English Words: T

Archaic form of tor.

A surname from Catalan.

A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.

Coming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities.

A topographic surname from the Romance languages, equivalent to English Towers of Spanish and Portuguese origin.

A surname from Spanish.

Very hot and dry.

A locality in the Glen Innes Severn council area and the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

A surname.

The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.

Of, pertaining to, or achieved using torsion

The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.

A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages.

A sandwich, served either hot or cold, on an oblong white sandwich roll, derived from Mexican cuisine.

A rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau).

A kind of small, ring-shaped pasta, stuffed with meat, cheese, etc; and eaten with a sauce or in a soup.

A type of Mexican flatbread made out of cornmeal or flour.

Wrongful; harmful.

Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly Canada, US) or the order Testudines (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India), whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators.

The horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc.

An island of the British Virgin Islands, the largest and most populated.

Synonym of tort law (“the area of law dealing with wrongful acts, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to contracts, which cause injuries and can be remedied in civil courts, usually through the awarding of damages”).

An island forming part of Haiti.

Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.

The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish.

simple past and past participle of torture

Someone who tortures.

An act of torture

Of or pertaining to torture.

The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, especially a circle, about a line which lies in the same plane but does not intersect it (e.g. like a ring doughnut).

A surname.

A member or supporter of the Conservative Party, which evolved from Royalist politicians; historically associated with upholding the rights of the monarchy and the privileges of the established Church.

Initialism of terms of service.

A Japanese breed of fighting dog

A female given name.

A surname from Italian.

Copper; items made of copper.

A computer manufactured by the Japanese Toshiba company.

A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.

simple past and past participle of toss

One who tosses or throws something.

The motion of something that tosses; a throwing or sudden rising and falling.

Alternative form of toss-up.

A small child.

A kind of monkey, the grivet or waag.

An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

Of or relating to a system of government where the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control of every aspect of the country, socially, financially, and politically.

A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship.

The state of being total.

Destroyed