Words starting with T — 1,058 entries

The 1,058 dictionary words that begin with the letter T, in alphabetical order, each with its first definition. Accents do not affect filing: an accented initial is shelved under its base letter.

• t2 sensesThe twentieth letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.
• T5 sensesThe twentieth letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.
• t-shirt1 senseLetter case form of T-shirt.
• T-shirt2 sensesA lightweight shirt without buttons, usually with short sleeves and no collar. Often made of cotton and frequently bears a picture or slogan.
• t.1 senseUsed as a way of signing off posts. Typically followed by an occupation, nationality, or field of expertise. These can sometimes be satirical, to…
• ta3 sensesThanks.
• TA1 senseTo act as a teaching assistant (for a class).
• ta-da1 senseUsed to present something intended to be surprising, impressive, or pleasing.
• ta-ta2 sensesGoodbye.
• tab17 sensesA small flap or strip of material attached to or inserted into something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
• Tab1 senseA key on a computer keyboard that typically inserts a tab or moves the input focus.
• Tabitha2 sensesA woman who was, according to the Bible, restored to life by Peter.
• table30 sensesFurniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses. An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one…
• tables3 sensesBackgammon.
• tablet9 sensesA slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
• tabloid8 sensesA compact or compressed version of something; especially something having a popular or sensational nature. In full tabloid cruiser: a small yacht…
• taboo7 sensesAn inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
• tack26 sensesA small nail with a flat head.
• Tack1 senseA surname.
• tackle16 sensesA device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.
• tacky5 sensesOf a substance, slightly sticky.
• taco4 sensesA Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables,…
• TACO1 senseNickname for Q22686 (born 1946), 45th and 47th President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025).
• tactic5 sensesA maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
• tactical6 sensesOf or relating to tactics.
• tactics3 sensesThe military science that deals with achieving the objectives set by strategy.
• tad2 sensesA small amount; a little bit.
• Tad2 sensesA diminutive of the male given name Thaddeus or Thaddaeus.
• tag36 sensesPhysical appendage. A small label.
• TAG1 senseTight (inclined to play only strong starting hands and fold otherwise) and aggressive (inclined to raise often).
• Taggart1 senseA surname.
• tagged2 sensesHaving a tag; labeled.
• Tahiti2 sensesthe largest island in French Polynesia.
• tai1 senseA fish, the Japanese bream.
• Tai7 sensesA local government area of Rivers State, Nigeria.
• tail38 sensesThe caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
• Tail1 senseA Chinese constellation coinciding with the tail of Scorpius, one of the 28 lunar mansions and the tail of Azure Dragon.
• tailing4 sensesThe act of following someone.
• tailor5 sensesA person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
• Tailor1 senseA surname originating as an occupation for a tailor.
• tails3 sensesThe side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar.
• tainted2 sensesCorrupted or filled with imperfections.
• Taipei3 sensesThe capital city of and a special municipality of Taiwan, located in the northern part of the island of Taiwan.
• Taiwan10 sensesA partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands. Official name: Republic of China. Capital: Taipei.
• taj2 sensesA tall brimless hat, usually conical or curved on top, worn in Muslim countries as a sign of distinction and prestige.
• tak1 senseTo take.
• Tak3 sensesA surname.
• TAK1 senseThe station code of Tai Koo in Hong Kong.
• Takashi1 senseA male given name from Japanese.
• take102 sensesTo get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
• Takeda1 senseA surname from Japanese.
• taken2 sensesInfatuated; fond of or attracted to.
• takeoff6 sensesA launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.
• takeout5 senses(Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought.
• takeover4 sensesThe purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company…
• takin1 senseA goat-antelope, of species Budorcas taxicolor.
• Takin1 senseA barangay of Burauen, Leyte, Philippines.
• taking6 sensesAlluring; attractive.
• talbot2 sensesAn mks unit of luminous energy, exactly corresponding to the SI lumen second.
• Talbot7 sensesAn English surname thought to be of Norman (Germanic) origin.
• tale13 sensesA rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
• talent5 sensesA marked natural ability or skill.
• Talent1 senseA city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.
• talented1 senseEndowed with one or more talents.
• tales3 sensesA person available to fill vacancies in a jury.
• Talia1 senseA female given name.
• Taliban4 sensesA Deobandi Islamist and largely Pashtun religious political movement founded in Afghanistan in 1994 by mullah Mohammad Omar, which has governed the…
• talisman3 sensesA magical object providing protection against ill will, or the supernatural, or conferring the wearer with a boon such as good luck, good health, or…
• talk17 sensesTo communicate, usually by means of speech.
• talkative2 sensesTending to talk a lot.
• talker11 sensesA person who talks, especially one who gives a speech, or is loquacious or garrulous.
• talking1 senseThe action of the verb talk.
• tall11 sensesHaving a top that is far up (contrast: deep (having a bottom that is far down' ).) Having great vertical extent (usually reckoned from the bottom of…
• tally17 sensesTarget sighted.
• Tally2 sensesA male given name.
• tam1 senseSynonym of picul, a unit of weight, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
• Tam3 sensesA diminutive of the female given name Tamara.
• tamara1 senseA condiment popular in Italy, made of powdered cinnamon, cloves, coriander, etc.
• Tamara1 senseA female given name from Hebrew, regularly used in English since the mid-twentieth century.
• tame11 sensesUnder human control.
• Tame3 sensesA surname transferred from the nickname.
• Tamil5 sensesOf or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language.
• tammy3 sensesA kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.
• Tammy1 senseA female given name popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.
• Tampa2 sensesA city, the county seat of Hillsborough County, Florida, located on Tampa Bay.
• tampered1 senseHaving had an unauthorized change.
• tampering1 senseThe act of one who tampers.
• tan15 sensesA light, brown-like colour.
• Tan3 sensesA Chinese surname from Mandarin.
• Tanaka1 senseA surname from Japanese.
• Tandy2 sensesA surname.
• tang16 sensesA refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
• Tang13 sensesTang Dynasty, the imperial dynasty of China which reigned from 618 to 907.
• tangible6 sensesTouchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch.
• tangled2 sensesMixed up, interlaced.
• tango7 sensesA standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
• Tango1 senseA surname.
• tania2 sensesNew cocoyam, yautia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium).
• Tania1 senseA diminutive of the female given names Tatiana or Tetyana.
• tank24 sensesA closed container for liquids or gases.
• Tank2 sensesA city in Tank district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
• tanker10 sensesA tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of fluid.
• tanner5 sensesA person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.
• Tanner10 sensesA surname originating as an occupation for a tanner.
• tanning3 sensesThe process of making leather, which does not easily decompose, from the easily decomposing skins of animals.
• tantrum2 sensesAn often childish display or fit of bad temper.
• Tanya2 sensesA diminutive of the female given names Tatiana (from Russian) or Tetyana (from Ukrainian).
• tao2 sensesThe art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing.
• Tao5 sensesIn Taoism, The Way, specifically the transcendental basis of nature and, and/or the ideal way to live one's life.
• tap49 sensesA conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
• TAP1 senseThe station code of Tai Po Market in Hong Kong.
• tape13 sensesFlexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
• Tape1 sensea nearly extinct language spoken on Vanuatu
• taping2 sensesThe act of recording something on tape, or (by extension) on another medium.
• tapped4 sensesHaving a tap or taps.
• tapping4 sensesAn act of making a light hit or strike against something.
• taps1 senseA signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, usually given about a quarter of an hour after…
• Taps1 senseA bugle call played by the United States Armed Forces at dusk, during flag ceremonies, and at military funerals.
• tar10 sensesA black, oil, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal. Coal tar.
• Tar1 senseA village in Hungary.
• tara4 sensesGoodbye.
• Tara18 sensesAn Irish place name, associated with the Hill of Tara, seat of ancient Irish kings.
• Tardis1 senseSomething which resembles such a machine, either in that it travels through time or in that its interior is or appears to be larger (or more full of…
• TARDIS1 senseThe time machine and spacecraft used by the Doctor in the British sci-fi television series Doctor Who, which is larger on the inside than its…
• target22 sensesA butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
• targeted2 sensesHaving something aimed at it.
• targeting2 sensesInvolved in the transportation or correct positioning of a protein inside or outside a specific region of the cell.
• Tariq2 sensesThe 86th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
• taro3 sensesColocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
• Taro1 senseA river and valley in Italy.
• tarp1 senseTo cover something with a tarpaulin.
• tart10 sensesSharp to the taste; acid; sour.
• Tart1 senseA surname.
• Tarzan3 sensesA heroic fictional character, raised from a baby to adulthood in the African jungle by apes.
• taser4 sensesA Taser, a handheld device made by Taser International intended to immobilize another by delivering an electric shock.
• TASer1 senseA gamer who records speedruns created with the help of software tools.
• Tasha1 senseA diminutive of the female given name Natasha
• task10 sensesA piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
• taste15 sensesOne of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
• tasting2 sensesA small amount of food or drink.
• tasty7 sensesHaving a pleasant or satisfying flavor.
• tat8 sensesCheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze.
• Tat2 sensesA member of an Iranian people, presently living within Azerbaijan, Armenia and southern Dagestan in Russia.
• tate1 senseOf video games, a vertical mode.
• Tate4 sensesA surname transferred from the given name.
• Tatiana2 sensesA transliteration of the Russian female given name Татья́на (Tatʹjána).
• tattoo10 sensesAn image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle.
• tattooed1 senseHaving one or more tattoos.
• tau7 sensesThe letter Τ /τ in the Greek alphabet; being the nineteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek, and the twenty-first letter of the Old and…
• Tau1 senseA surname from Chinese.
• taunting2 sensesThe act of one who taunts.
• tavern2 sensesA restaurant or bar.
• Tavern1 senseNew Inn Hall, Oxford, one of the earliest medieval halls of the University of Oxford.
• tax8 sensesMoney or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itself and its…
• taxi6 sensesA vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.
• taxis5 sensesThe directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
• Taylor27 sensesAn English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation; variant form Tailor.
• te3 sensesIn solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.
• Te1 senseThe realm of the dead in Egyptian mythology.
• tea19 sensesThe tea plant (Camellia sinensis); (countable) a variety of this plant.
• Tea1 senseA city in South Dakota.
• teach6 sensesTo pass on knowledge to.
• Teach2 sensesNickname for a teacher.
• teacher4 sensesA person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.
• teaching2 sensesSomething taught by a religious or philosophical authority.
• teal4 sensesAny of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.
• Teal2 sensesA surname transferred from the nickname.
• team11 sensesA set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
• Team1 senseA river in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which flows into the River Tyne. It has other names further upstream in…
• teammate1 senseOne who is on the same team.
• teamwork1 senseThe cooperative effort of a team of people to achieve a common goal.
• tear17 sensesTo rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
• tearing5 sensesenormous; of great size or impact
• tears1 senseViscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting.
• tease12 sensesTo separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
• teasing5 sensesThe act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously, especially by ridicule; provoking someone with persistent annoyances; making fun of, making…
• tech6 sensesTechnology.
• technical10 sensesSpecifically related to a particular discipline.
• technically5 sensesBased on precise facts, which, however, may be contrary to common belief or casual terminology.
• technician1 senseA person who studies or practises technology; an expert in a particular technology.
• technique3 sensesThe practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
• techno1 senseA repetitive style of music originally produced for use in a continuous DJ set. The central rhythmic component is most often in common time (4/4),…
• technological1 senseOf, relating to, or involving technology, especially modern scientific technology.
• technology6 sensesThe combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.
• ted2 sensesA Teddy boy.
• Ted2 sensesA nickname for the male given names Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus, and Edmund.
• teddy2 sensesAny stuffed toy.
• Teddy1 senseA diminutive of the male given names Edward or Theodore, or of their diminutives Ted and Tedd.
• tedious1 senseBoring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome, livelong.
• tee11 sensesThe name of the Latin script letter T/t.
• Tee2 sensesAn Ogoni language spoken in Nigeria.
• teen8 sensesSynonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old (inclusive).
• teenage2 sensesOf or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old.
• teenager1 senseA person between thirteen and nineteen years old (inclusive).
• teens4 sensesThe numbers between thirteen and nineteen (inclusive).
• teeny2 sensesVery small; tiny.
• teeth3 sensesUnpleasant oral sex
• Tel1 senseA nickname for the given name Terry.
• TEL2 sensestetraethyllead (or tetraethyl lead, tetra-ethyl lead); a gasoline additive to boost octane rating
• telegram4 sensesA message transmitted by telegraph.