| thurible | (noun) a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual) | Synonyms: censer |
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| tickle | (noun) the act of tickling | Synonyms: tickling, titillation |
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| (noun) a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking | - |
| tile | (noun) a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces | - |
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| (noun) game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc. | - |
| (noun) a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing | Synonyms: roofing tile |
| timbale | (noun) individual serving of minced e.g. meat or fish in a rich creamy sauce baked in a small pastry mold or timbale shell | - |
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| (noun) small pastry shell for creamy mixtures of minced foods | Synonyms: timbale case |
| timetable | (noun) a schedule of times of arrivals and departures | - |
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| (noun) a schedule listing events and the times at which they will take place | - |
| tingle | (noun) a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings | Synonyms: prickling, tingling |
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| (noun) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright | Synonyms: chill, frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill |
| tinkle | (noun) a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell | Synonyms: ting |
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| tipple | (noun) a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg | Synonyms: draft, draught, potation |
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| title | (noun) an established or recognized right | Synonyms: claim |
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| (noun) an informal right to something | Synonyms: claim |
| (noun) the name of a work of art or literary composition etc. | - |
| (noun) a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work | - |
| (noun) an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General' | Synonyms: form of address, title of respect |
| (noun) an appellation signifying nobility | - |
| (noun) a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it | Synonyms: deed, deed of conveyance |
| (noun) a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with | Synonyms: rubric, statute title |
| (noun) (usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action | - |
| (noun) the status of being a champion | Synonyms: championship |
| tittle | (noun) a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | Synonyms: iota, scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, whit |
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| toggle | (noun) a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable) | - |
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| (noun) a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions | Synonyms: on-off switch, on/off switch, toggle switch |
| (noun) any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time | - |
| tole | (noun) enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century | - |
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| tootle | (noun) the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument | - |
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| townspeople | (noun) the people living in a municipality smaller than a city | Synonyms: town, townsfolk |
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| tradespeople | (noun) people engaged in trade | - |
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| trample | (noun) the sound of heavy treading or stomping | Synonyms: trampling |
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| treacle | (noun) writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental | Synonyms: glop, mush, slop |
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| (noun) a pale cane syrup | Synonyms: golden syrup |
| treadle | (noun) a lever that is operated with the foot | Synonyms: foot lever, foot pedal, pedal |
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| treble | (noun) the pitch range of the highest female voice | Synonyms: soprano |
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| tremble | (noun) a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement | Synonyms: shake, shiver |
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| trestle | (noun) sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop | - |
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| (noun) a supporting tower used to support a bridge | - |
| triangle | (noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle | - |
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| (noun) any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles | - |
| (noun) a three-sided polygon | Synonyms: trigon, trilateral |
| (noun) something approximating the shape of a triangle | - |
| trickle | (noun) flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid | Synonyms: dribble, drip |
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| tricycle | (noun) a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals | Synonyms: trike, velocipede |
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| trifle | (noun) something of small importance | Synonyms: small beer, trivia, triviality |
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| (noun) a detail that is considered insignificant | Synonyms: triviality |
| (noun) a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate | - |
| triple | (noun) a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base | Synonyms: three-bagger, three-base hit |
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| (noun) a quantity that is three times as great as another | - |
| (noun) a set of three similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: triad, trio, triplet |
| triskele | (noun) a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center | Synonyms: triskelion |
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| trisyllable | (noun) a word having three syllables | - |
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| trouble | (noun) an effort that is inconvenient | Synonyms: difficulty |
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| (noun) a source of difficulty | Synonyms: problem |
| (noun) an event causing distress or pain | - |
| (noun) an angry disturbance | Synonyms: bother, fuss, hassle |
| (noun) a strong feeling of anxiety | Synonyms: worry |
| (noun) an unwanted pregnancy | - |
| truckle | (noun) a low bed to be slid under a higher bed | Synonyms: truckle bed, trundle, trundle bed |
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| truffle | (noun) edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber | Synonyms: earthnut |
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| (noun) creamy chocolate candy | Synonyms: chocolate truffle |
| (noun) any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe | Synonyms: earth-ball, earthnut |
| trundle | (noun) small wheel or roller | - |
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| (noun) a low bed to be slid under a higher bed | Synonyms: truckle, truckle bed, trundle bed |
| tubercle | (noun) a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament | Synonyms: eminence, tuberosity |
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| (noun) small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant | Synonyms: nodule |
| (noun) a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis | - |
| tubule | (noun) a small tube | - |
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| tuille | (noun) armor plate that protects the hip and thigh | - |
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| tulle | (noun) a fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns | - |
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| tumble | (noun) an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end | - |
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| (noun) a sudden drop from an upright position | Synonyms: fall, spill |
| turnbuckle | (noun) an oblong metal coupling with a swivel at one end and an internal thread at the other into which a threaded rod can be screwed in order to form a unit that can be adjusted for length or tension | - |
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| turnstile | (noun) a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering | - |
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| turntable | (noun) a circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played | - |
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| (noun) a rotatable platform with a track; used to turn locomotives and cars | - |
| (noun) a revolving tray placed on a dining table | Synonyms: lazy Susan |
| turtle | (noun) any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming | - |
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| (noun) a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar | Synonyms: polo-neck, turtleneck |
| tussle | (noun) disorderly fighting | Synonyms: dogfight, hassle, rough-and-tumble, scuffle |
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| twaddle | (noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing | Synonyms: baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh |
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| twiddle | (noun) a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns | - |
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| twinkle | (noun) merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance | Synonyms: light, spark, sparkle |
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| (noun) a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash | Synonyms: scintillation, sparkling |
| ukulele | (noun) a small guitar having four strings | Synonyms: uke |
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| uncle | (noun) the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt | - |
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| (noun) a source of help and advice and encouragement | - |
| undesirable | (noun) one whose presence is undesirable | - |
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| unicycle | (noun) a vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals | Synonyms: monocycle |
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| unmentionable | (noun) a garment worn under other garments | Synonyms: undergarment |
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| untouchable | (noun) belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India | Synonyms: Harijan |
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| urceole | (noun) a vessel that holds water for washing the hands | - |
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| ureterocele | (noun) prolapse of the end of the ureter into the bladder; may obstruct urine flow | - |
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| urethrocele | (noun) prolapse of the urethra into the vagina | - |
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| urocele | (noun) extravasation of urine into the scrotal sac | - |
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| urodele | (noun) amphibians that resemble lizards | Synonyms: caudate |
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| utricle | (noun) a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open | Synonyms: utriculus |
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| vacuole | (noun) a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell | - |
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| vaginocele | (noun) hernia projecting into the vagina | Synonyms: colpocele |
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| vale | (noun) a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river | Synonyms: valley |
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| valuable | (noun) something of value | - |
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| valvule | (noun) a small valve | Synonyms: valvelet, valvula |
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| variable | (noun) a quantity that can assume any of a set of values | Synonyms: variable quantity |
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| (noun) a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity | - |
| (noun) something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation | - |
| (noun) a star that varies noticeably in brightness | Synonyms: variable star |
| varicocele | (noun) dilatation of the veins associated with the spermatic cord in the testes | - |
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| vaudeville | (noun) a variety show with songs and comic acts etc. | Synonyms: music hall |
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| vegetable | (noun) edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant | Synonyms: veg, veggie |
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| (noun) any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower | - |
| vehicle | (noun) a conveyance that transports people or objects | - |
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| (noun) a medium for the expression or achievement of something | - |
| (noun) any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another | Synonyms: fomite |
| (noun) any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it | - |
| venthole | (noun) a hole for the escape of gas or air | Synonyms: blowhole, vent-hole, vent |
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| ventricle | (noun) a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries | Synonyms: heart ventricle |
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| (noun) one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid | - |
| venule | (noun) a minute vein continuous with a capillary | Synonyms: capillary vein, venula |
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| versicle | (noun) a short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation | - |
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| vesicle | (noun) a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) | Synonyms: cyst |
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| vesicopapule | (noun) a papule that changes into a blister | Synonyms: papulovesicle |
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| vestibule | (noun) a large entrance or reception room or area | Synonyms: antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, lobby |
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| (noun) any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina) | - |
| virgule | (noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information | Synonyms: diagonal, separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke |
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| vocable | (noun) a word that is spoken aloud | Synonyms: spoken word |
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| voile | (noun) a light semitransparent fabric | - |
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| volaille | (noun) the flesh of a chicken used for food | Synonyms: chicken, poulet |
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| volatile | (noun) a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor | - |
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| vole | (noun) any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows | Synonyms: field mouse |
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| volvelle | (noun) a circular slide chart having rotating parts | Synonyms: wheel chart |
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| waddle | (noun) walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other | - |
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| waffle | (noun) pancake batter baked in a waffle iron | - |
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| waggle | (noun) causing to move repeatedly from side to side | Synonyms: shake, wag |
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| wale | (noun) thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship | Synonyms: strake |
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| (noun) a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions | Synonyms: weal, welt, wheal |
| wangle | (noun) an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery | Synonyms: wangling |
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| warble | (noun) a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly | - |
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| wattle | (noun) framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence | - |
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| (noun) a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards | Synonyms: lappet |
| (noun) any of various Australasian trees yielding slender poles suitable for wattle | - |
| wearable | (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear |
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| whale | (noun) any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head | - |
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| (noun) a very large person; impressive in size or qualities | Synonyms: giant, heavyweight, hulk |
| while | (noun) a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition | Synonyms: patch, piece, spell |
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| whistle | (noun) an inexpensive fipple flute | Synonyms: pennywhistle, tin whistle |
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| (noun) acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound | - |
| (noun) a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it | - |
| (noun) the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle | Synonyms: whistling |
| (noun) the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture | Synonyms: whistling |
| whole | (noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Synonyms: unit |
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| (noun) all of something including all its component elements or parts | - |
| wholesale | (noun) the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers | - |
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| wiggle | (noun) the act of wiggling | Synonyms: squirm, wriggle |
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| wile | (noun) the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | Synonyms: chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery |
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| wimble | (noun) hand tool for boring holes | Synonyms: auger, gimlet, screw auger |
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| wimple | (noun) headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women | - |
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| winkle | (noun) edible marine gastropod | Synonyms: periwinkle |
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| (noun) small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked | Synonyms: periwinkle |
| wobble | (noun) an unsteady rocking motion | - |
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