thumbnail | (noun) the nail of the thumb | - |
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tinfoil | (noun) foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead | Synonyms: tin foil |
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toenail | (noun) the nail at the end of a toe | - |
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(verb) drive obliquely | Synonyms: toe |
toil | (noun) productive work (especially physical work done for wages) | Synonyms: labor, labour |
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(verb) work hard | Synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, travail |
tonsil | (noun) either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx | Synonyms: faucial tonsil, palatine tonsil, tonsilla |
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topsail | (noun) a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast | - |
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topsoil | (noun) the layer of soil on the surface | Synonyms: surface soil |
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trail | (noun) a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country | - |
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(noun) evidence pointing to a possible solution | Synonyms: lead, track |
(noun) a track or mark left by something that has passed | - |
(verb) drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground | Synonyms: train |
(verb) hang down so as to drag along the ground | - |
(verb) go after with the intent to catch | Synonyms: chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track |
(verb) move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly | Synonyms: shack |
(verb) to lag or linger behind | Synonyms: drag, drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back |
trandolapril | (noun) an ACE inhibiting drug (trade name Mavik) used in some patients after a heart attack or to treat hypertension | Synonyms: Mavik |
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tranquil | (adjective) (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves | Synonyms: placid, quiet, smooth, still, unruffled |
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(adjective) not agitated; without losing self-possession | Synonyms: calm, serene, unagitated |
travail | (noun) use of physical or mental energy; hard work | Synonyms: effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat |
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(noun) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child | Synonyms: childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency |
(verb) work hard | Synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil |
treenail | (noun) a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast | Synonyms: trenail, trunnel |
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trefoil | (noun) an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle | - |
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(noun) a plant of the genus Trifolium | Synonyms: clover |
(noun) any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves | Synonyms: medic, medick |
trenail | (noun) a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast | Synonyms: treenail, trunnel |
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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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tumbril | (noun) a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution | Synonyms: tumbrel |
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turmoil | (noun) disturbance usually in protest | Synonyms: agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, upheaval |
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(noun) violent agitation | Synonyms: tumult |
(noun) a violent disturbance | Synonyms: convulsion, upheaval |
uncivil | (adjective) lacking civility or good manners | Synonyms: rude |
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uncoil | (verb) unwind or untwist | - |
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undersoil | (noun) the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock | Synonyms: subsoil |
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unveil | (verb) remove the veil from | - |
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(verb) remove the cover from | - |
(verb) make manifest | Synonyms: bring out, reveal |
uracil | (noun) a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine | Synonyms: U |
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utensil | (noun) an implement for practical use (especially in a household) | - |
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vardenafil | (noun) virility drug (trade name Levitra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men | Synonyms: Levitra |
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veil | (noun) a garment that covers the head and face | Synonyms: head covering |
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(noun) a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl | Synonyms: humeral veil |
(noun) the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) | Synonyms: caul, embryonic membrane |
(noun) a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms | Synonyms: velum |
(verb) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | Synonyms: blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure |
(verb) to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil | - |
ventail | (noun) a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck | Synonyms: aventail, camail |
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verapamil | (noun) a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine | Synonyms: Calan, Isoptin |
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verticil | (noun) a whorl of leaves growing around a stem | - |
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vigil | (noun) a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe | Synonyms: watch |
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(noun) the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) | Synonyms: watch |
(noun) a period of sleeplessness | - |
voicemail | (noun) a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed | Synonyms: voice mail |
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wagtail | (noun) Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks | - |
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wail | (noun) a cry of sorrow and grief | Synonyms: lament, lamentation, plaint |
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(verb) cry weakly or softly | Synonyms: mewl, pule, whimper |
(verb) emit long loud cries | Synonyms: howl, roar, ululate, yaup, yawl |
wassail | (noun) a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas | - |
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(verb) propose a toast to | Synonyms: drink, pledge, salute, toast |
(verb) celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities | Synonyms: jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopee, racket, revel, whoop it up |
weevil | (noun) any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles | - |
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whiptail | (noun) any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards | Synonyms: whiptail lizard |
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whitetail | (noun) common North American deer; tail has a white underside | Synonyms: Odocoileus Virginianus, Virginia deer, white-tailed deer, white tail, whitetail deer |
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yellowtail | (noun) superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail | Synonyms: Ocyurus chrysurus, yellowtail snapper |
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(noun) game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin | Synonyms: Seriola dorsalis |
zoril | (noun) muishond of northern Africa | Synonyms: Ictonyx frenata |
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