English words: twight to twitchlike
300 English words, part 127 of 131 of the words starting with T, A to Z. 27 have a page of their own.
English words twight to twitchlike
- twight verb: To twitch; to cause to twitch; to touch.
- twigil noun: A character prepended to a variable name to indicate its scope.
- twigless adjective: Having no twigs.
- twiglet noun: A small twig.
- twiglike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a twig; thin and brittle.
- twiglit noun: An insult for a skinny or weak person.
- twigloo noun /ˈtwɪɡluː/: A temporary circular shelter or structure built from thin branches.
- twigsome adjective: Full of twigs; twiggy.
- twigwork noun: Architectural details constructed of twigs and branches to form decorative motifs in buildings and furniture.
- twihard noun /ˈtwaɪˌhɑːd/: An avid fan of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series or the related films.
- Twihater noun: A person who strongly dislikes Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series or its film adaptations.
- Twil proper noun: A surname.
- Twila proper noun: A female given name, variant of Twyla.
- twilbil noun: Alternative form of twibill.
- twilight adjective, noun, verb /ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/: The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by...
- twilight anesthesia noun: A form of conscious sedation generally causing anterograde amnesia so the patient is unable to remember the procedure.
- twilight birth noun: Childbirth in which twilight sleep is induced.
- twilight industry noun: An industry that is fading away, perhaps because replaced by newer technology, or facing a lack of critical resources or a lack of consumer interest.
- twilight language noun: A secret communication system, involving verbal, nonvisual, or visual symbols, associated with tantric traditions in Vajrayana Buddhism and Hinduism.
- twilight shift noun: An early evening shift of work.
- twilight sleep noun: An amnesic condition characterized by an insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness, induced by an injection of morphine and scopolamine,...
- twilight years noun: Old age.
- twilight zone noun, verb: A moving line that divides the daylit side and the dark night side of a planetary body.
- Twilighter noun: A fan of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series or the related films.
- twilightful adjective: Full of or consisting of twilight.
- twilightish adjective: Resembling twilight; crepuscular.
- twilightless adjective: Without twilight.
- twilightlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of twilight.
- twilightly adverb: In the manner of or relating to twilight.
- twilightness noun: The state or quality of something in twilight.
- twilights noun, verb: Long, light-coloured underwear worn by the WAAF.
- twilighty adjective: Resembling or suggesting twilight.
- twilit adjective, verb /ˈtwaɪlɪt/: Illuminated by or as if by twilight; half-lit.
- twilitten adjective /ˈtwaɪlɪtən/: Illuminated by or as if by twilight.
- twill contraction, noun, verb /twɪl/: Contraction of it + will.
- twill tape noun: A type of flat ribbon, made from any of a variety of materials woven in a twill pattern; a portion of such ribbon.
- twillback adjective: Having a twill backing (of a fabric)
- twillbacking noun: A twill backing (of a fabric)
- twilled adjective, verb: Having diagonal parallel ribs.
- twiller noun: One who twills.
- Twilley proper noun: A surname.
- twilling noun /ˈtwɪlɪŋ/: Twilled fabric or patterning, or the process which produces this.
- Twillingate proper noun /ˈtwɪl.ɪŋ.ɡeɪt/: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- twilly noun: A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willying machine.
- twilt noun, verb: A quilt.
- TWIMC phrase: Initialism of to whom it may concern.
- twimindedness noun: Alternative form of twi-mindedness.
- twimmolation noun: Public censure brought upon someone by an offensive or otherwise inadvisable Twitter post.
- TwiMom noun /ˈtwaɪˌmɒm/: A mother who likes Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series or the associated films.
- twin adjective, noun, verb /twɪn/: Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
- twin bed noun: Either of a pair of matching single beds.
- twin block appliance noun: An orthodontic appliance intended to lengthen the lower jaw by posturing it forward.
- twin-born adjective: As though born a twin or twins
- twin-cam noun: Alternative form of twincam.
- Twin Citizen noun: An inhabitant of the Twin Cities.
- twin city noun: One of two cities in close proximity to each other.
- twin-clutch gearbox noun: An automatic transmission with separate clutches for odd and even gears.
- twin crystal noun: Either of two separate crystals that share crystal lattice points in a symmetrical manner and intergrow.
- twin-engine adjective: powered by two engines, one in each wing
- twin-engined adjective: Alternative form of twin-engine.
- twin flame noun: A person who was formed from the same original soul as oneself (as opposed to a soulmate, an unrelated soul to whom one is drawn).
- twin killing noun: A double play.
- twin lens reflex adjective: Of a type of camera design, characterized by the presence of two lenses of identical focal length arranged vertically on the camera body.
- twin-masted adjective: Having two masts.
- twin oligohydramnios-polyhydramnios sequence noun: Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
- twin paradox noun: The clock paradox.
- Twin Peaker noun: A fan of the television series Twin Peaks.
- Twin Peaksy adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the supernatural drama television series Twin Peaks.
- twin prime noun: Either of a pair of prime numbers that differ by two.
- twin prime pair noun: A pair of twin primes.
- twin quasar noun: a pair of quasar images formed by gravitational lensing of a single physical quasar
- twin room noun: A room, especially in a hotel, that has two single beds.
- twin screw noun: A vessel with two propellers on separate shafts.
- twin set noun: Alternative form of twinset
- twin ship noun: Alternative form of twinship (“the condition of being a twin”).
- twin-size adjective: Being the size of a twin bed.
- twin speech noun: A form of autonomous language, using nicknames, gestures, abbreviations, or terminology that only identical twins can use and understand.
- twin-stick adjective: Controlled by two joysticks simultaneously, usually one moving the player character and the other firing a weapon directionally.
- twin talk noun: Synonym of twin speech.
- twin tip noun: A type of alpine/freestyle ski, with bow tips on both ends, allowing skiing backwards.
- twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome noun: A complication of disproportionate blood supply between unborn twins, resulting in high morbidity and mortality.
- twin town noun: A town paired with another through town twinning.
- twin-track adjective: pursuing two objectives by employing two simultaneous processes
- twin tub noun: A (mainly obsolete) type of washing machine comprising a vertical washing cylinder alongside a vertical rinsing and spinning cylinder, the clothes having to...
- twin XL noun: A mattress that is slightly longer (usually 38.5 × 79.5 in or 98 × 202 cm) than a twin; a bed designed for such a mattress.
- twinable adjective: Able to be twined.
- twinberry noun: A North American species of honeysuckle, Lonicera involucrata.
- twinborn adjective: born a twin or twins
- twinbugs noun: The plant Dicoria canescens.
- twincam noun: A type of sports car engine that has two overhead camshafts within the cylinder head, resulting in more horsepower than a standard single cam engine.
- twincest noun /ˈtwɪn.sɛst/: Incestuous sexual relations between twins, or siblings who look very similar.
- twincestual adjective: Synonym of twincestuous.
- twincestuous adjective: Pertaining to or engaging in twincest.
- twincharge verb: To equip with twincharging, to equip with twinchargers, to equip with both an exhaust-drive turbocharger and power-driven supercharger.
- twincharged adjective, verb: Equipped with twincharging, with a twincharger setup, having both a power-driven supercharger and an exhaust-driven turbocharger.
- twincharger noun: A combination of a supercharger and a turbocharger.
- twincharging adjective, noun, verb: Alternative form of twincharged.
- twincrest onion noun: A wild herb with an onion-like flavor, Allium bisceptrum, native to high elevations in the western US
- twincretin noun: An incretin with dual action, being an agonist of both GIP receptors and GLP1 receptors; GIP is gastric inhibitory polypeptide and GLP1 is glucagonlike...
- twindemic noun: Two pandemics happening simultaneously, such as flu and COVID-19.
- twindle noun: A twin or twinling.
- twindom noun: The state, condition, or world of twins; twins collectively.
- twindragon noun: A form of dragon curve, constructed by placing two Heighway dragon curves back to back.
- twine noun, verb /twaɪn/: A twist; a convolution.
- twine reeler noun: A kind of spinning machine for twisting twine.
- twineable adjective: Alternative form of twinable
- twineless adjective: Without twine.
- twinelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of twine.
- twinemaker noun: A manufacturer of twine.
- twinemaking noun: The manufacture of twine.
- twiner noun: One who or that which twines.
- twinevine noun: A flowering American vine of the genus Funastrum.
- twinfilin noun: Any of a group of proteins that bind actin
- twinflower noun: Any member of the species Linnaea borealis of woodland subshrubs with opposite evergreen rounded oval leaves and pendulous pink flowers that occur in pairs.
- twinfold adjective: Synonym of twofold.
- twinge noun, verb /twɪnd͡ʒ/: To have a sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, like a twitch.
- twingest verb: (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of twinge
- twingeth verb: (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of twinge
- twingey adjective: Resembling, characteristic of, or suffering from a twinge.
- twingle noun: A four-stroke twin-cylinder engine with an altered firing order designed to give power pulses similar to a single-cylinder four-stroke engine.
- twingle-twangle noun: The repeated twanging of a musical instrument.
- twingy adjective: Alternative form of twingey.
- twinhood noun: The state, quality, or condition of being a twin; twinship.
- twinhull noun: A boat having two hulls.
- twinhulled adjective: Having two hulls.
- twinight adjective: Of a double-header, that begins in the late afternoon.
- twining adjective, noun, verb: A layout or motion that twines.
- twiningly adverb: So as to twine.
- twinism noun: The phenomenon of twins being born.
- twinjet noun: An aircraft powered by two jet engines.
- twink noun, verb /ˈtwɪŋk/: To twinkle; to sparkle.
- twink death noun /ˈtwɪŋk ˌdɛθ/: The loss of a twink's neoteny or androgyny as a result of aging.
- twinkbait noun, verb: A very attractive twink (young slim man).
- twinkdom noun: The state of being a twink.
- twinkhood noun: The state or condition of being a twink.
- twinkie noun /ˈtwɪŋki/: A yellow cake with a creamy white filling, known for its artificiality and supposedly long shelf life.
- Twinkie defence noun: A legal defense of diminished responsibility based on a claim that irregular behavior is caused by a poor diet or junk food.
- twinkification noun: The process of becoming a twink (slim, attractive man).
- twinkish adjective: Somewhat like, or resembling a twink.
- twinkle noun, verb /ˈtwɪŋ.kəl/: To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
- twinkle in one's daddy's eye phrase: Of a person, not yet conceived, particularly when referring to a time period preceding their conception.
- twinkle in one's father's eye noun: A notional look of anticipation or hope (either for sex or a child) in one's father's eyes at or around the time of one's conception.
- twinkle out verb: Of a twinkling light, to cease to twinkle.
- twinkle-toed adjective: nimble; agile with one's feet
- twinkle toes noun: Someone with extraordinary footwork
- twinkleless adjective: Without a twinkle; untwinkling.
- twinkler noun: One who, or that which, twinkles or winks.
- twinklesome adjective: Characterised or marked by twinkling
- twinkletoes noun: Alternative form of twinkle toes.
- twinkling adjective, noun, verb /ˈtwɪŋklɪŋ/: Sparkling intermittently.
- twinkling of an eye noun: A short period of time.
- twinklingly adverb: In a twinkling way.
- twinkly adjective: that twinkles
- twinkly-eyed adjective: happy, of a happy character.
- twinky adjective /ˈtwɪŋki/: Being or resembling a twink (“young, attractive, slim man”).
- twinleaf noun: Jeffersonia, rheumatism root (Jeffersonia diphylla)
- twinless adjective: Without a twin.
- twinlessness noun: Absence of a twin.
- twinlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a twin or twins.
- twinling noun: A twin.
- twinly adjective: Characteristic of a twin.
- twinnable adjective: That can be twinned.
- twinned adjective, verb /twɪnd/: Produced at, or as if at, a single birth
- twinner noun: One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins.
- twinness noun: The state, quality, or condition of a twin; twinship.
- twinnie noun: A surfboard with two fins.
- twinning adjective, noun, verb: The act of producing twins.
- twinnish adjective: Synonym of twinny.
- twinnite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal black mineral containing antimony, arsenic, lead, and sulfur.
- twinny adjective: Resembling or characteristic of twins.
- twins noun, verb /twɪnz/: A woman's breasts.
- twins paradox noun: Alternative form of twin paradox.
- twinset noun: A combination of a cardigan and a jumper, usually knitted in wool or cashmere.
- twinship noun: The condition of being a twin
- twinsie noun: A twin.
- twinsies noun: Twins, or two people or things that are more or less identical.
- twinsome adjective, noun: Characterised or marked by twinness
- twinsomeness noun: The quality of being twinsome.
- twinsorus fern noun: Any of the genus Diplazium of ferns whose indusia lie on both sides of the vein.
- twinspot noun: Any of various African waxbills that have spotted underparts.
- twinspur noun: Any of the flowering plants of genus Diascia.
- twinstick noun: A duopoly
- twinsy adjective: Of, relating to, or characteristic of twins.
- twintail noun: A variety of goldfish with the tail divided into two parts.
- twinter noun: A farm animal two winters old.
- twintron noun: An intron within another intron.
- twintuition noun /ˌtwɪntjuːˈɪʃən/: An unspoken intuitive understanding between siblings who are twins.
- twiny adjective /ˈtwaɪni/: Tending to twine; twisting around.
- twip noun: A unit of measure equal to one twentieth of a point.
- Twiplomacy noun: The practice of conducting public diplomacy using the social media platform Twitter.
- twire noun, verb /ˈtwaɪə(ɹ)/: To glance shyly or slyly; look askance; make eyes; leer; peer; pry.
- twire-pipe noun: A pipe through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge; a tuyere.
- twirk noun: Alternative form of twerk (“a twitch”).
- twirl noun, verb /twɜːl/: A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
- twirl one's moustache verb: To twist the ends of one's moustache hairs around the fingers, especially by way of fidgeting.
- twirl one's thumbs verb: Synonym of twiddle one's thumbs.
- twirlability noun: The quality of being twirlable.
- twirlable adjective: Capable of being twirled.
- twirler noun: Something that twirls.
- twirler moth noun: Any gelechiid moth.
- twirligig noun: A device that spins around; a whirligig.
- twirling noun, verb: The motion of something that twirls.
- twirlingly adverb: With a twirling motion.
- twirly adjective, noun /ˈtwɜː.liː/: Coiled or curly.
- twirp interjection, noun: An imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn.
- twirties noun: The age range from age 20 through age 39.
- twiscar noun: Alternative form of tusker (“peat-cutting tool”).
- Twisp proper noun: A town and river in Washington.
- Twiss proper noun: A surname
- twissel adjective, noun: Double; twofold.
- twissell adjective, noun: Alternative form of twissel.
- twist noun, verb /twɪst/: A twisting force.
- twist and turn verb: To move one way then the other, or in unpredictable erratic gyrations.
- twist around one's little finger verb: Synonym of wrap around one's little finger.
- twist-boat noun: An arrangement of atoms in a cyclohexane ring molecule similar to and more stable than the boat arrangement, differing from it by being twisted at one end.
- twist drill noun: A rotating cutting tool, used for cutting holes in rigid materials, that consists of an essentially conical point, relieved and fluted to form cutting lips,...
- twist in the wind verb: To be unassisted and without comfort in a situation likely to result in distress or failure.
- twist morphism noun: An isomorphism between a pair of products which have the same components but in swapped order, which isomorphism commutes with the two associated product...
- twist of fate noun: An unfortunate, often ironic turn of events.
- twist of the knife noun: An action that worsens a difficult situation or increases a person's distress, irritation, or anger.
- twist-off adjective, noun: Of a closure for a container, especially a bottlecap, that is intended to be removed by twisting and pulling off by hand, without need of a bottle opener.
- twist someone's arm verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To apply torsion along the length of the arm of (a person).
- twist someone's words verb: To deliberately misconstrue what someone has said; to put words in someone's mouth
- twist splice noun: Synonym of rat-tail splice.
- twist the knife verb: To deliberately do or say something to worsen a difficult situation or increase a person's distress, irritation, or anger.
- twist the knife in the wound verb: Alternative form of twist the knife.
- twist tie noun: A metal wire that is encased in a thin strip of paper or plastic and is used to tie the openings of bags, such as garbage bags or bread bags.
- twist up verb: To roll up a joint or other cigarette.
- twistability noun: The quality of being twistable.
- twistable adjective: Capable of being twisted.
- twisted adjective, verb /ˈtwɪstɪd/: Consisting of two or more threads, strands or the like intertwined; formed by twisting or twining.
- twisted beech noun: Synonym of dwarf beech.
- twisted cluster bean noun: Synonym of stink bean (“the tree Parkia speciosa or edible beans it produces”).
- twisted cylinder noun: Synonym of Möbius strip.
- twisted fries noun: Synonym of curly fries.
- Twisted Nematic noun: Twisted nematic (T.N.) displays consist of light emitting diodes (L.C.D.) with electrodes which are activated to display an image according to its received...
- twisted pair noun: A form of electrical connection in which two insulated conductors are twisted together for the purpose of improving immunity to interference.
- twisted perspective noun: A perspective that combines both profile view and front view.
- twisted-stalk noun: Streptopus, native to cooler North America.
- twistedly adverb: In a twisted manner.
- twistedness noun: The quality of being twisted.
- twistedstalk noun: Alternative form of twisted-stalk.
- twister noun /ˈtwɪstə/: One who twists.
- twistflower noun: Any herb of the genus Streptanthus.
- twistfree adjective: free of twists
- twistful adjective: Characterised by or full of twists
- twistgrip noun: A handle (typically on a motorcycle) that is operated by twisting.
- Twistian adjective: Of or relating to Oliver Twist (from the 1838 novel by Charles Dickens), a mistreated orphan who scandalizes the workhouse by daring to ask for more food.
- twistical adjective: Crooked; tortuous.
- twistie noun: Synonym of latticino.
- twisties noun: The loss of perceptual awareness of body positioning during a spin, twist, turn, flip, etc. maneuver. The loss of air sense.
- twistification noun: The act of twisting or its result; convolution or distortion.
- twistify verb: To twist; to distort.
- twistily adverb: In a twisty manner; characterised by many twists, bends or turns.
- twistin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of twisting.
- twistiness noun: The state or condition of being twisty.
- twisting adjective, noun, verb /ˈtwɪstɪŋ/: gerund of twist
- twisting balloon noun: A long, sausage-shaped, often brightly colored balloon used for making balloon animals.
- twistingly adverb: In a twisting way; with twisting movements or a twisted shape.
- twistle noun, verb /ˈtwɪsəl/: A boundary stream.
- twistless adjective: Having, or producing no (or very little) twist
- twistlock noun: A standardized rotating connector for securing shipping containers.
- twistometer noun: A device that measures the response of skin to a torsional stimulus
- twistometry noun: The measurement of the skin's elasticity.
- twistor noun: Any of the complex-valued coordinates in twistor theory, which maps the geometric objects of conventional 3+1 space-time into geometric objects in a...
- twistorial adjective: Of, pertaining to or containing twistors
- twistorially adverb: In a twistorial manner.
- twistorian noun: A mathematician who specializes in twistor theory.
- twistorlike adjective: Resembling a twistor.
- twistout noun: A kind of knockout (partially punched opening) that can be removed by twisting.
- twistronic adjective: Relating to twistronics
- twistronics noun: The study of any of various electronic, optical and mechanical characteristics of two-dimensional materials (such as graphene) associated with a twist...
- twists and turns noun, verb: Abrupt changes in direction or orientation (often used figuratively).
- twistwing noun: Any of the two species of tropical birds in the genus Cnipodectes, found in Central and South America.
- twistwork noun: A kind of wood carving in which the lathe is a holding device and the turner makes spiral cuts.
- twisty adjective, noun /ˈtwɪsti/: Characterised by a twist or twists; twisting.
- twisty fries noun: Synonym of curly fries.
- twisty puzzle noun /ˈtwɪstɪjˌpʌz(ə)l/: A puzzle consisting of a set of interlocking pieces that can be arranged into various combinations by twisting, such as a Rubik's cube.
- twisty tie noun: Synonym of twist tie.
- twit interjection, noun, verb /twɪt/: To blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner; also, to ridicule or tease (someone).
- twit list noun: Alternative form of twitlist
- twit-twat noun: Synonym of twittle-twattle (“frivolous chatter or gossip; gabble, tattle”).
- twitch noun, verb /twɪt͡ʃ/: A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
- twitch fire noun: A fire for the purpose of eliminating twitchgrass.
- twitch game noun: A video game requiring fast reactions.
- twitch gameplay noun: A type of video game gameplay that requires fast reactions.
- twitch grass noun: Grass of species Elymus repens
- twitchable adjective: Able to be visited and viewed by birders.
- twitchel noun /ˈtwɪt͡ʃəl/: A narrow alleyway between houses; a ginnel.
- Twitchell proper noun: A surname.
- Twitchellian adjective: Pertaining to Paul Twitchell or to the religion he founded, Eckankar.
- twitcher noun /ˈtwɪt͡ʃə/: Someone or something that twitches.
- twitchet noun /ˈtwɪt͡ʃɪt/: The vulva or vagina.
- twitchety adjective: nervous; fidgety
- twitchgrass noun: quitchgrass
- twitchily adverb: In a twitchy way.
- twitchiness noun: The state of being twitchy, physical restlessness.
- twitching adjective, noun, verb /ˈtwɪt͡ʃɪŋ/: The motion of something that twitches.
- twitchingly adverb: In a twitching manner.
- twitchlike adjective: Resembling a twitch.
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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.