| tesseract | (noun) the four-dimensional analogue of a cube | - |
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| test | (noun) the act of testing something | Synonyms: run, trial |
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| (noun) any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc | Synonyms: mental test, mental testing, psychometric test |
| (noun) the act of undergoing testing | Synonyms: trial |
| (noun) a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins | - |
| (noun) trying something to find out about it | Synonyms: trial, trial run, tryout |
| (noun) a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge | Synonyms: exam, examination |
| (verb) undergo a test | - |
| (verb) examine someone's knowledge of something | Synonyms: quiz |
| (verb) determine the presence or properties of (a substance) | - |
| (verb) achieve a certain score or rating on a test | - |
| (verb) put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to | Synonyms: essay, examine, prove, try, try out |
| (verb) test or examine for the presence of disease or infection | Synonyms: screen |
| (verb) show a certain characteristic when tested | - |
| testa | (noun) protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants | Synonyms: episperm, seed coat |
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| testacean | (noun) any of various rhizopods of the order Testacea characterized by having a shell | - |
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| testaceous | (adjective) relating to or possessing a testa or hard shell | - |
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| testament | (noun) a profession of belief | - |
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| (noun) a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die | Synonyms: will |
| (noun) strong evidence for something | - |
| testamentary | (adjective) of or relating to a will or testament or bequeathed by a will or testament | - |
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| testate | (adjective) having made a legally valid will before death | - |
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| (noun) a person who makes a will | Synonyms: testator |
| testator | (noun) a person who makes a will | Synonyms: testate |
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| testatrix | (noun) a female testator | - |
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| testcross | (noun) a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring | Synonyms: test-cross |
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| tested | (adjective) tested and proved useful or correct | Synonyms: tried, well-tried |
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| (adjective) tested and proved to be reliable | Synonyms: time-tested, tried, tried and true |
| testee | (noun) someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination) | Synonyms: examinee |
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| tester | (noun) a flat canopy (especially one over a four-poster bed) | - |
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| (noun) someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications | Synonyms: examiner, quizzer |
| testicle | (noun) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens | Synonyms: ball, ballock, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testis |
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| testicular | (adjective) of or involving the testes | - |
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| testiere | (noun) medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head | Synonyms: chamfron, chanfron, front-stall, frontstall |
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| testifier | (noun) a person who testifies or gives a deposition | Synonyms: deponent, deposer |
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| testify | (verb) give testimony in a court of law | Synonyms: attest, bear witness, take the stand |
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| (verb) provide evidence for | Synonyms: bear witness, evidence, prove, show |
| testily | (adverb) in a petulant manner | Synonyms: irritably, pettishly, petulantly |
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| testimonial | (adjective) of or relating to or constituting testimony | - |
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| (adjective) expressing admiration or appreciation | - |
| (noun) something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable | Synonyms: good word, recommendation |
| (noun) something given or done as an expression of esteem | Synonyms: tribute |
| (noun) something that serves as evidence | Synonyms: testimony |
| testimony | (noun) a solemn statement made under oath | - |
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| (noun) an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact | - |
| (noun) something that serves as evidence | Synonyms: testimonial |
| testiness | (noun) feeling easily irritated | Synonyms: tetchiness, touchiness |
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| testing | (noun) the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works | - |
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| (noun) the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned | Synonyms: examination |
| (noun) an examination of the characteristics of something | - |
| testis | (noun) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens | Synonyms: ball, ballock, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle |
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| testosterone | (noun) a potent androgenic hormone produced chiefly by the testes; responsible for the development of male secondary sex characteristics | - |
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| testudo | (noun) a movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification | - |
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| testy | (adjective) easily irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, tetchy |
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| tetanic | (adjective) of or relating to or causing tetanus | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or causing tetany | - |
| tetanilla | (noun) clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis | Synonyms: apyretic tetanus, intermittent cramp, intermittent tetanus, tetany |
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| tetanus | (noun) a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses | - |
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| (noun) an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages | Synonyms: lockjaw |
| tetany | (noun) clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis | Synonyms: apyretic tetanus, intermittent cramp, intermittent tetanus, tetanilla |
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| tetartanopia | (noun) a form of dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to yellow light; so rare that its existence has been questioned | Synonyms: yellow-blindness |
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| tetchily | (adverb) in an ill-natured and tetchy manner | - |
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| tetchiness | (noun) feeling easily irritated | Synonyms: testiness, touchiness |
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| tetchy | (adjective) easily irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy |
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| teth | (noun) the 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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| tether | (noun) restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal | Synonyms: lead, leash |
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| (verb) tie with a tether | - |
| tetherball | (noun) a game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to wrap the string around the pole | - |
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| tethered | (adjective) confined or restricted with or as if with a rope or chain | - |
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| tetra | (noun) brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes | - |
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| tetracaine | (noun) a crystalline compound used in the form of a hydrochloride as a local anesthetic | - |
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| 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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| tetracycline | (noun) an antibiotic (trade name Achromycin) derived from microorganisms of the genus Streptomyces and used broadly to treat infections | Synonyms: Achromycin |
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| tetrad | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, foursome, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity |
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| tetrafluoroethylene | (noun) a flammable gaseous fluorocarbon used in making plastics (polytetrafluoroethylene resins) | - |
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| tetragen | (noun) any chemical element that belongs to the carbon group. | Synonyms: carbon group element, crystallogen, Group 14 element, tetrel |
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| tetragon | (noun) a four-sided polygon | Synonyms: quadrangle, quadrilateral |
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| tetragonal | (adjective) of or relating to or shaped like a quadrilateral | - |
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| tetragram | (noun) a word that is written with four letters in an alphabetic writing system | - |
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| tetrahalide | (noun) any halide containing four halogen atoms in its molecules | - |
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| tetrahedron | (noun) any polyhedron having four plane faces | - |
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| tetrahydrocannabinol | (noun) psychoactive substance present in marijuana | Synonyms: THC |
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| tetrahymena | (noun) relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research | - |
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| tetraiodothyronine | (noun) hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells | Synonyms: T, thyroxin, thyroxine |
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| tetralogy | (noun) a series of four related works (plays or operas or novels) | - |
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| tetramerous | (adjective) having or consisting of four similar parts; tetramerous flowers | - |
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| tetrameter | (noun) a verse line having four metrical feet | - |
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| tetramethyldiarsine | (noun) a poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups; undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air | Synonyms: cacodyl |
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| tetrametric | (adjective) of or relating to verse lines written in tetrameter | - |
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| tetranychid | (noun) web-spinning mite that attacks garden plants and fruit trees | Synonyms: spider mite |
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| tetrapod | (noun) a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages | - |
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| tetrasaccharide | (noun) any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield four monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis | - |
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| tetraskele | (noun) a figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center | Synonyms: tetraskelion |
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| tetraskelion | (noun) a figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center | Synonyms: tetraskele |
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| tetrasporangium | (noun) a sporangium containing four asexual spores | - |
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| tetraspore | (noun) one of the four asexual spores produced within a sporangium | - |
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| tetravalent | (adjective) having a valence of four | - |
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| tetrel | (noun) any chemical element that belongs to the carbon group. | Synonyms: carbon group element, crystallogen, Group 14 element, tetragen |
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| tetri | (noun) 100 tetri equal 1 lari in Georgia | - |
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| tetrode | (noun) a thermionic tube having four electrodes | - |
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| tetrodotoxin | (noun) a powerful neurotoxin found in the ovaries of pufferfish | - |
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| tetrose | (noun) any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per molecule | - |
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| tetroxide | (noun) an oxide containing four atoms of oxygen in the molecule | - |
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| tetryl | (noun) a yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators | Synonyms: nitramine |
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| tetterwort | (noun) perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant | Synonyms: bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, Sanguinaria canadensis |
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| tettigoniid | (noun) grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male | Synonyms: long-horned grasshopper |
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| text | (noun) the words of something written | Synonyms: textual matter |
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| (noun) the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.) | - |
| (noun) a book prepared for use in schools or colleges | Synonyms: school text, schoolbook, text edition, textbook |
| (noun) a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon | - |
| (verb) to send a message by SMS or similar text-based messaging service | - |
| textbook | (adjective) according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical | Synonyms: casebook |
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| (noun) a book prepared for use in schools or colleges | Synonyms: school text, schoolbook, text, text edition |
| textile | (adjective) of or relating to fabrics or fabric making | - |
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| (noun) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | Synonyms: cloth, fabric, material |
| texting | (noun) the act of sending messages via SMS | - |
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| textolite | (noun) a laminated composite material used for electrotechnical components, inserts and bearings. | - |
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| textual | (adjective) of or relating to or based on a text | - |
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| texture | (noun) the feel of a surface or a fabric | - |
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| (noun) the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality | - |
| (noun) the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together | - |
| (noun) the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) | Synonyms: grain |
| (noun) the essential quality of something | - |
| textured | (adjective) having surface roughness | Synonyms: coarse-textured, rough-textured |
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| thalamocortical | (adjective) relating to or connecting the cortex and thalamus | - |
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| thalamus | (noun) large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon | - |
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| thalassaemia | (noun) an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin | Synonyms: Mediterranean anaemia, Mediterranean anemia, thalassemia |
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| thalassemia | (noun) an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin | Synonyms: Mediterranean anaemia, Mediterranean anemia, thalassaemia |
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| thalassic | (adjective) relating to the seas, especially smaller or inland seas | - |
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| thalidomide | (noun) a sedative and hypnotic drug; withdrawn from sale after discovered to cause severe birth defects because it inhibits angiogenesis | - |
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| thallium | (noun) a soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air; it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons; occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores | Synonyms: atomic number 81, Tl |
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| thalloid | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling or consisting of a thallus | - |
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| thallophyte | (noun) any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting principally of a thallus and thus showing no differentiation into stem and root and leaf | - |
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| thallophytic | (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of thallophytes | - |
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| thallus | (noun) a plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes | - |
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| thalmencephalon | (noun) the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon | Synonyms: betweenbrain, diencephalon, interbrain |
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