| tribade | (noun) a female homosexual | Synonyms: gay woman, lesbian |
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| tribadism | (noun) a form of lesbianism that simulates heterosexual intercourse | - |
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| tribadistic | (adjective) of female homosexual behavior that attempts to simulate heterosexual behavior | - |
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| tribal | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of a tribe | - |
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| tribalisation | (noun) the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis | Synonyms: tribalization |
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| tribalism | (noun) the beliefs of a tribal society | - |
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| (noun) the state of living together in tribes | - |
| tribalization | (noun) the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis | Synonyms: tribalisation |
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| tribe | (noun) a social division of (usually preliterate) people | Synonyms: folk |
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| (noun) a federation (as of American Indians) | Synonyms: federation of tribes |
| (noun) group of people related by blood or marriage | Synonyms: clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group |
| (noun) (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily | - |
| tribesman | (noun) someone who lives in a tribe | - |
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| tribologist | (noun) a specialist in tribology | - |
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| tribology | (noun) the branch of engineering that deals with the interaction of surfaces in relative motion (as in bearings or gears): their design and friction and wear and lubrication | - |
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| tribromoethanol | (noun) an intravenous anesthetic | Synonyms: tribromoethyl alcohol |
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| tribromomethane | (noun) colorless liquid haloform CHBr3 | Synonyms: bromoform |
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| tribulate | (verb) oppress or trouble greatly | - |
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| tribulation | (noun) an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event | Synonyms: trial, visitation |
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| tribunal | (noun) an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business | Synonyms: court, judicature |
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| tribune | (noun) the apse of a Christian church that contains the bishop's throne | - |
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| (noun) (ancient Rome) an official elected by the plebeians to protect their interests | - |
| tribuneship | (noun) the position of tribune | - |
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| tributary | (adjective) tending to bring about; being partly responsible for | Synonyms: conducive, contributing, contributive, contributory |
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| (adjective) paying tribute | - |
| (adjective) (of a stream) flowing into a larger stream | - |
| (noun) a branch that flows into the main stream | Synonyms: affluent, confluent, feeder |
| tribute | (noun) payment by one nation for protection by another | - |
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| (noun) payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence | Synonyms: protection |
| (noun) something given or done as an expression of esteem | Synonyms: testimonial |
| tributyrin | (noun) a bitter oily triglyceride of butyric acid; a form of butyrin | - |
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