6-letter words containing n, t
- thunen — Johann Heinrich von [yoh-hahn hahyn-rikh fuh n] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈhaɪn rɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1783–1850, German economic theorist.
- thwing — Charles Franklin, 1853–1937, U.S. educator and Congregational clergyman.
- thyine — of or relating to the sandarac tree
- thyone — Semele, as named by her son Dionysus when he took her from the underworld to Olympus.
- ticino — a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- tiding — the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- tie in — pertaining to or designating a sale in which the buyer in order to get the item desired must also purchase one or more other, usually undesired, items.
- tie-in — pertaining to or designating a sale in which the buyer in order to get the item desired must also purchase one or more other, usually undesired, items.
- tie-on — fastened by tying on
- tiepin — a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- tiffin — a city in N Ohio.
- tifton — a town in central Georgia.
- tiglon — the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion.
- tilden — Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- tiling — a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- timing — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tinaja — a large jar for cooling water
- tincal — a former name for crude native borax.
- tindal — William, c1492–1536, English religious reformer, translator of the Bible into English, and martyr.
- tinder — a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- tineid — a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- tinged — a slight degree of coloration.
- tingle — to have a sensation of slight prickles, stings, or tremors, as from cold, a sharp blow, excitement, etc.: I tingle all over.
- tingly — tingling or causing a tingling sensation.
- tinian — an island in the W Pacific Ocean, part of the Northern Marianas Islands: World War II airbase. 40 sq. mi. (100 sq. km).
- tinier — very small; minute; wee.
- tinies — small children
- tinily — to a tiny degree; minutely
- tinker — a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- tinkle — to give forth or make a succession of short, light, ringing sounds, as a small bell.
- tinkly — tinkling or producing a tinkling sound.
- tinman — a tinsmith.
- tinned — made or consisting of tin or tin plate.
- tinner — a tinsmith.
- tinpot — inferior; paltry; shoddy.
- tinsel — a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- tinter — seesaw.
- tintin — a character in The Adventures of Tintin, a series of comic books drawn and written by the Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, better known as Hergé. Tintin is a journalist who travels around the world with his dog, Milou.
- tip in — a slender or pointed end or extremity, especially of anything long or tapered: the tips of the fingers.
- tip-in — tip1 (def 4).
- tip-on — tip1 (def 4).
- tipuna — an ancestor
- tirana — a republic in S Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula, W of Macedonia and NW of Greece. 10,632 sq. mi. (27,535 sq. km). Capital: Tirana.
- tirane — a city in and the capital of Albania, in the central part.
- tiring — Archaic. to dress (the head or hair), especially with a headdress.
- tiryns — an ancient city in Greece, in Peloponnesus: destroyed in 486 b.c. by the Argives; excavated ruins include Cyclopean walls forming part of a great fortress.
- tisane — (italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tiswin — a fermented beverage made by the Apache Indians.
- titans — Classical Mythology. any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus. Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia. any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- titian — (Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.