English words: twee to twiggy

English words twee to twiggy

1. twee adjective, noun /twiː/: Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.
2. twee pop noun: A subgenre of indie pop music with simple melodies and lyrics, usually about love.
3. tweeb noun: A person who constantly uses technology, e.g. cell phone or tablet.
4. tweece adverb: Alternative form of twice.
5. tweed noun /twiːd/: A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.
6. Tweedale proper noun: A surname.
7. Tweedbank proper noun: A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5134).
8. Tweeddale proper noun: The area drained by the upper reaches of the River Tweed in Scotland.
9. tweeded adjective: Wearing tweed
10. Tweedie proper noun: A surname.
11. tweedily adverb: In a tweedy manner.
12. tweediness noun: The quality of being tweedy.
13. tweedle noun, verb /ˈtwiːdəl/: To handle lightly; said with reference to awkward playing on a fiddle.
14. Tweedle-dee noun: One of a pair (the other of the pair being Tweedle-dum) of nominally different (often: but practically identical) things.
15. Tweedle-dum noun: One of a pair (the other of the pair being Tweedle-dee) of nominally different (often: but practically identical) things.
16. tweedler noun: One who tweedles.
17. tweedlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of tweed.
18. Tweedmouth proper noun /ˈtwiːdməθ/: A suburb of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, on the south side of the River Tweed near its mouth. It has always been in England, unlike Berwick...
19. tweeds noun: plural of tweed.
20. Tweedsmuir proper noun: A small village on the River Tweed in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT1024).
21. tweedy adjective: Made of tweed, or having a similar rough texture.
22. tweek noun: A form of atmospherics (radio interference) produced when the high-frequency components reach the receiver before the low-frequency components.
23. tweel noun, verb /twiːl/: Alternative form of twill.
24. tweely adverb: In a twee manner.
25. tween adjective, noun, preposition, verb /twiːn/: Apheretic form of between.
26. 'tween deck noun: Alternative spelling of tweendeck.
27. tweenage adjective: Not yet a teenager (being less than thirteen years old), but starting to act like one.
28. tweenaged adjective: Of the age of a tweenager.
29. tweenagehood noun: The state of being in one's tweenage years.
30. 'tweenager noun /ˈtwiːnˌeɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/: A young person who is not yet a teenager (being less than thirteen years old), but starting to act like one: generally ten to twelve years old.
31. tweenase noun: Triacylglycerol lipase; a lipase that hydrolyses a triglyceride to form a 1,3-diglyceride.
32. 'tweenbrain noun: Synonym of diencephalon.
33. tweendeck noun: A deck on some merchant ships between the maindeck and the hold.
34. tweendecker noun: A merchant ship that has one or more tweendecks
35. tweendom noun: The stage, state, or world of tweens; tweens collectively.
36. tweener noun: A tweenager.
37. tweeness noun: The quality or state of being twee.
38. tweenhood noun: tweendom
39. tweenie noun: Alternative spelling of tweeny.
40. tweenification noun: Conversion to the norms or fashion of tweens.
41. tweening noun, verb: A technique in film animation for generating intermediate frames such that one image evolves smoothly into the next.
42. tweenish adjective: Of or suitable for a tween.
43. tweenism noun: A predisposition towards tweens.
44. tweenlight noun: The period between dusk and nightfall; twilight.
45. tweenness noun: The quality of being a tween.
46. tweenpreneur noun: A tweenage entrepreneur.
47. tweeny adjective, noun /ˈtwiːni/: Alternative spelling of tweenie.
48. tweenybopper noun: The tween equivalent of a teenybopper; a pre-teen with teenybopper interests.
49. tweep noun, verb: A chirp or beep.
50. tweeps noun, verb: Twitter followers, especially one's own.
51. tweer adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of tuyere.
52. tweese noun /twiːz/: A surgeon's case of instruments.
53. tweet interjection, noun, verb /ˈtwiːt/: The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
54. tweet-worthy adjective: Alternative form of tweetworthy.
55. tweetable adjective: Capable of, or deserving of being tweeted (“sent as a message on the Twitter microblogging service”).
56. tweetaholic noun: A heavy user of the Twitter microblogging service; a person addicted to tweeting.
57. tweetdecker noun: Someone who uses the TweetDeck platform (now known as X Pro) to artificially generate engagement, such as by being part of a network of users who...
58. tweetdecking noun: The act of using the TweetDeck platform (now known as X Pro) to artificially generate engagement, such as by being part of a network of users who...
59. tweetdom noun: The world of Twitter; Twitter users collectively.
60. tweeter noun /ˈtwitɚ/: An electronic speaker designed to produce high-frequency sound.
61. tweetfest noun: An episode of frenzied and/or mass tweeting.
62. tweetheart noun: A Twitter user who is popular with others.
63. tweeting noun, verb: A noise that tweets.
64. tweetless adjective: Without tweets.
65. tweetstorm noun: A series of tweets posted on the Twitter microblogging service in rapid succession.
66. tweetup noun: A meeting in person organised on the social networking web site Twitter.
67. tweetworthy adjective: Worthy of being posted on the microblogging service Twitter.
68. tweety adjective: Characterised by tweets (in various senses).
69. tweeze verb /twiz/: To pluck or grasp using tweezers.
70. tweezer adjective, noun, verb: tweezers.
71. tweezers noun /ˈtwizəɹz/: A small pincerlike instrument, usually made of metal, used for handling or picking up small objects (such as postage stamps), plucking out (plucking) hairs,...
72. tweezertrodes noun: tweezers that also function as electrodes
73. twelfhynde adjective: Worth twelve hundred (shillings in wergeld).
74. twelfhyndeman noun: Alternative form of twelfhyndman.
75. twelfhyndman noun: A man worth twelve hundred shillings in wergeld.
76. twelfth adjective, noun /twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ]: The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.
77. twelfth cake noun /ˈtwɛlfθ ˌkeɪk/: A decorative cake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival of Twelfth Night (which is either the evening of January 5th or of January 6th,...
78. twelfth cranial nerve noun: Synonym of hypoglossal nerve.
79. twelfth day cake noun: A Twelfth cake.
80. twelfth grade noun: The period in school that comes after eleventh grade and, rarely in the US, before thirteenth grade.
81. twelfth grader noun: A pupil who is in twelfth grade.
82. twelfth man noun: A designated substitute player who may field but not bat or bowl.
83. Twelfth Night pie noun: Synonym of mince pie.
84. twelfth pie noun: Synonym of mince pie.
85. twelfthly adverb: In the twelfth place.
86. twelfty number: One hundred and twenty; 120.
87. twell conjunction, preposition: Pronunciation spelling of till.
88. twelve noun, number /twɛlv/: The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.
89. twelve bar blues noun: A blues form built on a twelve-measure chord progression, most typically based around the tonic, subdominant and dominant seventh chords of a key.
90. Twelve Days of Christmas noun: The season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany; Christmas season, Christmas time, Christmastide, Twelvetide. The Christmas...
91. twelve godfathers noun: A jury of twelve people.
92. twelve good men and true noun: A jury of twelve members of the public.
93. twelve hundred noun, number: The start of the thirteenth hour of the day on the 24-hour clock, i.e. 12:00, which generally coincides with noon in local time.
94. twelve-inch noun: A gramophone record of approximately 12 inches in diameter, having wider groove spacing and a shorter play time than a typical LP.
95. twelve-nine noun: Alternative form of 12-9.
96. twelve-note adjective: Using or relating to the twelve-tone technique.
97. twelve o'clock noun: The start of the thirteenth hour of the day; noon (noontime); 12:00 p.m. (12:00).
98. twelve-ounce curls noun: Drinking beer.
99. twelve penny nail noun: Alternative form of twelvepenny nail.
100. twelve-pounder noun: A cannon of a certain bore size (caliber) that was named for an iron cannonball that weighed twelve pounds in a certain outdated system of weights and measures.
101. twelve-speed adjective, noun: Having twelve gears.
102. twelve-step program noun: An entity or plan which assists people in recovering from addiction through which an organized series of actions, usually including group discussion with...
103. twelve stepper noun: A person who is or has been a participant in a twelve-step program to recover from addiction.
104. twelve-tone adjective: Using or relating to the twelve-tone technique.
105. twelve-tone technique noun: Synonym of dodecaphony.
106. twelvefold adjective, adverb: By a factor of twelve; duodecuple
107. twelvefoldness noun: The property of being twelvefold.
108. twelvehundred number: Alternative form of twelve hundred.
109. twelvehynde adjective: Alternative form of twelfhynde.
110. twelvehyndeman noun: Alternative form of twelfhyndman.
111. twelveish adjective, noun: Alternative form of twelvish.
112. twelveling noun: A compound or twin crystal consisting of twelve individuals.
113. twelvemo noun: duodecimo, or 12mo, a paper size, so called because it is cut 12 to a (huge, originally made) sheet
114. twelvemonth noun /ˈtwɛlvmʌnθ/: A year.
115. twelvemonth's mind noun: Synonym of year's mind.
116. twelveness noun: The property of being twelve in number.
117. twelvepence noun: The monetary amount of twelve pence.
118. twelvepenny adjective: Having a value or cost of twelvepence.
119. twelvepenny nail noun: A relatively large nail, three and one-quarter inches (8.25 centimeters) in length.
120. twelveplex noun: A building divided into twelve separate residences or commercial premises.
121. twelver noun /ˈtwɛlvə(ɹ)/: A follower of Twelverism.
122. twelves noun: duodecimo format
123. twelvescore noun: Two hundred and forty.
124. twelvesies noun: A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where twelve actions must be performed.
125. twelvesome noun: A group of twelve persons or things.
126. twelveteen number: Twelve.
127. twelveteenth adjective: The ordinal form of the number twelveteen.
128. Twelvetrees proper noun: A surname.
129. twelvety number: Alternative form of twelfty.
130. twelvish adjective, noun /ˈtwɛlvɪʃ/: Of about twelve years of age.
131. Twemlow proper noun: A surname.
132. twen noun: A twentysomething.
133. twenny number [ˈtwɛni]: Pronunciation spelling of twenty.
134. twenteen noun: A person in their twenties who still has teenage tastes and attitudes.
135. twenties adjective, noun: The third decade of a century: the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc.
136. twentieth adjective, noun /ˈtwɛn.ti.əθ/: The ordinal form of the number twenty.
137. twentiethly adverb: In the twentieth place; twentieth in a row.
138. twentish adjective: Alternative form of twentyish.
139. twenty noun, number /ˈtwɛnti/: The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.
140. twenty bucks is twenty bucks phrase: Synonym of twenty dollars is twenty dollars.
141. twenty dollars is twenty dollars phrase: Used to express a willingness to do something one would not ordinarily do, if one is paid for it.
142. twenty eight number /ˌtwɛntiˈeɪt/: The cardinal number immediately following twenty-seven and preceding twenty-nine.
143. twenty-eighth adjective, noun /ˌtwɛnti ˈeɪ(t)θ/: The ordinal form of the number twenty-eight.
144. twenty-eleven adjective: Very many; several dozen; quite a lot.
145. twenty-fifth adjective, noun /ˌtwɛnti ˈfɪ(f)θ/: The ordinal form of the number twenty-five.
146. twenty-first adjective, noun: The ordinal form of the number twenty-one.
147. twenty-firster noun: A person's 21st birthday.
148. twenty-firstly adverb: In the twenty-first place; twenty-first in a row.
149. twenty five noun, number /ˌtwɛntiˈfaɪv/: The cardinal number immediately following twenty-four and preceding twenty-six.
150. twenty-five cent word noun: Synonym of ten-dollar word.
151. twenty-five-eight adverb, noun: Unceasingly.
152. twenty-five-thousander noun: One of the approximately 25,000 industrial workers who voluntarily left their homes to do rural work in the kolkhozes in the USSR in the early 1930s.
153. twenty-foot equivalent unit noun: A unit of cargo capacity, based on the volume of a 20-foot-long (6.1 m) intermodal container.
154. twenty four number /ˌtwɛntiˈfɔː/: Alternative form of twenty-four.
155. twenty-four hour clock noun /ˌtwɛntiˈfɔːɹˌaʊə ˈklɒk/: Alternative form of 24-hour clock (“a timekeeping convention in which the 24 hours of the day are treated as a single period rather than two sets of 12...
156. twenty-four hour day noun: Synonym of nychthemeron.
157. twenty-four hours a day adverb: Synonym of twenty-four seven.
158. twenty-four seven adjective, adverb, noun: Twenty four hours per day, seven days per week, designating a round-the-clock service, typically including holidays, as might be offered by a supermarket,...
159. twenty-fourmo noun: Vicesimo-quarto (as a paper size in printing).
160. twenty-fours noun: A form of composed type or plates containing 24 leaves or 48 pages, properly arranged for printing and folding.
161. twenty-fourth adjective, noun /ˌtwɛnti ˈfɔːθ/: The ordinal form of the number twenty-four.
162. twenty hundred noun: The start of the twenty-first hour of the day on the 24-hour clock, i.e. 20:00.
163. twenty-'leven adjective: Alternative form of twenty-eleven.
164. twenty-minute egg noun: A very hard-boiled person; one who is tough and unsentimental
165. twenty-nail dystrophy noun: Trachonychia affecting all twenty of the fingernails and toenails.
166. twenty nine number: The cardinal number immediately following twenty-eight and preceding thirty.
167. twenty-niner noun: A mountain bike with wheels of approximately 29 inches in diameter.
168. twenty-ninth adjective, noun /ˌtwɛnti ˈnaɪnθ/: The ordinal form of the number twenty-nine.
169. twenty one noun, number /ˌtwɛntiˈwʌn/: Alternative spelling of twenty-one.
170. twenty-one hundred noun: The start of the twenty-second hour of the day on the 24-hour clock i.e. 21:00.
171. twenty-oneth adjective, noun /ˌtwɛnti ˈwʌnθ/: twenty-first
172. twenty questions noun: A spoken parlour game in which one player chooses an object or concept and the others have twenty yes-no questions to identify what it is.
173. twenty-second adjective, noun /ˌtwɛnti ˈsɛkənd/: The ordinal form of the number twenty-two.
174. twenty seven number: The cardinal number immediately following twenty-six and preceding twenty-eight.
175. twenty-seventh adjective, noun /ˌtwɛn(t)i ˈsɛvənθ/: The ordinal form of the number twenty-seven.
176. twenty six number /ˌtwɛntiˈsɪks/: The cardinal number immediately following twenty-five and preceding twenty-seven.
177. twenty-sixth adjective, noun /ˌtwɛnti ˈsɪk(s)θ/: Occurring in position twenty-six; the ordinal form of the number twenty-six.
178. twenty-some adjective: Synonym of twentysomething.
179. twenty-something noun, number: Alternative form of twentysomething.
180. twenty-third adjective, noun: The ordinal form of the number twenty-three.
181. twenty three interjection, number /ˈtwɛntiˈθɹiː/: The cardinal number immediately following twenty-two and preceding twenty-four; 23.
182. twenty-three hundred noun: The start of the last hour of the day on the 24-hour clock i.e. 23:00.
183. twenty to the dozen adverb: very fast, fluently
184. twenty-twenty adjective: Having normal visual acuity.
185. twenty-twenty hindsight noun: A perfect understanding of events only after they have happened.
186. twenty two noun, number /ˌtwɛntiˈtuː/: Alternative form of twenty-two.
187. twenty-two hundred noun: The start of the twenty-third hour of the day on the 24-hour clock i.e. 22:00.
188. twenty whole dollars phrase: Synonym of twenty dollars is twenty dollars.
189. twenty winks noun: A very short sleep.
190. Twenty20 noun: A fast form of cricket in which each side bats for just twenty overs.
191. twentyeight number: Alternative form of twenty-eight.
192. twentyfirst adjective: Alternative form of twenty-first.
193. twentyfive number: Alternative form of twenty-five.
194. twentyfold adjective, adverb: By a factor of twenty.
195. twentyfour number: Alternative form of twenty-four.
196. twentyfourmo noun: Alternative form of twenty-fourmo.
197. twentyish adjective: Of about twenty years of age.
198. Twentyman proper noun: A surname.
199. twentyness noun: The property of being twenty in number.
200. twentynine number: Alternative form of twenty-nine.
201. twentyodd number: Slightly more than twenty.
202. twentyone noun: Alternative form of twenty-one.
203. twentypence noun: The monetary amount of twenty pence.
204. twentypenny adjective: Having a value or cost of twentypence.
205. twentyseven number: Alternative form of twenty-seven.
206. twentysix number: Alternative form of twenty-six.
207. twentysomething adjective, noun, number /ˈtwɛn.tiː.ˌsʌm.θɪŋ/: A person whose age is between twenty and twenty-nine years, inclusive; someone in their twenties.
208. twentythree number: Alternative form of twenty-three.
209. twentytwo number: Alternative form of twenty-two.
210. tweople noun: Alternative form of tweeple.
211. 'tweren't contraction: Contraction of it + were + not.
212. twerk noun, verb /twɜɹk/: Synonym of twerking (“a sexually-provocative dance, involving the performer thrusting their hips back from a low squatting stance while shaking their...
213. twerkalicious adjective /ˌtwɝkəˈlɪʃəs/: Synonym of twerktastic.
214. twerkathon noun: An energetic display of twerking, particularly to an audience.
215. twerker noun: A person who twerks.
216. twerking noun, verb /ˈtwɜɹkɪŋ/: A sexually-provocative dance, involving the performer thrusting their hips back from a low squatting stance and shaking their buttocks.
217. twerktastic adjective /ˌtwɝkˈtæstɪk/: Excellent in a way involving twerking; ideal for or conducive to twerking.
218. twerp noun /twɝp/: A fool, a twit.
219. twerpish adjective: Characteristic of a twerp
220. twerpy adjective: Like a twerp; puny and obnoxious.
221. Twersky proper noun: A surname from Yiddish.
222. twetiquette noun: The etiquette associated with posting on the Twitter social network.
223. TWH proper noun: The station code of Tai Wo Hau in Hong Kong.
224. TWI noun, prefix: two
225. twi-colored adjective: Alternative form of twi-coloured.
226. twi-coloured adjective: Consisting of two colours; two-coloured.
227. twi-gated adjective: Having two gates; double-gated.
228. twi-hard noun: Alternative form of Twihard
229. twi-headed adjective: Having two heads; two-headed.
230. twi-minded adjective: Double-minded; uncertain; doubtful.
231. twi-mindedness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being twi-minded; double-mindedness.
232. Twi-Mom noun: Alternative form of Twimom.
233. twi-night adjective, noun: Of a doubleheader: occurring between the hours of twilight and night.
234. twi-pointed adjective: Having two points or peaks.
235. twi-tard noun: Alternative form of Twitard.
236. twi-thought noun: Alternative form of twithought.
237. twi-tongued adjective: Having two tongues; double-tongued; two-tongued; (by extension) deceitful.
238. twi-weekly adjective, adverb: bi-weekly
239. twibel noun: Alternative form of Twibel.
240. twibil noun: Alternative form of twibill.
241. twibill noun /ˈtwaɪbɪl/: A two-edged tool used in gate-type hurdle-making for cutting out mortises, with a flat chisel and a mortise chisel or hook, similar to the much larger...
242. twiblade noun: Twayblade.
243. twibling noun /ˈtwɪb.lɪŋ/: One of multiple biological siblings being carried by different surrogate mothers.
244. twice adverb /twaɪs/: Two times.
245. twice as less adverb: Half as much.
246. twice-baked bread noun: A type of sweet raised bread baked for a second time in order to render it brown, hard, and crisp.
247. twice-borrowed adjective: Terms in one language that were borrowed from a second language that originally borrowed the term from the first language.
248. twice-exceptional adjective: Being a gifted student with some form of disability (dyslexia, autism spectrum disorder etc.), thus considered exceptional both because of one's giftedness...
249. twice-exceptionality noun: The condition of being twice-exceptional.
250. twice-laid noun: A dish prepared from cold fish and potatoes.
251. twice removed adjective: Separated by two generations of descent
252. twice-stabbed stink bug noun: Cosmopepla lintneriana, a pentatomid with two red spots at the apex of the scutellum.
253. twice-told adjective: hackneyed; cliché
254. twice twice noun: A level which has two sequential sections that superficially resemble each other, however the second has subtle differences that make traversing it using...
255. twice-weekly adjective, adverb: Happening twice each week; semi-weekly.
256. twice-yearly adjective, adverb: Happening twice each year; semi-annual; biannual.
257. twiced adverb: Alternative form of twicet (“twice”).
258. twicer noun: One who attends two church services on Sundays.
259. twicet adverb /twaɪst/: Twice.
260. twichild adjective: Being in second childhood.
261. Twickenham proper noun /ˈtwɪkənəm/: A town in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, south-western Greater London, England, historically in Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ1673).
262. twict adverb: Alternative form of twicet.
263. twiction noun: Fiction hosted on the microblogging site Twitter; fictional works of Twitterature.
264. twiddlable adjective: Able to be twiddled.
265. twiddle noun, verb /ˈtwɪdəl/: To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.
266. twiddle muff noun: A kind of crocheted band designed to occupy the restless hands of people with dementia.
267. twiddle one's thumbs verb: to circle one's thumbs around one another, usually with the fingers interlaced, usually done idly while waiting or bored
268. twiddleable adjective: Alternative form of twiddlable.
269. twiddler noun: One who twiddles.
270. twiddler's syndrome noun: Symptoms resulting from the malfunction of a pacemaker that has been manipulated so as to dislodge the leads.
271. twiddlesome adjective: Charactersied or marked by twiddling; trifling
272. twiddling noun, verb: The act of one who twiddles.
273. twiddling line noun: A piece of small rope for steadying the steering wheel.
274. twiddly adjective /ˈtwɪd(ə)li/: Capable of being finely or idly adjusted with the fingers.
275. twidle verb: Alternative form of tweedle.
276. twier noun: Alternative spelling of tuyere.
277. twifaced adjective: Having two faces.
278. twifallow noun, verb: To plow a second time, as fallow land, to prepare it for seed.
279. Twifan noun /ˈtwaɪˌfæn/: A fan of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight book series or the associated films.
280. twiff noun: A cigarette.
281. twiffler noun: A plate intermediate in size between a dinner plate and a side plate, about 9½ inches in diameter.
282. Twific noun: A fanfic based on the Twilight novel series and the associated films.
283. twifoil noun: A head of two leaves growing out of a stem.
284. twifold adjective, adverb /ˈtwaɪfəʊld/: Twofold.
285. twiforked adjective: Bifurcate, biforked.
286. twiform adjective: Alternative form of twiformed.
287. twiformed adjective: Having a double form; biform.
288. twig noun, verb /twɪɡ/: A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
289. twig and berries noun: The penis and testicles.
290. twig rune noun: A type of cryptographic runic letter resembling twigs on a tree stem; the total of branches on one side denote a division of the futhark (runic alphabet),...
291. twig snake noun: a venomous snake from the genus Thelotornis.
292. twig wilter noun: A coreid.
293. twigful noun: As much as a twig will hold.
294. Twigg proper noun: A surname.
295. twiggen adjective: Made of twigs; wicker.
296. twigger noun: A fornicator.
297. twiggily adverb: In a twiggy manner.
298. twigginess noun: Quality of being twiggy.
299. Twiggs proper noun: A surname.
300. twiggy adjective: Having many twigs.

Part 125 · Part 127 · English words: T

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under T: 39,191 words, in 131 parts.