troat | (verb) emit a cry intended to attract other animals; used especially of animals at rutting time | - |
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trochaic | (adjective) of or consisting of trochees | - |
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trochanter | (noun) one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached | - |
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troche | (noun) a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat | Synonyms: cough drop, pastil, pastille |
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trochee | (noun) a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables | - |
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trochlear | (noun) either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes | Synonyms: fourth cranial nerve, trochlear nerve, trochlearis |
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trochlearis | (noun) either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes | Synonyms: fourth cranial nerve, trochlear, trochlear nerve |
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troglodyte | (noun) someone who lives in a cave | Synonyms: cave dweller, cave man, caveman |
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(noun) one who lives in solitude | Synonyms: hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian |
trogon | (noun) forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails | - |
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troika | (noun) a Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast | - |
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(noun) a modern Russian triumvirate | - |
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet |
trojan | (noun) a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful | Synonyms: trojan horse |
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trojniak | (noun) a Polish mead, made using two units of water for each unit of honey. | - |
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troll | (noun) angling by drawing a baited line through the water | Synonyms: trolling |
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(noun) a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling | - |
(noun) a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time | Synonyms: round |
(noun) (Scandinavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains | - |
(verb) sing loudly and without inhibition | - |
(verb) praise or celebrate in song | - |
(verb) speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice | - |
(verb) angle with a hook and line drawn through the water | - |
(verb) sing the parts of (a round) in succession | - |
(verb) cause to move round and round | - |
(verb) circulate, move around | - |
troller | (noun) a fisherman who uses a hook and line | Synonyms: angler |
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trolley | (noun) a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity | Synonyms: streetcar, tram, tramcar, trolley car |
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trolleybus | (noun) a passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires | Synonyms: trackless trolley, trolley coach |
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trolling | (noun) angling by drawing a baited line through the water | Synonyms: troll |
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trollop | (noun) a woman adulterer | Synonyms: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet |
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(noun) a dirty untidy woman | Synonyms: slattern, slovenly woman, slut |
(noun) A sexually loose woman | Synonyms: ho, hoe, hussy, slut |
trombiculiasis | (noun) infestation with chiggers | - |
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trombiculid | (noun) mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates | - |
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trombidiid | (noun) mite that in all stages feeds on other arthropods | - |
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trombone | (noun) a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide | - |
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trombonist | (noun) a musician who plays the trombone | Synonyms: trombone player |
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trompillo | (noun) weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America | Synonyms: prairie berry, purple nightshade, silver-leaved nettle, silver-leaved nightshade, silverleaf nightshade, Solanum elaeagnifolium, white horse nettle |
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troop | (noun) a group of soldiers | - |
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(noun) an orderly crowd | Synonyms: flock |
(noun) a unit of Girl or Boy Scouts | Synonyms: scout group, scout troop |
(noun) a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company | - |
(verb) move or march as if in a crowd | - |
(verb) march in a procession in a public place | Synonyms: parade, promenade |
trooper | (noun) a mounted police officer | - |
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(noun) a soldier in a motorized army unit | Synonyms: cavalryman |
(noun) a state police officer | Synonyms: state trooper |
(noun) a soldier mounted on horseback | Synonyms: cavalryman |
troops | (noun) soldiers collectively | Synonyms: military personnel, soldiery |
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troopship | (noun) ship for transporting troops | - |
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trope | (noun) language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Synonyms: figure, figure of speech, image |
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trophic | (adjective) of or relating to nutrition | - |
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trophobiosis | (noun) a symbiotic relation in which one organism protects the other in return for some kind of food product | - |
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trophoblast | (noun) the membrane that forms the wall of the blastocyst in early development; aids implantation in the uterine wall | - |
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trophoblastic | (adjective) of or relating to the trophoblast | - |
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trophotropic | (adjective) of or relating to trophotropism | - |
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trophotropism | (noun) an orienting response to food | - |
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trophozoite | (noun) a sporozoan in the active feeding stage of its life cycle | - |
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trophy | (noun) something given as a token of victory | Synonyms: prize |
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(noun) an award for success in war or hunting | - |
tropic | (adjective) relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator) | Synonyms: tropical |
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(adjective) of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics | Synonyms: tropical |
(noun) either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics | - |
tropical | (adjective) of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic | - |
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(adjective) relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator) | Synonyms: tropic |
(adjective) characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense | - |
(adjective) of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics | Synonyms: tropic |
tropically | (adverb) in a tropical manner | - |
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tropicbird | (noun) mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land | Synonyms: boatswain bird, tropic bird |
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tropics | (noun) the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate | Synonyms: Torrid Zone, tropical zone |
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tropism | (noun) an involuntary orienting response; positive or negative reaction to a stimulus source | - |
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troponomy | (noun) the place names of a region or a language considered collectively | Synonyms: troponymy |
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troponym | (noun) a word that denotes a manner of doing something | Synonyms: manner name |
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troponymy | (noun) the place names of a region or a language considered collectively | Synonyms: troponomy |
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(noun) the semantic relation of being a manner of does something | - |
tropopause | (noun) the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere | - |
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troposphere | (noun) the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude) | - |
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trot | (noun) a slow pace of running | Synonyms: jog, lope |
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(noun) a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together | - |
(noun) a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) | Synonyms: crib, pony |
(verb) run at a moderately swift pace | Synonyms: clip, jog |
(verb) ride at a trot | - |
(verb) cause to trot | - |
troth | (noun) a solemn pledge of fidelity | Synonyms: plight |
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(noun) a mutual promise to marry | Synonyms: betrothal, engagement |
trotline | (noun) a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) | Synonyms: setline, spiller, trawl, trawl line |
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trotter | (noun) a horse trained to trot; especially a horse trained for harness racing | Synonyms: trotting horse |
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(noun) foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food | - |
troubadour | (noun) a singer of folk songs | Synonyms: folk singer, jongleur, minstrel, poet-singer |
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trouble | (noun) an effort that is inconvenient | Synonyms: difficulty |
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(noun) a source of difficulty | Synonyms: problem |
(noun) an event causing distress or pain | - |
(noun) an angry disturbance | Synonyms: bother, fuss, hassle |
(noun) a strong feeling of anxiety | Synonyms: worry |
(noun) an unwanted pregnancy | - |
(verb) cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed | Synonyms: ail, pain |
(verb) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | Synonyms: cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, perturb, unhinge |
(verb) move deeply | Synonyms: disturb, upset |
(verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out |
(verb) take the trouble to do something; concern oneself | Synonyms: bother, inconvenience oneself, trouble oneself |
troubled | (adjective) characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need | - |
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(adjective) characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination | Synonyms: disruptive, riotous, tumultuous, turbulent |
troublemaker | (noun) someone who deliberately stirs up trouble | Synonyms: bad hat, mischief-maker, trouble maker, troubler |
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troubler | (noun) someone who deliberately stirs up trouble | Synonyms: bad hat, mischief-maker, trouble maker, troublemaker |
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troubleshoot | (verb) solve problems | Synonyms: trouble-shoot |
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troubleshooter | (noun) a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices) | Synonyms: trouble shooter |
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troublesome | (adjective) causing difficulty or annoyance | - |
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troublesomeness | (noun) a difficulty that causes anxiety | Synonyms: inconvenience, worriment |
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troubling | (adjective) causing distress or worry or anxiety | Synonyms: distressful, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, worrisome, worrying |
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troublous | (adjective) full of trouble | - |
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trough | (noun) a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater | Synonyms: gutter |
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(noun) a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed | Synonyms: manger |
(noun) a long narrow shallow receptacle | - |
(noun) a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed) | - |
(noun) a treasury for government funds | Synonyms: public treasury, till |
(noun) a concave shape with an open top | Synonyms: bowl |
trounce | (verb) censure severely or angrily | Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task |
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(verb) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict | Synonyms: beat, beat out, crush, shell, vanquish |
(verb) beat severely with a whip or rod | Synonyms: flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, welt, whip |
trouncing | (noun) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | Synonyms: beating, drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, whacking |
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(noun) a sound defeat | Synonyms: debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, walloping, whipping |
troupe | (noun) organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical) | Synonyms: company |
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trouper | (noun) an actor who travels around the country presenting plays | Synonyms: barnstormer, play-actor, playactor |
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(noun) a person who is reliable and uncomplaining and hard working | - |
trouser | (noun) a garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers | - |
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trousered | (adjective) dressed in trousers | Synonyms: breeched, pantalooned |
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trousering | (noun) any fabric used to make trousers | Synonyms: panting |
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trousers | (noun) (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately | Synonyms: pair of trousers, pant |
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trousseau | (noun) the personal outfit of a bride; clothes and accessories and linens | - |
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trout | (noun) any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons | - |
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(noun) flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes | - |
trove | (noun) treasure of unknown ownership found hidden (usually in the earth) | Synonyms: treasure trove |
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trowel | (noun) a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials | - |
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(verb) use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work | - |
troy | (noun) a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains | Synonyms: troy weight |
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