deal with people in a sensitive manner. TACTICS (11) [noun] A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end. | [noun] A maneuver used against an enemy. | [noun] A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material. TACTILE (9) [adjective] Tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch. | [adjective] Used for feeling. | [adjective] Of or relating to the sense of touch. TACTION (9) TACTUAL (9) [adjective] Of, or relating to the sense of touch. TADPOLE (10) [noun] A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills. | [noun] (by extension) The aquatic larva of any amphibian. | [noun] A type of cargo bike that has two wheels in front and one in back. TAENIAE (7) [noun] A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece. | [noun] (Doric architecture) A band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order. | [noun] Any of several ribbon-like bands of tissue. TAENIAS (7) [noun] A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece. | [noun] (Doric architecture) A band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order. | [noun] Any of several ribbon-like bands of tissue. TAFFETA (13) [noun] A crisp, smooth woven fabric made from silk or synthetic fibers. TAFFIAS (13) TAFFIES (13) [noun] A soft, chewy candy made from boiled molasses or brown sugar. | [noun] Flattery. TAGGERS (9) [noun] One who or that which tags. | [noun] A device for removing taglocks from sheep. | [noun] That which is pointed like a tag. TAGGING (10) [verb] To label (something). | [verb] (graffiti) To mark (something) with one’s tag. | [verb] To remove dung tags from a sheep. TAGLIKE (12) TAGMEME (12) [noun] (grammar, tagmemics) The smallest functional element in the grammatical structure of a sentence. TAGRAGS (9) TAHINIS (10) TAHSILS (10) [noun] An administrative division in India and Pakistan. TAILERS (7) TAILFAN (10) TAILING (8) [verb] To follow and observe surreptitiously. | [verb] To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into | [verb] To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor. TAILLES (7) [noun] A form of taxation levied on the land of peasants in pre-Revolutionary France. | [noun] A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood. | [noun] The tenor voice or part. TAILORS (7) [noun] A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing. | [noun] The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). | [verb] To make, repair, or alter clothes. TAINTED (8) [verb] To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally. | [verb] To spoil (food) by contamination. | [verb] To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting. TAIPANS (9) [noun] A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon. | [noun] Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea. TAKABLE (13) TAKAHES (14) [noun] A species of large flightless bird in the Rallidae family, endemic to New Zealand. TAKEOFF (17) [noun] The rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight. | [noun] A parody or lampoon of someone or something. | [noun] A quantification, especially of building materials. TAKEOUT (11) [noun] Food purchased from a takeaway. | [noun] A stone that hits another stone, removing it from play. | [noun] A double of an opponent's bid, intended to invite one's partner to compete in the auction, rather than to penalise one's opponents. TAKEUPS (13) TAKINGS (12) [noun] The act by which something is taken. | [noun] A seizure of someone's goods or possessions. | [noun] A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking). TALARIA (7) [noun] The winged sandals worn by certain gods and goddesses, especially the Roman god Mercury (and his Greek counterpart Hermes). TALCING (10) [verb] To apply talc to. TALCKED (14) TALCOSE (9) [adjective] Of or relating to talc. | [adjective] Consisting largely of the mineral talc. TALCOUS (9) TALCUMS (11) [noun] Powdered and perfumed talc for toilet use. | [verb] To perfume with talcum powder. TALENTS (7) [noun] A marked natural ability or skill. | [noun] A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East. | [noun] A desire or inclination for something. TALIONS (7) TALIPED (10) TALIPES (9) [noun] The ankle and foot | [noun] Clubfoot (abbreviation from talipes equinovarus (TEV)) TALIPOT (9) [noun] A tall palm tree, Corypha umbraculifera, from Sri Lanka and southern India, having very large leaves and flowers TALKERS (11) [noun] A person who talks, especially one who gives a speech, or is loquacious or garrulous. | [noun] Any creature or machine that talks. | [noun] A talk show TALKIER (11) [adjective] (of a person) Talkative or loquacious | [adjective] (of a book etc.) Containing a great deal of dialogue or talking in general TALKIES (11) [noun] A movie with sound, as opposed to a silent film. TALKING (12) [noun] The action of the verb talk. | [verb] To communicate, usually by means of speech. | [verb] To discuss; to talk about. TALLAGE (8) [noun] An impost. | [noun] A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants toward the public expenses. | [verb] To lay an impost upon. TALLBOY (12) [noun] A tall chest of drawers, or combination of chest on chest, or chest with a small wardrobe on top. Usually with low bracket feet but always resulting in a tall piece of furniture. | [noun] A tall can of beer, either 16 ounces or one half litre. | [noun] A kind of sail, a spanker. TALLEST (7) [adjective] (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall. | [adjective] (of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high. | [adjective] (of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale. TALLIED (8) [verb] To count something. | [verb] To record something by making marks. | [verb] To make things correspond or agree with each other. TALLIER (7) TALLIES (7) [noun] A tall beer bottle. | [noun] (by extension) One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept. | [noun] (by extension) Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate. TALLISH (10) TALLITH (10) [noun] A traditional Jewish prayer shawl with tassels which covers the chest and upper part of the back. TALLOLS (7) TALLOWS (10) [verb] To grease or smear with tallow. | [verb] To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten. TALLOWY (13) TALLYHO (13) [noun] An instance of the interjection. | [noun] A pleasure coach. | [verb] To articulate the interjection. TALONED (8) TALOOKA (11) TALUKAS (11) [noun] A hereditary estate in parts of India; subsequently, an administrative subdivision of a district. TALUSES (7) [noun] A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice. | [noun] The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top. TAMABLE (11) TAMALES (9) [noun] Mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various ingredients (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks. TAMANDU (10) TAMARAO (9) TAMARAU (9) [noun] A small, dark brown, hoofed buffalo, Bubalus mindorensis, found only on Mindoro in the Philippines. TAMARIN (9) [noun] One of a family of squirrel-sized South American monkeys. TAMARIS (9) TAMASHA (12) [noun] A visual art form from Maharashtra, India, involving singing and dancing. | [noun] (colonial India) Any traditional indigenous public ceremony. TAMBACS (13) TAMBAKS (15) TAMBALA (11) [noun] Malawi's minor currency unit, a hundredth of a kwacha. TAMBOUR (11) [noun] A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber, affecting what materials are used to make it; a membranophone. | [noun] Any similar hollow, cylindrical object. | [noun] A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage. TAMBURA (11) [noun] A type of long-necked lute-like stringed instrument found throughout the world but originating in the traditional music of India. TAMBURS (11) TAMEINS (9) TAMISES (9) TAMMIES (11) [noun] A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth | [noun] The cloth itself; tammy. | [noun] A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc. TAMPALA (11) TAMPANS (11) TAMPERS (11) [noun] A person or thing that tamps. | [noun] A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe. | [noun] A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast. TAMPING (12) [verb] (blasting) To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock. | [verb] To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes | [verb] To reduce the intensity of. TAMPION (11) [noun] A wooden plug, or a metal or canvas cover for the muzzle of a gun, a cannon or other piece of ordnance when not in use; a stopper; a bung. | [noun] A plug for the upper end of an organ pipe. TAMPONS (11) [noun] A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid, especially one inserted in the vagina during menstruation. | [noun] A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum. | [noun] An inking pad used in lithographic printing. TANAGER (8) [noun] Any of numerous species of often colorful passerine birds that inhabit New World forests, formerly all within the family Thraupidae, but now with some species placed in other families with birds such as finches and cardinals. TANBARK (13) [noun] The bark of the oak (or other trees) used as a source of tannin | [noun] The spent bark used as a ground covering TANDEMS (10) [noun] A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing the pulling power but only the animal in front able to steer. | [noun] (transferred sense) A bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front able to steer. | [noun] A group of two or more people, machines etc. working together; close collaboration. TANDOOR (8) [noun] A cylindrical clay oven used, in the cuisine of the Caucasus, Middle East, and Indian subcontinent, to make flat bread, or to cook meat. TANGELO (8) [noun] A citrus fruit that is a cross between a tangerine and a pomelo or a grapefruit. | [noun] A red-orange colour, like that of a tangelo. TANGENT (8) [noun] A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there. | [noun] A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg. | [noun] A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it. TANGIER (8) [adjective] Having a sharp, pungent flavor TANGING (9) [verb] To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper. | [verb] To make a ringing sound; to ring. TANGLED (9) [verb] To become mixed together or intertwined | [verb] To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight | [verb] To mix together or intertwine TANGLER (8) TANGLES (8) [noun] A tangled twisted mass. | [noun] A complicated or confused state or condition. | [noun] An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight. TANGOED (9) [verb] To dance the tango. | [verb] To mingle or interact (with each other). TANGRAM (10) [noun] A Chinese puzzle made of a square that is cut up into different triangular pieces which can then be reassembled to make designs. TANISTS (7) [noun] The heir presumptive to the chieftainship or kingship of a Celtic clan in ancient Ireland, Scotland or Mann. TANKAGE (12) [noun] Storage in a tank. | [noun] The amount that a tank (or tanks) can hold. | [noun] The charge levied for storage in a tank. TANKARD (12) [noun] A large drinking vessel, sometimes of pewter, sometimes with a glass base, with one handle and often a hinged cover. TANKERS (11) [noun] A tank ship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid. | [noun] A tank truck. | [noun] A fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker. TANKFUL (14) TANKING (12) [verb] To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet. | [verb] To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently. | [verb] To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank. TANNAGE (8) TANNATE (7) TANNERS (7) [noun] A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan. | [noun] A former British coin, worth six old pence | [noun] A type of commercially-fished crab, Chionoecetes bairdi or Chionoecetes opilio. TANNERY (10) [noun] A place where people tan hides to make leather. | [noun] The business of a tanner. TANNEST (7) TANNING (8) [verb] To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun. | [verb] To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner. | [verb] To spank or beat. TANNINS (7) [noun] Tannic acid or any of its derivatives. TANNISH (10) TANRECS (9) TANSIES (7) [noun] A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum vulgare. | [noun] A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs, sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs (including tansy), baked with butter in a shallow dish. "Originally flavoured with tansy, but by Pepys's time generally having spinach as its predominant flavouring." TANTARA (7) TANTIVY (13) [noun] A rapid gallop | [noun] The sound of a hunting horn in imitation of a galloping horse | [verb] To hurry off. TANTRAS (7) [noun] A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text. TANTRIC (9) [adjective] Describing Vajrayana Buddhism. | [adjective] Describing any of several branches of yoga or esoteric traditions rooted in India. TANTRUM (9) [noun] An often childish display or fit of bad temper. | [verb] To throw a tantrum. TANUKIS (11) TANYARD (11) TAPALOS (9) TAPERED (10) [verb] To make thinner or narrower at one end. | [verb] To diminish gradually. | [adjective] Narrowing gradually towards a point. TAPERER (9) [noun] A person who carries a taper in a religious service TAPETAL (9) TAPETUM (11) [noun] A membranous layer of tissue. | [noun] The pigmentary layer of the retina. | [noun] The cells on the outside of an archesporium. TAPHOLE (12) TAPIOCA (11) [noun] A starchy food made from the cassava plant, used in puddings. TAPISES (9) TAPPERS (11) TAPPETS (11) [noun] A lever or projection which is moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended to tap or touch something else, in order to produce change or regulate motion. TAPPING (12) [verb] To furnish with taps. | [verb] To draw off liquid from a vessel. | [verb] To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out. TAPROOM (11) [noun] A bar or barroom; a room where alcoholic beverages are served on tap. TAPROOT (9) [noun] A long, tapering root possessed by many plants (such as carrots and dandelions). TAPSTER (9) [noun] One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor. TARAMAS (9) TARBUSH (12) TARDIER (8) [adjective] Late; overdue or delayed. | [adjective] Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift. | [adjective] Ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dull. TARDIES (8) TARDILY (11) TARDYON (11) TARGETS (8) [noun] A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile. | [noun] A goal or objective. | [noun] A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war. TARIFFS (13) [noun] A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves. | [noun] A schedule of rates, fees or prices. | [noun] A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime. TARMACS (11) [noun] Tarmacadam. | [noun] Any bituminous road surfacing material. | [noun] The driveable surface of a road. TARNISH (10) [noun] Oxidation or discoloration, especially of a decorative metal exposed to air. | [verb] To oxidize or discolor due to oxidation. | [verb] To soil, sully, damage or compromise TARPANS (9) [noun] An extinct Northern European wild horse, Equus ferus ferus. TARPONS (9) [noun] Any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish. TARRIED (8) [verb] To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything. | [verb] To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens. | [verb] To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned. TARRIER (7) [noun] A layabout or loiterer; someone who tarries. | [noun] A Roman Catholic of Northern Ireland or Scotland | [adjective] Resembling tar. | [noun] A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats, rabbits, foxes, and even otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (e.g. rat terrier). TARRIES (7) [noun] A sojourn. | [verb] To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything. | [verb] To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens. TARRING (8) [verb] To coat with tar. | [verb] To besmirch. | [verb] To create a tar archive. TARSALS (7) [noun] Any of the seven bones of the tarsus. TARSIAS (7) TARSIER (7) [noun] An insectivorous primate of the family Tarsiidae, having very large eyes and long feet, native mainly to several islands of Southeast Asia. TARTANA (7) TARTANS (7) [noun] A kind of woven woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles, associated with Scottish Highlanders, different clans having their own distinctive patterns. | [noun] The pattern associated with such material. | [noun] An individual or a group wearing tartan; a Highlander or Scotsman in general. TARTARS (7) [noun] A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate - a source of cream of tartar. | [noun] A hard yellow deposit on the teeth. | [noun] A fearsome or angrily violent person. TARTEST (7) [adjective] Sharp to the taste; acid; sour. | [adjective] (of wine) high or too high in acidity. | [adjective] Sharp; keen; severe. TARTING (8) [verb] To practice prostitution | [verb] To practice promiscuous sex | [verb] To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily TARTISH (10) TARTLET (7) TARTUFE (10) TARWEED (11) [noun] Any of various American flowering plants that have sticky leaves. TARZANS (16) TASKING (12) [verb] To assign a task to, or impose a task on. | [verb] To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax. | [verb] To charge, as with a fault. TASSELS (7) [noun] A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings). | [noun] The panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them. | [noun] The loose hairs at the end of a braid. TASSETS (7) TASSIES (7) [noun] A cup or goblet for drinking wine. | [noun] A decorative ring or plug at the end of the barrel of a pen. | [noun] A small tart or miniature pie. TASTERS (7) [noun] An object in which, or by which, food or drink is tasted, for example a dram cup | [noun] Someone who tastes something, especially food, wine etc., for quality. | [noun] A kind of zooid situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophorae, resembling the feeding zooids, but destitute of mouths. TASTIER (7) [adjective] Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor; delicious. | [adjective] Having or showing good taste; tasteful. | [adjective] Appealing; when applied to persons, sexually appealing. TASTILY (10) TASTING (8) [noun] A small amount of food or drink. | [noun] The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it. | [verb] To sample the flavor of something orally. TATAMIS (9) [noun] Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses TATOUAY (10) TATTERS (7) [noun] A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing. | [verb] To destroy an article of clothing etc. by shredding. | [verb] To fall into tatters. TATTIER (7) [adjective] Tattered; dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn TATTIES (7) [noun] Potato | [noun] A woven mat or screen hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters. TATTILY (10) TATTING (8) [verb] To make (something by) tatting. | [verb] To apply a tattoo. | [noun] A form of looped and knotted lace needlework made from a single thread. TATTLED (8) [verb] To chatter; to gossip. | [verb] Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing; to tell on somebody. | [verb] To speak like a baby or young child; to babble, to prattle; to speak haltingly; to stutter. TATTLER (7) [noun] One who tattles (notifies authorities of illicit behavior) or is inclined to do so; a tattletale. | [noun] Either of two similar bird species in the shorebird genus Heteroscelus (Tringa in some taxonomies). | [noun] A device fitted to a vehicle to measure mileage etc. TATTLES (7) [verb] To chatter; to gossip. | [verb] Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing; to tell on somebody. | [verb] To speak like a baby or young child; to babble, to prattle; to speak haltingly; to stutter. TATTOOS (7) [noun] An image made in the skin with ink and a needle. | [noun] A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle). | [verb] To apply a tattoo to (someone or something). TAUNTED (8) [verb] To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner. TAUNTER (7) TAURINE (7) [adjective] Pertaining to a bull; bull-like. | [noun] An amino-sulfonic acid, NH2CH2CH2SO3H, that has regulatory functions in mammals. TAUTAUG (8) TAUTENS (7) TAUTEST (7) [adjective] Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight. | [adjective] (of a body, muscles, etc.) Not flabby; firm, toned; (of a person) having a lean, strong body. | [adjective] (of music, writing, etc.) Containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled. TAUTING (8) TAUTOGS (8) [noun] A fish of the wrasse family found in salt water off of eastern North America from Nova Scotia to South Carolina (Tautoga onitis). TAVERNA (10) [noun] A small Greek restaurant. TAVERNS (10) [noun] A building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, and usually offering accommodation; an inn. TAWNEYS (13) TAWNIER (10) [adjective] Of a light brown to brownish orange color. | [adjective] A sweet, fortified wine which is blended and matured in wood. TAWNIES (10) TAWNILY (13) TAWPIES (12) TAWSING (11) TAXABLE (16) [noun] Something on which tax must be paid. | [adjective] Subject to taxation. TAXABLY (19) TAXEMES (16) TAXEMIC (18) TAXICAB (18) [noun] A vehicle that passengers hire to take them between locations of their choice, the fare being calculated with a taximeter; a taxi or cab | [verb] To travel by taxicab. TAXIING (15) [verb] To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power. | [verb] To travel by taxicab. | [noun] The movement of aircraft on the ground in readiness for takeoff or after landing TAXIMAN (16) TAXIMEN (16) TAXITES (14) TAXITIC (16) TAXIWAY (20) [noun] A road or path within an airport designated for the taxiing of aircraft connecting the runways with ramps, hangars, terminals and other facilities. TAXLESS (14) TAXPAID (17) TAXWISE (17) TAXYING (18) TEABOWL (12) TEACAKE (13) [noun] A flat, round bread bun, usually containing currants, sultanas or peel and often served toasted and buttered with tea. | [noun] A traditional cookie. | [noun] A sweet cake, sometimes sprinkled with cinnamon and caster sugar, often served warm. TEACART (9) TEACHER (12) [noun] A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school. | [noun] The index finger; the forefinger. | [noun] An indication; a lesson. TEACHES (12) [verb] To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate. | [verb] (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to. | [verb] To pass on knowledge, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher. TEACUPS (11) [noun] A small cup, usually with a handle, used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set. | [noun] A unit of measure; a teacupful. TEALIKE (11) TEAMING (10) [verb] To form a group, as for sports or work. | [verb] (by extension) To go together well; to harmonize. | [verb] To convey or haul with a team. TEAPOTS (9) [noun] A vessel for brewing and serving tea. TEAPOYS (12) [noun] Originally, a three-legged decorative stand or table; sometimes also having a tea chest for holding a tea service. TEARERS (7) TEARFUL (10) [adjective] Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry. | [adjective] Sorrowful. TEARGAS (8) [noun] Any lachrymatory, non-lethal chemical compound that causes the eyes to sting and water and/or irritates the respiratory system, mostly used for controlling crowds during riots or as self-defense. | [verb] To use tear gas. TEARIER (7) [adjective] Of a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry. | [adjective] Of eyes, filled with tears. TEARILY (10) TEARING (8) [verb] To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. | [verb] To injure as if by pulling apart. | [verb] To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional. | [noun] Continuous shedding of tears; epiphora TEAROOM (9) [noun] A café which serves tea, usually with light food. | [noun] A public lavatory, particularly as a meeting place for homosexual men. | [noun] A room in a workplace set aside for tea breaks, lunch breaks, snacking, etc.; a break room. TEASELS (7) [noun] Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus. | [noun] The dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, used for teasing or carding cloth. | [noun] Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth. TEASERS (7) [noun] One who teases or pokes fun. | [noun] (textile treatment) A person or thing that teases. | [noun] A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song or quote. TEASHOP (12) [noun] A shop that sells tea. | [noun] A cafe where tea is served with light (usually sweet) foods. TEASING (8) [verb] To separate the fibres of a fibrous material. | [verb] To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction. | [verb] To back-comb. TEATIME (9) [noun] The traditional time, in the late afternoon, for serving tea (the meal). TEAWARE (10) TEAZELS (16) [noun] Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus. | [noun] The dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, used for teasing or carding cloth. | [noun] Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth. TEAZLED (17) [verb] To raise the nap on cloth; to tease; to card. TEAZLES (16) [noun] Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus. | [noun] The dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, used for teasing or carding cloth. | [noun] Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth. TECHIER (12) TECHIES (12) [noun] One who works with, or has an interest in, technology or computers. | [noun] A person who works on the technical side of events. TECHILY (15) TECHNIC (14) [noun] The method of performance in any art; technique. | [noun] (in the plural) Technical terms or objects; things pertaining to the practice of an art or science. | [noun] (in the plural) The doctrine of arts in general; those branches of learning that relate to the arts. TECTITE (9) TECTRIX (16) [noun] The covert of a bird's wing TEDDERS (9) TEDDIES (9) [noun] By extension, any stuffed toy. | [noun] A type of all-in-one piece of women's underwear. | [noun] A plush toy in the shape of a bear. 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TEETHER (10) TEETHES (10) [verb] To grow teeth. | [verb] To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth. TEGMINA (10) [noun] A covering or integument, usually referring to a thin layer or membrane in an organism. | [noun] An integument such as the inner membrane of the coat of a seed. | [noun] A covering such as the thin layer of bone in the roof of the middle ear of mammals. TEGULAR (8) TEGUMEN (10) TEKTITE (11) [noun] A small, round, dark glassy object, composed of silicates, formed by the rapid cooling of meteorite fragments that hit the Earth. TELAMON (9) [noun] A figure of a man (often Atlas) used as a pillar for support. TELEDUS (8) [noun] A stink badger, a mammal endemic to the island of Java, Mydaus javanensis. TELEGAS (8) TELEMAN (9) TELEMEN (9) TELEOST (7) [noun] A fish of the taxonomic infraclass Teleostei. | [adjective] Of, or relating to the Teleostei - fish with bony skeletons. 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TENANTS (7) [noun] One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others. | [noun] One who has possession of any place. | [noun] One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership. TENCHES (12) TENDERS (8) [noun] Care, kind concern, regard. | [noun] The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry. | [verb] To make tender or delicate; to weaken. TENDING (9) [verb] (Old English law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender. | [verb] (followed by a to-infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning. | [verb] To contribute to or toward some outcome. TENDONS (8) [noun] A tough band of inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment. | [noun] A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete. TENDRIL (8) [noun] A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support. | [noun] A hair-like tentacle. | [adjective] Having the shape or properties of a tendril; thin and coiling; entwining. TENFOLD (11) [verb] To increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten | [adjective] Containing ten parts | [adjective] Ten times as much TENNERS (7) [noun] A monetary note (bill) whose face value is ten basic units of currency. Originally, a ten-shilling (half pound) note. | [noun] A kind of 10-kilowatt lamp. | [noun] A tennis shoe. TENNIES (7) [noun] Trainers, sneakers (sport shoes) TENNIST (7) TENONED (8) [verb] To make into a tenon. | [verb] To fit with tenons. | [adjective] Having one or more tenons. TENONER (7) TENOURS (7) TENPINS (9) [noun] Any of the bottle-shaped targets used in tenpin bowling. | [noun] The game of ten-pin bowling. | [noun] A game, a form of bowling, played with ten pins as the target. 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TENSIVE (10) [adjective] Of or pertaining to tension TENSORS (7) [noun] A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense. | [noun] A mathematical object that describes linear relations on scalars, vectors, matrices and other tensors, and is represented as a multidimensional array. | [noun] A norm operation on the quaternion algebra. TENTAGE (8) [noun] Accommodation in the form of a tent TENTERS (7) [noun] A framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried. | [noun] One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman. | [noun] A kind of governor, or regulating device. TENTHLY (13) TENTIER (7) TENTING (8) [verb] To go camping. | [verb] To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven. | [verb] To form into a tent-like shape. TENUITY (10) [noun] Thinness, slenderness. | [noun] Meagreness, paucity. 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TERMITE (9) [noun] A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea. | [verb] Of a chimpanzee: to catch termites by inserting a stick or vine into their nest and waiting for them to climb up it. TERMORS (9) TERNARY (10) [noun] A group of three things; a trio, threesome or tierce. | [noun] The Holy Trinity. | [adjective] Made up of three things; treble, triadic, triple, triplex. TERNATE (7) [adjective] Having three divisions (or leaflets) TERNION (7) TERPENE (9) [noun] A very large class of naturally occurring and synthetic organic compounds formally derived from the hydrocarbon isoprene; they include many volatile compounds used in perfume and food flavours, turpentine, the steroids, the carotene pigments and rubber. TERRACE (9) [noun] A platform that extends outwards from a building. | [noun] A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river. | [noun] A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses. TERRAIN (7) [noun] A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks. | [noun] An area of land or the particular features of it. TERRANE (7) [noun] A block of the Earth's crust that differs from the surrounding material, and is separated from it by faults. TERREEN (7) TERRENE (7) [noun] The Earth's surface; the earth; the ground. | [adjective] Pertaining to the earth; earthly, terrestrial, worldly, as opposed to heavenly, marine. | [noun] A broad, deep serving dish used for serving soup or stew. TERRETS (7) [noun] One of the rings on the top of the saddle of a harness, through which the reins pass. TERRIER (7) [noun] A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats, rabbits, foxes, and even otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (e.g. rat terrier). | [noun] A collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, etc. | [noun] An inventory (book or roll) in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, etc.; a terrar. | [noun] An auger or borer. TERRIES (7) [noun] A type of coarse cotton fabric covered in many small raised loops that is used to make towels, bathrobes and some types of nappy/diaper. TERRIFY (13) [verb] To frighten greatly; to fill with terror. | [verb] To menace or intimidate. | [verb] To make terrible. TERRINE (7) [noun] A dish or pan, typically used for casseroles and made out of pottery. | [noun] A pâté baked in such a dish and served cold. TERRITS (7) [noun] One of the rings on the top of the saddle of a harness, through which the reins pass. TERRORS (7) [noun] Intense dread, fright, or fear. | [noun] The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction. | [noun] Something or someone that causes such fear. TERSELY (10) TERSEST (7) [adjective] (by extension) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point. | [adjective] (by extension) Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt. | [adjective] Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce. TERTIAL (7) TERTIAN (7) [noun] A tertian fever. | [noun] The puncheon, an old wine cask, three of which made a tun. | [adjective] (of a fever) Characterised by paroxysms recurring every other day (that is, every third day by inclusive reckoning). TESSERA (7) [noun] A small square piece of stone, wood, ivory or glass used for making a mosaic. | [noun] Complex-ridged surface feature seen on plateau highlands of Venus and perhaps on Triton TESTACY (12) TESTATE (7) [noun] One who has left a valid will and testament | [adjective] Having left a legally valid last will and testament (of one who has died). | [adjective] Having a test (external calciferous shell or endoskeleton) TESTEES (7) TESTERS (7) [noun] A canopy over a bed. | [noun] Something that overhangs something else; especially a canopy or soundboard over a pulpit. | [noun] A person who administers a test. TESTIER (7) [adjective] Easily annoyed, irritable. | [adjective] Marked by impatience or ill humor. TESTIFY (13) [verb] To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath. | [verb] To make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith. TESTILY (10) TESTING (8) [verb] To challenge. | [verb] To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation. | [verb] To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try. TESTONS (7) TESTOON (7) TESTUDO (8) [noun] A shelter formed by a body of troops by holding their shields or targets close together over their heads. | [noun] A shelter of similar shape for miners, etc. | [noun] A kind of lyre; so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise. TETANAL (7) TETANIC (9) [noun] Any substance that causes tetanic spasms. | [adjective] Of or relating to tetanus | [adjective] Causing tetanus TETANUS (7) [noun] A serious and often fatal disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani, found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals. | [noun] A state of muscle tension caused by sustained contraction arising from a rapid series of nerve impulses which do not allow the muscle to relax. TETCHED (13) TETHERS (10) [noun] A rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement | [noun] A strong rope or line that connects a sailor's safety harness to the boat's jackstay | [noun] (by extension) the limit of one's abilities, resources etc. TETOTUM (9) TETRADS (8) [noun] A group of four things. | [noun] Two pairs of sister chromatids (a dyad pair) aligned in a certain way and often on the equatorial plane during the meiosis process. | [noun] A group of four haploid and immature pollen grains in tetrahedral fashion produced by meiotic microsporogenesis. TETRODE (8) [noun] A thermionic valve similar to a triode with the addition of a screen grid to protect the control grid. | [noun] A dynatron. | [noun] A dual-gate MOSFET. TETRYLS (10) TETTERS (7) [noun] Any of various pustular skin conditions. | [noun] (Regional Dixieland vernacular) Potato, or sweet potato root. TEUGHLY (14) TEXASES (14) TEXTILE (14) [noun] (usually in the plural) Any material made of interlacing fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles. | [noun] (naturism) A non-nudist. | [adjective] (naturism) Clothing compulsive. TEXTUAL (14) [adjective] Of, or pertaining to text. | [adjective] Pertaining to text messages, by analogy with sexual: textual harassment, textual intercourse; compare sexting. | [adjective] Contrast with libel TEXTURE (14) [noun] The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something. | [noun] The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts. | [noun] An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface. THACKED (17) THAIRMS (12) THALAMI (12) [noun] Either of two large, ovoid structures of grey matter within the forebrain that relay sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex. | [noun] The receptacle of a flower; a torus. | [noun] A thallus. THALERS (10) [noun] A monetary unit used in a number of central and northern European countries, known locally as daalder (Netherlands), daler (Scandinavia), Taler, Thaler (Germany), etc. | [noun] The currency of Baden from 1829 to 1837, valued at 100 Kreuzer. THALLIC (12) THALLUS (10) [noun] An undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae. | [noun] Any plant body lacking vascular tissue. THANAGE (11) [noun] The district in which a thane has jurisdiction. THANKED (15) [verb] To express gratitude or appreciation toward. | [verb] To feel gratitude or appreciation toward. | [verb] To credit or hold responsible. THANKER (14) THATCHY (18) THAWERS (13) THAWING (14) [verb] To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen | [verb] To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally. | [verb] To grow gentle or genial. THEATER (10) [noun] A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on. | [noun] A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war. | [noun] A lecture theatre. THEATRE (10) [noun] A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on. | [noun] A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war. | [noun] A lecture theatre. THECATE (12) THEELIN (10) THEELOL (10) THEGNLY (14) THEINES (10) THEISMS (12) THEISTS (10) [noun] One who believes in the existence of a god or gods. THEMING (13) [verb] To give a theme to. | [verb] To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software). THENAGE (11) THENARS (10) THEOLOG (11) THEORBO (12) [noun] A baroque, double-necked lute having an extra set of open bass strings. THEOREM (12) [noun] A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas. | [noun] A mathematical statement that is expected to be true | [noun] A syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system. THERAPY (15) [noun] Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment. | [noun] Healing power or quality. | [verb] To treat with a therapy. THEREAT (10) [adverb] There; at that place. | [adverb] At that event. THEREBY (15) [adverb] By it; by that; by that means, or as a consequence of that. THEREIN (10) [adverb] (pronominal) in that; in him/her/it THEREOF (13) [adverb] Of this, that or it. | [adverb] From that circumstance or origin; therefrom, thence. THEREON (10) [adverb] On that. THERETO (10) [adverb] To that. | [adverb] To it. THERIAC (12) [noun] A supposed universal antidote against poison, especially snake venom; specifically, one such developed in the 1st century as an improvement on mithridate. | [noun] Treacle; molasses. | [adjective] Theriacal; medicinal. THERMAE (12) [noun] Springs or baths of warm or hot water. THERMAL (12) [noun] A column of rising air in the lower atmosphere created by uneven heating of Earth's surface. | [verb] (stone) To create a rough finish on stone by treating it with a high-temperature blow-torch. | [verb] (gliding, often in the present participle) To fly an unpowered aircraft in a (thermal) column of rising air. THERMEL (12) THERMES (12) THERMIC (14) [adjective] Of, related to, or associated with heat; thermal. THERMOS (12) [noun] A bottle, flask or similar vessel having a vacuum between its inner and outer silvered walls; designed to maintain the temperature of its contents THEROID (11) [adjective] Bestial, resembling an animal. | [adjective] Of, relating to, or being the thyroid gland. | [adjective] Of, relating to, or being the chief cartilage of the larynx. THEURGY (14) [noun] A form of magic designed to allow for worship or conjuration of, or communication with spirits or deities. | [noun] A supernatural intervention in human affairs. THEWIER (13) THIAMIN (12) [noun] One of the constituents of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast and bran, that is necessary for the metabolism of carbohydrates. THIAZIN (19) THIAZOL (19) THICKEN (16) [verb] To make thicker (in the sense of wider). | [verb] To make thicker (in the sense of more viscous). | [verb] To become thicker (in the sense of wider). THICKER (16) [adjective] Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension. | [adjective] Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension. | [adjective] Heavy in build; thickset. THICKET (16) [noun] A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse. | [noun] A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract. | [noun] The collection of many small linked files created when a document is saved in HTML format by some word processors and web site creation software. THICKLY (19) [adverb] In a thick manner. THIEVED (14) [verb] To commit theft. THIEVES (13) [noun] One who carries out a theft. | [noun] One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence. | [noun] A waster in the snuff of a candle. THIGHED (15) THIMBLE (14) [noun] A pitted, now usually metal, cap for the fingers, used in sewing to push the needle. | [noun] A similarly shaped socket in machinery. | [noun] A thimbleful. THINKER (14) [noun] One who spends time thinking, contemplating or meditating. | [noun] An intellectual, such as a philosopher or theologian. THINNED (11) [verb] To make thin or thinner. | [verb] To become thin or thinner. | [verb] To dilute. THINNER (10) [adjective] Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite. | [adjective] Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions. | [adjective] Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt. THIOLIC (12) THIONIC (12) THIONIN (10) THIONYL (13) [noun] The divalent radical O=S< THIRAMS (12) THIRDLY (14) [adverb] In the third place; third in a row. THIRLED (11) THIRSTS (10) [noun] A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which spots the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane | [noun] The condition producing the sensation of thirst. | [noun] A want and eager desire (for something); a craving or longing. THIRSTY (13) [adjective] Needing to drink. | [adjective] Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink (informal). | [adjective] Craving something. THISTLE (10) [noun] Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts. | [noun] This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland. | [noun] This plant used as a charge. THISTLY (13) THITHER (13) [adjective] The farther, the other and more distant. | [adverb] To that place. | [adverb] To that point, end, or result. THOLING (11) [verb] To suffer. | [verb] To endure, to put up with, to tolerate. THONGED (12) [adjective] Having a thong or thongs. THORIAS (10) THORITE (10) THORIUM (12) [noun] A chemical element (symbol Th) with atomic number 90: a weakly radioactive, malleable, moderately hard silvery metal that tarnishes black when exposed to air. THORNED (11) THORONS (10) THORPES (12) [noun] (now chiefly in placenames) A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village. THOUGHT (14) [verb] To ponder, to go over in one's head. | [verb] To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem. | [verb] To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on). THOUING (11) THRALLS (10) [noun] One who is enslaved or under mind control. | [noun] The state of being under the control of another person. | [noun] A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. THRAVES (13) THRAWED (14) THREADS (11) [noun] A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string. | [noun] A continued theme or idea. | [noun] A screw thread. THREADY (14) [adjective] Of, resembling, or capable of forming a thread; filamentous. | [adjective] (of a pulse) weak. THREAPS (12) [noun] An altercation, quarrel, argument | [noun] An accusation or serious charge | [noun] Stubborn insistence THREATS (10) [noun] An expression of intent to injure or punish another. | [noun] An indication of potential or imminent danger. | [noun] A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace. THREEPS (12) THRIFTS (13) [noun] The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money). | [noun] A savings bank. | [noun] Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima. THRIFTY (16) [adjective] Evincing thrift; characterized by economy and good management of property; frugal. | [adjective] Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth | [adjective] Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving THRILLS (10) [noun] A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion. | [noun] A cause of sudden excitement; a kick. | [noun] A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur. THRIVED (14) [verb] To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, to flourish. | [verb] To increase in wealth or success; to prosper, be profitable. THRIVEN (13) [verb] To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, to flourish. | [verb] To increase in wealth or success; to prosper, be profitable. THRIVER (13) THRIVES (13) [verb] To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, to flourish. | [verb] To increase in wealth or success; to prosper, be profitable. THROATS (10) [noun] The front part of the neck. | [noun] The gullet or windpipe. | [noun] A narrow opening in a vessel. THROATY (13) [adjective] (of a sound) Produced in the throat; having a rough or coarse quality like a sound produced in the throat. | [adjective] (of livestock or dogs) Having a dewlap or excess skin hanging under the neck. THROMBI (14) [noun] A blood clot formed from platelets and other elements that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body. THRONED (11) [verb] To place on a royal seat; to enthrone. | [verb] To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt. | [verb] To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne. THRONES (10) [noun] An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions. | [noun] Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch. | [noun] The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope. THRONGS (11) [noun] A group of people crowded or gathered closely together. | [noun] A group of things; a host or swarm. | [verb] To crowd into a place, especially to fill it. THROUGH (14) [noun] A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend. | [adjective] Passing from one side of something to the other. | [adjective] Finished; complete. | [noun] A coffin, sarcophagus or tomb of stone; a large slab of stone laid on a tomb. THROWER (13) [noun] Someone who throws. | [noun] Something that throws. | [noun] One who throws or twists silk; a throwster. THRUMMY (17) THRUPUT (12) THRUSTS (10) [noun] An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point. | [noun] A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.) | [noun] The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine. THRUWAY (16) [noun] A broad highway fit for high-speed traffic; a thoroughfare. THUDDED (13) [verb] To make the sound of a dull impact. THUGGEE (12) [noun] A thug (member of band of assassins in India). | [noun] The murder and robbery of groups of travellers in India. THULIAS (10) THULIUM (12) [noun] A metallic chemical element (symbol Tm) with atomic number 69: a fairly soft, easily workable metal with a bright silvery-gray lustre. THUMBED (15) [verb] To touch or cover with the thumb. | [verb] (with through) To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily. | [verb] (travel) To hitchhike THUMPED (15) [verb] To hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump. | [verb] To cause to make a thumping sound. | [verb] To thud or pound. THUMPER (14) THUNDER (11) [noun] The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt. | [noun] A deep, rumbling noise resembling thunder. | [noun] An alarming or startling threat or denunciation. THUNKED (15) [verb] To strike against something, without breakage, making a "thunk" sound. | [verb] (functional programming) To delay (a computation). | [verb] To map (machine data) from one system-specific form to another. THWACKS (19) [noun] The act of thwacking; a strike or blow, especially with a flat implement. | [noun] A heavy slapping sound. | [verb] To hit with a flat implement. THWARTS (13) [noun] A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit. | [noun] A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail. | [noun] An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle. THYMIER (15) THYMINE (15) [noun] A heterocyclic base, 5-methylpyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione; it pairs with adenine in DNA. THYMOLS (15) THYROID (14) [noun] The thyroid gland. | [noun] The thyroid cartilage. | [adjective] Of, relating to, or being the thyroid gland. THYRSES (13) THYRSUS (13) [noun] A staff topped with a conical ornament, carried by Bacchus or his followers. | [noun] A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut. THYSELF (16) [pronoun] Yourself (as the object of a verb or preposition or as an intensifier); reflexive case of thou TIARAED (8) TICKERS (13) [noun] One who makes a tick mark. | [noun] A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur. | [noun] A ticker tape, either the traditional paper kind or a scrolling message on a screen. TICKETS (13) [noun] A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, etc. | [noun] A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation | [noun] A citation for a traffic violation. TICKING (14) [noun] A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses. | [verb] To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock. | [verb] To make a tick or checkmark. | [noun] A marking that occurs on some horses. It involves white flecks of hair at the flank, and white hairs at the base of the tail, called a skunk tail or rabicano. Sometimes referred to as birdcatcher ticks. TICKLED (14) [verb] To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which causes laughter, pleasure and twitching. | [verb] To unexpectedly touch or stroke delicately in a manner which causes displeasure or withdrawal. | [verb] (of a body part) To feel as if the body part in question is being tickled. TICKLER (13) [noun] One who tickles. | [noun] A person who or thing which amuses or excites. | [noun] A reminder. TICKLES (13) [noun] The act of tickling. | [noun] An itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling. | [noun] A light tap of the ball. TICTACS (11) TICTOCS (11) TIDALLY (11) TIDBITS (10) [noun] A tasty morsel (of food). | [noun] A quarter of a byte (Half of a nybble; two bits). | [noun] A short mention of news or gossip. TIDDLER (9) [noun] A small person. | [noun] A small fish, especially a stickleback. TIDERIP (10) TIDEWAY (14) [noun] A channel in which the tide sets. TIDIERS (8) TIDIEST (8) [adjective] Arranged neatly and in order. | [adjective] Not messy; neat and controlled. | [adjective] Satisfactory; comfortable. TIDINGS (9) [noun] (usually in the plural) news; new information TIDYING (12) [verb] To make tidy; to neaten. | [noun] The act or process in which things are tidied. TIEBACK (15) [noun] A loop of cloth, cord, etc., which is placed around a curtain to hold it open to one side. | [noun] A newspaper rewrite or short synopsis of the information presented in the original story. in order to refresh the memories of readers who saw the old story and to update new readers. TIELESS (7) TIEPINS (9) [noun] A tie tack, a pin or stud used to secure a tie to the shirt. TIERCED (10) [adjective] Divided into three (either vertically or horizontally) TIERCEL (9) [noun] A male hawk or falcon, used in falconry. TIERCES (9) [noun] The third hour of daylight (about 9 am). | [noun] The service appointed for this hour. | [noun] A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property. TIERING (8) TIFFANY (16) [noun] A kind of gauze, or very thin silk. TIFFING (14) TIFFINS (13) [noun] A (light) midday meal or snack; luncheon. | [noun] A container used to carry a tiffin; tiffin box, tiffin carrier, tiffin container. TIGHTEN (11) [verb] To make tighter. | [verb] To become tighter. | [verb] To make money harder to borrow or obtain. TIGHTER (11) [noun] A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer; a tightener. TIGHTLY (14) [adverb] In a tight manner. TIGLONS (8) [noun] A fertile hybrid cross between a male tiger (Panthera tigris) and a lioness (Panthera leo). TIGRESS (8) [noun] A female tiger; a she-tiger. TIGRISH (11) TILAPIA (9) [noun] Any of various edible fish, of the genus Tilapia, native to Africa and the Middle East but naturalized worldwide. TILBURY (12) [noun] A small open two-wheeled carriage. | [noun] Sixpence (formerly the fare from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort). TILINGS (8) TILLAGE (8) [noun] The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops. | [noun] Land cultivated in this way. TILLERS (7) [noun] A person who tills; a farmer. | [noun] A machine that mechanically tills the soil. | [noun] A young tree. TILLING (8) [verb] To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc.). | [verb] To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops. | [verb] To cultivate soil. | [noun] The act of one who tills. TILLITE (7) [noun] Glacial till cemented into a solid rock. TILTERS (7) TILTING (8) [verb] To slope or incline (something); to slant. | [verb] (jousting) To charge (at someone) with a lance. | [verb] To be at an angle. TIMARAU (9) TIMBALE (11) [noun] A drum-shaped mould used to cook food. | [noun] An individual serving of food so cooked. TIMBALS (11) [noun] A kettledrum. TIMBERS (11) [noun] Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood. | [noun] (outside North America) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction. | [noun] A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof. TIMBRAL (11) TIMBREL (11) [noun] An ancient percussion instrument rather like a simple tambourine. | [verb] To play the timbrel. | [verb] To accompany with the sound of the timbrel. TIMBRES (11) [noun] The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume. | [noun] The pitch of a sound as heard by the ear, described relative to its absolute pitch. | [noun] The crest on a coat of arms. TIMEOUS (9) [adjective] In sufficient time; timely TIMEOUT (9) [noun] A short break in the action of a sport, for substitution, consultation, etc. | [noun] A break from a tense, heated or stressful situation (often enforced, sometimes as a disciplinary measure); a cooling-off period. | [noun] (communication) The intentional ending of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally. TIMIDER (10) [adjective] Lacking in courage or confidence. TIMIDLY (13) [adverb] In a timid manner. TIMINGS (10) [noun] An occurrence or event. | [noun] The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events. | [noun] The time when something happens. TIMOLOL (9) [noun] A synthetic compound which acts as a beta blocker and is used to treat hypertension, migraine, and glaucoma. TIMOTHY (15) [noun] Phleum pratense, timothy-grass, native to Europe, but introduced widely and naturalized in US. | [noun] Phleum alpinum, mountain timothy, native to North America. | [noun] Other species of genus Phleum. TIMPANA (11) TIMPANI (11) [noun] The set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra. TIMPANO (11) TINAMOU (9) [noun] Any of the birds belonging to the South American family Tinamidae, the only family in the order Tinamiformes. They are related to the ratites, together with which they form the superorder Paleognathae. TINCALS (9) TINCTED (10) TINDERS (8) [noun] Small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire. | [verb] To set fire to; torch. TINDERY (11) TINEIDS (8) TINFOIL (10) [noun] A thin, pliable sheet of tin or an alloy of tin and lead, used as a protective wrapping. | [noun] Aluminium foil | [verb] To cover in tinfoil. TINFULS (10) TINGING (9) [verb] To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing. | [verb] To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing. | [verb] To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing. | [verb] To make a high sharp sound like a small bell being struck. TINGLED (9) [verb] To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation. | [verb] To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation. | [verb] To ring, to tinkle. TINGLER (8) TINGLES (8) [noun] A prickling or mildly stinging sensation. | [verb] To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation. | [verb] To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation. TINHORN (10) [noun] A contemptible or pretentious person, especially one who gambles for low stakes. | [adjective] Cheap, inferior; pretentious. TINIEST (7) [adjective] Very small. TINKERS (11) [noun] An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal. | [noun] A member of the Irish Traveller community. A gypsy. | [noun] (usually with "little") A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster. TINKLED (12) [verb] To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell. | [verb] To cause to tinkle. | [verb] To indicate, signal, etc. by tinkling. TINKLER (11) TINKLES (11) [noun] A light metallic sound, resembling the tinkling of bells or wind chimes. | [noun] A telephone call. | [noun] An act of urination. TINLIKE (11) TINNERS (7) [noun] A tinsmith. | [noun] A worker in a tin mine. TINNIER (7) [adjective] Of or pertaining to or resembling tin. | [adjective] Pertaining to the thinness and cheapness of tin or similar-looking metals, in contrast to a heavier, more valuable metal. | [adjective] Pertaining to a thin, unpleasant sound recalling that of tin being rapped. TINNILY (10) TINNING (8) [verb] To place into a tin in order to preserve. | [verb] To cover with tin. | [verb] To coat with solder in preparation for soldering. TINSELS (7) TINTERS (7) TINTING (8) [verb] To shade, to color. | [noun] The application of a tint or shade of color. TINTYPE (12) [noun] An early, remarkably durable form of photograph (technically a photographic negative), printed on a tin plate, then varnished. TINWARE (10) [noun] Household items such as utensils, pots, and pans made from tin, generally before the development of metals with other benefits. TINWORK (14) TIPCART (11) TIPCATS (11) [noun] An old game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, to make it travel through the air as far as possible. | [noun] The wooden piece used in this game. TIPLESS (9) TIPOFFS (15) [noun] An obvious clue or indication. | [noun] A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority. TIPPERS (11) [noun] Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity. | [noun] A small moustache. | [noun] A goods vehicle with a tippable body, used for carrying loose materials such as gravel or rubble; a tipper truck or lorry. TIPPETS (11) [noun] A shoulder covering, typically the fur of a fox, with long ends that dangle in front. | [noun] A stole worn by Anglican ministers or other clergymen. | [noun] A length of twisted hair or gut in a fishing line. TIPPIER (11) TIPPING (12) [verb] To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of. | [verb] (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn. | [verb] (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced. TIPPLED (12) [verb] To sell alcoholic liquor by retail. | [verb] To drink too much alcohol. | [verb] To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess. TIPPLER (11) [noun] (Webster 1913) A seller of alcoholic liquors; keeper of a tippling-house. | [noun] A habitual drinker; a bibber. | [noun] A breed of domestic pigeon bred to participate in endurance competitions. TIPPLES (11) [noun] An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal. | [noun] An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done. | [noun] Any alcoholic drink. TIPSIER (9) [adjective] Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages | [adjective] (metonymy) unsteady, askew TIPSILY (12) TIPSTER (9) [noun] A person who provides tips or advice to others, for example on the form of racehorses or the stock market. | [noun] One who provides tips or hints on how to succeed at a game. TIPTOED (10) [verb] To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground. TIPTOES (9) [verb] To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground. | [noun] The tips of the toes. TIPTOPS (11) [noun] The very topmost point. | [noun] The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything. TIRADES (8) [noun] A long, angry or violent speech; a diatribe. | [noun] A section of verse concerning a single theme; a laisse. | [verb] To make a long, angry or violent speech, a tirade. TIREDER (8) TIREDLY (11) TIRLING (8) TISANES (7) [noun] A medicinal drink, originally made from barley soaked in water. TISSUAL (7) TISSUED (8) TISSUES (7) [noun] Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric. | [noun] A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures. | [noun] A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief. TISSUEY (10) [adjective] Tissuelike. TITANIA (7) TITANIC (9) [adjective] Having great size, or great strength, force or power. | [adjective] Of or relating to titanium, especially tetravalent titanium TITBITS (9) [noun] A tasty morsel (of food). | [noun] A quarter of a byte (Half of a nybble; two bits). | [noun] A short mention of news or gossip. TITFERS (10) [noun] A hat. TITHERS (10) TITHING (11) [verb] To give one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly: | [verb] To take one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly: | [verb] To compose the tenth part of something. | [noun] A reward, grant, or concession. TITIANS (7) TITLARK (11) [noun] Anthus pratensis, the meadow pipit, a songbird. TITLING (8) [verb] To assign a title to; to entitle. | [noun] The act of giving something a title, or of impressing the title on the back of a book. | [noun] A legal right to a property; holding a title. | [noun] The hedge sparrow, dunnock, titlene, Prunella modularis. TITLIST (7) [noun] The holder of a title in a competitive sport; a champion TITMICE (11) [noun] Any small passerine bird of the family Paridae, which are found in the woods of the Northern Hemisphere and of Africa. TITRANT (7) TITRATE (7) [verb] To ascertain the amount of a constituent in a solution (or other mixture) by measuring the volume of a known concentration (the "standard solution") needed to complete a reaction. | [verb] To adjust the amount of a drug consumed until the desired effects are achieved. TITTERS (7) [noun] A nervous or somewhat repressed giggle. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast. TITTIES (7) [noun] A breast | [noun] A nipple | [noun] A kitten TITTLES (7) TITTUPS (9) [noun] A caper, or canter. TITULAR (7) [noun] One who holds a title. | [noun] The person from whom a church takes its special name; distinguished from a patron, who must be canonized or an angel. | [adjective] Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title. TIZZIES (25) [noun] A state of nervous excitement, confusion, or distress; a dither. | [noun] A sixpence; a tester. TOADIED (9) [verb] (construed with to) To behave like a toady (to someone). TOADIES (8) [noun] A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage or an obsequious lackey or minion | [noun] A coarse, rustic woman. | [verb] (construed with to) To behave like a toady (to someone). TOADISH (11) TOASTED (8) [verb] To lightly cook by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source. | [verb] To grill, lightly cook by browning specifically under a grill or in a toaster | [verb] To engage in a salutation and/or accompanying raising of glasses while drinking alcohol in honor of someone or something. TOASTER (7) [noun] One who toasts (cooks lightly by browning). | [noun] One who toasts (engages in salute while drinking alcohol). | [noun] A toasting fork. TOBACCO (13) [noun] Any plant of the genus Nicotiana. | [noun] Leaves of Nicotiana tabacum and some other species cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing. | [noun] A variety of tobacco. TOCCATA (11) [noun] A piece of music (usually for a keyboard instrument) designed to emphasise the dexterity of the performer. TOCCATE (11) TOCHERS (12) [noun] A dowry. TOCSINS (9) [noun] An alarm or other signal sounded by a bell or bells, originally especially with reference to France. | [noun] A bell used to sound an alarm. TODDIES (9) [noun] A drink made from alcoholic liquor mixed with sugar, spice and hot water. | [noun] The sweet sap from any of several tropical trees fermented to make an alcoholic drink. TODDLED (10) [verb] To walk unsteadily, as a small child does. | [verb] To walk in a carefree manner. TODDLER (9) [noun] A young child who has started walking but not fully mastered it, typically between one and three years old. TODDLES (9) [verb] To walk unsteadily, as a small child does. | [verb] To walk in a carefree manner. TOECAPS (11) [noun] A piece of leather or other material on a shoe or boot that covers the toes. TOEHOLD (11) [noun] A foothold small enough to support just the toe. | [noun] (by extension) Any small advantage which allows one to make significant progress; a slight footing or foothold. | [noun] A hold in which the aggressor bends back the opponent's foot. TOELESS (7) TOELIKE (11) TOENAIL (7) [noun] The thin, horny, transparent plate covering the upper surface of the end of a toe. | [verb] To fasten two pieces of lumber together by applying nails or screws into both boards at an angle. TOESHOE (10) TOFFEES (13) [noun] A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard | [noun] A small, individual piece of toffee | [noun] Any kind of sweets; candy TOFFIES (13) TOGATED (9) TOGGERY (12) [noun] Clothing, togs. | [noun] A clothing shop. TOGGING (10) [verb] To dress (often with up or out). TOGGLED (10) [verb] To alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever. | [verb] To switch between alternate states. | [verb] To fix like a toggle iron; to fix fast. TOGGLER (9) TOGGLES (9) [noun] A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat. | [noun] (in particular) A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric. | [noun] A toggle switch. TOILERS (7) TOILETS (7) [noun] A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room. | [noun] The table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table. | [noun] Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair. TOILFUL (10) TOILING (8) [verb] To labour; work. | [verb] To struggle. | [verb] To work (something); often with out. TOITING (8) TOKAMAK (17) [noun] A torus-shaped chamber used in nuclear fusion research in which a plasma is magnetically confined. TOKENED (12) TOKOMAK (17) TOLANES (7) TOLEDOS (8) TOLIDIN (8) TOLLAGE (8) TOLLBAR (9) TOLLERS (7) TOLLING (8) [verb] To impose a fee for the use of. | [verb] To levy a toll on (someone or something). | [verb] To take as a toll. TOLLMAN (9) TOLLMEN (9) TOLLWAY (13) [noun] A toll road or toll highway, where a fee is charged in order to travel on it; a turnpike. TOLUATE (7) TOLUENE (7) [noun] A colourless, inflammable liquid hydrocarbon, methylbenzene, CH3.C6H5, used as a solvent, in high-octane fuels and in the production of many chemical compounds. TOLUIDE (8) TOLUIDS (8) TOLUOLE (7) TOLUOLS (7) TOLUYLS (10) TOMBACK (17) TOMBACS (13) TOMBAKS (15) TOMBING (12) TOMBOLA (11) [noun] A lottery in which winning tickets are drawn from a revolving drum. TOMBOLO (11) [noun] A spit of sand linking an island to the mainland (or to another island), formed by longshore drift. TOMBOYS (14) [noun] A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner. | [noun] A lesbian. TOMCATS (11) [noun] A tom, a male cat. TOMCODS (12) [noun] A species of edible cod found in the Atlantic, Microgadus tomcod. | [noun] Microgadus proximus, found in the Pacific. | [noun] A kingfish. TOMENTA (9) [noun] A mass of filamentous hairs on the leaf of a plant. | [noun] A covering of fine, soft hairs; a pubescence. | [noun] A network of fine blood vessels between the pia mater and the cerebral cortex. TOMFOOL (12) [noun] A silly or stupid person, especially a boy or man. | [noun] Any of various tyrant flycatchers viewed as foolishly confiding. | [verb] To act foolishly. TOMMIES (11) [verb] To pay (employees) according to the truck system, with goods instead of money. TOMMING (12) [verb] (of a black person) To act in an obsequiously servile manner toward white authority. | [verb] To dig out a hole below the hatch cover of a bulker and fill it with cargo or weights to aid stability. TOMPION (11) [noun] A wooden plug, or a metal or canvas cover for the muzzle of a gun, a cannon or other piece of ordnance when not in use; a stopper; a bung. | [noun] A plug for the upper end of an organ pipe. TOMTITS (9) [noun] Petroica macrocephala, the miromiro or New Zealand tit, a bird of the Petroicidae (Australasian robin) family. TONALLY (10) TONEARM (9) [noun] The pivoting bar that holds the pickup of a record player and conducts the resulting signal to the amplifier. TONEMES (9) [noun] A phoneme in a language that uses different tones for different meanings. TONEMIC (11) TONETIC (9) TONETTE (7) TONGERS (8) TONGING (9) [verb] To use tongs. | [verb] To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs. | [noun] The action of seizing, grabbing, holding, or manipulating a given object with tongs. TONGMAN (10) TONGMEN (10) TONGUED (9) [verb] On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive). | [verb] To manipulate with the tongue, as in kissing or oral sex. | [verb] To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections. TONGUES (8) [noun] The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech. | [noun] This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows).− | [noun] (metonym) A language. TONIEST (7) [adjective] Stylish, high-toned, upscale. TONIGHT (11) [noun] The nighttime of the current day or date; this night. | [adverb] During the night following the current day. | [adverb] Last night. TONLETS (7) TONNAGE (8) [noun] The number of tons of water that a floating ship displaces. | [noun] The capacity of a ship's hold etc in units of 100 cubic feet. | [noun] The number of tons of bombs dropped in a particular region over a particular period of time. TONNEAU (7) [noun] The rear body or compartment of some types of motor vehicle, especially one containing seats for passengers. | [noun] An old-style open passenger vehicle with a tonneau (rear compartment with seats). | [noun] A protective covering which may be secured over the exposed portion of a motor vehicle, such as the seating area of an open sports car or the back of a pickup truck. TONNERS (7) TONNISH (10) TONSILS (7) [noun] Either of a pair of small masses of lymphoid tissue that lie on each side of the throat and that help protect the body against infection; palatine tonsil. | [noun] Any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues, including palatine tonsils, adenoids and lingual tonsils. | [noun] The uvula. TONSURE (7) [noun] A ritual shaving of this kind. | [noun] The bald patch resulting from being tonsured. | [verb] To shave the crown of the head as a sign of humility and religious vocation. TONTINE (7) [noun] A form of investment in which, on the death of an investor, his share is divided amongst the other investors. TONUSES (7) TOOLBOX (16) [noun] A storage case for tools. | [noun] A set of pre-existing routines for use in writing new programs. | [noun] Dumbass or idiot. TOOLERS (7) TOOLING (8) [verb] To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather. | [verb] To equip with tools. | [verb] To work very hard. TOOTERS (7) TOOTHED (11) TOOTING (8) [verb] To stand out, or be prominent. | [verb] To peep; to look narrowly. | [verb] To see; to spy. TOOTLED (8) [verb] To make a soft toot sound. | [verb] To play (a musical instrument) making such a sound. | [verb] To go (somewhere); to amble aimlessly. TOOTLER (7) TOOTLES (7) [noun] A soft toot sound. | [noun] A trip or excursion. | [verb] To make a soft toot sound. TOOTSES (7) TOOTSIE (7) [noun] A young woman | [noun] A toe TOPAZES (18) [noun] A silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine, usually tinted by impurities. | [noun] An often clear, yellowish-brown gemstone cut from this. | [noun] A yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone. TOPCOAT (11) [noun] A light overcoat. | [noun] A layer of paint or varnish etc. applied after the undercoat. | [verb] To apply a topcoat to. TOPFULL (12) TOPIARY (12) [noun] Art or practice of trimming shrubs or trees in artistic or ornamental shapes, e.g. of animals. | [noun] A garden decorated with such art. | [noun] One such shrub or tree. TOPICAL (11) [noun] A topical anaesthetic. | [adjective] Relating to a particular topic or subject. | [adjective] Relating to a topic or subject of current interest. TOPKICK (19) TOPKNOT (13) [noun] A decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head, sometimes having ribbons or feathers. | [noun] A decorative headdress. | [noun] A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird. TOPLESS (9) [noun] A convertible car having the top retracted or otherwise open. | [adjective] Lacking a top. | [adjective] Very high, towering. TOPLINE (9) [noun] The upper curvature of a horse's or dog's withers, back, and loin. | [noun] Principal billing. | [verb] To bill (a performer) as the primary entertainer in a production. TOPMAST (11) [noun] The highest mast in a fore-and-aft-rigged ship. | [noun] The mast below the topgallant mast in a square-rigged ship. TOPMOST (11) [adjective] At or nearest to the top; uppermost; being the very highest. TOPONYM (14) [noun] A placename. | [noun] A word derived from the name of a place. | [noun] The technical designation of any region of an animal. TOPPERS (11) [noun] Something that is on top. | [noun] A top hat. | [noun] Something that exceeds those previous in a series, as a joke or prank. TOPPING (12) [verb] To cover on the top or with a top. | [verb] To cut or remove the top (as of a tree) | [verb] To excel, to surpass, to beat. TOPPLED (12) [verb] To push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something | [verb] To totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so TOPPLES (11) [verb] To push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something | [verb] To totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so TOPSAIL (9) [noun] A sail or either of the two sails rigged just above the course sail and supported by the topmast on a square-rigged sailing ship. | [noun] In a fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat, the sail that is set above the gaff at the top part of the mast. TOPSIDE (10) [noun] The side or part of something that is at the top. | [noun] The surface of a ship’s hull that is above the water line. | [noun] The structure and assembly of modules above the jacket or gravity base sub structure. TOPSOIL (9) [noun] The most fertile soil, easiest to start new plants in. TOPSPIN (11) [noun] A rotational motion, especially that given to a ball, in which the upper surface spins in the direction of motion. | [noun] An edgy, quirky or otherwise engaging quality that holds the interest of the audience. | [verb] To spin (a ball) with this motion. TOPWORK (16) TOQUETS (16) TORCHED (13) [verb] To set fire to, especially by use of a torch (flaming stick). TORCHES (12) [noun] A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material. | [noun] A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight. | [noun] An arsonist. TORCHON (12) [noun] A coarse, loose-textured bobbin lace TOREROS (7) [noun] A bullfighter TORMENT (9) [noun] A catapult or other kind of war-engine. | [noun] Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture. | [noun] Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental. TORNADO (8) [noun] A violent windstorm characterized by a mobile, twisting, funnel-shaped cloud. TOROIDS (8) [noun] A surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane. | [noun] A ring-shaped object whose surface is a torus. TORPEDO (10) [noun] An electric ray of the genus Torpedo. | [noun] A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon. | [noun] A submarine sandwich. TORPIDS (10) TORPORS (9) TORQUED (17) [verb] To twist or turn something. | [adjective] Upset; angry. TORQUER (16) TORQUES (16) [noun] A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton metre or Nm; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy) | [verb] To twist or turn something. | [noun] A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples. TORREFY (13) [verb] To subject to intense heat; to parch, to roast. TORRENT (7) [noun] A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice. | [noun] A large amount or stream of something. | [adjective] Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream. | [noun] (file sharing) A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent. TORRIFY (13) TORSADE (8) [noun] A decoration, especially on hats, made from twisted ribbon | [noun] Torsade de pointes TORSION (7) [noun] The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction. | [noun] That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material, returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility. | [noun] The stopping of arterial haemorrhage in certain cases, by twisting the cut end of the artery. TORTILE (7) TORTONI (7) TORTRIX (14) [noun] A tortrix moth, any member of the family Tortricidae TORTURE (7) [noun] Intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony | [noun] The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships | [noun] (often as "absolute torture") stage fright, severe embarrassment TORULAE (7) [noun] Any of a group of fungi, Candida utilis, related to the yeasts, sometimes used in processed food. | [noun] A small torus. TORULAS (7) TOSSERS (7) [noun] One who tosses or throws something. | [noun] A male who masturbates. | [noun] An objectionable male, often somewhat obnoxious in demeanour. TOSSING (8) [verb] To throw with an initial upward direction. | [verb] To lift with a sudden or violent motion. | [verb] To agitate; to make restless. TOSSPOT (9) [noun] A drunkard, one who drinks alcohol frequently. | [noun] A fool, prat; an idiot. TOSSUPS (9) [noun] A decision in which neither choice is clearly favorable or unfavorable, or for which the outcome does not matter. | [noun] Either of two outcomes that are equally likely. | [noun] The toss of a coin used to decide some issue. TOSTADA (8) [noun] (often in the plural) A flat tortilla that has been fried or toasted, or a dish based on this. Usually associated with the cuisine of Latin America. | [noun] (southern California) A bowl-shaped tortilla that has been fried and filled with various ingredients. TOSTADO (8) [noun] Toasted corn kernels, eaten as a snack. | [noun] (Southwest) Toast | [noun] A fried corn tortilla; tostada. TOTABLE (9) TOTALED (8) [verb] To add up; to calculate the sum of. | [verb] To equal a total of; to amount to. | [verb] To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss) TOTALLY (10) [adverb] To the fullest extent or degree. | [adverb] (degree) Very; extremely. | [adverb] (modal) Definitely; for sure. TOTEMIC (11) [adjective] Serving as, or relating to, a totem. TOTTERS (7) [noun] An unsteady movement or gait. | [noun] A rag and bone man. | [verb] To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall. TOTTERY (10) TOTTING (8) [verb] To sum or total. | [verb] To mark (a debt) with the word tot (Latin for "so much"), indicating that it was good or collectible for the amount specified. | [noun] The act of totting or adding up; an addition. TOUCANS (9) [noun] Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak. TOUCHED (13) [adjective] Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by). | [adjective] Slightly mentally deficient; touched in the head. TOUCHER (12) [noun] One who touches. | [noun] (bowls) A ball lying in contact with the jack. | [noun] A toucha; one who tries to get something out of others for nothing in return. TOUCHES (12) TOUCHUP (14) [noun] A slight correction or adjustment. TOUGHED (12) [verb] To endure. | [verb] To toughen. TOUGHEN (11) [verb] To make tough. | [verb] To become tough. TOUGHER (11) [adjective] Strong and resilient; sturdy. | [adjective] (of food) Difficult to cut or chew. | [adjective] Rugged or physically hardy. TOUGHIE (11) [noun] Something that is tough, or difficult. TOUGHLY (14) TOUPEES (9) [noun] A wig of false hair worn to cover a bald spot, especially as worn by a man. | [noun] A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair. | [noun] A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig. TOURACO (9) [noun] Any of the birds in the Musophagidae family with vivid colouring and prominent crest. TOURERS (7) [noun] An open-top or soft-top motor car suitable for touring. | [noun] A touring bicycle. TOURING (8) [verb] To make a journey | [verb] To make a circuit of a place | [verb] To toot a horn. TOURISM (9) [noun] The act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home. | [noun] The industry in which such travels and sightseeing are organized. | [noun] Collectively, the tourists visiting a place or landmark. TOURIST (7) [noun] Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business. | [noun] One who visits a place or attends a social event out of curiosity, wanting to watch without commitment or involvement. | [noun] A member of the visiting team in a match. TOURNEY (10) [noun] Tournament. | [verb] To take part in a tournament. TOUSING (8) TOUSLED (8) [verb] To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse; to muss. | [adjective] (of hair etc) Unkempt, dishevelled or in disarray. TOUSLES (7) [verb] To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse; to muss. TOUTERS (7) TOUTING (8) [verb] To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote. | [verb] To look upon or watch. | [verb] To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.). TOUZLED (17) TOUZLES (16) TOWAGES (11) TOWARDS (11) [preposition] In the direction of. | [preposition] In relation to (someone or something). | [preposition] For the purpose of attaining (an aim). TOWAWAY (16) TOWBOAT (12) TOWELED (11) [verb] To hit with a towel. | [verb] To dry by using a towel. | [verb] To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug. TOWERED (11) [verb] To be very tall. | [verb] To be high or lofty; to soar. | [verb] To soar into. TOWHEAD (14) [noun] A blond person whose very pale, almost white hair resembles tow; the hair of such a person. | [noun] An alluvial deposit in a river, such as a sandbar, or a small island formed from silt, often permanent enough to have vegetation. TOWHEES (13) [noun] Any of several species of birds of the genera Pipilo and Melozone. TOWLINE (10) [noun] A line or rope used for towing a vehicle. TOWMOND (13) TOWMONT (12) TOWNEES (10) [noun] A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university. | [noun] A person born and raised in an area of Massachusetts who is proud of his or her Irish-American community, culture, and heritage. | [noun] A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area. Especially, one who is perceived not to have adopted rural ways. TOWNIES (10) [noun] A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university. | [noun] A person born and raised in an area of Massachusetts who is proud of his or her Irish-American community, culture, and heritage. | [noun] A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area. Especially, one who is perceived not to have adopted rural ways. TOWNISH (13) TOWNLET (10) TOWPATH (15) [noun] A path alongside a canal or river, originally for horses towing barges, now more often used as a footpath TOWROPE (12) [noun] A rope or cable used for towing heavy objects. TOXEMIA (16) [noun] Blood poisoning; adverse reaction to toxic byproducts of systemic infection. TOXEMIC (18) TOXICAL (16) TOXINES (14) TOXOIDS (15) [noun] A toxin that has had its toxic properties removed, but retains its ability to generate an immune response. TOYLESS (10) TOYLIKE (14) TOYSHOP (15) [noun] A shop that sells toys TRACERS (9) [noun] A compound, element, or isotope used to track the progress or history of a natural process. | [noun] A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark. | [noun] The act or state of tracking or investigating something. TRACERY (12) [noun] Bars or ribs, usually of stone or wood, or other material, that subdivide an opening or stand in relief against a door or wall as an ornamental feature. | [noun] A delicate interlacing of lines reminiscent of the architectural ornament. TRACHEA (12) [noun] A thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi; the windpipe. | [noun] Xylem vessel. | [noun] One of the cuticle-lined primary tubes in the respiratory system of an insect, which extend throughout its body. TRACHLE (12) TRACING (10) [verb] To follow the trail of. | [verb] To follow the history of. | [verb] To draw or sketch lightly or with care. TRACKED (14) [verb] To continue over time. | [verb] To follow the tracks of. | [verb] To make tracks on. TRACKER (13) [noun] Agent noun of track; one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game. | [noun] In an organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling. | [noun] A type of computer software for composing music by aligning samples on parallel timelines. TRACTOR (9) [noun] A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields. | [noun] A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer. | [noun] Any piece of machinery that pulls something. TRADERS (8) [noun] One who earns a living by trading goods or securities. TRADING (9) [verb] To engage in trade. | [verb] To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions. | [verb] To give (something) in exchange for. TRADUCE (10) [verb] To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements. | [verb] To pass on (to one's children, future generations etc.); to transmit. | [verb] To pass into another form of expression; to rephrase, to translate. TRAFFIC (15) [noun] Pedestrians or vehicles on roads, or the flux or passage thereof. | [noun] Commercial transportation or exchange of goods, or the movement of passengers or people. | [noun] Illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs. TRAGEDY (12) [noun] A drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character. | [noun] The genre of such works, and the art of producing them. | [noun] A disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury. TRAGICS (10) [noun] An obsessive fan, a superfan | [noun] A writer of tragedy. | [noun] A tragedy; a tragic drama. TRAIKED (12) TRAILED (8) [verb] To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something). | [verb] To drag (something) behind on the ground. | [verb] To leave (a trail of). TRAILER (7) [noun] Someone who or something that trails. | [noun] Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object. | [noun] An unpowered wheeled vehicle, not a caravan or camper, that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc, that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle. TRAINED (8) [verb] To practice an ability. | [verb] To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone). | [verb] To improve one's fitness. TRAINEE (7) [noun] Someone who is still in the process of being formally trained in a workplace. TRAINER (7) [noun] A person who trains another; a coach. | [noun] A person responsible for treating injuries sustained by players during matches; a physiotherapist. | [noun] A running shoe or sneaker. TRAIPSE (9) [noun] A long or tiring walk. | [verb] To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt. | [verb] To walk about, especially when expending much effort, or unnecessary effort. TRAITOR (7) [noun] Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays their country; someone guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers their country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place entrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished | [noun] Someone who takes arms and levies war against their country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country. | [noun] Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust. TRAJECT (16) TRAMCAR (11) [noun] A streetcar. | [noun] A rail vehicle for carrying loads in a mine; a tram. TRAMELL (9) TRAMELS (9) TRAMMED (12) TRAMMEL (11) [noun] Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle. | [noun] A fishing net that has large mesh at the edges and smaller mesh in the middle | [noun] A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey. TRAMPED (12) [verb] To walk with heavy footsteps. | [verb] To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain). | [verb] To hitchhike. TRAMPER (11) [noun] One who tramps. | [noun] A recreational hiker. | [noun] A mechanism which pounds material into a more compact form for further processing; found for example in cotton gins and trash processors. TRAMPLE (11) [noun] A heavy stepping. | [noun] The sound of heavy footsteps. | [verb] To crush something by walking on it. TRAMWAY (15) [noun] The track on which a tram (streetcar) runs. | [noun] The system of cables that supports a cable car. TRANCED (10) [adjective] Held as if in a trance; captivated. TRANCES (9) [noun] A dazed or unconscious condition. | [noun] A state of awareness, concentration, and/or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being). | [noun] A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis. TRANCHE (12) [noun] A slice, section or portion. | [noun] A distinct subdivision of a single policyholder's benefits, typically relating to separate premium increments. | [noun] A pension scheme's or scheme member's benefits relating to distinct accrual periods with different rules. TRANGAM (10) TRANSIT (7) [noun] The act of passing over, across, or through something. | [noun] The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance. | [noun] The passage of a celestial body across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body. TRANSOM (9) [noun] A crosspiece over a door; a lintel. | [noun] A horizontal dividing bar in a window. | [noun] A transom window. TRAPANS (9) TRAPEZE (18) [noun] A trapezium. | [noun] A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; — used by gymnasts. | [noun] The trapezium bone. TRAPPED (12) [verb] To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap. | [verb] To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap. | [verb] To provide with a trap. TRAPPER (11) [noun] One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs. | [noun] A child who opens and shuts a trapdoor in a gallery or level. | [noun] An ornamental covering for a horse. See trapping and caparison. TRASHED (11) [verb] To discard. | [verb] To make into a mess. | [verb] To beat soundly in a game. TRASHES (10) [noun] Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse. | [noun] A container into which things are discarded. | [noun] Something worthless or of poor quality. TRASSES (7) TRAUMAS (9) [noun] Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident. | [noun] An emotional wound leading to psychological injury. | [noun] An event that causes great distress. TRAVAIL (10) [noun] Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship. | [noun] Specifically, the labor of childbirth. | [noun] An act of working; labor (US), labour (British). | [verb] To toil. TRAVELS (10) [noun] The act of traveling; passage from place to place. | [noun] (in the plural) A series of journeys. | [noun] (in the plural) An account of one's travels. TRAVOIS (10) [noun] A traditional North American Indian sled-like vehicle, pulled by person, dog, or horse. TRAWLED (11) [verb] To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl. | [verb] To fish from a slow-moving boat. | [verb] To make an exhaustive search for something within a defined area. TRAWLER (10) [noun] A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish. | [noun] A fisherman who uses a trawl net. TRAWLEY (13) TRAYFUL (13) TREACLE (9) [noun] A syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup. | [noun] Cloying sentimental speech. | [noun] Sweetheart (from treacle tart). TREACLY (12) [adjective] (of a liquid) thick and sticky | [adjective] Consisting of treacle, or cloying sentimental speech TREADED (9) [verb] To step or walk (on or over something); to trample. | [verb] To step or walk upon. | [verb] To beat or press with the feet. TREADER (8) TREADLE (8) [noun] A foot-operated pedal or lever that generates motion. | [noun] Chalaza. | [verb] To use a treadle. TREASON (7) [noun] The crime of betraying one’s own country. | [noun] An act of treachery, betrayal of trust or confidence. TREATED (8) [verb] To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with). | [verb] To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion. | [verb] To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking. TREATER (7) TREBLED (10) [verb] To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount. | [verb] To become multiplied by three or increased threefold. | [verb] To make a shrill or high-pitched noise. TREBLES (9) [noun] The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition. | [noun] A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano. | [noun] The highest tuned in a ring of bells. TREDDLE (9) TREEING (8) [verb] To chase (an animal or person) up a tree. | [verb] To place in a tree. | [verb] To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree. TREETOP (9) [noun] The crown or uppermost branches of a tree TREFOIL (10) [noun] Any of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves; especially one of the genus Trifolium. | [noun] A symbol having the shape of such leaves, especially when used as an architectural ornament. | [noun] A knot formed by joining the two loose ends of a overhand knot to form a knotted loop; the simplest non-trivial knot. TREHALA (10) TREKKED (16) [verb] To make a slow or arduous journey. | [verb] To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas. | [verb] To travel by ox wagon. TREKKER (15) [noun] One who treks; thus, a hiker. | [noun] (World War II) A person who spent the night in a rural area, rather than his home, during bombing raids. TRELLIS (7) [noun] An outdoor garden frame that can be used for partitioning a common area. | [noun] An outdoor garden frame that can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants. | [noun] A kind of graph, used in communication theory and encryption, whose nodes are ordered into vertical slices by time, with each node at each time connected to at least one node at an earlier and at least one node at a later time. TREMBLE (11) [noun] A shake, quiver, or vibration. | [verb] To shake, quiver, or vibrate. | [verb] To fear; to be afraid. TREMBLY (14) [adjective] In a trembling or shaking state TREMOLO (9) [noun] A rapid repetition of the same note, or an alternation between two or more notes. It can also be intended to mean a rapid and repetitive variation in pitch for the duration of a note. It is notated by a strong diagonal bar across the note stem, or a detached bar for a set of notes (or stemless notes). | [noun] A variation in the volume of a note or a chord, evoking a tremor or quiver. | [noun] The device in an organ that produces a tremolo effect. TREMORS (9) [noun] A shake, quiver, or vibration. | [noun] An earthquake. | [verb] To shake or quiver excessively and rapidly or involuntarily; to tremble. TRENAIL (7) [noun] A wooden peg or pin used as a fastener. TRENDED (9) [verb] To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend. | [verb] To cause to turn; to bend. | [verb] To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting. TREPANG (10) [noun] An echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, with an elongated body and leathery skin. TREPANS (9) [noun] A tool used to bore through rock when sinking shafts. | [noun] A surgical instrument used to remove a circular section of bone from the skull; a trephine. | [noun] A trickster. TRESSED (8) [adjective] Having tresses. | [adjective] Formed into ringlets or braided. TRESSEL (7) TRESSES (7) [noun] A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet. | [noun] A long lock of hair | [noun] (by extension) A knot or festoon, as of flowers. TRESTLE (7) [noun] A horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs, such as sawhorses. | [noun] A folding or fixed set of legs used to support a tabletop or planks. | [noun] A framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge. TREVETS (10) TRIABLE (9) [adjective] Capable of being tried. TRIACID (10) TRIADIC (10) [adjective] Of or relating to a triad | [adjective] Trivalent | [adjective] Describing interpreting that involves three parties, i.e., the two clients and the interpreter TRIAGED (9) [verb] To assess or sort according to quality or some other aspect. TRIAGES (8) [noun] Assessment or sorting according to quality. | [noun] The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury). | [noun] (by extension) The process of prioritizing bugs to be fixed. TRIAZIN (16) TRIBADE (10) [noun] A woman who engages in sexual activity with another woman; a lesbian. TRIBUNE (9) [noun] An elected official in Ancient Rome. | [noun] A protector of the people. | [noun] The domed or vaulted apse in a Christian church that houses the bishop's throne. TRIBUTE (9) [noun] An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift. | [noun] A payment made by one nation to another in submission. | [noun] Extortion; protection money. TRICEPS (11) [noun] Any muscle having three heads. | [noun] Specifically, the triceps brachii. TRICING (10) TRICKED (14) [verb] To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive. | [verb] To draw (as opposed to blazon - to describe in words). | [verb] To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out. TRICKER (13) TRICKIE (13) TRICKLE (13) [noun] A very thin river. | [noun] A very thin flow; the act of trickling. | [verb] To pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously. TRICKLY (16) TRICKSY (16) [adjective] Inclined to trickery; sneaky, devious. TRICLAD (10) [noun] Any of the turbellarian flatworms of order Tricladida. TRICORN (9) [noun] A three-sided hat with the brim turned up | [noun] A three-horned fractal | [adjective] Having three horns or similar projections TRICOTS (9) TRIDENT (8) [noun] A three-pronged spear somewhat resembling a pitchfork. | [noun] A curve of third order of the form: TRIDUUM (10) [noun] A period of three days (especially in Roman Catholic liturgy). TRIENES (7) [noun] Any alkene that has three double bonds TRIFLED (11) [verb] To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth. | [verb] To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest. | [verb] To inconsequentially toy with something. TRIFLER (10) TRIFLES (10) [noun] An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream. | [noun] Anything that is of little importance or worth. | [noun] A very small amount (of something). TRIFOLD (11) [noun] Any sheet of paper or cardboard, folded into three sections along two parallel creases and used to present information, typically as a brochure or display board. | [noun] A wallet with three equal-sized sections that fold together. | [noun] Anything folded into thirds to resemble a trifold. TRIFORM (12) [adjective] Having three different forms TRIGGED (10) [verb] To stop (a wheel, barrel, etc.) by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid. | [verb] To fill; to stuff; to cram. TRIGGER (9) [noun] A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun. | [noun] A similar device used to activate any mechanism. | [noun] An event that initiates others, or incites a response. TRIGONS (8) [noun] A triangle. | [noun] An ancient triangular harp of Oriental origin which had four strings and was often used for banquet music. Also called sabbeka, sackbut, sambuca. | [noun] A division consisting of three signs. TRIGRAM (10) [noun] Any of the eight combinations of three complete or broken lines forming half of a hexagram in Chinese system of divination I Ching. | [noun] A trigraph. | [noun] A special case of the n-gram where n is 3, used in natural language processing for doing statistical analysis of texts TRIJETS (14) [noun] An aircraft powered by three jet engines. | [noun] Three jets of particles from an event or source TRILLED (8) [verb] To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver. | [verb] To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill. | [verb] To trickle. TRILLER (7) [noun] A small passerine bird of the genus Lalage belonging to the cuckoo-shrike family Campephagidae, so called because of the loud trilling calls of the male birds. TRILOGY (11) [noun] A set of three works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games. TRIMERS (9) [noun] A polymer composed of three monomers TRIMMED (12) [verb] To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess. | [verb] To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree. | [verb] (of an aircraft) To adjust pitch using trim tabs. TRIMMER (11) [adjective] Physically fit. | [adjective] Slender, lean. | [adjective] Neat or smart in appearance. TRINARY (10) TRINDLE (8) TRINING (8) [verb] To put in the aspect of a trine. | [verb] To hang; To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck. | [verb] To go. TRINITY (10) [noun] A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one. | [noun] The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three. TRINKET (11) [noun] A small showy ornament or piece of jewelry | [noun] A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy. | [noun] A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard. TRIODES (8) [noun] A thermionic valve containing an anode, a cathode, and a control grid; small changes to the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode, which makes amplification possible. TRIOLET (7) [noun] An eight-line poem whose rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB and whose lines are in iambic tetrameter. TRIOSES (7) [noun] A sugar or saccharide containing three carbon atoms. Trioses are the smallest monosaccharides. Dihydroxyacetone and L-/D-glyceraldehyde are the only trioses. TRIOXID (15) TRIPACK (15) TRIPART (9) TRIPLED (10) [verb] To multiply by three | [verb] To get a three-base hit | [verb] To become three times as large TRIPLES (9) [noun] Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc | [noun] A drink with three portions of alcohol. | [noun] A hamburger with three patties. TRIPLET (9) [noun] A group of three. | [noun] One of a group of three. | [noun] One of a group of three siblings born at the same time to the same mother. TRIPLEX (16) [noun] A building with three apartments or divisions | [noun] A throwing motion where three balls are thrown with one hand at the same time. | [noun] Triple time. TRIPODS (10) [noun] A three-legged stand or mount. | [noun] A man with macrophallism. | [verb] To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress. TRIPODY (13) TRIPOLI (9) [noun] A sedimentary rock composed of the shells of diatoms etc., used for polishing. TRIPPED (12) [verb] To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot | [verb] (sometimes followed by "up") to cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them | [verb] To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc TRIPPER (11) [noun] A person hired to transport goods by boat in the North American fur trade. | [noun] One who trips or stumbles. | [noun] A person experiencing a hallucinogenic trip. TRIPPET (11) TRIREME (9) [noun] (history) A galley with three banks of oars, one above the other, used mainly as a warship. TRISECT (9) [verb] To cut into three pieces | [verb] To divide a quantity, angle etc into three equal parts TRISEME (9) TRISHAW (13) [noun] A three-wheeled cycle rickshaw. TRISMIC (11) TRISMUS (9) [noun] The inability to open the mouth normally, typically as a result of disease. TRISOME (9) TRISOMY (12) [noun] The presence of three copies, instead of the normal two, of a particular chromosome of an organism. TRITELY (10) TRITEST (7) [adjective] Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed. | [adjective] So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law. TRITIUM (9) [noun] An atom of this isotope. TRITOMA (9) TRITONE (7) [noun] An interval of three whole tones. TRITONS (7) [noun] The atomic nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons | [noun] Any of several marine gastropods of the family Ranellidae, which have a pointed spiral shell. TRIUMPH (14) [noun] A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest. | [noun] A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a victor. | [noun] Any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant. | [verb] To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation. TRIUNES (7) TRIVETS (10) [noun] A stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire. | [noun] A stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, used to support hot dishes and protect a table; a hot coaster | [noun] A weaver's knife. See trevat. TRIVIAL (10) [noun] Any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. | [adjective] Ignorable; of little significance or value. | [adjective] Commonplace, ordinary. TRIVIUM (12) [noun] (in medieval universities) The lower division of the liberal arts; grammar, logic and rhetoric. | [noun] The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively. TROAKED (12) TROCARS (9) [noun] A pointed hollow cylindrical device used to make small incisions and surgically insert cannulas, etc., into body cavities, or to aspirate fluids. TROCHAL (12) TROCHAR (12) TROCHEE (12) [noun] A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. TROCHES (12) TROCHIL (12) TROCKED (14) TRODDEN (9) [verb] To step or walk (on or over something); to trample. | [verb] To step or walk upon. | [verb] To beat or press with the feet. TROFFER (13) TROGONS (8) [noun] A bird of a species in the family Trogonidae, most of which live in Central and South America, have colorful feathers, and nest in holes in trees. TROIKAS (11) [noun] A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast. | [noun] A party or group of three, especially a ruling council of three people in Russian contexts. TROILUS (7) TROKING (12) TROLAND (8) TROLLED (8) [verb] To saunter. | [verb] To trundle, to roll from side to side. | [verb] To draw someone or something out, to entice, to lure as if with trailing bait. TROLLER (7) TROLLEY (10) [noun] A cart or shopping cart. | [noun] A hand truck. | [noun] A soapbox car. TROLLOP (9) [noun] A woman of a vulgar and discourteous disposition. | [noun] A strumpet; a whore. | [verb] To act in a sluggish or slovenly manner TROMMEL (11) [noun] A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores. | [noun] A rotating drum for sorting items, such as waste for recycling. TROMPED (12) [verb] To tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot. | [verb] To utterly defeat an opponent. TROMPES (11) TROOPED (10) [verb] To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops. | [verb] To march on; to go forward in haste. | [verb] To move or march as if in a crowd. TROOPER (9) [noun] A soldier of private rank in cavalry or armour. | [noun] A cavalry horse; charger. | [noun] A soldier. TROPHIC (14) [adjective] Of or pertaining to nutrition. | [adjective] Describing the relationships between the feeding habits of organisms in a food chain. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to growth. TROPICS (11) [noun] The region of the Earth centred on the equator and lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn and characterized by a hot climate. TROPINE (9) TROPINS (9) TROPISM (11) [noun] The turning of an organism in response to a stimulus, either towards or away from the stimulus. | [noun] Which type of tissue supports a certain virus. TROTHED (11) TROTTED (8) [verb] To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run. | [verb] (of a horse) To move at a gait between a walk and a canter. | [verb] To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering. TROTTER (7) [noun] In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on opposite sides take a step together alternating with the other set of opposite legs; as opposed to a pacer. | [noun] The foot of a pig, sheep, or other quadruped. TROTYLS (10) TROUBLE (9) [noun] A distressing or dangerous situation. | [noun] A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation. | [noun] A violent occurrence or event. TROUGHS (11) [noun] A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals. | [noun] Any similarly shaped container. | [noun] A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates. TROUNCE (9) [noun] An act of trouncing: a severe beating, a thrashing; a thorough defeat. | [verb] To beat severely; to thrash. | [verb] To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games) to win against (someone) by a wide margin. | [noun] A walk involving some difficulty or effort; a trek, a tramp, a trudge. TROUPED (10) TROUPER (9) [noun] A member of a theatrical company (a troupe). | [noun] A veteran performer. | [noun] A reliable, hard-working and unselfish performer; one who considers the troupe before themselves. TROUPES (9) [noun] A company of, often touring, actors, singers or dancers. | [noun] Any group of people working together on a shared activity. TROUSER (7) [noun] (used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to trousers. | [noun] (in clothing retail and fashion) A pair of trousers. | [verb] To put money into one's trouser pocket; to pocket. TROVERS (10) TROWELS (10) [noun] A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them. | [noun] A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc. | [noun] A tool used for smoothing a mold. TROWING (11) [verb] To trust or believe. | [verb] To have confidence in, or to give credence to. TROWTHS (13) TRUANCY (12) [noun] The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school. TRUANTS (7) [noun] One who is absent without permission, especially from school. TRUCING (10) TRUCKED (14) [verb] To drive a truck: Generally a truck driver's slang. | [verb] To convey by truck. | [verb] To travel or live contentedly. TRUCKER (13) [noun] One who has done something offensive; a deceitful, dishonest, or disreputable person; a deceiver; a cheat. | [noun] A rogue; rascal; miscreant; a ne'er-do-well. | [adjective] Dishonest; resulting from or inspired by dishonesty. | [noun] One who drives a truck, especially as an occupation. | [noun] One who trucks or trafficks, by trade of goods; a trafficker. TRUCKLE (13) [noun] A small wheel; a caster or pulley. | [noun] A small wheel of cheese. | [noun] A truckle bed. | [verb] To act in a submissive manner; to fawn, submit to a superior. TRUDGED (10) [verb] To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps. | [verb] To trudge along or over a route etc. TRUDGEN (9) [noun] A swimming stroke in which the left and right hands are alternately raised out of the water, brought forward and drawn back through the water. A scissor kick is performed on every second stroke. TRUDGER (9) TRUDGES (9) [verb] To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps. | [verb] To trudge along or over a route etc. TRUEING (8) [verb] To straighten. | [verb] To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust. TRUFFES (13) TRUFFLE (13) [noun] A confection having a center of ganache and an outer coating of powdered cocoa or chocolate. | [noun] Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut. TRUISMS (9) [noun] A self-evident or obvious truth. | [noun] A banality or cliché. TRUMEAU (9) [noun] The pillar or center post supporting the lintel in the middle of a doorway or window opening, especially in a church. | [noun] A trumeau mirror. TRUMPED (12) [verb] To play on (a card of another suit) with a trump. | [verb] To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump. | [verb] To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor. TRUMPET (11) [noun] A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic. | [noun] Someone who plays the trumpet; a trumpeter. | [noun] The cry of an elephant, or any similar loud cry. TRUNDLE (8) [noun] A low bed on wheels that can be rolled underneath another bed. | [noun] A low wagon or cart on small wheels, used to transport things. | [noun] A small wheel or roller. TRUNKED (12) TRUNNEL (7) [noun] A wooden peg or pin used as a fastener. | [noun] A low bed on wheels that can be rolled underneath another bed. | [noun] A low wagon or cart on small wheels, used to transport things. TRUSSED (8) [verb] To tie up a bird before cooking it. | [verb] To secure or bind with ropes. | [verb] To support. TRUSSER (7) TRUSSES (7) [noun] A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place. | [noun] A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge. | [noun] A triangular bracket. TRUSTED (8) [verb] To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or have faith, in. | [verb] To give credence to; to believe; to credit. | [verb] To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object) TRUSTEE (7) [noun] A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another. | [noun] A person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process. | [verb] To commit (property) to the care of a trustee. TRUSTER (7) TRUSTOR (7) TRYMATA (12) TRYOUTS (10) [noun] A test of the suitability or effectiveness of a person or thing, especially of a performer or athlete (an audition) TRYPSIN (12) [noun] A digestive enzyme that cleaves peptide bonds (a serine protease) TRYPTIC (14) TRYSAIL (10) [noun] A small, strong three-sided sail sometimes set in place of the mainsail in heavy weather. TRYSTED (11) [verb] To make a tryst; to agree to meet at a place. | [verb] To arrange or appoint (a meeting time etc.). | [verb] To keep a tryst, to meet at an agreed place and time. TRYSTER (10) TRYSTES (10) TSARDOM (10) TSARINA (7) [noun] An empress of several Eastern European countries, especially Russia, or the wife of a tsar. TSARISM (9) TSARIST (7) TSETSES (7) [noun] Any fly of the genus Glossina, native to Africa, that feeds on human and animal blood; known primarily as a carrier of parasitic trypanosomes. TSIMMES (11) [noun] A stew of fruit or vegetables traditionally served on Rosh Hashanah. TSKTSKS (15) TSOORIS (7) TSUNAMI (9) [noun] A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption. Tsunami are usually a series of waves, or wave train. | [noun] A large and generally unstoppable surge. TUATARA (7) [noun] Either of two reptiles, Sphenodon punctatus and Sphenodon guntheri, native to New Zealand, that resemble lizards. TUATERA (7) TUBAIST (9) TUBBERS (11) TUBBIER (11) [adjective] Stout, rotund | [adjective] Resembling a tub; sounding dull and without resonance or freedom of sound. TUBBING (12) [verb] To plant, set, or store in a tub. | [verb] To bathe in a tub. | [noun] The forming of a tub. TUBFULS (12) TUBIFEX (19) [noun] Any member of the genus Tubifex of tubificid annelids. TUBINGS (10) TUBISTS (9) TUBLIKE (13) TUBULAR (9) [adjective] Shaped like a tube. | [adjective] Relating to, or composed of tubes or tubules | [adjective] Cool, awesome. 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TUFTERS (10) TUFTIER (10) TUFTILY (13) TUFTING (11) [verb] To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts. | [verb] To form into tufts. | [verb] To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts. TUGBOAT (10) [noun] A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels. TUGGERS (9) TUGGING (10) [verb] To pull or drag with great effort | [verb] To pull hard repeatedly | [verb] To tow by tugboat TUGHRIK (15) TUGLESS (8) TUGRIKS (12) [noun] The Mongolian unit of currency; abbreviated MNT, ₮; formerly subdivided into 100 möngö. TUILLES (7) TUITION (7) [noun] A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college). | [noun] The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor. | [noun] Care, guardianship. TULADIS (8) TUMBLED (12) [verb] To fall end over end; to roll over and over. | [verb] To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings. | [verb] To drop rapidly. TUMBLER (11) [noun] One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat. | [noun] A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking. | [noun] A rotating device for smoothing and polishing rough objects, placed inside it, on relatively small parts. TUMBLES (11) [verb] To fall end over end; to roll over and over. | [verb] To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings. | [verb] To drop rapidly. TUMBREL (11) [noun] A kind of medieval torture device, later associated with a cucking stool. | [noun] A cart which opens at the back to release its load. | [noun] A cart used to carry condemned prisoners to their death, especially to the guillotine during the French Revolution. 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TUPPING (12) [verb] To mate; used of a ram mating with a ewe. | [verb] To have sex with, to bonk, etc. | [verb] (regional English) To butt: said of a ram. TURACOS (9) [noun] Any of the birds in the Musophagidae family with vivid colouring and prominent crest. TURACOU (9) TURBANS (9) [noun] A man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head. | [noun] A woman's close-fitting hat with little or no brim. | [noun] The complete set of whorls of a spiral shell. TURBARY (12) [noun] A piece of peatland from which turf may be cut for fuel. | [noun] Material extracted from a turbary. | [noun] The right to cut turf from a turbary on a common or in some cases, another person's land. TURBETH (12) TURBINE (9) [noun] Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft. 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TURFMAN (12) [noun] A person who goes horse racing, or who owns racehorses TURFMEN (12) [noun] A person who goes horse racing, or who owns racehorses TURFSKI (14) TURGENT (8) TURGITE (8) TURGORS (8) TURISTA (7) TURKEYS (14) [noun] The guinea fowl (family Numididae). | [noun] A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated). | [noun] The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food. TURKOIS (11) TURMOIL (9) [noun] A state of great disorder or uncertainty. | [noun] Harassing labour; trouble; disturbance. | [verb] To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. TURNERS (7) [noun] One who or that which turns. | [noun] A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe | [noun] A kitchen utensil used for turning food. TURNERY (10) [noun] The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe. | [noun] Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe. | [noun] A place where lathework is carried out. TURNING (8) [verb] (heading) to make a non-linear physical movement. | [verb] (heading) To change condition or attitude. | [verb] To change one's course of action; to take a new approach. TURNIPS (9) [noun] The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle. | [noun] The yellow root of a related plant, the swede or Brassica napus. | [noun] A large, heavy pocket watch, so called because its profile resembled the vegetable. TURNKEY (14) [noun] A warder or jailer/gaoler; keeper of the keys in a prison. | [verb] To supply a turnkey product; to supply something fully assembled and ready to use | [adjective] Ready to use without further assembly or test; supplied in a state that is ready to turn on and operate (typically refers to an assembly that is outsourced for manufacture) TURNOFF (13) [noun] A road or path that branches off from a main one. | [noun] A distasteful or uninteresting event or practice. TURNOUT (7) [noun] The act of coming forth. | [noun] The number of people who attend or participate in an event (especially an election) or are present at a venue. | [noun] A place to pull off a road. TURNUPS (9) TURPETH (12) TURRETS (7) [noun] A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle. | [noun] A siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries. | [noun] A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes). TURTLED (8) TURTLER (7) TURTLES (7) [noun] Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise. | [noun] (specifically) A marine reptile of that order. | [noun] An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above. TUSCHES (12) TUSHIES (10) [noun] Buttocks, bottom TUSHING (11) TUSKERS (11) [noun] An animal, such as a bull elephant or a boar, with large tusks. | [noun] A tool used in peat cutting. TUSKING (12) TUSSAHS (10) TUSSARS (7) TUSSEHS (10) TUSSERS (7) TUSSIVE (10) [adjective] Related to, caused by, or accompanied by a cough TUSSLED (8) [verb] To have a tussle. TUSSLES (7) [noun] A physical fight or struggle. | [noun] A conflict, an argument, a disagreement. | [verb] To have a tussle. TUSSOCK (13) [noun] A tuft or clump of green grass or similar verdure, forming a small hillock. TUSSORE (7) [noun] A deep gold-coloured silk produced from larvae of several species of silk worms belonging to the moth genus Antheraea | [noun] Any of the moth species used to produce tussar silk TUSSORS (7) TUSSUCK (13) TUSSURS (7) TUTELAR (7) [noun] One that is tutelary. | [adjective] Serving as a guardian; protective; tutelary. 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TWANGER (11) TWANGLE (11) TWASOME (12) TWATTLE (10) [noun] Chatter; twaddle. | [verb] To talk in a digressive or long-winded way. | [verb] To make much of, as a domestic animal; to pet. | [noun] A dwarf. TWEAKED (15) [verb] To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch. | [verb] To adjust slightly; to fine-tune. | [verb] To twit or tease. TWEEDLE (11) TWEETED (11) [verb] To make a short high-pitched sound, like that of certain birds. | [verb] To post an update to Twitter. TWEETER (10) [noun] An electronic speaker designed to produce high-frequency sound. | [noun] One who posts messages ("tweets") on the social networking site Twitter. TWEEZED (20) [verb] To pluck or grasp using tweezers. | [verb] To shape by plucking out hairs with tweezers. | [verb] To pluck out hairs using tweezers. TWEEZER (19) [noun] A pair of tweezers, tweezers. | [verb] To use tweezers. | [adjective] Tweezers. TWEEZES (19) [verb] To pluck or grasp using tweezers. | [verb] To shape by plucking out hairs with tweezers. | [verb] To pluck out hairs using tweezers. TWELFTH (16) [noun] One of twelve equal parts of a whole. | [noun] An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth | [adjective] The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence. TWELVES (13) [noun] A group of twelve items. | [noun] A twelve-bore gun. | [noun] A jury (normally composed of twelve persons). TWIBILL (12) [noun] An axe with two cutting blades. | [noun] A mattock. | [noun] A double-bladed tool used in gate-type hurdle-making for cutting out mortices, with a flat chisel and a mortice chisel or hook, similar to the much larger French carpenter's tool, the besaiguë (or bisaiguë). TWIBILS (12) TWIDDLE (12) [noun] A slight twist with the fingers. | [noun] A pimple. | [noun] A small decorative embellishment. TWIDDLY (15) TWIGGED (13) [verb] To beat with twigs. | [verb] To realise something; to catch on; to recognize someone or something. | [verb] To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend. TWIGGEN (12) TWILLED (11) [verb] To weave (cloth, etc.) so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface. | [adjective] (of fabric) Having diagonal parallel ribs. | [adjective] A Shakespearean word, perhaps meaning: woven with sticks to hinder erosion. TWINERS (10) TWINGED (12) [verb] To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak. | [verb] To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains. | [verb] To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain. TWINGES (11) [noun] A pinch; a tweak; a twitch. | [noun] A sudden sharp pain. | [verb] To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak. TWINIER (10) TWINING (11) [verb] (obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide. | [verb] (obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart. | [verb] (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries). TWINJET (17) [noun] An aircraft powered by two jet engines. | [noun] Two jets of particles from an event or source TWINKLE (14) [noun] A sparkle or glimmer of light | [noun] A sparkle of delight in the eyes. | [noun] A flitting movement TWINKLY (17) TWINNED (11) [verb] (obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide. | [verb] (obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart. | [verb] (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries). TWINSET (10) [noun] A combination of a cardigan and a jumper, usually knitted in wool or cashmere. | [noun] A pair of cars or locomotives that are permanently coupled and treated as a single unit. | [noun] A pair of cylinders containing air for the diver to breathe. TWIRLED (11) [verb] To perform a twirl. | [verb] To rotate rapidly. | [verb] To twist round. TWIRLER (10) TWISTED (11) [verb] To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force. | [verb] To join together by twining one part around another. | [verb] To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve. TWISTER (10) [noun] One who twists. | [noun] The instrument used in twisting, or making twists. | [noun] A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards. TWITCHY (18) [adjective] Susceptible to twitching a lot. | [adjective] Irritable, cranky TWITTED (11) [verb] To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease. | [verb] To ignore or killfile (a user on a bulletin board system). TWITTER (10) [verb] (sometimes proscribed) To tweet; to post an update to Twitter. | [noun] The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds. | [noun] A tremulous broken sound. TWOFERS (13) [noun] Something that yields a substantial additional benefit; something that figuratively kills two birds with one stone. | [noun] The fashion of wearing long sleeves outside a short-sleeved shirt. | [noun] A cabling device used in theatre, allowing two stage lighting instruments to be connected to one dimmer. TWOFOLD (14) [adjective] Double; duplicate; multiplied by two. | [adjective] Having two parts, especially two different parts. | [adverb] In a double degree; doubly. TWOSOME (12) [noun] A group of two; a pair; a couple; a group of two distinct individuals or components. | [noun] A dance for two people. | [adjective] Being or constituting a pair; two. TYCOONS (12) [noun] A wealthy and powerful business person. TYLOSIN (10) TYMBALS (14) [noun] A kettledrum. TYMPANA (14) [noun] A triangular space between the sides of a pediment. | [noun] The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch. | [noun] The middle ear. TYMPANI (14) [noun] The set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra. TYMPANO (14) TYMPANS (14) [noun] A piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed. | [noun] The stretched membrane of a drum. | [noun] A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each end. TYMPANY (17) [noun] The sound made by beating a drum. | [noun] Tympanites (distention of the abdomen). | [noun] Inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness. TYPABLE (14) TYPEBAR (14) TYPESET (12) [verb] To set or compose written material into type | [verb] To be set or composed into type | [adjective] (of text) Set in type. TYPHOID (16) [noun] Typhoid fever TYPHONS (15) TYPHOON (15) [noun] A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia. | [verb] To swirl like a hurricane. TYPHOSE (15) TYPHOUS (15) TYPICAL (14) [noun] Anything that is typical, normal, or standard. | [adjective] Capturing the overall sense of a thing. | [adjective] Characteristically representing something by form, group, idea or type. TYPIEST (12) TYPISTS (12) [noun] A person who types, a clerical worker who writes letters, etc., using a typewriter. 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