12-letter words starting with to
- toe the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- toe the mark — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- toffee-apple — an apple fixed on a stick and coated with a thin layer of toffee
- toffee-nosed — stuck-up; conceited; pretentious: a toffee-nosed butler; a toffee-nosed shop.
- toga virilis — the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.
- togetherness — warm fellowship, as among members of a family.
- toggle joint — any of various devices consisting basically of a rod that can be inserted into an object and then manipulated so that the inserted part spreads, becomes offset, or turns at a right angle to the exterior part, allowing it to be used as a support, handle, linkage, lever, etc.
- toilet paper — a soft, lightweight, sanitized paper used in bathrooms for personal cleanliness.
- toilet table — a low table with mirror or mirrors where you sit while dressing or applying makeup
- toilet water — a scented liquid used as a light perfume; cologne.
- toilet-train — to train (a young child) to use a toilet for bowel and bladder movements.
- token strike — a brief strike intended to convey strength of feeling on a disputed issue
- tolerability — capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.
- tollgatherer — a person who collects tolls, taxes, or other imposts.
- tom o'bedlam — a roving beggar afflicted with or feigning madness.
- tomato aspic — aspic1 (def 2).
- tomato juice — liquid from a tomato
- tomato paste — a soft, smooth substance made from crushed tomatoes, used in cooking
- tomato puree — liquidized tomatoes
- tomato sauce — ketchup
- tombstone ad — a boxed advertisement without artwork or illustrations, especially one announcing an issue of a stock or bond.
- tommy atkins — any private of the British army.
- tone cluster — a group of adjacent notes played on a keyboard instrument typically with the fist, forearm, or elbow, similar groupings also occurring in orchestral music.
- tone control — a manual control used to adjust the relative responses of an amplifier to high, low, and intermediate audio frequencies.
- tone dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein tones of differing pitch corresponding to the digits in the number called are electronically generated by manipulating pushbuttons (contrasted with pulse dialing).
- tone in with — to harmonize with
- tongue cover — a loose-leaf binding having a flap of the cover concealing the binding posts.
- tongue graft — whip graft.
- tongue-blade — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
- tonic accent — prominence given to a syllable in speaking, usually due to a change, especially a rise, in pitch.
- tonic sol-fa — a system of singing characterized by emphasis upon tonality or key relationship, in which tones are indicated by the initial letters of the syllables of the sol-fa system rather than by conventional staff notation.
- tonnage deck — the upper deck in a vessel with only two decks.
- tonsillotomy — incision or excision of a portion of a tonsil.
- tool subject — a subject that, when mastered, equips students with a skill useful in studying other subjects: Grammar is a tool subject for English composition.
- tooth chisel — a stonecutter's chisel having a toothed edge.
- tooth fungus — any of various mushrooms of the family Hydnaceae (and, in some classifications, allied families), having on the underside of the cap numerous conical spines rather than gills or pores.
- tooth powder — a dentifrice in the form of a powder.
- tooth socket — a bony hollow into which a tooth fits
- top and tail — method of washing a baby
- top dressing — tennis court
- top grafting — grafting in the top, as of a tree, in order to replace existing branches with those of a more desired variety or form.
- top security — ultra secure
- top sergeant — a first sergeant.
- topaz quartz — citrine (def 2).
- topping lift — a line for raising and supporting a spar, as a yard or boom.
- topstitching — decorative stitching, usually near and parallel to a seam, sewn so as to be visible on the right side of a garment, shoe, belt, etc.
- torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
- torchon lace — a bobbin-made linen or cotton lace with loosely twisted threads in simple, open patterns.
- tornado belt — the part of the U.S. in which tornadoes occur most frequently, roughly the area within a 500-mile (805-km) radius of southern Missouri.
- torpedo boat — a small, fast, highly maneuverable boat used for torpedoing enemy shipping.