| tortilla | (noun) thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour | - |
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| tortoise | (noun) usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid areas except Australia and Antarctica | - |
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| tortoiseshell | (noun) a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings | Synonyms: calico cat, tortoiseshell-cat |
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| (noun) brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles | Synonyms: tortoiseshell butterfly |
| (noun) the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles | - |
| tortricid | (noun) any of numerous small moths having lightly fringed wings; larvae are leaf rollers or live in fruits and galls | Synonyms: tortricid moth |
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| tortrix | (noun) small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plants | Synonyms: Homona coffearia, tea tortrix |
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| (noun) California moth whose larvae live in especially oranges | Synonyms: Argyrotaenia citrana, orange tortrix |
| tortuosity | (noun) a tortuous and twisted shape or position | Synonyms: contortion, crookedness, torsion, tortuousness |
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| tortuousness | (noun) puzzling complexity | Synonyms: complicatedness, complication, knottiness |
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| (noun) a tortuous and twisted shape or position | Synonyms: contortion, crookedness, torsion, tortuosity |
| 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 |
| torturer | (noun) someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion) | - |
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| torturing | (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: torture |
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| torus | (noun) commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column | Synonyms: tore |
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| (noun) a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle | Synonyms: toroid |
| tosh | (noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing | Synonyms: baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, twaddle |
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| toss | (noun) (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team | Synonyms: flip, pass |
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| (noun) the act of flipping a coin | Synonyms: flip |
| (noun) an abrupt movement | - |
| tosser | (noun) someone who throws lightly (as with the palm upward) | - |
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| (noun) terms of abuse for a masturbator | Synonyms: jerk-off, wanker |
| tossup | (noun) an unpredictable phenomenon | Synonyms: even chance, toss-up |
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| tostada | (noun) a flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it | - |
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| (noun) a crisp flat tortilla | - |
| tot | (noun) a young child who is just beginning to walk | Synonyms: bambino, toddler, yearling |
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| (noun) a small amount (especially of a drink) | - |
| total | (noun) the whole amount | Synonyms: aggregate, sum, totality |
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| (noun) a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers | Synonyms: amount, sum |
| totalisator | (noun) computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won | Synonyms: pari-mutuel machine, totaliser, totalizator, totalizer |
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| totaliser | (noun) a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions | Synonyms: adding machine, totalizer |
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| (noun) computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won | Synonyms: pari-mutuel machine, totalisator, totalizator, totalizer |
| totalism | (noun) an ideological belief in the complete and unrestricted power of government. | Synonyms: absolutism, totalitarianism |
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| totalitarian | (noun) an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government | - |
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| totalitarianism | (noun) an ideological belief in the complete and unrestricted power of government. | Synonyms: absolutism, totalism |
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| (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | Synonyms: absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, tyranny |
| totality | (noun) the whole amount | Synonyms: aggregate, sum, total |
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| (noun) the quality of being complete and indiscriminate | - |
| (noun) the state of being total and complete | Synonyms: entireness, entirety, integrality |
| totalizator | (noun) computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won | Synonyms: pari-mutuel machine, totalisator, totaliser, totalizer |
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| totalizer | (noun) a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions | Synonyms: adding machine, totaliser |
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| (noun) computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won | Synonyms: pari-mutuel machine, totalisator, totaliser, totalizator |
| totara | (noun) valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves | Synonyms: Podocarpus totara |
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| tote | (noun) a capacious bag or basket | Synonyms: carryall, holdall, tote bag |
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| totem | (noun) emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians) | - |
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| (noun) a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object | - |
| totemism | (noun) belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem | - |
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| totemist | (noun) a person who belongs to a clan or tribe having a totem | - |
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| toter | (noun) someone whose employment involves carrying something | Synonyms: bearer, carrier |
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| totipotence | (noun) the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part | Synonyms: totipotency |
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| totipotency | (noun) the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part | Synonyms: totipotence |
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| totterer | (noun) someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall | Synonyms: reeler, staggerer |
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| toucan | (noun) brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak | - |
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| toucanet | (noun) small toucan | - |
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| touch | (noun) the act of putting two things together with no space between them | Synonyms: touching |
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| (noun) the feel of mechanical action | - |
| (noun) a distinguishing style | Synonyms: signature |
| (noun) the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands) | Synonyms: cutaneous senses, sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality |
| (noun) the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin | Synonyms: feeling, tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch sensation |
| (noun) deftness in handling matters | - |
| (noun) the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan) | - |
| (noun) a suggestion of some quality | Synonyms: ghost, trace |
| (noun) a communicative interaction | Synonyms: contact |
| (noun) the event of something coming in contact with the body | Synonyms: touching |
| (noun) a slight but appreciable amount | Synonyms: hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge |
| (noun) a slight attack of illness | Synonyms: spot |
| touchback | (noun) (American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone | - |
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| touchdown | (noun) a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line | - |
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| (noun) a landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanes | - |
| toucher | (noun) a person who causes or allows a part of the body to come in contact with someone or something | - |
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| touchiness | (noun) feeling easily irritated | Synonyms: testiness, tetchiness |
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| touching | (noun) the act of putting two things together with no space between them | Synonyms: touch |
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| (noun) the event of something coming in contact with the body | Synonyms: touch |
| touchline | (noun) either of the sidelines in soccer or rugby | - |
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| touchscreen | (noun) a computer display that enables the user to interact with the computer by touching areas on the screen | Synonyms: touch screen |
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| touchstone | (noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Synonyms: criterion, measure, standard |
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| touchwood | (noun) material for starting a fire | Synonyms: kindling, punk, spunk, tinder |
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| tough | (noun) an aggressive and violent young criminal | Synonyms: goon, hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, toughie |
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| (noun) a cruel and brutal fellow | Synonyms: bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, yob, yobbo, yobo |
| (noun) someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing | Synonyms: street fighter |
| toughie | (noun) a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem | Synonyms: poser, sticker, stumper |
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| (noun) an aggressive and violent young criminal | Synonyms: goon, hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough |
| toughness | (noun) the property of being big and strong | Synonyms: huskiness, ruggedness |
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| (noun) enduring strength and energy | Synonyms: stamina, staying power |
| (noun) impressive difficulty | Synonyms: formidability |
| (noun) the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking | Synonyms: temper |
| toupe | (noun) a small hairpiece to cover partial baldness | Synonyms: toupee |
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| toupee | (noun) a small hairpiece to cover partial baldness | Synonyms: toupe |
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| tour | (noun) a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area | Synonyms: circuit |
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| (noun) a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else) | Synonyms: go, spell, turn |
| (noun) a period of time spent in military service | Synonyms: duty tour, enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty |
| touraco | (noun) large brightly crested bird of Africa | Synonyms: turaco, turacou, turakoo |
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| tourer | (noun) large open car seating four with folding top | Synonyms: phaeton, touring car |
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| (noun) someone who travels for pleasure | Synonyms: holidaymaker, tourist |
| tourism | (noun) the business of providing services to tourists | Synonyms: touristry |
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| tourist | (noun) someone who travels for pleasure | Synonyms: holidaymaker, tourer |
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| touristry | (noun) the business of providing services to tourists | Synonyms: tourism |
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| tourmaline | (noun) a mineral that is a complex borosilicate and hydroxide of aluminum containing iron and magnesium and calcium and lithium and sodium; it is usually black but occurs in transparent colored forms that are used as gemstones | - |
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| tournament | (noun) a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner | Synonyms: tourney |
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| (noun) a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize | - |
| tournedos | (noun) thick steak cut from the beef tenderloin | - |
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| tourney | (noun) a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner | Synonyms: tournament |
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| tourniquet | (noun) bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure | Synonyms: compression bandage |
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| tourtiere | (noun) a meat pie that is usually eaten at Christmas in Quebec | - |
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| tout | (noun) someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way | Synonyms: touter |
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| (noun) one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack) | Synonyms: tipster |
| (noun) someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit | Synonyms: ticket tout |
| touter | (noun) someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way | Synonyms: tout |
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| tovarich | (noun) a comrade (especially in Russian communism) | Synonyms: tovarisch |
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| tovarisch | (noun) a comrade (especially in Russian communism) | Synonyms: tovarich |
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| tow | (noun) the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope | Synonyms: towage |
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| towage | (noun) the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope | Synonyms: tow |
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| towboat | (noun) a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships | Synonyms: tower, tug, tugboat |
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| towel | (noun) a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping | - |
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| toweling | (noun) any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels | Synonyms: towelling |
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| towelling | (noun) any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels | Synonyms: toweling |
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| tower | (noun) a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building | - |
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| (noun) anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower | Synonyms: column, pillar |
| (noun) a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships | Synonyms: towboat, tug, tugboat |
| towhead | (noun) a person with light blond hair | - |
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| towhee | (noun) any of numerous long-tailed American finches | - |
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| towline | (noun) (nautical) a rope used in towing | Synonyms: towing line, towing rope, towrope |
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| town | (noun) the people living in a municipality smaller than a city | Synonyms: townsfolk, townspeople |
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| (noun) an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city | - |
| (noun) an administrative division of a county | Synonyms: township |
| townee | (noun) townsman unacquainted with country life especially a slick and flashy male city dweller | - |
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| towner | (noun) a resident of a town or city | Synonyms: townsman |
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| townie | (noun) resident of a college town not affiliated with the college | Synonyms: towny |
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| townsfolk | (noun) the people living in a municipality smaller than a city | Synonyms: town, townspeople |
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| township | (noun) an administrative division of a county | Synonyms: town |
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| townsman | (noun) a person from the same town as yourself | - |
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| (noun) a resident of a town or city | Synonyms: towner |
| townspeople | (noun) the people living in a municipality smaller than a city | Synonyms: town, townsfolk |
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| towny | (noun) resident of a college town not affiliated with the college | Synonyms: townie |
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| towpath | (noun) a path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats | Synonyms: towing path |
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| towrope | (noun) (nautical) a rope used in towing | Synonyms: towing line, towing rope, towline |
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| toxaemia | (noun) blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood | Synonyms: toxemia |
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| (noun) an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine | Synonyms: toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxemia of pregnancy |
| toxemia | (noun) blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood | Synonyms: toxaemia |
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| (noun) an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine | Synonyms: toxaemia, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia of pregnancy |
| toxicant | (noun) any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism | Synonyms: poison, poisonous substance |
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| toxicity | (noun) grave harmfulness or deadliness | Synonyms: perniciousness |
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| (noun) the degree to which something is poisonous | - |
| toxicognath | (noun) either of a pair of poison fangs in the modified front pair of legs of the centipede | - |
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| toxicologist | (noun) one who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment | - |
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| toxicology | (noun) the branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons | - |
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| toxin | (noun) a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species | - |
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| toxoid | (noun) a bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin | Synonyms: anatoxin |
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| toxoplasmosis | (noun) infection caused by parasites transmitted to humans from infected cats; if contracted by a pregnant woman it can result in serious damage to the fetus | - |
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| toy | (noun) any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets | Synonyms: toy dog |
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| (noun) an artifact designed to be played with | Synonyms: plaything |
| (noun) a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size | Synonyms: miniature |
| (noun) a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier) | - |
| (noun) a device regarded as providing amusement | - |