Word origins

• teleio-Fully grown; adult.
• teleioticComplete, perfect.
• teleo-end; goal; purpose
• telesemeA system of apparatus for electric signals providing for automatic transmission of a number of predetermined signals or calls, as in connection with hotel annunciators.
• telestialOf or pertaining to the lowest degree of glory.
• telesticOf or pertaining to religious mysteries.
• telestichAn acrostic whose message is spelled out in the final letters of each line.
• teleutosporeThe thick-celled resting spore of the rusts (order Pucciniales).
• teleutostaticHaving a fixed accent on the ending
• telishPunish (an innocent person) for the sake of deterrence; subject (a person) to telishment.
• telishmentThe act or institution of punishing the innocent for the sake of providing deterrence.
• telmaticRelating to stagnant water, typically a marsh, swamp, fen or bog; freshwater
• telmatologyThe study of marshes or swamps.
• telmophagousFeeding from a pool of blood caused by tissue laceration.
• telocoelA cavity in the telencephalon of an embryo.
• telokinAn abundant protein found in smooth muscle, identical to the C-terminus of myosin light-chain kinase.
• telomeran extremely small polymer - one whose degree of polymerization is between 2 and 5
• telotrocha posterior tuft of cilia in a trochophore larva
• telotrochalHaving both a preoral and a posterior band of cilia; applied to the larvae of certain annelids.
• teno-tendon
• tephro-ash
• tera-In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10¹² (short scale trillion or long scale billion).
• teraticalwonderful; ominous; prodigious
• terato-Pertaining to birth defects and similar abnormalities.
• terotechnologyThe engineering and technology related to the design and maintenance of industrial plant machinery.
• TerpanderAn Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a Greek poet and citharede of Antissa in Lesbos who lived about the first half of the 7th century BC.
• terpineolAny of several isomeric monoterpenoid alcohols found in the essential oil of pine and other trees
• tessara-four
• tetartemorionA silver coin minted in Ancient Greece, valued at 1/4 of an obolus.
• tetartohedralisometric and tetragonal, but having one fourth of the number of planes required for complete symmetry
• tetra-ameliaA particular congenital disorder, whose main symptom is the lack of legs, arms, and hands.
• tetracos-Prevocalic form of tetracosa- (“twenty-four”).
• tetracosa-twenty-four
• tetracycleAny organic compound, containing four rings, related to tetracycline
• tetradactylHaving four digits on a limb.
• tetradelphousHaving its stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form four separate groups, some of which may contain a single stamen.
• tetradicOf or relating to a tetrad.
• tetramorphA symbolic arrangement of four differing elements, or the combination of four disparate elements in one unit.
• tetraplegicA quadriplegic.
• tetrapodyA set of four metrical feet.
• tetrasemicEquivalent to four short syllables, consisting of four moras as a dactyl, anapest, or spondee.
• tetrastoonA four-sided colonnade, typically enclosing a courtyard
• tetrasyllableA word comprising four syllables.
• tettixA cicada, especially in Greece.
• teuthivorousFeeding on cephalopods.
• teuthologyThe branch of malacology dealing with cephalopods.
• thalassocracyA state whose power derives from its naval or commercial supremacy on the seas.
• ThalloOne of the Horae, and the goddess and personification of the season of Spring; she is the protector of new growth.
• thanato-Death.
• thanatognomonicForeshadowing death.
• thanatologyThe scientific study of death and the practices associated with it, including the study of the needs of the terminally ill and their families.
• thanatopicProne to thanatopsis; morbid.
• thanatopsisContemplation of death.
• ThaumasA sea god, son of Pontus and Gaia
• thaumasiteA hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sulfur.
• thaumasmusThe presentation of something as a marvel rather than in a neutrally descriptive way.
• thaumato-Miracle; wonder; marvel.
• thaumatropeAn optical toy made of a card with an image on each side; when twirled, the images appear to combine.
• thaumaturgyThe working of miracles, wonderworking; magic, witchcraft, wizardry.
• TheadoreA male given name.
• thealogyThe study of or reflection upon the or a goddess, or the feminine divine, e.g. from a feminist viewpoint.
• theanthropicPartaking of, or combining, both divinity and humanity.
• theanthropismA state of being God and man.
• theanthroposChrist regarded as having both a divine and human nature.
• theanthroposophyBeliefs of or pertaining to theanthropism.
• thearchThe ruler of a thearchy, a monarch of gods
• thearchyA government ruled by God or a god; a theocracy.
• theatrocracyGovernment by an assembly of citizens in Ancient Greece.
• thebaineA poisonous alkaloid, paramorphine, obtained from opium; not used in medicine.
• thecodontHaving the teeth enclosed in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.
• thel-Nipple.
• thelionThe tip or peak of a nipple.
• thelitisInflammation of the nipple or teat.
• theliumA nipple or papilla.
• thelycumThe female genital structure of some shrimp
• thematiseTo convert (a sentence or a part of it) into a theme.
• Themistothe third and last wife of Athamas
• then-The palm of the hand or sole of the foot.
• thenarThe palm of the hand or sole of the foot.
• theocrasyInteraction, admixture, and conflation of divine principles.
• theologA student of theology.
• theomorphismThe bestowal of divine attributes on humanity.
• theopneustInspired or possessed by a god.
• theotechnyThe scheme of divine intervention; the art of introducing deities into poetry.
• theotokionA hymn to Mary, the Theotokos, read or chanted during the Divine Services of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.
• theoxeniaHospitality towards a god who visits as a guest.
• therianOf or pertaining to the taxonomic subclass Theria.
• theriatricsThe science of medicine involving animals such as veterinary medicine or the treatment of animal bites.
• therio-wild animal.
• thermantidoteAn antidote to heat, especially a rotating fan attached to a window.
• -thermicRelating to heat or temperatures.
• thermifugineAn artificial alkaloid resembling thalline, used as an antipyretic.
• thermo-Thermal: of, being, or pertaining to heat or temperature.
• thermochromyThe property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission through diathermic substances.
• thermoticOf or relating to heat; produced by heat.
• theroidBestial, resembling an animal.
• therontThe stage where a tomite elongates (swims away) after being released from the cyst.
• therophyteAny plant which survives unfavourable seasons in the form of seeds only
• thesaurismosisThe accumulation of a substance in a cell or organ in abnormally large amounts.
• thesaurosisA lung storage disease thought to be caused by inhalation of hair spray.