| acatalectic | (adjective) (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot | - |
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| (noun) (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables | - |
| catalectic | (adjective) (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot | - |
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| (noun) (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot | - |
| catalepsy | (noun) a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli | - |
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| cataleptic | (adjective) of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy | - |
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| (noun) a person suffering from catalepsy | - |
| catalexis | (noun) the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse | - |
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| fairytale | (noun) a story about fairies; told to amuse children | Synonyms: fairy story, fairy tale |
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| (noun) an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse | Synonyms: cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, song and dance |
| folktale | (noun) a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk | Synonyms: folk tale |
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| hypercatalectic | (adjective) (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot | - |
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| (noun) (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot | - |
| hysterocatalepsy | (noun) hysteria with cataleptic symptoms | - |
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| metalepsis | (noun) substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another | - |
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| orbitale | (noun) the craniometric point at the lowest point on the lower edge of the orbit | Synonyms: orbital point |
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| petaled | (adjective) (of flowers) having petals | Synonyms: petalled, petalous |
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| stale | (adjective) lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age | - |
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| (adjective) lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new | Synonyms: cold, dusty, moth-eaten |
| (verb) urinate, of cattle and horses | - |
| stalemate | (noun) drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check | - |
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| (noun) a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible | Synonyms: dead end, deadlock, impasse, standstill |
| (verb) subject to a stalemate | - |
| stalemated | (adjective) at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions | Synonyms: deadlocked |
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| staleness | (noun) having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging | - |
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| (noun) unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed | Synonyms: triteness |
| tale | (noun) a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program | Synonyms: narration, narrative, story |
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| (noun) a trivial lie | Synonyms: fib, story, taradiddle, tarradiddle |
| talebearer | (noun) someone who gossips indiscreetly | Synonyms: blabbermouth, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale |
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| talebearing | (adjective) prone to communicate confidential information | Synonyms: blabbermouthed, leaky, tattling |
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| talent | (noun) natural abilities or qualities | Synonyms: endowment, gift, natural endowment |
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| (noun) a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity | - |
| talented | (adjective) endowed with talent or talents | Synonyms: gifted |
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| talentless | (adjective) devoid of talent; not gifted | Synonyms: untalented |
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| talentlessness | (noun) a lack of talent | - |
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| taleteller | (noun) someone who gossips indiscreetly | Synonyms: blabbermouth, talebearer, tattler, tattletale, telltale |
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| tattletale | (noun) someone who gossips indiscreetly | Synonyms: blabbermouth, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, telltale |
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| teetotaler | (noun) a total abstainer | Synonyms: teetotalist, teetotaller |
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| telltale | (adjective) disclosing unintentionally something concealed | Synonyms: revealing, telling |
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| (noun) someone who gossips indiscreetly | Synonyms: blabbermouth, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale |
| totaled | (adjective) used of automobiles; completely demolished | Synonyms: totalled |
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| untalented | (adjective) devoid of talent; not gifted | Synonyms: talentless |
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