Talbot |
| proper noun
- An English surname thought to be of Germanic origin
- An earldom in the British peerage
- A brand of English motor car
| | Tan |
| proper noun
- An English surname derived from the transliteration of various Asian surnames, particularly originating from China and Vietnam.
| Tanner |
| proper noun
- An occupational surname for a tanner.
- (given name, male), modern transferred use of the surname.
| Taylor |
| proper noun
- A surname
- (given name, male), transferred use of the surname.
- (given name, female) popular in the 1990s and 2000s.
| Teach |
| proper noun
- Schoolchild's ill-advised nickname for a teacher.
- I'm not in trouble again, am I Teach?
| tedder |
| noun - A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to expedite its drying.
| teller |
| noun
- A person who tells stories
- (context, chiefly, US) a bank clerk who receives and pays out money
- An automated teller machine
- A person who counts the votes in an election
| temple |
| noun
- The region of the skull on either side of the forehead.
- A building for worship.
- "A temple of Zeus."
- (often capitalized) The Jewish temple of Jerusalem, first built by Solomon.
- (French), Sometimes used to describe a protestant church in French-speaking nations.
- Something regarded as holding religious presence.
- Something of importance; something attended to.
- My body is my temple.
- (Ophthalmology) Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.
- (obsolete) a body
| Tennyson |
| proper noun (wikipedia, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson)
- An English surname
- Alfred Tennyson, English poet and playwright
| Terence |
| proper noun - (given name, male, ), popular in the U.K. in the mid-twentieth century.
| Teresa |
| proper noun
- (given name, female, from Greek, ), borrowed from the Spanish and Italian form of Theresa. Diminutives: Terri, Terry, Tess, Tessa.
| Terry |
| proper noun
- A surname from the medieval Norman given name Thierry, cognate of Derek.
- (given name, male, ), from the surname, or a diminutive of Terence or of any of its alternative forms.
- (given name, female, from Greek, ), diminutive of Teresa or any of its alternative forms.
| tesla |
| noun
- In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux density or magnetic inductivity. Symbol: T
| Thackeray |
| proper noun
- An English habitational surname from a place in Yorkshire
- w:William Makepeace Thackeray, William Makepeace Thackeray English novelist
| thatch |
| noun - Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
- A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
- A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
verb (thatch, es)
- cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.
| Thatcher |
| proper noun
- an English occupational surname for someone who covered roofs in straw
- w:Margaret Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher British Prime Minister
| Thomas |
| noun
- (derogatory) An infidel (used by Christians in reference to the Apostle mentioned above not believing that Jesus had risen from the dead).
proper noun
- (given name, male) of biblical origin.
- A surname derived from the given name.
| Thompson |
| proper noun
- a British surname, variant of Thomson, originally meaning son of Thomas
| Thomson |
| proper noun
- a British surname, variant of Thompson, originally meaning son of Thomas. Being derived from Thomas ultimately gives this surname an Aramaic derivation - teoma 'twin'.
| Thornton |
| proper noun
- Any of several placenames in England and Scotland
- An English and Scottish habitational surname from these places
| Thorpe |
| proper noun
- A common surname.
| Tiffany |
| proper noun
- A northern English surname.
- (given name, female, from Greek, ),of modern usage, associated with Tiffany jewelry store.
| Tilly |
| proper noun
- (given name, female), pet form of Matilda.
| ting |
| noun
- The sound of small metallic bell
verb
- To make a ting sound
- When the food was ready, the bell tinged
| titian |
| noun
- (colour) a bright auburn colour, tinted with gold.
- <table><tr><td>titian colour: </td><td bgcolor="
- AE6938" width="80"> </td></tr></table>
adjective
- (colour) of a bright auburn colour, tinted with gold.
| Todd |
| proper noun
- A surname
- (given name, male)
| Togo |
| proper noun
- Country in Western Africa. Official name: Togolese Republic.
| Tolkien |
| proper noun
- a surname
| town |
| noun
- a settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government.
| Travers |
| proper noun - a surname, possibly of Irish origin
| tree |
| noun
- A large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, a single trunk which grows in girth with age and branches (which also grow in circumference with age).
- any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree in the strict botanical sense: for example the banana "tree".
- An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hook, hooks or storage platform, platforms.
- He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cat tree.
- A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
- He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes.
- The structural frame of a saddle.
- (graphtheory) A connected graph with no cycles or, equivalently, a connected graph with n vertices and n-1 edges.
- (comptheory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.
- A display or listing of entries or element, elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right.
- We"ll show it as a tree list.
- Any structure or construct having branches akin to (1).
- The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
verb (tree, d)
- (transitive) To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
- The dog treed the cat.
| trench |
| noun
- A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground, especially in warfare.
- (archaeology) an area within a site excavated for archaeological investigation.
- (informal) A trench coat.
- 1999 April 22, daSage <[email protected]>, "Re: holy mother of god! WTF??", alt.gothic.fashion, Usenet,
- :I don't think that they should ban the coats, but I do feel that it would be fairly insensitive for one to wear a to (Denver) schools, at least for the remainder of the school year.
- 1999 April 24, Xiphias Gladius <[email protected]>, "Re: trenchcoat mafia", ne.general.selected, Usenet,
- :I was the first person in my high school to wear a and fedora constantly, and Ben was one of the first to wear a black .
- 2007, Nina Garcia, The Little Black Book of Style, HarperCollins?, as excerpted in w:Elle, Elle, October 2007, page 138,
- :A classic can work in any kind of weather and goes well with almost anything....
verb (trench, es)
- Usually with 'upon', to invade, usually regarding the rights or the exclusive authority of another.
- 1640: w:Ben Jonson, Ben Jonson, Underwoods, page 68:
- Shee is the Judge, Thou Executioner, Or if thou needs would'st upon her power, Thou mightst have yet enjoy'd thy crueltie, With some more thrift, and more varietie.
- 1949: w:Charles Austin Beard, Charles Austin Beard, American Government and Politics, page 16:
- He could make what laws he pleased, as long as those laws did not upon property rights.
- 2005: Carl von Clausewitz, J. J. Graham, On War, page 261:
- ... our ideas, therefore, must upon the province of tactics.
| Trollope |
| proper noun
- w:Anthony Trollope, Anthony Trollope 1815-1882, English novelist.
- w:Frances Trollope, Frances Trollope 1780-1863, English writer.
- w:Joanna Trollope, Joanna Trollope 1943-, English novelist.
| truth |
| noun
- (archaic) The state or quality of being true to someone or something; faithfulness, fidelity.
- Truth to one's own feelings is all-important in life.
- (obsolete) A pledge of loyalty or faith.
- Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.
- There was some in his statement that he had no other choice.
- True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
- The is that our leaders knew a lot more than they were letting on.
- That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or "genuine" reality.
- Alcoholism and redemption led me finally to .
- 1820: Beauty is , truth beauty, - that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. " John Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
- Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.
- Hunger and jealousy are just eternal truths of human existence.
- 1813: It is a universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. " Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
| Tucker |
| proper noun
- A south-western English occupational surname; equivalent to Fuller.
- (given name, male), modern transferred use of the surname.
| Tudor |
| noun
- A monarch of the British royal family during the sixteenth century. Specifically, King Henry VII and Henry VIII or one of his three children who ascended the throne
- A style of dress popular in Britain during the sixteenth century
adjective
- Pertaining to the British monarchs of the sixteenth century
- Pertaining to the period of British history ruled by King Henry VII, Henry VIII and the children of Henry VIII
- (architecture) In the style of English buildings of the sixteenth century; using exposed wooden beams on the exterior
| Turner |
| proper noun - An English and Scottish occupational surname
| tutu |
| noun
- A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.
- The ballet dancers representing the swans wore a white .
| | tweed |
| noun (plural tweeds)
- a coarse woolen fabric used for clothing
| Tyler |
| proper noun
- An occupational surname for a tiler.
- (given name, male) derived from the surname.
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