English words: touch line to tournure
300 English words, part 83 of 131 of the words starting with T, A to Z. 34 have a page of their own.
English words touch line to tournure
- touch line noun: Alternative form of touchline.
- touch map noun: A visual representation of all the points on the pitch where a given player touched the ball during the game.
- touch-mark noun: Alternative form of touchmark.
- touch-me-not noun: The jewelweed, Impatiens noli-tangere, Impatiens capensis, Impatiens parviflora.
- touch-me-not-ish adjective: aloof; standoffish
- touch-me-not-ishness noun: The quality of being touch-me-not-ish.
- touch move noun: The rule, in chess, that a piece touched must be moved or captured if possible.
- touch-needle noun: A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for testing the purity of gold or silver articles by...
- touch of the tar brush noun: Real or suspected African or Asian distant ancestry in a person of predominantly Caucasian ancestry; mixed racial heritage (e.g. Afro-Caribbean or, to a...
- touch of the tarbrush noun: Alternative form of touch of the tar brush.
- touch of the 'tism noun: A mild form or manifestation of autism.
- touch off verb: To start (something); to set off traps; especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed.
- touch on verb: To mention briefly; to cursorily discuss.
- touch one's forelock verb: Synonym of tug one's forelock.
- touch oneself verb: To masturbate.
- touch out verb: To conclude an electronic ticketing process at the end of a public transport journey by holding a chipcard or a mobile device close to a terminal or reader
- touch pad noun: Alternative form of touchpad.
- touch panel noun: A touch screen.
- touch-paper noun: a strip of paper impregnated with nitre, used as a fuse for firing gunpowder, fireworks etc.
- touch pen noun: A stylus.
- touch phone noun: Alternative form of touchphone.
- touch piece noun: A coin or medallion given to someone in Britain after they had been touched by the sovereign as a cure for the king's evil.
- touch pool noun: An open-topped fish tank where visitors are encouraged to feel the animals inside.
- touch screen noun /ˈtʌtʃ ˌskɹiːn/: An input and output device that allows the user to interact with the computer by touching the display screen.
- touch some grass verb: Alternative form of touch grass.
- touch someone's hem verb: Alternative form of touch the hem of someone's garment.
- touch someone's robe verb: Alternative form of touch the hem of someone's garment.
- touch tank noun: A touch pool
- touch the body noun: Synonym of dodgeball (the game of dodging balls)
- touch the hem of someone's garment verb: To give respect or reverence to someone; to express servitude to someone; to draw strength or comfort from someone who is superior.
- touch the hem of someone's robe verb: Alternative form of touch the hem of someone's garment.
- touch-tone adjective, noun: Relating to a type of telephone with buttons, each of which produces a tone which corresponds to the relevant digit.
- touch-tone dialing noun: A system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as a tone or combination of tones of specific pitch.
- touch-tone dialling noun: Alternative spelling of touch-tone dialing.
- touch tour noun: A tour of a museum, gallery, etc. for blind or visually impaired people, allowing them to interact with the exhibits by touching them.
- touch-type verb: To type with a keyboard or typewriter without having to look at it, knowing where the keys are.
- touch typewriting noun: Synonym of touch-typing.
- touch typing noun: A technique of using the keyboard of a computer or typewriter in which the typist operates the keys without needing to look at the keyboard, knowing by...
- touch-typist noun: A person who can type on a keyboard, of a computer or typewriter, without looking; normally using all ten fingers.
- touch up noun, verb /ˈtʌt͡ʃ ʌp/: To make slight corrections or adjustments to; to fill in or perfect.
- touch upon verb: Alternative form of touch on.
- touch wood interjection, verb: To make contact with wood to avert bad luck, in accordance with a folk practice.
- touchability noun: The quality of being touchable.
- touchable adjective /ˈtʌt͡ʃəbəl/: Capable of being touched; tangible or palpable.
- touchableness noun: The quality of being touchable; tangibility.
- touchably adverb: In a touchable way or manner.
- Touchard polynomial noun: Any member of a polynomial sequence of binomial type defined by T_n(x)=∑ₖ₌₀ⁿS(n,k)xᵏ=∑ₖ₌₀ⁿ
- touchback noun: The result of a play (usually a kickoff or punt) in which the ball passes out the back of the end zone or a team otherwise gains possession of the ball in...
- touchball noun: Synonym of touch football (“American football variant”).
- touchbox noun: A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers for kindling matchlocks.
- touchdown noun /ˈtʌt͡ʃ.daʊn/: A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.
- touchdown dance noun: A small dance performed to celebrate a success, by the one who succeeded.
- touchdown pass noun: A pass in which the receiver then scores a touchdown.
- touche interjection /ˈtuː.ʃeɪ/: An acknowledgement of a hit.
- touched adjective, verb /tʌt͡ʃt/: Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).
- touched in the haid adjective: Alternative form of touched in the head.
- touched in the head adjective: Demented; slightly mentally deficient.
- touchedness noun /ˈtʌ.t͡ʃɪd.nɪs/: The state, quality, or condition of being touched
- toucher noun: One who touches.
- toucherism noun: frotteurism
- Touchet proper noun: A surname.
- touchframe noun: A hardware overlay that adds touchscreen functionality to a monitor screen
- touchfree adjective: Free of touching.
- touchhole noun: Alternative form of touch hole.
- touchily adverb: In a touchy manner.
- touchin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of touching.
- touchiness noun: The property of being touchy.
- touching adjective, noun, preposition, verb /ˈtʌt͡ʃɪŋ/: Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.
- touching ball noun: An instance where the cue ball is touching a potential object ball. If the player hits the ball in question, it is a foul shot.
- touchingly adverb: In a touching manner.
- touchingness noun: The condition of being touching
- touchless adjective: Lacking or avoiding physical contact
- touchlessly adverb: In a touchless manner
- touchlessness noun: Absence of touch.
- touchline noun: One of the lines that mark the border limits of the pitch.
- touchlogger noun: A system that performs touchlogging.
- touchlogging noun: The logging of the use of a touchpad
- touchmark noun: The manufacturer's official identifying sign, impressed into a pewter object.
- touchous adjective: Touchy; overly sensitive.
- touchpad noun /ˈtʌt͡ʃˌpæd/: A flat surface which is sensitive to touch, used mostly in laptop computers to control an on-screen cursor.
- touchpan noun: The pan of a flintlock.
- touchpanel noun: Alternative spelling of touch panel.
- touchpaper noun: Alternative spelling of touch-paper.
- touchphone noun: A mobile phone with a touch screen.
- touchpiece noun: Alternative form of touch piece.
- touchpoint noun: A physical point of contact; a surface that is regularly touched by people.
- touchproof adjective: Resistant to being smudged or smeared by touch.
- touchscreen noun: Alternative form of touch screen.
- touchstone noun /ˈtʌt͡ʃstəʊn/: A stone used to verify the quality of gold alloys by rubbing them in order to leave a visible trace.
- touchtone adjective, noun: Alternative form of touch-tone.
- touchup noun: Alternative spelling of touch-up.
- touchweight noun: On a piano, downweight and upweight.
- touchwood noun /ˌtʌt͡ʃˈwʊd/: Decayed wood used as tinder; punk.
- touchy adjective, verb /ˈtʌt͡ʃi/: Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.
- touchy-feeler noun: A touchy-feely person; one who is fond of physical contact with other people.
- touchy-feeliness noun: The state or condition of being touchy-feely.
- touchy-feely adjective, noun: Having a fondness for physical contact with other people, especially to an excessive degree.
- Toucouleur noun: A member of a West African ethnic group native to the Futa Toro region of Senegal, with strong Islamic heritage.
- tougarashi noun: Alternative form of togarashi.
- tough adjective, interjection, noun, verb /tʌf/: Of a material, strong and resilient; sturdy.
- tough act to follow noun: Synonym of hard act to follow.
- tough as nails adjective: Having a hard, strong, and determined mindset.
- tough as old boots adjective: Very tough; very strong.
- tough as teak adjective: Very tough.
- tough ask noun: Synonym of big ask.
- tough bananas phrase: Synonym of tough cookies.
- tough beans interjection: Tough luck; too bad (often an unsympathetic retort to someone who is suffering a misfortune).
- tough break interjection, noun: A situation resulting in misfortune or hardship; an instance of bad luck.
- tough-cake noun: tough-pitch; refined copper
- tough call noun: A choice or judgment which is difficult to make, especially one involving only two alternatives.
- tough case noun: A person who is difficult to work with.
- tough crowd noun: An audience that is difficult to please.
- tough going noun: A difficult situation
- tough guy adjective, noun: Resembling or characteristic of a tough guy.
- tough-guyness noun: The quality or condition of being a tough guy.
- tough it out verb: Synonym of tough out.
- tough love noun, verb: The compassionate use of stringent disciplinary measures, to attempt to improve someone's behavior.
- tough luck interjection, noun: Bad luck.
- tough-minded adjective: Not distracted from actual facts by enticements, intimidation, or sentimentality; steadfast in one's actions, beliefs, commitments, etc.; realistic.
- tough-mindedly adverb: In a tough-minded manner; lacking sentimentality.
- tough-mindedness noun: The characteristic of being tough-minded; lack of sentimentality and unswerving conviction.
- tough noogies interjection: Synonym of hard cheese.
- tough nut noun: Synonym of tough nut to crack (“person, etc. difficult to deal with”).
- tough nut to crack noun: Synonym of hard nut to crack.
- tough on crime adjective: That establishes stricter criminal penalties, especially as a reaction to violent and property crime.
- tough out verb: To endure (a hardship or challenge) by being tough: relying on one's toughness.
- tough pill to swallow noun: Synonym of bitter pill to swallow.
- tough-pitch noun: The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper.
- tough road to hoe noun: misconstruction of tough row to hoe
- tough row to hoe noun: Alternative form of long row to hoe.
- tough sell noun: Synonym of hard sell (“a sales transaction which is challenging for the sales person to make”).
- tough-skinned adjective: Resilient; able to endure hardship or criticism, with no apparent adverse effects.
- tough sledding noun: A situation in which it is difficult to proceed.
- tough tacos phrase: Synonym of tough cookies.
- tough tarts phrase: Synonym of tough cookies.
- tough times noun: Synonym of hard times.
- tough titties noun: Synonym of tough titty.
- tough titty said the kitty interjection: Synonym of tough titty (“hard luck; too bad”).
- tough toenails interjection: Synonym of hard cheese.
- tough toodles phrase: Too bad (for you); the outcome one desires is not likely to evolve.
- tough tooshie phrase: Alternative spelling of tough tushie.
- tough tuchus noun: Too bad (for you); the outcome one desires is not likely to evolve.
- tough tushie phrase: get over it; grow up
- toughen verb /ˈtʌfən/: To make tough.
- toughen up verb: To make or become mentally tougher.
- toughenable adjective: Capable of being toughened.
- toughener noun: Something used to toughen.
- toughening noun, verb: The process of making something tougher.
- tougher nut to crack noun: Alternative form of tough nut to crack.
- toughest nut to crack noun: Alternative form of tough nut to crack.
- toughhearted adjective: Surly; tending to repress the softer emotions.
- toughie noun /ˈtʌfi/: Something that is tough, or difficult.
- toughish adjective: Somewhat tough.
- toughly adverb: In a tough manner.
- toughminded adjective: Alternative form of tough-minded.
- toughmindedly adverb: Alternative form of tough-mindedly.
- toughmindedness noun: Alternative form of tough-mindedness.
- toughness noun: Resistance to fracture when stressed, or the degree of such resistance.
- toughra noun: Alternative spelling of tughra.
- toughshank noun: Any of several species of fungi in the order (taxonomic rank) Agaricales.
- toughy noun: Alternative form of toughie.
- Touhey proper noun: A surname from Irish.
- touhou noun: Alternative letter-case form of Touhou (“character from the Touhou Project series”).
- touiza noun: A form of voluntary collective labor in North Africa.
- toujours perdrix phrase /tu.ʒʊɹ pɛɹˈdɹi/: Too much of a good thing.
- Toul proper noun: A commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
- Toulmin proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
- Toulminian adjective: Of or relating to Stephen Toulmin (1922–2009), British philosopher, author, and educator known for his analysis of moral reasoning.
- Toulon proper noun /tuːˈlɒn/: A city in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and the préfecture of the département of Var, in France.
- touloulou noun /tu.lu.lu/: A costumed character of the French Guianan carnival: a masked woman who invites men to dance.
- Toulousain noun: A native or inhabitant of the city of Toulouse, the prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and the Occitania region, France.
- Toulouse proper noun /təˈluːz/: The capital city of Haute-Garonne department and of the larger Occitania region, France.
- Toulson proper noun: A surname.
- toum noun: A garlic condiment common in the Levant, similar to aioli, made with garlic, salt, olive or vegetable oil, lemon juice, and sometimes mint.
- Touma proper noun: A surname.
- touman noun: Alternative form of toman.
- Toumey oak noun: Quercus toumeyi, a North American tree in the beech family.
- toumnah noun: An old Egyptian unit of dry measure.
- tounkite noun: A hexagonal-trapezohedral mineral with the chemical formula (Na,Ca,K)₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)₂Cl · H₂O.
- toupas noun: Alternative form of topaz (“black Catholic soldier in the British Army”).
- toupe noun /tuːˈpeɪ/: A hairpiece to cover partial baldness.
- toupee noun /tuːˈpeɪ/: A wig of false hair worn to cover a bald spot, especially as worn by a man.
- toupee fallacy noun: A form of selection bias in which a thing whose quality is measured in terms of being difficult to detect is wrongly judged to be of poor quality in...
- toupeed adjective: Wearing a toupee.
- toupie Hollandaise noun: A game in which a spinning top is placed on a table to bounce around off barriers; points are scored when the top knocks over pins placed on the table.
- Toupin proper noun: A surname from French.
- Toups proper noun: A surname from French.
- touque noun: Alternative form of toque.
- tour noun, verb /tɔː(ɹ)/: A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
- tour bus noun: A bus used for a touring group, especially by musicians.
- tour d'horizon noun /ˈtʊə(ɹ)ˌdɒɹɪˈzɒn/: An extensive tour; figuratively, a wide-ranging or general survey.
- tour de force noun /ˌtuɹ.dəˈfoɹs/: A feat demonstrating brilliance or mastery in a field.
- tour-goer noun: Alternative form of tourgoer.
- tour group noun: A group of tourists on a tour.
- tour guide noun: One who provides assistance and information to people on organised tours.
- tour match noun: a cricket match played between a touring side and a local side
- tour mate noun: Alternative spelling of tourmate.
- tour of duty noun: A period of time spent on a specific assignment, especially on an overseas mission.
- tour operator noun: A company that sells package holidays.
- tourable adjective: Suitable for touring.
- tourabout noun: A touring car with two separate seat sections.
- touraco noun: Alternative form of turaco.
- Touraine proper noun: A historical province of France, extant until 1790 whose capital was Tours.
- Tourainean adjective, noun: Alternative form of Tourainian.
- Tourainian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Touraine, one of the traditional provinces of France.
- Touray proper noun: A surname.
- tourbillion noun: An ornamental firework that turns round in the air so as to form a scroll of fire.
- tourbillon noun /ˌtʊə(ɹ)bɪˈjɒn/: A rotating frame, containing the escapement of a clock or watch, that significantly compensates for the effects of gravity.
- tourbus noun: Alternative form of tour bus.
- Tourcoing proper noun: A city and commune of Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
- tourdion noun: A lively dance, similar to a galliard
- Toure proper noun: A surname from French.
- tourelle noun: A turret.
- tourer noun /ˈtʊəɹə/: An open-top or soft-top motor car suitable for touring.
- tourette verb: To exhibit the characteristic tics of Tourette syndrome.
- Tourette's noun: Synonym of Tourette syndrome.
- Tourette's disorder noun: Tourette syndrome
- Tourette's syndrome noun: Alternative form of Tourette syndrome.
- Tourette syndrome noun: A neurological disorder characterized by the presence of physical and vocal tics.
- Touretter noun: A person who has Tourette syndrome.
- Tourettic adjective: Of or relating to Tourette syndrome.
- Tourettish adjective: Of or relating to Tourette syndrome.
- tourettism noun: A tic or other behaviour associated with Tourette syndrome.
- Touretty adjective: Of or relating to Tourette syndrome.
- tourgoer noun: One who goes on a tour.
- tourgroup noun: Alternative form of tour group.
- tourguide noun: Alternative form of tour guide.
- touring adjective, noun, verb /ˈtʊəɹɪŋ/: Working for a short time in different places.
- touring bicycle noun: A bicycle designed or modified for touring with luggage.
- touring car noun: A large open car seating four or more people and having a folding top. An automobile designed for touring; specifically, a roomy car, not a limousine.
- touring company noun: A troupe of theatrical, musical, or other performers who constitute an ancillary unit of an established company of performers, and who usually provide...
- touring member noun: A person, not credited as a full member of a music group, who performs as part of the group while it is on tour
- touring motorcycle noun: A motorcycle designed to be driven on long-distance journeys, with large fuel tanks and features for increased driver comfort.
- touring side noun: the visiting side on a tour
- touring squad noun: the group of players who go on a tour as a pool from which teams are selected for individual matches
- tourism noun /ˈtʊəɹɪzəm/: The act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home.
- tourismphobia noun: An aversion to tourists, especially to mass tourism having negative impacts on local communities.
- tourist noun, verb /ˈtʊəɹɪst/: Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business; a leisure visitor.
- tourist agency noun: travel agency
- tourist area noun: A district, quarter, or similar locale that is significantly dependent on revenue from tourism.
- tourist attraction noun: A place of interest where tourists visit, typically for its cultural value, beauty, or historical significance, offering leisure and amusement.
- tourist card noun: Synonym of tourist visa.
- tourist class noun: economy class
- tourist court noun: Synonym of motel.
- tourist destination noun: Any place, especially a settlement such as a city or town, that is known for tourism.
- tourist guide noun: Synonym of tour guide.
- tourist highway noun: A road which is marketed as particularly suited for tourists, and promoted by traffic signs or advertising material.
- tourist home noun: A private residence offering temporary lodging to travellers.
- tourist office noun: An office which provides information, brochures, maps, etc. for tourists to an area or locality.
- tourist-oriented destination sign noun: A type of road sign that directs tourists to major attractions and amenities.
- tourist police noun: A branch of the police responsible for assisting tourists.
- tourist trap noun: An establishment, such as a shop or display, where tourists are encouraged to spend money on goods or services not necessarily of good value.
- tourist trappy adjective: Alternative form of tourist-trappy.
- tourist tree noun: The gumbo limbo, Bursera simaruba.
- tourist visa noun: A document that allows a limited period of leisure travel within a country, but no business activity
- tourista noun: Traveler's diarrhea encountered in Latin America.
- touristdom noun: The realm or sphere of tourists.
- touristed adjective: Visited by tourists
- touristic adjective /tʊəˈɹɪstɪk/: Catering to tourists; touristy.
- touristic guide noun: A tour guide.
- touristically adverb: From a touristic point of view; in a touristic way.
- touristicity noun: The quality of being touristic.
- touristicness noun: The quality of being touristic.
- touristification noun: The process of touristifying.
- touristify verb: To make suitable for tourists, especially by adding superficial frills at the expense of authenticity.
- touristiness noun: The state of being touristy.
- touristlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a tourist.
- touristry noun: tourism
- touristscape noun: Any and all things of interest to a tourist, including attractions, cultural sites, restaurants and hotels, souvenir shops, tourist districts.
- touristy adjective /ˈtʊəɹɪsti/: Catering to tourists; touristic.
- tourize verb: To travel as a tourist.
- tourlourou noun: A crab of species Gecarcinus lateralis.
- tourmalated adjective: Having tourmaline inclusions.
- tourmalin noun: Alternative form of tourmaline.
- tourmaline noun /ˈtʊɚ.mə.lɪn/: A complex black or dark-coloured borosilicate mineral, compounded with various chemical elements and considered a semi-precious stone.
- tourmalinic adjective: Of or relating to tourmaline.
- tourmaliniferous adjective: Bearing or yielding tourmaline.
- tourmalinization noun: Conversion into tourmaline.
- tourmalinize verb: To convert into tourmaline.
- tourmate noun: A person with whom one goes on a tour.
- tourn noun: A circuit made by a medieval English sheriff to the courts of his shire.
- Tournai proper noun: A city and municipality in Hainaut province, Wallonia, Belgium.
- Tournaisian proper noun: In the ICS geologic timescale, the lowest stage or oldest age of the Mississippian, the oldest subsystem of the Carboniferous. It lasted from 358.9 Ma to...
- tournament noun /ˈtʊənəmənt/: During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
- tournamental adjective: Of or relating to a tournament.
- Tournapull noun: A lightweight earthmover used in maintaining roadbeds and runways
- tournay noun: Alternative spelling of tourney.
- tournedo noun: Synonym of tournedos (resulting from taking that word to be plural)
- tournedos noun /ˈtʊə(ɹ)nəˌdəʊ/: Filet mignon.
- tournedos Rossini noun: A French dish comprising beef tournedos pan-fried in butter, served on a crouton, topped with a hot slice of foie gras, and garnished with black truffle...
- Tournefortian adjective: Of or relating to Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656–1708), French botanist.
- tournette noun: A simple potter's wheel on which pieces of pottery could be turned by hand
- tourney noun, verb /ˈtɝni/: A tournament.
- tourneyer noun: One who took part in a medieval tourney.
- tourniquet noun, verb /ˈtʊə.nɪ.keɪ/: A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.
- tourniqueted adjective, verb: Fixed with a tourniquet.
- tournsol noun: A violet-blue dye got from the plant Chrozophora tinctoria
- tournure noun: Manner, bearing.
Part 82 · Part 84 · 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.