| texture | (noun) the feel of a surface or a fabric | - |
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| (noun) the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality | - |
| (noun) the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together | - |
| (noun) the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) | Synonyms: grain |
| (noun) the essential quality of something | - |
| theatre | (noun) a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented | Synonyms: house, theater |
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| (noun) the art of writing and producing plays | Synonyms: dramatic art, dramatics, dramaturgy, theater |
| (noun) a region in which active military operations are in progress | Synonyms: field, field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre of operations |
| there | (noun) a location other than here; that place; location, medial pronoun; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, distal; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, singular, distal | - |
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| thermosphere | (noun) the atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere | - |
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| thoroughfare | (noun) a public road from one place to another | - |
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| threescore | (noun) a set with 3 times 20 members | - |
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| timbre | (noun) (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) | Synonyms: quality, timber, tone |
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| tincture | (noun) (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution | - |
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| (noun) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color | Synonyms: shade, tint, tone |
| (noun) an indication that something has been present | Synonyms: shadow, trace, vestige |
| (noun) a substance that colors or dyes | - |
| tinware | (noun) articles of commerce made of tin plate | - |
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| tire | (noun) hoop that covers a wheel | Synonyms: tyre |
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| titre | (noun) the concentration of a solution as determined by titration | Synonyms: titer |
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| tonsure | (noun) shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order | - |
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| (noun) the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head | - |
| tore | (noun) commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column | Synonyms: torus |
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| torture | (noun) the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason | Synonyms: torturing |
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| (noun) the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean | Synonyms: distortion, overrefinement, straining, twisting |
| (noun) intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain | Synonyms: agony, torment |
| (noun) extreme mental distress | Synonyms: anguish, torment |
| (noun) unbearable physical pain | Synonyms: torment |
| tourtiere | (noun) a meat pie that is usually eaten at Christmas in Quebec | - |
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| treasure | (noun) art highly prized for its beauty or perfection | Synonyms: gem |
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| (noun) a collection of precious things | - |
| (noun) accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc. | Synonyms: hoarded wealth |
| (noun) any possession that is highly valued by its owner | - |
| troposphere | (noun) the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude) | - |
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| tsundere | (noun) a person who is initially cold and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warmer side over time. | - |
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| (noun) a character development process that describes a person who is initially cold and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warmer side over time. | - |
| tussore | (noun) oriental moth that produces brownish silk | Synonyms: Antheraea mylitta, tussah, tusseh, tusser, tussur |
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| tyre | (noun) hoop that covers a wheel | Synonyms: tire |
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| uintathere | (noun) a variety of dinocerate | Synonyms: dinoceras |
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| umpire | (noun) an official at a baseball game | Synonyms: ump |
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| (noun) someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue | Synonyms: arbiter, arbitrator |
| underexposure | (noun) the act of exposing film to too little light or for too short a time | - |
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| (noun) inadequate publicity | - |
| underscore | (noun) a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter) | Synonyms: underline |
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| understructure | (noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure |
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| vampire | (noun) (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living | Synonyms: lamia |
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| venipuncture | (noun) (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye | - |
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| venire | (noun) (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen) | Synonyms: panel |
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| venture | (noun) any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome | - |
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| (noun) a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit | - |
| (noun) an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits | Synonyms: speculation |
| verdure | (noun) the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation | Synonyms: greenness, verdancy |
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| (noun) green foliage | Synonyms: greenery |
| vestiture | (noun) an archaic term for clothing | - |
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| vesture | (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, wear, wearable |
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| (noun) something that covers or cloaks like a garment | - |
| viniculture | (noun) the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing | Synonyms: viticulture |
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| viticulture | (noun) the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing | Synonyms: viniculture |
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| vulture | (noun) any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion | - |
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| (noun) someone who attacks in search of booty | Synonyms: marauder, piranha, predator |
| wafture | (noun) the act of signaling by a movement of the hand | Synonyms: wave, waving |
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| ware | (noun) articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software' | - |
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| (noun) items for sale to the individual consumer | Synonyms: merchandise, product |
| warfare | (noun) the waging of armed conflict against an enemy | Synonyms: war |
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| (noun) an active struggle between competing entities | Synonyms: war |
| welfare | (noun) governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need | Synonyms: public assistance, social welfare |
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| (noun) something that aids or promotes well-being | Synonyms: benefit |
| (noun) a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | Synonyms: eudaemonia, eudaimonia, upbeat, well-being, wellbeing |
| wherefore | (noun) the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores' | Synonyms: why |
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| whore | (noun) a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | Synonyms: bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, woman of the street, working girl |
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| wildfire | (noun) a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration | - |
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| willowware | (noun) chinaware decorated with a blue Chinese design on a white background depicting a willow tree and often a river | Synonyms: willow-pattern |
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| wire | (noun) ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc | - |
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| (noun) a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance | Synonyms: conducting wire |
| (noun) a message transmitted by telegraph | Synonyms: telegram |
| (noun) the finishing line on a racetrack | - |
| wiseacre | (noun) an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments | Synonyms: smart aleck, weisenheimer, wise guy, wisenheimer |
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| woodenware | (noun) ware for domestic use made of wood | - |
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| yore | (noun) time long past | - |
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| zaire | (noun) the basic unit of money in Zaire | - |
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| zoospore | (noun) an asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella | - |
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| zygospore | (noun) a plant spore formed by two similar sexual cells | - |
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