tachygraphy | (noun) a method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system | Synonyms: shorthand, stenography |
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tachylite | (noun) a basic or basalt glass | - |
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tachymeter | (noun) a theodolite designed for rapid measurements | Synonyms: tacheometer |
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taoiseach | (noun) the prime minister of the Irish Republic | - |
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tauromachy | (noun) the activity at a bullfight | Synonyms: bullfighting |
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teach | (verb) accustom gradually to some action or attitude | - |
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(verb) impart skills or knowledge to | Synonyms: instruct, learn |
teachable | (adjective) ready and willing to be taught | Synonyms: docile |
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teacher | (noun) a personified abstraction that teaches | - |
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(noun) a person whose occupation is teaching | Synonyms: instructor |
teachership | (noun) the position of teacher | - |
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teaching | (noun) the profession of a teacher | Synonyms: instruction, pedagogy |
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(noun) the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill | Synonyms: didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy |
(noun) a doctrine that is taught | Synonyms: commandment, precept |
tetrachlorethylene | (noun) anthelmintic agent used against hookworm and other nematodes | Synonyms: carbon dichloride, ethylene tetrachloride, tetrachloroethylene |
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tetrachloride | (noun) any compound that contains four chlorine atoms per molecule | - |
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tetrachloroethylene | (noun) anthelmintic agent used against hookworm and other nematodes | Synonyms: carbon dichloride, ethylene tetrachloride, tetrachlorethylene |
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tetrachloromethane | (noun) a colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined | Synonyms: carbon tet, carbon tetrachloride, perchloromethane |
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toothache | (noun) an ache localized in or around a tooth | Synonyms: odontalgia |
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trachea | (noun) membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi | Synonyms: windpipe |
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(noun) one of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids | - |
tracheal | (adjective) relating to or resembling or functioning like a trachea | - |
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tracheid | (noun) long tubular cell peculiar to xylem | - |
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tracheitis | (noun) inflammation of the trachea | - |
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tracheobronchitis | (noun) common respiratory infection characterized by inflammation of the trachea and the bronchi | - |
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tracheophyte | (noun) green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms | Synonyms: vascular plant |
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tracheostomy | (noun) a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes | Synonyms: tracheotomy |
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tracheotomy | (noun) a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes | Synonyms: tracheostomy |
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trachodon | (noun) large duck-billed dinosaur of the Cretaceous period | Synonyms: trachodont |
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trachodont | (noun) large duck-billed dinosaur of the Cretaceous period | Synonyms: trachodon |
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trachoma | (noun) a chronic contagious disease caused by a bacterium and marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue | - |
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treacherous | (adjective) dangerously unstable and unpredictable | Synonyms: unreliable |
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(adjective) tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans | Synonyms: perfidious, punic |
treacherously | (adverb) in a disloyal and faithless manner | Synonyms: faithlessly, false, traitorously, treasonably |
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treacherousness | (noun) The characteristic of providing insecure footing or support; of being marked by hidden dangers, hazards, or perils. | - |
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treachery | (noun) an act of deliberate betrayal | Synonyms: betrayal, perfidy, treason |
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(noun) betrayal of a trust | Synonyms: perfidiousness, perfidy |
unachievable | (adjective) impossible to achieve | Synonyms: unattainable, undoable, unrealizable |
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unachievably | (adverb) in an unattainable manner or to an unattainable degree | Synonyms: unattainably |
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unapproachability | (noun) a disposition to be unapproachable; unfriendly and inaccessible | - |
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unapproachable | (adjective) discouraging intimacies; reserved | - |
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(adjective) inaccessibly located or situated | Synonyms: out of reach, unreachable, unreached |
unattached | (adjective) not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship | Synonyms: uncommitted |
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(adjective) not fastened together | - |
(adjective) (of animals) able to swim about; not attached | Synonyms: free-swimming |
unbleached | (adjective) not artificially colored or bleached | Synonyms: uncolored, undyed |
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underachieve | (verb) perform less well or with less success than expected | Synonyms: underperform |
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underachievement | (noun) poorer than expected performance (poorer than might have been predicted from intelligence tests) | - |
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underachiever | (noun) a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates | Synonyms: nonachiever, underperformer |
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unimpeachable | (adjective) completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach | Synonyms: unexceptionable |
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(adjective) free of guilt; not subject to blame | Synonyms: blameless, inculpable, irreproachable |
(adjective) beyond doubt or reproach | - |
unimpeachably | (adverb) without question | Synonyms: unquestionably |
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unreachable | (adjective) inaccessibly located or situated | Synonyms: out of reach, unapproachable, unreached |
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unreached | (adjective) inaccessibly located or situated | Synonyms: out of reach, unapproachable, unreachable |
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unteach | (verb) cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier | - |
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(verb) cause to unlearn | - |
viscacha | (noun) gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas | Synonyms: chinchillon, Lagostomus maximus |
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yacht | (noun) an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing | Synonyms: racing yacht |
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(verb) travel in a yacht | - |
yachting | (noun) water travel for pleasure | Synonyms: boating |
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yachtsman | (noun) a male person who owns or sails a yacht | - |
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yachtsperson | (noun) a person who owns or sails a yacht | - |
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yachtswoman | (noun) a female person who owns or sails a yacht | - |
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