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3-letter words starting with t

  • tel — a colorless, oily, water-insoluble, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 Pb, used as an antiknock agent in gasoline.
  • ten — a cardinal number, nine plus one.
  • ter — (in prescriptions) three times.
  • tes — (in philosophical Taoism) the virtue or power inherent in a person or thing existing in harmony with the Tao.
  • tet — the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
  • tev — Today's English Version (of the Bible)
  • tew — to beat (leather, etc) into a smooth condition
  • tex — Joseph Elmer, 1891–1967, U.S. cardinal.
  • tga — Targa Graphics Adaptor
  • tgv — train à grande vitesse: a high-speed passenger train
  • tha — the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
  • thb — Bachelor of Theology
  • thc — tetrahydrocannabidinol: the active ingredient in cannabis, giving it its narcotic and psychoactive effects
  • thd — Doctor of Theology
  • the — (used to modify an adjective or adverb in the comparative degree and to signify “in or by that,” “on that account,” “in or by so much,” or “in some or any degree”): He's been on vacation and looks the better for it.
  • thg — tetrahydrogestrinone
  • thi — temperature-humidity index
  • thm — Master of Theology
  • thx — thanks
  • thy — to address as “thou.”.
  • tia — 1.   (chat)   Thanks in advance. 2.   (body)   Telecommunications Industry Association. 3.   (software)   The Internet Adapter. 4.   (graphics, hardware)   Television Interface Adaptor.
  • tic — Pathology. a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face. tic douloureux.
  • tie — to bind, fasten, or attach with a cord, string, or the like, drawn together and knotted: to tie a tin can on a dog's tail.
  • tik — a slang name for the drug methamphetamine in crystal form
  • til — the sesame plant.
  • tim — a male given name, form of Timothy.
  • tin — taxpayer identification number.
  • tip — Eugene (Gladstone) 1888–1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.
  • tir — Transports Internationaux Routiers
  • tis — the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
  • tit — tit for tat.
  • tiu — an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
  • tiv — a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
  • tix — tickets
  • tko — technical knockout
  • tkt — ticket
  • tl0 — Thread Language Zero
  • tl1 — Transaction Language 1. A subset of ITU-T's MML from Bellcore, with simpler syntax. TL1 is similar to USL. It is used in communications between telephone operating systems and remote network test equipment.
  • tla — (jargon)   (TLA) The canonical, self-describing acronym for the name of a species with which computing terminology is infested. Examples include MCA, FTP, SNA, CPU, MMU, DMU, FPU, TLA. This dictionary contains many TLAs. Sometimes used by extension for any confusing acronym. People who like this looser usage argue that not all TLAs have three letters, just as not all four-letter words have four letters. One also hears of "ETLA" (Extended Three-Letter Acronym) being used to describe four-letter acronyms. The term "SFLA" (Stupid Four-Letter Acronym) has also been reported. See also YABA. The self-effacing phrase "TDM TLA" (Too Damn Many...) is used to bemoan the plethora of TLAs in use. In 1989, a random of the journalistic persuasion asked hacker Paul Boutin "What do you think will be the biggest problem in computing in the 90s?" Paul's straight-faced response: "There are only 17,000 three-letter acronyms." (To be exact, there are 26^3 = 17,576.)
  • tlb — Translation Look-aside Buffer
  • tlc — If someone or something needs some TLC, they need to be treated in a kind and caring way. TLC is an abbreviation for 'tender loving care.'
  • tld — top-level domain
  • tli — Transport Layer Interface
  • tls — Transport Layer Security protocol
  • tmg — TransMoGrifier. An early language for writing recursive descent compilers. It was macroed from the IBM 1604 to the IBM 709 to the IBM 7094 to the GE-635, where it was used by McIlroy and Morris to write the EPL compiler for Multics.
  • tmi — too much information: an expression of distaste or boredom at the information being offered
  • tmj — temporomandibular joint (disorder)
  • tml — a colorless liquid, (CH 3) 4 Pb, insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol and benzene, used as an antiknock agent in gasoline.
  • tmo — (in rugby) television match official
  • tms — transcranial magnetic stimulation
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