6-letter words starting with t
- tilsit — former name of Sovetsk.
- tilted — sloping or inclining at an angle
- timaru — a seaport on the E coast of South Island, in S New Zealand.
- timbal — a kettledrum.
- timber — the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- timbre — Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- timely — occurring at a suitable time; seasonable; opportune; well-timed: a timely warning.
- timing — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- timist — a musician who keeps good time
- timour — Tamerlane.
- timrod — Henry, 1828–67, U.S. poet.
- timucu — a needlefish, Strongylura timucu, inhabiting warm waters of the western Atlantic.
- tinaja — a large jar for cooling water
- tincal — a former name for crude native borax.
- tindal — William, c1492–1536, English religious reformer, translator of the Bible into English, and martyr.
- tinder — a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- tineid — a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- tinged — a slight degree of coloration.
- tingle — to have a sensation of slight prickles, stings, or tremors, as from cold, a sharp blow, excitement, etc.: I tingle all over.
- tingly — tingling or causing a tingling sensation.
- tinian — an island in the W Pacific Ocean, part of the Northern Marianas Islands: World War II airbase. 40 sq. mi. (100 sq. km).
- tinier — very small; minute; wee.
- tinies — small children
- tinily — to a tiny degree; minutely
- tinker — a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- tinkle — to give forth or make a succession of short, light, ringing sounds, as a small bell.
- tinkly — tinkling or producing a tinkling sound.
- tinman — a tinsmith.
- tinned — made or consisting of tin or tin plate.
- tinner — a tinsmith.
- tinpot — inferior; paltry; shoddy.
- tinsel — a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- tinter — seesaw.
- tintin — a character in The Adventures of Tintin, a series of comic books drawn and written by the Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, better known as Hergé. Tintin is a journalist who travels around the world with his dog, Milou.
- tip in — a slender or pointed end or extremity, especially of anything long or tapered: the tips of the fingers.
- tip up — overturn, cause to topple
- tip-in — tip1 (def 4).
- tip-on — tip1 (def 4).
- tip-up — designed to tilt
- tipcat — a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
- tipoff — the act of tipping off.
- tippee — a person who receives a tip, as of money or information.
- tipper — a person or thing that tips: The waiters liked him for being a big tipper.
- tippet — a scarf, usually of fur or wool, for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, and usually having ends hanging down in front. Compare stole2 (def 2).
- tipple — to drink intoxicating liquor, especially habitually or to some excess.
- tiptoe — the tip or end of a toe.
- tiptop — the extreme top or summit.
- tipuna — an ancestor
- tirade — a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation: a tirade against smoking.
- tirage — the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.