| telocentric | (adjective) having the form of a straight rod because the centromere is in a terminal position | - |
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| telomerase | (noun) an enzyme in eukaryotic cells that can add telomeres to the ends of chromosomes after they divide | - |
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| telomere | (noun) either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome | - |
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| telophase | (noun) the final stage of mitosis | - |
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| (noun) the final stage of meiosis when the chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle | - |
| telpher | (noun) one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage | Synonyms: telfer |
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| telpherage | (noun) a transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity | Synonyms: telferage |
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| telsontail | (noun) any of several minute primitive wingless and eyeless insects having a cone-shaped head; inhabit damp soil or decaying organic matter | Synonyms: proturan |
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| temazepam | (noun) a frequently prescribed benzodiazepine (trade name Restoril); takes effect slowly and lasts long enough to help those people who wake up frequently during the night | Synonyms: Restoril |
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| temblor | (noun) shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity | Synonyms: earthquake, quake, seism |
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| temerarious | (adjective) presumptuously daring | Synonyms: daredevil |
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| temerity | (noun) fearless daring | Synonyms: audaciousness, audacity |
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| temp | (noun) a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis | Synonyms: temporary, temporary worker |
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| temper | (noun) the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking | Synonyms: toughness |
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| (noun) a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger | Synonyms: biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness |
| (noun) a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling | Synonyms: humor, humour, mood |
| (noun) a sudden outburst of anger | Synonyms: irritation, pique |
| (verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | Synonyms: moderate, mollify, season |
| (verb) adjust the pitch (of pianos) | - |
| (verb) harden by reheating and cooling in oil | Synonyms: harden |
| (verb) change by restraining or moderating | Synonyms: chasten |
| (verb) bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling | Synonyms: anneal, normalize |
| tempera | (noun) pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk | Synonyms: poster color, poster colour, poster paint |
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| temperament | (noun) an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys | - |
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| (noun) your usual mood | Synonyms: disposition |
| (noun) excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly) | - |
| temperamental | (adjective) relating to or caused by temperament | - |
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| (adjective) subject to sharply varying moods | Synonyms: moody |
| (adjective) likely to perform unpredictably | Synonyms: erratic |
| temperamentally | (adverb) by temperament | - |
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| temperance | (noun) abstaining from excess | Synonyms: sobriety |
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| (noun) the act of tempering | - |
| (noun) the trait of avoiding excesses | Synonyms: moderation |
| temperate | (adjective) not extreme in behavior | - |
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| (adjective) (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate | - |
| (adjective) not extreme | Synonyms: moderate |
| temperately | (adverb) without extravagance | - |
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| (adverb) with restraint | - |
| (adverb) in a sparing manner; without overindulgence | Synonyms: abstemiously |
| temperateness | (noun) exhibiting restraint imposed on the self | Synonyms: self-restraint |
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| (noun) moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities | Synonyms: fair weather, sunshine |
| temperature | (noun) the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) | - |
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| (noun) the somatic sensation of cold or heat | - |
| tempered | (adjective) adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element | - |
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| (adjective) made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment | Synonyms: hardened, toughened, treated |
| tempering | (adjective) moderating by making more temperate | - |
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| (noun) hardening something by heat treatment | Synonyms: annealing |
| tempest | (noun) (literary) a violent wind | - |
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| (noun) a violent commotion or disturbance | Synonyms: storm |
| tempestuous | (adjective) (of the elements) as if showing violent anger | Synonyms: angry, furious, raging, wild |
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| (adjective) characterized by violent emotions or behavior | Synonyms: stormy |
| tempestuousness | (noun) a state of wild storminess | - |
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| (noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development | Synonyms: agitation, ferment, fermentation, unrest |
| template | (noun) a model or standard for making comparisons | Synonyms: guide, templet |
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| temple | (noun) place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity | - |
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| (noun) an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes | - |
| (noun) (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation | Synonyms: synagogue, tabernacle |
| (noun) the flat area on either side of the forehead | - |
| templet | (noun) a model or standard for making comparisons | Synonyms: guide, template |
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| tempo | (noun) the rate of some repeating event | Synonyms: pace |
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| (noun) (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played | Synonyms: pacing |
| temporal | (adjective) characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world | Synonyms: secular, worldly |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit) | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to or limited by time | - |
| (adjective) of this earth or world | - |
| (adjective) not eternal | - |
| (noun) the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb | Synonyms: temporal role |
| temporalis | (noun) muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws | Synonyms: musculus temporalis, temporal muscle, temporalis muscle |
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| temporality | (noun) the worldly possessions of a church | Synonyms: temporalty |
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| temporalization | (noun) The act or process of placing or defining in time relations. | - |
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| temporally | (adverb) with regard to temporal order | - |
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| temporalty | (noun) in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy | Synonyms: laity |
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| (noun) the worldly possessions of a church | Synonyms: temporality |
| temporarily | (adverb) for a limited time only; not permanently | - |
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| temporariness | (noun) the property of lasting only a short time | - |
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| temporary | (adjective) not permanent; not lasting | Synonyms: impermanent |
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| (adjective) lacking continuity or regularity | Synonyms: irregular |
| (noun) a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis | Synonyms: temp, temporary worker |
| temporise | (verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time | Synonyms: temporize |
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| temporiser | (noun) someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time | Synonyms: temporizer |
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| temporize | (verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time | Synonyms: temporise |
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| temporizer | (noun) someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time | Synonyms: temporiser |
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| tempt | (verb) induce into action by using one's charm | Synonyms: charm, influence |
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| (verb) dispose or incline or entice to | Synonyms: allure |
| (verb) try presumptuously | - |
| (verb) provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion | Synonyms: entice, lure |
| (verb) give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting | Synonyms: invite |
| (verb) try to seduce | - |
| temptable | (adjective) susceptible to temptation | - |
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| temptation | (noun) the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire | Synonyms: enticement |
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| (noun) something that seduces or has the quality to seduce | Synonyms: enticement |
| (noun) the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid | - |
| tempter | (noun) a person who tempts others | - |
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| tempting | (adjective) very pleasantly inviting | Synonyms: tantalising, tantalizing |
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| (adjective) highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire | Synonyms: alluring, beguiling, enticing |
| temptingly | (adverb) in a tempting seductive manner | Synonyms: seductively |
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| temptingness | (noun) the power to entice or attract through personal charm | Synonyms: allure, allurement |
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| temptress | (noun) a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive | Synonyms: Delilah, enchantress, femme fatale, siren |
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| tempura | (noun) vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried | - |
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| ten | (adjective) being one more than nine | Synonyms: 10, x |
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| (noun) one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face | Synonyms: ten-spot |
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system | Synonyms: 10, decade, tenner, X |
| tenability | (noun) the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person | Synonyms: reasonableness, tenableness |
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| tenable | (adjective) based on sound reasoning or evidence | Synonyms: well-founded |
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| tenableness | (noun) the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person | Synonyms: reasonableness, tenability |
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| tenacious | (adjective) good at remembering | Synonyms: long, recollective, retentive |
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| (adjective) sticking together | Synonyms: coherent |
| (adjective) stubbornly unyielding | Synonyms: dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, unyielding |
| tenaciously | (adverb) with obstinate determination | Synonyms: doggedly |
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| tenaciousness | (noun) persistent determination | Synonyms: doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinacity, tenacity |
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| tenacity | (noun) persistent determination | Synonyms: doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness |
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| tenancy | (noun) an act of being a tenant or occupant | Synonyms: occupancy |
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| tenant | (noun) someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else | Synonyms: renter |
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| (noun) any occupant who dwells in a place | - |
| (noun) a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease) | - |
| (verb) occupy as a tenant | - |
| tenanted | (adjective) resided in; having tenants | Synonyms: occupied |
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| tenantry | (noun) tenants of an estate considered as a group | - |
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| tench | (noun) freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water | Synonyms: Tinca tinca |
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| tend | (verb) have care of or look after | - |
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| (verb) manage or run | - |
| (verb) have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined | Synonyms: be given, incline, lean, run |
| tendencious | (adjective) having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one | Synonyms: tendentious |
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| tendency | (noun) a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect | Synonyms: inclination |
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| (noun) an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others | Synonyms: disposition, inclination |
| (noun) an inclination to do something | Synonyms: leaning, propensity |
| (noun) a general direction in which something tends to move | Synonyms: trend |
| tendentious | (adjective) having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one | Synonyms: tendencious |
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| tendentiously | (adverb) in a tendentious manner | - |
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| tendentiousness | (noun) an intentional and controversial bias | - |
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| tender | (adjective) easy to cut or chew | - |
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| (adjective) physically untoughened | Synonyms: untoughened |
| (adjective) given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality | - |
| (adjective) (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition | - |
| (adjective) having or displaying warmth or affection | Synonyms: affectionate, fond, lovesome |
| (adjective) hurting | Synonyms: raw, sensitive, sore |
| (adjective) (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail | Synonyms: crank, cranky, tippy |
| (adjective) young and immature | - |
| (noun) ship that usually provides supplies to other ships | Synonyms: supply ship |
| (noun) a boat for communication between ship and shore | Synonyms: cutter, pinnace, ship's boat |
| (noun) car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water | - |
| (noun) a formal proposal to buy at a specified price | Synonyms: bid |
| (noun) someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another | Synonyms: attendant, attender |
| (noun) something that can be used as an official medium of payment | Synonyms: legal tender, stamp |
| (verb) make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer | Synonyms: tenderise, tenderize |
| (verb) make a tender of; in legal settlements | - |
| (verb) offer or present for acceptance | - |
| (verb) propose a payment | Synonyms: bid, offer |
| tenderfoot | (noun) an inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living) | - |
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| tendergreen | (noun) Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliage | Synonyms: Brassica perviridis, Brassica rapa perviridis, spinach mustard |
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| tenderhearted | (adjective) easily moved by another's distress | - |
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| (adjective) easily moved to love | - |
| tenderheartedness | (noun) warm compassionate feelings | Synonyms: tenderness |
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| tenderisation | (noun) the act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it | Synonyms: tenderization |
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| tenderise | (verb) make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer | Synonyms: tender, tenderize |
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| tenderised | (adjective) made tender as by marinating or pounding | Synonyms: tenderized |
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| tenderiser | (noun) a substance (as the plant enzyme papain) applied to meat to make it tender | Synonyms: tenderizer |
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| tenderization | (noun) the act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it | Synonyms: tenderisation |
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| tenderize | (verb) make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer | Synonyms: tender, tenderise |
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| tenderized | (adjective) made tender as by marinating or pounding | Synonyms: tenderised |
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| tenderizer | (noun) a substance (as the plant enzyme papain) applied to meat to make it tender | Synonyms: tenderiser |
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| tenderloin | (noun) the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column | Synonyms: undercut |
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| (noun) a city district known for its vice and high crime rate | Synonyms: combat zone |
| tenderly | (adverb) with tenderness; in a tender manner | - |
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| tenderness | (noun) a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling | - |
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| (noun) a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless) | Synonyms: softheartedness |
| (noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, warmheartedness, warmness |
| (noun) warm compassionate feelings | Synonyms: tenderheartedness |
| (noun) a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched) | Synonyms: rawness, soreness |
| tending | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward | Synonyms: apt, disposed, given, minded |
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| (noun) the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something | Synonyms: aid, attention, care |
| tendinitis | (noun) inflammation of a tendon | Synonyms: tendonitis, tenonitis |
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| tendinous | (adjective) consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon | Synonyms: sinewy |
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| tendon | (noun) a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment | Synonyms: sinew |
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| tendonitis | (noun) inflammation of a tendon | Synonyms: tendinitis, tenonitis |
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| tendosynovitis | (noun) inflammation of a tendon and its enveloping sheath | Synonyms: tendonous synovitis, tenosynovitis |
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| tendrac | (noun) small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog | Synonyms: tenrec |
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| tendril | (noun) slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support | - |
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| tenebrific | (adjective) dark and gloomy | Synonyms: tenebrious, tenebrous |
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| tenebrionid | (noun) sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain | Synonyms: darkling beetle, darkling groung beetle |
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| tenebrious | (adjective) dark and gloomy | Synonyms: tenebrific, tenebrous |
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| tenebrous | (adjective) dark and gloomy | Synonyms: tenebrific, tenebrious |
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