5-letter words containing t, i, a
- tatin — caramelized and baked in the manner of an upside-down cake: an apple tart Tatin.
- tawai — any of various species of beech of the genus Nothofagus of New Zealand, originally called "birches" by the settlers
- tawie — docile; easy to manage.
- taxis — arrangement or order, as in one of the physical sciences.
- tenia — taenia.
- terai — a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- thais — flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- thali — a meal consisting of several small meat or vegetable dishes accompanied by rice, bread, etc, and sometimes by a starter or a sweet
- thira — Thera.
- tiara — a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- tibia — Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- tical — a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- ticca — (of a thing or the services of a person) having been acquired for temporary use in exchange for payment; hired
- tidal — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides: a tidal current.
- tihua — former name of Ürümqi.
- tihwa — Dihua.
- tikal — an ancient Mayan city occupied c200 b.c. to a.d. 900, an important center of Mayan civilization, situated in Petén in the jungles of northern Guatemala and the site of significant archaeological discoveries in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
- tikka — (of meat, esp chicken or lamb) marinated in spices then dry-roasted, usually in a clay oven
- tilak — a distinctive spot of colored powder or paste worn on the forehead by Hindu men and women as a religious symbol.
- tinea — any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tinia — the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tiran — Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tisza — a river in S central Europe, rising in the Ukraine and flowing from the Carpathian Mountains along the Romanian border into E Hungary, Slovakia, and Serbia, where it joins the Danube N of Belgrade. 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- titan — 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.
- tomia — the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- tragi — a fleshy prominence at the front of the external opening of the ear.
- traik — to become ill or lose one's good health.
- trail — to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
- train — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trait — a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature: bad traits of character.
- trali — transfusion-related acute lung injury: a potentially fatal condition that can affect a female blood donor who has been pregnant
- triac — a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- triad — a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- trial — German Der Prozess. a novel (1925) by Franz Kafka.
- trias — the Triassic period or rock system
- triga — a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- troia — Troy Game, The.
- tsadi — sadhe.
- twain — Mark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
- uniat — a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- unita — União Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola
- utica — an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- vatic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet.
- victa — a type of rotary lawnmower first manufactured in 1952
- vista — a national program in the U.S., sponsored by ACTION, for sending volunteers into poor areas to teach various job skills.
- vitae — curriculum vitae (def 1).
- vital — of or relating to life: vital processes.
- vitas — a female given name, form of Davida.
- vitra — (in prescriptions) glass.
- vitta — Botany. a tube or receptacle for oil, occurring in the fruits of most plants of the parsley family.