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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Tentativeadjectiveunder terms not final or fully worked out or agreed uponcandidateMay 18, 2026
Tenthadjectivecoming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in positioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Tenuousadjectivelacking substance or significancecandidateMay 18, 2026
Tenuredadjectiveappointed for life and not subject to dismissal except for a grave crimecandidateMay 18, 2026
Tepidadjectivefeeling or showing little interest or enthusiasmcandidateMay 18, 2026
Teratogenicadjectiveof or relating to substances or agents that can interfere with normal embryonic developmentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Terefahadjectivenot conforming to dietary lawscandidateMay 18, 2026
Tereteadjectiveespecially of plant partscandidateMay 18, 2026
Terminableadjectivecapable of being terminated after a designated timecandidateMay 18, 2026
Terminaladjectiveof or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery routecandidateMay 18, 2026
Terminatedadjective(of e.g. a contract or term of office) having come to an endcandidateMay 18, 2026
Terminativeadjectivecoming to an endcandidateMay 18, 2026
Terminologicaladjectiveof or concerning terminologycandidateMay 18, 2026
Ternaryadjectivehaving three units or components or elementscandidateMay 18, 2026
Ternateadjective(of a leaf shape) consisting of three leaflets or sectionscandidateMay 18, 2026
Terpsichoreanadjectiveof or relating to dancingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Terreneadjectiveof or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or aircandidateMay 18, 2026
Terrestrialadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitantscandidateMay 18, 2026
Terribleadjectiveintensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or qualitycandidateMay 18, 2026
Terrificadjectiveextraordinarily good or greatcandidateMay 18, 2026
Terrifiedadjectivethrown into a state of intense fear or desperationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Terrifyingadjectivecausing extreme terrorcandidateMay 18, 2026
Territorialadjectivebelonging to the territory of any state or rulercandidateMay 18, 2026
Terror-Strickenadjectivestruck or filled with terrorcandidateMay 18, 2026
Terror-Struckadjectivestruck or filled with terrorcandidateMay 18, 2026
Terseadjectivebrief and to the pointcandidateMay 18, 2026
Tertianadjectiverelating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other daycandidateMay 18, 2026
Tertiaryadjectivecoming next after the second and just before the fourth in positioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Tessellatedadjectivedecorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together in a mosaiccandidateMay 18, 2026
Testaceousadjectiverelating to or possessing a testa or hard shellcandidateMay 18, 2026
Testamentaryadjectiveof or relating to a will or testament or bequeathed by a will or testamentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Testateadjectivehaving made a legally valid will before deathcandidateMay 18, 2026
Testedadjectivetested and proved useful or correctcandidateMay 18, 2026
Testicularadjectiveof or involving the testescandidateMay 18, 2026
Testimonialadjectiveof or relating to or constituting testimonycandidateMay 18, 2026
Testyadjectiveeasily irritated or annoyedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Tetanicadjectiveof or relating to or causing tetanuscandidateMay 18, 2026
Tetchyadjectiveeasily irritated or annoyedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Tete-A-Teteadjectiveinvolving two personscandidateMay 18, 2026
Tetheredadjectiveconfined or restricted with or as if with a rope or chaincandidateMay 18, 2026
Tetragonaladjectiveof or relating to or shaped like a quadrilateralcandidateMay 18, 2026
Tetramerousadjectivehaving or consisting of four similar partscandidateMay 18, 2026
Tetrametricadjectiveof or relating to verse lines written in tetrametercandidateMay 18, 2026
Tetravalentadjectivehaveing a valence of fourcandidateMay 18, 2026
Teutonicadjectiveof or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languagescandidateMay 18, 2026
Texanadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Texas or its residentscandidateMay 18, 2026
Textbookadjectiveaccording to or characteristic of a casebook or textbookcandidateMay 18, 2026
Textileadjectiveof or relating to fabrics or fabric makingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Textualadjectiveof or relating to or based on a textcandidateMay 18, 2026
Texturedadjectivehaving surface roughnesscandidateMay 18, 2026
Thaiadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its peoplecandidateMay 18, 2026
Thalamocorticaladjectiverelating to or connecting the cortex and thalamuscandidateMay 18, 2026
Thalassicadjectiverelating to the seas, especially smaller or inland seascandidateMay 18, 2026
Thalloidadjectiveof or relating to or resembling or consisting of a thalluscandidateMay 18, 2026
Thallophyticadjectivepertaining to or characteristic of thallophytescandidateMay 18, 2026
Thankfuladjectivefeeling or showing gratitudecandidateMay 18, 2026
Thanklessadjectivenot feeling or showing gratitudecandidateMay 18, 2026
Thawedadjectiveno longer frozen solidcandidateMay 18, 2026
Theatricaladjectivesuited to or characteristic of the stage or theatercandidateMay 18, 2026
Thebanadjectiveof or relating to the Egyptian city of Thebes or its people or culturecandidateMay 18, 2026
TheistadjectivecandidateMay 16, 2026
Theisticadjectiveof or relating to theismcandidateMay 18, 2026
Theisticaladjectiveof or relating to theismcandidateMay 18, 2026
Thematicadjectiverelating to or constituting a topic of discoursecandidateMay 18, 2026
Thenadjectiveat a specific prior timecandidateMay 18, 2026
Thenaladjectiveof or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumbcandidateMay 18, 2026
Thenaradjectiveof or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumbcandidateMay 18, 2026
Theocraticadjectiveof or relating to or being a theocracycandidateMay 18, 2026
Theologicaladjectiveof or relating to or concerning theologycandidateMay 18, 2026
Theoreticadjectiveconcerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerationscandidateMay 18, 2026
Theoreticaladjectiveconcerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerationscandidateMay 18, 2026
Theory-Basedadjectivebased in theory rather than experimentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Theosophicaladjectiveof or relating to theosophycandidateMay 18, 2026
Therapeuticadjectivetending to cure or restore to healthcandidateMay 18, 2026
Therapeuticaladjectiverelating to or involved in therapycandidateMay 18, 2026
Thermaladjectivecaused by or designed to retain heatcandidateMay 18, 2026
Thermicadjectiverelating to or associated with heatcandidateMay 18, 2026
Thermionicadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of thermionscandidateMay 18, 2026
Thermodynamicadjectiveof or concerned with thermodynamicscandidateMay 18, 2026
Thermodynamicaladjectiveof or concerned with thermodynamicscandidateMay 18, 2026
Thermoelectricadjectiveinvolving or resulting from thermoelectricitycandidateMay 18, 2026
Thermoelectricaladjectiveinvolving or resulting from thermoelectricitycandidateMay 18, 2026
Thermogravimetricadjectiveof or relating to thermal hydrometrycandidateMay 18, 2026
Thermohydrometricadjectiveof or relating to thermal hydrometrycandidateMay 18, 2026
Thermolabileadjective(chemistry, physics, biology) readily changed or destroyed by heatcandidateMay 18, 2026
Thermometricadjectiveof or relating to thermometrycandidateMay 18, 2026
Thermonuclearadjectiveusing nuclear weapons based on fusion as distinguished from fissioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Thermoplasticadjectivehaving the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooledcandidateMay 18, 2026
Thermosetadjectivehaving the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or curedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Thermosettingadjectivehaving the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or curedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Thermostaticadjectiveof or relating to a thermostatcandidateMay 18, 2026
Thespianadjectiveof or relating to dramacandidateMay 18, 2026
Thickadjectivehaving component parts closely crowded togethercandidateMay 18, 2026
Thick-Billedadjectivehaving a thick beakcandidateMay 18, 2026
Thick-Bodiedadjectivehaving a thick bodycandidateMay 18, 2026
Thick-Branchedadjectivehaving thick branchescandidateMay 18, 2026
Thick-Hairedadjectivehaving thick haircandidateMay 18, 2026
Thick-Lippedadjectivehaving thick lipscandidateMay 18, 2026
Thick-Skinnedadjectiveinsensitive to criticismcandidateMay 18, 2026
Thick-Skulledadjective(used informally) stupidcandidateMay 18, 2026