| teachable | (adjective) ready and willing to be taught | Synonyms: docile |
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| teal | (adjective) of a bluish shade of green | Synonyms: blue-green, bluish green |
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| tearaway | (adjective) characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation | Synonyms: brainish, hotheaded, impetuous, impulsive, madcap |
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| tearful | (adjective) filled with or marked by tears | - |
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| (adjective) showing sorrow | Synonyms: dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, weeping |
| tearing | (adjective) marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid | Synonyms: fierce, trigger-happy, vehement, violent |
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| tearless | (adjective) free from tears | Synonyms: dry-eyed |
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| teary | (adjective) with eyes full of tears | Synonyms: teary-eyed, watery-eyed |
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| teased | (adjective) feeling mild pleasurable excitement | Synonyms: titillated |
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| teasing | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, vexatious, vexing |
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| (adjective) playfully vexing (especially by ridicule) | Synonyms: mocking, quizzical |
| (adjective) arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it | - |
| technical | (adjective) characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill | Synonyms: proficient |
| (adjective) of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles | Synonyms: technological |
| (adjective) according to strict interpretation of the law or set of rules | - |
| (adjective) relating to or concerned with machinery or tools | Synonyms: mechanical, mechanically skillful |
| (adjective) of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood | Synonyms: expert |
| (adjective) resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations | - |
| technological | (adjective) of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles | Synonyms: technical |
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| (adjective) based in scientific and industrial progress | - |
| technophilic | (adjective) of or relating to or showing technophilia | - |
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| technophobic | (adjective) of or relating to or showing technophobia | - |
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| techy | (adjective) easily irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy |
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| tectonic | (adjective) pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust | - |
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| (adjective) of or pertaining to construction or architecture | Synonyms: architectonic |
| tedious | (adjective) using or containing too many words | Synonyms: long-winded, verbose, windy, wordy |
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| (adjective) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | Synonyms: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tiresome, wearisome |
| teeming | (adjective) abundantly filled with especially living things | - |
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| teen | (adjective) being of the age 13 through 19 | Synonyms: adolescent, teenage, teenaged |
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| teenage | (adjective) being of the age 13 through 19 | Synonyms: adolescent, teen, teenaged |
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| teenaged | (adjective) being of the age 13 through 19 | Synonyms: adolescent, teen, teenage |
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| teensy | (adjective) (used informally) little or tiny | Synonyms: bittie, bitty, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, teensy-weensy, teentsy, teeny-weeny, teeny, wee, weensy, weeny |
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| teentsy | (adjective) (used informally) little or tiny | Synonyms: bittie, bitty, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, teensy-weensy, teensy, teeny-weeny, teeny, wee, weensy, weeny |
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| teeny | (adjective) (used informally) little or tiny | Synonyms: bittie, bitty, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, teensy-weensy, teensy, teentsy, teeny-weeny, wee, weensy, weeny |
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| teetotal | (adjective) practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages | Synonyms: dry |
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| tegular | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a series of tiles | - |
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| telegnostic | (adjective) obtaining knowledge of distant events allegedly without use of normal sensory mechanisms | - |
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| telegraphic | (adjective) of or relating to or transmitted by telegraph | - |
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| (adjective) having the style of a telegram with many short words left out | - |
| telemetered | (adjective) of or pertaining to telemetry | - |
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| teleological | (adjective) of or relating to teleology | - |
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| telepathic | (adjective) communicating without apparent physical signals | - |
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| telephonic | (adjective) of or relating to telephony | - |
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| telescoped | (adjective) shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another | Synonyms: shortened |
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| telescopic | (adjective) having parts that slide one within another | - |
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| (adjective) capable of discerning distant objects | - |
| (adjective) visible only with a telescope | - |
| telling | (adjective) producing a strong effect | Synonyms: impressive |
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| (adjective) disclosing unintentionally something concealed | Synonyms: revealing, telltale |
| (adjective) powerfully persuasive | Synonyms: cogent, weighty |
| telltale | (adjective) disclosing unintentionally something concealed | Synonyms: revealing, telling |
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| tellurian | (adjective) of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air | Synonyms: telluric, terrene, terrestrial |
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| telluric | (adjective) of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air | Synonyms: tellurian, terrene, terrestrial |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or containing the chemical element tellurium | - |
| telocentric | (adjective) having the form of a straight rod because the centromere is in a terminal position | - |
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| temerarious | (adjective) presumptuously daring | Synonyms: daredevil |
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| temperamental | (adjective) relating to or caused by temperament | - |
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| (adjective) subject to sharply varying moods | Synonyms: moody |
| (adjective) likely to perform unpredictably | Synonyms: erratic |
| temperate | (adjective) not extreme in behavior | - |
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| (adjective) (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate | - |
| (adjective) not extreme | Synonyms: moderate |
| tempered | (adjective) adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element | - |
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| (adjective) made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment | Synonyms: hardened, toughened, treated |
| tempering | (adjective) moderating by making more temperate | - |
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| tempestuous | (adjective) (of the elements) as if showing violent anger | Synonyms: angry, furious, raging, wild |
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| (adjective) characterized by violent emotions or behavior | Synonyms: stormy |
| temporal | (adjective) characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world | Synonyms: secular, worldly |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit) | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to or limited by time | - |
| (adjective) of this earth or world | - |
| (adjective) not eternal | - |
| temporary | (adjective) not permanent; not lasting | Synonyms: impermanent |
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| (adjective) lacking continuity or regularity | Synonyms: irregular |
| temptable | (adjective) susceptible to temptation | - |
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| tempting | (adjective) very pleasantly inviting | Synonyms: tantalising, tantalizing |
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| (adjective) highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire | Synonyms: alluring, beguiling, enticing |
| ten | (adjective) being one more than nine | Synonyms: 10, x |
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| tenable | (adjective) based on sound reasoning or evidence | Synonyms: well-founded |
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| tenacious | (adjective) good at remembering | Synonyms: long, recollective, retentive |
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| (adjective) sticking together | Synonyms: coherent |
| (adjective) stubbornly unyielding | Synonyms: dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, unyielding |
| tenanted | (adjective) resided in; having tenants | Synonyms: occupied |
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| tendencious | (adjective) having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one | Synonyms: tendentious |
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| tendentious | (adjective) having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one | Synonyms: tendencious |
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| tender | (adjective) easy to cut or chew | - |
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| (adjective) physically untoughened | Synonyms: untoughened |
| (adjective) given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality | - |
| (adjective) (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition | - |
| (adjective) having or displaying warmth or affection | Synonyms: affectionate, fond, lovesome |
| (adjective) hurting | Synonyms: raw, sensitive, sore |
| (adjective) (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail | Synonyms: crank, cranky, tippy |
| (adjective) young and immature | - |
| tenderhearted | (adjective) easily moved by another's distress | - |
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| (adjective) easily moved to love | - |
| tenderised | (adjective) made tender as by marinating or pounding | Synonyms: tenderized |
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| tenderized | (adjective) made tender as by marinating or pounding | Synonyms: tenderised |
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| tending | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward | Synonyms: apt, disposed, given, minded |
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| tendinous | (adjective) consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon | Synonyms: sinewy |
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| tenebrific | (adjective) dark and gloomy | Synonyms: tenebrious, tenebrous |
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| tenebrious | (adjective) dark and gloomy | Synonyms: tenebrific, tenebrous |
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| tenebrous | (adjective) dark and gloomy | Synonyms: tenebrific, tenebrious |
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| tenfold | (adjective) containing ten or ten parts | Synonyms: denary, ten-fold |
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| tenor | (adjective) of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice | - |
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| (adjective) (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass | - |
| tense | (adjective) taut or rigid; stretched tight | - |
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| (adjective) pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') | - |
| (adjective) in or of a state of physical or nervous tension | - |
| tensed | (adjective) having inflections to indicate tense | - |
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| tensile | (adjective) of or relating to tension | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out | Synonyms: ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tractile |
| tensional | (adjective) of or relating to or produced by tension | - |
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| tensionless | (adjective) free from tension | - |
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| tentacled | (adjective) having tentacles | - |
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| tentacular | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling tentacles | - |
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| tentative | (adjective) under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon | Synonyms: probationary, provisional, provisionary |
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| (adjective) unsettled in mind or opinion | Synonyms: doubtful |
| tenth | (adjective) coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position | Synonyms: 10th |
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| tenuous | (adjective) lacking substance or significance | Synonyms: flimsy, fragile, slight, thin |
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| (adjective) very thin in gauge or diameter | - |
| (adjective) having thin consistency | - |
| tenured | (adjective) appointed for life and not subject to dismissal except for a grave crime | - |
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| tepid | (adjective) feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm | Synonyms: half-hearted, halfhearted, lukewarm |
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| (adjective) moderately warm | Synonyms: lukewarm |
| teratogenic | (adjective) of or relating to substances or agents that can interfere with normal embryonic development | - |
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| terefah | (adjective) not conforming to dietary laws | Synonyms: nonkosher, tref |
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| terete | (adjective) especially of plant parts; cylindrical and tapering | - |
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| terminable | (adjective) capable of being terminated after a designated time | - |
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| terminal | (adjective) being or situated at an end | Synonyms: endmost |
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| (adjective) relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route | - |
| (adjective) occurring at or forming an end or termination | Synonyms: concluding, final, last |
| (adjective) causing or ending in or approaching death | - |
| terminated | (adjective) (of e.g. a contract or term of office) having come to an end | - |
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| (adjective) having come or been brought to a conclusion | Synonyms: all over, complete, concluded, ended, over |
| terminative | (adjective) coming to an end | - |
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| terminological | (adjective) of or concerning terminology | - |
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| ternary | (adjective) having three units or components or elements | Synonyms: treble, triple, triplex |
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| ternate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) consisting of three leaflets or sections | - |
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| terpsichorean | (adjective) of or relating to dancing | - |
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| terrene | (adjective) of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air | Synonyms: tellurian, telluric, terrestrial |
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| (adjective) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly | Synonyms: mundane |
| terrestrial | (adjective) operating or living or growing on land | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air | Synonyms: tellurian, telluric, terrene |
| (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants | Synonyms: planetary |
| (adjective) of this earth | Synonyms: sublunar, sublunary |
| (adjective) concerned with the world or worldly matters | Synonyms: mundane |
| terrible | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific |
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| (adjective) extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact | Synonyms: awful, frightful, tremendous |
| (adjective) intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality | Synonyms: severe, wicked |
| (adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing | Synonyms: abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, painful, unspeakable |
| terrific | (adjective) causing extreme terror | Synonyms: terrifying |
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| (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, phenomenal, rattling, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous |
| (adjective) very great or intense | - |
| terrified | (adjective) thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation | Synonyms: frightened, panic-stricken, panic-struck, panicked, panicky |
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| terrifying | (adjective) causing extreme terror | Synonyms: terrific |
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| territorial | (adjective) belonging to the territory of any state or ruler | - |
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| (adjective) displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to a territory | - |
| terse | (adjective) brief and to the point; effectively cut short | Synonyms: crisp, curt, laconic |
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| tertian | (adjective) relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds | - |
| tertiary | (adjective) coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position | Synonyms: 3rd, third |
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| tessellated | (adjective) decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together in a mosaic | - |
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| (adjective) having a checkered or mottled appearance | - |
| testaceous | (adjective) relating to or possessing a testa or hard shell | - |
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