Word origins

• tranationThe act of swimming over.
• trans-Extending across, through, or over.
• transactorA person who transacts business.
• 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.
• transductorA kind of magnetic amplifier used in power systems for compensating reactive power.
• transeuntEmanant; producing an effect outside of the mind. (Compare immanent.)
• transfretationa passage over a strait of narrow sea
• transireA permit given to a coasting vessel by a customs house.
• transitationThe act of transiting or passing; passage.
• TransitusThe time of passage through death to eternal life.
• 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.
• transluceTo shine (light) through, and thus make (the thing which is shined through) translucent.
• translucidTranslucent.
• transmarineBeyond or on the other side of a sea.
• transmeateTo pass over or beyond.
• transmigrateTo migrate to another country.
• 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.
• transpicuousEasily construed or seen through.
• 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
• transverberationA form of religious ecstasy characterized by a piercing sensation.
• transvertTo cause to turn across; to transverse.
• transvolationA flight beyond or across.
• trapeziformShaped like a trapezium.
• TrapezuntineOf or pertaining to Trabzon, Trebizond, etc.
• TrapezusFormer name of Trabzon.
• tre-Used for forming names of large numbers as the third in the sequence in the Conway–Guy system.
• tredecennialA period of thirteen years.
• tremellaAny fungus of the genus Tremella.
• tremendSynonym of tremendous.
• trepidTimid, timorous, fearful.
• trepidantTrembling with fear or emotion.
• tri-Three.
• Triangulum AustraleA winter constellation of the southern sky, which has three bright stars that form a triangle. It lies north of the constellation Apus, between Ara and Circinus.
• tria nominaThe three names borne by free male Roman citizens, consisting of the praenomen, nomen, and cognomen.
• triarianOccupying the third post or rank.
• tribadicRelating to tribadism.
• tribrachA metrical foot consisting of three short syllables.
• tribunateThe state or office of a tribune.
• tribune of the plebsThe first office of the Roman state that was open to the plebeians, with the power to convene and preside over the Concilium Plebis (people's assembly); to summon the senate; to propose legislation; to intervene on behalf of plebeians in legal matters and to veto the actions of the consuls and other magistrates.
• tribunicianPertaining to a Roman tribune.
• tricaudalHaving three tails.
• tricenarianThe highest rank and pay grade for prefectures in Ancient Rome.
• tricenaryOf or related to the number thirty.
• tricennaliaThe festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 30th year of rule.
• tricennialOf, related to, lasting, or occurring once every thirty years.
• tricenniumA period of thirty years.
• triclavianismThe belief that three nails were used in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
• tricliniaryOf, pertaining to, or using a triclinium, or to the ancient mode of reclining while eating.
• tricliniumA couch for reclining at mealtimes, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts.
• tricolon crescensA "rising" tricolon, its parts increasing in magnitude or intensity towards a climax on the third part
• tricolon diminuensA "diminishing" tricolon, its parts decreasing in magnitude or intensity
• triduanLasting three days.
• triensA bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic valued at 4 unciae.
• trierarchThe captain of a trireme.
• trietericalTriennial: occurring once in three years.
• trifariousFacing three ways; arranged in three vertical ranks, like the leaves of veratrum.
• trifidateBifid, divided into two main parts.
• trifolyMelilot; sweet clover
• triformHaving three different forms
• triformityThe state of being triform, or having three different shapes.
• trifurcateForked, with three tines or points.
• trigeminousborn three together; being one of three born at the same birth
• trigesimalThirtieth.
• trigintalA trental (various senses)
• trigintennialSynonym of tricennial, once every thirty years.
• trigintillion10⁹³.
• trigonoustrigonal; triangular
• trijugoustrijugate.
• TrimalchioA nouveau riche.
• trimeA silver coin worth three cents, minted in the US from 1851 to 1873.
• trimellic acidtrimellitic acid
• trimembralHaving, or consisting of, three members.
• trimillennialThe 3,000th anniversary of an event or happening.
• TrinacriaSicily.
• trinervateHaving three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex.
• trinitaryRelating to a trinity or set of three, especially the Holy Trinity.
• trinkum-trankumA trinket.
• trinoctialLasting for three nights.
• trinoda necessitasA threefold tax in Anglo-Saxon times, by which subjects of the king were required to repair bridges and roads (bridge-bote), build and repair fortifications (burgh-bote), and serve in the fyrd or militia (fyrd-bote).
• trinominaltrinomial
• trionesThe seven principal stars in the constellation Ursa Major