Elementary Vocabulary
36,007 words and 29 expressions at the elementary level.
The twentieth letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.
Time and attendance reporting.
Alternative form of T&Cs.
Abbreviation of terms and conditions.
Initialism of tongue and groove.
plural of T&G
Initialism of translation and interpreting.
Initialism of trust and safety.
Northern England form of the (most characteristic of Yorkshire, but also found in areas of Lancashire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire)
Misspelling of ’tis.
plural of t
Contraction of to + you.
Representing the word transgender.
Censored spelling of turd.
Censored spelling of tit.
plural of t*t
tertiary form
Abbreviation of tabula.
Initialism of teaching assistant.
plural of t.
Initialism of trading as.
Initialism of top of descent.
Abbreviation of throughout.
A type of serial line that transmits data at a rate of 1544 (or 1536) kilobits per second.
Initialism of type 1 diabetes.
Initialism of type 1 diabetes.
plural of T1
a transit lane restricted to vehicles with a minimum of two occupants.
Abbreviation of Twenty20.
Initialism of type 2 diabetes.
Initialism of type 2 diabetes.
plural of T2
Initialism of treat-to-target.
Abbreviation of triiodothyronine.
Leetspeak spelling of the.
plural of T3
Abbreviation of tetraiodothyronine (“thyroxine”).
plural of T4
Of, pertaining to, or focused on relationships between trans people.
plural of T4T
a late-1990s predictive text technology by Tegic Communications for mobile phones with a 3×4 numeric keypad
Initialism of Territorial Army.
simple past and past participle of TA
third-person singular simple present indicative of TA
A kind of pagoda in China and Japan.
Synonym of tsotsitaal.
A rapid melodic vocal technique in raga singing.
Alternative form of tar (“Persian string instrument”).
plural of taa
A lump of dried tobacco, occasionally mixed with other recreational drugs, placed in the vagina for its stimulating effects.
A surname.
Traditional Japanese ankle socks with a separate section for the big toe.
A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table.
A large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl.
The capacity of a tablespoon (table implement).
A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
The cutlery, crockery and glassware used in setting a table for a meal.
A small town in Himachal Pradesh, India, the site of an ancient monastery.
plural of tab
Alternative spelling of taboo.
Acronym of tactical air command.
Alternative form of tasse.
A hat.
A small nail with a flat head.
Alternative letter-case form of TACO; acronym of Trump always chickens out.
Abbreviation of Total Access Communication System.
A surname.
Acronym of Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act.
plural of tad
Initialism of tilt aftereffect.
Abbreviation of tetraacetylethylenediamine.
Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams, and metricated in Mainland China as exactly 50 grams.
Terminal Aerodrome Forecast: a specially encoded weather forecast for a terminal aerodrome
Initialism of technical and further education.
A river in southern Wales, flowing through Merthyr Tydfil borough county borough, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough and the city of Cardiff to Cardiff Bay.
A Kwa language spoken in the Volta Region of Ghana.
A town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
plural of TAF
A surname.
A surname.
A municipality of Surigao del Sur, Philippines.
plural of tag
The yellow-crowned bishop, Euplectes afer, especially the southern subspecies taha.
Pronunciation spelling of town.
A Philippine snack food made from sweetened flavoured tofu with sago pearls.
Any of three genera of large Asian ungulates belonging to the subfamily Caprinae (goat-antelopes).
Alternative form of Dahu.
Of or relating to the Tai people or languages.
A grandfather.
A city and governorate in the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia.
An Irish Catholic.
Alternative form of Tygh.
Without a tail; not having a tail.
An exhaust pipe exhausting to the aft of the vehicle.
Thin tin plate
Archaic form of tahr (“Asian ungulate”).
A traditional woven cloth produced by women in East Timor.
The honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus).
A city in southwestern Yemen.
A tall brimless hat, usually conical or curved on top, worn in Muslim countries as a sign of distinction and prestige.
Abbreviation of Tajikistan.
A male given name.
plural of taj
To take.
A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.
(Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought.
One who takes something.
Synonym of Przewalski's horse.
Alternative form of takhi.
The flesh of octopus as used in sushi.
third-person singular simple present indicative of tak
A river in Alaska and British Columbia.
A male given name from Hebrew.
Alternative form of talo-
The currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene.
To speak; discourse; tell tales.
A city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.
Endowed with one or more talents.
plural of talus
Tending to talk a lot.
The state of being talkative.
The quality or characteristic of being tall.
plural of Tal
Clipping of tam o'shanter, a type of cap.
A form of votive offering in the Eastern Orthodox Church, particularly the Greek Orthodox Church, usually in the form of a small metal plaque with an embossed image symbolizing the subject of prayer for which it is offered.
A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.
Accustomed to human contact.
A female given name from Japanese.
plural of tam
A light, brown-like colour.
Nickname for Antananarivo: the capital and largest city of Madagascar.
Alternative form of taken.
Initialism of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
A slightly ovoid, orange-coloured citrus fruit with a rough peel and a sour-sweet taste which is larger than a clementine and sometimes classed as a variety of mandarin orange.
To mix together or intertwine.
Having a sharp, pungent flavor.
A language family, a subfamily of Sino-Tibetan spoken primarily in far northeast India.
Acronym of there ain't no justice.
A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.
A surname.
A surname from Spanish.
plural of tan
A surname.
An often childish display or fit of bad temper.
Acronym of Tanganyika African National Union
Alternative letter-case form of Tao: the way of nature or way to live one's life.
plural of tao
A malarial fever.
A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.
Initialism of Telephony Application Programming Interface.
A surname.
A surname originating as an occupation for an innkeeper or wine merchant.
A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo; the signal is sometimes also given during the funeral of a soldier.
simple past and past participle of tap
Alternative form of taboo.
To coat with tar.
An Irish place name, associated with the Hill of Tara, seat of ancient Irish kings.
Any of the large, hairy New World spiders comprising the family Theraphosidae.
The state or quality of being tardy.
Late; overdue or delayed.
A vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa)
Alternative form of taraf (“Indian land division”).
Any member of House Targaryen.
A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
A small gold coin, worth a quarter of a dinar, struck by the Arabs of Sicily in the 9th century.
Clipping of tarpaulin (“covering”).
Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”).
plural of tar
Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
Initialism of Technical Assistance Response Unit
Alternative spelling of tass.
Abbreviation of Tasmania.
to operate a taser or electroshock stun gun, by using it against a subject
Alternative form of tass (“Oriental silk fabric”).
A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
Acronym of The Amazing Spider-Man.
A heap, pile.
Obsolete spelling of taste.
An object in which, or by which, food or drink is tasted, such as a small cup.
Alternative form of ta ta.
Of video games, a vertical mode.
The dung of livestock left on a field to serve as manure or fertiliser.
Alternative spelling of tatty (“woven mat or screen”).
A male given name from Georgian.
Initialism of triacetone triperoxide.
plural of tat
Alternative form of tatty (“kind of woven mat or screen”).
To chatter; to gossip.
One who tattles (notifies authorities of illicit behavior) or is inclined to do so; a tattletale.
telltale; giveaway
An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle.
Archaic form of tattoo (“decorative ink design on the skin”).
A group of Maori warriors sent out as a war party.
A surname.
A surname.
To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.
plural of tau
Alternative form of taw (Semitic letter)
Alternative form of tawa.
To sprawl with the arms and legs; kick or fidget with the feet.
A restaurant or bar.
Initialism of transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
plural of tav
Swidden
A frying pan or griddle.
A river in southern Wales that meets the sea at Swansea.
Eye dialect spelling of talk, representing New York City English.
To tan, make tawny.
Alternative spelling of tawse.
Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itself and its services, for example by levying a charge on income, purchases (sales), property or harvest, other than that money which is collected by the government in exchange for specific goods (e.g. the purchase of surplus vehicles).
Alternative form of taxo- (“order, arrangement”).
plural of taxon
To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power.
Synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys, particularly one using a taximeter to automate fare calculation.
Tea.
A female given name.
A male given name.
One of 15 provinces of Greater Armenia.
Obsolete form of tael (“unit of measure”).
A garment like an apron, worn by indigenous South Americans.
plural of tay
A nickname for someone very active, ferocious or with a great appetite.
Alternative form of tase.
An Afghan Hound.
To move quickly; to dash; to rush.
Initialism of Tampa Bay: a bay of Florida, United States, on which are located the cities of Tampa and St. Petersburg.
Initialism of to be announced.
plural of TBA
Initialism of The Big Bang Theory, an American television sitcom.
Initialism of timebase correction.
Initialism of torpedo boat destroyer.
Initialism of tilebased deferred rendering.
plural of TBD
Initialism of tetrabromoethane.
Initialism of Turkish Basketball Federation.
Initialism of thyroxine-binding globulin.
A particular preservative of fats and oils, used in food.
Initialism of traumatic brain injury.
plural of TBI
Initialism of through back loop(s).
Abbreviation of table.
Initialism of tunnel boring machine.
plural of TBM
Initialism of total base number.
Abbreviation of trombone.
plural of TBN
Initialism of The Binding of Isaac.
Alternative spelling of Tbol.
Alternative form of t-boy.
Initialism of tributyl phosphate.
Initialism of Technology Business Programming Network.
plural of TBP
Initialism of tree bisection and reconnection.
Abbreviation of timber.
Initialism of Temple-Baraitser syndrome.
Initialism of total body surface area used in describing the extent of a burn.
Abbreviation of tablespoon, a unit of measurement.
Initialism of too big to fail.
Initialism of to be totally honest.
plural of TBT
Initialism of to be updated.
Abbreviation of tert-butoxide, styled as ᵗBuO
plural of TBU
Initialism of tulip-breaking virus.
Abbreviation of terabytes written (often in reference to how many terabytes can be written to a solid-state drive within its warranty service).
Initialism of time counter.
Initialism of tricyclic antidepressant.
Initialism of Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority.
Abbreviation of tricyclic acetone peroxide.
Initialism of traffic (alert and) collision avoidance system, a system for warning pilots of impending mid-air collisions and telling them what (if any) evasive action to take.
Initialism of trusted computing base.
Initialism of Tax Court of Canada.
Abbreviation of trichloroisocyanuric acid.
Initialism of Test and County Cricket Board.
plural of TCC
Initialism of transcranial Doppler.
The gene that encodes Clostridium difficile toxin A.
Initialism of 2, 3, 7, or 8-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin.
terrace
Initialism of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
plural of TCE
thousand cubic feet
Initialism of trillion(s) of cubic feet of gas.
Initialism of trading card game.
plural of TCG
a representation of the dental click used to show disapproval or disgust; tut, tsk
Alternative form of Tshi.
Abbreviation of teacher.
Initialism of Turks and Caicos Islands.
plural of TCI
Initialism of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Initialism of third culture kid.
plural of TCK
Initialism of transverse carpal ligament.
plural of TCL
Initialism of traditional Chinese medicine.
Initialism of Total Cost of Ownership (“the sum of costs arising when deploying technology, especially hardware and software”).
display timing controller circuit (ASIC or FPGA)
plural of TCO
Initialism of to complete party (followed by total number in group. Code used in OSI to advise an airline that other passengers are travelling with a person but are booked separately)
The chemical compound bis(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl) oxalate, used in certain glow sticks.
Abbreviation of technical certification requirement: a test case that must pass before software can be certified as compliant to a given standard.
Initialism of Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority.
plural of TCR
Initialism of time/temperature control for safety.
Initialism of transmission control unit.
plural of TCU
Abbreviation of tetrachlorvinphos.
Initialism of Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal
Initialism of temperature compensated crystal oscillator.
Initialism of typically developed.
Initialism of time deposit account.
Synonym of DTaP vaccine.
Initialism of time-to-digital converter.
plural of TDC
Initialism of telecommunications device for the deaf.
plural of TDD
Initialism of tidal disruption event (astronomical phenomenon near a supermassive black hole).
Initialism of total daily energy expenditure.
plural of TDE
Abbreviation of toluene diisocyanate.
Initialism of total dissolved inorganic carbon.
this day in history
plural of TDI
A Japanese multinational electronics manufacturing company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
plural of TDK
Initialism of therapeutic drug monitoring.
Initialism of time division multiple access.
Initialism of total digestible nutrients.
Alternative form of t-DNA.
Initialism of tritium-deuterium oxide (“one type of tritiated water: ³H-²H-O”)
Initialism of Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Alternative spelling of T-Dot.
Initialism of thermal design power.
plural of TDP
Initialism of Time Domain Reflectometer: a type of cable tester which can find where a break is located.
Initialism of Tracking and Data Relay Satellite.
Initialism of tax deducted at source.
Abbreviation of Toronto District School Board.
terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase
plural of TdT
A European defence company.
Abbreviation of temporary duty.
Initialism of temporal dead zone.
plural of TDZ
In solfège, the seventh note of a major scale (the note B in the fixed-do system): ti.
To drink tea.
A cloth or paper sachet containing tea leaves or herbal tea, designed to act as an infuser when submerged in hot water.
Capable of being taught; apt to learn.
A small cup, usually with a handle, commonly used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set.
Alternative form of tede (“torch”).
A vessel used to boil water for tea or other hot beverages.
A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
One who is on the same team.
The cooperative effort of a team of people to achieve a common goal.
Alternative form of Teian.
A vessel for brewing and serving tea, typically with a handle and spout.
a single tear (clear, salty liquid secreted by the eye).
Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry.
Of a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry.
plural of tea
One who teases.
One who teases or pokes fun.
A small spoon used to stir the contents of a cup or glass.
A unit of capacity equal to the amount a teaspoon can hold which is taken approximately as 5 ml.
The traditional time, in the late afternoon, for serving tea (the meal).
Acronym of triethylborane (“(C₂H₅)₃B”).
A female given name.
A surname originating as a patronymic.
A surname.
Alternative form of Toubou.
Initialism of thermoelectric cooler: an electrical heat-transferring device which applies the Peltier effect.
Abbreviation of tetrachloroethane.
A person who studies or practises technology; an expert in a particular technology.
A surname.
A style of American pottery characterized by elegant streamlined forms and smooth plain glazes.
plural of TEC
Covered; hidden.
A nickname for the male given names Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus, and Edmund.
A Nilo-Saharan language of Chad, Niger, Nigeria, and Libya.
A variant of the male given name Ted.
A torch; a flambeau.
plural of Ted
To redirect output to multiple destinations.
past participle of tee
plural of toof
Obsolete form of teak.
sesame
Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage
Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old.
Aged between thirteen and nineteen inclusive; teenage.
A person between thirteen and nineteen years old (inclusive).
plural of teen
A telepath.
A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.
To stir, as a calico-printer's sieve.
plural of tee
Alternative spelling of teat.
To tilt back and forth on an edge.
To grow teeth.
The eruption, through the gums, of the milk teeth; dentition.
Alternative form of teff.
A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia.
Teaching of English as a foreign language.
plural of tef
A sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn.
Synonym of ferrado, a traditional Galician unit of dry measure, mass, and land area
A sheep in its second year or before its first shearing.
A village in Syunik, Armenia.
Alternative form of toego.
plural of teg
Any of the South American lizards of the families Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae.
Trans Europe Halles, a European cultural organization of venues that house the arts.
A trans-exclusionary homosexual male; a gay man who holds gender-critical or anti-transgender views, particularly one who considers trans men to be women.
Archaic form of tahr (Asian ungulate).
plural of Teh
Initialism of trans-Earth injection.
The lime tree, or linden.
Alternative form of tiyn.
A Chechen and Ingush tribal organization or clan, self-identified through descent from a common ancestor or geographic location.
plural of TEI
A type of honey wine or mead from Ethiopia and Eritrea typically served in a specialized glass vessel known as a berele.
Alternative form of tegu (“South American lizard”).
Pronunciation spelling of take, representing dialectal English.
A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
A member of a particular Bantu Central African ethnic group.
A Tupi-Guarani-speaking people in French Guiana, living on the banks of the Camopi and Tampok rivers.
third-person singular simple present indicative of tek
simple past and past participle of tek
Abbreviation of telephone number.
Abbreviation of telephone.
A thin, web-like structure or membrane.
A tent.
Alternative spelling of telly (“television, telegraph, telephone, teleport, telecommunication”).
To travel, often instantaneously, from one point to another without physically crossing the distance between the two points.
A monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy.
simple past and past participle of televise
A surname.
plural of tel
simple past and past participle of tell
Alternative form of temp..
Alternative form of Tayma.
A meme which lives in a technological artifact rather than the human mind.
A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith.
Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
The act of tempting.
Alternative form of temse.
A surname.
Sensitive or painful to the touch.
Compassionate for another's distress.
A neighborhood of varying extent in midtown Manhattan, New York known for illicit entertainment and associated police corruption.
Quality, state or condition of being tender.
A surname from Hokkien.
A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.
A city in Chile.
plural of ten
A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.
A manufacturer of tents.
Alternative form of Teos (“ancient Greek city”).
A surname.
An Austronesian language spoken in northern Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.
An Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia.
Abbreviation of tetraethyl orthosilicate.
A surname.
A tree native to Chile and Argentina, Laureliopsis philippiana
hill, tell
Alternative form of teepee.
Initialism of tetraethyl pyrophosphate.
plural of Tep
Alternative spelling of tariqa.
Eye dialect spelling of to.
three, threefold
an Afroasiatic language spoken in Nigeria.
A trans-exclusionary radical feminist; a radical feminist who does not consider trans women to be women, or thinks they should not be included in female spaces or organisations, and who considers trans men to be women; a person whose transphobia is expressed in feminist terms.
A diminutive of the female given name Teresa.
That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.
Any of various essential oils containing monoterpene alcohols which are added to a henna mix to darken the color.
An insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War.
Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear; awesome
A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats, rabbits, foxes, and even otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (e.g. rat terrier).
Terrifying, causing terror; terrible; sublime, awe-inspiring.
To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
Frightening or intimidating.
A large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.
Intense dread, fright, or fear.
plural of TER
plural of te
The IPA digraph "tʃ", or the obsolete ligature "ʧ".
Initialism of teaching English as a second language (a method or program for teaching English to students whose first language is not English and who live in a region where English is the dominant language and natural English language immersion situations are apt to be plentiful).
A diminutive of the female given name Teresa.
A challenge, trial.
A canopy over a bed.
Alternative form of teth (“Semitic letter”).
A surname from Italian.
The ninth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
A surname.