| tableau | n. An arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene from real life. |
| tacit | adj. Understood. |
| taciturn | adj. Disinclined to conversation. |
| tack | n. A small sharp-pointed nail. |
| tact | n. Fine or ready mental discernment shown in saying or doing the proper thing. |
| tactician | n. One who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness. |
| tactics | n. Any maneuvering or adroit management for effecting an object. |
| tangency | n. The state of touching. |
| tangent | adj. Touching. |
| tangible | adj. Perceptible by touch. |
| tannery | n. A place where leather is tanned. |
| tantalize | v. To tease. |
| tantamount | adj. Having equal or equivalent value, effect, or import. |
| tapestry | n. A fabric to which a pattern is applied with a needle, designed for ornamental hangings. |
| tarnish | v. To lessen or destroy the luster of in any way. |
| taut | adj. Stretched tight. |
| taxation | n. A levy, by government, of a fixed contribution. |
| taxidermy | n. The art or process of preserving dead animals or parts of them. |
| technic | adj. Technical. |
| technicality | n. Something peculiar to a particular art, trade, or the like. |
| technique | n. Manner of performance. |
| technography | n. The scientific description or study of human arts and industries in their historic development. |
| technology | n. The knowledge relating to industries and manufactures. |
| teem | v. To be full to overflowing. |
| telepathy | n. Thought-transference. |
| telephony | n. The art or process of communicating by telephone. |
| telescope | v. To drive together so that one slides into the another like the sections of a spy-glass. |
| telltale | adj. That gives warning or information. |
| temerity | n. Recklessness. |
| temporal | adj. Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life. |
| temporary | adj. Lasting for a short time only. |
| temporize | v. To pursue a policy of delay. |
| tempt | v. To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong. |
| tempter | n. An allurer or enticer to evil. |
| tenacious | adj. Unyielding. |
| tenant | n. An occupant. |
| tendency | n. Direction or inclination, as toward some objector end. |
| tenet | n. Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true. |
| tenor | n. A settled course or manner of progress. |
| tense | adj. Strained to stiffness. |
| tentative | adj. Done as an experiment. |
| tenure | n. The term during which a thing is held. |
| tercentenary | adj. Pertaining to a period of 300 years. |
| termagant | adj. Violently abusive and quarrelsome. |
| terminal | adj. Pertaining to or creative of a boundary, limit. |
| terminate | v. To put an end or stop to. |
| termination | n. The act of ending or concluding. |
| terminus | n. The final point or goal. |
| terrify | v. To fill with extreme fear. |
| territorial | adj. Pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction. |
| terse | adj. Pithy. |
| testament | n. A will. |
| testator | n. The maker of a will. |
| testimonial | n. A formal token of regard, often presented in public. |
| thearchy | n. Government by a supreme deity. |
| theism | n. Belief in God. |
| theocracy | n. A government administered by ecclesiastics. |
| theocrasy | n. The mixed worship of polytheism. |
| theologian | n. A professor of divinity. |
| theological | adj. Based on or growing out of divine revelation. |
| theology | n. The branch of theological science that treats of God. |
| theoretical | adj. Directed toward knowledge for its own sake without respect to applications. |
| theorist | n. One given to speculating. |
| theorize | v. To speculate. |
| thereabout | adv. Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, approximately. |
| therefor | adv. For that or this. |
| thermal | adj. Of or pertaining to heat. |
| thermoelectric | adj. Denoting electricity produced by heat. |
| thermoelectricity | n. Electricity generated by differences of temperature, |
| thesis | n. An essay or treatise on a particular subject. |
| thoroughbred | adj. Bred from the best or purest blood or stock. |
| thoroughfare | n. A public street or road. |
| thrall | n. One controlled by an appetite or a passion. |
| tilth | n. Cultivation. |
| timbre | n. The quality of a tone, as distinguished from intensity and pitch. |
| timorous | adj. Lacking courage. |
| tincture | n. A solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in medicine. |
| tinge | n. A faint trace of color. |
| tipsy | adj. Befuddled with drinks. |
| tirade | n. Harangue. |
| tireless | adj. Untiring. |
| tiresome | adj. Wearisome. |
| Titanic | adj. Of vast size or strength. |
| toilsome | adj. Laborious. |
| tolerable | adj. Moderately good. |
| tolerance | n. Forbearance in judging of the acts or opinions of others. |
| tolerant | adj. Indulgent. |
| tolerate | v. To passively permit or put up with. |
| toleration | n. A spirit of charitable leniency. |
| topography | n. The art of representing on a map the physical features of any locality or region with accuracy. |
| torpor | n. Apathy. |
| torrid | adj. Excessively hot. |
| tortious | adj. Wrongful. |
| tortuous | adj. Abounding in irregular bends or turns. |
| torturous | adj. Marked by extreme suffering. |
| tractable | adj. Easily led or controlled. |
| trait | n. A distinguishing feature or quality. |
| trajectory | n. The path described by a projectile moving under given forces. |
| trammel | n. An impediment. |
| tranquil | adj. Calm. |
| tranquilize | v. To soothe. |
| tranquility | n. Calmness. |
| transalpine | adj. Situated on the other side of the Alps. |
| transact | v. To do business. |
| transatlantic | adj. Situated beyond or on the other side of the Atlantic. |
| transcend | v. To surpass. |
| transcendent | adj. Surpassing. |
| transcontinental | adj. Extending or passing across a continent. |
| transcribe | v. To write over again (something already written) |
| transcript | n. A copy made directly from an original. |
| transfer | v. To convey, remove, or cause to pass from one person or place to another. |
| transferable | adj. Capable of being conveyed from one person or place to another. |
| transferee | n. The person to whom a transfer is made. |
| transference | n. The act of conveying from one person or place to another. |
| transferrer | n. One who or that which conveys from one person or place to another. |
| transfigure | v. To give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to. |
| transfuse | v. To pour or cause to pass, as a fluid, from one vessel to another. |
| transfusible | adj. Capable of being poured from one vessel to another. |
| transfusion | n. The act of pouring from one vessel to another. |
| transgress | v. To break a law. |
| transience | n. Something that is of short duration. |
| transient | n. One who or that which is only of temporary existence. |
| transition | n. Passage from one place, condition, or action to another. |
| transitory | adj. Existing for a short time only. |
| translate | v. To give the sense or equivalent of in another language or dialect. |
| translator | n. An interpreter. |
| translucence | n. The property or state of allowing the passage of light. |
| translucent | adj. Allowing the passage of light. |
| transmissible | adj. That may e sent through or across. |
| transmission | n. The act of sending through or across. |
| transmit | v. To send trough or across. |
| transmute | v. To change in nature, substance, or form. |
| transparent | adj. Easy to see through or understand. |
| transpire | v. To come to pass. |
| transplant | v. To remove and plant in another place. |
| transposition | n. The act of reversing the order or changing the place of. |
| transverse | adj. Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction. |
| travail | n. Hard or agonizing labor. |
| travesty | n. A grotesque imitation. |
| treacherous | adj. Perfidious. |
| treachery | n. Violation of allegiance, confidence, or plighted faith. |
| treasonable | adj. Of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of allegiance. |
| treatise | n. An elaborate literary composition presenting a subject in all its parts. |
| treble | adj. Multiplied by three. |
| trebly | adv. Triply. |
| tremendous | adj. Awe-inspiring. |
| tremor | n. An involuntary trembling or shivering. |
| tremulous | adj. Characterized by quivering or unsteadiness. |
| trenchant | adj. Cutting deeply and quickly. |
| trepidation | n. Nervous uncertainty of feeling. |
| trestle | n. An open braced framework for supporting the horizontal stringers of a railway-bridge. |
| triad | n. A group of three persons of things. |
| tribune | n. Any champion of the rights and liberties of the people: often used as the name for a newspaper. |
| trickery | n. Artifice. |
| tricolor | adj. Of three colors. |
| tricycle | n. A three-wheeled vehicle. |
| trident | n. The three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune. |
| triennial | adj. Taking place every third year. |
| trimness | n. Neatness. |
| trinity | n. A threefold personality existing in the one divine being or substance. |
| trio | n. Three things grouped or associated together. |
| triple | adj. Threefold. |
| triplicate | adj. Composed of or pertaining to three related things or parts. |
| triplicity | n. The state of being triple or threefold. |
| tripod | n. A three-legged stand, usually hinged near the top, for supporting some instrument. |
| trisect | v. To divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts. |
| trite | adj. Made commonplace by frequent repetition. |
| triumvir | n. One of three men united coordinately in public office or authority. |
| trivial | adj. Of little importance or value. |
| troublesome | adj. Burdensome. |
| truculence | n. Ferocity. |
| truculent | adj. Having the character or the spirit of a savage. |
| truism | n. A statement so plainly true as hardly to require statement or proof. |
| truthful | adj. Veracious. |
| turgid | adj. Swollen. |
| turpitude | n. Depravity. |
| tutelage | n. The act of training or the state of being under instruction. |
| tutelar | adj. Protective. |
| tutorship | n. The office of a guardian. |
| twinge | n. A darting momentary local pain. |
| typical | adj. Characteristic. |
| typify | v. To serve as a characteristic example of. |
| typographical | adj. Pertaining to typography or printing. |
| typography | n. The arrangement of composed type, or the appearance of printed matter. |
| tyrannical | adj. Despotic. |
| tyranny | n. Absolute power arbitrarily or unjustly administrated. |
| tyro | n. One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession. |