Word origins

• thynnicOf or pertaining to thynnic acid or its derivatives
• thyridiumA spot in the wing veins of Neuroptera, Hymenoptera and Trichoptera.
• tibicenA flute-player; a piper, flautist.
• TigranesA male given name of historical usage, notably borne by several kings of Armenia.
• tigrineOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of the tiger.
• tiliaceousOf, pertaining to, or resembling the family Tiliaceae (now principally subfamily Tilioideae in family Malvaceae) of flowering plants, including the linden.
• tinea crurisJock itch.
• tinea unguiumRingworm (any of certain fungal infections) of a fingernail or toenail.
• tingentHaving the power to tinge (dye).
• tingibleCapable of being stained.
• tinnientHaving a ringing or clinking sound.
• tinniolumSynonym of tintinnabulum.
• tintinnabularOf or related to bells; of the nature of a bell.
• tintinnabularyA bell-ringer.
• tintinnabulationA tinkling sound, as of a bell or of breaking glass.
• tintinnabuliA compositional style characterized by two types of voice, the first of which (the "tintinnabular voice") arpeggiates the tonic triad, and the second of which moves diatonically in stepwise motion.
• tintinnabulumA small clinking bell, particularly (historical) a small bell used to call monks to certain tasks.
• -tiousAdjective suffix denoting "full of, prone to."
• tipulaAny of many species of long-legged dipterous insects belonging to Tipula and allied genera; a common crane fly.
• tithonicOf, relating to, or denoting those rays of light which produce chemical effects; actinic.
• titulusA caption, title or other inscription, especially an Ancient Roman type.
• togateClad in a toga; represented in art as wearing a toga.
• togatedDressed in a toga or gown; wearing a gown; gowned.
• togavirusAny of the virus family Togaviridae.
• Toller PorcorumA village and civil parish in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY5698).
• tolsesterA toll or tribute of a sextary of ale, paid to the lords of some manors by their tenants in exchange for permission to brew and sell ale.
• tolutationA pacing or ambling.
• -tomousDescribes the cleavage of minerals.
• tonitruantthundering
• tonitruateTo thunder.
• tonsileCapable of being clipped.
• tonsorialRelating to barbering, shaving, or hairdressing.
• toparchyA small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch.
• tophaceousgravelly; sandy; rough; stony
• -topicplace
• torculawinepress
• torculariousOf or belonging to a (wine or oil) press.
• tormentilA low-growing herb (Potentilla erecta, syn. Potentilla tormentilla).
• torminaacute pain in the abdomen; colic, gripes
• toroseCylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences; having the appearance of a knobbly rope.
• torpentHaving no motion or activity; benumbed; torpid.
• torpescentBecoming torpid or numb.
• torpifyTo make torpid; to benumb, to paralyse.
• torrefactionDrying or roasting; especially an anaerobic heat treatment to make wood waterproof.
• torrefyTo subject to intense heat; to parch, to roast.
• tortiveTwisted; wreathed.
• torulaAny of a species of fungi, Cyberlindnera jadinii (synonym Candida utilis, basionym Torula utilis), related to the yeasts used in baking and brewing, sometimes used in processed food.
• torvitysourness, grimness or severity of appearance; sternness
• torvousOf a severe countenance; stern, grim, grave.
• totientThe number of positive integers not greater than a specified integer that are relatively prime to it.
• totipalmateHaving all four toes united by a web, as in the pelican.
• toto caeloBy diametrical opposition, as far apart as possible.
• totus porcusCompletely; unreservedly.
• tractationtreatment or handling of a subject; discussion
• tractatorIn medieval commerce, the person who handles or transports merchandise on behalf of an investor; an entrepreneur.
• tractellumAn anterior locomotive flagellum.
• tractoryA tractrix.
• tradentA person who is responsible for preserving and handing down traditions, especially oral traditions, generally used in the context of the Bible and rabbinic Jewish traditions.
• traditorA deliverer; a name of infamy given to Christians who delivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to their persecutors to save their lives.
• traducentslanderous
• traducerOne who traduces; one who maligns another by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
• traductThat which is traduced or translated.
• trajectA place for passing across; a passage; a ferry.
• trajectionThe act of trajecting (casting or moving)
• tralationThe use of a word in a figurative or extended sense; a metaphor; a trope.
• tralineateTo deviate; to stray; to wander.
• tralucentTranslucent.
• tranationThe act of swimming over.
• transcalentPermitting heat to pass through; conductive to heat.
• transcolateTo strain, as if through a sieve.
• transcurTo run or rove to and fro, to flit
• transcurrenceA roving here and there; movement.
• transcurrentPassing transversely.
• transeuntEmanant; producing an effect outside of the mind. (Compare immanent.)
• transireA permit given to a coasting vessel by a customs house.
• transitationThe act of transiting or passing; passage.
• transjectiveTranscending the distinction between subjective and objective, or referring to a property not of the subject or the environment but a relatedness co-created between them.
• translativeOf, or relating to the movement of a person or thing from one place to another.
• translucidTranslucent.
• transmarineBeyond or on the other side of a sea.
• transmeateTo pass over or beyond.
• transmissA (version of a) bill or other document sent or transmitted to a council, court, or other body; a transmission.
• transmontaneOf or relating to the other side of the mountains (usually with reference to the Alps).
• transnatationThe act of swimming across (a river, etc).
• TransoxianaAn ancient portion of Central Asia, the region between the Amu Darya (Classical Oxus) and Syr Darya rivers, corresponding approximately with modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and southwest Kazakhstan.
• transpadaneOn the opposite side of the river Po, usually relative to Rome; hence, the northern side.
• Transpadane GaulA native or inhabitant of Transpadane Gaul.
• transpeciateTo change from one species into another; to transform.
• TranstiberineLocated beyond the river Tiber.
• transtigritanelocated beyond the river Tigris
• transumeTo change, convert
• transumptA copy or exemplification of a record.
• transumptionThe act of taking or transporting from one place to another, e.g. of blood.
• transumptiveMetaphorical.
• transvasationThe act or process of pouring out of one vessel into another.
• transvectantAn invariant formed from n invariants in n variables using Cayley's Ω process.
• transverberateTo beat or strike through
• transvertTo cause to turn across; to transverse.
• transvolationA flight beyond or across.
• TrapezuntineOf or pertaining to Trabzon, Trebizond, etc.