Commonly used words in written English - letter T with 490 words, sorted by frequency
The list of words starting with the letter T that occur frequently in written English is based on an analysis of the Google Books Ngram (a collection compiled by Peter Norvig in 2012, containing close to one trillion words).
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Word Frequency is calculated as the number of occurrences in one million words.
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Word Definition is sourced from the WordNet dictionary. You'll have to look up each word page for its complete definition and Part of Speech (POS) categories.
| Word | Frequency | Definition |
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71,382 | (determiner) used before a noun, with a specifying or particularizing effect, as opposed to the indefinite or generalizing force of the indefinite article "a" or "an" | |
26,010 | (preposition) used to express motion or direction toward a place, person, or thing approached and reached | |
10,755 | (determiner) used to identify a specific person or thing observed or heard by the speaker; referring to a specific thing previously mentioned, known, or understood; (pronoun) used to indicate a person, thing, idea, state, event, time, remark, as pointed out or present, mentioned before, supposed to be understood by the speaker and the listener, or by way of emphasis | |
5,143 | (pronoun) used to indicate a person, thing, idea, state, event, time, remark, as present, near, just mentioned or pointed out, supposed to be understood by the speaker and the listener, or by way of emphasis | |
3,310 | (pronoun) used to refer to people in a general way or to a group of people who are not specified | |
2,894 | (pronoun) a form of the possessive case of plural they used as an attributive adjective, before a noun | |
2,182 | (adverb) in or at that place or location; (noun) a location other than here; that place | |
1,755 | (pronoun) plural form of this used before a plural noun | |
1,612 | (pronoun) the objective case of they; used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to two or more people or things previously mentioned or easily identified | |
1,593 | (conjunction) used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison | |
1,569 | (verb) assign a time for an activity or event; (noun) an instance or single occasion for some event | |
1,391 | (adjective) being one more than one; (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number | |
1,173 | (adverb) subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors); (noun) that time; that moment | |
929 | (pronoun) plural of that, or you use those to mean 'people' | |
924 | (verb) carry out; (noun) the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption | |
869 | (preposition) from end to end of, or from side to side of; from one surface or limit of, to the opposite; into and out of at the opposite, or at another, point; (adverb) from beginning to end | |
656 | (adjective) being one more than two; (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | |
521 | (adverb) in addition | |
482 | (verb) let something be known; (noun) a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap) | |
474 | (adverb) in the way indicated | |
458 | (noun) the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual | |
424 | (conjunction) granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if; (adverb) (postpositive) however | |
412 | (verb) write by means of a keyboard with types; (noun) a subdivision of a particular kind of thing | |
410 | (verb) judge or regard; look upon; judge; (noun) an instance of deliberate thinking | |
379 | (verb) arrange or enter in tabular form; (noun) a set of data arranged in rows and columns | |
351 | (noun) any movable possession (especially articles of clothing) | |
345 | (adverb) (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result | |
328 | (adjective) be affected with an indisposition | |
328 | (noun) a more or less definite period of time now or previously present | |
291 | (pronoun) a reflexive form of plural they, used as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition | |
285 | (adverb) as acknowledged; (verb) make level, square, balanced, or concentric | |
273 | (noun) a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena | |
272 | (adverb) in contact with each other or in proximity; (adjective) mentally and emotionally stable | |
270 | (verb) add up in number or quantity | |
250 | (verb) put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; (noun) any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc | |
246 | (noun) the amount of money needed to purchase something | |
236 | (adverb) in the third place; (adjective) coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position | |
232 | (noun) a special situation | |
225 | (verb) name formally or designate with a term; (noun) a word or expression used for some particular thing | |
220 | (noun) an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city | |
220 | (verb) change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; (noun) the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course | |
218 | (verb) engage in the trade of; (noun) the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services | |
209 | (noun) care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) | |
198 | (noun) a person whose occupation is teaching | |
193 | (noun) the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
180 | (verb) plant with trees; (noun) a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms | |
175 | (noun) a fact that has been verified | |
170 | (noun) the words of something written | |
170 | (adjective) moved around an axis or center | |
168 | (noun) the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) | |
162 | (adjective) being one more than nine; (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system | |
161 | (adjective) very attractive; capturing interest; (noun) the act of someone who picks up or takes something | |
160 | (adjective) denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units; (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one | |
157 | (adjective) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units; (noun) the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 | |
149 | (verb) levy a tax on; (noun) charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government | |
149 | (preposition) in the direction or vicinity of, with regard to | |
148 | (verb) exchange thoughts; talk with; (noun) an exchange of ideas via conversation | |
146 | (verb) assign a task to | |
146 | (adverb) on this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow; (noun) the present time or age | |
144 | (verb) be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point; (noun) the upper part of anything | |
138 | (noun) activity leading to skilled behavior | |
137 | (noun) a practical method or art applied to some particular task | |
131 | (verb) make an effort or attempt | |
129 | (preposition) quite through; from one extremity to the other of; also, every part of; (adverb) from first to last | |
126 | (verb) transfer somebody to a different position or location of work; (noun) someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another | |
120 | (noun) the application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment | |
118 | (noun) a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with | |
115 | (noun) the process of using your mind to consider something carefully | |
111 | (verb) impart skills or knowledge to; (noun) an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718) | |
111 | (verb) have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined | |
111 | (noun) United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859) | |
110 | (adjective) tested and proved useful or correct | |
108 | (noun) an inherited pattern of thought or action | |
107 | (noun) the profession of a teacher | |
104 | (noun) trying something to find out about it | |
97 | (verb) have confidence or faith in; (noun) something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary) | |
95 | (adjective) consisting of or derived from tradition | |
95 | (adjective) hard to endure | |
92 | (verb) drive; (noun) an implement used in the practice of a vocation | |
91 | (preposition) to; unto; up to; as far as; until; used only in respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc., and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and Ireland; (conjunction) as far as; up to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; that is, to the time specified in the sentence or clause following; until | |
89 | (verb) form a team; (noun) a cooperative unit (especially in sports) | |
87 | (adjective) being ten more than twenty; (noun) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three | |
85 | (noun) part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function | |
82 | (verb) propel through the air; (noun) the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist) | |
82 | (adjective) subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent | |
81 | (adjective) of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill; (noun) a pickup truck with a gun mounted on it | |
81 | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; (noun) a source of difficulty | |
79 | (noun) an area of knowledge or interest | |
75 | (noun) a written agreement between two states or sovereigns | |
74 | (verb) intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; (noun) a reference point to shoot at | |
74 | (verb) move something or somebody around; usually over long distances; (noun) an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes | |
73 | (noun) soldiers collectively | |
70 | (noun) a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect | |
69 | (noun) place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity | |
69 | (verb) change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; (noun) the act of going from one place to another | |
69 | (verb) provide with a tube or insert a tube into; (noun) conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases | |
67 | (verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; (noun) a just detectable amount | |
67 | (verb) create by training and teaching; (noun) public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive | |
67 | (adjective) exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category | |
65 | (verb) utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; (noun) the quality of a person's voice | |
65 | (verb) make physical contact with, come in contact with; (noun) the event of something coming in contact with the body | |
63 | (verb) have flavor; taste of something; (noun) the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus | |
63 | (noun) (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) | |
62 | (verb) interact in a certain way; (noun) an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight | |
61 | (verb) provide with a particular theme or motive; (noun) a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work | |
61 | (noun) the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 | |
61 | (adjective) denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units; (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one | |
59 | (noun) an exchange of ideas via conversation | |
58 | (noun) general line of orientation; (verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly | |
56 | (verb) lose thickness; become thin or thinner; (adjective) of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section | |
55 | (adverb) in quick succession; (adjective) not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions | |
55 | (noun) some situation or event that is thought about | |
55 | (verb) cause to convert or undergo a transition; (noun) a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another | |
55 | (noun) a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language | |
53 | (noun) a warning that something unpleasant is imminent | |
53 | (verb) carry on the feet and deposit; (noun) a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels | |
53 | (noun) act of changing in practice or custom | |
52 | (noun) a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism | |
52 | (verb) express gratitude or show appreciation to | |
52 | (noun) a social division of (usually preliterate) people | |
52 | (verb) cause to stumble; (noun) a journey for some purpose (usually including the return) | |
51 | (noun) broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects | |
51 | (noun) the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works | |
51 | (verb) restate (words) from one language into another language | |
51 | (adverb) in accordance with truth or fact or reality | |
48 | (noun) a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program | |
48 | (noun) electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds | |
48 | (adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations | |
48 | (adverb) two times | |
47 | (noun) (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense | |
47 | (noun) a region in which active military operations are in progress | |
46 | (adverb) by that means or because of that | |
46 | (noun) a qualitative change | |
45 | (verb) deal illegally; (noun) the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time | |
44 | (noun) the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal | |
44 | (noun) the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico | |
43 | (verb) articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments; (noun) a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity | |
42 | (noun) informing by words | |
42 | (verb) fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; (noun) equality of score in a contest | |
41 | (noun) a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building | |
40 | (verb) cause to tilt; (noun) the extreme end of something; especially something pointed | |
39 | (adjective) great in vertical dimension; high in stature; (noun) a garment size for a tall person | |
39 | (noun) a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water | |
39 | (noun) an acknowledgment of appreciation; (exclamation) used for telling someone that you are grateful for something that they have said or done | |
39 | (noun) male cat | |
38 | (noun) the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) | |
38 | (noun) the act of moving something from one location to another | |
38 | (adverb) in a typical manner | |
37 | (noun) a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis; (adjective) lacking continuity or regularity | |
37 | (noun) an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose | |
36 | (verb) store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it; (noun) an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads | |
36 | (noun) a solemn statement made under oath | |
36 | (adjective) shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form | |
36 | (noun) the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted | |
35 | (adjective) caused to fall to the ground | |
34 | (noun) a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity | |
34 | (adjective) of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route; (noun) station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods | |
34 | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | |
34 | (noun) an extended area of land | |
33 | (adverb) in an exhaustive manner | |
32 | (noun) United States composer and music critic (1885-1966) | |
32 | (verb) move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; (noun) a track or mark left by something that has passed | |
31 | (verb) offer or present for acceptance; (adjective) given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality | |
31 | (noun) the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth | |
31 | (adverb) to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent ('whole' is often used informally for 'wholly') | |
31 | (noun) a written account of what transpired at a meeting | |
30 | (verb) fasten or attach with tape; (noun) a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening | |
30 | (noun) a profession of belief | |
30 | (adjective) tested and proved useful or correct | |
30 | (noun) an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument | |
30 | (noun) the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width | |
30 | (noun) a large number or amount | |
30 | (adjective) coming next after the nineteenth in position; (noun) position 20 in a countable series of things | |
29 | (adverb) of or concerning this or that | |
29 | (adjective) (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered | |
29 | (adjective) very small | |
29 | (noun) buying or selling securities or commodities | |
28 | (verb) sit on the throne as a ruler; (noun) the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc. | |
28 | (verb) make a tour of a certain place; (noun) a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area | |
28 | (noun) a distinguishing feature of your personal nature | |
28 | (noun) the exultation of victory | |
28 | (verb) convey (goods etc.) by truck; (noun) an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling | |
28 | (noun) a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit | |
27 | (verb) remove the stalk of fruits or berries; (noun) the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body | |
27 | (adjective) fastened with strings or cords | |
27 | (adjective) depleted of strength or energy | |
27 | (adjective) having come into contact | |
27 | (noun) the funds of a government or institution or individual | |
27 | (noun) broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects | |
26 | (verb) occupy as a tenant; (noun) someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else | |
26 | (noun) the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone | |
26 | (noun) the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities) | |
26 | (verb) subject to a mathematical transformation | |
25 | (adjective) based in scientific and industrial progress | |
25 | (adjective) of or relating to or limited by time | |
25 | (noun) a person who inspires fear or dread | |
25 | (noun) a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented | |
25 | (adjective) relating to or associated with heat; (noun) rising current of warm air | |
25 | (noun) leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion | |
25 | (noun) drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity | |
24 | (verb) rise or move forward; (noun) the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon | |
24 | (adjective) closely constrained or constricted or constricting | |
24 | (noun) a beam made of wood | |
24 | (adverb) the next day, the day after, following the present day; (noun) the day after today | |
24 | (noun) large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food | |
23 | (adjective) given a completely different form or appearance | |
22 | (verb) charge a tariff | |
22 | (noun) the imposition of taxes; the practice of the government in levying taxes on the subjects of a state | |
22 | (adjective) of or relating to or concerning theology | |
22 | (noun) a branch of the Tai languages | |
22 | (noun) the starting point for a new state or experience | |
22 | (adjective) occurring among members of a family usually by heredity | |
22 | (noun) accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc. | |
21 | (noun) a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs) | |
21 | (noun) a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands | |
21 | (noun) a person skilled in a particular type of therapy | |
21 | (verb) push forcefully; (noun) verbal criticism | |
21 | (noun) shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii | |
21 | (noun) a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) | |
20 | (adverb) from that time on | |
20 | (noun) United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000) | |
20 | (verb) issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; (noun) a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment) | |
20 | (verb) plate with tin; (noun) a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide | |
20 | (verb) place in a confining or embarrassing position; (noun) a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned | |
20 | (verb) adjust for (better) functioning; (noun) a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence | |
19 | (verb) harden by reheating and cooling in oil; (noun) a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling | |
19 | (adjective) coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position; (noun) position ten in a countable series of things | |
19 | (noun) someone who travels for pleasure | |
19 | (noun) someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold | |
19 | (noun) a formal exposition | |
19 | (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | |
19 | (noun) a cunning or deceitful action or device | |
19 | (verb) release or pull the trigger on; (noun) a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen | |
19 | (adjective) of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic | |
18 | (verb) give testimony in a court of law | |
18 | (adjective) relating to or involved in therapy | |
18 | (adjective) being one more than twelve; (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one | |
18 | (adjective) painstakingly careful and accurate | |
18 | (verb) pass a thread through; (noun) a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving | |
18 | (noun) the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions | |
18 | (adjective) not given to gentleness or sentimentality | |
18 | (noun) a three-sided polygon | |
18 | (verb) force a way through; (noun) a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars) | |
18 | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Turkey or its people or language; (noun) a Turkic language spoken by the Turks | |
17 | (noun) a discussion intended to produce an agreement | |
17 | (adjective) of or relating to a territory; (noun) nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit | |
17 | (adjective) disrupted by the pull of contrary forces | |
17 | (noun) the provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada) | |
17 | (noun) the event of something coming in contact with the body; (adjective) arousing affect | |
17 | (noun) an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business | |
17 | (noun) the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber | |
16 | (noun) someone who pays taxes | |
16 | (noun) something that seduces or has the quality to seduce | |
16 | (noun) a state in east central United States | |
16 | (noun) a coming to an end of a contract period | |
16 | (adjective) of or relating to fabrics or fabric making | |
16 | (adverb) from that place or from there | |
16 | (adverb) (formal) in or into that thing or place | |
16 | (adjective) darkened by clouds | |
16 | (verb) walk so that the toes assume an indicated position or direction; (noun) one of the digits of the foot | |
16 | (noun) the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan | |
16 | (verb) manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; (noun) a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier) | |
16 | (noun) a person who changes location | |
15 | (verb) bring to an end or halt | |
15 | (noun) a book prepared for use in schools or colleges | |
15 | (noun) the feel of a surface or a fabric | |
15 | (noun) a proposition deducible from basic postulates | |
15 | (noun) the time when something happens | |
15 | (verb) recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others) | |
15 | (noun) a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds | |
15 | (adverb) during the night of the present day; (noun) the present or immediately coming night | |
15 | (verb) agitate; (noun) an abrupt movement | |
15 | (adverb) according to tradition; in a traditional manner | |
15 | (noun) an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects | |
15 | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of a tribe | |
15 | (noun) something given or done as an expression of esteem | |
15 | (noun) a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein | |
14 | (noun) the branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy | |
14 | (noun) the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization | |
14 | (noun) apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code) | |
14 | (noun) the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb | |
14 | (noun) hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense | |
14 | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison | |
14 | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy | |
14 | (noun) the act of going from one place to another | |
14 | (adjective) characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need | |
14 | (noun) a native or inhabitant of Turkey | |
13 | (verb) attach a tag or label to; (noun) a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc. | |
13 | (verb) separate or cause to separate abruptly; (noun) a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands | |
13 | (adverb) for a limited time only; not permanently | |
13 | (verb) dispose or incline or entice to | |
13 | (verb) increase the tension on; (adjective) in or of a state of physical or nervous tension | |
13 | (verb) provide (a house) with a terrace; (noun) a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) | |
13 | (noun) an important intellectual | |
13 | (verb) to utter intentions of injury or punishment against | |
13 | (verb) move fast, noisily, and heavily; (noun) a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning | |
13 | (noun) an individual instance of a type of symbol | |
13 | (adjective) extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis | |
13 | (noun) the act of going from one place to another | |
13 | (verb) fortify by surrounding with trenches; (noun) a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth | |
12 | (noun) a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong | |
12 | (verb) give life-time employment to; (noun) the term during which some position is held | |
12 | (noun) a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it | |
12 | (adverb) in a tight or constricted manner | |
12 | (verb) subject to torture; (noun) unbearable physical pain | |
12 | (noun) the business of providing services to tourists | |
12 | (noun) an administrative division of a county | |
12 | (noun) traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s | |
12 | (noun) one who stays for only a short time | |
12 | (verb) make a passage or journey from one place to another | |
12 | (adjective) easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety) | |
12 | (adjective) traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining term | |
12 | (verb) travel across or pass over | |
12 | (noun) an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds | |
12 | (noun) the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead | |
12 | (adjective) (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence | |
12 | (verb) duplicate or match; (noun) either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy | |
11 | (noun) a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it | |
11 | (noun) a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription | |
11 | (adjective) (of goods or funds) subject to taxation | |
11 | (noun) a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline | |
11 | (noun) a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities | |
11 | (noun) someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) | |
11 | (verb) cover with tiles; (noun) a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces | |
11 | (verb) lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; (noun) hoop that covers a wheel | |
11 | (verb) ring slowly; (noun) a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance) | |
11 | (noun) mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable | |
11 | (noun) a person who changes location | |
11 | (noun) infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages) | |
11 | (noun) the third day of the week; the second working day | |
11 | (adjective) coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position; (noun) position 12 in a countable series of things | |
10 | (noun) a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite | |
10 | (verb) seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball; (noun) the person who plays that position on a football team | |
10 | (noun) a message transmitted by telegraph | |
10 | (verb) crush together or collapse; (noun) a magnifier of images of distant objects | |
10 | (noun) excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly) | |
10 | (noun) a model or standard for making comparisons | |
10 | (noun) a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling | |
10 | (noun) someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology | |
10 | (noun) the part of the leg between the hip and the knee | |
10 | (adjective) coming next after the twelfth in position; (noun) position 13 in a countable series of things | |
10 | (noun) the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day | |
10 | (adjective) of or relating to the thyroid gland | |
10 | (noun) an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution | |
10 | (verb) send from one person or place to another | |
10 | (adjective) familiar with many parts of the world | |
10 | (verb) tread or stomp heavily or roughly; (noun) the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire | |
10 | (noun) (ancient Rome) an official elected by the plebeians to protect their interests | |
10 | (verb) increase threefold; (noun) a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base | |
10 | (verb) be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction | |
10 | (adjective) having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented | |
10 | (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | |
9 | (noun) as much as a tablespoon will hold | |
9 | (verb) cut a female screw thread with a tap; (noun) a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing) | |
9 | (noun) a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences | |
9 | (noun) someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process | |
9 | (noun) (often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically | |
9 | (noun) a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment | |
9 | (noun) a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court | |
9 | (adjective) (of e.g. a contract or term of office) having come to an end | |
9 | (noun) the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear | |
9 | (noun) a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula | |
9 | (adjective) of or relating to the theater | |
9 | (noun) the act of taking something from someone unlawfully | |
9 | (adverb) in theory; according to the assumed facts | |
9 | (verb) feel the need to drink; (noun) a physiological need to drink | |
9 | (noun) informal terms for clothing | |
9 | (verb) work hard; (noun) productive work (especially physical work done for wages) | |
9 | (noun) a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | |
9 | (adjective) of the highest quality | |
9 | (noun) the degree to which something is poisonous | |
9 | (verb) be greater in scope or size than some standard | |
9 | (verb) lift and reset in another soil or situation; (noun) an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient) | |
9 | (noun) an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food | |
9 | (noun) a crime that undermines the offender's government | |
9 | (noun) a shaky motion; (adjective) vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze | |
9 | (adjective) concerned with trivialities | |
9 | (noun) an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose | |
9 | (noun) a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling | |
9 | (verb) turn in the opposite direction; (noun) a jerky pulling movement | |
8 | (verb) treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather; (adjective) of a light yellowish-brown color | |
8 | (adjective) perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch | |
8 | (noun) as much as a teaspoon will hold | |
8 | (adverb) with regard to technique | |
8 | (noun) a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes | |
8 | (noun) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity | |
8 | (noun) a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential | |
8 | (noun) a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes | |
8 | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people; (noun) a native or inhabitant of Thailand | |
8 | (noun) United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989) | |
8 | (adjective) exhibiting or characterized by careful thought | |
8 | (noun) a fierce or audacious person | |
8 | (noun) an industrial city in western France on the Loire River | |
8 | (noun) the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline | |
8 | (noun) the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind | |
8 | (noun) something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech | |
8 | (noun) a person who translates written messages from one language to another | |
8 | (adjective) forced to turn and face attackers | |
8 | (verb) move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways; (noun) a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement | |
8 | (noun) flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes | |
8 | (noun) elected vice president in Roosevelt's 4th term; became 33rd President of the United States on Roosevelt's death in 1945 and was elected President in 1948; authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan (1884-1972) | |
8 | (noun) (mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other | |
8 | (noun) a cruel and oppressive dictator | |
7 | (verb) coat with tar | |
7 | (noun) a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks | |
7 | (noun) a crystalline metallic element not found in nature; occurs as one of the fission products of uranium | |
7 | (noun) the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; (adjective) (usually followed by 'to') naturally disposed toward | |
7 | (adjective) unsettled in mind or opinion | |
7 | (adjective) operating or living or growing on land | |
7 | (adverb) used as intensifiers | |
7 | (noun) from 63 million to 2 million years ago | |
7 | (adverb) to that | |
7 | (noun) a Germanic character of runic origin | |
7 | (noun) any one of two or more competitors who tie one another | |
7 | (adjective) before a time limit expires | |
7 | (noun) grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay | |
7 | (verb) color lightly | |
7 | (noun) a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill | |
7 | (verb) burn maliciously, as by arson; (noun) a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance | |
7 | (noun) (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought | |
7 | (verb) advertize in strongly positive terms; (noun) someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit | |
7 | (verb) wipe with a towel; (noun) a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping | |
7 | (noun) a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species | |
7 | (verb) register the trademark of; (noun) a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product | |
7 | (noun) someone who betrays his country by committing treason | |
7 | (noun) the path followed by an object moving through space | |
7 | (noun) something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation | |
7 | (noun) an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage | |
7 | (noun) a semiconductor device capable of amplification | |
7 | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by transition | |
7 | (noun) set used to broadcast radio or tv signals | |
7 | (adjective) of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body | |
7 | (adjective) having three angles; forming or shaped like a triangle | |
7 | (verb) move or march as if in a crowd; (noun) a group of soldiers | |
7 | (adjective) causing difficulty or annoyance | |
7 | (noun) rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate | |
7 | (adjective) characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination | |
7 | (verb) hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation; (noun) any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming | |
6 | (adjective) of or pertaining to tactic or tactics | |
6 | (verb) adjust to a specific need or market; (noun) a person whose occupation is making and altering garments | |
6 | (adjective) endowed with talent or talents | |
6 | (verb) travel slowly | |
6 | (adjective) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | |
6 | (adjective) (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate | |
6 | (adjective) made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment | |
6 | (adjective) of or relating to tension | |
6 | (adjective) thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation | |
6 | (adjective) of or relating to or based on a text | |
6 | (noun) the longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea | |
6 | (adverb) on that | |
6 | (noun) measuring instrument for measuring temperature | |
6 | (adverb) to or toward that place; away from the speaker | |
6 | (adjective) of or relating to the chest or thorax | |
6 | (verb) make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance | |
6 | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by tides | |
6 | (verb) make tight or tighter | |
6 | (verb) charge with a tilt; (noun) a slight but noticeable partiality | |
6 | (noun) the whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition | |
6 | (noun) commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column | |
6 | (verb) torment emotionally or mentally | |
6 | (noun) a twisting force | |
6 | (verb) drag behind; (noun) the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope | |
6 | (noun) a wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications | |
6 | (noun) permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation | |
6 | (noun) an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient) | |
6 | (adjective) (of a stream) flowing into a larger stream | |
6 | (noun) a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate | |
6 | (verb) decorate, as with ornaments; (noun) a state of arrangement or appearance | |
6 | (adjective) experiencing triumph | |
6 | (noun) a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed) | |
6 | (noun) (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately | |
6 | (noun) a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains | |
6 | (verb) proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet | |
6 | (noun) a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids | |
6 | (verb) pull hard; (noun) a sudden abrupt pull | |
6 | (noun) a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education) | |
6 | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | |
6 | (noun) elected vice president and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died (1790-1862) | |
5 | (noun) formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men | |
5 | (noun) a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis | |
5 | (noun) the trait of avoiding excesses | |
5 | (noun) (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played | |
5 | (noun) a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof | |
5 | (adjective) (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass; (noun) the adult male singing voice above baritone | |
5 | (noun) fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag | |
5 | (verb) make a sound like a clock or a timer; (noun) a metallic tapping sound | |
5 | (verb) propose a toast to; (noun) slices of bread that have been toasted | |
5 | (noun) Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907) | |
5 | (noun) (used in the plural) trousers that end at or above the knee | |
5 | (noun) (astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions | |
5 | (noun) writing done with a typewriter |