| tripletail | (noun) large food fish of warm waters worldwide having long anal and dorsal fins that with a caudal fin suggest a three-lobed tail | - |
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| triplicate | (noun) one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly | - |
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| triplicity | (noun) the property of being triple | - |
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| (noun) (astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees | Synonyms: trigon |
| tripling | (noun) increase by a factor of three | - |
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| tripod | (noun) a three-legged rack used for support | - |
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| tripoli | (noun) a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing | Synonyms: rottenstone |
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| tripos | (noun) final honors degree examinations at Cambridge University | - |
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| tripper | (noun) a catch mechanism that acts as a switch | Synonyms: trip |
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| (noun) a tourist who is visiting sights of interest | Synonyms: excursionist, rubberneck, sightseer |
| (noun) a walker or runner who trips and almost falls | Synonyms: stumbler |
| (noun) (slang) someone who has taken a psychedelic drug and is undergoing hallucinations | - |
| tripton | (noun) The inorganic particulate matter suspended in bodies of water such as lakes and seas. | - |
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| triptych | (noun) art consisting of a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on three panels (usually hinged together) | - |
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| triquetral | (noun) a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones | Synonyms: cuneiform bone, os triquetrum, pyramidal bone, triquetral bone |
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| trireme | (noun) ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship having three tiers of oars on each side | - |
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| trisaccharide | (noun) any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield three monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis | - |
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| triskaidekaphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of the number 13 | - |
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| 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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| triskelion | (noun) a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center | Synonyms: triskele |
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| trismus | (noun) prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles | - |
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| trisomy | (noun) chrosomal abnormality in which there is one more than the normal number of chromosomes in a cell | - |
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| tristearin | (noun) a triglyceride of stearic acid | Synonyms: glycerol tristearate |
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| trisyllable | (noun) a word having three syllables | - |
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| tritanopia | (noun) rare form of dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to blue light resulting in an inability to distinguish blue and yellow | Synonyms: blue-blindness |
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| triteness | (noun) unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed | Synonyms: staleness |
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| tritheism | (noun) (Christianity) the heretical belief that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate gods | - |
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| tritheist | (noun) someone (not an orthodox Christian) who believes that the Father and Son and Holy Ghost are three separate gods | - |
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| tritium | (noun) a radioactive isotope of hydrogen; atoms of tritium have three times the mass of ordinary hydrogen atoms | - |
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| tritoma | (noun) a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers | Synonyms: flame-flower, flame flower, flameflower, kniphofia |
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| triton | (noun) small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia | Synonyms: newt |
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| (noun) tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells | - |
| triumph | (noun) a successful ending of a struggle or contest | Synonyms: victory |
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| (noun) the exultation of victory | - |
| triumvir | (noun) one of a group of three sharing public administration or civil authority especially in ancient Rome | - |
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| triumvirate | (noun) a group of three men responsible for public administration or civil authority | - |
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| trivet | (noun) a stand with short feet used under a hot dish on a table | - |
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| (noun) a three-legged metal stand for supporting a cooking vessel in a hearth | - |
| trivia | (noun) something of small importance | Synonyms: small beer, trifle, triviality |
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| triviality | (noun) something of small importance | Synonyms: small beer, trifle, trivia |
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| (noun) the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous | Synonyms: pettiness, puniness, slightness |
| (noun) a detail that is considered insignificant | Synonyms: trifle |
| trivium | (noun) (Middle Ages) an introductory curriculum at a medieval university involving grammar and logic and rhetoric; considered to be a triple way to eloquence | - |
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| trochanter | (noun) one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached | - |
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| troche | (noun) a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat | Synonyms: cough drop, pastil, pastille |
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| trochee | (noun) a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables | - |
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| trochlear | (noun) either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes | Synonyms: fourth cranial nerve, trochlear nerve, trochlearis |
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| trochlearis | (noun) either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes | Synonyms: fourth cranial nerve, trochlear, trochlear nerve |
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| troglodyte | (noun) someone who lives in a cave | Synonyms: cave dweller, cave man, caveman |
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| (noun) one who lives in solitude | Synonyms: hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian |
| trogon | (noun) forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails | - |
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| troika | (noun) a Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast | - |
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| (noun) a modern Russian triumvirate | - |
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet |
| trojan | (noun) a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful | Synonyms: trojan horse |
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| trojniak | (noun) a Polish mead, made using two units of water for each unit of honey. | - |
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| troll | (noun) angling by drawing a baited line through the water | Synonyms: trolling |
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| (noun) a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling | - |
| (noun) a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time | Synonyms: round |
| (noun) (Scandinavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains | - |
| troller | (noun) a fisherman who uses a hook and line | Synonyms: angler |
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| trolley | (noun) a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity | Synonyms: streetcar, tram, tramcar, trolley car |
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| trolleybus | (noun) a passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires | Synonyms: trackless trolley, trolley coach |
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| trolling | (noun) angling by drawing a baited line through the water | Synonyms: troll |
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| trollop | (noun) a woman adulterer | Synonyms: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet |
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| (noun) a dirty untidy woman | Synonyms: slattern, slovenly woman, slut |
| (noun) A sexually loose woman | Synonyms: ho, hoe, hussy, slut |
| trombiculiasis | (noun) infestation with chiggers | - |
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| trombiculid | (noun) mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates | - |
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| trombidiid | (noun) mite that in all stages feeds on other arthropods | - |
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| trombone | (noun) a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide | - |
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| trombonist | (noun) a musician who plays the trombone | Synonyms: trombone player |
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| trompillo | (noun) weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America | Synonyms: prairie berry, purple nightshade, silver-leaved nettle, silver-leaved nightshade, silverleaf nightshade, Solanum elaeagnifolium, white horse nettle |
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| troop | (noun) a group of soldiers | - |
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| (noun) an orderly crowd | Synonyms: flock |
| (noun) a unit of Girl or Boy Scouts | Synonyms: scout group, scout troop |
| (noun) a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company | - |
| trooper | (noun) a mounted police officer | - |
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| (noun) a soldier in a motorized army unit | Synonyms: cavalryman |
| (noun) a state police officer | Synonyms: state trooper |
| (noun) a soldier mounted on horseback | Synonyms: cavalryman |
| troops | (noun) soldiers collectively | Synonyms: military personnel, soldiery |
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| troopship | (noun) ship for transporting troops | - |
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| trope | (noun) language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Synonyms: figure, figure of speech, image |
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| trophobiosis | (noun) a symbiotic relation in which one organism protects the other in return for some kind of food product | - |
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| trophoblast | (noun) the membrane that forms the wall of the blastocyst in early development; aids implantation in the uterine wall | - |
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| trophotropism | (noun) an orienting response to food | - |
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| trophozoite | (noun) a sporozoan in the active feeding stage of its life cycle | - |
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| trophy | (noun) something given as a token of victory | Synonyms: prize |
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| (noun) an award for success in war or hunting | - |
| tropic | (noun) either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics | - |
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| tropicbird | (noun) mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land | Synonyms: boatswain bird, tropic bird |
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| tropics | (noun) the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate | Synonyms: Torrid Zone, tropical zone |
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| tropism | (noun) an involuntary orienting response; positive or negative reaction to a stimulus source | - |
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| troponomy | (noun) the place names of a region or a language considered collectively | Synonyms: troponymy |
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| troponym | (noun) a word that denotes a manner of doing something | Synonyms: manner name |
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| troponymy | (noun) the place names of a region or a language considered collectively | Synonyms: troponomy |
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| (noun) the semantic relation of being a manner of does something | - |
| tropopause | (noun) the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere | - |
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| troposphere | (noun) the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude) | - |
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| trot | (noun) a slow pace of running | Synonyms: jog, lope |
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| (noun) a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together | - |
| (noun) a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) | Synonyms: crib, pony |
| troth | (noun) a solemn pledge of fidelity | Synonyms: plight |
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| (noun) a mutual promise to marry | Synonyms: betrothal, engagement |
| trotline | (noun) a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) | Synonyms: setline, spiller, trawl, trawl line |
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| trotter | (noun) a horse trained to trot; especially a horse trained for harness racing | Synonyms: trotting horse |
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| (noun) foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food | - |
| troubadour | (noun) a singer of folk songs | Synonyms: folk singer, jongleur, minstrel, poet-singer |
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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 | - |
| troublemaker | (noun) someone who deliberately stirs up trouble | Synonyms: bad hat, mischief-maker, trouble maker, troubler |
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| troubler | (noun) someone who deliberately stirs up trouble | Synonyms: bad hat, mischief-maker, trouble maker, troublemaker |
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| troubleshooter | (noun) a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices) | Synonyms: trouble shooter |
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| troublesomeness | (noun) a difficulty that causes anxiety | Synonyms: inconvenience, worriment |
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| trough | (noun) a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater | Synonyms: gutter |
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| (noun) a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed | Synonyms: manger |
| (noun) a long narrow shallow receptacle | - |
| (noun) a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed) | - |
| (noun) a treasury for government funds | Synonyms: public treasury, till |
| (noun) a concave shape with an open top | Synonyms: bowl |
| trouncing | (noun) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | Synonyms: beating, drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, whacking |
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| (noun) a sound defeat | Synonyms: debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, walloping, whipping |
| troupe | (noun) organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical) | Synonyms: company |
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| trouper | (noun) an actor who travels around the country presenting plays | Synonyms: barnstormer, play-actor, playactor |
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| (noun) a person who is reliable and uncomplaining and hard working | - |
| trouser | (noun) a garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers | - |
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| trousering | (noun) any fabric used to make trousers | Synonyms: panting |
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| trousers | (noun) (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately | Synonyms: pair of trousers, pant |
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| trousseau | (noun) the personal outfit of a bride; clothes and accessories and linens | - |
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| trout | (noun) any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons | - |
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| (noun) flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes | - |
| trove | (noun) treasure of unknown ownership found hidden (usually in the earth) | Synonyms: treasure trove |
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| trowel | (noun) a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials | - |
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| troy | (noun) a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains | Synonyms: troy weight |
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| truancy | (noun) failure to attend (especially school) | Synonyms: hooky |
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| truant | (noun) one who is absent from school without permission | Synonyms: hooky player |
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| (noun) someone who shirks duty | Synonyms: no-show, nonattender |
| truce | (noun) a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms | Synonyms: armistice, cease-fire |
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