Word origins

• tarreTo incite; to provoke; to spur on.
• tarseThe penis.
• tartarinA type of fine woolen or silk fabric, probably imported, mentioned from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
• taskworkWork that is done as a task.
• tassetA tasse.
• tastableThat can be tasted; that can be detected by one's sense of taste.
• tathThe dung of livestock left on a field to serve as manure or fertiliser.
• taughtenTo tighten; increase in intensity; to become taught.
• taxatorSynonym of taxer.
• teacheressA female teacher.
• teachinglessDeprived or devoid of teaching
• tediosityThe quality of being tedious.
• tee heeThe sound of a giggle.
• -teenUsed to form cardinal numbers from thirteen to nineteen.
• teenfulFull of grief; harmful; afflicted; troublesome; vexatious
• teetheTo grow teeth.
• teldA tent.
• tellableThat may be told
• temptableCapable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.
• temptatorSynonym of tempter.
• temseTo sift.
• tenebroseDark, tenebrous.
• tenebrosityThe state or quality of being tenebrose or tenebrous.
• tennis ballA hollow, bouncy rubber ball, pressurized and covered with usually yellow felt, used in the game of tennis.
• tensomeA group of ten persons or things.
• tentivelyattentively
• terceletA male falcon, especially a peregrine falcon or goshawk; a tiercel.
• terebinthA Mediterranean tree (Pistacia terebinthus and, possibly, Pistacia palaestina)
• terrenePertaining to earth or the material world; earthly, terrestrial (as opposed to heavenly or marine).
• terretOne of the rings on the top of the harness saddle, through which the reins pass.
• terribilityThe quality of being terrible.
• tertianCharacterised by paroxysms recurring every other day (that is, every third day by inclusive reckoning).
• testiereComplete armour for a horse's head.
• tetterAny of various pustular skin conditions.
• tewelA vent or chimney or pipe, especially one leading into a furnace or bellows.
• -thUsed to form nouns from verbs of action.
• th-The.
• thackTo strike or thump (someone or something); to thwack.
• thankableCapable of being thanked.
• thankablyIn a thankable manner.
• thankworthyDeserving thanks; worthy of gratitude.
• thank youAn expression of gratitude or politeness in response to something done or given.
• tharcakeA cake made from meal, treacle, and butter, eaten on the night of the fifth of November.
• tharfStiff, unsocial, rough in manner.
• tharmAn intestine; an entrail; gut.
• that isIn other words; that is to say. Used to introduce a clarification or explanation
• theaveA ewe lamb of a specific age; in some areas, applied to lambs in their the first or second year (before they have had lambs themselves), in others to lambs in their third year, before their second shearing.
• TheedomA surname from Middle English.
• theftuousOf the nature of theft; thievish.
• theirnTheirs.
• theoricTheory, as opposed to practice.
• theoricaltheoretical
• thereagainIn opposition to it; against one's course.
• thereagainstIn opposition to or against it; contrary to it; against that.
• theredownDown there.
• theremidWith or by means of that; therewith.
• therenighNear that (person, place, thing, etc.); near it
• thereoutOut of it, out from it.
• thereoverOver that.
• thereupUp there; thereupon; upon that.
• thewedHaving thews or muscles.
• the whileAt the same time; during that period; meanwhile.
• thewlessLacking morals or virtue.
• thieflyLike a thief; thievish.
• thievishHaving a tendency to steal.
• thiggerOne who thigs or solicits subsistence from others; a beggar.
• thiggingBegging.
• thin as a rakeIncredibly thin; at an unhealthy-looking level of thinness.
• thinglyPertaining to the substance of a work, separate from what is conveyed; material, substantive.
• thirlA hole, an aperture, especially a nostril.
• thirlingThe act of boring or perforating
• thirtyfoldthirty times as great, or as many
• thoilTo be able to justify the expense of.
• tholemodPatient; long-suffering; forbearing.
• thonedamp; moist; wet; soft from dampness.
• thornbackThe thornback guitarfish (Platyrhinoidis triseriata), a species of ray in the north-eastern Pacific Ocean.
• thornenMade of or consisting of thorns.
• thornhogA hedgehog.
• thorn treeAny tree with thorn-like leaves, especially the acacia.
• thoroughgoTo go through.
• thoroughwayA way through, passageway.
• thostdung
• thoughtyGiven to serious thought or reflection; either attentive or pensive.
• thrackTo load or burden.
• thraldomA state of bondage, slavery, or subjugation to another person.
• thrangBusy, preoccupied.
• thrappleThe throat, especially the gullet or windpipe.
• thraveTo urge; compel; importune.
• threadenMade of or woven from thread.
• threadyOf, resembling, or capable of forming a thread; filamentous.
• threapAn altercation, quarrel, argument.
• threefoldlyIn a threefold manner
• threenessThe state of being three; triunity; trinity.
• thriftfullyIn a thriftful manner; thriftily
• thriftilyIn a thrifty manner; economically.
• thriftlessWastefully reckless in the use of money or resources.
• thriftlyIn a thrift, efficient, or thriving manner; suitably; vigorously
• thrivinglyIn a thriving manner, or so as to thrive.
• throeA severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.
• throstleA song thrush.