| toad | (noun) any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species | Synonyms: anuran, batrachian, frog, salientian, toad frog |
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| toadfish | (noun) bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth | Synonyms: Opsanus tau |
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| toadflax | (noun) common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America | Synonyms: butter-and-eggs, devil's flax, Linaria vulgaris, wild snapdragon |
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| toadshade | (noun) trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor | Synonyms: red trillium, sessile trillium, Trillium sessile |
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| toadstool | (noun) common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom) | - |
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| toady | (noun) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage | Synonyms: ass-kisser, crawler, lackey, sycophant |
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| toast | (noun) slices of bread that have been toasted | - |
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| (noun) a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event | Synonyms: pledge |
| (noun) a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention | - |
| (noun) a person in desperate straits; someone doomed | Synonyms: goner |
| toaster | (noun) a kitchen appliance (usually electric) for toasting bread | - |
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| (noun) someone who who drinks to the health of someone or the success of some venture | Synonyms: wassailer |
| toasting | (noun) cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill | Synonyms: browning |
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| toastmaster | (noun) the person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet | Synonyms: symposiarch |
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| toastrack | (noun) a rack for holding slices of toast | - |
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| tobacco | (noun) leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion | Synonyms: baccy |
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| (noun) aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs | Synonyms: tobacco plant |
| tobacconist | (noun) a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes | Synonyms: tobacco shop, tobacconist shop |
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| (noun) a retail dealer in tobacco and tobacco-related articles | - |
| toboggan | (noun) a long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in front | - |
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| tobogganing | (noun) riding on a long light sled with low handrails | - |
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| tobogganist | (noun) someone who rides a toboggan | - |
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| tobramycin | (noun) an antibiotic (trade name Nebcin) that is especially effective against Gram-negative bacteria | Synonyms: Nebcin |
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| toby | (noun) a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat | Synonyms: toby fillpot jug, toby jug |
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| tocainide | (noun) antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Tonocard) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias when less dangerous drugs have failed | Synonyms: Tonocard |
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| toccata | (noun) a baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style | - |
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| tocktact | (noun) steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock | Synonyms: ticktock, tictac |
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| tocology | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother | Synonyms: midwifery, OB, obstetrics |
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| tocopherol | (noun) a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body | Synonyms: E, vitamin E |
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| tocsin | (noun) a bell used to sound an alarm | Synonyms: warning bell |
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| (noun) the sound of an alarm (usually a bell) | Synonyms: alarm bell |
| tod | (noun) a unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds | - |
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| today | (noun) the present time or age | - |
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| (noun) the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow) | - |
| toddler | (noun) a young child who is just beginning to walk | Synonyms: bambino, tot, yearling |
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| toddy | (noun) a mixed drink made of liquor and water with sugar and spices and served hot | Synonyms: hot toddy |
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| tody | (noun) tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill | - |
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| toe | (noun) the part of footwear that provides a covering for the toes | - |
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| (noun) (golf) the part of a clubhead farthest from the shaft | - |
| (noun) one of the digits of the foot | - |
| (noun) forepart of a hoof | - |
| toea | (noun) 100 toea equal 1 kina in Papua New Guinea | - |
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| toecap | (noun) a protective leather or steel cover for the toe of a boot or shoe, reinforcing or decorating it | - |
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| toehold | (noun) a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints | - |
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| (noun) a small foothold used in climbing | - |
| (noun) a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made | - |
| toenail | (noun) the nail at the end of a toe | - |
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| toetoe | (noun) used by Maoris for thatching | Synonyms: Arundo conspicua, Chionochloa conspicua, toitoi |
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| (noun) tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads | Synonyms: Arundo richardii, Cortaderia richardii, plumed tussock, toe toe |
| toff | (noun) informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person | Synonyms: nob |
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| toffee | (noun) caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets | Synonyms: brittle, toffy |
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| toffy | (noun) caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets | Synonyms: brittle, toffee |
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| tofu | (noun) cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk | Synonyms: bean curd |
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| toga | (noun) a one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome | - |
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| togetherness | (noun) affectionate closeness | - |
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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 | - |
| togs | (noun) informal terms for clothing | Synonyms: duds, threads |
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| toil | (noun) productive work (especially physical work done for wages) | Synonyms: labor, labour |
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| toiler | (noun) one who works strenuously | - |
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| toilet | (noun) the act of dressing and preparing yourself | Synonyms: toilette |
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| (noun) a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | Synonyms: bathroom, can, john, lav, lavatory, privy |
| (noun) a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination | Synonyms: can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne |
| (noun) misfortune resulting in lost effort or money | Synonyms: gutter, sewer |
| toiletry | (noun) artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body) | Synonyms: toilet articles |
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| toilette | (noun) the act of dressing and preparing yourself | Synonyms: toilet |
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| toilsomeness | (noun) the quality of requiring extended effort | Synonyms: laboriousness, operoseness |
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| toitoi | (noun) used by Maoris for thatching | Synonyms: Arundo conspicua, Chionochloa conspicua, toetoe |
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| tokamak | (noun) a doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research; a plasma is heated and confined in a magnetic bottle | - |
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| toke | (noun) a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette | - |
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| token | (noun) a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines | - |
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| (noun) something of sentimental value | Synonyms: keepsake, relic, souvenir |
| (noun) an individual instance of a type of symbol | Synonyms: item |
| (noun) something serving as a sign of something else | - |
| tolazamide | (noun) a drug (trade name Tolinase) used in treating stable adult-onset diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: Tolinase |
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| tolazoline | (noun) vasodilator that is used to treat spasms of peripheral blood vessels (as in acrocyanosis) | - |
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| tolbooth | (noun) a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls | Synonyms: tollbooth, tollhouse |
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| tolbutamide | (noun) sulfonylurea; an oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Orinase) used in the treatment of adult-onset diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: Orinase |
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| tole | (noun) enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century | - |
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| tolerance | (noun) the act of tolerating something | - |
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| (noun) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | Synonyms: allowance, leeway, margin |
| (noun) the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions | - |
| (noun) a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior | Synonyms: permissiveness |
| (noun) willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others | - |
| toleration | (noun) official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion) | - |
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| (noun) a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations | Synonyms: acceptance, sufferance |
| toll | (noun) value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something | Synonyms: cost, price |
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| (noun) the sound of a bell being struck | Synonyms: bell |
| (noun) a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges | - |
| tollbar | (noun) a gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid | Synonyms: tollgate |
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| tollbooth | (noun) a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls | Synonyms: tolbooth, tollhouse |
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| toller | (noun) someone employed to collect tolls | Synonyms: toll agent, toll collector, toll taker, tollgatherer, tollkeeper, tollman |
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| (noun) a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation) | Synonyms: bell ringer, ringer |
| tollgate | (noun) a gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid | Synonyms: tollbar |
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| tollgatherer | (noun) someone employed to collect tolls | Synonyms: toll agent, toll collector, toll taker, toller, tollkeeper, tollman |
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| tollhouse | (noun) a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls | Synonyms: tolbooth, tollbooth |
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| tollkeeper | (noun) someone employed to collect tolls | Synonyms: toll agent, toll collector, toll taker, toller, tollgatherer, tollman |
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| tollman | (noun) someone employed to collect tolls | Synonyms: toll agent, toll collector, toll taker, toller, tollgatherer, tollkeeper |
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| tollon | (noun) ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia | Synonyms: Christmas berry, Christmasberry, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Photinia arbutifolia, toyon |
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| tolu | (noun) aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree used especially in cough syrups | Synonyms: balsam of tolu, tolu balsam |
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| toluene | (noun) a colorless flammable liquid obtained from petroleum or coal tar; used as a solvent for gums and lacquers and in high-octane fuels | Synonyms: methylbenzene |
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| tom | (noun) male cat | Synonyms: tomcat |
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| (noun) male turkey | Synonyms: gobbler, tom turkey, turkey cock |
| tomahawk | (noun) weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians | Synonyms: hatchet |
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| tomalley | (noun) edible greenish substance in boiled lobster | - |
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| tomatillo | (noun) small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk | Synonyms: husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato |
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| (noun) annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes | Synonyms: jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa |
| (noun) Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes | Synonyms: jamberry, miltomate, Physalis philadelphica, purple ground cherry |
| tomato | (noun) mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable | - |
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| (noun) native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties | Synonyms: love apple, Lycopersicon esculentum, tomato plant |
| tomb | (noun) a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) | Synonyms: grave |
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| tombac | (noun) an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding | Synonyms: tambac, tombak |
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| tombak | (noun) an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding | Synonyms: tambac, tombac |
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| tombola | (noun) a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum | - |
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| tomboy | (noun) a girl who behaves in a boyish manner | Synonyms: hoyden, romp |
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| tomboyishness | (noun) masculinity in women (especially in girls and young women) | Synonyms: hoydenism |
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| tombstone | (noun) a stone that is used to mark a grave | Synonyms: gravestone, headstone |
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| tomcat | (noun) male cat | Synonyms: tom |
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| tome | (noun) a (usually) large and scholarly book | - |
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| tomentum | (noun) a network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: tomentum cerebri |
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| (noun) filamentous hairlike growth on a plant | Synonyms: fuzz, hair |
| tomfool | (noun) a person who lacks good judgment | Synonyms: fool, muggins, sap, saphead |
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| tomfoolery | (noun) foolish or senseless behavior | Synonyms: craziness, folly, foolery, indulgence, lunacy |
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| tommyrot | (noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing | Synonyms: baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tosh, twaddle |
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| tomogram | (noun) A tomogram is an X-ray image produced by tomography. | - |
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| tomograph | (noun) X-ray machine in which a computer builds a detailed image of a particular plane through an object from multiple X-ray measurements | - |
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| tomography | (noun) (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body | Synonyms: imaging |
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| tomorrow | (noun) the near future | - |
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| (noun) the day after today | - |
| tompion | (noun) plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture | Synonyms: tampion |
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| tomtate | (noun) found off the West Indies and Florida | Synonyms: Haemulon aurolineatum |
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| tomtit | (noun) widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head | Synonyms: blue tit, Parus caeruleus |
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| ton | (noun) a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds | Synonyms: gross ton, long ton |
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| (noun) a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds | Synonyms: net ton, short ton |
| tonality | (noun) any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music | Synonyms: key |
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| tone | (noun) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color | Synonyms: shade, tincture, tint |
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| (noun) (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) | Synonyms: quality, timber, timbre |
| (noun) (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages | - |
| (noun) the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author | - |
| (noun) a steady sound without overtones | Synonyms: pure tone |
| (noun) a musical interval of two semitones | Synonyms: step, whole step, whole tone |
| (noun) the quality of a person's voice | Synonyms: tone of voice |
| (noun) a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound | Synonyms: musical note, note |
| (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit |
| (noun) the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli | Synonyms: tonicity, tonus |