10-letter words starting with t
- triticeous — used to refer to specific small rounded structures of tissue or cartilage, resembling grains of wheat, sometimes found in the area near the larynx and the base of the tongue
- triturable — capable of being triturated.
- triturator — to reduce to fine particles or powder by rubbing, grinding, bruising, or the like; pulverize.
- triumphant — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
- triumphery — a triumvir
- triumviral — of a triumvir or triumvirate
- trivandrum — a city in and the capital of Kerala state, in S India: Vishnu pilgrimage center.
- trivialise — to make trivial; cause to appear unimportant, trifling, etc.
- trivialism — trivial character.
- trivialist — someone who deals with or is interested in trivialities
- triviality — something trivial; a trivial matter, affair, remark, etc.: cocktail conversation marked by trivialities.
- trivialize — to make trivial; cause to appear unimportant, trifling, etc.
- trochanter — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
- trochoidal — like, arranged or in the form of a trochoid, or belonging or relating to trochoids
- trochotron — a trochoidal magnetron, in which the electrodes are arranged in a wheel-like pattern around a central cathode, and electrons can be caused to move in a trochoidal curve
- troctolite — a rare type of coarse-grained igneous rock generally composed mainly of olivine and feldspar
- troglodyte — a prehistoric cave dweller.
- trojan war — a ten-year war waged by the confederated Greeks under Agamemnon against the Trojans to avenge the abduction of Helen, wife of Menelaus, by Paris, son of the Trojan king Priam, and ending in the plundering and burning of Troy.
- trolleybus — a passenger bus operating on tires and having an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires.
- trollopian — Anthony, 1815–82, English novelist.
- trollopish — like or typical of a trollop
- trombonist — musician who plays the trombone
- tromometer — an instrument used to measure very slight earth tremors
- tropaeolin — any of a number of orange or yellow azo dyes of complex molecular structure.
- tropaeolum — any garden plant of the genus Tropaeolum esp the nasturtium
- trophesial — involving or relating to trophesy
- trophology — the study or science of nutrition
- trophosome — an organ in deep-sea tube worms that is colonized by bacteria supplying the host worm with food and energy.
- tropically — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
- tropicbird — any of several web-footed seabirds of the family Phaethontidae, chiefly of tropical seas, having white plumage with black markings and a pair of greatly elongated central tail feathers.
- troponin i — a protein within a troponin complex that helps regulate the heartbeat and can be used as an indicator of myocardial infarction.
- tropopause — the boundary, or transitional layer, between the troposphere and the stratosphere.
- tropophyte — a tropophilous plant, as a broad-leaved tree.
- tropotaxis — straight movement by an organism toward or away from a source of stimulation as a result of comparing information received by paired sensory receptors on both sides of the body.
- trotskyism — the form of Communism advocated by Leon Trotsky, based on an immediate, worldwide revolution by the proletariat.
- trotskyist — A Trotskyist is someone who supports the revolutionary left-wing ideas of Leon Trotsky.
- trotskyite — a supporter of Trotsky or Trotskyism.
- troubadour — one of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to 13th centuries, and wrote songs and poems of a complex metrical form in langue d'oc, chiefly on themes of courtly love. Compare trouvère.
- troubledly — in a troubled manner
- trousering — any cloth suitable for trousers
- trout farm — a lake or other enclosed area of water where trout are bred for food
- trout lily — dogtooth violet (def 1).
- troutperch — a North American freshwater fish, Percopsis omiscomaycas, exhibiting characteristics of both trouts and perches.
- trouvaille — a windfall
- trowbridge — a market town in SW England, administrative centre of Wiltshire: woollen manufacturing. Pop: 34 401 (2001)
- trubetzkoy — N(ikolai) S(ergeievich) [nyi-kuh-lahy syir-gye-yi-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1938, Russian linguist in Austria.
- truck crop — a vegetable crop raised on a truck farm.
- truck farm — a farm or piece of land for the growing of vegetables and fruit for sale, especially to local or nearby markets.
- truck stop — a gas station, usually at the side of a major highway, where truck drivers stop for fuel, and often including a restaurant, sleeping and showering rooms, a store selling basic items, etc.
- truculence — fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.