# dict

Words: superannuate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make, declare, or prove obsolete or out-of-date\n2 : to retire and pension because of age or infirmity\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become retired\n2 : to become antiquated


Words: superego
Meaning:
noun\n: the one of the three divisions of the psyche in psychoanalytic theory that is only partly conscious, represents internalization of parental conscience and the rules of society, and functions to reward and punish through a system of moral attitudes, conscience, and a sense of guilt compare EGO, ID


Words: superficial
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a (1) : of or relating to a surface (2) : lying on, not penetrating below, or affecting only the surface <superficial wounds> b British , of a unit of measure : SQUARE <superficial foot>\n2 a : concerned only with the obvious or apparent : SHALLOW b : lying on the surface : EXTERNAL c : presenting only an appearance without substance or significance


Words: superfluous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : EXTRA b : not needed : UNNECESSARY\n2 obsolete : marked by wastefulness : EXTRAVAGANT


Words: superimpose
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to place or lay over or above something <superimposed images> <superimposed a formula on the stories>


Words: superior
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : situated higher up : UPPER\n2 : of higher rank, quality, or importance\n3 : courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening)\n4 a : greater in quantity or numbers <escaped by superior speed> b : excellent of its kind : BETTER <her superior memory>\n5 : being a superscript\n6 a of an animal structure : situated above or anterior or dorsal to another and especially a corresponding part <a superior artery> b of a plant structure : situated above or near the top of another part: as (1) of a calyx : attached to and apparently arising from the ovary (2) of an ovary : free from the calyx or other floral envelope\n7 : more comprehensive <a genus is superior to a species>\n8 : affecting or assuming an air of superiority : SUPERCILIOUS\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one who is above another in rank, station, or office; especially : the head of a religious house or order\n2 : one that surpasses another in quality or merit\n3 : SUPERSCRIPT


Words: superlative
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or constituting the degree of grammatical comparison that denotes an extreme or unsurpassed level or extent\n2 a : surpassing all others : SUPREME b : of very high quality : EXCELLENT\n3 : EXCESSIVE, EXAGGERATED\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the superlative degree of comparison in a language b : a superlative form of an adjective or adverb\n2 : the superlative or utmost degree of something : ACME\n3 : a superlative person or thing\n4 : an admiring sometimes exaggerated expression especially of praise


Words: supernal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : being or coming from on high b : HEAVENLY, ETHEREAL <supernal melodies> c : superlatively good <supernal trumpet playing>\n2 : located in or belonging to the sky


Words: supernatural
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to an order of existence beyond the visible observable universe; especially : of or relating to God or a god, demigod, spirit, or devil\n2 a : departing from what is usual or normal especially so as to appear to transcend the laws of nature b : attributed to an invisible agent (as a ghost or spirit)


Words: supernumerary
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number <a supernumerary tooth> b : not enumerated among the regular components of a group and especially of a military organization\n2 : exceeding what is necessary, required, or desired\n3 : more numerous\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a supernumerary person or thing\n2 : an actor employed to play a walk-on


Words: superpose
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to place or lay over or above whether in or not in contact : SUPERIMPOSE\n2 : to lay (as a geometric figure) upon another so as to make all like parts coincide


Words: superscribe
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to write (as a name or address) on the outside or cover of : ADDRESS\n2 : to write or engrave on the top or outside


Words: supersede
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to cause to be set aside b : to force out of use as inferior\n2 : to take the place, room, or position of\n3 : to displace in favor of another : SUPPLANT


Words: supersonic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : ULTRASONIC\n2 : of, being, or relating to speeds from one to five times the speed of sound in air compare SONIC\n3 : moving, capable of moving, or utilizing air currents moving at supersonic speed\n4 : relating to supersonic airplanes or missiles <the supersonic age>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a supersonic wave or frequency\n2 : a supersonic airplane


Words: superstition
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation b : an irrational abject attitude of mind toward the supernatural, nature, or God resulting from superstition\n2 : a notion maintained despite evidence to the contrary


Words: superstructure
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an entity, concept, or complex based on a more fundamental one b : social institutions (as the law or politics) that are in Marxist theory erected upon the economic base\n2 : a structure built as a vertical extension of something else: as a : all of a building above the basement b : the structural part of a ship above the main deck


Words: supervene
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n: to follow or result as an additional, adventitious, or unlooked-for development


Words: supine
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a Latin verbal noun having an accusative of purpose in -um and an ablative of specification in -u\n2 : an English infinitive with to\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : lying on the back or with the face upward b : marked by supination\n2 : exhibiting indolent or apathetic inertia or passivity; especially : mentally or morally slack\n3 archaic : leaning or sloping backward


Words: supper
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the evening meal especially when dinner is taken at midday b : a social affair featuring a supper; especially : an evening social especially for raising funds <a church supper>\n2 : the food served as a supper <eat your supper>\n3 : a light meal served late in the evening


Words: supplant
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery\n2 a (1) obsolete : UPROOT (2) : to eradicate and supply a substitute for <efforts to supplant the vernacular> b : to take the place of and serve as a substitute for especially by reason of superior excellence or power


Words: supple
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : compliant often to the point of obsequiousness b : readily adaptable or responsive to new situations\n2 a : capable of being bent or folded without creases, cracks, or breaks : PLIANT <supple leather> b : able to perform bending or twisting movements with ease and grace : LIMBER <supple legs of a dancer> c : easy and fluent without stiffness or awkwardness <sang with a lively, supple voice Douglas Watt>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make pacific or complaisant <supple the tempers of your race Laurence Sterne>\n2 : to alleviate with a salve\n3 : to make flexible or pliant\nintransitive senses : to become soft and pliant


Words: supplement
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something that completes or makes an addition <dietary supplements>\n2 : a part added to or issued as a continuation of a book or periodical to correct errors or make additions\n3 : an angle or arc that when added to a given angle or arc equals 180*\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to add or serve as a supplement to <does odd jobs to supplement his income>


Words: suppliant
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: one who supplicates\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : humbly imploring : ENTREATING <a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness O. J. Baab>\n2 : expressing supplication <upraised to the heavens suppliant arms William Styron>


Words: supplicate
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to make a humble entreaty; especially : to pray to God\ntransitive senses\n1 : to ask humbly and earnestly of\n2 : to ask for earnestly and humbly


Words: supply
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to add as a supplement\n2 a : to provide for : SATISFY <laws by which the material wants of men are supplied Bull. of Bates Coll.> b : to make available for use : PROVIDE <supplied the necessary funds> c : to satisfy the needs or wishes of d : to furnish (organs, tissues, or cells) with a vital element (as blood or nerve fibers)\n3 : to substitute for another in; specifically : to serve as a supply in (a church or pulpit)\nintransitive senses : to serve as a supply or substitute\n\n<2> noun\n1 obsolete : ASSISTANCE, SUCCOR\n2 a obsolete : REINFORCEMENTS often used in plural b : a clergyman filling a vacant pulpit temporarily c : the quantity or amount (as of a commodity) needed or available <beer was in short supply in that hot weather Nevil Shute> d : PROVISIONS, STORES usually used in plural\n3 : the act or process of filling a want or need <engaged in the supply of raw materials to industry>\n4 : the quantities of goods or services offered for sale at a particular time or at one price\n5 : something that maintains or constitutes a supply


Words: support
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to endure bravely or quietly : BEAR\n2 a (1) : to promote the interests or cause of (2) : to uphold or defend as valid or right : ADVOCATE (3) : to argue or vote for b (1) : ASSIST, HELP (2) : to act with (a star actor) (3) : to bid in bridge so as to show support for c : to provide with substantiation : CORROBORATE <support an alibi>\n3 a : to pay the costs of : MAINTAIN b : to provide a basis for the existence or subsistence of <the island could probably support three A. B. C. Whipple>\n4 a : to hold up or serve as a foundation or prop for b : to maintain (a price) at a desired level by purchases or loans; also : to maintain the price of by purchases or loans\n5 : to keep from fainting, yielding, or losing courage : COMFORT\n6 : to keep (something) going\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act or process of supporting : the condition of being supported\n2 : one that supports\n3 : sufficient strength in a suit bid by one’s partner in bridge to justify raising the suit


Words: suppose
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to lay down tentatively as a hypothesis, assumption, or proposal <suppose a fire broke out> <suppose you bring the salad> b (1) : to hold as an opinion : BELIEVE <they supposed they were early> (2) : to think probable or in keeping with the facts <seems reasonable to suppose that he would profit>\n2 a : CONCEIVE, IMAGINE b : to have a suspicion of\n3 : PRESUPPOSE\nintransitive senses : CONJECTURE, OPINE


Words: supposed
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : PRETENDED <twelve hours are supposed to elapse between Acts and II A. S. Sullivan> b : ALLEGED <trusted my supposed friends>\n2 a : held as an opinion : BELIEVED; also : mistakenly believed : IMAGINED <the sight which makes supposed terror true Shakespeare> b : considered probable or certain : EXPECTED <it was not supposed that everybody could master the technical aspects J. C. Murray> c : UNDERSTOOD <you will be supposed to refer to my grandaunt G. B. Shaw>\n3 : made or fashioned by intent or design <what’s that button supposed to do>\n4 a : required by or as if by authority <soldiers are supposed to obey their commanding officers> b : given permission : PERMITTED <was not supposed to have visitors>


Words: suppository
Meaning:
noun\n: a solid but readily meltable cone or cylinder of usually medicated material for insertion into a bodily passage or cavity (as the rectum)


Words: suppress
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to put down by authority or force : SUBDUE\n2 : to keep from public knowledge: as a : to keep secret b : to stop or prohibit the publication or revelation of\n3 a : to exclude from consciousness b : to keep from giving vent to : CHECK\n4 obsolete : to press down\n5 a : to restrain from a usual course or action <suppress a cough> b : to inhibit the growth or development of\n6 : to inhibit the genetic expression of <suppress a mutation>


Words: supreme
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : highest in rank or authority <the supreme commander>\n2 : highest in degree or quality <supreme endurance in war and in labour R. W. Emerson>\n3 : ULTIMATE, FINAL <the supreme sacrifice>


Words: surcease
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to desist from action; also : to come to an end : CEASE\ntransitive senses : to put an end to : DISCONTINUE\n\n<2> noun\n: CESSATION; especially : a temporary respite or end <to borrow from my books surcease of sorrow E. A. Poe>


Words: surcharge
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : OVERCHARGE b : to charge an extra fee c : to show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given\n2 British : OVERSTOCK\n3 : to fill or load to excess <the atmosphere was surcharged with war hysteria H. A. Chippendale>\n4 a : to mark a surcharge on (a stamp) b : OVERPRINT <surcharge a banknote>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an additional tax, cost, or impost b : an extra fare <a sleeping car surcharge> c : an instance of surcharging an account\n2 : an excessive load or burden\n3 : the action of surcharging : the state of being surcharged\n4 a (1) : an overprint on a stamp; specifically : one that alters the denomination (2) : a stamp bearing such an overprint b : an overprint on a currency note


Words: surcingle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a belt, band, or girth passing around the body of a horse to bind a saddle or pack fast to the horse’s back\n2 archaic : the cincture of a cassock


Words: sure
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 obsolete : safe from danger or harm\n2 : firmly established : STEADFAST <a sure hold>\n3 : RELIABLE, TRUSTWORTHY\n4 : marked by or given to feelings of confident certainty <I’m sure I’m right>\n5 : admitting of no doubt : INDISPUTABLE <spoke from sure knowledge>\n6 a : bound to happen : INEVITABLE <sure disaster> b : BOUND, DESTINED <is sure to win>\n7 : careful to remember, attend to, or find out something <be sure to lock the door>\n\n<2> adverb\n: SURELY


Words: surety
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the state of being sure: as a : sure knowledge : CERTAINTY b : confidence in manner or behavior : ASSURANCE\n2 a : a formal engagement (as a pledge) given for the fulfillment of an undertaking : GUARANTEE b : ground of confidence or security\n3 : one who has become legally liable for the debt, default, or failure in duty of another


Words: surf
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the swell of the sea that breaks upon the shore\n2 : the foam, splash, and sound of breaking waves\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to ride the surf (as on a surfboard)\n2 : to scan a wide range of offerings for something of interest\ntransitive senses : to scan the offerings of (as television or the Internet) for something that is interesting or fills a need


Words: surface
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the exterior or upper boundary of an object or body\n2 : a plane or curved two-dimensional locus of points (as the boundary of a three-dimensional region) <plane surface> <surface of a sphere>\n3 a : the external or superficial aspect of something b : an external part or layer\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : of, located on, or designed for use at the surface of something b : situated, transported, or employed on the surface of the earth <surface mail> <surface vehicles>\n2 : appearing to be such on the surface only : SUPERFICIAL <surface friendships>\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to give a surface to: as a : to plane or make smooth b : to apply the surface layer to <surface a highway>\n2 : to bring to the surface\nintransitive senses\n1 : to work on or at the surface\n2 : to come to the surface\n3 : to come into public view : SHOW UP


Words: surfboard
Meaning:
noun\n: a long narrow buoyant board (as of lightweight wood or fiberglass-covered foam) used in the sport of surfing


Words: surfeit
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an overabundant supply : EXCESS\n2 : an intemperate or immoderate indulgence in something (as food or drink)\n3 : disgust caused by excess\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to feed, supply, or give to surfeit\nintransitive senses , archaic : to indulge to satiety in a gratification (as indulgence of the appetite or senses)


Words: surge
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to rise and fall actively : TOSS <a ship surging in heavy seas>\n2 : to rise and move in waves or billows : SWELL\n3 : to slip around a windlass, capstan, or bitts used especially of a rope\n4 : to rise suddenly to an excessive or abnormal value <the stock market surged to a record high>\n5 : to move with a surge or in surges <felt the blood surging into his face Harry Hervey>\ntransitive senses : to let go or slacken gradually (as a rope)\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a swelling, rolling, or sweeping forward like that of a wave or series of waves <a surge of interest>\n2 a : a large wave or billow : SWELL b (1) : a series of such swells or billows (2) : the resulting elevation of water level\n3 : the tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan\n4 a : a movement (as a slipping or slackening) of a rope or cable b : a sudden jerk or strain caused by such a movement\n5 : a transient sudden rise of current or voltage in an electrical circuit


Words: surgery
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a branch of medicine concerned with diseases and conditions requiring or amenable to operative or manual procedures\n2 : alterations made as if by surgery <literary surgery>\n3 a British : a physician’s or dentist’s office b : a room or area where surgery is performed\n4 a : the work done by a surgeon b : OPERATION


Words: surgical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of or relating to surgeons or surgery <surgical skills> b : used in or in connection with surgery c : characteristic of or resembling surgery or a surgeon especially in control or incisiveness <surgical precision>\n2 : following or resulting from surgery <surgical fevers>


Words: surly
Meaning:
adjective\n1 obsolete : ARROGANT, IMPERIOUS\n2 : irritably sullen and churlish in mood or manner : CRABBED\n3 : menacing or threatening in appearance <surly weather>


Words: surmise
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : CONJECTURE\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to imagine or infer on slight grounds


Words: surmount
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 obsolete : to surpass in quality or attainment : EXCEL\n2 : to prevail over : OVERCOME <surmount an obstacle>\n3 : to get to the top of : CLIMB\n4 : to stand or lie at the top of


Words: surname
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an added name derived from occupation or other circumstance : NICKNAME 1\n2 : the name borne in common by members of a family\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to give a surname to


Words: surpass
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to become better, greater, or stronger than : EXCEED\n2 : to go beyond : OVERSTEP\n3 : to transcend the reach, capacity, or powers of


Words: surplice
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a loose white outer ecclesiastical vestment usually of knee length with large open sleeves\n\n<2> adjective\n: having a diagonally overlapping neckline or closing <a surplice collar> <surplice sweaters>


Words: surplus
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the amount that remains when use or need is satisfied b : an excess of receipts over disbursements\n2 : the excess of a corporation’s net worth over the par or stated value of its capital stock


Words: surprise
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an attack made without warning b : a taking unawares\n2 : something that surprises\n3 : the state of being surprised : ASTONISHMENT\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to attack unexpectedly; also : to capture by an unexpected attack\n2 a : to take unawares b : to detect or elicit by a taking unawares\n3 : to strike with wonder or amazement especially because unexpected\nintransitive senses : to cause astonishment or surprise <her success didn’t surprise>


Words: surrender
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to yield to the power, control, or possession of another upon compulsion or demand <surrendered the fort> b : to give up completely or agree to forgo especially in favor of another\n2 a : to give (oneself) up into the power of another especially as a prisoner b : to give (oneself) over to something (as an influence)\nintransitive senses : to give oneself up into the power of another : YIELD\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the action of yielding one’s person or giving up the possession of something especially into the power of another b : the relinquishment by a patentee of rights or claims under a patent c : the delivery of a principal into lawful custody by bail called also surrender by bail d : the voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of an insurance company by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration e : the delivery of a fugitive from justice by one government to another\n2 : an instance of surrendering


Words: surreptitious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : done, made, or acquired by stealth : CLANDESTINE\n2 : acting or doing something clandestinely : STEALTHY


Words: surrogate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to put in the place of another: a : to appoint as successor, deputy, or substitute for oneself b : SUBSTITUTE\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : one appointed to act in place of another : DEPUTY b : a local judicial officer in some states (as New York) who has jurisdiction over the probate of wills, the settlement of estates, and the appointment and supervision of guardians\n2 : one that serves as a substitute\n3 : SURROGATE MOTHER


Words: surround
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a (1) : to enclose on all sides : ENVELOP <the crowd surrounded her> (2) : to enclose so as to cut off communication or retreat : INVEST b : to form or be a member of the entourage of <flatterers who surround the king> c : to constitute part of the environment of <surrounded by poverty> d : to extend around the margin or edge of : ENCIRCLE <a wall surrounds the old city>\n2 : to cause to be surrounded by something <surrounded himself with friends>\n\n<2> noun\n: something (as a border or ambient environment) that surrounds <from urban centre to rural surround Emrys Jones>


Words: surtax
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an extra tax or charge\n2 : a graduated income tax in addition to the normal income tax imposed on the amount by which one’s net income exceeds a specified sum


Words: survey
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to examine as to condition, situation, or value : APPRAISE b : to query (someone) in order to collect data for the analysis of some aspect of a group or area\n2 : to determine and delineate the form, extent, and position of (as a tract of land) by taking linear and angular measurements and by applying the principles of geometry and trigonometry\n3 : to view or consider comprehensively\n4 : INSPECT, SCRUTINIZE <he surveyed us in a lordly way Alan Harrington>\nintransitive senses : to make a survey\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act or an instance of surveying: as a : a broad treatment of a subject b : POLL 5a\n2 : something that is surveyed


Words: surveying
Meaning:
noun\n: a branch of applied mathematics that teaches the art of determining the area of any portion of the earth’s surface, the lengths and directions of the bounding lines, and the contour of the surface and of accurately delineating the whole on paper


Words: survive
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to remain alive or in existence : live on\n2 : to continue to function or prosper\ntransitive senses\n1 : to remain alive after the death of <he is survived by his wife>\n2 : to continue to exist or live after <survived the earthquake>\n3 : to continue to function or prosper despite : WITHSTAND


Words: susceptible
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation <a theory susceptible to proof>\n2 : open, subject, or unresistant to some stimulus, influence, or agency\n3 : IMPRESSIONABLE, RESPONSIVE


Words: suspect
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : regarded or deserving to be regarded with suspicion : SUSPECTED <investigates suspect employees>\n2 : DOUBTFUL, QUESTIONABLE <whose skills are suspect Peter Vecsey>\n\n<2> noun\n: one who is suspected; especially : one suspected of a crime\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to imagine (one) to be guilty or culpable on slight evidence or without proof <suspect him of giving false information>\n2 : to have doubts of : DISTRUST\n3 : to imagine to exist or be true, likely, or probable\nintransitive senses : to imagine something to be true or likely


Words: suspend
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to debar temporarily from a privilege, office, or function <suspend a student from school>\n2 a : to cause to stop temporarily <suspend bus service> b : to set aside or make temporarily inoperative <suspend the rules>\n3 : to defer to a later time on specified conditions <suspend sentence>\n4 : to hold in an undetermined or undecided state awaiting further information <suspend judgment> <suspend disbelief>\n5 a : HANG; especially : to hang so as to be free on all sides except at the point of support <suspend a ball by a thread> b : to keep from falling or sinking by some invisible support (as buoyancy) <dust suspended in the air>\n6 a : to keep fixed or lost (as in wonder or contemplation) b : to keep waiting in suspense or indecision\n7 : to hold (a musical note) over into the following chord\nintransitive senses\n1 : to cease operation temporarily\n2 : to stop payment or fail to meet obligations\n3 : HANG


Words: suspender
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that suspends\n2 : a device by which something may be suspended: as a : one of two supporting bands worn across the shoulders to support trousers, skirt, or belt usually used in plural and often with pair b British : a fastener attached to a garment or garter to hold up a stocking or sock; also : a device consisting of garter and fastener


Words: suspense
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the state of being suspended : SUSPENSION\n2 a : mental uncertainty : ANXIETY b : pleasant excitement as to a decision or outcome <a novel of suspense>\n3 : the state or character of being undecided or doubtful : INDECISIVENESS


Words: suspension
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of suspending : the state or period of being suspended: as a : temporary removal from office or privileges b : temporary withholding (as of belief or decision) c : temporary abrogation of a law or rule d (1) : the holding over of one or more musical tones of a chord into the following chord producing a momentary discord and suspending the concord which the ear expects; specifically : such a dissonance which resolves downward compare ANTICIPATION, RETARDATION (2) : the tone thus held over e : stoppage of payment of business obligations : FAILURE used especially of a business or a bank f : a rhetorical device whereby the principal idea is deferred to the end of a sentence or longer unit\n2 a : the act of hanging : the state of being hung b (1) : the state of a substance when its particles are mixed with but undissolved in a fluid or solid (2) : a substance in this state (3) : a system consisting of a solid dispersed in a solid, liquid, or gas usually in particles of larger than colloidal size compare EMULSION\n3 : something suspended\n4 a : a device by which something (as a magnetic needle) is suspended b : the system of devices (as springs) supporting the upper part of a vehicle on the axles c : the act, process, or manner in which the pendulum of a timepiece is suspended


Words: suspicion
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the act or an instance of suspecting something wrong without proof or on slight evidence : MISTRUST b : a state of mental uneasiness and uncertainty : DOUBT\n2 : a barely detectable amount : TRACE <just a suspicion of garlic>\n\n<2> transitive verb\nchiefly dialect : SUSPECT


Words: suspicious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : tending to arouse suspicion : QUESTIONABLE\n2 : disposed to suspect : DISTRUSTFUL <suspicious of strangers>\n3 : expressing or indicative of suspicion <a suspicious glance>


Words: sustain
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to give support or relief to\n2 : to supply with sustenance : NOURISH\n3 : KEEP UP, PROLONG\n4 : to support the weight of : PROP; also : to carry or withstand (a weight or pressure)\n5 : to buoy up <sustained by hope>\n6 a : to bear up under b : SUFFER, UNDERGO <sustained heavy losses>\n7 a : to support as true, legal, or just b : to allow or admit as valid <the court sustained the motion>\n8 : to support by adequate proof : CONFIRM <testimony that sustains our contention>


Words: sustenance
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : LIVING b : FOOD, PROVISIONS; also : NOURISHMENT\n2 a : the act of sustaining : the state of being sustained b : a supplying or being supplied with the necessaries of life\n3 : something that gives support, endurance, or strength


Words: suture
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body; also : a stitch made with a suture b : the act or process of sewing with sutures\n2 a : a uniting of parts b : the seam or seamlike line along which two things or parts are sewed or united\n3 a : the line of union in an immovable articulation (as between the bones of the skull); also : such an articulation b : a furrow at the junction of adjacent bodily parts; especially : a line of dehiscence (as on a fruit)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to unite, close, or secure with sutures <suture a wound>


Words: suzerain
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a superior feudal lord to whom fealty is due : OVERLORD\n2 : a dominant state controlling the foreign relations of a vassal state but allowing it sovereign authority in its internal affairs


Words: swab
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : MOP; especially : a yarn mop b (1) : a wad of absorbent material usually wound around one end of a small stick and used for applying medication or for removing material from an area (2) : a specimen taken with a swab c : a sponge or cloth patch attached to a long handle and used to clean the bore of a firearm\n2 a : a useless or contemptible person b : SAILOR, GOB\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to clean with or as if with a swab\n2 : to apply medication to with a swab <swabbed the wound with iodine>


Words: swaddle
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to wrap (an infant) with swaddling clothes b : ENVELOP, SWATHE <swaddled ourselves in sleeping bags>\n2 : RESTRAIN, RESTRICT <marriage swaddled him in a domesticity he came to loathe Nina Auerbach>


Words: swag
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : SWAY, LURCH\n2 : SAG\ntransitive senses\n1 : to adorn with swags\n2 : to arrange (as drapery) in swags\n\n<2> noun\n1 : SWAY\n2 a : something (as a decoration) hanging in a curve between two points : FESTOON b : a suspended cluster (as of evergreen branches)\n3 a : goods acquired by unlawful means : LOOT b : SPOILS, PROFITS\n4 : a depression in the earth\n5 chiefly Australian : a pack of personal belongings


Words: swage
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a tool used by metalworkers for shaping their work by holding it on the work or the work on it and striking with a hammer or sledge\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to shape by or as if by means of a swage


Words: swagger
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner; especially : to walk with an air of overbearing self-confidence\n2 : BOAST, BRAG\ntransitive senses : to force by argument or threat : BULLY\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an act or instance of swaggering b : arrogant or conceitedly self-assured behavior c : ostentatious display or bravado\n2 : a self-confident outlook : COCKINESS\n\n<3> adjective\n: marked by elegance or showiness : POSH


Words: swallow
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of numerous small widely distributed oscine birds (family Hirundinidae) that have a short bill, long pointed wings, and often a deeply forked tail and that feed on insects caught on the wing\n2 : any of several swifts that superficially resemble swallows\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to take through the mouth and esophagus into the stomach\n2 : to envelop or take in as if by swallowing : ABSORB\n3 : to accept without question, protest, or resentment <swallow an insult> <a hard story to swallow>\n4 : TAKE BACK, RETRACT <had to swallow my words>\n5 : to keep from expressing or showing : REPRESS <swallowed my anger>\n6 : to utter (as words) indistinctly\nintransitive senses\n1 : to receive something into the body through the mouth and esophagus\n2 : to perform the action characteristic of swallowing something especially under emotional stress\n\n<3> noun\n1 : the passage connecting the mouth to the stomach\n2 : a capacity for swallowing\n3 a : an act of swallowing b : an amount that can be swallowed at one time\n4 : an aperture in a block on a ship between the sheave and frame through which the rope reeves


Words: swallowtail
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a deeply forked and tapering tail (as of a swallow)\n2 : TAILCOAT\n3 : any of various large butterflies (family Papilionidae and especially genus Papilio) with each hind wing usually having an elongated process


Words: swamp
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water; especially : one dominated by woody vegetation\n2 : a tract of swamp\n3 : a difficult or troublesome situation or subject\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to fill with or as if with water : INUNDATE, SUBMERGE b : to overwhelm numerically or by an excess of something : FLOOD <swamped with work>\n2 : to open by removing underbrush and debris\nintransitive senses : to become submerged


Words: swan
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 plural also swan : any of various large heavy-bodied long-necked mostly pure white aquatic birds (family Anatidae and especially genus Cygnus) that are related to but larger than the geese\n2 : one that resembles or is likened to a swan\n3 capitalized : the constellation Cygnus\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to wander aimlessly or idly : DALLY\n\n<3> intransitive verb\ndialect : DECLARE, SWEAR


Words: swank
Meaning:
<1> adjective\nScottish : full of life or energy : ACTIVE\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: SHOW OFF, SWAGGER; also : BOAST 1\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : characterized by showy display : OSTENTATIOUS <a swank limousine>\n2 : fashionably elegant : SMART <a swank restaurant>\n\n<4> noun\n1 : arrogance or ostentation of dress or manner : PRETENTIOUSNESS, SWAGGER\n2 : ELEGANCE, FASHIONABLENESS


Words: swansdown
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the soft downy feathers of the swan often used as trimming on articles of dress\n2 : a heavy cotton flannel that has a thick nap on the face and is made with sateen weave


Words: swap
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to give in trade : BARTER b : EXCHANGE 2\n2 : to take turns in telling <swap stories>\nintransitive senses : to make an exchange\n\n<2> noun\n: an act, instance, or process of exchanging one thing for another


Words: swarm
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere (2) : a colony of honeybees settled in a hive b : an aggregation of free-floating or free-swimming unicellular organisms usually used of zoospores\n2 a : a large number of animate or inanimate things massed together and usually in motion : THRONG <swarms of sightseers> <a swarm of locusts> <a swarm of meteors> b : a number of similar geological features or phenomena close together in space or time <a swarm of dikes> <an earthquake swarm>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to form and depart from a hive in a swarm\n2 a : to move or assemble in a crowd : THRONG b : to hover about in the manner of a bee in a swarm\n3 : to contain a swarm : TEEM\ntransitive senses\n1 : to fill with a swarm\n2 : to beset or surround in a swarm <players swarming the quarterback>\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses : to climb with the hands and feet; specifically : SHIN <swarm up a pole>\ntransitive senses : to climb up : MOUNT


Words: swash
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : BLUSTER, SWAGGER\n2 : to make violent noisy movements\n3 : to move with a splashing sound\ntransitive senses : to cause to splash\n\n<2> noun\n1 : SWAGGER\n2 : a narrow channel of water lying within a sandbank or between a sandbank and the shore\n3 : a dashing of water against or on something; especially : the rush of water up a beach from a breaking wave\n\n<3> noun\n: an extended flourish on a printed character\n\n<4> adjective\n: having one or more swashes <swash capitals>


Words: swashbuckler
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a swaggering or daring soldier or adventurer\n2 : a novel or drama dealing with a swashbuckler


Words: swastika
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a symbol or ornament in the form of a Greek cross with the ends of the arms extended at right angles all in the same rotary direction\n2 : a swastika used as a symbol of anti-Semitism or of Nazism


Words: swat
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to hit with a sharp slapping blow usually with an instrument (as a bat or swatter)\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a powerful or crushing blow\n2 : a long hit in baseball; especially : HOME RUN


Words: swath
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a row of cut grain or grass left by a scythe or mowing machine b : the sweep of a scythe or a machine in mowing or the path cut in one course\n2 : a long broad strip or belt\n3 : a stroke of or as if of a scythe\n4 : a space devastated as if by a scythe


Words: swathe
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a band used in swathing\n2 : an enveloping medium\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to bind, wrap, or swaddle with or as if with a bandage\n2 : ENVELOP


Words: sway
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion\n2 : an inclination or deflection caused by or as if by swaying\n3 a : a controlling influence b : sovereign power : DOMINION c : the ability to exercise influence or authority : DOMINANCE\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to swing slowly and rhythmically back and forth from a base or pivot b : to move gently from an upright to a leaning position\n2 : to hold sway : act as ruler or governor\n3 : to fluctuate or veer between one point, position, or opinion and another\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cause to sway : set to swinging, rocking, or oscillating b : to cause to bend downward to one side c : to cause to turn aside : DEFLECT, DIVERT\n2 archaic a : WIELD b : GOVERN, RULE\n3 a : to cause to vacillate b : to exert a guiding or controlling influence on\n4 : to hoist in place <sway up a mast>


Words: swear
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to utter or take solemnly (an oath)\n2 a : to assert as true or promise under oath <a sworn affidavit> b : to assert or promise emphatically or earnestly <swore to uphold the Constitution>\n3 a : to put to an oath : administer an oath to b : to bind by an oath <swore them to secrecy>\n4 obsolete : to invoke the name of (a sacred being) in an oath\n5 : to bring into a specified state by swearing <swore his life away>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take an oath\n2 : to use profane or obscene language : CURSE\n\n<2> noun\n: OATH, SWEARWORD


Words: sweat
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to excrete moisture in visible quantities through the openings of the sweat glands : PERSPIRE b : to labor or exert oneself so as to cause perspiration\n2 a : to emit or exude moisture <cheese sweats in ripening> b : to gather surface moisture in beads as a result of condensation <stones sweat at night> c (1) : FERMENT (2) : PUTREFY\n3 : to undergo anxiety or mental or emotional distress\n4 : to become exuded through pores or a porous surface : OOZE\ntransitive senses\n1 : to emit or seem to emit from pores : EXUDE\n2 : to manipulate or produce by hard work or drudgery\n3 : to get rid of or lose (weight) by or as if by sweating or being sweated\n4 : to make wet with perspiration\n5 a : to cause to excrete moisture from the skin b : to drive hard : OVERWORK c : to exact work from at low wages and under unfair or unhealthful conditions d slang : to give the third degree to\n6 : to cause to exude or lose moisture; especially : to subject (as tobacco leaves) to fermentation\n7 a : to extract something valuable from by unfair or dishonest means : FLEECE b : to remove particles of metal from (a coin) by abrasion\n8 a : to heat (as solder) so as to melt and cause to run especially between surfaces to unite them; also : to unite by such means <sweat a pipe joint> b : to heat so as to extract an easily fusible constituent <sweat bismuth ore> c : to saut* in a covered vessel until natural juices are exuded\n9 slang : to worry about <doesn’t sweat the small stuff Barry McDermott>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : hard work : DRUDGERY\n2 : the fluid excreted from the sweat glands of the skin : PERSPIRATION\n3 : moisture issuing from or gathering in drops on a surface\n4 a : the condition of one sweating or sweated b : a spell of sweating\n5 : a state of anxiety or impatience\n6 plural a : SWEAT SUIT b : SWEATPANTS


Words: sweep
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to remove from a surface with or as if with a broom or brush <swept the crumbs from the table> b : to destroy completely : WIPE OUT usually used with away <everything she cherished, might be swept away overnight Louis Bromfield> c : to remove or take with a single continuous forceful action <swept the books off the desk> d : to remove from sight or consideration <the problem can’t be swept under the rug> e : to drive or carry along with irresistible force <a wave of protest that swept the opposition into office>\n2 a : to clean with or as if with a broom or brush b : to clear by repeated and forcible action c : to move across or along swiftly, violently, or overwhelmingly <fire swept the business district Amer. Guide Series: Md.> d : to win an overwhelming victory in or on <sweep the elections> e : to win all the games or contests of <sweep a double-header> <sweep a series>\n3 : to touch in passing with a swift continuous movement\n4 : to trace or describe the locus or extent of (as a line, circle, or angle)\n5 : to cover the entire range of <his eyes swept the horizon>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to clean a surface with or as if with a broom b : to move swiftly, forcefully, or devastatingly <the wind swept through the treetops>\n2 : to go with stately or sweeping movements <proudly swept into the room>\n3 : to move or extend in a wide curve or range\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something that sweeps or works with a sweeping motion: as a : a long pole or timber pivoted on a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well b : a triangular cultivator blade that cuts off weeds under the soil surface c : a windmill sail\n2 a : an instance of sweeping; especially : a clearing out or away with or as if with a broom b : the removal from the table in one play in casino of all the cards by pairing or combining c : an overwhelming victory d : a winning of all the contests or prizes in a competition e : a wide-ranging search of an area (as by police)\n3 a : a movement of great range and force b : a curving


Words: sweeping
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the act or action of one that sweeps <gave the room a good sweeping>\n2 plural : things collected by sweeping : REFUSE\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : moving or extending in a wide curve or over a wide area b : having a curving line or form\n2 a : EXTENSIVE <sweeping reforms> b : marked by wholesale and indiscriminate inclusion <sweeping generalities>


Words: sweepstakes
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n1 a : a race or contest in which the entire prize may be awarded to the winner; specifically : STAKE RACE b : CONTEST, COMPETITION\n2 : any of various lotteries


Words: sweet
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a (1) : pleasing to the taste (2) : being or inducing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is typically induced by disaccharides and is mediated especially by receptors in taste buds at the front of the tongue compare BITTER, SALT, SOUR b (1) of a beverage : containing a sweetening ingredient : not dry (2) of wine : retaining a portion of natural sugar\n2 a : pleasing to the mind or feelings : AGREEABLE, GRATIFYING often used as a generalized term of approval <how sweet it is> b : marked by gentle good humor or kindliness c : FRAGRANT d (1) : delicately pleasing to the ear or eye (2) : played in a straightforward melodic style <sweet jazz> e : SACCHARINE, CLOYING\n3 : much loved : DEAR\n4 a : not sour, rancid, decaying, or stale : WHOLESOME <sweet milk> b : not salt or salted : FRESH <sweet butter> c of land : free from excessive acidity d : free from noxious gases and odors e : free from excess of acid, sulfur, or corrosive salts <sweet crude oil>\n5 : SKILLFUL, PROFICIENT <a sweet golf swing>\n6 used as an intensive <take your own sweet time>\n\n<2> adverb\n: in a sweet manner\n\n<3> noun\n1 : something that is sweet to the taste: as a : a food (as a candy or preserve) having a high sugar content <fill up on sweets> b British : DESSERT c British : HARD CANDY\n2 : a sweet taste sensation\n3 : a pleasant or gratifying experience, possession, or state\n4 : DARLING, SWEETHEART\n5 a archaic : FRAGRANCE b plural , archaic : things having a sweet smell


Words: sweetbrier
Meaning:
noun\n: an Old World rose (especially Rosa eleganteria) with stout recurved prickles and white to deep rosy pink single flowers called also eglantine


Words: sweeten
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make sweet\n2 : to soften the mood or attitude of\n3 : to make less painful or trying\n4 : to free from a harmful or undesirable quality or substance; especially : to remove sulfur compounds from <sweeten natural gas>\n5 : to make more valuable or attractive: as a : to increase (a pot not won on the previous deal) by anteing prior to another deal b : to place additional securities as collateral for (a loan)\nintransitive senses : to become sweet


Words: sweetheart
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : DARLING\n2 : one who is loved\n3 : a generally likable person\n4 : a remarkable one of its kind\n\n<2> adjective\n: of or relating to an agreement between an employer and a labor union official arranged privately for their benefit usually at the expense of the workers <a sweetheart contract>; broadly : arranged in private for the benefit of a few at the expense of many <a sweetheart deal>


Words: swell
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit <the population swelled> b : to become distended or puffed up <her ankle is badly swollen> c : to form a bulge or rounded elevation\n2 a : to become filled with pride and arrogance b : to behave or speak in a pompous, blustering, or self-important manner c : to play the swell\n3 : to become distended with emotion\ntransitive senses\n1 : to affect with a powerful or expansive emotion\n2 : to increase the size, number, or intensity of\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a long often massive and crestless wave or succession of waves often continuing beyond or after its cause (as a gale)\n2 a : the condition of being protuberant b : a rounded elevation\n3 a : the act or process of swelling b (1) : a gradual increase and decrease of the loudness of a musical sound; also : a sign indicating a swell (2) : a device used in an organ for governing loudness\n4 a archaic : an impressive, pompous, or fashionable air or display b : a person dressed in the height of fashion c : a person of high social position or outstanding competence\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a : STYLISH b : socially prominent\n2 : EXCELLENT used as a generalized term of enthusiasm


Words: swelter
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat\n2 : to become exceedingly hot <in summer, the place swelters>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to oppress with heat\n2 archaic : EXUDE <sweltered venom Shakespeare>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a state of oppressive heat\n2 : WELTER\n3 : an excited or overwrought state of mind : SWEAT <in a swelter>


Words: swerve
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : DEVIATE\ntransitive senses : to cause to turn aside or deviate


Words: swift
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : moving or capable of moving with great speed\n2 : occurring suddenly or within a very short time\n3 : quick to respond : READY\n\n<2> adverb\n: SWIFTLY <swift-flowing>\n\n<3> noun\n1 : any of several lizards (especially of the genus Sceloporus) that run swiftly\n2 : a reel for winding yarn or thread\n3 : any of numerous small plainly colored birds (family Apodidae) that are related to the hummingbirds but superficially much resemble swallows


Words: swig
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a quantity drunk at one time\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to drink in long drafts <swig cider>\nintransitive senses : to take a swig : DRINK


Words: swill
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : WASH, DRENCH\n2 : to drink great drafts of : GUZZLE\n3 : to feed (as a pig) with swill\nintransitive senses\n1 : to drink or eat freely, greedily, or to excess\n2 : SWASH\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something suggestive of slop or garbage : REFUSE\n2 a : a semiliquid food for animals (as swine) composed of edible refuse mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk b : GARBAGE


Words: swim
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to propel oneself in water by natural means (as movements of the limbs, fins, or tail) b : to play in the water (as at a beach or swimming pool)\n2 : to move with a motion like that of swimming : GLIDE <a cloud swam slowly across the moon>\n3 a : to float on a liquid : not sink b : to surmount difficulties : not go under <sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish Daniel Webster>\n4 : to become immersed in or flooded with or as if with a liquid <potatoes swimming in gravy>\n5 : to have a floating or reeling appearance or sensation\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cross by propelling oneself through water <swim a stream> b : to execute in swimming\n2 : to cause to swim or float\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a smooth gliding motion\n2 : an act or period of swimming\n3 : a temporary dizziness or unconsciousness\n4 a : an area frequented by fish b : the main current of activity <in the swim>\n\n<3> adjective\n: of, relating to, or used in or for swimming <a swim meet>


Words: swimming
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 prp. of swim : that swims <a swimming bird>\n2 gerund of swim : adapted to or used in or for swimming\n\n<2> noun\n: the act, art, or sport of one that swims and dives


Words: swindle
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit\ntransitive senses : to take money or property from by fraud or deceit\n\n<2> noun\n: an act or instance of swindling : FRAUD


Words: swine
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous mammals (family Suidae) with a thick bristly skin and a long flexible snout; especially : a domesticated member of the species (Sus scrofa) that includes the European wild boar\n2 : a contemptible person


Words: swing
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cause to move vigorously through a wide arc or circle <swing an ax> b : to cause to sway to and fro c (1) : to cause to turn on an axis (2) : to cause to face or move in another direction <swing the car into a side road>\n2 : to suspend so as to permit swaying or turning\n3 : to convey by suspension <cranes swinging cargo into the ship’s hold>\n4 a (1) : to influence decisively <swing a lot of votes> (2) : to bring around by influence b : to handle successfully : MANAGE <wasn’t able to swing a new car on his income> <swing a deal>\n5 : to play or sing (as a melody) in the style of swing music\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move freely to and fro especially in suspension from an overhead support\n2 a : to die by hanging b : to hang freely from a support\n3 : to move in or describe a circle or arc: a : to turn on a hinge or pivot b : to turn in place c : to convey oneself by grasping a fixed support <swing aboard the train>\n4 a : to have a steady pulsing rhythm b : to play or sing with a lively compelling rhythm; specifically : to play swing music\n5 : to shift or fluctuate from one condition, form, position, or object of attention or favor to another <swing constantly from optimism to pessimism and back Sinclair Lewis>\n6 a : to move along rhythmically b : to start up in a smooth vigorous manner <ready to swing into action>\n7 : to hit or aim at something with a sweeping arm movement\n8 a : to be lively and up-to-date b : to engage freely in sex\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act or instance of swinging : swinging movement: as a (1) : a stroke or blow delivered with a sweeping arm movement <a batter with a powerful swing> (2) : a sweeping or rhythmic movement of the body or a bodily part (3) : a dance figure in which two dancers revolve with joined arms or hands (4) : jazz dancing in moderate tempo with a lilting syncopation b (1) : the regular movement of a freely suspended object (as a pendulum) along an arc and back (2) : back and forth sweep <the swing of the tides> c (1) : steady pulsing rhythm (as in


Words: swipe
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a strong sweeping blow\n2 : a sharp often critical remark <took a parting swipe at management>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to strike or move with a sweeping motion\ntransitive senses\n1 : to strike or wipe with a sweeping motion\n2 : STEAL, PILFER


Words: swirl
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to move with an eddying or whirling motion b : to pass in whirling confusion\n2 : to have a twist or convolution\ntransitive senses : to cause to swirl\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a whirling mass or motion : EDDY b : whirling confusion <a swirl of events>\n2 : a twisting shape, mark, or pattern\n3 : an act or instance of swirling


Words: swish
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to move, pass, swing, or whirl with the sound of a swish\ntransitive senses\n1 : to move, cut, or strike with a swish <the horse swished its tail>\n2 : to make (a basketball shot) so that the ball falls through the rim without touching it <swished a three-point jumper>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a prolonged hissing sound (as of a whip cutting the air) b : a light sweeping or brushing sound (as of a full silk skirt in motion)\n2 : a swishing movement\n3 usually disparaging : an effeminate homosexual\n\n<3> adjective\n: SMART, FASHIONABLE


Words: switch
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a slender flexible whip, rod, or twig <a riding switch>\n2 : an act of switching: as a : a blow with a switch b : a shift from one to another c : a change from the usual\n3 : a tuft of long hairs at the end of the tail of an animal (as a cow) see COW illustration\n4 a : a device made usually of two movable rails and necessary connections and designed to turn a locomotive or train from one track to another b : a railroad siding\n5 : a device for making, breaking, or changing the connections in an electrical circuit\n6 : a heavy strand of hair used in addition to a person’s own hair for some coiffures\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to strike or beat with or as if with a switch\n2 : WHISK, LASH <a cat switching its tail>\n3 a (1) : to turn from one railroad track to another : SHUNT (2) : to move (cars) to different positions on the same track within terminal areas b : to make a shift in or exchange of <switch seats>\n4 a : to shift to another electrical circuit by means of a switch b : to operate an electrical switch so as to turn (as a light) off or on\nintransitive senses\n1 : to lash from side to side\n2 : to make a shift or exchange


Words: switchboard
Meaning:
noun\n: an apparatus (as in a telephone exchange) consisting of a panel on which are mounted electric switches so arranged that a number of circuits may be connected, combined, and controlled


Words: swivel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a device joining two parts so that one or both can pivot freely (as on a bolt or pin)\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to turn on or as if on a swivel <swiveled his eyes in various directions>\nintransitive senses : to swing or turn on or as if on a swivel


Words: swoon
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 a : FAINT b : to become enraptured <swooning with joy>\n2 : DROOP, FADE\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a partial or total loss of consciousness b : a state of bewilderment or ecstasy : DAZE, RAPTURE\n2 : a state of suspended animation : TORPOR


Words: swoop
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to move with a sweep\ntransitive senses : to gain or carry off in or as if in a swoop usually used with up\n\n<2> noun\n: an act or instance of swooping


Words: sword
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a weapon (as a cutlass or rapier) with a long blade for cutting or thrusting that is often used as a symbol of honor or authority\n2 a : an agency or instrument of destruction or combat b : the use of force <the pen is mightier than the sword E. G. Bulwer-Lytton>\n3 : coercive power\n4 : something that resembles a sword


Words: swordfish
Meaning:
noun\n: a very large oceanic bony fish (Xiphias gladius of the family Xiphiidae) that has a long swordlike beak formed by the bones of the upper jaw and is an important food and game fish


Words: swordplay
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the art or skill of wielding a sword especially in fencing\n2 : an exhibition of swordplay


Words: swordsman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one skilled in swordplay; especially : a saber fencer\n2 archaic : a soldier armed with a sword


Words: sybarite
Meaning:
noun\n1 from the notorious luxury of the Sybarites : VOLUPTUARY, SENSUALIST\n2 capitalized : a native or resident of the ancient city of Sybaris


Words: sycamore
Meaning:
noun\n1 also sycomore : a fig tree (Ficus sycomorus) of Africa and the Middle East that is the sycamore of Scripture and has sweet and edible fruit similar but inferior to the common fig\n2 : a Eurasian maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) with long racemes of showy yellowish green flowers that is widely planted as a shade tree\n3 : 2PLANE; especially : a very large spreading tree (Platanus occidentalis) of eastern and central No. America with 3- to 5-lobed broadly ovate leaves


Words: syllable
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a unit of spoken language that is next bigger than a speech sound and consists of one or more vowel sounds alone or of a syllabic consonant alone or of either with one or more consonant sounds preceding or following\n2 : one or more letters (as syl, la, and ble) in a word (as sylylayble) usually set off from the rest of the word by a centered dot or a hyphen and roughly corresponding to the syllables of spoken language and treated as helps to pronunciation or as guides to placing hyphens at the end of a line\n3 : the smallest conceivable expression or unit of something : JOT\n4 : SOL-FA SYLLABLES\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to give a number or arrangement of syllables to (a word or verse)\n2 : to express or utter in or as if in syllables


Words: syllabus
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a summary outline of a discourse, treatise, or course of study or of examination requirements\n2 : HEADNOTE 2


Words: syllogism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in <every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable>)\n2 : a subtle, specious, or crafty argument\n3 : deductive reasoning


Words: sylph
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an elemental being in the theory of Paracelsus that inhabits air\n2 : a slender graceful woman or girl


Words: sylvan
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: one that frequents groves or woods\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : living or located in the woods or forest b : of, relating to, or characteristic of the woods or forest\n2 a : made, shaped, or formed of woods or trees b : abounding in woods, groves, or trees : WOODED


Words: symbol
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an authoritative summary of faith or doctrine : CREED\n2 : something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance; especially : a visible sign of something invisible <the lion is a symbol of courage>\n3 : an arbitrary or conventional sign used in writing or printing relating to a particular field to represent operations, quantities, elements, relations, or qualities\n4 : an object or act representing something in the unconscious mind that has been repressed <phallic symbols>\n5 : an act, sound, or object having cultural significance and the capacity to excite or objectify a response\n\n<2> verb\n: SYMBOLIZE


Words: symbolism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the art or practice of using symbols especially by investing things with a symbolic meaning or by expressing the invisible or intangible by means of visible or sensuous representations: as a : artistic imitation or invention that is a method of revealing or suggesting immaterial, ideal, or otherwise intangible truth or states b : the use of conventional or traditional signs in the representation of divine beings and spirits\n2 : a system of symbols or representations


Words: symbolize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to serve as a symbol of\n2 : to represent, express, or identify by a symbol\nintransitive senses : to use symbols or symbolism


Words: symmetry
Meaning:
noun\n1 : balanced proportions; also : beauty of form arising from balanced proportions\n2 : the property of being symmetrical; especially : correspondence in size, shape, and relative position of parts on opposite sides of a dividing line or median plane or about a center or axis compare BILATERAL SYMMETRY, RADIAL SYMMETRY\n3 : a rigid motion of a geometric figure that determines a one-to-one mapping onto itself\n4 : the property of remaining invariant under certain changes (as of orientation in space, of the sign of the electric charge, of parity, or of the direction of time flow) used of physical phenomena and of equations describing them


Words: sympathize
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to be in keeping, accord, or harmony\n2 : to react or respond in sympathy\n3 : to share in suffering or grief : COMMISERATE <sympathize with a friend in trouble>; also : to express such sympathy\n4 : to be in sympathy intellectually <sympathize with a proposal>


Words: sympathy
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an affinity, association, or relationship between persons or things wherein whatever affects one similarly affects the other b : mutual or parallel susceptibility or a condition brought about by it c : unity or harmony in action or effect\n2 a : inclination to think or feel alike : emotional or intellectual accord b : feeling of loyalty : tendency to favor or support <republican sympathies>\n3 a : the act or capacity of entering into or sharing the feelings or interests of another b : the feeling or mental state brought about by such sensitivity <have sympathy for the poor>\n4 : the correlation existing between bodies capable of communicating their vibrational energy to one another through some medium


Words: symphony
Meaning:
noun\n1 : consonance of sounds\n2 a : RITORNELLO 1 b : SINFONIA 1 c (1) : a usually long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra (2) : a musical composition (as for organ) resembling such a symphony in complexity or variety\n3 : consonance or harmony of color (as in a painting)\n4 a : SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA b : a symphony orchestra concert\n5 : something that in its harmonious complexity or variety suggests a symphonic composition


Words: symposium
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a convivial party (as after a banquet in ancient Greece) with music and conversation b : a social gathering at which there is free interchange of ideas\n2 a : a formal meeting at which several specialists deliver short addresses on a topic or on related topics compare COLLOQUIUM b : a collection of opinions on a subject; especially : one published by a periodical c : DISCUSSION


Words: symptom
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : subjective evidence of disease or physical disturbance; broadly : something that indicates the presence of bodily disorder b : an evident reaction by a plant to a pathogen\n2 a : something that indicates the existence of something else <symptoms of the time> b : a slight indication : TRACE


Words: synagogue
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a Jewish congregation\n2 : the house of worship and communal center of a Jewish congregation


Words: synchronize
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to happen at the same time\ntransitive senses\n1 : to represent or arrange (events) to indicate coincidence or coexistence\n2 : to make synchronous in operation\n3 : to make (motion-picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action


Words: synchronous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time\n2 : recurring or operating at exactly the same periods\n3 : involving or indicating synchronism\n4 a : having the same period; also : having the same period and phase b : GEOSTATIONARY\n5 : of, used in, or being digital communication (as between computers) in which a common timing signal is established that dictates when individual bits can be transmitted, in which characters are not individually delimited, and which allows for very high rates of data transfer


Words: syncopation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a temporary displacement of the regular metrical accent in music caused typically by stressing the weak beat\n2 : a syncopated rhythm, passage, or dance step


Words: syncope
Meaning:
noun\n1 : loss of consciousness resulting from insufficient blood flow to the brain : FAINT\n2 : the loss of one or more sounds or letters in the interior of a word (as in fo’c’sle for forecastle)


Words: syndicate
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a council or body of syndics b : the office or jurisdiction of a syndic\n2 : an association of persons officially authorized to undertake a duty or negotiate business\n3 a : a group of persons or concerns who combine to carry out a particular transaction b : CARTEL 2 c : a loose association of racketeers in control of organized crime\n4 : a business concern that sells materials for publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals simultaneously\n5 : a group of newspapers under one management\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to subject to or manage as a syndicate\n2 a : to sell (as a cartoon) to a syndicate or for publication in many newspapers or periodicals at once b : to sell (as a series of television programs) directly to local stations\nintransitive senses : to unite to form a syndicate


Words: syndrome
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a group of signs and symptoms that occur together and characterize a particular abnormality\n2 : a set of concurrent things (as emotions or actions) that usually form an identifiable pattern


Words: synergism
Meaning:
noun\n: interaction of discrete agencies (as industrial firms), agents (as drugs), or conditions such that the total effect is greater than the sum of the individual effects


Words: synod
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an ecclesiastical governing or advisory council: as a : the governing assembly of an Episcopal province b : a Presbyterian governing body ranking between the presbytery and the general assembly c : a regional or national organization of Lutheran congregations\n2 : the ecclesiastical district governed by a synod


Words: synonym
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one of two or more words or expressions of the same language that have the same or nearly the same meaning in some or all senses\n2 : a symbolic or figurative name : METONYM\n3 : a taxonomic name rejected as being incorrectly applied or incorrect in form compare HOMONYM


Words: synopsis
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a condensed statement or outline (as of a narrative or treatise) : ABSTRACT\n2 : the abbreviated conjugation of a verb in one person only


Words: syntax
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the way in which linguistic elements (as words) are put together to form constituents (as phrases or clauses) b : the part of grammar dealing with this\n2 : a connected or orderly system : harmonious arrangement of parts or elements\n3 : syntactics especially as dealing with the formal properties of languages or calculi


Words: synthesis
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole b : the production of a substance by the union of chemical elements, groups, or simpler compounds or by the degradation of a complex compound c : the combining of often diverse conceptions into a coherent whole; also : the complex so formed\n2 a : deductive reasoning b : the dialectic combination of thesis and antithesis into a higher stage of truth\n3 : the frequent and systematic use of inflected forms as a characteristic device of a language


Words: synthetic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic\n2 : attributing to a subject something determined by observation rather than analysis of the nature of the subject and not resulting in self-contradiction if negated compare ANALYTIC\n3 : characterized by frequent and systematic use of inflected forms to express grammatical relationships\n4 a (1) : of, relating to, or produced by chemical or biochemical synthesis; especially : produced artificially <synthetic drugs> <synthetic silk> (2) : of or relating to a synfuel b : devised, arranged, or fabricated for special situations to imitate or replace usual realities c : FACTITIOUS, BOGUS\n\n<2> noun\n: something resulting from synthesis rather than occurring naturally; especially : a product (as a drug or plastic) of chemical synthesis


Words: syphilis
Meaning:
noun\n: a chronic contagious usually venereal and often congenital disease caused by a spirochete (Treponema pallidum) and if left untreated producing chancres, rashes, and systemic lesions in a clinical course with three stages continued over many years compare PRIMARY SYPHILIS, SECONDARY SYPHILIS, TERTIARY SYPHILIS


Words: syringe
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a device used to inject fluids into or withdraw them from something (as the body or its cavities): as a : a device that consists of a nozzle of varying length and a compressible rubber bulb and is used for injection or irrigation b : an instrument (as for the injection of medicine or the withdrawal of bodily fluids) that consists of a hollow barrel fitted with a plunger and a hollow needle c : a gravity device consisting of a reservoir fitted with a long rubber tube ending with an exchangeable nozzle that is used for irrigation of the vagina or bowel\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to irrigate or spray with or as if with a syringe


Words: syrup
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a thick sticky solution of sugar and water often flavored or medicated b : the concentrated juice of a fruit or plant\n2 : cloying sweetness or sentimentality


Words: system
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a regularly interacting or interdependent group of items forming a unified whole <a number system>: as a (1) : a group of interacting bodies under the influence of related forces <a gravitational system> (2) : an assemblage of substances that is in or tends to equilibrium <a thermodynamic system> b (1) : a group of body organs that together perform one or more vital functions <the digestive system> (2) : the body considered as a functional unit c : a group of related natural objects or forces <a river system> d : a group of devices or artificial objects or an organization forming a network especially for distributing something or serving a common purpose <a telephone system> <a heating system> <a highway system> <a data processing system> e : a major division of rocks usually larger than a series and including all formed during a period or era f : a form of social, economic, or political organization or practice <the capitalist system>\n2 : an organized set of doctrines, ideas, or principles usually intended to explain the arrangement or working of a systematic whole <the Newtonian system of mechanics>\n3 a : an organized or established procedure <the touch system of typing> b : a manner of classifying, symbolizing, or schematizing <a taxonomic system> <the decimal system>\n4 : harmonious arrangement or pattern : ORDER <bring system out of confusion Ellen Glasgow>\n5 : an organized society or social situation regarded as stultifying : ESTABLISHMENT 2 usually used with the


Words: systematize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to arrange in accord with a definite plan or scheme : order systematically <the need to systematize their work>


Words: systemic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of, relating to, or common to a system: as a : affecting the body generally b : supplying those parts of the body that receive blood through the aorta rather than through the pulmonary artery c : of, relating to, or being a pesticide that as used is harmless to the plant or higher animal but when absorbed into its sap or bloodstream makes the entire organism toxic to pests (as an insect or fungus)\n\n<2> noun\n: a systemic pesticide


Words: systole
Meaning:
noun\n: a rhythmically recurrent contraction; especially : the contraction of the heart by which the blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up


Words: t
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the 20th letter of the English alphabet b : a graphic representation of this letter c : a speech counterpart of orthographic t\n2 : a graphic device for reproducing the letter t\n3 : one designated t especially as the 20th in order or class\n4 : something shaped like the letter T\n5 : FORMATION\n6 : TECHNICAL FOUL\n\n<2> abbreviation\nmetric ton, tablespoon, target, teaspoon, technical, temperature, Latin tempore in the time of; tense, tension, tertiary, time, ton, township, transitive, troy, true


Words: tab
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a short projecting device: as (1) : a small flap or loop by which something may be grasped or pulled (2) : a projection from a card used as an aid in filing b : a small insert, addition, or remnant c : APPENDAGE, EXTENSION; especially : one of a series of small pendants forming a decorative border or edge of a garment d : a small auxiliary airfoil hinged to a control surface (as a trailing edge) to help stabilize an airplane in flight see AIRPLANE illustration\n2 partly short for 1table; partly from sense 1 a : close surveillance : WATCH <keep tabs on trends> b : a creditor’s statement : BILL, CHECK c : COST <the tab for the new program>\n3 by shortening a : TABLOID b : TABLET\n4 short for tabulator : a device (as on a typewriter) for arranging data in columns\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to furnish or ornament with tabs\n2 : to single out : DESIGNATE\n3 : TABULATE


Words: tabby
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a archaic : a plain silk taffeta especially with moir* finish b : a plain-woven fabric\n2 2tabby a : a domestic cat with a striped and mottled coat b : a domestic cat; especially : a female cat\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or made of tabby\n2 : striped and mottled with darker color : BRINDLED <a tabby cat>\n\n<3> noun\n: a cement made of lime, sand or gravel, and oyster shells and used chiefly along the coast of Georgia and So. Carolina in the 17th and 18th centuries


Words: tabernacle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a often capitalized : a tent sanctuary used by the Israelites during the Exodus b archaic : a dwelling place c archaic : a temporary shelter : TENT\n2 : a receptacle for the consecrated elements of the Eucharist; especially : an ornamental locked box used for reserving the Communion hosts\n3 : a house of worship; specifically : a large building or tent used for evangelistic services\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to take up temporary residence; especially : to inhabit a physical body


Words: table
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : TABLET 1a\n2 a plural : BACKGAMMON b : one of the two leaves of a backgammon board or either half of a leaf\n3 a : a piece of furniture consisting of a smooth flat slab fixed on legs b (1) : a supply or source of food (2) : an act or instance of assembling to eat : MEAL <sit down to table> c (1) : a group of people assembled at or as if at a table (2) : a legislative or negotiating session <the bargaining table>\n4 : STRINGCOURSE\n5 a : a systematic arrangement of data usually in rows and columns for ready reference b : a condensed enumeration : LIST <a table of contents>\n6 : something that resembles a table especially in having a plane surface: as a : the upper flat surface of a cut precious stone see BRILLIANT illustration b (1) : TABLELAND (2) : a horizontal stratum <water table>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to enter in a table\n2 a British : to place on the agenda b : to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration indefinitely c : to put on a table\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : suitable for a table or for use at a table <a table lamp>\n2 : suitable for serving at a table <table grapes>\n3 : proper for conduct at a table <table manners>


Words: tableau
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a graphic description or representation : PICTURE <winsome tableaux of old-fashioned literary days J. D. Hart>\n2 : a striking or artistic grouping\n3 short for tableau vivant (from F, literally, living picture) : a depiction of a scene usually presented on a stage by silent and motionless costumed participants


Words: tablespoon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a large spoon used for serving\n2 : a unit of measure used especially in cookery equal to 12 fluid ounce (15 milliliters)


Words: tablet
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription b : a thin slab or one of a set of portable sheets used for writing c : PAD 4\n2 a : a compressed or molded block of a solid material b : a small mass of medicated material <an aspirin tablet>\n3 : GRAPHICS TABLET


Words: tabloid
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : compressed or condensed into small scope <tabloid criticism>\n2 : of, relating to, or characteristic of tabloids; especially : featuring stories of violence, crime, or scandal presented in a sensational manner\n\n<2> noun\n1 : DIGEST, SUMMARY\n2 : a newspaper that is about half the page size of an ordinary newspaper and that contains news in condensed form and much photographic matter


Words: taboo
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : forbidden to profane use or contact because of what are held to be dangerous supernatural powers\n2 a : banned on grounds of morality or taste <the subject is taboo> b : banned as constituting a risk <the area beyond is taboo, still alive with explosives Robert Leckie>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a prohibition against touching, saying, or doing something for fear of immediate harm from a supernatural force\n2 : a prohibition imposed by social custom or as a protective measure\n3 : belief in taboos\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to set apart as taboo especially by marking with a ritualistic symbol\n2 : to avoid or ban as taboo


Words: tabor
Meaning:
noun\n: a small drum with one head of soft calfskin used to accompany a pipe or fife played by the same person


Words: tabular
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having a flat surface : LAMINAR <a tabular crystal>\n2 a : of, relating to, or arranged in a table; specifically : set up in rows and columns b : computed by means of a table


Words: tacit
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : expressed or carried on without words or speech\n2 a : implied or indicated but not actually expressed <tacit consent> b (1) : arising without express contract or agreement (2) : arising by operation of law <tacit mortgage>


Words: tack
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : ATTACH; especially : to fasten or affix with tacks\n2 : to join in a slight or hasty manner\n3 a : to add as a supplement b : to add (a rider) to a parliamentary bill\n4 : to change the direction of (a sailing ship) when sailing close-hauled by turning the bow to the wind and shifting the sails so as to fall off on the other side at about the same angle as before\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to tack a sailing ship b of a ship : to change to an opposite tack by turning the bow to the wind c : to follow a course against the wind by a series of tacks\n2 a : to follow a zigzag course b : to modify one’s policy or attitude abruptly\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a small short sharp-pointed nail usually having a broad flat head\n2 a : the direction of a ship with respect to the trim of her sails <starboard tack> b : the run of a sailing ship on one tack c : a change when close-hauled from the starboard to the port tack or vice versa d : a zigzag movement on land e : a course or method of action; especially : one sharply divergent from that previously followed\n3 : any of various usually temporary stitches\n4 : the lower forward corner of a fore-and-aft sail\n5 : a sticky or adhesive quality or condition\n\n<3> noun\n: HARDTACK 1\n\n<4> noun\n: stable gear; especially : articles of harness (as saddle and bridle) for use on a saddle horse


Words: tackle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a set of the equipment used in a particular activity : GEAR <fishing tackle>\n2 a : a ship’s rigging b : an assemblage of ropes and pulleys arranged to gain mechanical advantage for hoisting and pulling\n3 a : the act or an instance of tackling b (1) : either of two offensive football players positioned on each side of the center and between guard and end (2) : either of two football players positioned on the inside of a defensive line\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to attach or secure with or as if with tackle\n2 a : to seize, take hold of, or grapple with especially with the intention of stopping or subduing b : to seize and throw down or stop (an opposing player with the ball) in football\n3 : to set about dealing with <tackle the problem>\nintransitive senses : to tackle an opposing player in football


Words: tacky
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: somewhat sticky to the touch <tacky varnish>; also : characterized by tack : ADHESIVE\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : characterized by lack of good breeding <couldn’t run around downtown in a bikini, which was tacky Cyra McFadden> b : SHABBY, SEEDY <a tacky town whose citrus groves were blighted by smoke Bryce Nelson>\n2 : not having or exhibiting good taste: as a : marked by lack of style : DOWDY b : marked by cheap showiness : GAUDY


Words: tact
Meaning:
noun\n1 : sensitive mental or aesthetic perception <converted the novel into a play with remarkable skill and tact>\n2 : a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense


Words: tactic
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a device for accomplishing an end\n2 : a method of employing forces in combat\n\n<2> adjective\n: of or relating to arrangement or order


Words: tactics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n1 a : the science and art of disposing and maneuvering forces in combat b : the art or skill of employing available means to accomplish an end\n2 : a system or mode of procedure\n3 : the study of the grammatical relations within a language including morphology and syntax


Words: tadpole
Meaning:
noun\n: a larval amphibian; specifically : a frog or toad larva that has a rounded body with a long tail bordered by fins and external gills soon replaced by internal gills and that undergoes a metamorphosis to the adult


Words: taffy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a boiled candy usually of molasses or brown sugar that is pulled until porous and light-colored\n2 : insincere flattery


Words: tag
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a loose hanging piece of cloth : TATTER\n2 : a metal or plastic binding on an end of a shoelace\n3 : a piece of hanging or attached material; specifically : a loop, knot, or tassel on a garment\n4 a : a brief quotation used for rhetorical emphasis or sententious effect b : a recurrent or characteristic verbal expression c : TAG LINE 1\n5 a : a cardboard, plastic, or metal marker used for identification or classification <license tags> b : a descriptive or identifying epithet c : something used for identification or location : FLAG d : LABEL 3d e : PRICE TAG\n6 : a detached fragmentary piece : BIT\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to provide or mark with or as if with a tag: as a : to supply with an identifying marker or price <tagged every item in the store> <was tagged at 4.95> b : to provide with a name or epithet : LABEL, BRAND <tagged him a has-been> c : to put a ticket on (a motor vehicle) for a traffic violation\n2 : to attach as an addition : APPEND\n3 : to follow closely and persistently\n4 : to hold to account; especially : to charge with violating the law <was tagged for assault Burt Woolis>\n5 : LABEL 2\nintransitive senses : to keep close <tagging at their heels Corey Ford>\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a game in which the player who is it chases others and tries to touch one of them who then becomes it\n2 : an act or instance of tagging a runner in baseball\n\n<4> transitive verb\n1 a : to touch in or as if in a game of tag b : to put out (a runner) in baseball by a touch with the ball or the gloved hand containing the ball\n2 : to hit solidly\n3 : to choose usually for a special purpose : SELECT\n4 : to make a hit or run off (a pitcher) in baseball


Words: tail
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the rear end or a process or prolongation of the rear end of the body of an animal\n2 : something resembling an animal’s tail in shape or position: as a : the luminous train of a comet b : the rear part of an airplane consisting usually of horizontal and vertical stabilizing surfaces with attached control surfaces\n3 : RETINUE\n4 plural a : TAILCOAT b : full evening dress for men\n5 a : BUTTOCKS, BUTT b usually vulgar : a female sexual partner\n6 : the back, last, lower, or inferior part of something\n7 : TAILING 1 usually used in plural\n8 : the reverse of a coin usually used in plural <tails, win>\n9 : one (as a detective) who follows or keeps watch on someone\n10 : the blank space at the bottom of a page\n11 : a location immediately or not far behind <had a posse on his tail>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to connect end to end\n2 a : to remove the tail of (an animal) : DOCK b : to remove the stem or bottom part of <topping and tailing gooseberries>\n3 a : to make or furnish with a tail b : to follow or be drawn behind like a tail\n4 : to follow for purposes of surveillance\nintransitive senses\n1 : to form or move in a straggling line\n2 : to grow progressively smaller, fainter, or more scattered : ABATE usually used with off <productivity is tailing off Tom Nicholson>\n3 : to swing or lie with the stern in a named direction used of a ship at anchor\n4 : 2TAG\n\n<3> noun\n: ENTAIL 1a\n\n<4> adjective\n: limited as to tenure : ENTAILED


Words: tailcoat
Meaning:
noun\n: a coat with tails; especially : a man’s full-dress coat with two long tapering skirts at the back


Words: tailor
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a person whose occupation is making or altering outer garments\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to do the work of a tailor\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make or fashion as the work of a tailor b : to make or adapt to suit a special need or purpose\n2 : to fit with clothes\n3 : to style with trim straight lines and finished handwork


Words: taint
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to contaminate morally : CORRUPT <scholarship tainted by envy>\n2 : to affect with putrefaction : SPOIL\n3 : to touch or affect slightly with something bad <persons tainted with prejudice>\nintransitive senses\n1 obsolete : to become weak\n2 : to become affected with putrefaction : SPOIL\n\n<2> noun\n: a contaminating mark or influence


Words: take
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to get into one’s hands or into one’s possession, power, or control: as a : to seize or capture physically <took them as prisoners> b : to get possession of (as fish or game) by killing or capturing c (1) : to move against (as an opponent’s piece in chess) and remove from play (2) : to win in a card game <able to take 12 tricks> d : to acquire by eminent domain\n2 : GRASP, GRIP <take the ax by the handle>\n3 a : to catch or attack through the effect of a sudden force or influence <taken with a fit of laughing> <taken ill> b : to catch or come upon in a particular situation or action <was taken unawares> c : to gain the approval or liking of : CAPTIVATE, DELIGHT <was quite taken with her at their first meeting>\n4 a : to receive into one’s body (as by swallowing, drinking, or inhaling) <take a pill> b : to expose oneself to (as sun or air) for pleasure or physical benefit c : to partake of : EAT <takes dinner about seven>\n5 a : to bring or receive into a relation or connection <takes just four students a year> <it’s time he took a wife> b : to copulate with\n6 : to transfer into one’s own keeping: a : APPROPRIATE b : to obtain or secure for use (as by lease, subscription, or purchase) <take a cottage for the summer> <I’ll take the red one> <took an ad in the paper>\n7 a : ASSUME <gods often took the likeness of a human being> <when the college took its present form> b (1) : to enter into or undertake the duties of <take a job> <take office> <took command of the fleet> (2) : to move onto or into : move into position on <the home team took the field> c (1) : to bind oneself by <take the oath of office> (2) : to make (a decision) especially with finality or authority d : to impose upon oneself <take the trouble to do good work> e (1) : to adopt as one’s own <take a stand on the issue> <take an interest> (2) : to align or ally oneself with <mother took his side> f : to assume as if rightfully one’s own or as if granted <take the credit> g : to have or assume as a proper part of or accompanime


Words: takeoff
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an imitation especially in the way of caricature\n2 a : a spot at which one takes off b : a starting point : point of departure\n3 a : a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket b : an action of starting out c : a rapid rise in activity, growth, or popularity <an economic takeoff>\n4 : an action of removing something\n5 : a mechanism for transmission of the power of an engine or vehicle to operate some other mechanism


Words: talc
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a very soft mineral that is a basic silicate of magnesium, has a soapy feel, and is used especially in making talcum powder\n2 : TALCUM POWDER


Words: tale
Meaning:
noun\n1 obsolete : DISCOURSE, TALK\n2 a : a series of events or facts told or presented : ACCOUNT b (1) : a report of a private or confidential matter <dead men tell no tales> (2) : a libelous report or piece of gossip\n3 a : a usually imaginative narrative of an event : STORY b : an intentionally untrue report : FALSEHOOD <always preferred the tale to the truth Sir Winston Churchill>\n4 a : COUNT, TALLY b : TOTAL


Words: talent
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of several ancient units of weight b : a unit of value equal to the value of a talent of gold or silver\n2 archaic : a characteristic feature, aptitude, or disposition of a person or animal\n3 : the natural endowments of a person\n4 a : a special often creative or artistic aptitude b : general intelligence or mental power : ABILITY\n5 : a person of talent or a group of persons of talent in a field or activity


Words: talesman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person added to a jury usually from among bystanders to make up a deficiency in the available number of jurors\n2 : a member of a large pool of persons called for jury duty from which jurors are selected


Words: talisman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune\n2 : something producing apparently magical or miraculous effects


Words: talk
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to deliver or express in speech : UTTER\n2 : to make the subject of conversation or discourse : DISCUSS <talk business>\n3 : to influence, affect, or cause by talking <talked them into going>\n4 : to use (a language) for conversing or communicating : SPEAK\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to express or exchange ideas by means of spoken words b : to convey information or communicate in any way (as with signs or sounds) <can make a trumpet talk>\n2 : to use speech : SPEAK\n3 a : to speak idly : PRATE b : GOSSIP c : to reveal secret or confidential information\n4 : to give a talk : LECTURE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act or an instance of talking : SPEECH\n2 : a way of speaking : LANGUAGE\n3 : pointless or fruitless discussion : VERBIAGE\n4 : a formal discussion, negotiation, or exchange of views often used in plural\n5 a : MENTION, REPORT b : RUMOR, GOSSIP\n6 : the topic of interested comment, conversation, or gossip <it’s the talk of the town>\n7 a : ADDRESS, LECTURE b : written analysis or discussion presented in an informal or conversational manner\n8 : communicative sounds or signs resembling or functioning as talk <bird talk>


Words: tall
Meaning:
adjective\n1 obsolete : BRAVE, COURAGEOUS\n2 a : high in stature b : of a specified height <five feet tall>\n3 a : of considerable height <tall trees> b : long from bottom to top <a tall book> c : of a higher growing variety or species of plant\n4 a : large or formidable in amount, extent, or degree <a tall order to fill> b : POMPOUS, HIGH-FLOWN <tall talk about the vast mysteries of life W. A. White> c : highly exaggerated : INCREDIBLE, IMPROBABLE <a tall story>


Words: tallow
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the white nearly tasteless solid rendered fat of cattle and sheep used chiefly in soap, candles, and lubricants\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to grease or smear with tallow


Words: tally
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a device (as a notched rod or mechanical counter) for visibly recording or accounting especially business transactions\n2 a : a recorded reckoning or account (as of items or charges) <keep a daily tally of accidents> b : a score or point made (as in a game)\n3 a : a part that corresponds to an opposite or companion member : COMPLEMENT b : a state of correspondence or agreement\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to record on or as if on a tally : TABULATE b : to list or check off (as a cargo) by items c : to register (as a score) in a contest\n2 : to make a count of : RECKON\n3 : to cause to correspond\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to make a tally by or as if by tabulating b : to register a point in a contest : SCORE\n2 : CORRESPOND, MATCH


Words: tallyho
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a call of a huntsman at sight of the fox\n2 Tally-ho, name of a coach formerly plying between London and Birmingham : a four-in-hand coach


Words: talon
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey b : a finger or hand of a human being\n2 : a part or object shaped like or suggestive of a heel or claw: as a : an ogee molding b : the shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt\n3 a : cards laid aside in a pile in solitaire b : STOCK 10c


Words: tamarack
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of several American larches; especially : a larch (Larix laricina) of northern North America that inhabits usually moist or wet areas\n2 : the wood of a tamarack


Words: tamarind
Meaning:
noun\n: a tropical Old World leguminous tree (Tamarindus indica) with hard yellowish wood, pinnate leaves, and red-striped yellow flowers; also : its fruit which has an acid pulp often used for preserves or in a cooling laxative drink


Words: tambourine
Meaning:
noun\n: a small drum; especially : a shallow one-headed drum with loose metallic disks at the sides played especially by shaking or striking with the hand


Words: tame
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : reduced from a state of native wildness especially so as to be tractable and useful to humans : DOMESTICATED <tame animals>\n2 : made docile and submissive : SUBDUED\n3 : lacking spirit, zest, interest, or the capacity to excite : INSIPID <a tame campaign>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to reduce from a wild to a domestic state b : to subject to cultivation c : to bring under control : HARNESS\n2 : to deprive of spirit : HUMBLE, SUBDUE <the once revolutionary party, long since tamed Times Literary Supplement>\n3 : to tone down : SOFTEN <tamed the language in the play>\nintransitive senses : to become tame


Words: tamp
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to drive in or down by a succession of light or medium blows <tamp wet concrete>\n2 : to put a check on : REDUCE, LESSEN\n\n<2> noun\n: a tool for tamping


Words: tamper
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to carry on underhand or improper negotiations (as by bribery)\n2 a : to interfere so as to weaken or change for the worse used with with b : to try foolish or dangerous experiments used with with


Words: tan
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to convert (hide) into leather by treatment with an infusion of tannin-rich bark or other agent of similar effect b : to convert (protein) to leather or a similar substance\n2 : to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun\n3 : THRASH, WHIP\nintransitive senses : to get or become tanned\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or used for tan or tanning\n2 : of the color tan\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a tanning material or its active agent (as tannin)\n2 : a brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or wind\n3 : a light yellowish brown\n4 plural : tan-colored articles of clothing\n\n<4> abbreviation\ntangent


Words: tanbark
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a bark rich in tannin bruised or cut into small pieces and used in tanning\n2 : a surface (as a circus ring) covered with spent tanbark


Words: tandem
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a 2-seated carriage drawn by horses harnessed one before the other (2) : a team so harnessed b : TANDEM BICYCLE c : a vehicle (as a motortruck) having close-coupled pairs of axles\n2 : a group of two or more arranged one behind the other or used or acting in conjunction\n\n<2> adverb\n: one after or behind another <ride tandem>\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : consisting of things or having parts arranged one behind the other\n2 : working or occurring in conjunction with each other


Words: tang
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a projecting shank, prong, fang, or tongue (as on a knife, file, or sword) to connect with the handle\n2 a : a sharp distinctive often lingering flavor b : a pungent odor c : something having the effect of a tang (as in stimulation of the senses)\n3 a : a faint suggestion : TRACE b : a distinguishing characteristic that sets apart or gives a special individuality\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to furnish with a tang\n2 : to affect with a tang\n\n<3> verb\n: CLANG, RING\n\n<4> noun\n: a sharp twanging sound


Words: tangent
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : meeting a curve or surface in a single point if a sufficiently small interval is considered <straight line tangent to a curve> b (1) : having a common tangent line at a point <tangent curves> (2) : having a common tangent plane at a point <tangent surfaces>\n2 : diverging from an original purpose of course : IRRELEVANT <tangent remarks>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the trigonometric function that for an acute angle is the ratio between the leg opposite to the angle when it is considered part of a right triangle and the leg adjacent b : a trigonometric function that is equal to the sine divided by the cosine for all real numbers < for which the cosine is not equal to zero and is exactly equal to the tangent of an angle of measure \n2 : a line that is tangent; specifically : a straight line that is the limiting position of a secant of a curve through a fixed point and a variable point on the curve as the variable point approaches the fixed point see CIRCLE illustration\n3 : an abrupt change of course : DIGRESSION <the speaker went off on a tangent>\n4 : a small upright flat-ended metal pin at the inner end of a clavichord key that strikes the string to produce the tone


Words: tangerine
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of various mandarins that have usually deep orange skin and pulp; broadly : MANDARIN 3b b : a tree producing tangerines\n2 : a moderate to strong reddish orange


Words: tangible
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : PALPABLE b : substantially real : MATERIAL\n2 : capable of being precisely identified or realized by the mind <her grief was tangible>\n3 : capable of being appraised at an actual or approximate value <tangible assets>\n\n<2> noun\n: something tangible; especially : a tangible asset


Words: tangle
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to involve so as to hamper, obstruct, or embarrass\n2 : to seize and hold in or as if in a snare : ENTRAP\n3 : to unite or knit together in intricate confusion\nintransitive senses\n1 : to interact in a contentious or conflicting way\n2 : to become entangled\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a tangled twisted mass : SNARL\n2 a : a complicated or confused state or condition b : a state of perplexity or complete bewilderment\n3 : a serious altercation : DISPUTE\n\n<3> noun\n: a large seaweed


Words: tango
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin in 24 time with a basic pattern of step-step-step-step-close and characterized by long pauses and stylized body positions; also : the music for this dance\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to dance the tango


Words: tank
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 dialect : POND, POOL; especially : one built as a water supply\n2 : a usually large receptacle for holding, transporting, or storing liquids (as water or fuel)\n3 : an enclosed heavily armed and armored combat vehicle that moves on tracks\n4 : a prison cell or enclosure used especially for receiving prisoners\n5 : TANK TOP\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to place, store, or treat in a tank\n2 : to make no effort to win : lose intentionally <tanked the match>\nintransitive senses : to lose intentionally : give up in competition


Words: tanker
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a cargo ship fitted with tanks for carrying liquid in bulk b : a vehicle on which a tank is mounted to carry fluids; also : a cargo airplane for transporting fuel\n2 : a member of a military tank crew


Words: tanner
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that tans hides\n2 : one who acquires or seeks to acquire a suntan\n\n<2> noun\nBritish : SIXPENCE


Words: tannic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, resembling, or derived from tan or a tannin\n2 of wine : containing an abundance of tannins : markedly astringent


Words: tannin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various soluble astringent complex phenolic substances of plant origin used especially in tanning, dyeing, the making of ink, and in medicine\n2 : a substance that has a tanning effect


Words: tantalize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach\nintransitive senses : to cause one to be tantalized


Words: tantalum
Meaning:
noun\n: a hard ductile gray-white acid-resisting metallic element of the vanadium family found combined in rare minerals (as tantalite and columbite) see ELEMENT table


Words: tap
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a plug for a hole (as in a cask) : SPIGOT b : a device consisting of a spout and valve attached to the end of a pipe to control the flow of a fluid : FAUCET\n2 a : a liquor drawn through a tap b : the procedure of removing fluid (as from a body cavity)\n3 : a tool for forming an internal screw thread\n4 : an intermediate point in an electric circuit where a connection may be made\n5 : WIRETAP\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to let out or cause to flow by piercing or by drawing a plug from the containing vessel <tap wine from a cask>\n2 a : to pierce so as to let out or draw off a fluid <tap maple trees> b : to draw out, from, or upon <tap new sources of revenue>\n3 a : to cut in on (a telephone or telegraph wire) to get information b : to cut in (an electrical circuit) on another circuit\n4 : to form an internal screw thread in by means of a tap\n5 : to get money from as a loan or gift\n6 : to connect (a street gas or water main) with a local supply\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to strike lightly especially with a slight sound\n2 : to give a light blow with <tap a pencil on the table>\n3 : to bring about by repeated light blows <tap out a story on the typewriter>\n4 : to repair by putting a tap on\n5 : SELECT, DESIGNATE <was tapped for police commissioner>; specifically : to elect to membership (as in a fraternity)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to strike a light audible blow : RAP\n2 : to walk with light audible steps\n3 : TAP-DANCE\n\n<4> noun\n1 a : a light usually audible blow; also : its sound b : one of several usually rapid drumbeats on a snare drum\n2 : HALF SOLE\n3 : a small metal plate for the sole or heel of a shoe\n4 : TAP DANCE 1\n5 : FLAP 7


Words: tape
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a narrow woven fabric\n2 : a string or ribbon stretched breast-high above the finish line of a race\n3 : a narrow flexible strip or band: as a : ADHESIVE TAPE b : MAGNETIC TAPE\n4 : TAPE RECORDING\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to fasten, tie, bind, cover, or support with tape\n2 : to record on tape and especially magnetic tape <tape an interview>\nintransitive senses : to record something on tape and especially magnetic tape\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : recorded on tape <tape music>\n2 : intended for use with recording (as magnetic) tape <a tape cartridge>


Words: taper
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a slender candle b : a long waxed wick used especially for lighting candles, lamps, pipes, or fires c : a feeble light\n2 a : a tapering form or figure b : gradual diminution of thickness, diameter, or width in an elongated object c : a gradual decrease\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : progressively narrowed toward one end\n2 : furnished with or adjusted to a scale : GRADUATED <taper freight rates>\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become progressively smaller toward one end\n2 : to diminish gradually\ntransitive senses : to cause to taper\n\n<4> noun\n: one that applies or dispenses tape


Words: tapestry
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a heavy handwoven reversible textile used for hangings, curtains, and upholstery and characterized by complicated pictorial designs b : a nonreversible imitation of tapestry used chiefly for upholstery c : embroidery on canvas resembling woven tapestry <needlepoint tapestry>\n2 : something resembling tapestry (as in complexity or richness of design)


Words: tapeworm
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a class (Cestoda) of platyhelminthic worms parasitic especially in the intestines of vertebrates called also cestode


Words: tapioca
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a usually granular preparation of cassava starch used especially in puddings and as a thickening in liquid food; also : a dish (as pudding) containing tapioca\n2 : CASSAVA


Words: tapir
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Tapirus) of chiefly nocturnal perissodactyl ungulates of tropical America and Myanmar to Sumatra that have the snout and upper lip prolonged into a short flexible proboscis


Words: taproot
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a primary root that grows vertically downward and gives off small lateral roots\n2 : the central element or position in a line of growth or development


Words: taps
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n: the last bugle call at night blown as a signal that lights are to be put out; also : a similar call blown at military funerals and memorial services


Words: tar
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a dark brown or black bituminous usually odorous viscous liquid obtained by destructive distillation of organic material (as wood, coal, or peat) b : a substance in some respects resembling tar; especially : a condensable residue present in smoke from burning tobacco that contains combustion by-products (as resins, acids, phenols, and essential oils)\n2 short for tarpaulin : SAILOR\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to cover with tar\n2 : to defile as if with tar <least tarred by the scandal Newsweek>\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to urge to action usually used with on


Words: tarantula
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a European wolf spider (Lycosa tarentula) popularly held to be the cause of tarantism\n2 : any of a family (Theraphosidae) of large hairy American spiders that are typically rather sluggish and capable of biting sharply though most forms are not significantly poisonous to humans


Words: tardy
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : moving slowly : SLUGGISH\n2 : delayed beyond the expected or proper time : LATE\n\n<2> noun\n: an instance of being tardy (as to a class)


Words: tare
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the seed of a vetch b : any of several vetches (especially Vicia sativa and V. hirsuta)\n2 : a weed of grainfields usually held to be the darnel\n3 plural : an undesirable element\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a deduction from the gross weight of a substance and its container made in allowance for the weight of the container; also : the weight of the container\n2 : COUNTERWEIGHT\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to ascertain or mark the tare of; especially : to weigh so as to determine the tare


Words: target
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a small round shield\n2 a : a mark to shoot at b : a target marked by shots fired at it c : something or someone fired at or marked for attack d : a goal to be achieved\n3 a : an object of ridicule or criticism b : something or someone to be affected by an action or development\n4 a : a railroad day signal that is attached to a switch stand and indicates whether the switch is open or closed b : a sliding sight on a surveyor’s leveling rod\n5 a : the metallic surface (as of platinum or tungsten) upon which the stream of electrons within an X-ray tube is focused and from which the rays are emitted b : a body, surface, or material bombarded with nuclear particles or electrons; especially : fluorescent material on which desired visual effects are produced in electronic devices (as in radar)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to make a target of; especially : to set as a goal\n2 : to direct or use toward a target


Words: tariff
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a schedule of duties imposed by a government on imported or in some countries exported goods b : a duty or rate of duty imposed in such a schedule\n2 : a schedule of rates or charges of a business or a public utility\n3 : PRICE, CHARGE\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to subject to a tariff


Words: tarnish
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : SOIL, STAIN\n2 a : to detract from the good quality of : VITIATE <his fine dreams now slightly tarnished> b : to bring disgrace on : SULLY\nintransitive senses : to become tarnished\n\n<2> noun\n: something that tarnishes; especially : a film of chemically altered material on the surface of a metal (as silver)


Words: taro
Meaning:
noun\n: a plant (Colocasia esculenta) of the arum family grown throughout the tropics for its edible starchy tuberous rootstocks and in temperate regions for ornament; also : its rootstock


Words: tarpaulin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a piece of material (as durable plastic) used for protecting exposed objects or areas\n2 : SAILOR


Words: tarpon
Meaning:
noun\n: a large silvery elongate anadromous bony fish (Megalops atlanticus of the family Elopidae) that occurs especially in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and warm coastal waters of the Atlantic, reaches a length of about six feet (two meters), and is often caught for sport


Words: tarry
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 a : to delay or be tardy in acting or doing b : to linger in expectation : WAIT\n2 : to abide or stay in or at a place\n\n<2> noun\n: STAY, SOJOURN\n\n<3> adjective\n: of, resembling, or covered with tar


Words: tart
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : agreeably sharp or acid to the taste\n2 : marked by a biting, acrimonious, or cutting quality\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a dish baked in a pastry shell : PIE: as a : a small pie or pastry shell without a top containing jelly, custard, or fruit b : a small pie made of pastry folded over a filling\n2 : PROSTITUTE


Words: tartan
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a plaid textile design of Scottish origin consisting of stripes of varying width and color usually patterned to designate a distinctive clan\n2 a : a twilled woolen fabric with tartan design b : a fabric with tartan design\n3 : a garment of tartan design


Words: tartar
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a substance consisting essentially of cream of tartar that is derived from the juice of grapes and deposited in wine casks together with yeast and other suspended matters as a pale or dark reddish crust or sediment; especially : a recrystallized product yielding cream of tartar on further purification\n2 : an incrustation on the teeth consisting of salivary secretion, food residue, and various salts (as calcium carbonate)\n\n<2> noun\n1 capitalized : a native or inhabitant of Tatary\n2 capitalized : TATAR 2\n3 often capitalized : a person of irritable or violent temper\n4 : one that proves to be unexpectedly formidable


Words: task
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a usually assigned piece of work often to be finished within a certain time b : something hard or unpleasant that has to be done c : DUTY, FUNCTION\n2 : subjection to adverse criticism : REPRIMAND used in the expressions to take, call, or bring to task\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 obsolete : to impose a tax on\n2 : to assign a task to\n3 : to oppress with great labor <tasks his mind with petty details>


Words: tassel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a dangling ornament made by laying parallel a bunch of cords or threads of even length and fastening them at one end\n2 : something resembling a tassel; especially : the terminal male inflorescence of some plants and especially Indian corn\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to adorn with tassels\nintransitive senses : to put forth tassel inflorescences


Words: taste
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to become acquainted with by experience <has tasted the frustration of defeat>\n2 : to ascertain the flavor of by taking a little into the mouth\n3 : to eat or drink especially in small quantities\n4 : to perceive or recognize as if by the sense of taste\n5 archaic : APPRECIATE, ENJOY\nintransitive senses\n1 : to eat or drink a little\n2 : to test the flavor of something by taking a small part into the mouth\n3 : to have perception, experience, or enjoyment : PARTAKE often used with of\n4 : to have a specific flavor <the apple tastes sour>\n\n<2> noun\n1 obsolete : TEST\n2 a obsolete : the act of tasting b : a small amount tasted c : a small amount : BIT; especially : a sample of experience <first taste of success>\n3 : the one of the special senses that perceives and distinguishes the sweet, sour, bitter, or salty quality of a dissolved substance and is mediated by taste buds on the tongue\n4 : the objective sweet, sour, bitter, or salty quality of a dissolved substance as perceived by the sense of taste\n5 a : a sensation obtained from a substance in the mouth that is typically produced by the stimulation of the sense of taste combined with those of touch and smell : FLAVOR b : the distinctive quality of an experience <that gruesome scene left a bad taste in my mouth>\n6 : individual preference : INCLINATION\n7 a : critical judgment, discernment, or appreciation b : manner or aesthetic quality indicative of such discernment or appreciation


Words: tasty
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having a marked and appetizing flavor b : strikingly attractive or interesting <a tasty bit of gossip>\n2 : TASTEFUL


Words: tatter
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses : to make ragged\nintransitive senses : to become ragged\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a part torn and left hanging : SHRED\n2 plural : tattered clothing : RAGS


Words: tatterdemalion
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a person dressed in ragged clothing : RAGAMUFFIN\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : ragged or disreputable in appearance b : being in a decayed state or condition : DILAPIDATED\n2 : BEGGARLY, DISREPUTABLE


Words: tatting
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a delicate handmade lace formed usually by looping and knotting with a single cotton thread and a small shuttle\n2 : the act or process of making tatting


Words: tattle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : idle talk : CHATTER\n2 : GOSSIP\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : CHATTER, PRATE\n2 : to tell secrets : BLAB\ntransitive senses : to utter or disclose in gossip or chatter


Words: tattoo
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a rapid rhythmic rapping\n2 a : a call sounded shortly before taps as notice to go to quarters b : outdoor military exercise given by troops as evening entertainment\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to beat or rap rhythmically on : drum on\nintransitive senses : to give a series of rhythmic taps\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to mark or color (the skin) with tattoos\n2 : to mark the skin with (a tattoo) <tattooed a flag on his chest>\n\n<4> noun\n1 : the act of tattooing : the fact of being tattooed\n2 : an indelible mark or figure fixed upon the body by insertion of pigment under the skin or by production of scars


Words: taunt
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a sarcastic challenge or insult\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at


Words: taut
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having no give or slack : tightly drawn b : HIGH-STRUNG, TENSE <taut nerves>\n2 a : kept in proper order or condition <a taut ship> b (1) : not loose or flabby (2) : marked by economy of structure and detail <a taut story>\n\n<2> transitive verb\nScottish : MAT, TANGLE


Words: taw
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to dress (skins) usually by a dry process (as with alum or salt)\n\n<2> noun\n: the 23d letter of the Hebrew alphabet see ALPHABET table\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a marble used as a shooter b : RINGTAW\n2 : the line from which players shoot at marbles\n3 : a square-dance partner\n\n<4> intransitive verb\n: to shoot a marble


Words: tawdry
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality; also : IGNOBLE\n\n<2> noun\n: cheap showy finery


Words: tawny
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of the color tawny\n2 : of a warm sandy color like that of well-tanned skin <the lion’s tawny coat>\n\n<2> noun\n: a brownish orange to light brown color


Words: tax
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to assess or determine judicially the amount of (costs in a court action)\n2 : to levy a tax on\n3 obsolete : to enter (a name) in a list <there went out a decree that all the world should be taxed Luke 2:1 (Authorized Version)>\n4 : CHARGE, ACCUSE <taxed him with neglect of duty>; also : CENSURE\n5 : to make onerous and rigorous demands on <the job taxed her strength>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a charge usually of money imposed by authority on persons or property for public purposes b : a sum levied on members of an organization to defray expenses\n2 : a heavy demand


Words: taxi
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: TAXICAB; also : a similarly operated boat or aircraft\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a of an aircraft : to go at low speed along the surface of the ground or water b : to operate an aircraft on the ground under its own power\n2 : to ride in a taxicab\ntransitive senses\n1 : to transport by or as if by taxi\n2 : to cause (an aircraft) to taxi


Words: taxicab
Meaning:
noun\n: an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled


Words: taxidermy
Meaning:
noun\n: the art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals and especially vertebrates


Words: taxonomy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the study of the general principles of scientific classification : SYSTEMATICS\n2 : CLASSIFICATION; especially : orderly classification of plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships


Words: tea
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a shrub (Camellia sinensis of the family Theaceae, the tea family) cultivated especially in China, Japan, and the East Indies b : the leaves, leaf buds, and internodes of the tea plant prepared and cured for the market, classed according to method of manufacture into one set of types (as green tea, black tea, or oolong), and graded according to leaf size into another (as orange pekoe, pekoe, or souchong)\n2 : an aromatic beverage prepared from tea leaves by infusion with boiling water\n3 : any of various plants somewhat resembling tea in properties; also : an infusion of their leaves used medicinally or as a beverage\n4 a : refreshments usually including tea with sandwiches, crackers, or cookies served in late afternoon b : a reception at which tea is served\n5 slang : MARIJUANA


Words: teach
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cause to know something <taught them a trade> b : to cause to know how <is teaching me to drive> c : to accustom to some action or attitude <teach students to think for themselves> d : to cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action <I’ll teach you to come home late>\n2 : to guide the studies of\n3 : to impart the knowledge of <teach algebra>\n4 a : to instruct by precept, example, or experience b : to make known and accepted <experience teaches us our limitations>\n5 : to conduct instruction regularly in <teach school>\nintransitive senses : to provide instruction : act as a teacher


Words: teaching
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the act, practice, or profession of a teacher\n2 : something taught; especially : DOCTRINE <the teachings of Confucius>\n\n<2> adjective\n: of, relating to, used for, or engaged in teaching <a teaching aid> <the teaching profession> <a teaching assistant>


Words: teak
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a tall East Indian timber tree (Tectona grandis) of the vervain family\n2 : the hard yellowish brown wood of teak used especially for furniture and shipbuilding


Words: teal
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various widely distributed small short-necked dabblers (genus Anas) compare GREEN-WINGED TEAL\n2 : TEAL BLUE


Words: team
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : two or more draft animals harnessed to the same vehicle or implement; also : these with their harness and attached vehicle b : a draft animal often with harness and vehicle\n2 obsolete : LINEAGE, RACE\n3 : a group of animals: as a : a brood especially of young pigs or ducks b : a matched group of animals for exhibition\n4 : a number of persons associated together in work or activity: as a : a group on one side (as in football or a debate) b : CREW, GANG\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to yoke or join in a team; also : to put together in a coordinated ensemble\n2 : to convey or haul with a team\nintransitive senses\n1 : to drive a team or motortruck\n2 : to form a team or association\n\n<3> adjective\n: of or performed by a team <a team effort>; also : marked by devotion to teamwork rather than individual achievement <a team player>


Words: teamwork
Meaning:
noun\n: work done by several associates with each doing a part but all subordinating personal prominence to the efficiency of the whole


Words: tear
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a drop of clear saline fluid secreted by the lacrimal gland and diffused between the eye and eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion b plural : a secretion of profuse tears that overflow the eyelids and dampen the face\n2 : a transparent drop of fluid or hardened fluid matter (as resin)\n3 plural : an act of weeping or grieving <broke into tears>\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to fill with tears : shed tears <eyes tearing in the November wind Saul Bellow>\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to separate parts of or pull apart by force : REND b : to wound by or as if by tearing : LACERATE <tear the skin>\n2 : to divide or disrupt by the pull of contrary forces <a mind torn with doubts>\n3 a : to remove by force : WRENCH often used with off <tear a cover off a box> b : to remove as if by wrenching <tear your thoughts away from the scene>\n4 : to make or effect by or as if by tearing <tear a hole in the wall>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to separate on being pulled : REND <this cloth tears easily>\n2 a : to move or act with violence, haste, or force <went tearing down the street> b : to smash or penetrate something with violent force <the bullet tore through his leg>\n\n<4> noun\n1 a : damage from being torn; especially : a hole or flaw made by tearing b : the act of tearing\n2 a : a tearing pace : HURRY b : SPREE <go on a tear> c : a run of unusual success <the team was on a tear>


Words: tease
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to disentangle and lay parallel by combing or carding <tease wool> b : TEASEL\n2 : to tear in pieces; especially : to shred (a tissue or specimen) for microscopic examination\n3 a : to disturb or annoy by persistent irritating or provoking especially in a petty or mischievous way b : to annoy with petty persistent requests : PESTER; also : to obtain by repeated coaxing c : to persuade to acquiesce especially by persistent small efforts : COAX d : to manipulate or influence as if by teasing\n4 : to comb (hair) by taking hold of a strand and pushing the short hairs toward the scalp with the comb\n5 : to tantalize especially by arousing desire or curiosity without intending to satisfy it\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act of teasing : the state of being teased\n2 : one that teases


Words: teasel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an Old World prickly herb (Dipsacus fullonum of the family Dipsacaceae, the teasel family) with flower heads that are covered with stiff hooked bracts and are used in the woolen industry called also fuller’s teasel b : a plant of the same genus as the teasel\n2 a : a flower head of the fuller’s teasel used when dried to raise a nap on woolen cloth b : a wire substitute for the teasel\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to nap (cloth) with teasels


Words: teaspoon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a small spoon that is used especially for eating soft foods and stirring beverages and that holds one third of a tablespoon\n2 : a unit of measure especially in cookery equal to 16 fluid ounces or 13 tablespoon (5 milliliters)


Words: teat
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the protuberance through which milk is drawn from an udder or breast : NIPPLE\n2 : a small projection or a nib (as on a mechanical part)


Words: technical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having special and usually practical knowledge especially of a mechanical or scientific subject <a technical consultant> b : marked by or characteristic of specialization <technical language>\n2 a : of or relating to a particular subject b : of or relating to a practical subject organized on scientific principles <a technical school> c : TECHNOLOGICAL 1\n3 a : based on or marked by a strict or legal interpretation b : LEGAL 6\n4 : of or relating to technique\n5 : of, relating to, or produced by ordinary commercial processes without being subjected to special purification <technical sulfuric acid>\n6 : relating to or caused by the functioning of the market as a discrete mechanism not influenced by macroeconomic factors <technical rally> <technical analysis>


Words: technicality
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something technical; especially : a detail meaningful only to a specialist <a legal technicality>\n2 : the quality or state of being technical


Words: technician
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a specialist in the technical details of a subject or occupation <a computer technician>\n2 : one who has acquired the technique of an art or other area of specialization <a superb technician and a musician of integrity Irving Kolodin>


Words: technique
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the manner in which technical details are treated (as by a writer) or basic physical movements are used (as by a dancer); also : ability to treat such details or use such movements <good piano technique>\n2 a : a body of technical methods (as in a craft or in scientific research) b : a method of accomplishing a desired aim


Words: technology
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the practical application of knowledge especially in a particular area : ENGINEERING 2 <medical technology> b : a capability given by the practical application of knowledge <a car’s fuel-saving technology>\n2 : a manner of accomplishing a task especially using technical processes, methods, or knowledge <new technologies for information storage>\n3 : the specialized aspects of a particular field of endeavor <educational technology>


Words: tedium
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being tedious : TEDIOUSNESS; also : BOREDOM\n2 : a tedious period of time <long tediums of strained anxiety H. G. Wells>


Words: tee
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the letter t\n2 : something shaped like a capital T\n3 : a mark aimed at in various games (as curling)\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a small mound or a peg on which a golf ball is placed before being struck at the beginning of play on a hole b : a device for holding a football in position for kicking\n2 : the area from which a golf ball is struck at the beginning of play on a hole\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to place (a ball) on a tee often used with up


Words: teem
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses , archaic : BRING FORTH : give birth to : PRODUCE\nintransitive senses\n1 obsolete : to become pregnant : CONCEIVE\n2 a : to become filled to overflowing : ABOUND b : to be present in large quantity\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: EMPTY, POUR <teem molten metal into a mold>


Words: teens
Meaning:
noun plural\n: the numbers 13 to 19 inclusive; specifically : the years 13 to 19 in a lifetime or century


Words: teeter
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 a : to move unsteadily : WOBBLE b : WAVER, VACILLATE <teetered on the brink of bankruptcy>\n2 : SEESAW\n\n<2> noun\n: SEESAW 2b


Words: telecast
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to broadcast by television\nintransitive senses : to broadcast a television program


Words: telecommunication
Meaning:
noun\n1 : communication at a distance (as by telephone)\n2 : a science that deals with telecommunication usually used in plural


Words: telegraph
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an apparatus for communication at a distance by coded signals; especially : an apparatus, system, or process for communication at a distance by electric transmission over wire\n2 : TELEGRAM\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to send or communicate by or as if by telegraph b : to send a telegram to c : to send by means of a telegraphic order <telegraph flowers to a sick friend>\n2 : to make known by signs especially unknowingly and in advance <telegraph a punch>


Words: telemeter
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an instrument for measuring the distance of an object from an observer\n2 : an electrical apparatus for measuring a quantity (as pressure, speed, or temperature), transmitting the result especially by radio to a distant station, and there indicating or recording the quantity measured\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to transmit (as the measurement of a quantity) by telemeter\nintransitive senses : to telemeter the measurement of a quantity


Words: telephone
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: an instrument for reproducing sounds at a distance; specifically : one in which sound is converted into electrical impulses for transmission by wire\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to speak to or attempt to reach by telephone\n2 : to send by telephone\nintransitive senses : to communicate by telephone


Words: telephony
Meaning:
noun\n: the use or operation of an apparatus for transmission of sounds between widely removed points with or without connecting wires


Words: telephoto
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: being a camera lens system designed to give a large image of a distant object; also : relating to or being photography in which a telephoto lens is used\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a telephoto lens\n2 : a photograph taken with a camera having a telephoto lens


Words: telescope
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a usually tubular optical instrument for viewing distant objects by means of the refraction of light rays through a lens or the reflection of light rays by a concave mirror compare REFLECTOR, REFRACTOR\n2 : any of various tubular magnifying optical instruments\n3 : RADIO TELESCOPE\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become forced together lengthwise with one part entering another as the result of collision\n2 : to slide or pass one within another like the cylindrical sections of a collapsible hand telescope\n3 : to become compressed or condensed\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to telescope\n2 : COMPRESS, CONDENSE <the book arbitrarily telescopes time and space, and as arbitrarily extends them Phoebe Adams>


Words: telescopic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or performed with a telescope b : suitable for seeing or magnifying distant objects\n2 : seen or discoverable only by a telescope <telescopic stars>\n3 : able to discern objects at a distance\n4 : having parts that telescope


Words: televise
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to broadcast (as a baseball game) by television\nintransitive senses : to broadcast by television


Words: television
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an electronic system of transmitting transient images of fixed or moving objects together with sound over a wire or through space by apparatus that converts light and sound into electrical waves and reconverts them into visible light rays and audible sound\n2 : a television receiving set\n3 a : the television broadcasting industry b : television as a medium of communication


Words: tell
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : COUNT, ENUMERATE\n2 a : to relate in detail : NARRATE b : to give utterance to : SAY <who dares think one thing, and another tell Alexander Pope>\n3 a : to make known : DIVULGE, REVEAL b : to express in words <she never told her love Shakespeare>\n4 a : to report to : INFORM b : to assure emphatically <they did not do it, tell you>\n5 : ORDER, DIRECT <told me to wait>\n6 : to find out by observing : RECOGNIZE <you can tell it’s a masterpiece>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to give an account\n2 : to act as an informer often used with on <I’ll get even with you if you ever tell on me Inside Detective>\n3 : to have a marked effect\n4 : to serve as evidence or indication\n\n<2> noun\n: HILL, MOUND; specifically : an ancient mound in the Middle East composed of remains of successive settlements


Words: teller
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that relates or communicates <a teller of stories>\n2 : one that reckons or counts: as a : one appointed to count votes b : a member of a bank’s staff concerned with the direct handling of money received or paid out


Words: telling
Meaning:
adjective\n: carrying great weight and producing a marked effect : EFFECTIVE, EXPRESSIVE <the most telling evidence>


Words: telltale
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : TALEBEARER, INFORMER b : an outward sign : INDICATION\n2 : a device for indicating or recording something: as a : a wind-direction indicator often in the form of a ribbon b : a strip of metal on the front wall of a racquets or squash court above which the ball must be hit


Words: tellurium
Meaning:
noun\n: a semimetallic element related to selenium and sulfur that occurs in a silvery white brittle crystalline form of metallic luster, in a dark amorphous form, or combined with metals and that is used especially in alloys see ELEMENT table


Words: temerity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : RASHNESS, RECKLESSNESS\n2 : an act or instance of temerity


Words: temper
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to dilute, qualify, or soften by the addition or influence of something else : MODERATE <temper justice with mercy>\n2 archaic a : to exercise control over : GOVERN, RESTRAIN b : to cause to be well disposed : MOLLIFY <tempered and reconciled them both Richard Steele>\n3 : to bring to a suitable state by mixing in or adding a usually liquid ingredient: as a : to mix (clay) with water or a modifier (as grog) and knead to a uniform texture b : to mix oil with (colors) in making paint ready for use\n4 a (1) : to soften (as hardened steel or cast iron) by reheating at a lower temperature (2) : to harden (as steel) by reheating and cooling in oil b : to anneal or toughen (glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling\n5 : to make stronger and more resilient through hardship : TOUGHEN <troops tempered in battle>\n6 a : to put in tune with something : ATTUNE b : to adjust the pitch of (a note, chord, or instrument) to a temperament\n\n<2> noun\n1 a archaic : a suitable proportion or balance of qualities : a middle state between extremes : MEAN, MEDIUM <virtue is a just temper between propensities T. B. Macaulay> b archaic : CHARACTER, QUALITY <the temper of the land you design to sow John Mortimer> c : characteristic tone : TREND <the temper of the times> d : high quality of mind or spirit : COURAGE\n2 a : the state of a substance with respect to certain desired qualities (as hardness, elasticity, or workability); especially : the degree of hardness or resiliency given steel by tempering b : the feel and relative solidity of leather\n3 a : a characteristic cast of mind or state of feeling : DISPOSITION b : calmness of mind : COMPOSURE c : state of feeling or frame of mind at a particular time usually dominated by a single strong emotion d : heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : PASSION\n4 : a substance (as a metal) added to or mixed with something else (as another metal) to modify the properties of the latter


Words: temperament
Meaning:
noun\n1 obsolete a : constitution of a substance, body, or organism with respect to the mixture or balance of its elements, qualities, or parts : MAKEUP b : COMPLEXION 1\n2 obsolete a : CLIMATE b : TEMPERATURE 2\n3 a : the peculiar or distinguishing mental or physical character determined by the relative proportions of the humors according to medieval physiology b : characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response <a nervous temperament> c : extremely high sensibility; especially : excessive sensitiveness or irritability\n4 a : the act or process of tempering or modifying : ADJUSTMENT, COMPROMISE b : middle course : MEAN\n5 : the process of slightly modifying the musical intervals of the pure scale to produce a set of 12 equally spaced tones to the octave which enables a keyboard instrument to play in all keys


Words: temperance
Meaning:
noun\n1 : moderation in action, thought, or feeling : RESTRAINT\n2 a : habitual moderation in the indulgence of the appetites or passions b : moderation in or abstinence from the use of intoxicating drink


Words: temperate
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by moderation: as a : keeping or held within limits : not extreme or excessive : MILD b : moderate in indulgence of appetite or desire c : moderate in the use of intoxicating liquors d : marked by an absence or avoidance of extravagance, violence, or extreme partisanship\n2 a : having a moderate climate b : found in or associated with a moderate climate <temperate insects>\n3 : existing as a prophage in infected cells and rarely causing lysis <temperate bacteriophages>


Words: temperature
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic a : COMPLEXION 1 b : TEMPERAMENT 3b\n2 a : degree of hotness or coldness measured on a definite scale compare THERMOMETER b : the degree of heat that is natural to the body of a living being c : abnormally high body heat d : relative state of emotional warmth <scandals raised the political temperature>


Words: tempest
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a violent storm\n2 : TUMULT, UPROAR\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to raise a tempest in or around


Words: tempestuous
Meaning:
adjective\n: of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : TURBULENT, STORMY <tempestuous weather> <a tempestuous relationship>


Words: template
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a short piece or block placed horizontally in a wall under a beam to distribute its weight or pressure (as over a door)\n2 a (1) : a gauge, pattern, or mold (as a thin plate or board) used as a guide to the form of a piece being made (2) : a molecule (as of DNA) that serves as a pattern for the generation of another macromolecule (as messenger RNA) b : OVERLAY c\n3 : something that establishes or serves as a pattern


Words: temple
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an edifice for religious exercises: as a often capitalized : one of three successive national sanctuaries in ancient Jerusalem b : a building for Mormon sacred ordinances c : a Reform or Conservative synagogue\n2 : a local lodge of any of various fraternal orders; also : the building housing it\n3 : a place devoted to a special purpose\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the flattened space on each side of the forehead of some mammals including humans\n2 : one of the side supports of a pair of glasses jointed to the bows and passing on each side of the head


Words: tempo
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking\n2 : rate of motion or activity : PACE


Words: temporal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to time as opposed to eternity b : of or relating to earthly life c : lay or secular rather than clerical or sacred : CIVIL <lords temporal>\n2 : of or relating to grammatical tense or a distinction of time\n3 a : of or relating to time as distinguished from space b : of or relating to the sequence of time or to a particular time : CHRONOLOGICAL\n\n<2> noun\n: a temporal part (as a bone or muscle)\n\n<3> adjective\n: of or relating to the temples or the sides of the skull behind the orbits


Words: temporary
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: lasting for a limited time\n\n<2> noun\n: one serving for a limited time <adding several temporaries as typists during the summer>


Words: temporize
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion\n2 : to draw out discussions or negotiations so as to gain time <you’d have to temporize until you found out how she wanted to be advised Mary Austin>


Words: tempt
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to entice to do wrong by promise of pleasure or gain\n2 a obsolete : to make trial of : TEST b : to try presumptuously : PROVOKE c : to risk the dangers of\n3 a : to induce to do something b : to cause to be strongly inclined <was tempted to call it quits>


Words: temptation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of tempting or the state of being tempted especially to evil : ENTICEMENT\n2 : something tempting : a cause or occasion of enticement


Words: ten
Meaning:
noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 : the 10th in a set or series <wears a ten>\n3 : something having 10 units or members\n4 : a 10-dollar bill


Words: tenacious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : not easily pulled apart : COHESIVE <a tenacious metal> b : tending to adhere or cling especially to another substance <tenacious burs>\n2 a : persistent in maintaining or adhering to something valued or habitual <a tenacious royalist> b : RETENTIVE <a tenacious memory>


Words: tenancy
Meaning:
noun\n: a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate : the temporary possession or occupancy of something (as a house) that belongs to another; also : the period of a tenant’s occupancy or possession


Words: tenant
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : one who holds or possesses real estate or sometimes personal property (as an annuity) by any kind of right b : one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another; specifically : one who rents or leases (as a house) from a landlord\n2 : OCCUPANT, DWELLER\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to hold or occupy as a tenant : INHABIT


Words: tend
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 archaic : LISTEN\n2 : to pay attention : apply oneself <tend to your own affairs>\n3 : to act as an attendant : SERVE\n4 obsolete : AWAIT\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : to attend as a servant\n2 a : to apply oneself to the care of : watch over b : to have or take charge of as a caretaker or overseer c : CULTIVATE, FOSTER d : to manage the operations of : MIND <tend the store>\n3 : to stand by (as a rope) in readiness to prevent mischance (as fouling)\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to move, direct, or develop one’s course in a particular direction <cannot tell where society is tending>\n2 : to exhibit an inclination or tendency : CONDUCE <tends to be optimistic>


Words: tendency
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : direction or approach toward a place, object, effect, or limit b : a proneness to a particular kind of thought or action\n2 a : the purposeful trend of something written or said : AIM b : deliberate but indirect advocacy


Words: tender
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having a soft or yielding texture : easily broken, cut, or damaged : DELICATE, FRAGILE <tender feet> b : easily chewed : SUCCULENT\n2 a : physically weak : not able to endure hardship b : IMMATURE, YOUNG <children of tender years> c : incapable of resisting cold : not hardy\n3 : marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : FOND, LOVING <a tender lover>\n4 a : showing care : CONSIDERATE, SOLICITOUS <tender regard> b : highly susceptible to impressions or emotions : IMPRESSIONABLE <a tender conscience>\n5 a : appropriate or conducive to a delicate or sensitive constitution or character : GENTLE, MILD <tender breeding> <tender irony> b : delicate or soft in quality or tone <never before heard the piano sound so tender Elva S. Daniels>\n6 obsolete : DEAR, PRECIOUS\n7 a : sensitive to touch or palpation <the bruise was still tender> b : sensitive to injury or insult : TOUCHY <tender pride> c : demanding careful and sensitive handling : TICKLISH <a tender situation> d of a ship : 5CRANK\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make tender : SOFTEN, WEAKEN\n2 archaic : to regard or treat with tenderness\nintransitive senses : to become tender\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make a tender of\n2 : to present for acceptance : OFFER <tendered my resignation>\nintransitive senses : to make a bid or tender <tender for a building contract> <tendered for 6 of the stock>\n\n<4> noun\n1 : an unconditional offer of money or service in satisfaction of a debt or obligation made to save a penalty or forfeiture for nonpayment or nonperformance\n2 : an offer or proposal made for acceptance: as a : an offer of a bid for a contract b : a public expression of willingness to buy not less than a specified number of shares of a stock at a fixed price from stockholders usually in an attempt to gain control of the issuing company\n3 : something that may be offered in payment; specifically : MONEY\n\n<5> noun\nobsolete : CONSIDERATION, REGARD\n\n<6> noun\n: one that tends: as a (1) : a ship employed to attend other ships (as to sup


Words: tenderfoot
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a newcomer in a comparatively rough or newly settled region; especially : one not hardened to frontier or outdoor life\n2 : an inexperienced beginner : NOVICE <a political tenderfoot>


Words: tenderize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to make (meat or meat products) tender by applying a process or substance that breaks down connective tissue


Words: tenderloin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a strip of tender meat consisting of a large internal muscle of the loin on each side of the vertebral column\n2 from its making possible a luxurious diet for a corrupt police officer : a district of a city largely devoted to vice


Words: tendon
Meaning:
noun\n: a tough cord or band of dense white fibrous connective tissue that unites a muscle with some other part (as a bone) and transmits the force which the muscle exerts


Words: tendril
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender spirally coiling sensitive organ serving to attach a climbing plant to its support\n2 : something suggestive of a tendril <hair hanging in tendrils> <creeping tendrils of fog>


Words: tenement
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various forms of corporeal property (as land) or incorporeal property that is held by one person from another\n2 : DWELLING\n3 a : a house used as a dwelling : RESIDENCE b : APARTMENT, FLAT c : TENEMENT HOUSE


Words: tenet
Meaning:
noun\n: a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true; especially : one held in common by members of an organization, movement, or profession


Words: tennis
Meaning:
noun\n1 : COURT TENNIS\n2 : an indoor or outdoor game that is played with rackets and a light elastic ball by two players or pairs of players on a level court (as of clay or grass) divided by a low net


Words: tenon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a projecting member in a piece of wood or other material for insertion into a mortise to make a joint see DOVETAIL illustration\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to unite by a tenon\n2 : to cut or fit for insertion in a mortise


Words: tenor
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the drift of something spoken or written : PURPORT b : an exact copy of a writing : TRANSCRIPT c : the concept, object, or person meant in a metaphor\n2 a : the melodic line usually forming the cantus firmus in medieval music b : the voice part next to the lowest in a 4-part chorus c : the highest natural adult male singing voice; also : a person having this voice d : a member of a family of instruments having a range next lower than that of the alto\n3 : a continuance in a course, movement, or activity\n4 : habitual condition : CHARACTER\n\n<2> adjective\n: relating to or having the range or part of a tenor


Words: tenpin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a bottle-shaped bowling pin 15 inches high\n2 plural but singular in construction : a bowling game using 10 tenpins and a large ball 27 inches in circumference and allowing each player to bowl 2 balls in each of 10 frames


Words: tense
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a distinction of form in a verb to express distinctions of time or duration of the action or state it denotes\n2 a : a set of inflectional forms of a verb that express distinctions of time b : an inflectional form of a verb expressing a specific time distinction\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : stretched tight : made taut : RIGID\n2 a : feeling or showing nervous tension b : marked by strain or suspense\n3 : produced with the muscles involved in a relatively tense state <the vowels and in contrast with the vowels and are tense>\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses : to make tense\nintransitive senses : to become tense


Words: tensile
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : capable of tension : DUCTILE\n2 : of, relating to, or involving tension <tensile stress>


Words: tension
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the act or action of stretching or the condition or degree of being stretched to stiffness : TAUTNESS b : STRESS 1b\n2 a : either of two balancing forces causing or tending to cause extension b : the stress resulting from the elongation of an elastic body\n3 a : inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion b : a state of latent hostility or opposition between individuals or groups c : a balance maintained in an artistic work between opposing forces or elements\n4 : a device to produce a desired tension (as in a loom)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to subject to tension; especially : to tighten to a desired or appropriate degree


Words: tent
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a collapsible shelter of fabric (as nylon or canvas) stretched and sustained by poles and used for camping outdoors or as a temporary building\n2 : DWELLING\n3 a : something that resembles a tent or that serves as a shelter; especially : a canopy or enclosure placed over the head and shoulders to retain vapors or oxygen being medically administered b : the web of a tent caterpillar\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to reside for the time being : LODGE\n2 : to live in a tent\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cover with or as if with a tent\n2 : to lodge in tents\n\n<3> transitive verb\nchiefly Scottish : to attend to


Words: tentacle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various elongate flexible usually tactile or prehensile processes borne by animals and especially invertebrates chiefly on the head or about the mouth\n2 a : something that resembles a tentacle especially in or as if in grasping or feeling out b : a sensitive hair or emergence on a plant (as the sundew)


Words: tentative
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not fully worked out or developed <tentative plans>\n2 : HESITANT, UNCERTAIN <a tentative smile>


Words: tenuous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not dense : RARE <a tenuous fluid>\n2 : not thick : SLENDER <a tenuous rope>\n3 a : having little substance or strength : FLIMSY, WEAK <tenuous influences> b : SHAKY 2a <tenuous reasons> <on grounds that were tenuous>


Words: tenure
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (as a landed property, a position, or an office); especially : a status granted after a trial period to a teacher that gives protection from summary dismissal\n2 : GRASP, HOLD


Words: tepee
Meaning:
noun\n: a conical tent usually consisting of skins and used especially by American Indians of the Plains


Words: tepid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : moderately warm : LUKEWARM <a tepid bath>\n2 a : lacking in passion, force, or zest <a tepid joke> b : marked by an absence of enthusiasm or conviction <a tepid interest>


Words: term
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : END, TERMINATION; also : a point in time assigned to something (as a payment) b : the time at which a pregnancy of normal length terminates <had her baby at full term>\n2 a : a limited or definite extent of time; especially : the time for which something lasts : DURATION, TENURE <term of office> <lost money in the short term> b : the whole period for which an estate is granted; also : the estate or interest held by one for a term c : the time during which a court is in session\n3 plural : provisions that determine the nature and scope of an agreement : CONDITIONS <terms of sale> <liberal credit terms>\n4 a : a word or expression that has a precise meaning in some uses or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or subject <legal terms> b plural : expression of a specified kind <described in glowing terms>\n5 a : a unitary or compound expression connected with another by a plus or minus sign b : an element of a fraction or proportion or of a series or sequence\n6 plural a : mutual relationship : FOOTING <on good terms> b : AGREEMENT, CONCORD <come to terms>\n7 : any of the three substantive elements of a syllogism\n8 : a quadrangular pillar often tapering downward and adorned on the top with the figure of a head or the upper part of the body\n9 : division in a school year during which instruction is regularly given to students\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to apply a term to : CALL, NAME


Words: termagant
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 capitalized : a deity erroneously ascribed to Islam by medieval European Christians and represented in early English drama as a violent character\n2 : an overbearing or nagging woman : SHREW\n\n<2> adjective\n: OVERBEARING, SHREWISH


Words: terminal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to an end, extremity, boundary, or terminus <a terminal pillar> b : growing at the end of a branch or stem <a terminal bud>\n2 a : of, relating to, or occurring in a term or each term <terminal payments> b : leading ultimately to death : FATAL <terminal cancer> c : approaching or close to death : being in the final stages of a fatal disease <a terminal patient> d : extremely or hopelessly severe <terminal boredom>\n3 a : occurring at or constituting the end of a period or series : CONCLUDING <the terminal moments of life> b : not intended as preparation for further academic work <a terminal curriculum>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a part that forms the end : EXTREMITY, TERMINATION\n2 : a terminating usually ornamental detail : FINIAL\n3 : a device attached to the end of a wire or cable or to an electrical apparatus for convenience in making connections\n4 a : either end of a carrier line having facilities for the handling of freight and passengers b : a freight or passenger station that is central to a considerable area or serves as a junction at any point with other lines c : a town or city at the end of a carrier line : TERMINUS\n5 : a combination of a keyboard and output device (as a video display unit) by which data can be entered into or output from a computer or electronic communications system


Words: terminate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: coming to an end or capable of ending\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to extend only to a limit (as a point or line); especially : to reach a terminus\n2 : to form an ending\n3 : to come to an end in time\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to bring to an end : CLOSE <terminate a marriage by divorce> <terminate a transmission line> b : to form the conclusion of <review questions terminate each chapter> c : to discontinue the employment of <workers terminated because of slow business>\n2 : to serve as an ending, limit, or boundary of


Words: terminology
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject\n2 : nomenclature as a field of study


Words: terminus
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a final goal : a finishing point\n2 : a post or stone marking a boundary\n3 : either end of a transportation line or travel route; also : the station, town, or city at such a place : TERMINAL\n4 : an extreme point or element : TIP <the terminus of a glacier>


Words: termite
Meaning:
noun\n: any of numerous pale-colored soft-bodied social insects (order Isoptera) that live in colonies consisting usually of winged sexual forms, wingless sterile workers, and soldiers, feed on wood, and include some which are very destructive to wooden structures and trees called also white ant


Words: tern
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various chiefly marine birds (subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae and especially genus Sterna) that differ from the related gulls in usually smaller size, a more slender build, a sharply pointed bill, narrower wings, and an often forked tail


Words: terrace
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a colonnaded porch or promenade b : a flat roof or open platform c : a relatively level paved or planted area adjoining a building\n2 a : a raised embankment with the top leveled b : one of usually a series of horizontal ridges made in a hillside to increase cultivatable land, conserve moisture, or minimize erosion\n3 : a level ordinarily narrow plain usually with steep front bordering a river, lake, or sea; also : a similar undersea feature\n4 a : a row of houses or apartments on raised ground or a sloping site b : a group of row houses c : a strip of park in the middle of a street often planted with trees or shrubs d : STREET\n5 : a section of a British soccer stadium set aside for standing spectators\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to provide (as a building or hillside) with a terrace\n2 : to make into a terrace


Words: terrain
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : a geographical area (2) : a piece of land : GROUND b : the physical features of a tract of land\n2 : TERRANE 1\n3 a : a field of knowledge or interest : TERRITORY b : ENVIRONMENT, MILIEU


Words: terrestrial
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants <terrestrial magnetism> b : mundane in scope or character : PROSAIC\n2 a : of or relating to land as distinct from air or water <terrestrial transportation> b (1) : living on or in or growing from land <terrestrial plants> (2) : of or relating to terrestrial organisms <terrestrial habits>\n3 : belonging to the class of planets that are like the earth (as in density and silicate composition) <the terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, and Mars>


Words: terrible
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : exciting extreme alarm or intense fear : TERRIFYING b : formidable in nature : AWESOME <a terrible responsibility> c : DIFFICULT <in a terrible bind>\n2 : EXTREME, GREAT <a terrible disappointment>\n3 : extremely bad: as a : strongly repulsive : OBNOXIOUS <a terrible smell> b : notably unattractive or objectionable c : of very poor quality <a terrible movie>


Words: terrier
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various usually small dogs orig. used by hunters to dig for small furred game and engage the quarry underground or drive it out


Words: terrific
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : very bad : FRIGHTFUL b : exciting or fit to excite fear or awe\n2 : EXTRAORDINARY <terrific speed>\n3 : unusually fine : MAGNIFICENT <terrific weather>


Words: terrify
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to drive or impel by menacing : SCARE b : DETER, INTIMIDATE\n2 : to fill with terror


Words: territorial
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : NEARBY, LOCAL b : serving outlying areas : REGIONAL\n2 a : of or relating to a territory <territorial government> b : of or relating to or organized chiefly for home defense <a territorial army> c : of or relating to private property\n3 a : of or relating to an assigned or preempted area <territorial commanders> b : exhibiting territoriality <territorial birds>\n\n<2> noun\n: a member of a territorial military unit


Words: territory
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a geographical area belonging to or under the jurisdiction of a governmental authority b : an administrative subdivision of a country c : a part of the U.S. not included within any state but organized with a separate legislature d : a geographical area (as a colonial possession) dependent on an external government but having some degree of autonomy\n2 a : an indeterminate geographical area b : a field of knowledge or interest\n3 a : an assigned area; especially : one in which a sales representative or distributor operates b : an area often including a nesting or denning site and a variable foraging range that is occupied and defended by an animal or group of animals


Words: terror
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a state of intense fear\n2 a : one that inspires fear : SCOURGE b : a frightening aspect <the terrors of invasion> c : a cause of anxiety : WORRY d : an appalling person or thing; especially : BRAT\n3 : REIGN OF TERROR\n4 : violence (as bombing) committed by groups in order to intimidate a population or government into granting their demands <insurrection and revolutionary terror>


Words: terse
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : smoothly elegant : POLISHED\n2 : devoid of superfluity <a terse summary>; also : SHORT, BRUSQUE <dismissed me with a terse


Words: tertiary
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 Medieval Latin tertiarius, from L, of a third : a member of a monastic third order especially of lay people\n2 capitalized : the Tertiary period or system of rocks\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : of third rank, importance, or value b chiefly British : of, relating to, or being higher education c : of, relating to, or constituting the third strongest of the three or four degrees of stress recognized by most linguists (as the stress of the third syllable of basketball team)\n2 capitalized : of, relating to, or being the first period of the Cenozoic era or the corresponding system of rocks marked by the formation of high mountains (as the Alps, Caucasus, and Himalayas) and the dominance of mammals on land see GEOLOGIC TIME table\n3 a : involving or resulting from the substitution of three atoms or groups <a tertiary salt> <tertiary amine> b : being or containing a carbon atom having bonds to three other carbon atoms <an acid containing a tertiary carbon> <tertiary alcohols>\n4 : occurring in or being a third stage: as a : being or relating to the recovery of oil and gas from old wells by means of the underground application of heat and chemicals b : being or relating to the purification of wastewater by removal of fine particles, nitrates, and phosphates


Words: test
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a chiefly British : CUPEL b (1) : a critical examination, observation, or evaluation : TRIAL; specifically : the procedure of submitting a statement to such conditions or operations as will lead to its proof or disproof or to its acceptance or rejection <a test of a statistical hypothesis> (2) : a basis for evaluation : CRITERION c : an ordeal or oath required as proof of conformity with a set of beliefs\n2 a : a means of testing: as (1) : a procedure, reaction, or reagent used to identify or characterize a substance or constituent (2) : something (as a series of questions or exercises) for measuring the skill, knowledge, intelligence, capacities, or aptitudes of an individual or group b : a positive result in such a test\n3 : a result or value determined by testing\n4 : TEST MATCH\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to put to test or proof : TRY\n2 : to require a doctrinal oath of\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to undergo a test b : to be assigned a standing or evaluation on the basis of tests <tested positive for cocaine> <the cake tested done>\n2 : to apply a test as a means of analysis or diagnosis used with for <test for mechanical aptitude>\n\n<3> noun\n: an external hard or firm covering (as a shell) of many invertebrates (as a foraminifer or a mollusk)


Words: testament
Meaning:
noun\n1 a archaic : a covenant between God and the human race b capitalized : either of two main divisions of the Bible\n2 a : a tangible proof or tribute b : an expression of conviction : CREDO\n3 a : an act by which a person determines the disposition of his or her property after death b : WILL


Words: tester
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the canopy over a bed, pulpit, or altar\n\n<2> noun\n: TESTON a\n\n<3> noun\n: one that tests or is used for testing


Words: testify
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to make a statement based on personal knowledge or belief : bear witness b : to serve as evidence or proof\n2 : to express a personal conviction\n3 : to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact (as in a court)\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to bear witness to : ATTEST b : to serve as evidence of : PROVE\n2 archaic a : to make known (a personal conviction) b : to give evidence of : SHOW\n3 : to declare under oath before a tribunal or officially constituted public body


Words: testimonial
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or constituting testimony\n2 : expressive of appreciation or esteem\n\n<2> noun\n1 : EVIDENCE, TESTIMONY\n2 a : a statement testifying to benefits received b : a character reference : letter of recommendation\n3 : an expression of appreciation : TRIBUTE


Words: testimony
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : the tablets inscribed with the Mosaic law (2) : the ark containing the tablets b : a divine decree attested in the Scriptures\n2 a : firsthand authentication of a fact : EVIDENCE b : an outward sign c : a solemn declaration usually made orally by a witness under oath in response to interrogation by a lawyer or authorized public official\n3 a : an open acknowledgment b : a public profession of religious experience


Words: testis
Meaning:
noun\n: a typically paired male reproductive gland that produces sperm and that in most mammals is contained within the scrotum at sexual maturity


Words: tetanus
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an acute infectious disease characterized by tonic spasm of voluntary muscles especially of the jaw and caused by the specific toxin of a bacterium (Clostridium tetani) which is usually introduced through a wound compare LOCKJAW b : the bacterium that causes tetanus\n2 : prolonged contraction of a muscle resulting from rapidly repeated motor impulses


Words: tether
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something (as a rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so that it can range only within a set radius\n2 : the limit of one’s strength or resources <at the end of my tether>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to fasten or restrain by or as if by a tether


Words: tetrameter
Meaning:
noun\n: a line of verse consisting either of four dipodies (as in classical iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse) or four metrical feet (as in modern English verse)


Words: text
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : the original words and form of a written or printed work (2) : an edited or emended copy of an original work b : a work containing such text\n2 a : the main body of printed or written matter on a page b : the principal part of a book exclusive of front and back matter c : the printed score of a musical composition\n3 a (1) : a verse or passage of Scripture chosen especially for the subject of a sermon or for authoritative support (as for a doctrine) (2) : a passage from an authoritative source providing an introduction or basis (as for a speech) b : a source of information or authority\n4 : THEME, TOPIC\n5 a : the words of something (as a poem) set to music b : matter chiefly in the form of words that is treated as data for processing by computerized equipment <a text-editing typewriter>\n6 : a type suitable for printing running text\n7 : TEXTBOOK\n8 a : something written or spoken considered as an object to be examined, explicated, or deconstructed b : something likened to a text <the surfaces of daily life are texts to be explicated Michiko Kakutani> <he ceased to be a teacher as he became a text D. J. Boorstin>


Words: textbook
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a book used in the study of a subject: as a : one containing a presentation of the principles of a subject b : a literary work relevant to the study of a subject\n\n<2> adjective\n: of, suggesting, or suitable to a textbook; especially : CLASSIC <a textbook example of bureaucratic waste>


Words: textile
Meaning:
noun\n1 : CLOTH 1a; especially : a woven or knit cloth\n2 : a fiber, filament, or yarn used in making cloth


Words: texture
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : something composed of closely interwoven elements; specifically : a woven cloth b : the structure formed by the threads of a fabric\n2 a : essential part : SUBSTANCE b : identifying quality : CHARACTER\n3 a : the disposition or manner of union of the particles of a body or substance b : the visual or tactile surface characteristics and appearance of something <the texture of an oil painting>\n4 a : a composite of the elements of prose or poetry <all these words meet violently to form a texture impressive and exciting John Berryman> b : a pattern of musical sound created by tones or lines played or sung together\n5 a : basic scheme or structure b : overall structure\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to give a particular texture to


Words: thallium
Meaning:
noun\n: a sparsely but widely distributed poisonous metallic element that resembles lead in physical properties and is used chiefly in the form of compounds in photoelectric cells or as a pesticide see ELEMENT table


Words: than
Meaning:
<1> conjunction\n1 a used as a function word to indicate the second member or the member taken as the point of departure in a comparison expressive of inequality; used with comparative adjectives and comparative adverbs <older than am> <easier said than done> b used as a function word to indicate difference of kind, manner, or identity; used especially with some adjectives and adverbs that express diversity <anywhere else than at home>\n2 : rather than usually used only after prefer, preferable, and preferably\n3 : other than\n4 : WHEN used especially after scarcely and hardly\n\n<2> preposition\n: in comparison with <you are older than me>


Words: thane
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a free retainer of an Anglo-Saxon lord; especially : one resembling a feudal baron by holding lands of and performing military service for the king\n2 : a Scottish feudal lord


Words: thank
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to express gratitude to <thanked her for the present> used in the phrase thank you usually without a subject to politely express gratitude <thank you for your consideration> used in such phrases as thank God, thank goodness usually without a subject to express gratitude or s often only the speaker’s or writer’s pleasure or satisfaction in something\n2 : to hold responsible <had only himself to thank for his loss>


Words: thanksgiving
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of giving thanks\n2 : a prayer expressing gratitude\n3 a : a public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness b capitalized : THANKSGIVING DAY


Words: that
Meaning:
<1> pronoun\n1 a : the person, thing, or idea indicated, mentioned, or understood from the situation <that is my father> b : the time, action, or event specified <after that went to bed> c : the kind or thing specified as follows <the purest water is that produced by distillation> d : one or a group of the indicated kind <that’s a cat \n2 a : the one farther away or less immediately under observation or discussion <those are maples and these are elms> b : the former one\n3 a used as a function word after and to indicate emphatic repetition of the idea expressed by a previous word or phrase <he was helpful, and that to an unusual degree> b used as a function word immediately before or after a word group consisting of a verbal auxiliary or a form of the verb be preceded by there or a personal pronoun subject to indicate emphatic repetition of the idea expressed by a previous verb or predicate noun or predicate adjective <is she capable She is that>\n4 a : the one : the thing : the kind : SOMETHING, ANYTHING <the truth of that which is true> <the senses are that whereby we experience the world> <what’s that you say> b plural : some persons <those who think the time has come>\n\n<2> conjunction\n1 a (1) used as a function word to introduce a noun clause that is usually the subject or object of a verb or a predicate nominative <said that he was afraid> (2) used as a function word to introduce a subordinate clause that is anticipated by the expletive it occurring as subject of the verb <it is unlikely that he’ll be in> (3) used as a function word to introduce a subordinate clause that is joined as complement to a noun or adjective <we are certain that this is true> <the fact that you are here> (4) used as a function word to introduce a subordinate clause modifying an adverb or adverbial expression <will go anywhere that he is invited> b used as a function word to introduce an exclamatory clause expressing a strong emotion especially of surprise, sorrow, or indignation <that it should come to this>\n2 a (1) used as a function w


Words: thatch
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to cover with or as if with thatch\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a plant material (as straw) used as a sheltering cover especially of a house b : a sheltering cover (as a house roof) made of such material c : a mat of undecomposed plant material (as grass clippings) accumulated next to the soil in a grassy area (as a lawn)\n2 : something likened to the thatch of a house; especially : the hair of one’s head


Words: thaw
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses : to cause to thaw\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to go from a frozen to a liquid state : MELT b : to become free of the effect (as stiffness, numbness, or hardness) of cold as a result of exposure to warmth\n2 : to be warm enough to melt ice and snow used with it in reference to the weather\n3 : to abandon aloofness, reserve, or hostility : UNBEND\n4 : to become mobile, active, or susceptible to change\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the action, fact, or process of thawing\n2 : a period of weather warm enough to thaw ice <the January thaw>\n3 : the action or process of becoming less aloof, less hostile, or more genial <a thaw in international relations>


Words: the
Meaning:
<1> definite article\n1 a used as a function word to indicate that a following noun or noun equivalent is definite or has been previously specified by context or by circumstance <put the cat out> b used as a function word to indicate that a following noun or noun equivalent is a unique or a particular member of its class <the President> <the Lord> c used as a function word before nouns that designate natural phenomena or points of the compass <the night is cold> d used as a function word before a noun denoting time to indicate reference to what is present or immediate or is under consideration <in the future> e used as a function word before names of some parts of the body or of the clothing as an equivalent of a possessive adjective <how’s the arm today> f used as a function word before the name of a branch of human endeavor or proficiency <the law> g used as a function word in prepositional phrases to indicate that the noun in the phrase serves as a basis for computation <sold by the dozen> h used as a function word before \na proper name (as of a ship or a well-known building) <the Mayflower> i used as a function word before the plural form of a numeral that is a multiple of ten to denote a particular decade of a century or of a person’s life <life in the twenties> j used as a function word before the name of a commodity or any familiar appurtenance of daily life to indicate reference to the individual thing, part, or supply thought of as at hand <talked on the telephone> k used as a function word to designate one of a class as the best, most typical, best known, or most worth singling out <this is the life> <the Pill> sometimes used before a personal name to denote the most prominent bearer of that name\n2 a (1) used as a function word with a noun modified by an adjective or by an attributive noun to limit the application of the modified noun to that specified by the adjective or by the attributive noun <the right answer> <Peter the Great> (2) used as a function word before an absolute adjective or an ordinal nu


Words: theater
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an outdoor structure for dramatic performances or spectacles in ancient Greece and Rome b : a building for dramatic performances c : a building or area for showing motion pictures\n2 : a place or sphere of enactment of usually significant events or action <the theater of public life>\n3 a : a place rising by steps or gradations <a woody theater of stateliest view John Milton> b : a room often with rising tiers of seats for assemblies (as for lectures or surgical demonstrations)\n4 a : dramatic literature : PLAYS b : dramatic representation as an art or profession : DRAMA\n5 a : dramatic or theatrical quality or effectiveness b : SPECTACLE 1a\n\n<2> adjective\n: of, relating to, or appropriate for use in a theater of operations <theater nuclear weapons>


Words: theatrical
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to the theater or the presentation of plays <a theatrical costume>\n2 : marked by pretense or artificiality of emotion\n3 a : HISTRIONIC <a theatrical gesture> b : marked by extravagant display or exhibitionism\n\n<2> noun\n1 plural a : the performance of plays b : DRAMATICS\n2 British : a professional actor\n3 plural : showy or extravagant gestures


Words: thee
Meaning:
pronoun \n1 a used especially in ecclesiastical or literary language and by Friends especially among themselves in contexts where the objective case form would be expected b used by Friends especially among themselves in contexts where the subjective case form would be expected\n2 : THYSELF


Words: theft
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act of stealing; specifically : the felonious taking and removing of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it b : an unlawful taking (as by embezzlement or burglary) of property\n2 obsolete : something stolen\n3 : a stolen base in baseball


Words: their
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to them or themselves especially as possessors, agents, or objects of an action <their furniture> <their verses> <their being seen>\n2 : his or her : HIS, HER, ITS used with an indefinite third person singular antecedent <anyone in their senses W. H. Auden>


Words: theirs
Meaning:
pronoun \n1 : that which belongs to them used without a following noun as a pronoun equivalent in meaning to the adjective their\n2 : his or hers : HIS, HERS used with an indefinite third person singular antecedent <I will do my part if everybody else will do theirs>


Words: theism
Meaning:
noun\n: belief in the existence of a god or gods; specifically : belief in the existence of one God viewed as the creative source of man and the world who transcends yet is immanent in the world


Words: them
Meaning:
<1> pronoun\nobjective case of THEY\n\n<2> adjective\nnonstandard : THOSE used chiefly in the speech of less educated people and in the familiar speech of educated people especially when they are being humorous


Words: theme
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a subject or topic of discourse or of artistic representation b : a specific and distinctive quality, characteristic, or concern <the campaign has lacked a theme>\n2 : STEM 4\n3 : a written exercise : COMPOSITION <a research theme>\n4 : a melodic subject of a musical composition or movement


Words: themselves
Meaning:
pronoun plural\n1 a : those identical ones that are they compare THEY 1a; used reflexively, for emphasis, or in absolute constructions <nations that govern themselves> <they themselves were present> <themselves busy, they disliked idleness in others> b : himself or herself : HIMSELF, HERSELF used with an indefinite third person singular antecedent <nobody can call themselves oppressed Leonard Wibberley>\n2 : their normal, healthy, or sane condition <were themselves again after a night’s rest>


Words: then
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : at that time\n2 a : soon after that : next in order of time <walked to the door, then turned> b : following next after in order of position, narration, or enumeration : being next in a series <first came the clowns, then came the elephants> c : in addition : BESIDES <then there is the interest to be paid>\n3 a (1) : in that case <take it, then, if you want it so much> (2) used after but to qualify or offset a preceding statement <she lost the race, but then she never really expected to win> b : according to that : as may be inferred <your mind is made up, then> c : as it appears : by way of summing up <the cause of the accident, then, is established> d : as a necessary consequence <if the angles are equal, then the complements are equal>\n\n<2> noun\n: that time <since then, he’s been more cautious>\n\n<3> adjective\n: existing or acting at or belonging to the time mentioned <the then secretary of state>


Words: thence
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : from that place\n2 archaic : from that time : THENCEFORTH\n3 : from that fact or circumstance : THEREFROM


Words: theocracy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided\n2 : a state governed by a theocracy


Words: theology
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the study of religious faith, practice, and experience; especially : the study of God and of God’s relation to the world\n2 a : a theological theory or system <Thomist theology> <a theology of atonement> b : a distinctive body of theological opinion <Catholic theology>\n3 : a usually 4-year course of specialized religious training in a Roman Catholic major seminary


Words: theorem
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a formula, proposition, or statement in mathematics or logic deduced or to be deduced from other formulas or propositions\n2 : an idea accepted or proposed as a demonstrable truth often as a part of a general theory : PROPOSITION <the theorem that the best defense is offense>\n3 : STENCIL\n4 : a painting produced especially on velvet by the use of stencils for each color


Words: theoretical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : relating to or having the character of theory : ABSTRACT b : confined to theory or speculation often in contrast to practical applications : SPECULATIVE <theoretical physics>\n2 : given to or skilled in theorizing <a brilliant theoretical physicist>\n3 : existing only in theory : HYPOTHETICAL <gave as an example a theoretical situation>


Words: theorize
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to form a theory : SPECULATE\ntransitive senses\n1 : to form a theory about\n2 : to propose as a theory


Words: theory
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another\n2 : abstract thought : SPECULATION\n3 : the general or abstract principles of a body of fact, a science, or an art <music theory>\n4 a : a belief, policy, or procedure proposed or followed as the basis of action <her method is based on the theory that all children want to learn> b : an ideal or hypothetical set of facts, principles, or circumstances often used in the phrase in theory <in theory, we have always advocated freedom for all>\n5 : a plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle or body of principles offered to explain phenomena <wave theory of light>\n6 a : a hypothesis assumed for the sake of argument or investigation b : an unproved assumption : CONJECTURE c : a body of theorems presenting a concise systematic view of a subject <theory of equations>


Words: theosophy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : teaching about God and the world based on mystical insight\n2 often capitalized : the teachings of a modern movement originating in the U.S. in 1875 and following chiefly Buddhist and Brahmanic theories especially of pantheistic evolution and reincarnation


Words: therapeutic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods <a therapeutic rather than a diagnostic specialty>\n2 : providing or assisting in a cure : CURATIVE, MEDICINAL <therapeutic diets> <a therapeutic investigation of government waste>


Words: therapeutics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n: a branch of medical science dealing with the application of remedies to diseases


Words: there
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : in or at that place <stand over there> often used interjectionally\n2 : to or into that place : THITHER <went there after church>\n3 : at that point or stage <stop right there before you say something you’ll regret>\n4 : in that matter, respect, or relation <there is where disagree with you>\n5 used interjectionally to express satisfaction, approval, encouragement or sympathy, or defiance <there, it’s finished>\n\n<2> pronoun\n1 used as a function word to introduce a sentence or clause <there shall come a time>\n2 used as an indefinite substitute for a name <hi there>\n\n<3> noun\n1 : that place or position <there is no here and no there in pure space James Ward>\n2 : that point <you take it from there>\n\n<4> adjective\n1 used for emphasis especially after a demonstrative pronoun or a noun modified by a demonstrative adjective <those men there can tell you>\n2 nonstandard used for emphasis after a demonstrative adjective but before the noun modified <I bet cussed that there blamed mule five hundred times Elizabeth M. Roberts>\n3 : capable of being relied on for support or aid <she is always there for him>\n4 : fully conscious, rational, or aware <not all there>


Words: thereabouts
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : near that place or time\n2 : near that number, degree, or quantity <a boy of 18 or thereabouts>


Words: thereby
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : by that : by that means <thereby lost her chance to win>\n2 : connected with or with reference to that <thereby hangs a tale Shakespeare>


Words: therefore
Meaning:
adverb\n1 a : for that reason : CONSEQUENTLY b : because of that c : on that ground\n2 : to that end


Words: therein
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : in or into that place, time, or thing\n2 : in that particular or respect <therein lies the problem>


Words: thermal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 Latin thermae public baths, from Greek thermai, plural of therm* : of, relating to, or marked by the presence of hot springs <thermal waters>\n2 a : of, relating to, or caused by heat <thermal stress> <thermal insulation> b : being or involving a state of matter dependent upon temperature <thermal conductivity> <thermal agitation of molecular structure>\n3 : designed (as with insulating air spaces) to prevent the dissipation of body heat <thermal underwear>\n4 : having energies of the order of those due to thermal agitation <thermal neutrons>\n\n<2> noun\n: a rising body of warm air


Words: thermodynamics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n1 : physics that deals with the mechanical action or relations of heat\n2 : thermodynamic processes and phenomena


Words: thermometer
Meaning:
noun\n: an instrument for determining temperature consisting typically of a glass bulb attached to a fine tube of glass with a numbered scale and containing a liquid (as mercury or colored alcohol) that is sealed in and rises and falls with changes of temperature


Words: thermonuclear
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to the transformations in the nucleus of atoms of low atomic weight (as hydrogen) that require a very high temperature for their inception (as in the hydrogen bomb or in the sun) <thermonuclear reaction> <thermonuclear weapon>\n2 : of, utilizing, or relating to a thermonuclear bomb <thermonuclear war> <thermonuclear attack>


Words: thermoplastic
Meaning:
adjective\n: capable of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening again when cooled <thermoplastic synthetic resins> compare THERMOSETTING


Words: thermosetting
Meaning:
adjective\n: capable of becoming permanently rigid when heated or cured <a thermosetting resin> compare THERMOPLASTIC


Words: thermostat
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: an automatic device for regulating temperature (as by controlling the supply of gas or electricity to a heating apparatus); also : a similar device for actuating fire alarms or for controlling automatic sprinklers\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to provide with or control the temperature of by a thermostat


Words: thesaurus
Meaning:
noun\n1 : TREASURY, STOREHOUSE\n2 a : a book of words or of information about a particular field or set of concepts; especially : a book of words and their synonyms b : a list of subject headings or descriptors usually with a cross-reference system for use in the organization of a collection of documents for reference and retrieval


Words: thesis
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : the unstressed part of a poetic foot especially in accentual verse (2) : the longer part of a poetic foot especially in quantitative verse b : the accented part of a musical measure : DOWNBEAT compare ARSIS\n2 a : a position or proposition that a person (as a candidate for scholastic honors) advances and offers to maintain by argument b : a proposition to be proved or one advanced without proof : HYPOTHESIS\n3 : the first and least adequate stage of dialectic compare SYNTHESIS\n4 : a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view; especially : one written by a candidate for an academic degree


Words: thespian
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 capitalized : of or relating to Thespis\n2 often capitalized from the tradition that Thespis was the originator of the actor’s role : relating to the drama : DRAMATIC\n\n<2> noun\n: ACTOR


Words: thew
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : muscular power or development b : STRENGTH, VITALITY\n2 : MUSCLE, SINEW usually used in plural


Words: they
Meaning:
pronoun \n1 a : those ones used as third person pronoun serving as the plural of he, she, or it or referring to a group of two or more individuals not all of the same sex <they dance well> b : 1HE 2 often used with an indefinite third person singular antecedent <everyone knew where they stood E. L. Doctorow> <nobody has to go to school if they don’t want to N. Y. Times>\n2 : PEOPLE 2 used in a generic sense <as lazy as they come>


Words: thiamine
Meaning:
noun\n: a vitamin (C12H17N4OS)Cl of the complex that is essential to normal metabolism and nerve function and is widespread in plants and animals called also vitamin B1


Words: thick
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having or being of relatively great depth or extent from one surface to its opposite <a thick plank> b : heavily built : THICKSET\n2 a : close-packed with units or individuals <the air was thick with snow> b : occurring in large numbers : NUMEROUS c : viscous in consistency <thick syrup> d : SULTRY, STUFFY e : marked by haze, fog, or mist <thick weather> f : impenetrable to the eye : PROFOUND <thick darkness> g : extremely intense <thick silence>\n3 : measuring in thickness <12 inches thick>\n4 a : imperfectly articulated : INDISTINCT <thick speech> b : plainly apparent : DECIDED <a thick French accent> c : producing inarticulate speech <a thick tongue>\n5 : OBTUSE, STUPID\n6 : associated on close terms : INTIMATE <was quite thick with his pastor>\n7 : exceeding bounds of propriety or fitness : EXCESSIVE <called it a bit thick to be fired without warning>\n\n<2> adverb\n: in a thick manner : THICKLY\n\n<3> noun\n1 : the most crowded or active part <in the thick of the battle>\n2 : the part of greatest thickness <the thick of the thumb>


Words: thicken
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make thick, dense, or viscous in consistency <thicken gravy with flour> b : to make close or compact\n2 : to increase the depth or diameter of\n3 : to make inarticulate : BLUR <alcohol thickened his speech>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to become dense <the mist thickened> b : to become concentrated in numbers, mass, or frequency\n2 : to grow blurred or obscure\n3 : to grow broader or bulkier\n4 : to grow complicated or keen <the plot thickens>


Words: thicket
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a dense growth of shrubbery or small trees : COPPICE\n2 : something resembling a thicket in density or impenetrability : TANGLE


Words: thickset
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : closely placed; also : growing thickly <a thickset wood>\n2 : having a thick body : BURLY


Words: thigh
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the proximal segment of the vertebrate hind limb extending from the hip to the knee and supported by a single large bone b : the segment of the leg immediately distal to the thigh in a bird or in a quadruped in which the true thigh is obscured c : the femur of an insect\n2 : something resembling or covering a thigh


Words: thimble
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a pitted cap or cover worn on the finger to push the needle in sewing\n2 a : a grooved ring of thin metal used to fit in a spliced loop in a rope as protection from chafing b : a lining (as of metal) for an opening (as in a roof or wall) through which a stovepipe or chimney passes


Words: thin
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having little extent from one surface to its opposite <thin paper> b : measuring little in cross section or diameter <thin rope>\n2 : not dense in arrangement or distribution <thin hair>\n3 : not well fleshed : LEAN\n4 a : more fluid or rarefied than normal <thin air> b : having less than the usual number : SCANTY <thin attendance> c : few in number : SCARCE d : scantily supplied e : characterized by a paucity of bids or offerings <a thin market>\n5 a : lacking substance or strength <thin broth> <a thin plot> b of a soil : INFERTILE, POOR\n6 a : FLIMSY, UNCONVINCING <a thin disguise> b : disappointingly poor or hard <had a thin time of it>\n7 : somewhat feeble, shrill, and lacking in resonance <a thin voice>\n8 : lacking in intensity or brilliance <thin light>\n9 : lacking sufficient photographic density or contrast\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to make thin or thinner: a : to reduce in thickness or depth : ATTENUATE b : to make less dense or viscous c : DILUTE, WEAKEN d : to cause to lose flesh <thinned by weeks of privation> e : to reduce in number or bulk\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become thin or thinner\n2 : to become weak\n\n<3> adverb\n: in a thin manner : THINLY used especially in combinations <thin-clad> <thin-flowing>


Words: thine
Meaning:
<1> adjective\narchaic : THY used especially before a word beginning with a vowel or h\n\n<2> pronoun, singular or plural in construction\narchaic : that which belongs to thee used without a following noun as a pronoun equivalent in meaning to the adjective thy; used especially in ecclesiastical or literary language and still surviving in the speech of Friends especially among themselves


Words: thing
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a matter of concern : AFFAIR <many things to do> b plural : state of affairs in general or within a specified or implied sphere <things are improving> c : a particular state of affairs : SITUATION <look at this thing another way> d : EVENT, CIRCUMSTANCE <that shooting was a terrible thing>\n2 a : DEED, ACT, ACCOMPLISHMENT <do great things> b : a product of work or activity <likes to build things> c : the aim of effort or activity <the thing is to get well>\n3 a : a separate and distinct individual quality, fact, idea, or usually entity b : the concrete entity as distinguished from its appearances c : a spatial entity d : an inanimate object distinguished from a living being\n4 a plural : POSSESSIONS, EFFECTS <pack your things> b : whatever may be possessed or owned or be the object of a right c : an article of clothing <not a thing to wear> d plural : equipment or utensils especially for a particular purpose <bring the tea things>\n5 : an object or entity not precisely designated or capable of being designated <use this thing>\n6 a : DETAIL, POINT <checks every little thing> b : a material or substance of a specified kind <avoid fatty things>\n7 a : a spoken or written observation or point b : IDEA, NOTION <says the first thing he thinks of> c : a piece of news or information <couldn’t get a thing out of him>\n8 : INDIVIDUAL <not a living thing in sight>\n9 : the proper or fashionable way of behaving, talking, or dressing used with the\n10 a : a mild obsession or phobia <has a thing about driving>; also : the object of such an obsession or phobia b : something (as an activity) that makes a strong appeal to the individual : FORTE, SPECIALTY <letting students do their own thing Newsweek> <I think travelling is very much a novelist’s thing Philip Larkin>


Words: think
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to form or have in the mind\n2 : to have as an intention <thought to return early>\n3 a : to have as an opinion <think it’s so> b : to regard as : CONSIDER <think the rule unfair>\n4 a : to reflect on : PONDER <think the matter over> b : to determine by reflecting <think what to do next>\n5 : to call to mind : REMEMBER <he never thinks to ask how we do>\n6 : to devise by thinking usually used with up <thought up a plan to escape>\n7 : to have as an expectation : ANTICIPATE <we didn’t think we’d have any trouble>\n8 a : to center one’s thoughts on <talks and thinks business> b : to form a mental picture of\n9 : to subject to the processes of logical thought <think things out>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to exercise the powers of judgment, conception, or inference : REASON b : to have in the mind or call to mind a thought\n2 a : to have the mind engaged in reflection : MEDITATE b : to consider the suitability <thought of her for president>\n3 : to have a view or opinion <thinks of himself as a poet>\n4 : to have concern usually used with of <a man must think first of his family>\n5 : to consider something likely : SUSPECT <may happen sooner than you think>\n\n<2> noun\n: an act of thinking <has another think coming>\n\n<3> adjective\n: relating to, requiring, or stimulating thinking


Words: thinner
Meaning:
noun\n: one that thins; specifically : a volatile liquid (as turpentine) used especially to thin paint


Words: third
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : being next after the second in place or time <the third taxi in line> b : ranking next after the second of a grade or degree in authority or precedence <third mate> c : being the forward speed or gear next higher than second especially in a motor vehicle\n2 a : being one of three equal parts into which something is divisible b : being the last in each group of three in a series <take out every third card>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one of three equal parts of something\n2 a see NUMBER table b : one that is next after second in rank, position, authority, or precedence <the third in line>\n3 a : the musical interval embracing three diatonic degrees b : a tone at this interval; specifically : MEDIANT c : the harmonic combination of two tones a third apart\n4 plural : merchandise whose quality falls below the manufacturer’s standard for seconds\n5 : THIRD BASE\n6 : the third forward gear or speed especially of a motor vehicle


Words: thirst
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat associated with a desire for liquids; also : the bodily condition (as of dehydration) that induces this sensation b : a desire or need to drink\n2 : an ardent desire : CRAVING, LONGING\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to feel thirsty : suffer thirst\n2 : to crave vehemently and urgently


Words: thirty
Meaning:
noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 plural : the numbers 30 to 39; specifically : the years 30 to 39 in a lifetime or century\n3 : a sign of completion : END usually written 30 <wrote thirty on the last page of the story>\n4 : the second point scored by a side in a game of tennis


Words: this
Meaning:
<1> pronoun\n1 a (1) : the person, thing, or idea that is present or near in place, time, or thought or that has just been mentioned <these are my hands> (2) : what is stated in the following phrase, clause, or discourse <I can only say this: it wasn’t here yesterday> b : this time or place <expected to return before this>\n2 a : the one nearer or more immediately under observation or discussion <this is iron and that is tin> b : the one more recently referred to\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : being the person, thing, or idea that is present or near in place, time, or thought or that has just been mentioned <this book is mine> <early this morning> b : constituting the immediately following part of the present discourse c : constituting the immediate past or future <friends all these years> d : being one not previously mentioned used especially in narrative to give a sense of immediacy or vividness <then this guy runs in>\n2 : being the nearer at hand or more immediately under observation or discussion <this car or that one>\n\n<3> adverb\n: to the degree or extent indicated by something in the immediate context or situation <didn’t expect to wait this long>


Words: thistle
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various prickly composite plants (especially genera Carduus, Cirsium, and Onopordum) with often showy heads of mostly tubular flowers; also : any of various other prickly plants


Words: thither
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: to that place : THERE\n\n<2> adjective\n: being on the other and farther side : more remote


Words: thole
Meaning:
<1> verb\nchiefly dialect : ENDURE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : either of a pair of pins set in the gunwale of a boat to hold an oar in place\n2 : PEG, PIN


Words: thong
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a strip especially of leather or hide\n2 : a sandal held on the foot by a thong fitting between the toes and connected to a strap across the top or around the sides of the foot


Words: thorax
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the part of the mammalian body between the neck and the abdomen; also : its cavity in which the heart and lungs lie\n2 : the middle of the three chief divisions of the body of an insect; also : the corresponding part of a crustacean or an arachnid


Words: thorium
Meaning:
noun\n: a radioactive metallic element that occurs combined in minerals and is usually associated with rare earths see ELEMENT table


Words: thorn
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a woody plant bearing sharp impeding processes (as briers, prickles, or spines); especially : HAWTHORN\n2 a : a sharp rigid process on a plant; specifically : a short, indurated, sharp-pointed, and leafless modified branch b : any of various sharp spinose structures on an animal\n3 : the runic letter used in Old English, Middle English, and Icelandic to represent either of the fricatives or\n4 : something that causes distress or irritation often used in the phrase thorn in one’s side


Words: thoroughbred
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : thoroughly trained or skilled\n2 : bred from the best blood through a long line : PUREBRED <thoroughbred dogs>\n3 a capitalized : of, relating to, or being a member of the Thoroughbred breed of horses b : having characteristics resembling those of a Thoroughbred\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a thoroughly educated or skilled person\n2 capitalized : any of an English breed of light speedy horses kept chiefly for racing that originated from crosses between English mares of uncertain ancestry and Arabian stallions\n3 : a purebred or pedigreed animal


Words: thoroughfare
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a way or place for passage: as a : a street open at both ends b : a main road\n2 a : PASSAGE, TRANSIT b : the conditions necessary for passing through


Words: thou
Meaning:
<1> pronoun\narchaic : the one addressed <thou shalt have no other gods before me Exod 20:3 (Authorized Version)> used especially in ecclesiastical or literary language and by Friends as the universal form of address to one person; compare THEE, THINE, THY, YE, YOU\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to address as thou\n\n<3> noun\n: a thousand of something (as dollars)


Words: though
Meaning:
<1> conjunction\n1 : in spite of the fact that : WHILE <though they know the war is lost, they continue to fight Bruce Bliven \n2 : in spite of the possibility that : even if <though may fail, will try>\n\n<2> adverb\n: HOWEVER, NEVERTHELESS <It’s hard work. enjoy it though>


Words: thoughtful
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : absorbed in thought : MEDITATIVE b : characterized by careful reasoned thinking\n2 a : having thoughts : HEEDFUL <became thoughtful about religion> b : given to or chosen or made with heedful anticipation of the needs and wants of others


Words: thoughtless
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : insufficiently alert : CARELESS b : RECKLESS, RASH\n2 : devoid of thought : INSENSATE\n3 : lacking concern for others : INCONSIDERATE


Words: thrall
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a servant slave : BONDMAN; also : SERF b : a person in moral or mental servitude\n2 a : a state of servitude or submission <in thrall to his emotions> b : a state of complete absorption <mountains could hold me in thrall with a subtle attraction of their own Elyne Mitchell>\n\n<2> transitive verb\narchaic : ENTHRALL, ENSLAVE


Words: thrash
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to separate the seeds of from the husks and straw by beating : THRESH 1\n2 a : to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : FLOG b : to defeat decisively or severely <thrashed the visiting team>\n3 : to swing, beat, or strike in the manner of a rapidly moving flail <thrashing his arms>\n4 a : to go over again and again <thrash the matter over inconclusively> b : to hammer out : FORGE <thrash out a plan>\nintransitive senses\n1 : THRESH 1\n2 : to deal blows or strokes like one using a flail or whip\n3 : to move or stir about violently : toss about <thrash in bed with a fever>\n\n<2> noun\n: an act of thrashing


Words: thread
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a filament, a group of filaments twisted together, or a filamentous length formed by spinning and twisting short textile fibers into a continuous strand b : a piece of thread\n2 a : any of various natural filaments <the threads of a spiderweb> b : a slender stream (as of water) c : a streak of light or color d : a projecting helical rib (as in a fitting or on a pipe) by which parts can be screwed together : SCREW THREAD\n3 : something continuous or drawn out: as a : a train of thought b : a continuing element <a thread of melancholy marked all his writing>\n4 : a tenuous or feeble support\n5 plural : CLOTHING


Words: threadbare
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : SHABBY\n2 : exhausted of interest or freshness


Words: thready
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : consisting of or bearing fibers or filaments <a thready bark>\n2 a : resembling a thread : FILAMENTOUS b : tending to form or draw out into strands : ROPY\n3 : lacking in fullness, body, or vigor : THIN <a thready voice>


Words: threat
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage\n2 : one that threatens\n3 : an indication of something impending <the sky held a threat of rain>\n\n<2> verb\narchaic : THREATEN


Words: threaten
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to utter threats against\n2 a : to give signs or warning of : PORTEND <the clouds threatened rain> b : to hang over dangerously : MENACE\n3 : to announce as intended or possible <the workers threatened a strike>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to utter threats\n2 : to portend evil


Words: three
Meaning:
noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 : the third in a set or series <the three of hearts>\n3 : something having three units or members


Words: threepence
Meaning:
noun\n1 plural threepence or threepences : a coin worth threepence\n2 : the sum of three British pennies


Words: thresh
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically; also : to separate (seed) in this way\n2 : THRASH 4\n3 : to strike repeatedly\nintransitive senses\n1 : to thresh grain\n2 : THRASH 2, 3


Words: threshold
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the plank, stone, or piece of timber that lies under a door : SILL\n2 a : GATE, DOOR b (1) : END, BOUNDARY; specifically : the end of a runway (2) : the place or point of entering or beginning : OUTSET <on the threshold of a new age>\n3 a : the point at which a physiological or psychological effect begins to be produced b : a level, point, or value above which something is true or will take place and below which it is not or will not


Words: thrift
Meaning:
noun\n1 : healthy and vigorous growth\n2 : careful management especially of money\n3 chiefly Scottish : gainful occupation\n4 : any of a genus (Armeria) of the plumbago family of perennial evergreen acaulescent herbs; especially : a scapose herb (A. maritima) with pink or white flower heads\n5 : a savings bank or savings and loan association called also thrift institution


Words: thrill
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cause to experience a sudden sharp feeling of excitement b : to cause to have a shivering or tingling sensation\n2 : to cause to vibrate or tremble perceptibly\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move or pass so as to cause a sudden wave of emotion\n2 : to become thrilled: a : to experience a sudden sharp excitement b : TINGLE, THROB\n3 : TREMBLE, VIBRATE


Words: thrive
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to grow vigorously : FLOURISH\n2 : to gain in wealth or possessions : PROSPER\n3 : to progress toward or realize a goal


Words: throat
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : the part of the neck in front of the spinal column (2) : the passage through the neck to the stomach and lungs b (1) : VOICE (2) : the seat of the voice\n2 : something resembling the throat especially in being an entrance, a passageway, a constriction, or a narrowed part: as a : the orifice of a tubular organ especially of a plant b : the opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep c : the part of a tennis racket that connects the head with the shaft\n3 : the curved part of an anchor’s arm where it joins the shank see ANCHOR illustration\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to utter in the throat : MUTTER\n2 : to sing or enunciate in a throaty voice


Words: throaty
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : uttered or produced from low in the throat <a throaty voice>\n2 : heavy, thick, and deep as if from the throat <throaty notes of a horn>


Words: throb
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity\n2 : to beat or vibrate rhythmically\n\n<2> noun\n: BEAT, PULSE


Words: throe
Meaning:
noun\n1 : PANG, SPASM <death throes> <throes of childbirth>\n2 plural : a hard or painful struggle <the throes of revolutionary social change M. D. Geismar>


Words: throne
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the chair of state of a sovereign or high dignitary (as a bishop) b : the seat of a deity\n2 : royal power and dignity : SOVEREIGNTY\n3 plural : an order of angels see CELESTIAL HIERARCHY\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to seat on a throne\n2 : to invest with kingly rank or power\nintransitive senses\n1 : to sit on a throne\n2 : to hold kingly power


Words: throng
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a multitude of assembled persons b : a large number : HOST\n2 a : a crowding together of many persons b : PRESSURE <this throng of business S. R. Crockett>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to crowd upon : PRESS\n2 : to crowd into : PACK <shoppers thronging the streets>\nintransitive senses : to crowd together in great numbers


Words: throttle
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to compress the throat of : CHOKE (2) : to kill by such action b : to prevent or check expression or activity of : SUPPRESS\n2 a : to decrease the flow of (as steam or fuel to an engine) by a valve b : to regulate and especially to reduce the speed of (as an engine) by such means c : to vary the thrust of (a rocket engine) during flight\nintransitive senses : to throttle something (as an engine) usually used with back or down <the pilot throttled back>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : THROAT 1a b : TRACHEA 1\n2 a : a valve for regulating the supply of a fluid (as steam) to an engine; especially : the valve controlling the volume of vaporized fuel charge delivered to the cylinders of an internal combustion engine b : the lever controlling this valve c : the condition of being throttled


Words: through
Meaning:
<1> preposition\n1 a (1) used as a function word to indicate movement into at one side or point and out at another and especially the opposite side of <drove a nail through the board> (2) : by way of <left through the door> (3) used as a function word to indicate passage from one end or boundary to another <a highway through the forest> <a road through the desert> (4) : without stopping for : PAST <drove through a red light> b used as a function word to indicate passage into and out of a treatment, handling, or process <the matter has already passed through her hands>\n2 used as a function word to indicate means, agency, or intermediacy: as a : by means of : by the agency of b : because of <failed through ignorance> c : by common descent from or relationship with <related through their grandfather>\n3 a : over the whole surface or extent of : THROUGHOUT <homes scattered through the valley> b used as a function word to indicate movement within a large expanse <flew through the air> c used as a function word to indicate exposure to a specified set of conditions <put him through hell>\n4 used as a function word to indicate a period of time: as a : during the entire period of <all through her life> b : from the beginning to the end of <the tower stood through the earthquake> c : to and including <Monday through Friday>\n5 a used as a function word to indicate completion or exhaustion <got through the book> <went through the money in a year> b used as a function word to indicate acceptance or approval especially by an official body <got the bill through the legislature>\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : from one end or side to the other\n2 a : from beginning to end b : to completion, conclusion, or accomplishment <see it through>\n3 : to the core : COMPLETELY <soaked through>\n4 : into the open : OUT <break through>\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a : extending from one surface to another <a through mortise> b : admitting free or continuous passage : DIRECT <a through road>\n2 a (1) : going from point of origin to destination without change or reshipment <a t


Words: throughout
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : in or to every part : EVERYWHERE <of one color throughout>\n2 : during the whole time or action : from beginning to end <remained loyal throughout>\n\n<2> preposition\n1 : all the way from one end to the other of : in or to every part of <cities throughout the United States>\n2 : during the whole course or period of <troubled her throughout her life>


Words: throw
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to propel through the air by a forward motion of the hand and arm <throw a baseball> b : to propel through the air in any manner <a rifle that can throw a bullet a mile>\n2 a : to cause to fall <threw his opponent> b : to cause to fall off : UNSEAT <the horse threw its rider> c : to get the better of : OVERCOME <the problem didn’t throw her>\n3 a : to fling (oneself) precipitately <threw herself down on the sofa> b : to drive or impel violently : DASH <the ship was thrown on a reef>\n4 a (1) : to put in a particular position or condition <threw her arms around him> (2) : to put on or off hastily or carelessly <threw on a coat> b : to bring to bear : EXERT <threw all his efforts into the boy’s defense> c : BUILD, CONSTRUCT <threw a pontoon bridge over the river>\n5 : to form or shape on a potter’s wheel\n6 : to deliver (a blow) in or as if in boxing\n7 : to twist two or more filaments of into a thread or yarn\n8 a : to make a cast of (dice or a specified number on dice) b : ROLL 1a <throw a bowling ball>\n9 : to give up : ABANDON\n10 : to send forth : PROJECT <the setting sun threw long shadows>\n11 : to make (oneself) dependent : commit (oneself) for help, support, or protection <threw himself on the mercy of the court>\n12 : to indulge in : give way to <threw a temper tantrum>\n13 : to bring forth : give birth to : SIRE, PRODUCE <throws a good crop> <threw large litters>\n14 : to lose intentionally <throw a game>\n15 : to move (a lever) so as to connect or disconnect parts of a clutch or switch; also : to make or break (a connection) with a lever\n16 : to give by way of entertainment <throw a party>\nintransitive senses : CAST, HURL\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an act of throwing, hurling, or flinging b (1) : an act of throwing dice (2) : the number thrown with a cast of dice c : a method of throwing an opponent in wrestling or judo\n2 : the distance a missile may be thrown or light rays may be projected\n3 : an undertaking involving chance or danger : RISK, VENTURE\n4 : the amount of vertical displacement prod


Words: thrum
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a fringe of warp threads left on the loom after the cloth has been removed (2) : one of these warp threads b : a tuft or short piece of rope yarn used in thrumming canvas usually used in plural c : BIT, PARTICLE\n2 : a hair, fiber, or threadlike leaf on a plant; also : a tuft or fringe of such structures\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to furnish with thrums : FRINGE\n2 : to insert short pieces of rope yarn or spun yarn in (a piece of canvas) to make a rough surface or a mat which can be wrapped about rigging to prevent chafing\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to play or pluck a stringed instrument idly : STRUM\n2 : to sound with a monotonous hum\ntransitive senses\n1 : to play (as a stringed instrument) in an idle or relaxed manner\n2 : to recite tiresomely or monotonously\n\n<4> noun\n: the monotonous sound of thrumming


Words: thrush
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of numerous small or medium-sized oscine birds (families Turdidae and Muscicapidae) which are mostly of a plain color often with spotted underparts and many of which are excellent singers\n2 : a bird held to resemble a thrush\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a disease that is caused by a fungus (Candida albicans), occurs especially in infants and children, and is marked by white patches in the oral cavity; broadly : CANDIDIASIS <vaginal thrush>\n2 : a suppurative disorder of the feet in various animals (as a horse)


Words: thrust
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to push or drive with force : SHOVE\n2 : to cause to enter or pierce something by or as if by pushing <thrust a dagger into his heart>\n3 : EXTEND, SPREAD\n4 : STAB, PIERCE\n5 a : to put (as an unwilling person) forcibly into a course of action or position <was thrust into the job> b : to introduce often improperly into a position : INTERPOLATE\n6 : to press, force, or impose the acceptance of upon someone <thrust new responsibilities upon her>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to force an entrance or passage b : to push forward : press onward c : to push upward : PROJECT\n2 : to make a thrust, stab, or lunge with or as if with a pointed weapon <thrust at them with a knife>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a push or lunge with a pointed weapon b (1) : a verbal attack (2) : a military assault\n2 a : a strong continued pressure b : the sideways force or pressure of one part of a structure against another part (as of an arch against an abutment) c : the force produced by a propeller or by a jet or rocket engine that drives a vehicle (as an aircraft) forward d : a nearly horizontal geological fault\n3 a : a forward or upward push b : a movement (as by a group of people) in a specified direction\n4 a : salient or essential element or meaning b : principal concern or objective


Words: thud
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : BLOW\n2 : a dull sound : THUMP\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to move or strike so as to make a thud


Words: thumb
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the short thick digit of the human hand that is analogous in position to the big toe and differs from the other fingers in having only two phalanges, allowing greater freedom of movement, and being opposable to each of them; also : a corresponding digit in lower animals\n2 : the part of a glove or mitten that covers the thumb\n3 : a convex molding : OVOLO\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to leaf through (pages) with the thumb : TURN b : to soil or wear by or as if by repeated thumbing <a badly thumbed book>\n2 : to request or obtain (a ride) in a passing automobile by signaling with the thumb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to turn over pages <thumb through a book>\n2 : to travel by thumbing rides : HITCHHIKE <thumbed across the country>


Words: thumbscrew
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a screw having a flat-sided or knurled head so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger\n2 : an instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw


Words: thumbtack
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a tack with a broad flat head for pressing into a surface with the thumb\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to fasten with a thumbtack


Words: thump
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to strike or beat with or as if with something thick or heavy so as to cause a dull sound\n2 : POUND, KNOCK\n3 : WHIP, THRASH\n4 : to produce (music) mechanically or in a mechanical manner usually used with out <thumped out a tune on the piano>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to inflict a thump b : to make or move with a thumping sound\n2 : to make a vigorous endorsement <got a couple of senators to thump for him N.Y. Herald Tribune>\n\n<2> noun\n: a blow or knock with or as if with something blunt or heavy; also : the sound made by such a blow


Words: thunder
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the sound that follows a flash of lightning and is caused by sudden expansion of the air in the path of the electrical discharge\n2 : a loud utterance or threat\n3 : BANG, RUMBLE <the thunder of big guns>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to produce thunder usually used impersonally <it thundered> b : to give forth a sound that resembles thunder <horses thundered down the road>\n2 : ROAR, SHOUT\ntransitive senses\n1 : to utter loudly : ROAR\n2 : to strike with a sound likened to thunder


Words: thunderbolt
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a single discharge of lightning with the accompanying thunder b : an imaginary elongated mass cast as a missile to earth in the lightning flash\n2 a : a person or thing that resembles lightning in suddenness, effectiveness, or destructive power b : a vehement threat or censure


Words: thunderous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : producing thunder b : making or accompanied by a noise like thunder <thunderous applause>\n2 : THUNDERING


Words: thus
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : in this or that manner or way\n2 : to this degree or extent : SO\n3 : because of this or that : HENCE, CONSEQUENTLY\n4 : as an example


Words: thwack
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to strike with or as if with something flat or heavy : WHACK\n\n<2> noun\n: a heavy blow : WHACK; also : the sound of or as if of such a blow


Words: thwart
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to run counter to so as to effectively oppose or baffle : CONTRAVENE b : to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of\n2 : to pass through or across\n\n<2> adverb\n: ATHWART\n\n<3> adjective\n: situated or placed across something else : TRANSVERSE\n\n<4> noun\n: a rower’s seat extending athwart a boat


Words: thy
Meaning:
adjective\narchaic : of or relating to thee or thyself especially as possessor or agent or as object of an action used especially in ecclesiastical or literary language and sometimes by Friends especially among themselves


Words: thyme
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a genus (Thymus) of Eurasian mints with small pungent aromatic leaves; especially : a garden herb (T. vulgaris)\n2 : thyme leaves used as a seasoning


Words: thymus
Meaning:
noun\n: a glandular structure of largely lymphoid tissue that functions especially in the development of the body’s immune system, is present in the young of most vertebrates typically in the upper anterior chest or at the base of the neck, and tends to atrophy in the adult


Words: thyroid
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or being a large bilobed endocrine gland of craniate vertebrates lying at the base of the neck and producing especially the hormones thyroxine and triiodothyronine b : suggestive of a disordered thyroid <a thyroid personality>\n2 : of, relating to, or being the chief cartilage of the larynx\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a thyroid gland or cartilage; also : a part (as an artery or nerve) associated with either of these\n2 : a preparation of mammalian thyroid gland used in treating thyroid disorders


Words: thyself
Meaning:
pronoun\narchaic : YOURSELF used especially in ecclesiastical or literary language and sometimes by Friends especially among themselves


Words: tiara
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a 3-tiered crown worn by the pope\n2 : a decorative jeweled or flowered headband or semicircle for formal wear by women


Words: tibia
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the inner and usually larger of the two bones of the vertebrate hind limb between the knee and ankle\n2 : the fourth joint of the leg of an insect between the femur and tarsus


Words: tic
Meaning:
noun\n1 : local and habitual spasmodic motion of particular muscles especially of the face : TWITCHING\n2 : a frequent usually unconscious quirk of behavior or speech <


Words: tick
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of a superfamily (Ixodoidea of the order Acarina) of bloodsucking arachnids that are larger than the related mites, attach themselves to warm-blooded vertebrates to feed, and include important vectors of infectious diseases\n2 : any of various usually wingless parasitic dipteran flies compare SHEEP KED\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the fabric case of a mattress, pillow, or bolster; also : a mattress consisting of a tick and its filling\n2 : TICKING\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a light rhythmic audible tap or beat; also : a series of such ticks b chiefly British : the time taken by the tick of a clock : MOMENT\n2 : a small spot or mark; especially : one used to direct attention to something, to check an item on a list, or to represent a point on a scale\n\n<4> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make the sound of a tick or a series of ticks\n2 : to operate as a functioning mechanism : RUN <tried to understand what made him tick> <the motor was ticking over quietly>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to mark with a written tick : CHECK usually used with off <ticked off each item in the list>\n2 : to mark, count, or announce by or as if by ticking beats <a meter ticking off the cab fare>\n3 : to touch with a momentary glancing blow <ticked the ball>\n\n<5> noun\nchiefly British : CREDIT, TRUST; also : a credit account


Words: ticker
Meaning:
noun\n: something that ticks or produces a ticking sound: as a : WATCH b : a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints off information (as stock quotations or news) on a paper ribbon c slang : HEART


Words: ticket
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a document that serves as a certificate, license, or permit; especially : a mariner’s or airman’s certificate b : TAG, LABEL\n2 a : a certificate or token showing that a fare or admission fee has been paid b : a means of access or passage <education is the ticket to a good job>\n3 : a list of candidates for nomination or election : SLATE\n4 : the correct or desirable thing <cooperation, that’s the ticket K. E. Trombley>\n5 : a slip or card recording a transaction or undertaking or giving instructions <a savings deposit ticket>\n6 : a summons or warning issued to a traffic-law violator\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to attach a ticket to : LABEL; also : DESIGNATE\n2 : to furnish or serve with a ticket <ticketed for illegal parking>


Words: ticking
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a strong linen or cotton fabric used in upholstering and as a covering for a mattress or pillow\n\n<2> noun\n: ticked marking on a bird or mammal or on individual hairs


Words: tickle
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to excite or stir up agreeably : PLEASE <music does more than tickle our sense of rhythm Edward Sapir> b : to provoke to laughter or merriment : AMUSE <were tickled by the clown’s antics>\n2 : to touch (as a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements\nintransitive senses\n1 : to have a tingling or prickling sensation <my back tickles>\n2 : to excite the surface nerves to prickle\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act of tickling\n2 : a tickling sensation\n3 : something that tickles


Words: ticklish
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : TOUCHY, OVERSENSITIVE <ticklish about his baldness> b : easily overturned <a canoe is a ticklish craft>\n2 : requiring delicate handling <a ticklish subject>\n3 : sensitive to tickling


Words: tidal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, caused by, or having tides <tidal cycles> <tidal erosion> b : periodically rising and falling or flowing and ebbing <tidal waters>\n2 : dependent (as to the time of arrival or departure) upon the state of the tide <a tidal steamer>


Words: tide
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a obsolete : a space of time : PERIOD b : a fit or opportune time : OPPORTUNITY c : an ecclesiastical anniversary or festival; also : its season usually used in combination <Eastertide>\n2 a (1) : the alternate rising and falling of the surface of the ocean and of water bodies (as gulfs and bays) connected with the ocean that occurs usually twice a day and is caused by the gravitational attraction of the sun and moon occurring unequally on different parts of the earth (2) : a less marked rising and falling of an inland body of water (3) : a periodic movement in the earth’s crust caused by the same forces that produce ocean tides (4) : a tidal distortion on one celestial body caused by the gravitational attraction of another (5) : one of the tidal movements of the atmosphere resembling those of the ocean and produced by gravitation or diurnal temperature changes b : FLOOD TIDE 1\n3 a : something that fluctuates like the tides of the sea <the tide of public opinion> b : a surging movement of a group <a tide of opportunists>\n4 a : a flowing stream : CURRENT b : the waters of the ocean c : the overflow of a flooding stream\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to flow as or in a tide : SURGE\ntransitive senses : to cause to float with or as if with the tide\n\n<3> intransitive verb\narchaic : BETIDE, BEFALL


Words: tideland
Meaning:
noun\n1 : land overflowed during flood tide\n2 : land underlying the ocean and lying beyond the low-water limit of the tide but being within the territorial waters of a nation often used in plural


Words: tidewater
Meaning:
noun\n1 : water overflowing land at flood tide; also : water affected by the ebb and flow of the tide\n2 : low-lying coastal land


Words: tidy
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : properly filled out : PLUMP\n2 : adequately satisfactory : ACCEPTABLE, FAIR <a tidy solution to their problem>\n3 a : neat and orderly in appearance or habits : well ordered and cared for b : METHODICAL, PRECISE <a tidy mind>\n4 : LARGE, SUBSTANTIAL <a tidy profit>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to put in order <tidy up a room>\nintransitive senses : to make things tidy <tidying up after supper>\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a usually compartmentalized receptacle for various small objects\n2 : a piece of fancywork used to protect the back, arms, or headrest of a chair or sofa from wear or soil


Words: tie
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a line, ribbon, or cord used for fastening, uniting, or drawing something closed; especially : SHOELACE b (1) : a structural element (as a rod or angle iron) holding two pieces together : a tension member in a construction (2) : any of the transverse supports to which railroad rails are fastened to keep them in line\n2 : something that serves as a connecting link: as a : a moral or legal obligation to someone or something typically constituting a restraining power, influence, or duty b : a bond of kinship or affection\n3 : a curved line that joins two musical notes of the same pitch to denote a single tone sustained through the time value of the two\n4 a : an equality in number (as of votes or scores) b : equality in a contest; also : a contest that ends in a draw\n5 : a method or style of tying or knotting\n6 : something that is knotted or is to be knotted when worn: as a : NECKTIE b : a low laced shoe : OXFORD\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to fasten, attach, or close by means of a tie b : to form a knot or bow in <tie your scarf> c : to make by tying constituent elements <tied a wreath> <tie a fishing fly>\n2 a : to place or establish in relationship : CONNECT b : to unite in marriage c : to unite (musical notes) by a tie d : to join (power systems) electrically\n3 : to restrain from independence or freedom of action or choice : constrain by or as if by authority, influence, agreement, or obligation\n4 a (1) : to make or have an equal score with in a contest (2) : to equalize (the score) in a game or contest (3) : to equalize the score of (a game) b : to provide or offer something equal to : EQUAL\nintransitive senses : to make a tie: as a : to make a bond or connection b : to make an equal score c : to become attached d : to close by means of a tie


Words: tier
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a row, rank, or layer of articles; especially : one of two or more rows, levels, or ranks arranged one above another b : a group of political or geographical divisions that form a row across the map <the southern tier of states>\n2 : CLASS, CATEGORY\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to place or arrange in tiers\nintransitive senses : to rise in tiers\n\n<3> noun\n: one that ties


Words: tiger
Meaning:
noun\n1 plural also tiger a : a large Asian carnivorous mammal (Panthera tigris) of the cat family having a usually tawny coat transversely striped with black b : any of several large wildcats (as the jaguar or cougar) c : a domestic cat with striped pattern d Australian : TASMANIAN WOLF\n2 a : a fierce, daring, or aggressive person or quality <aroused the tiger in him> <a tiger for work> b : one (as a situation) that is formidable or impossible to control <how the tiger of inflation can be tamed J. A. Davenport> often used in the phrases ride a tiger and have a tiger by the tail\n3 British : a groom in livery


Words: tight
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : so close in structure as to prevent passage or escape (as of liquid, gas, or light) <a tight ship> <a tight seal> compare LIGHTPROOF, WATERTIGHT b : fitting very close to the body <tight jeans>; also : too snug <tight shoes> c (1) : closely packed : very full <a tight bale of hay> (2) : barely allowing time for completion <a tight schedule> <tight deadlines> d : having elements close together <a tight formation> <a tight line of type> e : allowing little or no room for free motion or movement <a tight connection> <a tight crawl space>; also : having a small radius <a tight turn>\n2 a : strongly fixed or held : SECURE <a tight jar lid> <a tight grip on the ladder> b (1) : not slack or loose : TAUT <kept the reins tight> <a tight knot> <a tight drumhead>; also : marked by firmness and muscle tone <a tight stomach> (2) : marked by unusual tension (as in the face or body) <lips tight with anger> <a family tight with fear>\n3 chiefly dialect a : CAPABLE, COMPETENT b : having a graceful or shapely form : COMELY\n4 a : difficult to cope with <in a tight spot financially> b : relatively difficult to obtain <money is tight just now>; also : characterized by such difficulty <a tight job market> c : not liberal in giving : STINGY <tight with a penny>\n5 : characterized by little difference in the relative positions of contestants with respect to final outcome : CLOSE <a tight race for mayor>\n6 : somewhat drunk\n7 a : characterized by firmness or strictness in control or application or in attention to details <tight zoning codes> <tight security> <ran a tight newsroom> <keeps a tight hand on her investments> b : marked by control or discipline in expression or style : having little or no extraneous matter <tight writing> c : characterized by a polished style and precise arrangements in music performance\n8 : having a close personal or working relationship : INTIMATE <in tight with the boss>\n9 : being such that the subject fills the frame <filming a tight close-up>\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : FAST, TIGHTLY, FIRMLY <the door


Words: tighten
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to make tight or tighter\nintransitive senses : to become tight or tighter


Words: tightrope
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a rope or wire stretched taut for acrobats to perform on\n2 : a dangerously precarious situation usually used in the phrase walk a tightrope


Words: tights
Meaning:
noun plural\n: a skintight garment covering the body from the neck down or from the waist down; also British : PANTY HOSE


Words: tile
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 plural tiles or tile a : a flat or curved piece of fired clay, stone, or concrete used especially for roofs, floors, or walls and often for ornamental work b : a hollow or a semicircular and open earthenware or concrete piece used in constructing a drain c : a hollow building unit made of fired clay or of shale or gypsum\n2 : TILING\n3 : HAT; especially : a high silk hat\n4 : a thin piece of resilient material (as cork, linoleum, or rubber) used especially for covering floors or walls\n5 : a thin piece resembling a ceramic tile that usually bears a mark or letter and is used as a playing piece in a board game (as mah-jongg)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to cover with tiles\n2 : to install drainage tile in


Words: till
Meaning:
<1> preposition\n1 chiefly Scottish : TO\n2 : UNTIL\n\n<2> conjunction\n: UNTIL\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops : CULTIVATE\n\n<4> noun\n1 a : a box, drawer, or tray in a receptacle (as a cabinet or chest) used especially for valuables b : a money drawer in a store or bank; also : CASH REGISTER\n2 a : the money contained in a till b : a supply of especially ready money\n\n<5> noun\n: unstratified glacial drift consisting of clay, sand, gravel, and boulders intermingled


Words: tiller
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: STALK, SPROUT; especially : one from the base of a plant or from the axils of its lower leaves\n\n<2> intransitive verb\nof a plant : to put forth tillers\n\n<3> noun\n: one that tills : CULTIVATOR\n\n<4> noun\n: a lever used to turn the rudder of a boat from side to side; broadly : a device or system that plays a part in steering something


Words: tilt
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a canopy for a wagon, boat, or stall\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cover or provide with a tilt\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a contest on horseback in which two combatants charging with lances or similar weapons try to unhorse each other : JOUST b : a tournament of tilts\n2 a : DISPUTE, CONTENTION b : SPEED used in the phrase full tilt\n3 a : the act of tilting : the state or position of being tilted b : a sloping surface c : SLANT, BIAS <a tilt toward military involvement>\n4 : any of various contests resembling or suggesting tilting with lances\n\n<4> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to have an inclination\n2 a : to point or thrust in or as if in a tilt <tilt a lance> b : to charge against <tilt an adversary>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to move or shift so as to lean or incline : SLANT b : to incline, tend, or become drawn toward an opinion, course of action, or one side of a controversy\n2 a : to engage in a combat with lances : JOUST b : to make an impetuous attack <tilt at social evils>


Words: tilth
Meaning:
noun\n1 : cultivated land : TILLAGE\n2 : the state of aggregation of a soil especially in relation to its suitability for crop growth


Words: timber
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : growing trees or their wood b used interjectionally to warn of a falling tree\n2 : wood suitable for building or for carpentry\n3 : MATERIAL, STUFF; especially : personal qualification for a particular position or status\n4 a : a large squared or dressed piece of wood ready for use or forming part of a structure b British : LUMBER 2a c : a curving frame branching outward from the keel of a ship and bending upward in a vertical direction that is usually composed of several pieces united : RIB\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to frame, cover, or support with timbers


Words: timbre
Meaning:
noun\n: the quality given to a sound by its overtones: as a : the resonance by which the ear recognizes and identifies a voiced speech sound b : the quality of tone distinctive of a particular singing voice or musical instrument


Words: time
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues : DURATION b : a nonspatial continuum that is measured in terms of events which succeed one another from past through present to future c : LEISURE <time for reading>\n2 : the point or period when something occurs : OCCASION\n3 a : an appointed, fixed, or customary moment or hour for something to happen, begin, or end <arrived ahead of time> b : an opportune or suitable moment <decided it was time to retire> often used in the phrase about time <about time for a change>\n4 a : an historical period : AGE b : a division of geologic chronology c : conditions at present or at some specified period usually used in plural <times are hard> <move with the times> d : the present time <issues of the time>\n5 a : LIFETIME b : a period of apprenticeship c : a term of military service d : a prison sentence\n6 : SEASON <very hot for this time of year>\n7 a : rate of speed : TEMPO b : the grouping of the beats of music : RHYTHM\n8 a : a moment, hour, day, or year as indicated by a clock or calendar <what time is it> b : any of various systems (as sidereal or solar) of reckoning time\n9 a : one of a series of recurring instances or repeated actions <you’ve been told many times> b plural (1) : added or accumulated quantities or instances <five times greater> (2) : equal fractional parts of which an indicated number equal a comparatively greater quantity <seven times smaller> <three times closer> c : TURN <three times at bat>\n10 : finite as contrasted with infinite duration\n11 : a person’s experience during a specified period or on a particular occasion <a good time> <a hard time>\n12 a : the hours or days required to be occupied by one’s work <make up time> <on company time> b : an hourly pay rate <straight time> c : wages paid at discharge or resignation <pick up your time and get out>\n13 a : the playing time of a game b : TIME-OUT\n14 : a period during which something is used or available for use <computer time>\n\n<2> verb\ntra


Words: timekeeper
Meaning:
noun\n1 : TIMEPIECE\n2 : a clerk who keeps records of the time worked by employees\n3 : a person appointed to mark and announce the time in an athletic game or contest


Words: timeless
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : PREMATURE, UNTIMELY\n2 a : having no beginning or end : ETERNAL b : not restricted to a particular time or date <the timeless themes of love, solitude, joy, and nature Writer>\n3 : not affected by time : AGELESS


Words: timely
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 archaic : EARLY, SOON\n2 : in time : OPPORTUNELY <the question was not timely raised in the state court W. O. Douglas>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : coming early or at the right time : OPPORTUNE\n2 : appropriate or adapted to the times or the occasion <a timely book>


Words: timepiece
Meaning:
noun\n: a device (as a clock or watch) to measure or show progress of time; especially : one that does not chime


Words: timetable
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a table of departure and arrival times of trains, buses, or airplanes\n2 a : a schedule showing a planned order or sequence b : PROGRAM 3


Words: timeworn
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : worn or impaired by time <timeworn mansions>\n2 a : AGE-OLD, ANCIENT <timeworn procedures> b : HACKNEYED, STALE <a timeworn joke>


Words: timid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : lacking in courage or self-confidence <a timid person>\n2 : lacking in boldness or determination <a timid policy>


Words: timorous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of a timid disposition : FEARFUL\n2 : expressing or suggesting timidity <proceed with doubtful and timorous steps Edward Gibbon>


Words: timothy
Meaning:
noun\n: a European grass (Phleum pratense) that has long cylindrical spikes and is widely grown for hay


Words: timpani
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n: a set of two or more kettledrums played by one performer in an orchestra or band


Words: tin
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a soft faintly bluish white lustrous low-melting crystalline metallic element that is malleable and ductile at ordinary temperatures and that is used as a protective coating, in tinfoil, and in soft solders and alloys see ELEMENT table\n2 a : a box, can, pan, vessel, or a sheet made of tinplate; broadly : such a container of any metal (as aluminum) b : a metal container and its contents <a tin of tomatoes>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to cover or plate with tin or a tin alloy\n2 : to put up or pack in tins : CAN


Words: tincture
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a archaic : a substance that colors, dyes, or stains b : COLOR, TINT\n2 a : a characteristic quality : CAST b : a slight admixture : TRACE\n3 obsolete : an active principle or extract\n4 : a heraldic metal, color, or fur\n5 : a solution of a medicinal substance in an alcoholic menstruum\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to tint or stain with a color : TINGE\n2 a : to infuse or instill with a property or entity : IMPREGNATE b : to imbue with a quality : AFFECT <writing tinctured with wit and wisdom>


Words: tinder
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a very flammable substance adaptable for use as kindling\n2 : something that serves to incite or inflame


Words: tinderbox
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a metal box for holding tinder and usually a flint and steel for striking a spark b : a highly inflammable object or place\n2 : a potentially explosive place or situation


Words: tine
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a slender pointed projecting part : PRONG\n2 : a pointed branch of an antler\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses , dialect British : LOSE\nintransitive senses , dialect British : to become lost


Words: tinge
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to color with a slight shade or stain : TINT b : to affect or modify with a slight odor or taste\n2 : to affect or modify in character\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a slight staining or suffusing shade or color\n2 : an affective or modifying property or influence : TOUCH


Words: tingle
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 a : to feel a ringing, stinging, prickling, or thrilling sensation b : to cause such a sensation\n2 : TINKLE


Words: tinker
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a usually itinerant mender of household utensils b : an unskillful mender : BUNGLER\n2 chiefly Irish : GYPSY\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to work in the manner of a tinker; especially : to repair, adjust, or work with something in an unskilled or experimental manner : FIDDLE\ntransitive senses : to repair, adjust, or experiment with


Words: tinkle
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make or emit a tinkle or a sound suggestive of a tinkle\n2 : URINATE\ntransitive senses\n1 : to sound or make known (the time) by a tinkle\n2 a : to cause to make a tinkle b : to produce by tinkling <tinkle a tune>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a jingling effect in verse or prose\n2 : a series of short high ringing or clinking sounds


Words: tinny
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, abounding in, or yielding tin\n2 a : resembling tin b : LIGHT, CHEAP\n3 : thin in tone <a tinny voice>


Words: tinsel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a thread, strip, or sheet of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations\n2 : something superficially attractive or glamorous but of little real worth <disfigured by no gaudy tinsel of rhetoric or declamation Thomas Jefferson>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : made of or covered with tinsel\n2 a : cheaply gaudy : TAWDRY b : SPECIOUS <tinsel promises>\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to interweave, overlay, or adorn with or as if with tinsel\n2 : to impart a specious brightness to


Words: tint
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a usually slight or pale coloration : HUE b : any of various lighter or darker shades of a color : TINGE\n2 : a variation of a color produced by adding white to it and characterized by a low saturation with relatively high lightness\n3 : a usually slight modifying quality or characteristic : TOUCH\n4 : a shaded effect in engraving produced by fine parallel lines close together\n5 : a panel of light color serving as background\n6 : dye for the hair\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to impart or apply a tint to : COLOR


Words: tip
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : OVERTURN, UPSET usually used with over\n2 a : CANT, TILT b : to raise and tilt forward in salute <tipped his hat>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become tipped : TOPPLE\n2 : LEAN, SLANT\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act or an instance of tipping : TILT\n2 chiefly British : a place for depositing something (as rubbish) by dumping\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 a : to furnish with a tip b (1) : to cover or adorn the tip of (2) : to blend (furs) for improved appearance by brushing the tips of the hair with dye\n2 : to affix (an insert) in a book often used with in\n3 : to remove the ends of <tip raspberries>\n\n<4> noun\n1 : the usually pointed end of something\n2 : a small piece or part serving as an end, cap, or point\n\n<5> noun\n: a light touch or blow\n\n<6> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to strike lightly : TAP\n2 : to give (a baseball) a glancing blow\nintransitive senses : TIPTOE\n\n<7> noun\n1 : a piece of advice or expert or authoritative information\n2 : a piece of advance or confidential information given by one thought to have access to special or inside sources\n\n<8> transitive verb\n1 : to impart a piece of information or advice about or to often used with off\n2 chiefly British : to mention as a likely candidate, prospective winner, or profitable investment : TOUT 4\n\n<9> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : GIVE, PRESENT\n2 : to give a gratuity to\nintransitive senses : to bestow a gratuity\n\n<10> noun\n: a gift or a sum of money tendered for a service performed or anticipated : GRATUITY


Words: tippet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a long hanging end of cloth attached to a sleeve, cap, or hood\n2 : a shoulder cape of fur or cloth often with hanging ends\n3 : a long black scarf worn over the robe by Anglican clergymen during morning and evening prayer


Words: tipple
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess\ntransitive senses : to drink (liquor) especially continuously in small amounts\n\n<2> noun\n: DRINK 1, 2\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a place where or an apparatus by which cars (as for coal) are loaded or emptied\n2 : a coal-screening plant


Words: tipsy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : unsteady, staggering, or foolish from the effects of liquor : FUDDLED\n2 : UNSTEADY, ASKEW <a tipsy angle>


Words: tiptoe
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the position of being balanced on the balls of the feet and toes with the heels raised usually used with on; also : the ends of the toes\n\n<2> adverb\n: on or as if on tiptoe\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : standing or walking on or as if on tiptoe\n2 : CAUTIOUS, STEALTHY\n\n<4> intransitive verb\n1 : to stand or raise oneself on tiptoe\n2 : to walk or proceed quietly or cautiously on or as if on tiptoe


Words: tirade
Meaning:
noun\n: a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language


Words: tire
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to become weary\ntransitive senses\n1 : to exhaust or greatly decrease the physical strength of : FATIGUE\n2 : to wear out the patience of : BORE\n\n<2> noun\n1 obsolete : ATTIRE\n2 archaic : a woman’s headband or hair ornament\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 obsolete : ATTIRE\n2 archaic : to adorn (the hair) with an ornament\n\n<4> noun\n1 : a metal hoop forming the tread of a wheel\n2 : a rubber cushion that fits around a wheel (as of an automobile) and usually contains compressed air


Words: tired
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : drained of strength and energy : fatigued often to the point of exhaustion\n2 : obviously worn by hard use : RUN-DOWN\n3 : TRITE, HACKNEYED


Words: tissue
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a fine lightweight often sheer fabric b : MESH, NETWORK, WEB <a tissue of lies>\n2 : a piece of soft absorbent tissue paper used especially as a handkerchief or for removing cosmetics\n3 : an aggregate of cells usually of a particular kind together with their intercellular substance that form one of the structural materials of a plant or an animal


Words: tit
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : TEAT\n2 usually vulgar : BREAST usually used in plural\n\n<2> noun\n: TITMOUSE; broadly : any of various small plump often long-tailed birds\n\n<3> abbreviation\ntitle


Words: titan
Meaning:
noun\n1 capitalized : any of a family of giants born of Uranus and Gaea and ruling the earth until overthrown by the Olympian gods\n2 : one that is gigantic in size or power : one that stands out for greatness of achievement


Words: titanium
Meaning:
noun\n: a silvery gray light strong metallic element found combined in ilmenite and rutile and used especially in alloys (as steel) and combined in refractory materials and in coatings see ELEMENT table


Words: tithe
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to pay or give a tenth part of especially for the support of the church\n2 : to levy a tithe on\nintransitive senses : to give a tenth of one’s income as a tithe\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment\n2 : the obligation represented by individual tithes\n3 : TENTH; broadly : a small part\n4 : a small tax or levy


Words: titillate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation\n2 : TICKLE\nintransitive senses : to act as a stimulant to pleasurable excitement


Words: title
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a obsolete : INSCRIPTION b : written material introduced into a motion picture or television program to give credits, explain an action, or represent dialogue usually used in plural\n2 a : all the elements constituting legal ownership b : a legally just cause of exclusive possession c : the instrument (as a deed) that is evidence of a right\n3 a : something that justifies or substantiates a claim b : an alleged or recognized right\n4 a : a descriptive or general heading (as of a chapter in a book) b : the heading which names an act or statute c : the heading of a legal action or proceeding\n5 a : the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production b : a similar distinguishing name of a musical composition or a work of art\n6 : a descriptive name : APPELLATION\n7 : a division of an instrument, book, or bill; especially : one larger than a section or article\n8 a : an appellation of dignity, honor, distinction, or preeminence attached to a person or family by virtue of rank, office, precedent, privilege, attainment, or lands b : a person holding a title especially of nobility\n9 : a written work as distinguished from a particular copy <published 25 titles last year>\n10 : CHAMPIONSHIP 1 <won the batting title>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to provide a title for\n2 : to designate or call by a title : TERM, STYLE\n\n<3> adjective\n: of or relating to a title: as a : having the same name as the title of a production <did the title role in Hamlet> b : having the same title as or providing the title for the collection or production of which it forms a part <the title song> c : of, relating to, or involving a championship <a title match> d : of, relating to, or used with the titles that introduce a motion picture or television program <title music>


Words: titmouse
Meaning:
noun\n: any of numerous small widely distributed insectivorous oscine birds (family Paridae and especially genus Parus) that are related to the chickadees and have small bills and relatively long tails


Words: tittle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a point or small sign used as a diacritical mark in writing or printing\n2 : a very small part


Words: titular
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : existing in title only; especially : bearing a title derived from a defunct ecclesiastical jurisdiction (as an episcopal see) <a titular bishop> b : having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities <the titular head of a political party>\n2 : bearing a title : TITLED\n3 : of, relating to, or constituting a title <the titular hero of the play>\n\n<2> noun\n: a person holding a title


Words: to
Meaning:
<1> preposition\n1 a used as a function word to indicate movement or an action or condition suggestive of movement toward a place, person, or thing reached <drove to the city> <went back to the original idea> b used as a function word to indicate direction <a mile to the south> <turned his back to the door> <a tendency to silliness> c used as a function word to indicate contact or proximity <applied polish to the table> <put her hand to her heart> d (1) used as a function word to indicate the place or point that is the far limit <100 miles to the nearest town> (2) used as a function word to indicate the limit of extent <stripped to the waist> e used as a function word to indicate relative position <perpendicular to the floor>\n2 a used as a function word to indicate purpose, intention, tendency, result, or end <came to our aid> <drink to his health> b used as a function word to indicate the result of an action or a process <broken all to pieces> <go to seed> <to their surprise, the train left on time>\n3 used as a function word to indicate position or relation in time: as a : BEFORE <five minutes to five> b : TILL <from eight to five> <up to now>\n4 used as a function word to indicate addition, attachment, connection, belonging, possession, accompaniment, or response <the key to the door> <danced to live music> <comes to her call>\n5 used as a function word (1) to indicate the extent or degree (as of completeness or accuracy) <loyal to a man> <generous to a fault> or the extent and result (as of an action or a condition) <beaten to death> (2) to indicate the last or an intermediate point of a series <moderate to cool temperatures>\n6 a used as a function word (1) to indicate a relation to one that serves as a standard <inferior to her earlier works> (2) to indicate similarity, correspondence, dissimilarity, or proportion <compared him to a god> b used as a function word to indicate agreement or conformity <add salt to taste> <to my knowledge> c used as a function word to indicate a proportion in terms of numbers or qua


Words: toad
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of numerous anuran amphibians (especially family Bufonidae) that as compared with the related frogs are generally more terrestrial in habit though returning to water to lay their eggs, squatter and shorter in build and with weaker hind limbs, and rough, dry, and warty rather than smooth and moist of skin\n2 : a contemptible person or thing


Words: toadstool
Meaning:
noun\n: a fungus having an umbrella-shaped pileus : MUSHROOM; especially : a poisonous or inedible one as distinguished from an edible mushroom


Words: toady
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : SYCOPHANT\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to behave as a toady : engage in sycophancy


Words: toast
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to warm thoroughly\n2 : to make (as bread) crisp, hot, and brown by heat\nintransitive senses : to become toasted; especially : to warm thoroughly\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : sliced bread browned on both sides by heat b : food prepared with toasted bread\n2 from the use of pieces of spiced toast to flavor drinks a (1) : a person whose health is drunk (2) : something in honor of which persons usually drink b : one that is highly admired <she’s the toast of society>\n3 3toast : an act of proposing or of drinking in honor of a toast\n4 : a rhyming narrative poem existing in oral tradition among black Americans\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to propose or drink to as a toast


Words: tobacco
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a genus (Nicotiana) of chiefly American plants of the nightshade family with viscid foliage and tubular flowers; especially : a tall erect annual tropical American herb (N. tabacum) cultivated for its leaves\n2 : the leaves of cultivated tobacco prepared for use in smoking or chewing or as snuff\n3 : manufactured products of tobacco (as cigars or cigarettes); also : smoking as a practice <has sworn off tobacco>


Words: toboggan
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a long flat-bottomed light sled made usually of thin boards curved up at one end with usually low handrails at the sides\n2 : a downward course or a sharp decline\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to coast on or as if on a toboggan\n2 : to decline suddenly and sharply


Words: today
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : on or for this day\n2 : at the present time\n\n<2> noun\n: the present day, time, or age <today’s youth>\n\n<3> adjective\n: of or characteristic of today : NOW


Words: toddle
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to walk with short tottering steps in the manner of a young child\n2 : to take a stroll : SAUNTER


Words: toddy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the fresh or fermented sap of various chiefly East Indian palms\n2 : a usually hot drink consisting of liquor (as rum), water, sugar, and spices


Words: toe
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : one of the terminal members of a vertebrate’s foot (2) : the fore end of a foot or hoof b : a terminal segment of a limb of an invertebrate c : the forepart of something worn on the foot <the toe of a boot>\n2 : a part that by its position or form is felt to resemble a toe <the toe of Italy>: as a : a lateral projection at one end or between the ends of a piece (as a rod or bolt) b : the lowest part (as of an embankment, dam, or cliff)\n3 : TOE DANCE\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to furnish with a toe <toe a sock>\n2 : to touch, reach, or drive with the toe <toe a football>\n3 : to drive (as a nail) obliquely; also : to clinch or fasten by or with nails or rods so driven\nintransitive senses\n1 : TIPTOE\n2 : to stand, walk, or be placed so that the toes assume an indicated position or direction <toe in>


Words: toga
Meaning:
noun\n: the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome; also : a similar loose wrap or a professional, official, or academic gown


Words: together
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 a : in or into one place, mass, collection, or group <the men get together every Thursday for poker> b : in a body : as a group <students and faculty together presented the petition>\n2 a : in or into contact (as connection, collision, or union) <mix these ingredients together> b : in or into association or relationship <colors that go well together>\n3 a : at one time : SIMULTANEOUSLY <events that happened together> b : in succession <was depressed for days together>\n4 a : by combined action : JOINTLY <together we forced the door> b : in or into agreement or harmony <the soloist and the orchestra weren’t quite together> c : in or into a unified or coherent structure or an integrated whole <can’t even put a simple sentence together>\n5 a : with each other used as an intensive after certain verbs <join together> <add together> b : as a unit : in the aggregate <these arguments taken together make a convincing case> c : considered as a whole : counted or summed up <all together, there were 21 entries>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : appropriately prepared, organized, or balanced\n2 : composed in mind or manner : SELF-POSSESSED <a warm, sensitive, reasonably together girl East Village Other>


Words: togs
Meaning:
noun plural\n: CLOTHING; especially : a set of clothes and accessories for a specified use <riding togs>


Words: toil
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic a : STRUGGLE, BATTLE b : laborious effort\n2 : long strenuous fatiguing labor\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to work hard and long\n2 : to proceed with laborious effort : PLOD\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : OVERWORK\n2 archaic : to get or accomplish with great effort\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a net to trap game\n2 : something by which one is held fast or inextricably involved : SNARE, TRAP usually used in plural <caught in the toils of the law>


Words: toilet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : DRESSING TABLE\n2 : the act or process of dressing and grooming oneself\n3 a (1) : BATHROOM, LAVATORY 2 (2) : PRIVY b : a fixture that consists usually of a water-flushed bowl and seat and is used for defecation and urination\n4 : cleansing in preparation for or in association with a medical or surgical procedure <a pharyngeal toilet>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to dress and groom oneself\n2 : to use the toilet usually used of a child\ntransitive senses\n1 : DRESS, GARB\n2 : to help (as a child or sick person) use the toilet


Words: toiletry
Meaning:
noun\n: an article or preparation (as toothpaste, shaving cream, or cologne) used in making one’s toilet usually used in plural


Words: toilette
Meaning:
noun\n1 : TOILET 2\n2 a : formal or fashionable attire or style of dress b : a particular costume or outfit


Words: token
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an outward sign or expression <his tears were tokens of his grief>\n2 a : SYMBOL, EMBLEM <a white flag is a token of surrender> b : an instance of a linguistic expression\n3 : a distinguishing feature : CHARACTERISTIC\n4 a : SOUVENIR, KEEPSAKE b : a small part representing the whole : INDICATION <this is only a token of what we hope to accomplish> c : something given or shown as a guarantee (as of authority, right, or identity)\n5 a : a piece resembling a coin issued as money by some person or body other than a de jure government b : a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms\n6 : a member of a group (as a minority) that is included within a larger group through tokenism; especially : a token employee\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : done or given as a token especially in partial fulfillment of an obligation or engagement <a token payment>\n2 a : representing no more than a symbolic effort : MINIMAL, PERFUNCTORY <token resistance> <token integration> b : serving or intended to show absence of discrimination <a token female employee>


Words: tolerable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : capable of being borne or endured <tolerable pain>\n2 : moderately good or agreeable : PASSABLE <a tolerable singing voice>


Words: tolerance
Meaning:
noun\n1 : capacity to endure pain or hardship : ENDURANCE, FORTITUDE, STAMINA\n2 a : sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or practices differing from or conflicting with one’s own b : the act of allowing something : TOLERATION\n3 : the allowable deviation from a standard; especially : the range of variation permitted in maintaining a specified dimension in machining a piece\n4 a (1) : the capacity of the body to endure or become less responsive to a substance (as a drug) or a physiological insult with repeated use or exposure <immunological tolerance to a virus> <an addict’s increasing tolerance for a drug> (2) : relative capacity of an organism to grow or thrive when subjected to an unfavorable environmental factor b : the maximum amount of a pesticide residue that may lawfully remain on or in food


Words: tolerate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to exhibit physiological tolerance for (as a drug)\n2 a : to suffer to be or to be done without prohibition, hindrance, or contradiction b : to put up with


Words: toll
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge)\n2 : compensation for services rendered: as a : a charge for transportation b : a charge for a long-distance telephone call\n3 : a grievous or ruinous price <inflation has taken its toll>; especially : cost in life or health <the death toll from the hurricane>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to take or levy toll\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to exact part of as a toll b : to take as toll\n2 : to exact a toll from (someone)\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : ALLURE, ENTICE\n2 a : to entice (game) to approach b : to attract (fish) with scattered bait c : to lead or attract (domestic animals) to a desired point\n\n<4> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to sound (a bell) by pulling the rope\n2 a : to give signal or announcement of <the clock tolled each hour> b : to announce by tolling <church bells tolled the death of the bishop> c : to call to or from a place or occasion <bells tolled the congregation to church>\nintransitive senses : to sound with slow measured strokes <the bell tolls solemnly>\n\n<5> noun\n: the sound of a tolling bell


Words: tomahawk
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a light ax used as a missile and as a hand weapon especially by No. American Indians\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cut, strike, or kill with a tomahawk


Words: tomato
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the usually large rounded typically red or yellow pulpy berry of a tomato\n2 : any of a genus (Lycopersicon) of So. American herbs of the nightshade family; especially : one (L. lycopersicum syn. L. esculentum) that is more or less perennial in its native habitat but is widely cultivated as an annual for its edible fruit


Words: tomb
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an excavation in which a corpse is buried : GRAVE b : a place of interment\n2 : a house, chamber, or vault for the dead\n3 : a building or structure resembling a tomb (as in appearance)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: BURY, ENTOMB


Words: tomorrow
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: on or for the day after today <will do it tomorrow>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the day after the present <the court will recess until tomorrow>\n2 : FUTURE 1a <the world of tomorrow>


Words: ton
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a unit of internal capacity for ships equal to 100 cubic feet called also register ton b : a unit approximately equal to the volume of a long ton weight of seawater used in reckoning the displacement of ships and equal to 35 cubic feet c : a unit of volume for cargo freight usually reckoned at 40 cubic feet called also measurement ton\n2 : any of various units of weight: a see WEIGHT table b : METRIC TON\n3 : a great quantity : LOT often used in plural <ate tons of hamburgers> <has tons of money>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the prevailing fashion : VOGUE\n2 : the quality or state of being smart or fashionable


Words: tonality
Meaning:
noun\n1 : tonal quality\n2 a : KEY 7 b : the organization of all the tones and harmonies of a piece of music in relation to a tonic\n3 : the arrangement or interrelation of the tones of a work of visual art


Words: tone
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : vocal or musical sound of a specific quality <spoke in low tones> <masculine tones>; especially : musical sound with respect to timbre and manner of expression\n2 a : a sound of definite pitch and vibration b : WHOLE STEP\n3 : accent or inflection expressive of a mood or emotion\n4 : the pitch of a word often used to express differences of meaning\n5 : a particular pitch or change of pitch constituting an element in the intonation of a phrase or sentence <high tone> <low tone> <mid tone> <low-rising tone> <falling tone>\n6 : style or manner of expression in speaking or writing <seemed wise to adopt a conciliatory tone>\n7 a (1) : color quality or value (2) : a tint or shade of color b : the color that appreciably modifies a hue or white or black <gray walls of greenish tone>\n8 : the effect in painting of light and shade together with color\n9 a : the state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor b : normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli; specifically : muscular tonus\n10 a : healthy elasticity : RESILIENCY b : general character, quality, or trend <a city’s upbeat tone> c : frame of mind : MOOD\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : INTONE\n2 : to give a particular intonation or inflection to\n3 a : to impart tone to : STRENGTHEN <medicine to tone up the system> b : to soften or reduce in intensity, color, appearance, or sound : MELLOW often used with down c : to change the normal silver image of (as a photographic print) into a colored image\nintransitive senses\n1 : to assume a pleasing color quality or tint\n2 : to blend or harmonize in color


Words: tong
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a secret society or fraternal organization especially of Chinese in the U.S. formerly notorious for gang warfare\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to take, gather, hold, or handle with tongs <tong oysters>\nintransitive senses : to use tongs especially in taking or gathering something


Words: tongs
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n: any of numerous grasping devices consisting commonly of two pieces joined at one end by a pivot or hinged like scissors


Words: tongue
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a fleshy movable process of the floor of the mouths of most vertebrates that bears sensory end organs and small glands and functions especially in taking and swallowing food and in humans as a speech organ b : a part of various invertebrate animals that is analogous to the tongue\n2 : the flesh of a tongue (as of the ox or sheep) used as food\n3 : the power of communication through speech\n4 a : LANGUAGE; especially : a spoken language b : manner or quality of utterance with respect to tone or sound, the sense of what is expressed, or the intention of the speaker <she has a clever tongue> <a sharp tongue> c : ecstatic usually unintelligible utterance accompanying religious excitation usually used in plural d : the cry of or as if of a hound pursuing or in sight of game used especially in the phrase to give tongue\n5 : a tapering flame <tongues of fire>\n6 : a long narrow strip of land projecting into a body of water\n7 : something resembling an animal’s tongue in being elongated and fastened at one end only: as a : a movable pin in a buckle b : a metal ball suspended inside a bell so as to strike against the sides as the bell is swung c : the pole of a vehicle d : the flap under the lacing or buckles of a shoe at the throat of the vamp\n8 a : the rib on one edge of a board that fits into a corresponding groove in an edge of another board to make a flush joint b : FEATHER 4\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : SCOLD\n2 : to touch or lick with or as if with the tongue\n3 a : to cut a tongue on <tongue a board> b : to join (as boards) by means of a tongue and groove <tongue flooring together>\n4 : to articulate (notes) by tonguing\nintransitive senses\n1 : to project in a tongue\n2 : to articulate notes on a wind instrument by successively interrupting the stream of wind with the action of the tongue


Words: tonic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : characterized by tonus <tonic contraction of muscle>; also : marked by prolonged muscular contraction <tonic convulsions> b : producing or adapted to produce healthy muscular condition and reaction of organs (as muscles)\n2 a : increasing or restoring physical or mental tone : REFRESHING b : yielding a tonic substance\n3 : relating to or based on the first tone of a scale <tonic harmony>\n4 of a syllable : bearing a principal stress or accent\n5 : of or relating to speech tones or to languages using them to distinguish words otherwise identical\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an agent (as a drug) that increases body tone b : one that invigorates, restores, refreshes, or stimulates <a day in the country was a tonic for him> c : a liquid preparation for the scalp or hair d chiefly New England : a carbonated flavored beverage e : TONIC WATER\n2 : the first tone of a diatonic scale : KEYNOTE\n3 : a voiced sound


Words: tonight
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: on this present night or the night following this present day <will do it tonight>\n\n<2> noun\n: the present night or the night following this present day


Words: tonnage
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a duty formerly levied on every tun of wine imported into England\n2 a : a duty or impost on vessels based on cargo capacity b : a duty on goods per ton transported\n3 : ships in terms of the total number of tons registered or carried or of their carrying capacity\n4 a : the cubical content of a merchant ship in units of 100 cubic feet b : the displacement of a warship\n5 a : total weight in tons shipped, carried, or produced b : impressively large amount or weight


Words: tonneau
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the rear seating compartment of an automobile; also : the entire seating compartment\n2 : a shape of watch case or dial resembling a barrel in profile


Words: tonsil
Meaning:
noun\n1 : either of a pair of prominent masses of lymphoid tissue that lie one on each side of the throat between the anterior and posterior pillars of the fauces\n2 : any of various masses of lymphoid tissue that are similar to tonsils


Words: tonsure
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head\n2 : the shaven crown or patch worn by monks and other clerics\n3 : a bald spot resembling a tonsure\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to shave the head of; especially : to confer the tonsure upon


Words: too
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : BESIDES, ALSO <sell the house and furniture too>\n2 a : to an excessive degree : EXCESSIVELY <too large a house for us> b : to such a degree as to be regrettable <this time he has gone too far> c : VERY <didn’t seem too interested>\n3 : SO 2d <


Words: tool
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a handheld device that aids in accomplishing a task b (1) : the cutting or shaping part in a machine or machine tool (2) : a machine for shaping metal : MACHINE TOOL\n2 a : something (as an instrument or apparatus) used in performing an operation or necessary in the practice of a vocation or profession <a scholar’s books are his tools> b : a means to an end <a book’s cover can be a marketing tool> c often vulgar : PENIS\n3 : one that is used or manipulated by another\n4 plural : natural ability <has all the tools>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cause (a vehicle) to go : DRIVE b : to convey in a vehicle\n2 : to shape, form, or finish with a tool; especially : to letter or ornament (as leather or gold) by means of hand tools\n3 : to equip (as a plant or industry) with tools, machines, and instruments for production\nintransitive senses\n1 : DRIVE, RIDE\n2 : to equip a plant or industry with the means (as machines, machine tools, and instruments) of production often used with up\n\n<3> noun\n: a design (as on the binding of a book) made by tooling


Words: toot
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to sound a short blast <the horn tooted> b : to sound a note or call suggesting the short blast of a wind instrument\n2 : to blow or sound an instrument (as a horn) especially so as to produce short blasts\ntransitive senses : to cause to sound <toot a whistle>\n\n<2> noun\n: a short blast (as on a horn); also : a sound resembling such a blast\n\n<3> noun\n: a drinking bout : SPREE


Words: tooth
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : one of the hard bony appendages that are borne on the jaws or in many of the lower vertebrates on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx and serve especially for the prehension and mastication of food and as weapons of offense and defense b : any of various usually hard and sharp processes especially about the mouth of an invertebrate\n2 : TASTE, LIKING\n3 : a projection resembling or suggesting the tooth of an animal in shape, arrangement, or action <a saw tooth>: as a : any of the regular projections on the circumference or sometimes the face of a wheel that engage with corresponding projections on another wheel especially to transmit force : COG b : a small sharp-pointed marginal lobe or process on a plant\n4 a : something that injures, tortures, devours, or destroys b plural : effective means of enforcement\n5 : a roughness of surface produced by mechanical or artificial means


Words: toothpick
Meaning:
noun\n: a pointed instrument (as a slender tapering piece of wood) for removing food particles lodged between the teeth


Words: toothsome
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : AGREEABLE, ATTRACTIVE b : sexually attractive <a toothsome blonde>\n2 : of palatable flavor and pleasing texture : DELICIOUS <crisp toothsome fried chicken>


Words: top
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : the highest point, level, or part of something : SUMMIT, CROWN (2) : the head or top of the head used especially in the phrase top to toe (3) : the head of a plant and especially one with edible roots <beet tops> (4) : a garment worn on the upper body b (1) : the highest or uppermost region or part (2) : the upper end, edge, or surface\n2 : a fitted, integral, or attached part or unit serving as an upper piece, lid, or covering\n3 a : a platform surrounding the head of a lower mast that serves to spread the topmast rigging, strengthen the mast, and furnish a standing place for men aloft b : a comparable part of the superstructure; especially : such a part on a warship used as a fire-control station or antiaircraft gun platform\n4 a : the highest degree or pitch conceivable or attained : ACME, PINNACLE b : the loudest or highest range of a sound\n5 a : the part that is nearest in space or time to the source or beginning b : the first half of an inning in baseball\n6 a (1) : the highest position (as in rank or achievement) (2) : a person or thing at the top b plural : aces and kings in a hand or the three highest honors in a suit\n7 : the choicest part : CREAM, PICK\n8 : a forward spin given to a ball (as in golf or billiards) by striking it on or near the top or above the center; also : the stroke so given\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to remove or cut the top of: as a : to shorten or remove the top of (a plant) : PINCH 1b b : to remove the most volatile parts from (as crude petroleum)\n2 a : to cover with a top or on the top : provide, form, or serve as a top for b : to supply with a decorative or protective finish or final touch c : to resupply or refill to capacity usually used with off <topped off the tank> d : to complete the basic structure of (as a high-rise building) by putting on a cap or uppermost section usually used with out or off e : to bring to an end or climax usually used with off <the event was topped off with a relay race Paula Rodenas>\n3 a : to be or become higher than : OVERTOP <t


Words: topaz
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a mineral that is essentially a silicate of aluminum and usually occurs in orthorhombic translucent or transparent crystals or in white translucent masses b : a usually yellow to brownish yellow transparent mineral topaz used as a gem c : a yellow sapphire d : a yellow quartz\n2 : either of two large brilliantly colored So. American hummingbirds (Topaza pella and T. pyra)


Words: tope
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n: to drink liquor to excess\n\n<2> noun\n: a small cosmopolitan shark (Galeorhinus galeus) with a liver very rich in vitamin\n\n<3> noun\n: STUPA


Words: topic
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : one of the general forms of argument employed in probable reasoning b : ARGUMENT, REASON\n2 a : a heading in an outlined argument or exposition b : the subject of a discourse or of a section of a discourse


Words: topical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : designed for or involving local application and action (as on the body) <a topical anesthetic> <a topical remedy>\n2 a : of, relating to, or arranged by topics <set down in topical form> b : referring to the topics of the day or place : of local or temporary interest <a topical novel> <topical references>


Words: topknot
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an ornament (as a knot of ribbons or a pompom) forming a headdress or worn as part of a coiffure\n2 : a crest of feathers or tuft of hair on the top of the head


Words: topography
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations b : topographical surveying\n2 a : the configuration of a surface including its relief and the position of its natural and man-made features b : the physical or natural features of an object or entity and their structural relationships


Words: topping
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something that forms a top; especially : a garnish (as a sauce, bread crumbs, or whipped cream) placed on top of a food for flavor or decoration\n2 : the action of one that tops\n3 : something removed by topping\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : highest in rank or eminence\n2 New England : PROUD, ARROGANT\n3 chiefly British : EXCELLENT


Words: topple
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to fall from or as if from being top-heavy\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to topple\n2 a : OVERTHROW 2 b : DEFEAT 3


Words: tops
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: topmost in quality, ability, popularity, or importance used predicatively <is tops in his field>\n\n<2> adverb\n: at the very most <will cost 50, tops>


Words: topsail
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast in a square-rigged ship\n2 : the sail set above and sometimes on the gaff in a fore-and-aft rigged ship


Words: topsoil
Meaning:
noun\n: surface soil usually including the organic layer in which plants have most of their roots and which the farmer turns over in plowing


Words: toque
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a woman’s small hat without a brim made in any of various soft close-fitting shapes\n2 : TUQUE\n3 : a tall brimless hat worn by a chef called also toque blanche


Words: torch
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a burning stick of resinous wood or twist of tow used to give light and usually carried in the hand : FLAMBEAU\n2 : something (as tradition, wisdom, or knowledge) likened to a torch as giving light or guidance\n3 : any of various portable devices for emitting an unusually hot flame compare BLOWTORCH\n4 chiefly British : FLASHLIGHT 2\n5 : INCENDIARY 1a\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to set fire to with or as if with a torch


Words: torment
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the infliction of torture (as by rack or wheel)\n2 : extreme pain or anguish of body or mind : AGONY\n3 : a source of vexation or pain\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to cause severe usually persistent or recurrent distress of body or mind to <cattle tormented by flies>\n2 : DISTORT, TWIST


Words: tornado
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : a tropical thunderstorm\n2 a : a squall accompanying a thunderstorm in Africa b : a violent destructive whirling wind accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud that progresses in a narrow path over the land\n3 : a violent windstorm : WHIRLWIND


Words: torpedo
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : ELECTRIC RAY\n2 : a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: as a : a submarine mine b : a thin cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile\n3 : a small firework that explodes when thrown against a hard object\n4 : a professional gunman or assassin\n5 : SUBMARINE 2\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to hit or sink (a ship) with a naval torpedo : strike or destroy by torpedo\n2 : to destroy or nullify altogether : WRECK <torpedo a plan>


Words: torpid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having lost motion or the power of exertion or feeling : DORMANT, NUMB b : sluggish in functioning or acting <a torpid frog> <a torpid mind>\n2 : lacking in energy or vigor : APATHETIC, DULL


Words: torpor
Meaning:
noun\n1 : APATHY, DULLNESS\n2 : a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility : extreme sluggishness or stagnation of function


Words: torque
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a usually metal collar or neck chain worn by the ancient Gauls, Germans, and Britons\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion <an automobile engine delivers torque to the drive shaft>; also : a measure of the effectiveness of such a force that consists of the product of the force and the perpendicular distance from the line of action of the force to the axis of rotation\n2 : a turning or twisting force\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to impart torque to : cause to twist (as about an axis)


Words: torrent
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a tumultuous outpouring : RUSH\n2 : a violent stream of a liquid (as water or lava)\n3 : a channel of a mountain stream\n\n<2> adjective\n: TORRENTIAL


Words: torrential
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : relating to or having the character of a torrent <torrential rains> b : caused by or resulting from action of rapid streams <torrential gravel>\n2 : resembling a torrent in violence or rapidity of flow


Words: torrid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : parched with heat especially of the sun : HOT <torrid sands> b : giving off intense heat : SCORCHING\n2 : ARDENT, PASSIONATE <torrid love letters>


Words: torsion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of forces tending to turn one end or part about a longitudinal axis while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction; also : the state of being twisted\n2 : the twisting of a bodily organ or part on its own axis\n3 : the reactive torque that an elastic solid exerts by reason of being under torsion


Words: torso
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sculptured representation of the trunk of a human body\n2 : something (as a piece of writing) that is mutilated or left unfinished\n3 : the human trunk


Words: tort
Meaning:
noun\n: a wrongful act other than a breach of contract for which relief may be obtained in the form of damages or an injunction


Words: tortilla
Meaning:
noun\n: a round thin cake of unleavened cornmeal or wheat flour bread usually eaten hot with a topping or filling (as of ground meat or cheese)


Words: tortoise
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a family (Testudinidae) of terrestrial turtles; broadly : TURTLE\n2 : someone or something regarded as slow or laggard


Words: tortuous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : WINDING <a tortuous path>\n2 a : marked by devious or indirect tactics : CROOKED, TRICKY <a tortuous conspiracy> b : CIRCUITOUS, INVOLVED <the tortuous jargon of legal forms>


Words: torture
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : anguish of body or mind : AGONY b : something that causes agony or pain\n2 : the infliction of intense pain (as from burning, crushing, or wounding) to punish, coerce, or afford sadistic pleasure\n3 : distortion or overrefinement of a meaning or an argument : STRAINING\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to cause intense suffering to : TORMENT\n2 : to punish or coerce by inflicting excruciating pain\n3 : to twist or wrench out of shape : DISTORT, WARP


Words: toss
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to fling or heave continuously about, to and fro, or up and down <a ship tossed by waves> b : BANDY 2b, c, d c : to mix lightly until well coated with a dressing or until the elements are thoroughly combined <toss a salad>\n2 : to make uneasy : stir up : DISTURB\n3 a : to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk <toss a ball around> b : to throw up in the air <tossed by a bull> c : MATCH 5a d : to send as if by throwing <tossed in jail> <tossed out of the game> e : to get rid of : THROW AWAY\n4 a : to fling or lift with a sudden motion <tosses her head angrily> b : to tilt suddenly so as to empty by drinking <tossed his glass>; also : to consume by drinking <toss down a drink>\n5 : to accomplish, provide, or produce readily or easily <toss off a few verses>\n6 : THROW 16 <toss a party>\n7 : VOMIT 1 often used in the phrase toss one’s cookies\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to move restlessly or turbulently; especially : to twist and turn repeatedly <tossed sleeplessly all night> b : to move with a quick or spirited gesture\n2 : to decide an issue by flipping a coin\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the state or fact of being tossed\n2 : an act or instance of tossing: as a : an abrupt tilting or upward fling b : a deciding by chance and especially by flipping a coin c : THROW, PITCH


Words: tot
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a small child : TODDLER\n2 : a small drink or allowance of liquor : SHOT\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to add together : TOTAL usually used with up <tots up the score>\nintransitive senses : ADD\n\n<3> abbreviation\ntotal


Words: total
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : comprising or constituting a whole : ENTIRE <the total amount>\n2 : ABSOLUTE, UTTER <a total failure>\n3 : involving a complete and unified effort especially to achieve a desired effect <total war> <total theater>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a product of addition : SUM\n2 : an entire quantity : AMOUNT\n\n<3> adverb\n: TOTALLY\n\n<4> transitive verb\n1 : to add up : COMPUTE\n2 : to amount to : NUMBER\n3 : to make a total wreck of : DEMOLISH <totaled the car>


Words: totalitarian
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to centralized control by an autocratic leader or hierarchy : AUTHORITARIAN, DICTATORIAL; especially : DESPOTIC b : of or relating to a political regime based on subordination of the individual to the state and strict control of all aspects of the life and productive capacity of the nation especially by coercive measures (as censorship and terrorism)\n2 a : advocating or characteristic of totalitarianism b : completely regulated by the state especially as an aid to national mobilization in an emergency c : exercising autocratic powers : tending toward monopoly\n\n<2> noun\n: an advocate or practitioner of totalitarianism


Words: totality
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an aggregate amount : SUM, WHOLE\n2 a : the quality or state of being total : WHOLENESS b : the phase of an eclipse during which it is total : state of total eclipse


Words: tote
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to carry by hand : bear on the person : LUG, PACK\n2 : HAUL, CONVEY\n\n<2> noun\n1 : BURDEN, LOAD\n2 : TOTE BAG\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: ADD, TOTAL usually used with up <toted up his accomplishments G. P. Morrill>\n\n<4> noun\n: PARI-MUTUEL 2


Words: totem
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an object (as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry; also : a usually carved or painted representation of such an object b : a family or clan identified by a common totemic object\n2 : something that serves as an emblem or revered symbol


Words: touch
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to bring a bodily part into contact with especially so as to perceive through the tactile sense : handle or feel gently usually with the intent to understand or appreciate <loved to touch the soft silk>\n2 : to strike or push lightly especially with the hand or foot or an implement\n3 : to lay hands upon (one afflicted with scrofula) with intent to heal\n4 archaic a : to play on (a stringed instrument) b : to perform (a melody) by playing or singing\n5 a : to take into the hands or mouth <never touches alcohol> b : to put hands upon in any way or degree <don’t touch anything before the police come>; especially : to commit violence upon <swears he never touched the child>\n6 : to deal with : become involved with <a sticky situation and wouldn’t touch it with a 10-foot pole>\n7 : to induce to give or lend <touched him for ten dollars>\n8 : to cause to be briefly in contact or conjunction with something <touched her spurs to the horse> <touched his hand to his hat>\n9 a (1) : to meet without overlapping or penetrating : ADJOIN (2) : to get to : REACH <the speedometer needle touched 80> b : to be tangent to c : to rival in quality or value <nothing can touch that cloth for durability>\n10 : to speak or tell of especially in passing <barely touched the incident in the speech>\n11 a : to relate to : CONCERN b : to have an influence on : AFFECT\n12 a : to leave a mark or impression on <few reagents will touch gold>; also : TINGE b : to harm slightly by or as if by contact : TAINT, BLEMISH <fruit touched by frost> c : to give a delicate tint, line, or expression to <a smile touched her lips>\n13 : to draw or delineate with light strokes\n14 a : to hurt the feelings of : WOUND b : to move to sympathetic feeling\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to feel something with a body part (as the hand or foot) b : to lay hand or finger on a person to cure disease (as scrofula)\n2 : to be in contact\n3 : to come close : VERGE <your actions touch on treason>\n4 : to have a bearing : RELATE used with on or upon\n5 a : to make a


Words: touchdown
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of touching a football to the ground behind an opponent’s goal; specifically : the act of scoring six points in American football by being lawfully in possession of the ball on, above, or behind an opponent’s goal line when the ball is declared dead\n2 : the act or moment of touching down (as with an airplane or spacecraft)


Words: touching
Meaning:
<1> preposition\n: in reference to : CONCERNING\n\n<2> adjective\n: capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion


Words: touchstone
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a black siliceous stone related to flint and formerly used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak left on the stone when rubbed by the metal\n2 : a test or criterion for determining the quality or genuineness of a thing\n3 : a fundamental or quintessential part or feature


Words: touchy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation\n2 a of a body part : acutely sensitive or irritable b of a chemical : highly explosive or inflammable\n3 : calling for tact, care, or caution in treatment <a touchy subject>


Words: tough
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : strong or firm in texture but flexible and not brittle b : not easily chewed\n2 : GLUTINOUS, STICKY\n3 : characterized by severity or uncompromising determination\n4 : capable of enduring strain, hardship, or severe labor\n5 : very hard to influence : STUBBORN\n6 : difficult to accomplish, resolve, endure, or deal with <a tough question> <tough luck>\n7 : stubbornly fought <a tough contest>\n8 : UNRULY, ROWDYISH\n9 : marked by absence of softness or sentimentality\n\n<2> adverb\n: in a tough manner <talks tough and insensitively A. E. Stevenson \n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to bear unflinchingly : ENDURE usually used with out especially in the phrase tough it out\n\n<4> noun\n: a tough person : ROWDY


Words: toupee
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a curl or lock of hair made into a topknot on a periwig or natural coiffure; also : a periwig with such a topknot\n2 : a wig or section of hair worn to cover a bald spot


Words: tour
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : one’s turn in an orderly schedule : SHIFT b : a period during which an individual or unit is on a specific duty or at one place <a tour of duty>\n2 a : a journey for business, pleasure, or education often involving a series of stops and ending at the starting point; also : something resembling such a tour <a tour of the history of philosophy> b : a brief turn : ROUND c : a series of professional tournaments (as in golf or tennis)\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to make a tour\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make a tour of\n2 : to present (as a theatrical production) on a tour


Words: tourmaline
Meaning:
noun\n: a mineral of variable color that consists of a complex borosilicate and makes a striking gem when transparent and cut


Words: tournament
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a knightly sport of the middle ages between mounted combatants armed with blunted lances or swords and divided into two parties contesting for a prize or favor bestowed by the lady of the tournament b : the whole series of knightly sports, jousts, and tilts occurring at one time and place\n2 : a series of games or contests that make up a single unit of competition (as on the professional golf tour), the championship play-offs of a league or conference, or an invitational event


Words: tousle
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: DISHEVEL, RUMPLE\n\n<2> noun\n1 Scottish : rough dalliance : TUSSLE\n2 : a tangled mass (as of hair)


Words: tout
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to spy on : WATCH\n2 a British : to spy out information about (as a racing stable or horse) b : to give a tip or solicit bets on (a racehorse)\n3 : to solicit, peddle, or persuade importunately <not meant to tout you off the movie Russell Baker>\n4 : to praise or publicize loudly or extravagantly <touted as the most elaborate suburban shopping development Wall Street Journal>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to solicit patronage\n2 a chiefly British : to spy on racehorses in training to gain information for betting b : to give a tip or solicit bets on a racehorse\n\n<2> noun\n: one who touts: as a : one who solicits patronage b chiefly British : one who spies out racing information for betting purposes c : one who gives tips or solicits bets on a racehorse


Words: tow
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses : to draw or pull along behind : HAUL\nintransitive senses : to move in tow <trailers that tow behind the family auto Bob Munger>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a rope or chain for towing\n2 a : the act or an instance of towing b : the fact or state of being towed\n3 a : something towed (as a boat or car) b : a group of barges lashed together and usually pushed\n4 a : something (as a tugboat) that tows b : SKI TOW\n\n<3> noun\n1 : short or broken fiber (as of flax, hemp, or synthetic material) that is used especially for yarn, twine, or stuffing\n2 a : yarn or cloth made of tow b : a loose essentially untwisted strand of synthetic fibers\n\n<4> noun\nchiefly Scottish dialect English : ROPE


Words: toward
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 also towards Middle English towardes, from Old English t*weardes, preposition, toward, from t*weard, adjective a : coming soon : IMMINENT b : happening at the moment : AFOOT\n2 a obsolete : quick to learn : APT b : PROPITIOUS, FAVORING <a toward breeze>\n\n<2> preposition\n1 : in the direction of <driving toward town>\n2 a : along a course leading to <a long stride toward disarmament> b : in relation to <an attitude toward life>\n3 a : at a point in the direction of : NEAR <a cottage somewhere up toward the lake> b : in such a position as to be in the direction of <your back was toward me>\n4 : not long before <toward the end of the afternoon>\n5 a : in the way of help or assistance in <did all he could toward raising campaign funds> b : for the partial payment of <proceeds go toward the establishment of a scholarship>


Words: towel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping or drying\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to rub or dry (as the body) with a towel\nintransitive senses : to use a towel to dry oneself


Words: tower
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a building or structure typically higher than its diameter and high relative to its surroundings that may stand apart (as a campanile), or be attached (as a church belfry) to a larger structure, and that may be fully walled in or of skeleton framework (as an observation or transmission tower)\n2 : a towering citadel : FORTRESS\n3 : one that provides support or protection : BULWARK <a tower of strength>\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to reach or rise to a great height\n2 : to exhibit superior qualities : SURPASS <her intellect towered over the others’>


Words: towering
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : impressively high or great : IMPOSING <towering pines>\n2 : reaching a high point of intensity : OVERWHELMING <a towering rage>\n3 : going beyond proper bounds : EXCESSIVE <towering ambitions>


Words: towhead
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a low alluvial island or shoal in a river : SANDBAR\n2 : a head of hair resembling tow especially in being flaxen or tousled; also : a person having such a head of hair


Words: town
Meaning:
noun\n1 dialect English : a cluster or aggregation of houses recognized as a distinct place with a place-name : HAMLET\n2 a : a compactly settled area as distinguished from surrounding rural territory b : a compactly settled area usually larger than a village but smaller than a city c : a large densely populated urban area : CITY d : an English village having a periodic fair or market\n3 : a neighboring city, capital city, or metropolis\n4 : the city or urban life as contrasted with the country\n5 : the inhabitants of a city or town\n6 : a New England territorial and political unit usually containing under a single town government both rural areas and urban areas not having their own charter of incorporation; also : a New England community governed by a town meeting\n7 : a group of prairie dog burrows


Words: township
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an ancient unit of administration in England identical in area with or a division of a parish\n2 a : TOWN 6 b : a unit of local government in some northeastern and north central states usually having a chief administrative officer or board c : an unorganized subdivision of the county in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont d : an electoral and administrative district of the county in the southern U.S.\n3 : a division of territory in surveys of U.S. public land containing 36 sections or 36 square miles\n4 : an area in the Republic of South Africa segregated for occupation by persons of non-European descent


Words: townsman
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a native or resident of a town or city b : an urban or urbane person\n2 : a fellow citizen of a town


Words: townspeople
Meaning:
noun plural\n1 : the inhabitants of a town or city : TOWNSMEN\n2 : town-dwelling or town-bred persons


Words: towpath
Meaning:
noun\n: a path (as along a canal) traveled especially by draft animals towing boats called also towing path


Words: toxic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or caused by a poison or toxin\n2 : affected by a poison or toxin <toxic pregnant women>\n3 : POISONOUS\n\n<2> noun\n: a toxic substance


Words: toxicology
Meaning:
noun\n: a science that deals with poisons and their effect and with the problems involved (as clinical, industrial, or legal)


Words: toxin
Meaning:
noun\n: a poisonous substance that is a specific product of the metabolic activities of a living organism and is usually very unstable, notably toxic when introduced into the tissues, and typically capable of inducing antibody formation


Words: toy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 obsolete a : flirtatious or seductive behavior b : PASTIME; also : a sportive or amusing act : ANTIC\n2 a : something (as a preoccupation) that is paltry or trifling b : a literary or musical trifle or diversion c : TRINKET, BAUBLE\n3 : something for a child to play with\n4 : something diminutive; especially : a diminutive animal (as of a small breed or variety)\n5 : something that can be toyed with\n6 Scottish : a headdress of linen or woolen hanging down over the shoulders and formerly worn by old women of the lower classes\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to act or deal with something lightly or without vigor or purpose\n2 : to engage in flirtation\n3 : to amuse oneself as if with a toy : PLAY\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : resembling a toy especially in diminutive size\n2 : designed or made for use as a toy <a toy stove>


Words: trace
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : a course or path that one follows\n2 a : a mark or line left by something that has passed; also : FOOTPRINT b : a path, trail, or road made by the passage of animals, people, or vehicles\n3 a : a sign or evidence of some past thing : VESTIGE b : ENGRAM\n4 : something (as a line) traced or drawn: as a : the marking made by a recording instrument (as a seismograph or kymograph) b : the ground plan of a military installation or position either on a map or on the ground\n5 a : the intersection of a line or plane with a plane b : the usually bright line or spot that moves across the screen of a cathode-ray tube; also : the path taken by such a line or spot\n6 a : a minute and often barely detectable amount or indication <a trace of a smile> b : an amount of a chemical constituent not always quantitatively determinable because of minuteness\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : DELINEATE, SKETCH b : to form (as letters or figures) carefully or painstakingly c : to copy (as a drawing) by following the lines or letters as seen through a transparent superimposed sheet d : to impress or imprint (as a design or pattern) with a tracer e : to record a tracing of in the form of a curved, wavy, or broken line <trace the heart action> f : to adorn with linear ornamentation (as tracery or chasing)\n2 archaic : to travel over : TRAVERSE\n3 a : to follow the footprints, track, or trail of b : to follow or study out in detail or step by step <trace the history of the labor movement> c : to discover by going backward over the evidence step by step <trace your ancestry> d : to discover signs, evidence, or remains of\n4 : to lay out the trace of (a military installation)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make one’s way; especially : to follow a track or trail\n2 : to be traceable historically\n\n<3> noun\n1 : either of two straps, chains, or lines of a harness for attaching a draft animal to something (as a vehicle) to be drawn\n2 : LEADER 1e(2)\n3 : one or more vascular bundles supplying a leaf or twig\n4 : a connecting bar or rod pivoted


Words: tracery
Meaning:
noun\n1 : architectural ornamental work with branching lines; especially : decorative openwork in the head of a Gothic window\n2 : a decorative interlacing of lines suggestive of Gothic tracery


Words: trachea
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the main trunk of the system of tubes by which air passes to and from the lungs in vertebrates\n2 New Latin, from Medieval Latin : VESSEL 3b; also : one of its constituent cellular elements\n3 New Latin : one of the air-conveying tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many other arthropods


Words: tracing
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of one that traces\n2 : something that is traced: as a : a copy made on a superimposed transparent sheet b : a graphic record made by an instrument (as a seismograph) that registers some movement


Words: track
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : detectable evidence (as the wake of a ship, a line of footprints, or a wheel rut) that something has passed b : a path made by repeated footfalls : TRAIL c : a course laid out especially for racing d : the parallel rails of a railroad e (1) : one of a series of parallel or concentric paths along which material (as music or information) is recorded (as on a phonograph record or magnetic tape) (2) : a group of grooves on a phonograph record containing recorded sound (3) : material recorded especially on a track <a laugh track> <instrumental tracks> f : a usually metal way (as a groove) serving as a guide (as for a movable lighting fixture)\n2 : a footprint whether recent or fossil <the huge track of a dinosaur>\n3 a : the course along which something moves b : a way of life, conduct, or action c : one of several curricula of study to which students are assigned according to their needs or levels of ability d : the projection on the earth’s surface of the path along which something (as a missile or an airplane) has flown\n4 a : a sequence of events : a train of ideas : SUCCESSION b : an awareness of a fact, progression, or condition <keep track of the costs> <lose track of the time>\n5 a : the width of a wheeled vehicle from wheel to wheel and usually from the outside of the rims b : the tread of an automobile tire c : either of two endless metal belts on which a tracklaying vehicle travels\n6 : track-and-field sports; especially : those performed on a running track\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to follow the tracks or traces of : TRAIL b : to search for by following evidence until found <track down the source>\n2 a : to follow by vestiges : TRACE b : to observe or plot the moving path of (as a spacecraft or missile) instrumentally\n3 : to travel over : TRAVERSE <track a desert>\n4 a : to make tracks upon b : to carry (as mud) on the feet and deposit\n5 : to keep track of (as a trend) : FOLLOW\nintransitive senses\n1 : TRAVEL <comet tracks eastward>\n2 a of a phonograph needle : to follow the groove undulatio


Words: tract
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: verses of Scripture (as from the Psalms) used between the gradual and the Gospel at some masses (as during penitential seasons)\n\n<2> noun\n1 : extent or lapse of time\n2 : an area either large or small: as a : an indefinite stretch of land b : a defined area of land\n3 a : a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function <the digestive tract> b : a bundle of nerve fibers having a common origin, termination, and function\n\n<3> noun\n: a pamphlet or leaflet of political or religious propaganda; also : a piece of writing that is suggestive of such a tract


Words: tractable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : DOCILE <a tractable horse>\n2 : easily handled, managed, or wrought : MALLEABLE


Words: traction
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of drawing : the state of being drawn; also : the force exerted in drawing\n2 : the drawing of a vehicle by motive power; also : the motive power employed\n3 a : the adhesive friction of a body on a surface on which it moves <the traction of a wheel on a rail> b : a pulling force exerted on a skeletal structure (as in a fracture) by means of a special device <a traction splint>; also : a state of tension created by such a pulling force <a leg in traction>


Words: tractor
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a 4-wheeled or tracklaying automotive vehicle used especially for drawing farm equipment b : a smaller 2-wheeled apparatus controlled through handlebars by a walking operator c : 3TRUCK 3f\n2 : an airplane having the propeller forward of the main supporting surfaces


Words: trade
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a obsolete : a path traversed : WAY b archaic : a track or trail left by a person or animal : TREAD 1\n2 : a customary course of action : PRACTICE <thy sin’s not accidental, but a trade Shakespeare>\n3 a : the business or work in which one engages regularly : OCCUPATION b : an occupation requiring manual or mechanical skill : CRAFT c : the persons engaged in an occupation, business, or industry\n4 a obsolete : dealings between persons or groups b (1) : the business of buying and selling or bartering commodities : COMMERCE (2) : BUSINESS, MARKET <novelties for the tourist trade> <did a good trade in small appliances>\n5 a : an act or instance of trading : TRANSACTION; also : an exchange of property usually without use of money b : a firm’s customers : CLIENTELE c : the group of firms engaged in a business or industry\n6 : TRADE WIND usually used in plural\n7 : a publication intended for persons in the entertainment business usually used in plural\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 obsolete : to have dealings : NEGOTIATE\n2 a : to engage in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods b : to make one’s purchases : SHOP <trades at his store>\n3 : to give one thing in exchange for another\n4 : SELL 3\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : to do business with\n2 a : to give in exchange for another commodity : BARTER; also : to make an exchange of <traded places> b : to engage in frequent buying and selling of (as stocks or commodities) usually in search of quick profits\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or used in trade\n2 a : intended for or limited to persons in a business or industry <a trade publication> <trade sales> b : serving others in the same business rather than the ultimate user or consumer <a trade printing house>\n3 also trades : of, composed of, or representing the trades or trade unions <a trade committee>\n4 : of a larger softcover format than mass-market paperbacks and usually sold only in bookstores <trade paperbacks>; also : of or relating to the publishing of such books


Words: trademark
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a device (as a word) pointing distinctly to the origin or ownership of merchandise to which it is applied and legally reserved to the exclusive use of the owner as maker or seller\n2 : a distinguishing characteristic or feature firmly associated with a person or thing <derringers became almost a trademark of gamblers Elmer Keith> <wearing his trademark bow tie and derby hat>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to secure trademark rights for : register the trademark of


Words: trader
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person whose business is buying and selling or barter: as a : MERCHANT b : a person who buys and sells (as stocks or commodities futures) in search of short-term profits\n2 : a ship engaged in the coastal or foreign trade


Words: tradition
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior (as a religious practice or a social custom)\n2 : the handing down of information, beliefs, and customs by word of mouth or by example from one generation to another without written instruction\n3 : cultural continuity in social attitudes, customs, and institutions\n4 : characteristic manner, method, or style


Words: traduce
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation\n2 : VIOLATE, BETRAY <traduce a principle of law>


Words: traffic
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : import and export trade b : the business of bartering or buying and selling c : illegal or disreputable usually commercial activity <the drug traffic>\n2 a : communication or dealings especially between individuals or groups b : EXCHANGE <a lively traffic in ideas F. L. Allen>\n3 archaic : WARES, GOODS\n4 a : the movement (as of vehicles or pedestrians) through an area or along a route b : the vehicles, pedestrians, ships, or planes moving along a route c : the information or signals transmitted over a communications system : MESSAGES\n5 a : the passengers or cargo carried by a transportation system b : the business of transporting passengers or freight\n6 : the volume of customers visiting a business establishment\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to carry on traffic\ntransitive senses\n1 : to travel over <heavily trafficked highways>\n2 : TRADE, BARTER


Words: tragedy
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a medieval narrative poem or tale typically describing the downfall of a great man b : a serious drama typically describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force (as destiny) and having a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that excites pity or terror c : the literary genre of tragic dramas\n2 a : a disastrous event : CALAMITY b : MISFORTUNE\n3 : tragic quality or element


Words: tragic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, marked by, or expressive of tragedy <the tragic significance of the atomic bomb H. S. Truman>\n2 a : dealing with or treated in tragedy <the tragic hero> b : appropriate to or typical of tragedy\n3 a : regrettably serious or unpleasant : DEPLORABLE, LAMENTABLE <a tragic mistake> b : marked by a sense of tragedy


Words: trail
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to hang down so as to drag along or sweep the ground b : to extend over a surface in a loose or straggling manner <a vine that trails over the ground> c : to grow to such length as to droop over toward the ground <trailing branches of a weeping birch>\n2 a : to walk or proceed draggingly, heavily, or wearily : PLOD, TRUDGE b : to lag behind : do poorly in relation to others\n3 : to move, flow, or extend slowly in thin streams <smoke trailing from chimneys>\n4 a : to extend in an erratic or uneven course or line : STRAGGLE b : DWINDLE <voice trailing off>\n5 : to follow a trail : track game\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to draw or drag loosely along a surface : allow to sweep the ground b : HAUL, TOW\n2 a : to drag (as a limb or the body) heavily or wearily b : to carry or bring along as an addition, burden, or encumbrance c : to draw along in one’s wake\n3 a : to follow upon the scent or trace of : TRACK b : to follow in the footsteps of : PURSUE c : to follow along behind d : to lag behind (as a competitor)\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something that trails or is trailed: as a : a trailing plant b : the train of a gown c : a trailing arrangement (as of flowers) : SPRAY d : the part of a gun carriage that rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered\n2 a : something that follows or moves along as if being drawn along : TRAIN <a trail of admirers> b (1) : the streak produced by a meteor (2) : a continuous line produced photographically by permitting the image of a celestial body (as a star) to move over the plate c : a chain of consequences : AFTERMATH <the movement left a trail of bitterness and prejudice behind it Paul Blanshard>\n3 a : a trace or mark left by something that has passed or been drawn along : SCENT, TRACK <a trail of blood> b (1) : a track made by passage especially through a wilderness (2) : a marked or established path or route especially through a forest or mountainous region c : a course followed or to be followed <hit the campaign trail>


Words: trailer
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that trails\n2 : a trailing plant\n3 : a nonautomotive vehicle designed to be hauled by road: as a : a vehicle for transporting something <a boat trailer>; especially : SEMITRAILER 1 b : a vehicle designed to serve wherever parked as a temporary dwelling or place of business c : MOBILE HOME\n4 a : PREVIEW 2 b : a short blank strip of film attached to the end of a reel\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to live or travel in or with a trailer\n2 : to be transportable by trailer <a light boat that trailers easily>\ntransitive senses : to transport (as a boat) by means of a trailer


Words: train
Meaning:
<1> noun\nobsolete : SCHEME, TRICK\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a part of a gown that trails behind the wearer\n2 a : RETINUE, SUITE b : a moving file of persons, vehicles, or animals\n3 : the vehicles, personnel, and sometimes animals that furnish supply, maintenance, and evacuation services to a combat unit\n4 a : order of occurrence leading to some result often used in the phrase in train <this humiliating process had been in train for decades Paul Fussell> b : an orderly succession <a train of thought> c : accompanying or resultant circumstances : AFTERMATH <consequences the discovery will bring in its train>\n5 : a line of combustible material laid to lead fire to a charge\n6 : a series of moving mechanical parts (as gears) that transmit and modify motion\n7 a : a connected line of railroad cars with or without a locomotive b : an automotive tractor with one or more trailer units\n8 : a series of parts or elements that together constitute a system for producing a result and especially for carrying on a process (as of manufacture) automatically\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : TRAIL, DRAG\n2 : to direct the growth of (a plant) usually by bending, pruning, and tying\n3 a : to form by instruction, discipline, or drill b : to teach so as to make fit, qualified, or proficient\n4 : to make prepared (as by exercise) for a test of skill\n5 : to aim at an object or objective : DIRECT <trained his camera on the deer> <training every effort toward success>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to undergo instruction, discipline, or drill\n2 : to go by train


Words: training
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act, process, or method of one that trains b : the skill, knowledge, or experience acquired by one that trains\n2 : the state of being trained


Words: trainload
Meaning:
noun\n: the full freight or passenger capacity of a railroad train; also : a load that fills a train


Words: trait
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a stroke of or as if of a pencil b : TOUCH, TRACE\n2 a : a distinguishing quality (as of personal character) : PECULIARITY b : an inherited characteristic


Words: traitor
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who betrays another’s trust or is false to an obligation or duty\n2 : one who commits treason


Words: trajectory
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the curve that a body (as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space\n2 : a path, progression, or line of development resembling a physical trajectory


Words: tram
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of various vehicles: as a : a boxlike wagon running on rails (as in a mine) b chiefly British : STREETCAR c : a carrier that travels on an overhead cable or rails\n2 plural , chiefly British : a streetcar line\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to haul in a tram or over a tramway


Words: trammel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a net for catching birds or fish; especially : one having three layers with the middle one finer-meshed and slack so that fish passing through carry some of the center net through the coarser opposite net and are trapped\n2 : an adjustable pothook for a fireplace crane\n3 : a shackle used for making a horse amble\n4 : something impeding activity, progress, or freedom : RESTRAINT usually used in plural\n5 a : an instrument for drawing ellipses b : a compass for drawing large circles that consists of a beam with two sliding parts usually used in plural c : any of various gauges used for aligning or adjusting machine parts\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to catch or hold in or as if in a net : ENMESH\n2 : to prevent or impede the free play of : CONFINE


Words: tramp
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to walk, tread, or step especially heavily\n2 a : to travel about on foot : HIKE b : to journey as a tramp\ntransitive senses\n1 : to tread on forcibly and repeatedly\n2 : to travel or wander through or over on foot <have tramped all the woods on their property>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a foot traveler b : a begging or thieving vagrant c : a woman of loose morals; specifically : PROSTITUTE\n2 : a walking trip : HIKE\n3 : the succession of sounds made by the beating of feet on a surface (as a road, pavement, or floor)\n4 : an iron plate to protect the sole of a shoe\n5 : a ship not making regular trips but taking cargo when and where it offers and to any port called also tramp steamer\n\n<3> adjective\n: having no fixed abode, connection, or destination <a tramp dog>


Words: trample
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : TRAMP; especially : to tread heavily so as to bruise, crush, or injure\n2 : to inflict injury or destruction especially contemptuously or ruthlessly usually used with on, over, or upon <trampling on the rights of others>\ntransitive senses : to crush, injure, or destroy by or as if by treading


Words: trance
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a state of partly suspended animation or inability to function\n2 : a somnolent state (as of deep hypnosis)\n3 : a state of profound abstraction or absorption\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: ENTRANCE, ENRAPTURE


Words: tranquil
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : free from agitation of mind or spirit <a tranquil self-assurance> b : free from disturbance or turmoil <a tranquil scene>\n2 : unvarying in aspect : STEADY, STABLE


Words: tranquilize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to make tranquil or calm : PACIFY; especially : to relieve of mental tension and anxiety by means of drugs\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become tranquil : RELAX 1\n2 : to make one tranquil


Words: tranquilizer
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that tranquilizes\n2 : a drug used to reduce mental disturbance (as anxiety and tension)


Words: transact
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to carry on business\ntransitive senses\n1 : to carry to completion <transact a sale>\n2 : to carry on the operation or management of : DO <transact business>


Words: transaction
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : something transacted; especially : an exchange or transfer of goods, services, or funds <electronic transactions> b plural : the often published record of the meeting of a society or association\n2 a : an act, process, or instance of transacting b : a communicative action or activity involving two parties or things that reciprocally affect or influence each other


Words: transatlantic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : crossing or extending across the Atlantic Ocean <a transatlantic cable> b : relating to or involving crossing the Atlantic Ocean <transatlantic air fares>\n2 a : situated or originating from beyond the Atlantic Ocean b : of, relating to, or involving countries on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and especially the U.S. and Great Britain <transatlantic cooperation>


Words: transcend
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to rise above or go beyond the limits of b : to triumph over the negative or restrictive aspects of : OVERCOME c : to be prior to, beyond, and above (the universe or material existence)\n2 : to outstrip or outdo in some attribute, quality, or power\nintransitive senses : to rise above or extend notably beyond ordinary limits


Words: transcendent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : exceeding usual limits : SURPASSING b : extending or lying beyond the limits of ordinary experience c in Kantian philosophy : being beyond the limits of all possible experience and knowledge\n2 : being beyond comprehension\n3 : transcending the universe or material existence


Words: transcendental
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : TRANSCENDENT 1b b : SUPERNATURAL c : ABSTRUSE, ABSTRACT d : of or relating to transcendentalism\n2 a : incapable of being the root of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients <\n3 in Kantian philosophy a : of or relating to experience as determined by the mind’s makeup b : transcending experience but not human knowledge\n4 : TRANSCENDENT 1a


Words: transcendentalism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a philosophy that emphasizes the a priori conditions of knowledge and experience or the unknowable character of ultimate reality or that emphasizes the transcendent as the fundamental reality\n2 : a philosophy that asserts the primacy of the spiritual and transcendental over the material and empirical\n3 : the quality or state of being transcendental; especially : visionary idealism


Words: transcribe
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to make a written copy of b : to make a copy of (dictated or recorded matter) in longhand or on a machine (as a typewriter) c : to paraphrase or summarize in writing d : WRITE DOWN, RECORD\n2 a : to represent (speech sounds) by means of phonetic symbols b : TRANSLATE 2a c : to transfer (data) from one recording form to another d : to record (as on magnetic tape) for later broadcast\n3 : to make a musical transcription of\n4 : to cause (as DNA) to undergo genetic transcription


Words: transcript
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a written, printed, or typed copy; especially : a usually typewritten copy of dictated or recorded material b : an official or legal and often published copy <a court reporter’s transcript>; especially : an official copy of a student’s educational record\n2 : a representation (as of experience) in an art form\n3 : a sequence of RNA produced by transcription from a DNA template


Words: transcription
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act, process, or instance of transcribing\n2 : COPY, TRANSCRIPT: as a : an arrangement of a musical composition for some instrument or voice other than the original b : a recording (as on magnetic tape) made especially for use in radio broadcasting\n3 : the process of constructing a messenger RNA molecule using a DNA molecule as a template with resulting transfer of genetic information to the messenger RNA compare TRANSLATION 2, REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION


Words: transept
Meaning:
noun\n: the part of a cruciform church that crosses at right angles to the greatest length between the nave and the apse or choir; also : either of the projecting ends of a transept


Words: transfer
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to convey from one person, place, or situation to another : TRANSPORT b : to cause to pass from one to another : TRANSMIT c : TRANSFORM, CHANGE\n2 : to make over the possession or control of : CONVEY\n3 : to print or otherwise copy from one surface to another by contact\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move to a different place, region, or situation; especially : to withdraw from one educational institution to enroll at another\n2 : to change from one vehicle or transportation line to another\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : conveyance of right, title, or interest in real or personal property from one person to another b : removal or acquisition of property by mere delivery with intent to transfer title\n2 a : an act, process, or instance of transferring : TRANSFERENCE 2 b : the carryover or generalization of learned responses from one type of situation to another\n3 : one that transfers or is transferred; especially : a graphic image transferred by contact from one surface to another\n4 : a place where a transfer is made (as of trains to ferries or as where one form of power is changed to another)\n5 : a ticket entitling a passenger on a public conveyance to continue the trip on another route


Words: transference
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act, process, or instance of transferring : CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER\n2 : the redirection of feelings and desires and especially of those unconsciously retained from childhood toward a new object (as a psychoanalyst conducting therapy)


Words: transfigure
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to give a new and typically exalted or spiritual appearance to : transform outwardly and usually for the better


Words: transfix
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to pierce through with or as if with a pointed weapon : IMPALE\n2 : to hold motionless by or as if by piercing


Words: transform
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to change in composition or structure b : to change the outward form or appearance of c : to change in character or condition : CONVERT\n2 : to subject to mathematical transformation\n3 : to cause (a cell) to undergo genetic transformation\nintransitive senses : to become transformed : CHANGE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a mathematical element obtained from another by transformation\n2 : TRANSFORMATION 3a(1), (2)\n3 : a linguistic structure (as a sentence) produced by means of a transformation <


Words: transfuse
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to cause to pass from one to another : TRANSMIT b : to diffuse into or through : PERMEATE <sunlight transfuses the bay>\n2 a : to transfer (as blood) into a vein of a person or animal b : to subject (a patient) to transfusion


Words: transgress
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to go beyond limits set or prescribed by : VIOLATE <transgress divine law>\n2 : to pass beyond or go over (a limit or boundary)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to violate a command or law : SIN\n2 : to go beyond a boundary or limit


Words: transient
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : passing especially quickly into and out of existence : TRANSITORY b : passing through or by a place with only a brief stay or sojourn\n2 : affecting something or producing results beyond itself\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one that is transient: as a : a transient guest b : a person traveling about usually in search of work\n2 a : a temporary oscillation that occurs in a circuit because of a sudden change of voltage or of load b : a transient current or voltage


Words: transistor
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a solid-state electronic device that is used to control the flow of electricity in electronic equipment and consists of a small block of a semiconductor (as germanium) with at least three electrodes\n2 : a transistorized radio


Words: transit
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an act, process, or instance of passing through or over : PASSAGE b : CHANGE, TRANSITION c (1) : conveyance of persons or things from one place to another (2) : usually local transportation especially of people by public conveyance; also : vehicles or a system engaged in such transportation\n2 a : passage of a celestial body over the meridian of a place or through the field of a telescope b : passage of a smaller body (as Venus) across the disk of a larger (as the sun)\n3 : a theodolite with the telescope mounted so that it can be transited\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to make a transit\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to pass over or through : TRAVERSE b : to cause to pass over or through\n2 : to pass across (a meridian, a celestial body, or the field of view of a telescope)\n3 : to turn (a telescope) over about the horizontal transverse axis in surveying


Words: transition
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : passage from one state, stage, subject, or place to another : CHANGE b : a movement, development, or evolution from one form, stage, or style to another\n2 a : a musical modulation b : a musical passage leading from one section of a piece to another\n3 : an abrupt change in energy state or level (as of an atomic nucleus or a molecule) usually accompanied by loss or gain of a single quantum of energy


Words: transitive
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : characterized by having or containing a direct object <a transitive verb> <a transitive construction>\n2 : being or relating to a relation with the property that if the relation holds between a first element and a second and between the second element and a third, it holds between the first and third elements <equality is a transitive relation>\n3 : of, relating to, or characterized by transition


Words: transitory
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : tending to pass away : not persistent\n2 : of brief duration : TEMPORARY <the transitory nature of earthly joy>


Words: translate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to bear, remove, or change from one place, state, form, or appearance to another : TRANSFER, TRANSFORM <a country boy translated to the city> <translate ideas into action> b : to convey to heaven or to a nontemporal condition without death c : to transfer (a bishop) from one see to another\n2 a : to turn into one’s own or another language b : to transfer or turn from one set of symbols into another : TRANSCRIBE c (1) : to express in different terms and especially different words : PARAPHRASE (2) : to express in more comprehensible terms : EXPLAIN, INTERPRET\n3 : ENRAPTURE\n4 : to subject to mathematical translation\n5 : to subject (as genetic information) to translation in protein synthesis\nintransitive senses\n1 : to practice translation or make a translation; also : to admit of or be adaptable to translation <a word that doesn’t translate easily>\n2 : to undergo a translation\n3 : LEAD, RESULT usually used with into <tax cuts translate into bigger savings>


Words: translucent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : permitting the passage of light: a : CLEAR, TRANSPARENT <translucent water> b : transmitting and diffusing light so that objects beyond cannot be seen clearly\n2 : free from disguise or falseness <his translucent patriotism Newsweek>


Words: transmigrate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to cause to go from one state of existence or place to another\nintransitive senses\n1 of the soul : to pass at death from one body or being to another\n2 : MIGRATE


Words: transmission
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act, process, or instance of transmitting <transmission of a nerve impulse across a synapse>\n2 : the passage of radio waves in the space between transmitting and receiving stations; also : the act or process of transmitting by radio or television\n3 : an assembly of parts including the speed-changing gears and the propeller shaft by which the power is transmitted from an automobile engine to a live axle; also : the speed-changing gears in such an assembly\n4 : something that is transmitted : MESSAGE


Words: transmit
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to send or convey from one person or place to another : FORWARD b : to cause or allow to spread: as (1) : to convey by or as if by inheritance or heredity : HAND DOWN (2) : to convey (infection) abroad or to another\n2 a (1) : to cause (as light or force) to pass or be conveyed through space or a medium (2) : to admit the passage of : CONDUCT <glass transmits light> b : to send out (a signal) either by radio waves or over a wire\nintransitive senses : to send out a signal either by radio waves or over a wire


Words: transmitter
Meaning:
noun\n: one that transmits: as a : an apparatus for transmitting radio or television signals b : NEUROTRANSMITTER


Words: transmute
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form\n2 : to subject (as an element) to transmutation\nintransitive senses : to undergo transmutation


Words: transoceanic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : lying or dwelling beyond the ocean\n2 : crossing or extending across the ocean <a transoceanic telephone cable>


Words: transom
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a transverse piece in a structure : CROSSPIECE: as a : LINTEL b : a horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window or fanlight above it c : the horizontal bar or member of a cross or gallows d : any of several transverse timbers or beams secured to the sternpost of a boat; also : the planking forming the stern of a square-ended boat\n2 : a window above a door or other window built on and commonly hinged to a transom


Words: transonic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : being or relating to speeds near that of sound in air or about 741 miles (1185 kilometers) per hour at sea level and especially to speeds slightly below the speed of sound at which the speed of airflow varies from subsonic to supersonic at different points along the surface of a body in motion relative to the surrounding air\n2 : moving, capable of moving, or utilizing air currents moving at a transonic speed


Words: transpacific
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : crossing or extending across the Pacific Ocean <transpacific airlines> b : relating to or involving crossing the Pacific Ocean <transpacific airfares>\n2 a : situated or occurring beyond the Pacific Ocean b : of, relating to, or involving countries on both sides of the Pacific Ocean <the transpacific economy>


Words: transparent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a (1) : having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : PELLUCID (2) : allowing the passage of a specified form of radiation (as rays or ultraviolet light) b : fine or sheer enough to be seen through : DIAPHANOUS\n2 a : free from pretense or deceit : FRANK b : easily detected or seen through : OBVIOUS c : readily understood


Words: transpire
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to pass off or give passage to (a fluid) through pores or interstices; especially : to excrete (as water) in the form of a vapor through a living membrane (as the skin)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to give off vaporous material; specifically : to give off or exude watery vapor especially from the surfaces of leaves\n2 : to pass in the form of a vapor from a living body\n3 a : to be revealed : come to light b : to become known or apparent : DEVELOP\n4 : to take place : GO ON, OCCUR


Words: transplant
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to lift and reset (a plant) in another soil or situation\n2 : to remove from one place or context and settle or introduce elsewhere : RELOCATE\n3 : to transfer (an organ or tissue) from one part or individual to another\nintransitive senses : to admit of being transplanted\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a person or thing that is transplanted\n2 : the act or process of transplanting


Words: transport
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to transfer or convey from one place to another <transporting ions across a living membrane>\n2 : to carry away with strong and often intensely pleasant emotion\n3 : to send to a penal colony overseas\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act or process of transporting : TRANSPORTATION\n2 : strong or intensely pleasurable emotion <transports of joy>\n3 a : a ship for carrying soldiers or military equipment b : a vehicle (as a truck or airplane) used to transport persons or goods c : TRANSPORTATION 3\n4 : a transported convict\n5 : a mechanism for moving magnetic tape past a recording head


Words: transpose
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to change in form or nature : TRANSFORM\n2 : to render into another language, style, or manner of expression : TRANSLATE\n3 : to transfer from one place or period to another : SHIFT\n4 : to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of <transpose letters to change the spelling>\n5 : to write or perform (a musical composition) in a different key\n6 : to bring (a term) from one side of an algebraic equation to the other with change of sign\n\n<2> noun\n: a matrix formed from another matrix by interchanging the rows and columns


Words: transship
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to transfer for further transportation from one ship or conveyance to another\nintransitive senses : to change from one ship or conveyance to another


Words: transubstantiation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act or instance of transubstantiating or being transubstantiated\n2 : the miraculous change by which according to Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox dogma the eucharistic elements at their consecration become the body and blood of Christ while keeping only the appearances of bread and wine


Words: transverse
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : acting, lying, or being across : set crosswise\n2 : made at right angles to the anterior-posterior axis of the body <a transverse section>\n\n<2> noun\n: something (as a piece, section, or part) that is transverse


Words: trap
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a device for taking game or other animals; especially : one that holds by springing shut suddenly\n2 a : something by which one is caught or stopped unawares; also : a position or situation from which it is difficult or impossible to escape b : a football play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then is blocked from the side while the ballcarrier advances through the spot vacated by the defensive player\n3 a : a device for hurling clay pigeons into the air b : SAND TRAP c : a piece of leather or section of interwoven leather straps between the thumb and forefinger of a baseball glove that forms an extension of the pocket\n4 slang : MOUTH\n5 : a light usually one-horse carriage with springs\n6 : any of various devices for preventing passage of something often while allowing other matter to proceed; especially : a device for drains or sewers consisting of a bend or partitioned chamber in which the liquid forms a seal to prevent the passage of sewer gas\n7 plural : a group of percussion instruments (as a bass drum, snare drums, and cymbals) used especially in a dance or jazz band\n8 : an arrangement of rock strata that favors the accumulation of oil and gas\n9 plural speed trap : a measured stretch of a course over which electronic timing devices measure the speed of a vehicle (as a racing car or dragster)\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to catch or take in or as if in a trap : ENTRAP b : to place in a restricted position : CONFINE <trapped in the burning wreck>\n2 : to provide or set (a place) with traps\n3 a : STOP, HOLD <these mountains trap rains and fogs generated over the ocean Amer. Guide Series: Calif.> b : to separate out (as water from steam)\n4 a : to catch (as a baseball) immediately after a bounce b : to block out (a defensive football player) by means of a trap\nintransitive senses : to engage in trapping animals (as for furs)\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to adorn with or as if with trappings\n\n<4> noun\n: TRAPROCK


Words: trapeze
Meaning:
noun\n: a gymnastic or acrobatic apparatus consisting of a short horizontal bar suspended by two parallel ropes


Words: trapezoid
Meaning:
noun\n1 a British : TRAPEZIUM 1a b : a quadrilateral having only two sides parallel\n2 : a bone in the wrist at the base of the forefinger


Words: trash
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something worth little or nothing: as a : JUNK, RUBBISH b (1) : empty talk : NONSENSE (2) : inferior or worthless writing or artistic matter; also : such material intended purely for entertainment\n2 : something in a crumbled or broken condition or mass; especially : debris from pruning or processing plant material\n3 : a worthless person; also : such persons as a group : RIFFRAFF\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : VANDALIZE, DESTROY\n2 : ATTACK, ASSAULT\n3 : SPOIL, RUIN <trashing the environment>\n4 : to subject to criticism or invective; especially : to disparage strongly <a film trashed by the critics>\n5 : THROW AWAY 1 <standards of reality and truth were trashed Edwin Diamond>\nintransitive senses : to trash something or someone


Words: trauma
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an injury (as a wound) to living tissue caused by an extrinsic agent <surgical trauma> b : a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from mental or emotional stress or physical injury\n2 : an agent, force, or mechanism that causes trauma


Words: travail
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : work especially of a painful or laborious nature : TOIL b : a physical or mental exertion or piece of work : TASK, EFFORT c : AGONY, TORMENT\n2 : LABOR, PARTURITION\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to labor hard : TOIL\n2 : LABOR 3


Words: travel
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to go on or as if on a trip or tour : JOURNEY b (1) : to go as if by traveling : PASS <the news traveled fast> (2) : ASSOCIATE <travels with a sophisticated crowd> c : to go from place to place as a sales representative or business agent\n2 a : to move or undergo transmission from one place to another b : to move in a given direction or path or through a given distance <the stylus travels in a groove> c : to move rapidly <a car that can really travel>\n3 : to walk or run with a basketball in violation of the rules\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to journey through or over b : to follow (a course or path) as if by traveling\n2 : to traverse (a specified distance)\n3 : to cover (an area) as a commercial traveler\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the act of traveling : PASSAGE b : a journey especially to a distant or unfamiliar place : TOUR, TRIP often used in plural\n2 plural : an account of one’s travels\n3 : the number traveling : TRAFFIC\n4 a : MOVEMENT, PROGRESSION <the travel of satellites around the earth> b : the motion of a piece of machinery; especially : reciprocating motion


Words: traveling
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : that travels <a traveling opera company> <a traveling executive>\n2 : carried, used by, or accompanying a traveler <a traveling alarm clock> <a traveling companion>


Words: travelogue
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a talk or lecture on travel usually accompanied by a film or slides\n2 : a narrated motion picture about travel\n3 : a piece of writing about travel


Words: traverse
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something that crosses or lies across\n2 : OBSTACLE, ADVERSITY\n3 : a formal denial of a matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in a legal pleading\n4 a : a compartment or recess formed by a partition, curtain, or screen b : a gallery or loft of communication from side to side in a large building\n5 : a route or way across or over: as a : a zigzag course of a sailing ship with contrary winds b : a curving or zigzag way up a steep grade c : the course followed in traversing\n6 : the act or an instance of traversing : CROSSING\n7 : a protective projecting wall or bank of earth in a trench\n8 a : a lateral movement (as of the saddle of a lathe carriage); also : a device for imparting such movement b : the lateral movement of a gun about a pivot or on a carriage to change direction of fire\n9 : a line surveyed across a plot of ground\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to go against or act in opposition to : OPPOSE, THWART b : to deny (as an allegation of fact or an indictment) formally at law\n2 a : to go or travel across or over b : to move or pass along or through <light rays traversing a crystal>\n3 : to make a study of : EXAMINE\n4 : to lie or extend across : CROSS <the bridge traverses a brook>\n5 a : to move to and fro over or along b : to ascend, descend, or cross (a slope or gap) at an angle c : to move (a gun) to right or left on a pivot\n6 : to make or carry out a survey of by using traverses\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move back and forth or from side to side\n2 : to move or turn laterally : SWIVEL\n3 a : to climb at an angle or in a zigzag course b : to ski across rather than straight down a hill\n4 : to make a survey by using traverses\n\n<3> adjective\n"


Words: travertine
Meaning:
noun\n: a mineral consisting of a massive usually layered calcium carbonate (as aragonite or calcite) formed by deposition from spring waters or especially from hot springs


Words: travesty
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to make a travesty of : PARODY\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a burlesque translation or literary or artistic imitation usually grotesquely incongruous in style, treatment, or subject matter\n2 : a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation <a travesty of justice>


Words: trawl
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to fish with a trawl\n2 : TROLL 2\ntransitive senses : to catch (fish) with a trawl\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a large conical net dragged along the sea bottom in gathering fish or other marine life\n2 : SETLINE


Words: tray
Meaning:
noun\n: an open receptacle with a flat bottom and a low rim for holding, carrying, or exhibiting articles


Words: treacherous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : characterized by or manifesting treachery : PERFIDIOUS\n2 a : likely to betray trust : UNRELIABLE <a treacherous memory> b : providing insecure footing or support <treacherous quicksand> c : marked by hidden dangers, hazards, or perils


Words: treachery
Meaning:
noun\n1 : violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence : TREASON\n2 : an act of perfidy or treason


Words: treacle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a medicinal compound formerly in wide use as a remedy against poison\n2 chiefly British a : MOLASSES b : a blend of molasses, invert sugar, and corn syrup used as syrup at the table called also golden syrup\n3 : something (as a tone of voice) heavily sweet and cloying


Words: tread
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to step or walk on or over b : to walk along : FOLLOW\n2 a : to beat or press with the feet : TRAMPLE b : to subdue or repress as if by trampling : CRUSH\n3 : to copulate with used of a male bird\n4 a : to form by treading : BEAT <tread a path> b : to execute by stepping or dancing <tread a measure>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move on foot : WALK\n2 a : to set foot b : to put one’s foot : STEP\n3 : COPULATE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a mark (as a footprint or the imprint of a tire) made by or as if by treading\n2 a (1) : the action of treading (2) : an act or instance of treading : STEP b : manner of stepping c : the sound of treading\n3 a : the part of a shoe or boot sole that touches the ground; also : the pattern on the bottom of a sole b (1) : the part of a wheel or tire that makes contact with a road or rail (2) : the pattern of ridges or grooves made or cut in the face of a tire\n4 : the distance between the points of contact with the ground of the two front wheels or the two rear wheels of a vehicle\n5 a : the upper horizontal part of a step b : the width of such a tread


Words: treadle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a swiveling or lever device pressed by the foot to drive a machine\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to operate a treadle\ntransitive senses : to operate (as a machine) by a treadle


Words: treadmill
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a mill worked by persons treading on steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis and used formerly in prison punishment b : a mill worked by an animal treading an endless belt c : a device having an endless belt on which an individual walks or runs in place for exercise or physiological testing\n2 : a wearisome or monotonous routine resembling continued activity on a treadmill


Words: treason
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the betrayal of a trust : TREACHERY\n2 : the offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance or to kill or personally injure the sovereign or the sovereign’s family


Words: treasure
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : wealth (as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded <buried treasure> (2) : wealth of any kind or in any form : RICHES b : a store of money in reserve\n2 : something of great worth or value; also : a person esteemed as rare or precious\n3 : a collection of precious things\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to collect and store up (something of value) for future use : HOARD\n2 : to hold or keep as precious : CHERISH, PRIZE <she treasured those memories>


Words: treasurer
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a guardian of a collection of treasures : CURATOR\n2 : an officer entrusted with the receipt, care, and disbursement of funds: as a : a governmental officer charged with receiving, keeping, and disbursing public revenues b : the executive financial officer of a club, society, or business corporation


Words: treasury
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a place in which stores of wealth are kept b : the place of deposit and disbursement of collected funds; especially : one where public revenues are deposited, kept, and disbursed c : funds kept in such a depository\n2 obsolete : TREASURE\n3 capitalized a : a governmental department in charge of finances and especially the collection, management, and expenditure of public revenues b : the building in which the business of such a governmental department is transacted\n4 capitalized : a government security (as a note or bill) issued by the Treasury\n5 : a repository for treasures <a treasury of poems>


Words: treat
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to discuss terms of accommodation or settlement : NEGOTIATE\n2 : to deal with a matter especially in writing : DISCOURSE usually used with of <a book treating of conservation>\n3 : to pay another’s expenses (as for a meal or drink) especially as a compliment or as an expression of regard or friendship\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to deal with in speech or writing : EXPOUND b : to present or represent artistically c : to deal with : HANDLE <food is plentiful and treated with imagination Cecil Beaton>\n2 a : to bear oneself toward : USE <treat a horse cruelly> b : to regard and deal with in a specified manner usually used with as\n3 a : to provide with free food, drink, or entertainment b : to provide with enjoyment or gratification\n4 : to care for or deal with medically or surgically <treat a disease>\n5 : to act upon with some agent especially to improve or alter <treat a metal with acid>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an entertainment given without expense to those invited\n2 : an especially unexpected source of joy, delight, or amusement


Words: treatise
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached <a treatise on higher education>\n2 obsolete : ACCOUNT, TALE


Words: treatment
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act or manner or an instance of treating someone or something : HANDLING, USAGE b : the techniques or actions customarily applied in a specified situation\n2 a : a substance or technique used in treating b : an experimental condition


Words: treaty
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the action of treating and especially of negotiating\n2 a : an agreement or arrangement made by negotiation: (1) : PRIVATE TREATY (2) : a contract in writing between two or more political authorities (as states or sovereigns) formally signed by representatives duly authorized and usually ratified by the lawmaking authority of the state b : a document in which such a contract is set down


Words: treble
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the highest voice part in harmonic music : SOPRANO b : one that performs a treble part; also : a member of a family of instruments having the highest range c : a high-pitched or shrill voice, tone, or sound d : the upper half of the whole vocal or instrumental tonal range compare BASS e : the higher portion of the audio frequency range in sound recording and broadcasting\n2 : something treble in construction, uses, amount, number, or value\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : having three parts or uses : THREEFOLD b : triple in number or amount\n2 a : relating to or having the range or part of a treble b : HIGH-PITCHED, SHRILL c : of, relating to, or having the range of treble in sound recording and broadcasting <treble frequencies>\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses : to increase threefold\nintransitive senses\n1 : to sing treble\n2 : to grow to three times the size, amount, or number


Words: tree
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a woody perennial plant having a single usually elongate main stem generally with few or no branches on its lower part b : a shrub or herb of arborescent form <rose trees> <a banana tree>\n2 a (1) : a piece of wood (as a post or pole) usually adapted to a particular use or forming part of a structure or implement (2) archaic : the cross on which Jesus was crucified b archaic : GALLOWS\n3 : something in the form of or resembling a tree: as a : a diagram or graph that branches usually from a simple stem without forming loops or polygons <genealogical tree> b : a much-branched system of channels especially in an animal body <the vascular tree>\n4 : SADDLETREE\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to drive to or up a tree <treed by a bull> <dogs treeing game> b : to put into a position of extreme disadvantage : CORNER; especially : to bring to bay\n2 : to furnish or fit (as a shoe) with a tree


Words: trefoil
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : CLOVER; broadly : any of several trifoliolate leguminous herbs b : a trifoliolate leaf\n2 : an ornament or symbol in the form of a stylized trifoliolate leaf


Words: trek
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 chiefly SoAfr a : to travel by ox wagon b : to migrate by ox wagon or in a train of such\n2 : to make one’s way arduously; broadly : to go on a journey\n\n<2> noun\n1 chiefly SoAfr : a journey by ox wagon; especially : an organized migration by a group of settlers\n2 : a trip or movement especially when involving difficulties or complex organization


Words: trellis
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a frame of latticework used as a screen or as a support for climbing plants\n2 : a construction (as a summerhouse) chiefly of latticework\n3 : an arrangement that forms or gives the effect of a lattice <a trellis of interlacing streams>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to provide with a trellis; especially : to train (as a vine) on a trellis\n2 : to cross or interlace on or through : INTERWEAVE


Words: tremble
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to shake involuntarily (as with fear or cold) : SHIVER\n2 : to move, sound, pass, or come to pass as if shaken or tremulous <the building trembled from the blast>\n3 : to be affected with fear or doubt <tremble for the safety of another>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act or instance of trembling; especially : a fit or spell of involuntary shaking or quivering\n2 plural but singular in construction : severe poisoning of livestock and especially cattle by a toxic alcohol present in a snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum) and rayless goldenrod that is characterized by muscular tremors, weakness, and constipation


Words: tremendous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : being such as may excite trembling or arouse dread, awe, or terror\n2 a : notable by reason of extreme size, power, greatness, or excellence often used as a generalized term of approval b : unusually large : HUGE


Words: tremolo
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the rapid reiteration of a musical tone or of alternating tones to produce a tremulous effect b : vocal vibrato especially when prominent or excessive\n2 : a mechanical device in an organ for causing a tremulous effect


Words: tremor
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease\n2 : a quivering or vibratory motion; especially : a discrete small movement following or preceding a major seismic event\n3 a : a feeling of uncertainty or insecurity b : a cause of such a feeling


Words: tremulous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors\n2 : affected with timidity : TIMOROUS\n3 : such as is or might be caused by nervousness or shakiness <a tremulous smile> <tremulous handwriting>\n4 : exceedingly sensitive : easily shaken or disordered


Words: trench
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a long cut in the ground : DITCH; especially : one used for military defense often with the excavated dirt thrown up in front b plural : a place, position, or level at which an activity is carried on in a manner likened to trench warfare often used in the phrase in the trenches\n2 : a long, narrow, and usually steep-sided depression in the ocean floor compare TROUGH\n3 : TRENCH COAT\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make a cut in : CARVE\n2 a : to protect with or as if with a trench b : to cut a trench in : DITCH\nintransitive senses\n1 a : ENTRENCH, ENCROACH <trenching on other domains which were more vital Sir Winston Churchill> b : to come close : VERGE\n2 : to dig a trench


Words: trenchant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : KEEN, SHARP\n2 : vigorously effective and articulate <a trenchant analysis>; also : CAUSTIC <trenchant remarks>\n3 a : sharply perceptive : PENETRATING b : CLEAR-CUT, DISTINCT <the trenchant divisions between right and wrong Edith Wharton>


Words: trencher
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a wooden platter for serving food\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to a trencher or to meals\n2 archaic : having the nature of a parasite : SYCOPHANTIC\n\n<3> noun\n: one that digs trenches; specifically : a usually self-propelled excavating machine typically employing a bucket conveyor and used to dig trenches especially for pipelines and cables


Words: trend
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 a : to extend in a general direction : follow a general course <mountain ranges trending north and south> b : to veer in a new direction : BEND <coastline that trends westward>\n2 a : to show a tendency : INCLINE <prices trending upward> b : to become deflected : SHIFT <opinions trending toward conservatism>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a line of general direction or movement <the trend of the coast turned toward the west>\n2 a : a prevailing tendency or inclination : DRIFT b : a general movement : SWING <the trend toward suburban living> c : a current style or preference : VOGUE <new fashion trends> d : a line of development : APPROACH\n3 : the general movement in the course of time of a statistically detectable change; also : a statistical curve reflecting such a change


Words: trepan
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to use a trephine on (the skull)\n2 : to remove a disk or cylindrical core (as from metal for testing)\n\n<2> noun\n: a heavy tool used in boring mine shafts\n\n<3> noun\n1 archaic : TRICKSTER\n2 archaic : a deceptive device : SNARE\n\n<4> transitive verb\narchaic : ENTRAP, LURE


Words: trespass
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a violation of moral or social ethics : TRANSGRESSION; especially : SIN b : an unwarranted infringement\n2 a : an unlawful act committed on the person, property, or rights of another; especially : a wrongful entry on real property b : the legal action for injuries resulting from trespass\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : ERR, SIN b : to make an unwarranted or uninvited incursion\n2 : to commit a trespass; especially : to enter unlawfully upon the land of another\ntransitive senses : VIOLATE <trespass the bounds of good taste>


Words: tress
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a long lock of hair; especially : the long unbound hair of a woman usually used in plural\n2 archaic : a plait of hair : BRAID


Words: trestle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : HORSE 2b\n2 : a braced frame serving as a support\n3 : a braced framework of timbers, piles, or steelwork for carrying a road or railroad over a depression


Words: trey
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the side of a die or domino that has three spots\n2 : a card numbered three or having three main pips


Words: triad
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a union or group of three : TRINITY\n2 : a chord of three tones consisting of a root with its third and fifth and constituting the harmonic basis of tonal music


Words: trial
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the action or process of trying or putting to the proof : TEST b : a preliminary contest (as in a sport)\n2 : the formal examination before a competent tribunal of the matter in issue in a civil or criminal cause in order to determine such issue\n3 : a test of faith, patience, or stamina through subjection to suffering or temptation; broadly : a source of vexation or annoyance\n4 a : a tryout or experiment to test quality, value, or usefulness b : one of a number of repetitions of an experiment\n5 : ATTEMPT\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or used in a trial\n2 : made or done as a test or experiment\n3 : used or tried out in a test or experiment


Words: triangle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a polygon having three sides compare SPHERICAL TRIANGLE\n2 a : a percussion instrument consisting of a rod of steel bent into the form of a triangle open at one angle and sounded by striking with a small metal rod b : a drafting instrument consisting of a thin flat right-angled triangle of wood or plastic with acute angles of 45 degrees or of 30 degrees and 60 degrees\n3 : a situation in which one member of a couple is involved in a love affair with a third person


Words: triangulate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: consisting of or marked with triangles\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to survey, map, or determine by triangulation\n2 a : to divide into triangles b : to give triangular form to


Words: tribe
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a social group comprising numerous families, clans, or generations together with slaves, dependents, or adopted strangers b : a political division of the Roman people orig. representing one of the three original tribes of ancient Rome c : PHYLE\n2 : a group of persons having a common character, occupation, or interest\n3 : a category of taxonomic classification ranking below a subfamily; also : a natural group irrespective of taxonomic rank <the cat tribe> <rose tribe>


Words: tribunal
Meaning:
noun\n1 : 2TRIBUNE\n2 : a court or forum of justice\n3 : something that decides or determines <the tribunal of public opinion>


Words: tribune
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates\n2 : an unofficial defender of the rights of the individual\n\n<2> noun\n: a dais or platform from which an assembly is addressed


Words: tributary
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : paying tribute to another to acknowledge submission, to obtain protection, or to purchase peace : SUBJECT\n2 : paid or owed as tribute\n3 : channeling material or supplies into something more inclusive : CONTRIBUTORY\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a ruler or state that pays tribute to a conqueror\n2 : a stream feeding a larger stream or a lake


Words: tribute
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a payment by one ruler or nation to another in acknowledgment of submission or as the price of protection; also : the tax levied for such a payment b (1) : an excessive tax, rental, or tariff imposed by a government, sovereign, lord, or landlord (2) : an exorbitant charge levied by a person or group having the power of coercion c : the liability to pay tribute\n2 a : something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved; especially : a gift or service showing respect, gratitude, or affection <floral tribute> b : something (as material evidence or a formal attestation) that indicates the worth, virtue, or effectiveness of the one in question <the product is a tribute to their ingenuity>


Words: trice
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to haul up or in and lash or secure (as a sail) with a small rope\n\n<2> noun\n: a brief space of time : INSTANT used chiefly in the phrase in a trice


Words: triceps
Meaning:
noun\n: a muscle that arises from three heads; especially : the great extensor muscle along the back of the upper arm


Words: trichinosis
Meaning:
noun\n: infestation with or disease caused by trichinae and marked especially by muscular pain, dyspnea, fever, and edema


Words: trick
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a crafty procedure or practice meant to deceive or defraud b : a mischievous act : PRANK c : an indiscreet or childish action d : a deceptive, dexterous, or ingenious feat; especially : one designed to puzzle or amuse <a juggler’s tricks>\n2 a : a habitual peculiarity of behavior or manner <a horse with the trick of shying> b : a characteristic and identifying feature <a trick of speech> c : a delusive appearance especially when caused by art or legerdemain : an optical illusion <a mere trick of the light>\n3 a : a quick or artful way of getting a result : KNACK b : a technical device (as of an art or craft) <the tricks of stage technique>\n4 : the cards played in one round of a card game often used as a scoring unit\n5 a : a turn of duty at the helm usually lasting for two hours b : SHIFT 4b(1) c : a trip taken as part of one’s employment d : a sexual act performed by a prostitute; also : JOHN 2\n6 : an attractive child or woman <a cute little trick>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to dress or adorn fancifully or ornately : ORNAMENT <tricked out in a gaudy uniform>\n2 : to deceive by cunning or artifice : CHEAT\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : TRIG\n2 a : of or relating to or involving tricks or trickery <trick photography> <trick dice> b : skilled in or used for tricks <a trick horse>\n3 a : somewhat defective and unreliable <a trick lock> b : inclined to give way unexpectedly <a trick knee>


Words: trickle
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 a : to issue or fall in drops b : to flow in a thin gentle stream\n2 a : to move or go one by one or little by little b : to dissipate slowly <his enthusiasm trickled away>\n\n<2> noun\n: a thin, slow, or intermittent stream or movement


Words: trickster
Meaning:
noun\n: one who tricks: as a : a dishonest person who defrauds others by trickery b : a person (as a stage magician) skilled in the use of tricks and illusion c : a deceptive character appearing in various forms in the folklore of many cultures


Words: tricky
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : inclined to or marked by trickery\n2 a : giving a deceptive impression of easiness, simplicity, or order : TICKLISH <a tricky path through the swamp> b : TRICK 3\n3 : requiring skill, knack, or caution (as in doing or handling) : DIFFICULT; also : INGENIOUS <a tricky rhythm>


Words: tricolor
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a or tricolored : having, using, or marked with three colors b of a dog : having a coat of black, tan, and white\n2 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a tricolor or a nation whose flag is a tricolor; especially : FRENCH\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a flag of three colors arranged in equal horizontal or vertical bands <the French tricolor>\n2 : a tricolor animal; especially : a tricolor dog


Words: tricuspid
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: having three cusps <a tricuspid molar>\n\n<2> noun\n: a tricuspid anatomical structure; especially : a tooth having three cusps


Words: trident
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: having three teeth, processes, or points\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (as Neptune)\n2 : a 3-pronged spear (as for fishing)


Words: tried
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : found good, faithful, or trustworthy through experience or testing <a tried recipe>\n2 : subjected to trials or distress <a kind but much-tried father>


Words: triennial
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : occurring or being done every three years <the triennial convention>\n2 : consisting of or lasting for three years <a triennial contract>


Words: trifle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something of little value, substance, or importance\n2 : a dessert of many varieties typically including plain or sponge cake, sherry, rum, or brandy, jam or jelly, fruit, custard, and whipped cream\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to talk in a jesting or mocking manner or with intent to delude or mislead b : to treat someone or something as unimportant\n2 : to handle something idly\ntransitive senses : to spend or waste in trifling or on trifles


Words: trifling
Meaning:
adjective\n: lacking in significance or solid worth: as a : FRIVOLOUS <trifling talk> b : TRIVIAL <a trifling gift> c chiefly dialect : LAZY, SHIFTLESS <a trifling fellow>


Words: trig
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : stylishly or jauntily trim\n2 : extremely precise : PRIM\n3 dialect chiefly British : FIRM, VIGOROUS\n\n<2> noun\n: TRIGONOMETRY


Words: trigger
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a piece (as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially : the part of the action moved by the finger to fire a gun b : a similar movable part by which a mechanism is actuated <trigger of a spray gun>\n2 : something that acts like a mechanical trigger in initiating a process or reaction\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to release or activate by means of a trigger; especially : to fire by pulling a mechanical trigger <trigger a rifle> b : to cause the explosion of <trigger a missile with a proximity fuze>\n2 : to initiate, actuate, or set off by a trigger <an indiscreet remark that triggered a fight> <a stimulus that triggered a reflex>\nintransitive senses : to release a mechanical trigger


Words: trigonometry
Meaning:
noun\n: the study of the properties of triangles and trigonometric functions and of their applications


Words: trill
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to flow in a small stream or in drops : TRICKLE\n2 : TWIRL, REVOLVE\ntransitive senses : to cause to flow in a small stream\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the alternation of two musical tones a diatonic second apart called also shake b : VIBRATO c : a rapid reiteration of the same tone especially on a percussion instrument\n2 : a sound resembling a musical trill : WARBLE\n3 a : the rapid vibration of one speech organ against another (as of the tip of the tongue against the teethridge) b : a speech sound made by a trill\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses : to play or sing with a trill : QUAVER\ntransitive senses : to utter as or with or as if with a trill <trill the r>


Words: trilogy
Meaning:
noun\n: a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme


Words: trim
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to embellish with or as if with ribbons, lace, or ornaments <trim the Christmas tree> <the coat was trimmed with fur>\n2 a : to administer a beating to : THRASH b : DEFEAT <trimmed me at chess>\n3 a : to make trim and neat especially by cutting or clipping <trim the hedges> b : to free of excess or extraneous matter by or as if by cutting <trim a budget> <trim down the inventory> c : to remove by or as if by cutting <trimmed thousands from federal payrolls Grit>\n4 a (1) : to cause (as a ship) to assume a desirable position in the water by arrangement of ballast, cargo, or passengers (2) : to adjust (as an airplane or submarine) for horizontal movement or for motion upward or downward b : to adjust (as cargo or a sail) to a desired position\n5 : to adjust (as one’s opinions) for reasons of expediency often used in the phrase trim one’s sails\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to maintain neutrality between opposing parties or to favor each equally b : to change one’s views for reasons of expediency\n2 : to assume or cause a boat to assume a desired position in the water <a boat that trims badly>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 obsolete : EXCELLENT, FINE\n2 : ready for service or use; also : in good physical condition <keeps trim by jogging>\n3 : exhibiting neatness, good order, or compactness of line or structure <trim houses>\n\n<3> adverb\n: in a trim manner : TRIMLY used chiefly in combination <the trim-cut forest vistas W. M. Thackeray>\n\n<4> noun\n1 : suitable or excellent condition <tries to keep in trim>\n2 a : one’s clothing or appearance b : material used for ornament or trimming c : the lighter woodwork in the finish of a building especially around openings d : the interior furnishings of an automobile\n3 a : the position of a ship or boat especially with reference to the horizontal; also : the difference between the draft of a ship forward and that aft b : the relation between the plane of a sail and the direction of the ship c : the buoyancy status of a submarine d : the attitude of a lighter-than-air craft


Words: trine
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : THREEFOLD, TRIPLE\n2 : of, relating to, or being the favorable astrological aspect of two celestial bodies 120 degrees apart\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a group of three : TRIAD\n2 : the trine astrological aspect of two celestial bodies


Words: trinket
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a small ornament (as a jewel or ring)\n2 : a small article of equipment\n3 : a thing of little value : TRIFLE\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to deal clandestinely : INTRIGUE


Words: trio
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a musical composition for three voice parts or three instruments b : the secondary or episodic division of a minuet or scherzo, a march, or of various dance forms\n2 : the performers of a musical or dance trio\n3 : a group or set of three


Words: trip
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to dance, skip, or caper with light quick steps b : to walk with light quick steps\n2 : to catch the foot against something so as to stumble\n3 : to make a mistake or false step (as in morality or accuracy)\n4 : to stumble in articulation when speaking\n5 : to make a journey\n6 : to run past the pallet of an escapement without previously locking used of a tooth of the escapement wheel of a watch\n7 a : to actuate a mechanism b : to become operative\n8 : to get high on a psychedelic drug (as LSD) : TURN ON often used with out\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cause to stumble often used with up b : to cause to fail : OBSTRUCT often used with up\n2 : to detect in a misstep, fault, or blunder; also : EXPOSE usually used with up\n3 archaic : to perform (as a dance) lightly or nimbly\n4 : to raise (an anchor) from the bottom so as to hang free\n5 a : to pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering b : to hoist (a topmast) far enough to enable the fid to be withdrawn preparatory to housing or lowering\n6 : to release or operate (a mechanism) especially by releasing a catch or detent\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a stroke or catch by which a wrestler is made to lose footing\n2 a : VOYAGE, JOURNEY b : a single round or tour on a business errand\n3 : ERROR, MISSTEP\n4 : a quick light step\n5 : a faltering step caused by stumbling\n6 a : the action of tripping mechanically b (1) : a device for tripping a mechanism (as a catch or detent) (2) : TUP 2\n7 : an intense visionary experience undergone by a person who has taken a psychedelic drug (as LSD)\n8 : absorption in or obsession with an interest, attitude, or state of mind <a guilt trip> <on a nostalgia trip>\n9 : SCENE, LIFESTYLE


Words: tripartite
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : divided into or composed of three parts\n2 : having three corresponding parts or copies\n3 : made between or involving three parties <a tripartite treaty>


Words: tripe
Meaning:
noun\n1 : stomach tissue of a ruminant and especially of the ox used as food\n2 : something poor, worthless, or offensive


Words: triple
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make three times as great or as many\n2 a : to score (a base runner) by a triple b : to bring about the scoring of (a run) by a triple\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become three times as great or as numerous\n2 : to make a triple in baseball\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a triple sum, quantity, or number b : a combination, group, or series of three\n2 : a base hit that allows the batter to reach third base safely\n3 : TRIFECTA\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : being three times as great or as many\n2 : having three units or members\n3 : having a threefold relation or character <worked as a double or even triple agent Time>\n4 : three times repeated : TREBLE\n5 : marked by three beats per musical measure <triple meter>\n6 a : having units of three components <triple feet> b of rhyme : involving correspondence of three syllables (as in unfortunate-importunate)


Words: triplet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a unit of three lines of verse\n2 a : a combination, set, or group of three b : a group of three elementary particles (as positive, negative, and neutral pions) with different charge states but otherwise similar properties c : an atom or molecule with an even number of electrons that have a net magnetic moment d : CODON\n3 : one of three children or offspring born at one birth\n4 : a group of three musical notes or tones performed in the time of two of the same value


Words: triplex
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: something (as an apartment) that is triplex\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : THREEFOLD, TRIPLE <triplex windows>\n2 : having three apartments, floors, or sections <triplex buildings> <triplex apartments> <a triplex theater>


Words: triplicate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: consisting of or existing in three corresponding or identical parts or examples <triplicate invoices>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to make triple or threefold\n2 : to prepare in triplicate\n\n<3> noun\n: three copies all alike used with in <typed in triplicate>


Words: tripod
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a vessel (as a cauldron) resting on three legs\n2 : a stool, table, or altar with three legs\n3 : a three-legged stand (as for a camera)


Words: triptych
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an ancient Roman writing tablet with three waxed leaves hinged together\n2 a : a picture (as an altarpiece) or carving in three panels side by side b : something composed or presented in three parts or sections; especially : TRILOGY


Words: tritium
Meaning:
noun\n: a radioactive isotope of hydrogen with atoms of three times the mass of ordinary light hydrogen atoms


Words: triturate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : CRUSH, GRIND\n2 : to pulverize and comminute thoroughly by rubbing or grinding\n\n<2> noun\n: a triturated substance : TRITURATION 2


Words: triumph
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a decisive victory over a foreign enemy compare OVATION 1\n2 : the joy or exultation of victory or success\n3 a : a victory or conquest by or as if by military force b : a notable success\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to obtain victory : PREVAIL\n2 a : to receive the honor of a triumph b : to celebrate victory or success boastfully or exultingly


Words: triune
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: TRINITY 1\n\n<2> adjective\n: three in one: a often capitalized : of or relating to the Trinity <the triune God> b : consisting of three parts, members, or aspects


Words: trivet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a three-legged stand : TRIPOD\n2 : a usually metal stand with short feet for use under a hot dish at table


Words: trivial
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : COMMONPLACE, ORDINARY\n2 a : of little worth or importance b : relating to or being the mathematically simplest case; specifically : characterized by having all variables equal to zero <a trivial solution to a linear equation>\n3 : SPECIFIC 4


Words: trivium
Meaning:
noun\n: a group of studies consisting of grammar, rhetoric, and logic and forming the lower division of the seven liberal arts in medieval universities compare QUADRIVIUM


Words: troche
Meaning:
noun\n: a usually circular medicinal tablet or lozenge for slow dissolution in the mouth; especially : one used as a demulcent


Words: trochee
Meaning:
noun\n: a metrical foot consisting of one long syllable followed by one short syllable or of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable (as in apple)


Words: troll
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to move round and round : ROLL\n2 a : to sing the parts of (as a round or catch) in succession b : to sing loudly c : to celebrate in song\n3 a : to fish for by trolling b : to fish by trolling in <troll lakes> c : to pull through the water in trolling <troll a lure>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move around : RAMBLE\n2 : to fish by trailing a lure or baited hook from a moving boat\n3 : to sing or play in a jovial manner\n4 : to speak rapidly\n\n<2> noun\n: a lure or a line with its lure and hook used in trolling\n\n<3> noun\n: a dwarf or giant in Scandinavian folklore inhabiting caves or hills


Words: trolley
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 dialect English : a cart of any of various kinds\n2 a : a device that carries electric current from an overhead wire to an electrically driven vehicle b : a streetcar powered electrically through a trolley called also trolley car\n3 : a wheeled carriage running on an overhead rail or track\n4 chiefly British : a cart or wheeled stand used for conveying something (as food or books)\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to convey by a trolley\nintransitive senses : to ride on a trolley


Words: trollop
Meaning:
noun\n: a vulgar or disreputable woman; especially : one who engages in sex promiscuously or for money


Words: trombone
Meaning:
noun\n: a brass instrument consisting of a long cylindrical metal tube with two turns and having a movable slide or valves for varying the tone and a usual range one octave lower than that of the trumpet


Words: troop
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a group of soldiers b : a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company c plural : ARMED FORCES, SOLDIERS\n2 : a collection of people or things : CREW 2\n3 : a flock of mammals or birds\n4 : the basic organizational unit of Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts under an adult leader\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to move or gather in crowds\n2 : to go one’s way : WALK\n3 : to spend time together : ASSOCIATE\n4 : to move in large numbers


Words: trooper
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : an enlisted cavalryman (2) : the horse of a cavalryman b : PARATROOPER c : SOLDIER\n2 a : a mounted police officer b : a state police officer\n3 : TROUPER 2


Words: trope
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a word or expression used in a figurative sense : FIGURE OF SPEECH\n2 : a phrase or verse added as an embellishment or interpolation to the sung parts of the Mass in the medieval period


Words: trophy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something gained or given in victory or conquest especially when preserved or mounted as a memorial\n2 a : a memorial of an ancient Greek or Roman victory raised on the field of battle or in case of a naval victory on the nearest land b : a representation of such a memorial (as on a medal); also : an architectural ornament representing a group of military weapons\n3 : a game animal or fish suitable for mounting as a trophy usually used attributively


Words: tropic
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : either of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude at a distance of about 23 12 degrees north or south of the equator where the sun is directly overhead when it reaches its most northerly or southerly point in the sky compare TROPIC OF CANCER, TROPIC OF CAPRICORN\n2 plural , often capitalized : the region lying between the tropics\n\n<2> adjective\n: of, relating to, or occurring in the tropics : TROPICAL\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of tropism or of a tropism\n2 of a hormone : influencing the activity of a specified gland


Words: troposphere
Meaning:
noun\n: the lowest densest part of the earth’s atmosphere in which most weather changes occur and temperature generally decreases rapidly with altitude and which extends from the surface to the bottom of the stratosphere


Words: trot
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a moderately fast gait of a quadruped (as a horse) in which the legs move in diagonal pairs (2) : a jogging gait of a human that falls between a walk and a run b : a ride on horseback\n2 : an old woman\n3 : a literal translation of a foreign text\n4 plural : DIARRHEA\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to ride, drive, or proceed at a trot <the fox trotted over the knoll>\n2 : to proceed briskly : HURRY\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to go at a trot\n2 : to traverse at a trot\n\n<3> noun\n: TROTLINE; also : one of the short lines with hooks that are attached to it at intervals


Words: troth
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : loyal or pledged faithfulness : FIDELITY\n2 : one’s pledged word; also : BETROTHAL\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: PLEDGE, BETROTH


Words: troubadour
Meaning:
noun\n: one of a class of lyric poets and poet-musicians often of knightly rank who flourished from the 11th to the end of the 13th century chiefly in the south of France and the north of Italy and whose major theme was courtly love compare TROUV*RE


Words: trouble
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to agitate mentally or spiritually : WORRY, DISTURB b (1) archaic : MISTREAT, OPPRESS (2) : to produce physical disorder in : AFFLICT <troubled by a cold> c : to put to exertion or inconvenience\n2 : to put into confused motion <the wind troubled the sea>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become mentally agitated : WORRY <refused to trouble over trifles>\n2 : to make an effort : be at pains <did not trouble to come>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the quality or state of being troubled especially mentally\n2 : public unrest or disturbance <there’s trouble brewing downtown>\n3 : an instance of trouble <used to disguise her frustrations and despair by making light of her troubles Current Biography>\n4 : a state or condition of distress, annoyance, or difficulty <in trouble with the law> <heading for trouble> <got into financial trouble>: as a : a condition of physical distress or ill health : AILMENT <back trouble> <heart trouble> b : a condition of mechanical malfunction <engine trouble> c : a condition of doing something badly or only with great difficulty <has trouble reading> <has trouble breathing> d : pregnancy out of wedlock <got a girl in trouble>\n5 : an effort made : PAINS <took the trouble to do it right>\n6 a : a cause of distress, annoyance, or inconvenience <don’t mean to be any trouble> <what’s the trouble> b : a negative feature : DRAWBACK <the trouble with you is you’re too honest> <the main trouble with electronic systems is the overreliance on them John Perham> c : the unhappy or sad fact <the trouble is, need the money>


Words: trough
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals b : any of various domestic or industrial containers\n2 a : a conduit, drain, or channel for water; especially : a gutter along the eaves of a building b : a long and narrow or shallow channel or depression (as between waves or hills); especially : a long but shallow depression in the bed of the sea compare TRENCH\n3 : the minimum point of a complete cycle of a periodic function: as a : an elongated area of low barometric pressure b : the low point in a business cycle


Words: troupe
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: COMPANY, TROOP; especially : a group of theatrical performers\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to travel in a troupe; also : to perform as a member of a theatrical troupe


Words: trousseau
Meaning:
noun\n: the personal possessions of a bride usually including clothes, accessories, and household linens and wares


Words: trout
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various salmonid food and sport fishes that are mostly smaller than the typical salmons and are anadromous or restricted to cool clear fresh waters: a : any of various Old or New World fishes (genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus) compare BROWN TROUT, RAINBOW TROUT b : 1CHAR\n2 : any of various fishes (as the largemouth bass) held to resemble the true trouts


Words: trowel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: any of various hand tools used to apply, spread, shape, or smooth loose or plastic material; also : a scoop-shaped or flat-bladed garden tool for taking up and setting small plants\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to smooth, mix, or apply with or as if with a trowel


Words: truant
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: one who shirks duty; especially : one who stays out of school without permission\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : shirking responsibility\n2 : being, resembling, or characteristic of a truant\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n: to idle away time especially while playing truant


Words: truce
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a suspension of fighting especially of considerable duration by agreement of opposing forces : ARMISTICE, CEASE-FIRE\n2 : a respite especially from a disagreeable or painful state or action\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to make a truce\ntransitive senses : to end with a truce


Words: truck
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to give in exchange : SWAP\n2 : to barter or dispose of by barter\nintransitive senses\n1 : to exchange commodities : BARTER\n2 : to negotiate or traffic especially in an underhanded way : have dealings\n\n<2> noun\n1 : BARTER\n2 : commodities appropriate for barter or for small trade\n3 : close association or connection <will have no truck with crooks>\n4 : payment of wages in goods instead of cash\n5 : vegetables grown for market\n6 : heterogeneous small articles often of little value; also : RUBBISH\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a small wheel; specifically : a small strong wheel for a gun carriage\n2 : a small wooden cap at the top of a flagstaff or masthead usually having holes for reeving flag or signal halyards\n3 : a wheeled vehicle for moving heavy articles: as a : a strong horse-drawn or automotive vehicle for hauling b : a small barrow consisting of a rectangular frame having at one end a pair of handles and at the other end a pair of small heavy wheels and a projecting edge to slide under a load called also hand truck c : a small heavy rectangular frame supported on four wheels for moving heavy objects d : a small flat-topped car pushed or pulled by hand e : a shelved stand mounted on casters f : an automotive vehicle with a short chassis equipped with a swivel for attaching a trailer and used especially for the highway hauling of freight; also : a truck with attached trailer\n4 a British : an open railroad freight car b : a swiveling carriage consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and springs to carry and guide one end (as of a railroad car) in turning sharp curves\n\n<4> verb\ntransitive senses : to load or transport on a truck\nintransitive senses\n1 : to transport goods by truck\n2 : to be employed in driving a truck\n3 : to roll along especially in an easy untroubled way


Words: truckload
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a load or amount that fills or could fill a truck\n2 : the minimum weight required for shipping at truckload rates


Words: truculent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : feeling or displaying ferocity : CRUEL, SAVAGE\n2 : DEADLY, DESTRUCTIVE\n3 : scathingly harsh : VITRIOLIC\n4 : aggressively self-assertive : BELLIGERENT


Words: trudge
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to walk or march steadily and usually laboriously <trudged through deep snow>\ntransitive senses : to trudge along or over\n\n<2> noun\n: a long tiring walk : TRAMP


Words: true
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : STEADFAST, LOYAL b : HONEST, JUST c archaic : TRUTHFUL\n2 a (1) : being in accordance with the actual state of affairs <true description> (2) : conformable to an essential reality (3) : fully realized or fulfilled <dreams come true> b : IDEAL, ESSENTIAL c : being that which is the case rather than what is manifest or assumed <the true dimension of the problem> d : CONSISTENT <true to character>\n3 a : properly so called <true love> <the true faith> <the true stomach of ruminant mammals> b (1) : possessing the basic characters of and belonging to the same natural group as <a whale is a true but not a typical mammal> (2) : TYPICAL <the true cats>\n4 : LEGITIMATE, RIGHTFUL <our true and lawful king>\n5 a : that is fitted or formed or that functions accurately b : conformable to a standard or pattern : ACCURATE\n6 : determined with reference to the earth’s axis rather than the magnetic poles <true north>\n7 : logically necessary\n8 : NARROW, STRICT <in the truest sense>\n9 : corrected for error\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : in accordance with fact or reality\n2 a : without deviation <the bullet flew straight and true> b : without variation from type <breed true>\n\n<3> noun\n1 : TRUTH, REALITY usually used with the\n2 : the quality or state of being accurate (as in alignment or adjustment) used in the phrases in true and out of true\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to make level, square, balanced, or concentric : bring or restore to a desired mechanical accuracy or form <true up a board> <true up an engine cylinder>


Words: truffle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the usually dark and rugose edible subterranean fruiting body of several European ascomycetous fungi (especially genus Tuber); also : one of these fungi\n2 : a candy made of chocolate, butter, sugar, and sometimes liqueur shaped into balls and often coated with cocoa


Words: trump
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : TRUMPET b chiefly Scottish : JEW’S HARP\n2 : a sound of or as if of trumpeting <the trump of doom>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a card of a suit any of whose cards will win over a card that is not of this suit b : the suit whose cards are trumps for a particular hand often used in plural\n2 : a decisive overriding factor or final resource\n3 : a dependable and exemplary person\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to get the better of : OUTDO\n2 : to play a trump on (a card or trick) when another suit was led\nintransitive senses : to play a trump when another suit was led


