English words: tectofugal to teff
300 English words, part 22 of 131 of the words starting with T, A to Z. 39 have a page of their own.
English words tectofugal to teff
- tectofugal adjective: Relating to an optic system in avian brains associated with the optic tectum.
- tectofugally adverb: In a tectofugal manner
- tectogenesis noun: Synonym of orogeny.
- tectogenetic adjective: Relating to tectogenesis.
- tectogenic adjective: Alternative form of tectogenetic.
- tectol noun: The naphthoquinone dimer 5-(6-hydroxy-2,2-dimethylbenzo[h]chromen-5-yl)-2,2-dimethylbenzo[h]chromen-6-ol
- tectological adjective: Relating to tectology.
- tectology noun: A Haeckelian division of morphology; the science of organic individuality constituting the purely structural portion of morphology, in which the organism is...
- tectomer noun: Any of a class of self-assembling compounds composed of two, three or four oligoglycine residues surrounding a central hydrocarbon chain
- tectonic adjective: Of or relating to construction or to architecture.
- tectonic keratoplasty noun: The surgical grafting of corneal material in an area where corneal tissue has been lost.
- tectonic plate noun: Any of several large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere which participate in plate tectonics.
- tectonic uplift noun: The raising of a geographical area as a consequence of plate tectonics.
- tectonic weapon noun: A hypothetical device or system that could create earthquakes, volcanoes, etc. by interference with the Earth's geological processes.
- tectonically adverb: In a tectonic way or manner.
- tectonicist noun: A geologist who studies tectonics.
- tectonics noun: The study of crustal plates and other large-scale structural features of the Earth.
- tectonism noun: The deformation of the Earth's crust due to tectonic activity.
- tectonite noun: A tectonically-deformed metamorphic rock
- tectonization noun: Modification (of rock) by a tectonic process
- tectonize verb: To modify a rock by a tectonic process
- tectonized adjective, verb: Modified by a tectonic process
- tectono- prefix: Relating to tectonics.
- tectono-sedimentary adjective: Alternative form of tectonosedimentary.
- tectonodeformation noun: The deformation of the tectonic plate.
- tectonoeustasy noun: A worldwide change in sea level caused by variations in the volume of the ocean basins due to tectonic activity.
- tectonoeustatic adjective: Relating to tectonoeustasy.
- tectonofacies noun: A body of tectonic rock with specific characteristics reflecting its formation, composition, age, etc.
- tectonofractographic adjective: Relating to tectonofractography.
- tectonofractography noun: The study of fracture surfaces in rocks and their origin.
- tectonomagmatic adjective: tectonic and magmatic
- tectonometallogenic adjective: Tectonic and metallogenic.
- tectonometamorphic adjective: Relating to tectonometamorphism.
- tectonometamorphically adverb: In terms of tectonometamorphism.
- tectonometamorphism noun: A type of metamorphism involving tectonic forces and metamorphic changes.
- tectonomorphological adjective: Relating to morphological change due to tectonic activity
- tectonophysical adjective: Of or relating to tectonophysics.
- tectonophysically adverb: In terms of, or by means of, tectonophysics.
- tectonophysicist noun: One who studies tectonophysics.
- tectonophysics noun: The physics of tectonic plates, their formation and movement
- tectonosedimentary adjective: Tectonic and sedimentary.
- tectonosequence noun: A sequence of tectonofacies that provides evidence of previous tectonic movement.
- tectonosphere noun: The outermost layer of the Earth where the crustal movements originate.
- tectonospheric adjective: Relating to the tectonosphere.
- tectonostratigraphic adjective: Of or pertaining to tectonostratigraphy.
- tectonostratigraphical adjective: Alternative form of tectonostratigraphic.
- tectonostratigraphically adverb: In terms of tectonostratigraphy.
- tectonostratigraphy noun: The stratigraphy of large-scale strata caused by tectonic activity.
- tectonothermal adjective: Tectonic and geothermal.
- tectophase noun: Any geological feature formed by collision of tectonic plates
- tectopontine adjective: Relating to the tectum and the pons
- tectopulvinar adjective: Relating to the tectum and the pulvinar
- tectoquinone noun: The quinone 2-methylanthracene-9,10-dione present in Tectona grandis
- tectorial adjective: serving to cover something
- tectorial membrane noun: An acellular membrane in the cochlea of the inner ear
- tectoridin noun: The 7-glucoside of tectorigenin.
- tectorigenin noun: An O-methylated isoflavone found in leopard lily (Belamcanda chinensis) and other plants.
- tectorin noun: Any of a class of protein present in the tectorial membrane
- tectorium noun: A covering.
- Tectosages noun: A sept of the Volcae, native to Gallia Narbonensis.
- Tectosagii noun: Synonym of Tectosages
- tectosedimentary adjective: Relating to, or formed by tectonics and sedimentation
- tectosilicate noun: Any of various silicate minerals, mostly aluminosilicates, with a three-dimensional framework of silicate tetrahedra with SiO₂ or a 1:2 ratio, making up the...
- tectosphere noun: the part of the mantle lying below cratons, which moves during tectonic activity
- tectospheric adjective: Relating to the tectosphere.
- tectospinal adjective: Relating to, or connecting the mesencephalic tectum and the spinal cord
- tectotectal adjective: That moves between, or connects one tectum and another
- tectothalamic adjective: Relating to the tectum and the thalamus
- tectotype noun: A type specimen explicitly designated to show microscopic structure.
- tectovolcanic adjective: tectonic and volcanic
- tectricial adjective: Relating to the tectrix.
- tectrix noun: The covert of a bird's wing.
- tectum noun /ˈtɛk.təm/: The dorsal portion of the midbrain of vertebrates; in mammals, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus
- tectum argenti noun: Bismuth.
- tecum noun: Alternative form of tucum.
- Tecumseh proper noun: A male given name.
- Tecumseh step test noun: An exercise test used to determine a subject's cardiovascular fitness.
- ted noun, verb /tɛd/: A Teddy boy.
- Teda proper noun: A Nilo-Saharan language of Chad, Niger, Nigeria, and Libya.
- tedalinab noun: A cannabinoid receptor agonist used to treat osteoarthritis and neuropathic pain.
- tedanolide noun: A marine macrolide that has some antitumour activity
- tedatioxetine noun: An antidepressant drug.
- Tedd proper noun /tɛd/: A variant of the male given name Ted.
- tedded adjective, verb: Spread out to dry.
- tedder noun, verb: A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to speed up its drying.
- Tedder certificate noun: An award given to foreign citizens who assisted British service personnel to escape from German captivity in Western Europe during World War II.
- Teddie proper noun: A diminutive of the male given names Edward and Theodore, or of their diminutives Ted and Tedd. Alternative spelling of Teddy.
- teddie bear noun: Dated spelling of teddy bear.
- tedding noun, verb: The process by which hay is tedded, or spread out for drying.
- Teddington proper noun /ˈtɛdɪŋtən/: A suburb of the borough of Richmond upon Thames, in south-west Greater London, historically in Middlesex on the north side of the River Thames (but actually...
- teddy noun /ˈtɛdi/: Abbreviation of teddy bear.
- teddy bear noun: A plush toy in the shape of a bear.
- teddy bear coat noun: A usually oversized warm fluffy coat.
- teddy bear jacket noun: Synonym of teddy bear coat.
- teddy bears' picnic noun: A picnic to which attendees bring their teddy bears, typically as an organised community event.
- teddy boy noun: A member of a male youth culture which originated in London in the early 1950s, later associated with American rock and roll music.
- teddy coat noun: Synonym of teddy bear coat.
- teddy jacket noun: Synonym of teddy bear coat.
- Teddy Roosevelt Terrier noun: A small to medium-sized American hunting terrier.
- teddybear noun: Alternative spelling of teddy bear.
- tede noun: A torch; a flambeau.
- Tedford proper noun: A surname.
- tedge noun /tɛd͡ʒ/: The gate of a mold, through which the melted metal is poured.
- tedh noun: Synonym of t with stroke (“Ŧ/ŧ”).
- tedhadleyite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal bluish white mineral containing bromine, chlorine, iodine, mercury, and oxygen.
- Tedim noun: A language spoken by the Sukte (Tiddim Chin people).
- tediosity noun: The quality of being tedious.
- tedious adjective /ˈtiː.dɪəs/: Boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome, livelong.
- tediously adverb: In a tedious or wearisome manner.
- tediousness noun: The quality of being tedious; tedium.
- tediousome adjective: Characterised or marked by tediousness; wearisome.
- tedisamil noun: An experimental antiarrhythmic drug.
- tedisome adjective /ˈtiː.dɪ.s(ə)m/: Characterised or marked by tediousness; wearisome.
- tedium noun /ˈtiː.di.əm/: Boredom or tediousness; ennui.
- tedizolid noun: torezolid
- Tedrow proper noun: A surname.
- TEDster noun: An enthusiast of the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) series of conferences.
- teduglutide noun: A particular therapeutic hormone.
- Teduray noun: A member of a certain Filipino ethnic group.
- tee noun, verb /ˈtiː/: The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
- tee ball noun: Alternative spelling of T-ball.
- tee box noun: Alternative form of teebox.
- tee hee interjection, verb: The sound of a giggle.
- tee hee hee interjection: The sound of a giggle.
- tee line noun: The line that goes across the house intersecting with the middle of the button, splitting it into two halves.
- tee-name noun: Alternative form of to-name.
- tee off verb: To hit the first shot of the hole, from the tee.
- tee-section noun: Alternative form of T-section (length of metal with a T-shaped cross section).
- tee-shaped adjective: Synonym of T-shaped.
- tee shirt noun: Alternative form of T-shirt.
- tee-shirty adjective: Alternative spelling of T-shirty.
- tee-tee noun, verb: Urine.
- tee time noun: The designated location on a golf course where players must be present in order to begin their rounds.
- tee up verb: To place a golf ball on a tee.
- teeack noun: The lapwing
- teebox noun: The area where play begins for a hole of golf.
- teed off adjective, verb: Annoyed, upset, angry.
- teeerrible adjective: Elongated form of terrible.
- teef noun, verb: thief
- teefies noun /ˈtiː.fiz/: Alternative form of teethies.
- Teegarden proper noun: A surname.
- teehee interjection, verb: Alternative spelling of tee hee.
- teejay noun: At Winchester College, a new boy placed under the care of older pupils.
- teek noun, verb /tiːk/: A telekinetic person; a person who has telekinetic abilities.
- teeka noun: Alternative form of tilak (“Hindu caste mark on forehead”).
- teel noun /tiːl/: sesame
- Teela proper noun /ˈti.lə/: A female given name.
- Teele proper noun: A surname.
- teelseed noun: sesame seed
- teem noun, verb /tiːm/: To be stocked to overflowing.
- teem down verb: to rain heavily
- teem with verb: Synonym of crawl with.
- teemer noun: One who teems, or brings forth.
- teemful adjective: Pregnant; prolific.
- teeming adjective, verb /ˈtiːmɪŋ/: Abundantly filled with especially living things.
- teemingly adverb: In great numbers; crowdedly.
- teemingness noun: The quality of teeming, or being full of busy activity.
- teemless adjective: unfruitful, unprolific, or barren.
- teen adjective, noun, suffix, verb /ˈtiːn/: Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old (inclusive).
- teen-age adjective: Dated form of teenage.
- teen-aged adjective: Dated form of teenaged.
- teen-ager noun: Dated form of teenager.
- teen baby noun /ˌtiːnˈbeɪ̯.bi/: A teenager who enjoys role-playing a regression to an infant-like state and acting like a baby or toddler, sometimes for sexual gratification; an adult baby...
- teen drama noun: A drama based on teenagers, or set in a teenage environment.
- teen-nap verb: To kidnap or abduct (a teenager).
- teen patti noun: A gambling card game that originated in the Indian subcontinent, with influences from three card brag and poker.
- teen-sit verb: To watch or tend (someone else’s teenage child) for a period of time, often for money.
- teen-sitter noun: One who watches or tends someone else’s teenage child for a period of time, often for money.
- teen takeover noun: An unpermitted mass gathering of youths in a public space (such as a mall, beach, or city park) that is coordinated in advance via social media.
- Teena proper noun: A female given name, variant of Tina.
- teenage adjective, noun /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/: Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old.
- teenaged adjective /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒd/: Aged between thirteen and nineteen inclusive; teenage.
- teenagedom noun: Synonym of teenagehood.
- teenagehood noun: The state of being in one's teenage years (13 to 19).
- teenageness noun /ˈtiːn.eɪ̯d͡ʒ.nɪs/: The quality of being or being like a teenager.
- teenager noun /ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/: A person between thirteen and nineteen years old (inclusive).
- teenagerdom noun: Synonym of teenagehood.
- teenagerese noun: The slang used by teenagers.
- teenagerhood noun: Synonym of teenagehood.
- teenagerish adjective: Characteristic of teenagers; adolescent; immature.
- teenageritis noun: Immature or rebellious behaviour characteristic of teenagers.
- teenagerly adjective: Characteristic of a teenager.
- teenagership noun: The condition of being a teenager.
- teenagery adjective: Characteristic of teenagers.
- teenagese noun: Alternative form of teenagerese.
- teenagey adjective: Characteristic of teenagers.
- teend verb: To kindle; to burn.
- teendom noun: Synonym of teenagehood.
- teener noun /ˈtiːnə/: A teenager.
- teenful adjective: Full of grief; harmful; afflicted; troublesome; vexatious
- teenhood noun: Synonym of teenagehood.
- teenie noun: A sixteenth of a dollar, a unit in which stocks could formerly be traded.
- teenie bopper noun: Alternative spelling of teenybopper.
- teeniebopper noun: Alternative spelling of teenybopper.
- teenily-weenily adverb: In a teeny-weeny or minor way; infinitesimally.
- teenlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a teenager.
- teenologist noun: An expert on the subject of teenagers and their psychology.
- teenophile noun: A person who is primarily sexually attracted to teenagers; an ephebophile.
- teenpreneur noun /ˌtiːn.pɹəˈnɜː/: A teenage entrepreneur.
- teens noun /tiːnz/: The numbers between thirteen and nineteen (inclusive).
- teensit verb: Alternative form of teen-sit.
- teensitter noun: Alternative form of teen-sitter.
- teensploitation noun: A genre of exploitation films, starring teenage actors with teen-oriented plots involving drugs, sex, alcohol or crime.
- teenster noun: A teenager.
- teenswear noun: Alternative form of teenwear.
- teensy adjective /ˈtiːn.si/: tiny
- teensy-tinsy adjective: Alternative form of teeny-tiny.
- teensy weensy adjective: Alternative form of teeny-weeny.
- teenth noun: A dram, a sixteenth of an ounce.
- teentsy adjective: Alternative form of teensy.
- teenty adjective, number: Very small; teensy.
- teenwear noun: Clothing for teenagers.
- teeny adjective, noun /ˈtiː.ni/: Very small; tiny.
- teeny bopper noun: Alternative spelling of teenybopper.
- teeny boppery adjective: Alternative form of teeny-boppery.
- Teeny's disease noun: cat scratch disease
- teeny-tiny adjective: Very small; tiny.
- teeny weeny adjective: Alternative spelling of teeny-weeny.
- teenybop noun: teenybopper music
- teenybopper noun /ˈtiniˌbɑpɚ/: A child, especially a girl in her preteens and early teens, who follows popular clothing fashions, music trends, etc.
- teenybopperish adjective: Characteristic of, or appealing to, teenyboppers.
- teenybopping adjective: Of or pertaining to a teenybopper.
- teenzine noun: A magazine aimed at a teenage audience.
- teep noun, verb /tiːp/: A telepath.
- teepee noun, verb /ˈtiːpi/: A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.
- teepee burner noun: Synonym of beehive burner.
- teepeelike adjective: Alternative spelling of tepeelike.
- Teeple proper noun: A surname from German.
- teepleite noun: A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing boron, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.
- teer verb /tɪə̯/: To stir, as a calico-printer's sieve.
- teertha noun: Alternative form of tirtha.
- teerut noun: Alternative form of tirtha.
- teerwa noun: rate; custom; toll; rent; money lent
- tees noun /ˈtiːz/: Alternative letter-case form of tees.
- tees and blues noun: Alternative form of Ts and blues.
- Teesdale proper noun: The valley of the River Tees in County Durham, with the upper part in Eden district, Cumbria, England.
- teeshirt noun: Alternative form of T-shirt.
- teeshirted adjective: Wearing a T-shirt.
- teesra noun: A backspin delivery by a finger spin bowler.
- Teesside proper noun /ˈtiː(z)ˌsaɪd/: A conurbation in North East England encompassing the towns of Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar and surrounding settlements.
- Teessider noun: Someone from Teesside.
- teest noun: A tinsmith's stake.
- Teeswater noun: One of a breed of cattle formerly bred in England, but supposed to have originated in Holland and to have been the principal stock from which the shorthorns...
- teet adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of teat.
- teetan noun: A pipit (Anthus spp. etc.).
- teetee noun, verb: Pronunciation spelling of titty.
- teeter noun, verb /ˈtiːtə/: To tilt back and forth on an edge.
- teeter-tail noun: A bird, the spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius.
- teeter-totter noun, verb: A seesaw; a piece of playground equipment consisting of a long board with seats at either end, with a pivot point in the center.
- teeterboard noun: A seesaw; teetertotter.
- teeterboarder noun: An acrobat who performs using a teeterboard.
- teeterer noun: One who teeters, who is about to fall physically or to give into temptation etc.
- teetering noun, verb: A precarious motion or situation, risking a fall or collapse.
- teeteringly adverb: While teetering, or as if teetering.
- teetertail noun: Synonym of spotted sandpiper.
- teetertotter noun, verb: Alternative form of teeter-totter.
- teetery adjective /ˈtiːtəɹi/: tending to teeter
- teeth arm noun: Any branch of the military that engages in direct combat.
- teeth-baring adjective: That bare one's teeth (literally or figuratively)
- teeth-less adjective: Alternative form of teethless.
- teeth mark noun: Alternative form of teethmark.
- teeth-to-tail ratio noun: The ratio of combat troops to support forces.
- teethache noun: Synonym of toothache.
- teethe verb /tiːð/: To grow teeth.
- teethed adjective, verb /tiːðd/: Having teeth of a specified kind.
- teether noun: A device given to infants to help soothe inflamed gums during teething, often filled with a fluid or gel that can be frozen or refrigerated.
- teethful adjective: Toothy; showing the teeth.
- teethies noun: Teeth.
- teethily adverb: Synonym of toothily.
- teething noun, verb /ˈtiːðɪŋ/: The eruption, through the gums, of the milk teeth; dentition.
- teething issues noun: Synonym of teething troubles.
- teething problem noun: A problem encountered with any new and untried product, system, or venture.
- teething ring noun: An object designed for a baby or toddler to chew during the teething stage
- teething trouble noun /ˈtiːðɪŋ ˈtɹʌb(ə)l/: Synonym of teething troubles.
- teething troubles noun /ˈtiːðɪŋ ˈtɹʌb(ə)lz/: Problems that are to be expected with any new and untried product, system, or venture.
- teethless adjective: Synonym of toothless (“without teeth”).
- teethlike adjective: Resembling teeth; toothlike.
- teethly adjective: Of or pertaining to teeth; dental; full of teeth.
- teethmark noun: A mark or imprint left by teeth
- teethridge noun: Synonym of alveolar ridge
- teethy adjective: Synonym of toothy.
- teetotal adjective, noun, verb /ˌtiːˈtəʊtəl/: Abstinent from alcohol; never drinking alcohol.
- teetotaler noun /ˈtitoʊtəlɚ/: A person who completely abstains from alcoholic beverages.
- teetotaling adjective, verb /ˈtitoʊtəlɪŋ/: Abstaining from alcohol.
- teetotalism noun: Abstinence from the consumption of alcohol.
- teetotalist noun: A teetotaler.
- teetotalistic adjective: Of or related to teetotalism.
- teetotaller noun /ˈtitoʊtəlɚ/: British standard spelling of teetotaler.
- teetotalling adjective: UK standard spelling of teetotaling.
- teetotally adverb: Very completely, very totally.
- teetotum noun: A toy (spinning top) similar to a dreidel.
- teevee noun: television
- teevy noun: television
- teewit noun: The peewit.
- tef noun: Alternative form of teff.
- tefach noun: A biblical unit of measure, the palm or handbreadth.
- tefah noun: Alternative form of tefach.
- tefazoline noun: An alpha-adrenergic agonist.
- tefenperate noun: An antihypertensive drug.
- teff noun /tɛf/: A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia.
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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.