5-letter words starting with t
- taped — a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tapen — made or composed of tape
- taper — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- tapet — an example of tapestry
- tapir — any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- tapis — Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- tarai — a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- taraz — a city in S Kazakhstan: chemical manufacturing. Pop: 339 000 (2005 est)
- tarde — Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- tardo — slow (used as a musical direction).
- tardy — late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
- tared — the weight of the wrapping, receptacle, or conveyance containing goods.
- tares — the weight of the wrapping, receptacle, or conveyance containing goods.
- targe — a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- tarim — a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- tarne — (in the Iliad) Sardis.
- taroc — an old card game of Italy, Austria, etc. played with a deck of, usually, 78 cards that includes the tarot cards as trumps
- tarok — a card game dating probably from the Renaissance and still popular in central Europe, originally played with a special pack of 78 cards but now usually played with 32 cards of a regular pack together with 22 tarots.
- tarot — any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- tarre — to provoke or goad
- tarry — to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn: He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.
- tars- — tarso-
- tarsi — Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
- tartu — a city in SE Estonia.
- tarty — of, relating to, or suggesting a prostitute.
- taser — a brand of weapon that fires electrical probes that give an electric shock, causing temporary paralysis
- tasse — any of a series of jointed, metal plates forming a skirtlike protection of armor for the lower trunk and thighs
- tasso — Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- taste — to try or test the flavor or quality of (something) by taking some into the mouth: to taste food.
- tasty — good-tasting; savory: a tasty canapé.
- tatar — a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- tater — potato.
- tatie — a potato
- tatin — caramelized and baked in the manner of an upside-down cake: an apple tart Tatin.
- tatou — the name given to various species of armadillo
- tatty — cheap or tawdry; vulgar: a tatty production of a Shakespearean play.
- tatum — Art, 1910–56, U.S. jazz pianist.
- taube — an early German monoplane
- taunt — to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
- tauon — tau lepton.
- taupe — a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- taupo — Lake, a lake in N New Zealand, in the central part of North Island: largest lake in New Zealand. About 234 sq. mi. (605 sq. km).
- tavel — a dry rosé wine from the Rhone region of France.
- taver — to wander, to digress
- tawai — any of various species of beech of the genus Nothofagus of New Zealand, originally called "birches" by the settlers
- tawer — to prepare or dress (some raw material) for use or further manipulation.
- tawie — docile; easy to manage.
- tawny — of a dark yellowish or dull yellowish-brown color.
- tawse — a leather strap having one end cut into thongs, formerly used as an instrument of punishment by a schoolteacher
- taxco — a city in Guerrero state, S Mexico: silver mining.