| bitartrate | (noun) an acid tartrate; a hydrogen tartrate | - |
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| jumpstart | (noun) starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car | Synonyms: jump-start |
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| nonstarter | (noun) a horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered | - |
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| (noun) a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently | Synonyms: failure, loser, unsuccessful person |
| redstart | (noun) European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins | Synonyms: redtail |
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| (noun) flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail | Synonyms: American redstart, Setophaga ruticilla |
| start | (noun) the act of starting something | Synonyms: beginning, commencement |
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| (noun) a sudden involuntary movement | Synonyms: jump, startle |
| (noun) a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning) | Synonyms: starting |
| (noun) the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race) | Synonyms: head start |
| (noun) a signal to begin (as in a race) | Synonyms: starting signal |
| (noun) the beginning of anything | - |
| (noun) a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game | Synonyms: scratch, scratch line, starting line |
| (noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, starting time |
| starter | (noun) a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough | - |
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| (noun) a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle | Synonyms: crank |
| (noun) an electric motor for starting an engine | Synonyms: starter motor, starting motor |
| (noun) food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) | Synonyms: appetiser, appetizer |
| (noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer |
| (noun) the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition | Synonyms: dispatcher |
| (noun) a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning | - |
| starting | (noun) a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning) | Synonyms: start |
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| startle | (noun) a sudden involuntary movement | Synonyms: jump, start |
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| startup | (noun) the act of starting a new operation or practice | Synonyms: inauguration |
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| (noun) the act of setting in operation | - |
| tart | (noun) a small open pie with a fruit filling | - |
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| (noun) a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust | - |
| (noun) a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | Synonyms: bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, whore, woman of the street, working girl |
| tartan | (noun) a cloth having a crisscross design | Synonyms: plaid |
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| tartar | (noun) an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums | Synonyms: calculus, tophus |
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| (noun) a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman | Synonyms: dragon |
| (noun) a salt used especially in baking powder | Synonyms: cream of tartar, potassium bitartrate, potassium hydrogen tartrate |
| tartlet | (noun) a small tart usually used as a canape | - |
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| tartness | (noun) a sharp sour taste | Synonyms: acerbity |
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| (noun) a rough and bitter manner | Synonyms: acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, jaundice, thorniness |
| (noun) the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: sour, sourness |
| tartrate | (noun) a salt or ester of tartaric acid | - |
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| tetartanopia | (noun) a form of dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to yellow light; so rare that its existence has been questioned | Synonyms: yellow-blindness |
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| upstart | (noun) a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright | Synonyms: kip |
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| (noun) a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class | Synonyms: arriviste, nouveau-riche, parvenu |
| (noun) an arrogant or presumptuous person | - |