| tinderbox | (noun) a box for holding tinder | - |
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| (noun) a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence | - |
| tine | (noun) prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler | - |
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| tinea | (noun) infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches | Synonyms: ringworm, roundworm |
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| tineid | (noun) small yellowish moths whose larvae feed on wool or fur | Synonyms: tineid moth |
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| tineoid | (noun) small dull-colored moth with chewing mouthparts | Synonyms: tineoid moth |
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| tinfoil | (noun) foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead | Synonyms: tin foil |
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| ting | (noun) a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell | Synonyms: tinkle |
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| tinge | (noun) a pale or subdued color | Synonyms: undertone |
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| (noun) a slight but appreciable amount | Synonyms: hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, touch |
| 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 |
| tingling | (noun) a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings | Synonyms: prickling, tingle |
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| tininess | (noun) the property of being very small in size | Synonyms: diminutiveness, minuteness, petiteness, weeness |
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| tinker | (noun) small mackerel found nearly worldwide | Synonyms: chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus |
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| (noun) formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living | - |
| (noun) a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts | Synonyms: tinkerer |
| tinkerer | (noun) an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend | Synonyms: fiddler |
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| (noun) a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts | Synonyms: tinker |
| tinkle | (noun) a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell | Synonyms: ting |
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| tinner | (noun) someone who makes or repairs tinware | Synonyms: tinsmith |
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| tinning | (noun) the application of a protective layer of tin | Synonyms: tin-plating |
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| (noun) the application of a thin layer of soft solder to the ends of wires before soldering them | - |
| tinnitus | (noun) a ringing or booming sensation in one or both ears; a symptom of an ear infection or Meniere's disease | - |
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| tinplate | (noun) a thin sheet of metal (iron or steel) coated with tin to prevent rusting; used especially for cans, pots, and tins | Synonyms: tin plate |
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| tinsel | (noun) a thread with glittering metal foil attached | - |
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| (noun) a showy decoration that is basically valueless | - |
| tinsmith | (noun) someone who makes or repairs tinware | Synonyms: tinner |
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| tinsnips | (noun) (plural) hand shears for cutting sheet metal | Synonyms: snips |
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| tint | (noun) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color | Synonyms: shade, tincture, tone |
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| (noun) a just detectable amount | Synonyms: hint, suggestion, trace |
| (noun) a dye for coloring the hair | Synonyms: hair coloring, hair dye |
| tintack | (noun) tack or small nail of tinned iron | - |
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| tinter | (noun) a hairdresser who tints hair | - |
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| tinting | (noun) the act of adding a tinge of color | - |
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| tintinnabulation | (noun) the sound of a bell ringing | Synonyms: ring, ringing |
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| tintometer | (noun) a measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents | Synonyms: colorimeter |
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| tinware | (noun) articles of commerce made of tin plate | - |
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| tip | (noun) an indication of potential opportunity | Synonyms: confidential information, hint, lead, steer, wind |
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| (noun) the extreme end of something; especially something pointed | - |
| (noun) the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) | Synonyms: crest, crown, peak, summit, top |
| (noun) a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | Synonyms: backsheesh, baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, gratuity, pourboire |
| (noun) a V shape | Synonyms: peak, point |
| tipi | (noun) a Native American tent; usually of conical shape | Synonyms: teepee, tepee |
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| tipper | (noun) truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity | Synonyms: dump truck, dumper, tip truck, tipper lorry, tipper truck |
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| (noun) a person who leaves a tip | - |
| tippet | (noun) a woman's fur shoulder cape with hanging ends; often consisting of the whole fur of a fox or marten | - |
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| tipple | (noun) a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg | Synonyms: draft, draught, potation |
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| tippler | (noun) someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities | Synonyms: social drinker |
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| tipsiness | (noun) a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol | Synonyms: drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication |
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| tipstaff | (noun) staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g. a bailiff or constable | - |
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| tipster | (noun) one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack) | Synonyms: tout |
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| tiptoe | (noun) the tip of a toe | - |
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| tiptop | (noun) the extreme top or summit | - |
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| (noun) the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development | Synonyms: acme, elevation, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, top |
| tipu | (noun) semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental | Synonyms: pride of Bolivia, tipu tree, yellow jacaranda |
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| tirade | (noun) a speech of violent denunciation | Synonyms: broadside, philippic |
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| tiramisu | (noun) an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate | - |
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| tire | (noun) hoop that covers a wheel | Synonyms: tyre |
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| tiredness | (noun) temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work | Synonyms: fatigue, weariness |
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| tirelessness | (noun) tireless determination | Synonyms: indefatigability, indefatigableness |
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| tiresomeness | (noun) dullness owing to length or slowness | Synonyms: tediousness, tedium |
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| tiro | (noun) someone new to a field or activity | Synonyms: beginner, initiate, novice, tyro |
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| tirolean | (noun) soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade | Synonyms: tyrolean |
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| tisane | (noun) infusion of e.g. dried or fresh flowers or leaves | - |
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| tissue | (noun) part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function | - |
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| (noun) a soft thin (usually translucent) paper | Synonyms: tissue paper |
| tit | (noun) small insectivorous birds | Synonyms: titmouse |
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| (noun) either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman | Synonyms: boob, bosom, breast, knocker, titty |
| (noun) the small projection of a mammary gland | Synonyms: mamilla, mammilla, nipple, pap, teat |
| titan | (noun) a person of exceptional importance and reputation | Synonyms: behemoth, colossus, giant, heavyweight |
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| titania | (noun) a white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability | Synonyms: titanic oxide, titanium dioxide, titanium oxide |
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| titanium | (noun) a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite | Synonyms: atomic number 22, Ti |
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| titanosaur | (noun) amphibious quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long thin neck and whiplike tail; of the Cretaceous mostly in the Southern Hemisphere | Synonyms: titanosaurian |
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| titanosaurian | (noun) amphibious quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long thin neck and whiplike tail; of the Cretaceous mostly in the Southern Hemisphere | Synonyms: titanosaur |
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| titbit | (noun) a small tasty bit of food | Synonyms: choice morsel, tidbit |
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| titer | (noun) the concentration of a solution as determined by titration | Synonyms: titre |
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| titfer | (noun) a hat (Cockney rhyming slang: `tit for tat' rhymes with `hat') | - |
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| tithe | (noun) an offering of a tenth part of some personal income | - |
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| (noun) a levy of one tenth of something | - |
| tither | (noun) someone who pays tithes | - |
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| tithonia | (noun) any plant of the genus Tithonia; tall coarse herbs or shrubs of Mexico to Panama having large flower heads resembling sunflowers with yellow disc florets and golden-yellow to orange-scarlet rays | Synonyms: Mexican sunflower |
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| titi | (noun) small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail | Synonyms: titi monkey |
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| (noun) tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers | Synonyms: buckwheat tree, Cliftonia monophylla |
| (noun) deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves | Synonyms: Oxydendrum arboreum, sorrel tree, sourwood |
| titillation | (noun) the act of tickling | Synonyms: tickle, tickling |
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| (noun) an agreeable arousal | - |
| (noun) a tingling feeling of excitement (as from teasing or tickling) | - |
| titivation | (noun) sprucing up; making decorative additions to | Synonyms: tittivation |
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| titlark | (noun) a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage | Synonyms: lark, pipit |
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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 |
| titmouse | (noun) small insectivorous birds | Synonyms: tit |
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| titration | (noun) a measured amount of a solution of unknown concentration is added to a known volume of a second solution until the reaction between them is just complete; the concentration of the unknown solution (the titer) can then be calculated | - |
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| titrator | (noun) an apparatus for performing a titration | - |
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| titre | (noun) the concentration of a solution as determined by titration | Synonyms: titer |
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| titter | (noun) a nervous restrained laugh | - |
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| titterer | (noun) a person who laughs nervously | Synonyms: giggler |
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| tittivation | (noun) sprucing up; making decorative additions to | Synonyms: titivation |
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| tittle | (noun) a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | Synonyms: iota, scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, whit |
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| titty | (noun) either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman | Synonyms: boob, bosom, breast, knocker, tit |
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| tiyin | (noun) 100 tiyin equal 1 tenge in Kazakhstan | - |
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| (noun) 100 tiyin equal 1 som in Uzbekistan | - |
| tizzy | (noun) an excited state of agitation | Synonyms: dither, flap, fuss, pother |
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