Word origins

• transmisogynoirHatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against black trans women.
• transondentAcoustically transparent; able to freely transmit sound.
• travestTo travesty; to disguise; to parody; to demean.
• trefléeTrefoiled, trefly.
• treillagelatticework for supporting vines, etc.; an espalier; a trellis.
• TrépanierA surname from French.
• trephineA surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of tissue, such as bone or cornea; a trepan.
• trèsVery, to superior degree.
• très chicIn style; fashionable.
• très gaucheunbecoming
• trial balloonA small balloon released into the sky to determine the direction and tendency of winds in the upper air before a manned ascent in a larger balloon; a ballon d'essai.
• tribouletA jester dressed entirely in red.
• tricheryCheating; trickery.
• tricotéeA lively old dance.
• tricoteuseA woman who knits; used especially of those who knitted at meetings and at executions during the French Revolution.
• TrieuxA surname from French
• TrifluvianA resident of Three Rivers (Trois-Rivières) or its surrounding county.
• TrifluvienA resident of Three Rivers (Trois-Rivières) or its surrounding county.
• trigoneOne of the thickenings of the cell wall at the angles where several cells join.
• trilliardOne thousand long scale trillions, or one short scale sextillion; equal to 10²¹ (1 followed by twenty-one 0s).
• tringleA curtain rod for a bedstead.
• tripartitionA division by threes, or into three parts; the taking of a third part of any number or quantity.
• tripe de rocheSynonym of rock tripe.
• triple secAny of several triple-distilled liqueurs flavoured with fruit e.g. Curaçao, Cointreau, and Grand Marnier.
• triptyqueA triptych.
• trochaicComposed of or relating to trochees, feet of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
• trocheeA metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable.
• trochinThe lesser tuberosity of the head of the humerus.
• trochiterThe greater tuberosity of the humerus, admitting several of the muscles of the shoulders.
• trois pointThe third point from the outer edge on each player's home table.
• Trois-RivièresA city in Quebec.
• troll-my-damesThe game of nineholes.
• trompe l'oeilA genre of painting that exploits human vision to create the illusion that the subject of the painting is real.
• trompementThe action of hitting an opponent at the end of a feint, after a successful deception.
• -tropyexhibiting a behavior.
• trottoirA paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road.
• troupialAny of three South American birds of the genus Icterus.
• trousseA case for small implements.
• trouvailleA lucky find, a windfall.
• trouvèreA medieval lyric poet using the Northern langue d’oïl (precursor dialects of modern French), as opposed to their older, southern example, the original troubadours, who used langue d’oc (Occitan)
• trouveurA minstrel, a troubadour.
• TruchardA surname from French.
• truculenceThe state of being truculent; eagerness to fight; ferocity.
• TrudoA surname from French.
• truffA truffle.
• truffadetruffade (Occitan potato dish)
• truffièreA plot of land cultivated to produce truffles.
• trumeauThe pillar or center post supporting the lintel in the middle of a doorway or window opening, especially in a church.
• trumeau mirrorA wall mirror set in a decorative frame that often features a painted or carved panel under or above the mirror.
• TruteauA surname from French.
• tubulureA short tubular opening at the top of a retort, or at the top or side of a bottle; a tubulation.
• TudesqueGermanic; Teutonic.
• tuileA type of thin, papery cookie, often bent into fancy shapes and added as garnish to dishes or desserts.
• tuladiA large lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, found mainly in Canada and northern areas of the US.
• TullierA surname from French.
• tumefyTo cause to swell.
• tumescenceA swelling due to the presence of fluid.
• turbillionA whirlwind or vortex.
• turnsoleA heliotrope; so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.
• turquerieA trend in 18th-century Western European culture inspired by Ottoman culture.
• tutenagcrude zinc
• tuteurA four-sided pyramid- or obelisk-like trellis designed to help train climbing plants.
• tutoyTo address by the informal French pronoun tu (“you”).
• tutoyerTo address (someone) in French using the familiar second-person pronoun tu; to thou.
• tuyereA nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge
• TVQThe Quebec Sales Tax
• tweeseA surgeon's case of instruments.
• two left handsLack of dexterity in either hand; being ambilevous.
• tymbalOne of a pair of specialised sound-producing structures located below each side of the anterior abdominal region of various species of cicada.
• typhlophileA person who is interested in helping blind people.
• tyrannicideThe killing of a tyrant.
• tyrolienneA traditional folk dance of Tyrol.
• ubuesqueReminiscent of Ubu Roi, an early absurdist play; absurdly grotesque.
• UchenteinA village in Ariège department, Occitania, France.
• uchroniaAn idealized or fictional conception of a particular period of time, especially in the past.
• UeleA river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• uhlanA lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian or German, Austrian, and Russian armies.
• ultramontanismA Roman Catholic philosophy that emphasises the prerogatives and powers of the Pope.
• umbretteSynonym of hammerkop (Scopus umbretta, a bird)
• unanimismA French literary movement based on ideas of collective consciousness and collective emotion.
• undéWaving or wavy; applied to ordinaries, or division lines.
• under erasureOf a piece of text, written and struck through; hence, figuratively in some sense both present and absent.
• unijambistA person with only one leg.
• univerbationThe diachronic process of forming a new single word from a fixed expression of several words.
• univoltineHaving one brood or generation in a year
• UnzentA village in Ariège department, Occitania, France.
• Upper VoltaA territory now coextensive with Burkina Faso.
• urdéPointed, as a cross, or having a point projected, as a bend; varriated.
• UrduphoneUrdu-speaking.
• UstouA village in Ariège department, Occitania, France.
• usureTo commit usury.
• utricleThe larger of the two fluid-filled cavities forming part of the membranous labyrinth in the vertebrate inner ear (the other being the saccule) and into which the semicircular canals open. It contains hair cells and otoliths which send signals to the brain concerning the orientation of the head.
• uxoricideOne who murders one's wife.
• va banqueAll or nothing, all in, for broke; riskily putting everything on the line to either win it all or lose it all.
• vacherin glacéA cake-shaped dessert made of a meringue shell filled with ice cream and topped with whipped cream.
• vacheryA dairy, a vaccary.
• vachetteA piece of strong steel wire with the ends curved and pointed, used on toe or quarter cracks to bind the edges together and prevent motion. It is clasped into two notches, one on each side of the crack, burned into the wall with a cautery iron.
• vadouvanA paste of burnt garlic and onion with herbs, from India; a type of masala.
• vagabondageThe state or characteristic of being a vagabond.
• Val-de-MarneA department of Île-de-France, France. Capital: Créteil.