10-letter words starting with t
- take aback — to astonish or disconcert
- take after — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- take amiss — out of the right or proper course, order, or condition; improperly; wrongly; astray: Did I speak amiss?
- take apart — into pieces or parts; to pieces: to take a watch apart; an old barn falling apart from decay.
- take aside — talk to privately
- take cover — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- take guard — (of a batsman) to choose a position in front of the wicket to receive the bowling, esp by requesting the umpire to indicate his position relative to the stumps
- take heart — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- take issue — to disagree
- take leave — to say farewell (to)
- take notes — to write down notes, as during a lecture or interview, for later reference
- take place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- take shape — the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- take sides — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- take steps — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- take stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- take turns — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- take up on — If you take someone up on their offer or invitation, you accept it.
- take-along — intended or suitable for taking along, as on a trip: take-along snacks for long car trips.
- taklamakan — a desert in S central Xingjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. About 125,000 sq. mi. (323,750 sq. km).
- talcahuano — a seaport in central Chile.
- talebearer — a person who spreads gossip, secrets, etc., that may cause trouble or harm.
- talentless — not having any talent or special gift or ability
- taleteller — a telltale; talebearer.
- talibanize — to make (an organization) resemble the Taliban or portray (an organization) as being like the Taliban, in that it is seen to restrict personal freedom and punish opposition ruthlessly
- talismanic — a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm.
- talk about — expressing disgust or emphasis
- talk dirty — use lewd sexual language
- talk radio — a radio format featuring talk shows and listener call-ins.
- talk round — If you talk someone round, you persuade them to change their mind so that they agree with you, or agree to do what you want them to do
- talk sense — If you say that someone talks sense, you mean that what they say is sensible.
- talk trash — to engage in trash talk
- talked out — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- talking of — You can use the expression talking of to introduce a new topic that you want to discuss, and to link it to something that has already been mentioned.
- talking-to — a scolding.
- tall drink — a beverage consisting of liquor and a sparkling soda, fruit juice, or the like, to which may be added other ingredients, served in a tall glass, usually with ice.
- tall order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- tall poppy — any plant of the genus Papaver, having showy, usually red flowers. Compare poppy family.
- tall story — far-fetched account
- talleyrand — (born Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord) Prince of Benevento 1754-1838; Fr. statesman & diplomat
- talmi gold — a metal made by rolling gold on brass, used in making costume jewelry.
- tamagotchi — a handheld digital toy, consisting of a digital 'pet' that the owner looks after; very popular in the 1990s
- tamaulipas — a state in NE Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of Mexico. 30,731 sq. mi. (79,595 sq. km). Capital: Ciudad Victoria.
- tambourine — a small drum consisting of a circular frame with a skin stretched over it and several pairs of metal jingles attached to the frame, played by striking with the knuckles, shaking, and the like.
- tamburitza — one of a family of mandolinlike stringed instruments of southern Slavic regions.
- tamil nadu — a large state in S India: formerly a presidency; boundaries readjusted on a linguistic basis 1956. 50,216 sq. mi. (130,058 sq. km). Capital: Chennai.
- tammerfors — Swedish name of Tampere.
- tananarive — former name of Antananarivo.
- tandemwise — in the manner of a tandem
- tanganyika — a former country in E Africa: formed the larger part of German East Africa; British trusteeship (Tanganyika Territory) 1946–61; became independent 1961; now the mainland part of Tanzania. 361,800 sq. mi. (937,062 sq. km).