11-letter words starting with t
- tariff line — an item listed in a country's tariff schedule
- tarim basin — a region in W China between the Tien Shan and Kunlun mountain ranges. About 350,000 sq. mi. (906,000 sq. km).
- tarradiddle — a small lie; fib.
- tartan army — fans of the Scottish football team, considered as a group
- tate modern — one of the two art galleries in London that make up the Tate Galleries; created in the former Bankside power station in 2000
- taurobolium — the sacrifice of a bull, followed by the baptism of neophytes in the blood, as practiced in the ancient rites of Mithras or Cybele.
- taurocholic — of or derived from taurocholic acid.
- tautochrone — a curve upon which a moving object will reach a certain point at the same time through gravity from whichever point it starts
- tautologism — the use of tautology.
- tautologize — to use tautology.
- tautologous — needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”.
- tautomerism — the ability of certain organic compounds to react in isomeric structures that differ from each other in the position of a hydrogen atom and a double bond.
- tautomerize — to undergo tautomerism.
- tautometric — having the same metre or arrangement of syllables
- tautophonic — having or repeating the same sound
- tawny pipit — a small sandy-brown European bird, Anthus campestris, of the wagtail family; an irregular migrant to some parts of Britain
- tax bracket — a category of taxpayer which is based on how high or low their income is
- tax evasion — the nonpayment of taxes, as through the failure to report taxable income.
- tax holiday — a period of time during which the government reduces or suspends the collection of a tax, as payroll, property, or sales tax: The state legislature declared a hurricane preparedness tax holiday for items like flashlights and battery-powered radios.
- tax revenue — the total amount of money that the government receives from taxation
- tax sharing — revenue sharing.
- tax shelter — any financial arrangement (as a certain kind of investment or allowance) that results in a reduction or elimination of taxes due.
- taxgatherer — a person who collects taxes.
- taxi dancer — a girl or woman employed, as by a dance hall, to dance with patrons who pay a fee for each dance or for a set period of time.
- taxi driver — sb employed to drive a cab
- taxidermist — embalmer
- taxidermize — to prepare or treat by taxidermy
- taximetrics — numerical taxonomy.
- taxonomical — the science or technique of classification.
- taylorville — a town in central Illinois.
- tchaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), or Pëtr Ilich [Russian pyawtr ee-lyeech] /Russian ˈpyɔtr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1840–93, Russian composer.
- tchervonetz — chervonets.
- tcp theorem — the proposition that all the laws of physics are unchanged by the combined operations of charge conjugation (C), space inversion (P), and time reversal (T).
- tea biscuit — a small, round, soft biscuit, usually shortened and sweetened.
- tea infuser — mesh ball for straining tea leaves
- tea service — a set of chinaware for preparing and drinking hot beverages, especially tea.
- tea trolley — a trolley from which tea is served
- teachership — a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
- team leader — the leader of a team, esp in business
- team member — a member of a team, esp in a workplace
- team player — a person who willingly works in cooperation with others.
- team spirit — camaraderie, esprit de corps
- teapot dome — a federal oil reserve in Wyoming, leased to private producer Harry F. Sinclair by Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall in 1922, leading to a major government scandal and the tarnishing of the reputation of President Warren G. Harding's administration (1921–23).
- tear-jerker — a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.
- tearjerking — a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.
- teaser rate — A teaser rate is a low introductory interest rate on credit that goes up after a short time.
- teaspoonful — the amount a teaspoon can hold.
- technically — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- technicolor — (often lowercase) flamboyant or lurid, as in color, meaning, or detail.
- technocracy — a theory and movement, prominent about 1932, advocating control of industrial resources, reform of financial institutions, and reorganization of the social system, based on the findings of technologists and engineers.