5-letter words starting with t
- tempt — to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
- temse — a sieve used to strain meal
- ten15 — (language) A universal intermediate language, a predecessor to TDF.
- tench — a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- tendu — of or relating to a movement that is stretched or held.
- tenet — any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- tenge — the standard monetary unit of Kazakhstan, divided into 100 tiyn
- tenia — taenia.
- tenn. — Tennessee
- tenne — a tawny colour used in family crests
- tenno — the formal title of the Japanese emperor, esp when regarded as a divine religious leader
- teno- — tendon
- tenon — a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- tenor — the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- tense — in a state of mental or nervous strain; high-strung; taut: a tense person.
- tenth — next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.
- tenty — watchful; attentive.
- tenue — a way of carrying oneself
- tepal — one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- tepee — a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
- tepic — a state in W Mexico. 10,442 sq. mi. (27,045 sq. km). Capital: Tepic.
- tepid — moderately warm; lukewarm: tepid water.
- tepoy — teapoy
- tera- — denoting 1012
- terah — the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- terai — a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- teras — a monstrosity
- terce — tierce (def 3).
- terek — a Russian sandpiper, Xenus cinerius
- teres — a shoulder muscle
- terga — the dorsal surface of a body segment of an arthropod.
- terms — a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- terna — a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terne — terne metal.
- terni — a city in central Italy.
- terr. — terrace
- terra — earth; land.
- terri — a female given name, form of Theresa.
- terry — the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- terse — neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- terts — a card game using 32 cards
- tesla — Nikola [nik-oh-luh] /ˈnɪk oʊ lə/ (Show IPA), 1856–1943, U.S. physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor, born in Croatia.
- tesol — teaching English to speakers of other languages. Compare ESOL.
- tessa — a female given name, form of Theresa.
- testa — the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- teste — the male gonad or reproductive gland, either of two oval glands located in the scrotum.
- testy — irritably impatient; touchy.
- teton — the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- tetra — any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- tetri — a currency unit of Georgia equivalent to one one-hundredth of a lari