Word origins

• St. CroixA river in Wisconsin and Minnesota, United States, which is a tributary of the Mississippi.
• stearinSolid fat.
• stereotomyThe cutting or dissection of solids.
• St. IgnaceA city, the county seat of Mackinac County, Michigan, United States.
• stipulaceousstipular; of or relating to stipules
• StjusteA surname from French.
• structural anthropologyThe study of human bodies; anatomy.
• St. Shott'sA town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• suberinA waxy material found in the cell walls of cork and similar plants.
• subpriorThe assistant or deputy of a prior
• subtilizeTo make subtle; to make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.
• succulenceThe property of being succulent.
• sucre bleuExpressing anger or surprise.
• SuppleeA surname from French.
• surbasedhaving its height less than half of its span
• surmulletA red mullet, Mullus surmuletus.
• sursolidThe fifth power of a number.
• surtitleA translation of a segment of the libretto or other text or sometimes a brief summary of the plot projected onto a screen above the stage during a performance of an opera or other similar performance sung in a foreign language; a supertitle.
• survivanceSurvival.
• SwissessA Swiss woman or girl.
• synantherologyThe study of the Asteraceae.
• synchicityThe degree of synchronization between multimedia elements, e.g. between audio and video or between audio and subtitles.
• synchronicalHappening at the same time; synchronous.
• synonymicOf, relating to, or being a synonym.
• syphilographerA doctor who writes a scientific description of syphilis; an expert in treating syphilis.
• tachismA French style of abstract painting popular in the 1940s and 1950s.
• tailzieAn entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted.
• tallageAn impost.
• talliableOn which tallage must be paid.
• tallyhoUsed to urge on a fox hunt, especially when the fox is sighted.
• tann-Tannin.
• tanni-Tannin.
• tapotementA form of massage involving hitting the body with various parts of one's hand.
• tappishTo squat
• tartare sauceA sauce made from mayonnaise and a chopped mixture of pickled gherkins, capers, olives and shallots; traditionally served with fish or other seafood.
• tartralicPertaining to or derived from tartrates of the aldehyde series.
• tartralic acidAn acid obtained as a white amorphous deliquescent substance, a dimeric form of tartaric acid.
• tasseographerA person who tells fortunes by reading tea leaves or coffee grounds.
• tasseomancySynonym of tasseography.
• tassologySynonym of tasseography.
• tatchA spot or stain.
• teaze-holeThe opening in a glass furnace through which fuel is introduced.
• teazersennet whip, an implement for informal corporal punishment, formerly used in the Royal Navy.
• TebeauA surname from French.
• TémiscamingueA regional county municipality of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.
• tenaillonA work constructed on each side of the ravelins to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions.
• tenduA move in which the leg and foot stretch to point in a particular direction, but the foot does not leave the floor.
• tenrecAny of several diverse small mammals, of the family Tenrecidae, many native to Madagascar.
• tepalAny component of the perianth (outermost whorls of flower parts, not involved in reproduction), especially when the components are not distinguished into sepals and petals.
• Terrebonne ParishOne of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Parish seat: Houma.
• Terre HauteA city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States.
• TerreneuvianThe oldest stratigraphic series in the Cambrian geographic period.
• terre-tenantOne who has the actual possession of land.
• terre-vertegreen earth
• tetanizeTo throw (a muscle etc.) into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in.
• TetroA surname.
• thalassicof or relating to seas and oceans
• The DallesA city, the county seat of Wasco County, Oregon, United States.
• theophilanthropyA deistic belief system based on the worship of God and one's fellow man, and the immortality of the soul.
• theosopheA theosophist.
• three musketeersA group of three people who are very closely associated; a trio.
• ti bon angeIn voodoo, one of the dualistic aspects of the soul, responsible for personality, character, and willpower.
• tiercetA triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming together.
• tigellaThat part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle.
• timoneerA helmsman.
• tintamarA hideous or confused noise; an uproar; a racket.
• tisarThe fireplace at the side of an annealing oven in glassmaking.
• toilet roomA room in which to perform one's toilet, including dressing and grooming, particularly before execution.
• toilinetteA cloth formerly used for waistcoats, having a weft of woollen yarn and a warp of cotton and silk.
• toodle-ooGoodbye, farewell, see you soon.
• torcheculSomething used to wipe the backside after defecation.
• torchon paperPaper with a rough surface; especially, handmade paper of great hardness for watercolour painting.
• torrionA large tower.
• torsades de pointesA polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, predisposing to sudden cardiac death and more likely to occur during prolongations of the QT interval.
• tous-les-moisA kind of starch with large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot or used for adulterating cocoa, made from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably Canna edulis.
• trachyteA pale igneous rock consisting mostly of potassium feldspar and plagioclase.
• tramelA net over a river to catch fish.
• transcreationAn adaptation of a creative work into another language or culture.
• transmisogynoirHatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against black trans women.
• transondentAcoustically transparent; able to freely transmit sound.
• tribouletA jester dressed entirely in red.
• TrifluvianA resident of Three Rivers (Trois-Rivières) or its surrounding county.
• TrifluvienA resident of Three Rivers (Trois-Rivières) or its surrounding county.
• tripartitionA division by threes, or into three parts; the taking of a third part of any number or quantity.
• trochaicComposed of or relating to trochees, feet of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
• trois pointThe third point from the outer edge on each player's home table.
• troll-my-damesThe game of nineholes.
• trompementThe action of hitting an opponent at the end of a feint, after a successful deception.
• troupialAny of three South American birds of the genus Icterus.
• trouveurA minstrel, a troubadour.
• TrudoA surname from French.
• trumeau mirrorA wall mirror set in a decorative frame that often features a painted or carved panel under or above the mirror.
• tubulureA short tubular opening at the top of a retort, or at the top or side of a bottle; a tubulation.
• tuladiA large lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, found mainly in Canada and northern areas of the US.
• tumefyTo cause to swell.
• turbillionA whirlwind or vortex.
• turnsoleA heliotrope; so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.
• tutenagcrude zinc
• tweeseA surgeon's case of instruments.
• ultramontanismA Roman Catholic philosophy that emphasises the prerogatives and powers of the Pope.