transvestitism | (noun) the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex | Synonyms: cross dressing, transvestism |
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tranylcypromine | (noun) an antidepressant drug that is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor; administered as a sulfate | - |
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trap | (noun) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise | Synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, lying in wait |
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(noun) a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned | - |
(noun) a light two-wheeled carriage | - |
(noun) a hazard on a golf course | Synonyms: bunker, sand trap |
(noun) a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters | - |
(noun) drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas | - |
(noun) informal terms for the mouth | Synonyms: cakehole, gob, hole, maw, yap |
(noun) something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares | Synonyms: snare |
(verb) catch in or as if in a trap | Synonyms: ensnare, entrap, snare, trammel |
(verb) hold or catch as if in a trap | - |
(verb) to hold fast or prevent from moving | Synonyms: immobilise, immobilize, pin |
(verb) to sell marijuana on a street corner | - |
(verb) place in a confining or embarrassing position | Synonyms: pin down |
trapeze | (noun) a swing used by circus acrobats | - |
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trapezium | (noun) the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals | Synonyms: os trapezium, trapezium bone |
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(noun) a quadrilateral with no parallel sides | - |
trapezius | (noun) either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms | Synonyms: cowl muscle, musculus trapezius, trapezius muscle |
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trapezohedron | (noun) a polyhedron whose faces are trapeziums | - |
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trapezoid | (noun) the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones | Synonyms: os trapezoideum, trapezoid bone |
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(noun) a quadrilateral with two parallel sides | - |
trapezoidal | (adjective) resembling a trapezoid | - |
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trapped | (adjective) forced to turn and face attackers | Synonyms: at bay, cornered, treed |
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trapper | (noun) someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs) | - |
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trapping | (noun) stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse | Synonyms: caparison, housing |
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trappings | (noun) (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel | Synonyms: furnishing |
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trapshooter | (noun) a person who engages in shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled into the air by a trap | - |
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trapshooting | (noun) the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird | Synonyms: skeet, skeet shooting |
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trash | (noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu |
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(noun) nonsensical talk or writing | Synonyms: applesauce, codswallop, folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, wish-wash |
(noun) worthless people | Synonyms: scum |
(noun) worthless material that is to be disposed of | Synonyms: rubbish, scrap |
(verb) express a totally negative opinion of | Synonyms: pan, tear apart |
(verb) dispose of (something useless or old) | Synonyms: junk, scrap |
trashiness | (noun) the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better | Synonyms: shoddiness |
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trashy | (adjective) tastelessly showy | Synonyms: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry |
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(adjective) cheap and inferior; of no value | Synonyms: rubbishy |
trauma | (noun) an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects | Synonyms: psychic trauma |
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(noun) any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury | Synonyms: harm, hurt, injury |
traumatic | (adjective) of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body | - |
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(adjective) psychologically painful | - |
traumatise | (verb) inflict a trauma upon | Synonyms: shock, traumatize |
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traumatize | (verb) inflict a trauma upon | Synonyms: shock, traumatise |
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traumatology | (noun) the branch of medicine that deals with the surgical repair of injuries and wounds arising from accidents | Synonyms: accident surgery |
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traumatophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of battle or physical injury | - |
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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 |
trave | (noun) a horizontal beam that extends across something | Synonyms: crossbeam, crosspiece, traverse |
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travel | (noun) the act of going from one place to another | Synonyms: traveling, travelling |
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(noun) self-propelled movement | Synonyms: locomotion |
(noun) a movement through space that changes the location of something | Synonyms: change of location |
(verb) change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically | Synonyms: go, locomote, move |
(verb) make a trip for pleasure | Synonyms: jaunt, trip |
(verb) travel upon or across | Synonyms: journey |
(verb) undergo transportation as in a vehicle | - |
(verb) undertake a journey or trip | Synonyms: journey |
(verb) travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge | Synonyms: move around |
travelable | (adjective) capable of being traversed | Synonyms: traversable |
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traveled | (adjective) traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining term | - |
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(adjective) familiar with many parts of the world | Synonyms: travelled |
traveler | (noun) a person who changes location | Synonyms: traveller |
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traveling | (noun) the act of going from one place to another | Synonyms: travel, travelling |
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travelled | (adjective) familiar with many parts of the world | Synonyms: traveled |
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traveller | (noun) a person who changes location | Synonyms: traveler |
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travelling | (noun) the act of going from one place to another | Synonyms: travel, traveling |
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travelog | (noun) a film or illustrated lecture on traveling | Synonyms: travelogue |
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travelogue | (noun) a film or illustrated lecture on traveling | Synonyms: travelog |
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traversable | (adjective) capable of being traversed | Synonyms: travelable |
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traversal | (noun) taking a zigzag path on skis | Synonyms: traverse |
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(noun) travel across | Synonyms: traverse |
traverse | (noun) taking a zigzag path on skis | Synonyms: traversal |
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(noun) travel across | Synonyms: traversal |
(noun) a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it | Synonyms: transom |
(noun) a horizontal beam that extends across something | Synonyms: crossbeam, crosspiece, trave |
(verb) deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit | Synonyms: deny |
(verb) travel across or pass over | Synonyms: cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track |
(verb) to cover or extend over an area or time period | Synonyms: cross, span, sweep |
traverser | (noun) someone who moves or passes across | - |
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travesty | (noun) a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations | Synonyms: farce, farce comedy |
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(noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: burlesque, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff |
(verb) make a travesty of | - |
trawl | (noun) a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths | Synonyms: dragnet, trawl net |
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(noun) a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) | Synonyms: setline, spiller, trawl line, trotline |
(verb) fish with trawlers | - |
trawler | (noun) a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish | Synonyms: dragger |
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(noun) a fisherman who use a trawl net | - |
tray | (noun) an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food | - |
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trayful | (noun) as much as a tray will hold; enough to fill a tray. | - |
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trazodone | (noun) oral antidepressant (trade name Desyrel) that is a nontricyclic drug used as a sedative | Synonyms: Desyrel, trazodone hydrochloride |
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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 |
treacle | (noun) writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental | Synonyms: glop, mush, slop |
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(noun) a pale cane syrup | Synonyms: golden syrup |
treacly | (adjective) overly sweet | Synonyms: cloying, saccharine, syrupy |
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tread | (noun) a step in walking or running | Synonyms: pace, stride |
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(noun) structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step | - |
(noun) the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground | - |
(noun) the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire | - |
(verb) crush as if by treading on | - |
(verb) brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center | - |
(verb) mate with (used of male birds) | - |
(verb) tread or stomp heavily or roughly | Synonyms: trample |
(verb) put down or press the foot, place the foot | Synonyms: step |
(verb) apply (the tread) to a tire | - |
treadle | (noun) a lever that is operated with the foot | Synonyms: foot lever, foot pedal, pedal |
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(verb) operate (machinery) by a treadle | - |
(verb) tread over | - |
treadmill | (noun) a job involving drudgery and confinement | Synonyms: salt mine |
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(noun) a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps | Synonyms: tread-wheel, treadwheel |
(noun) an exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a person can walk or jog without changing place | - |
treadwheel | (noun) a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps | Synonyms: tread-wheel, treadmill |
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treason | (noun) a crime that undermines the offender's government | Synonyms: high treason, lese majesty |
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(noun) an act of deliberate betrayal | Synonyms: betrayal, perfidy, treachery |
(noun) disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior | Synonyms: subversiveness, traitorousness |
treasonable | (adjective) having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor | Synonyms: faithless, traitorous, treasonous, unfaithful |
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treasonably | (adverb) in a disloyal and faithless manner | Synonyms: faithlessly, false, traitorously, treacherously |
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treasonist | (noun) someone who betrays his country by committing treason | Synonyms: traitor |
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treasonous | (adjective) having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor | Synonyms: faithless, traitorous, treasonable, unfaithful |
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treasure | (noun) art highly prized for its beauty or perfection | Synonyms: gem |
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(noun) a collection of precious things | - |
(noun) accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc. | Synonyms: hoarded wealth |
(noun) any possession that is highly valued by its owner | - |
(verb) be fond of; be attached to | Synonyms: care for, cherish, hold dear |
(verb) hold dear | Synonyms: appreciate, prize, value |
treasured | (adjective) characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for | Synonyms: cherished, precious, wanted |
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treasurer | (noun) an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds | Synonyms: financial officer |
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treasurership | (noun) the position of treasurer | - |
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treasury | (noun) a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely | - |
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(noun) the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues | - |
(noun) the funds of a government or institution or individual | Synonyms: exchequer |
treat | (noun) an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight | - |
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(noun) something considered choice to eat | Synonyms: dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw |
(verb) provide treatment for | Synonyms: care for |
(verb) subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition | Synonyms: process |
(verb) regard or consider in a specific way | - |
(verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression | Synonyms: address, cover, deal, handle, plow |
(verb) engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement | - |
(verb) provide with choice or abundant food or drink | Synonyms: regale |
(verb) provide with a gift or entertainment | - |
(verb) interact in a certain way | Synonyms: do by, handle |
treated | (adjective) subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent | - |
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(adjective) given medical care or treatment | - |
(adjective) made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment | Synonyms: hardened, tempered, toughened |
treater | (noun) someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement) | Synonyms: negotiant, negotiator |
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treatise | (noun) a formal exposition | - |
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treatment | (noun) care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) | Synonyms: intervention |
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(noun) the management of someone or something | Synonyms: handling |
(noun) (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) | Synonyms: therapy |
(noun) a manner of dealing with something artistically | - |
(noun) an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic | Synonyms: discourse, discussion |
treaty | (noun) a written agreement between two states or sovereigns | Synonyms: accord, pact |
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treble | (adjective) having or denoting a high range | Synonyms: soprano |
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(adjective) three times as great or many | Synonyms: three-fold, threefold, triple |
(adjective) having three units or components or elements | Synonyms: ternary, triple, triplex |
(adjective) having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities | Synonyms: double, dual, three-fold, threefold, two-fold, twofold |
(noun) the pitch range of the highest female voice | Synonyms: soprano |
(verb) increase threefold | Synonyms: triple |
(verb) sing treble | - |
trebuchet | (noun) catapult that uses a swinging arm to throw a projectile | Synonyms: trebucket |
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trebucket | (noun) catapult that uses a swinging arm to throw a projectile | Synonyms: trebuchet |
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tree | (noun) a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms | - |
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(noun) a figure that branches from a single root | Synonyms: tree diagram |
(verb) stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree | Synonyms: shoetree |
(verb) chase an animal up a tree | - |
(verb) plant with trees | - |
(verb) force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape | Synonyms: corner |
treed | (adjective) forced to turn and face attackers | Synonyms: at bay, cornered, trapped |
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treehopper | (noun) small leaping insect that sucks juices of branches and twigs | - |
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treeless | (adjective) not wooded | Synonyms: unwooded |
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treelet | (noun) a small tree | - |
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treelike | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped |
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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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treetop | (noun) the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant | Synonyms: crown |
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tref | (adjective) not conforming to dietary laws | Synonyms: nonkosher, terefah |
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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 |
treillage | (noun) latticework used to support climbing plants | Synonyms: trellis |
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trek | (noun) any long and difficult trip | - |
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(noun) a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers) | - |
(verb) make a long and difficult journey | - |
(verb) journey on foot, especially in the mountains | - |
trekker | (noun) a traveler who makes a long arduous journey (as hiking through mountainous country) | - |
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trellis | (noun) latticework used to support climbing plants | Synonyms: treillage |
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(verb) train on a trellis, as of a vine | - |
trematode | (noun) parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host | Synonyms: fluke, trematode worm |
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tremble | (noun) a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement | Synonyms: shake, shiver |
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(verb) move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways | - |
trembler | (noun) one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear | Synonyms: quaker |
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trembles | (noun) disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot | Synonyms: milk sickness |
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trembling | (adjective) vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze | Synonyms: shaky, shivering |
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(noun) a shaky motion | Synonyms: palpitation, quiver, quivering, shakiness, shaking, vibration |
tremendismo | (noun) post-war Spanish literary style marked by a tendency to emphasize violence and grotesque imagery. | - |
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tremendous | (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, phenomenal, rattling, terrific, wonderful, wondrous |
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(adjective) extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree | Synonyms: enormous |
(adjective) extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact | Synonyms: awful, frightful, terrible |
tremendously | (adverb) vastly | Synonyms: enormously, hugely, staggeringly |
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tremolite | (noun) a white or pale green mineral (calcium magnesium silicate) of the amphibole group used as a form of asbestos | - |
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tremolo | (noun) vocal vibrato especially an excessive or poorly controlled one | - |
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(noun) (music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones | - |
tremor | (noun) an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear) | Synonyms: shudder |
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(noun) a small earthquake | Synonyms: earth tremor, microseism |
(noun) shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease) | - |
(verb) shake with seismic vibrations | Synonyms: quake |