6 Letter Words That Start With T

torrid

Adjective : Very hot and dry.

Adjective : Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate.

Adjective : (chiefly US, sports) [of a streak, form, etc.] Good; impressive; hot.

tender

Adjective : Sensitive or painful to the touch.

Adjective : Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.

Adjective : Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.

titter

Verb : To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or poorly-suppressed amusement.

Noun : A nervous or somewhat repressed giggle.

Noun : (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.

thrust

Noun : A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)

Noun : The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.

Noun : (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.

timbre

Noun : The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.

Noun : The pitch of a sound as heard by the ear, described relative to its absolute pitch.

Noun : (heraldry, uncommon) The crest on a (helmet atop a) coat of arms.

turbid

Adjective : Having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear. (of a liquid)

Adjective : Unclear; confused; obscure.

Adjective : Smoky or misty.

tumult

Noun : Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.

Noun : Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds.

Noun : A riot or uprising.

trudge

Verb : (intransitive) To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.

Noun : A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.

Verb : (transitive) To trudge along or over a route etc.

tawdry

Adjective : (of clothing, appearance, etc.) Cheap and gaudy; showy.

Adjective : (of character, behavior, situations, etc.) Unseemly, base, mean-spirited, shameful.

Noun : (obsolete) Anything gaudy and cheap; pretentious finery.

twinge

Noun : A sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time.

Noun : (figurative) A sudden, sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of guilt or sadness; a pang, a paroxysm, a throe; also, a prick of the conscience.

Verb : (intransitive) To have a sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, like a twitch.

thwart

Verb : (transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.

Adjective : Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.

Adjective : (figuratively, dated) Of people: having a tendency to oppose; obstinate, perverse, stubborn.

tremor

Noun : A shake, quiver, or vibration.

Noun : (medicine) A rhythmic, uncontrollable shaking of all or part of the body due to partial muscle contractions.

Noun : An earthquake.

temper

Noun : A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.

Noun : State of mind; mood.

Noun : A tendency to become angry.

turgid

Adjective : (of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.

Adjective : Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.

Adjective : Of a river, inundated with excess water as from a flood; swollen.

torpid

Adjective : lazy, lethargic or apathetic

Adjective : dormant or hibernating

Adjective : unmoving

thrill

Verb : (ergative) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.

Noun : A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion; a frisson.

Noun : (figurative) A cause of sudden excitement; a kick.

trepid

Adjective : Timid, timorous, fearful.

target

Noun : A goal or objective.

Noun : A person, place, or thing that is frequently attacked, criticized, or ridiculed.

Noun : An object of criticism or ridicule.

tetchy

Adjective : (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, Southern US) Synonym of touchy: easily annoyed or irritated, peevish, testy, irascible; also (figurative) extremely sensitive, difficult to manage, use, or work.

twilit

Adjective : Illuminated by or as if by twilight; half-lit

terror

Noun : (countable, uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.

Noun : (countable) Something or someone that causes such fear.

Noun : (uncountable) The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.

theory

Noun : (sciences) A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc.

Noun : A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate.

Noun : (uncountable) The underlying principles or methods of a given technical skill, art etc., as opposed to its practice.

torpor

Noun : A state of being inactive or stuporous.

Noun : A state of apathy or lethargy.

Noun : (biology) A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep.

tyrant

Noun : A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.

Noun : (by extension) Any person who abuses the power of position or office to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.

Noun : (by extension) A villain; a person or thing who uses strength or violence to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.

throng

Noun : A group of people crowded or gathered closely together.

Verb : (transitive) To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.

Noun : A group of things; a host or swarm.

tartar

Noun : A hard yellow deposit on the teeth, formed from dental plaque.

Noun : A red compound deposited during wine making, mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate; wine stone — a source of cream of tartar.

Noun : (dated) A fearsome or angrily violent person.

tumble

Verb : (intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.

Verb : (intransitive) To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.

Noun : A fall, especially end over end.

totter

Verb : To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.

Verb : (figurative) To be on the brink of collapse.

Noun : An unsteady movement or gait.

trance

Noun : (countable) A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being).

Noun : (countable, psychology) A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis.

Noun : (countable) A dazed or unconscious condition.

tandem

Noun : (figurative) (countable) A group of two or more machines, people, etc., working together; hence (uncountable), close collaboration.

Noun : (figurative) (uncountable, education) A method of language learning based on mutual exchange, where ideally each learner is a native speaker in the language the other person wants to learn.

Verb : (figurative) In close collaboration; collaboratively, cooperatively.

tricky

Adjective : Hard to deal with, complicated.

Adjective : Adept at using deception.

Adjective : (colloquial, slang) Relating to or associated with a prostitution trick.

tedium

Noun : Boredom or tediousness; ennui.

thrall

Noun : (uncountable) The state of being under the control of another person.

Noun : (literary or puristic, otherwise archaic) Slave; one under the control of another.

Adjective : (archaic) Enthralled; captive.

thread

Noun : A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.

Noun : (weaving) A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.

Noun : (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.

timber

Noun : (uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.

Noun : (outside Canada, US, uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.

Noun : (countable) A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.

trifle

Noun : (figurative) Anything that is of little importance or worth.

Noun : An insignificant amount of money.

Noun : (cooking) An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.

treble

Adjective : (music) Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music.

Adjective : (dated) Threefold, triple.

Verb : (dated) Trebly; triply.

toddle

Verb : To walk unsteadily, as a small child does.

Verb : To walk or travel in a carefree manner.

Noun : A carefree or aimless gait; a stroll.

tabard

Noun : A sleeveless jerkin or loose overgarment.

Noun : (historical) A sleeveless garment made of coarse cloth formerly worn outdoors by the common people.

Noun : (historical) A cape or tunic worn by a knight, emblazoned with the coat of arms of his king or queen on the front.

tin god

Noun : (idiomatic) A false god, particularly a petty tyrant, a person who abuses or exceeds their authority over others in petty ways.

temple

Noun : A house of worship, especially:

Noun : A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith.

Noun : (Judaism) Synonym of synagogue, especially a non-Orthodox synagogue.

tetrad

Noun : A group of four things.

Noun : (music) A chord comprised of four notes; a tetrachord.

Noun : (biology) Two pairs of sister chromatids (a dyad pair) aligned in a certain way and often on the equatorial plane during the meiosis process.

tavern

Noun : A restaurant or bar.

Noun : (dated) A building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, and offering sleeping accommodations for travelers.

Noun : (Oxford University slang, obsolete) New Inn Hall, Oxford, one of the earliest medieval halls of the University of Oxford.

trauma

Noun : An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.

Noun : An event that causes great distress.

Noun : Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.

thrash

Verb : To beat mercilessly.

Verb : To defeat utterly.

Verb : To move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour.

tactic

Noun : A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.

Noun : (military) A maneuver used against an enemy.

Noun : (chess) A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.

tingle

Verb : (intransitive) To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.

Noun : A prickling or mildly stinging sensation; frisson.

tirade

Noun : A long, angry or violent speech.

Verb : To make a long, angry or violent speech, a tirade.

Noun : A section of verse concerning a single theme.

touchy

Adjective : (of a person) Easily offended, oversensitive.

Adjective : (of a situation) Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.

Adjective : (informal) Inclined to engage in physical touch.

tousle

Verb : To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse; to muss.

Noun : The action of ruffling or setting in disorder.

tenets

Noun : An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.

theion

Noun : (archaic) the divine, especially a divine fire

Noun : (archaic) sulfur, especially in the context of fire and brimstone

trough

Noun : A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.

Noun : Any similarly shaped container.

Noun : (agriculture, Australia, New Zealand) A channel for conveying water or other farm liquids (such as milk) from place to place by gravity; any ‘U’ or ‘V’ cross-sectioned irrigation channel.

torque

Noun : (physics, mechanics) A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton-metre or N·m; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy)

Verb : (physics, mechanics) To make something rotate about an axis by imparting torque to it.

Noun : (historical) A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples.

tinkle

Verb : (intransitive, informal) To urinate.

Noun : (informal, euphemistic) An act of urination.

Noun : (informal, euphemistic) Urine.

tussle

Noun : A physical fight or struggle.

Noun : A conflict, an argument, a disagreement.

Verb : To have a tussle.

troika

Noun : A party or group of three, especially a ruling council of three people in Soviet or Russian contexts.

Noun : A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast.

tin ear

Noun : Insensitivity to and inability to appreciate the elements of performed music or the rhythm, elegance, or nuances of language.

Noun : (figurative) Insensitivity to the nuances of the current situation or the subtleties of a craft; indifference to somebody else's attitudes, moods, and dialogue.

tendre

Noun : (archaic) Tender feeling or fondness; affection.

Adjective : Obsolete form of tender. [Sensitive or painful to the touch.]

Verb : Obsolete form of tender. [(now rare) To make tender or delicate; to weaken.]

tongue

Noun : The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.

Noun : (countable, uncountable) Such an organ, as taken from animals and used for food (especially from cows).

Noun : Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect.

tangle

Verb : (transitive) To mix together or intertwine.

Verb : (intransitive) To become mixed together or intertwined.

Verb : (intransitive, figurative) To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.

trophy

Noun : An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.

Noun : Any emblem of success; a status symbol.

Noun : An object taken as a prize by a hunter, or a conqueror or belligerent, especially one that is displayed.

tragic

Adjective : Causing great sadness or suffering.

Adjective : Relating to tragedy in a literary work.

Adjective : (in tabloid newspapers) Having been the victim of a tragedy.

thence

Verb : (formal) From there, from that place or from that time.

Verb : (literary) Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom.

Verb : (archaic) From that time; thenceforth; thereafter

take in

Verb : (transitive) To receive.

Verb : (transitive) To receive and properly absorb or comprehend.

Verb : (transitive) To enjoy or appreciate.

taisch

Noun : second sight; the involuntary ability of seeing the future or distant events.

Noun : The sound of the voice of a person about to die, heard supernaturally by somebody not present at the scene.

thorax

Noun : (anatomy) The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.

Noun : (entomology and arachnology) The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body to which the legs are attached.

tenure

Noun : A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.

Noun : A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.

Noun : A period of time during which something is possessed.

threat

Noun : An indication of potential or imminent danger.

Noun : A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace.

Noun : An expression of intent to injure or punish another.

travel

Verb : (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.

Verb : (intransitive) To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit.

Noun : The act of traveling; passage from place to place.

tailor

Noun : A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.

Verb : (ambitransitive) To make, repair, or alter clothes.

Verb : (figurative, transitive) To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.

troupe

Noun : A company of, often touring, actors, singers or dancers.

Noun : Any group of people working together on a shared activity.

Verb : (intransitive) To tour with a troupe.

thresh

Verb : (transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.

Verb : (transitive, literary) To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.

Verb : (intransitive, literary) To violently toss the limbs about.

thusly

Verb : thus (in this way).

Verb : thus (therefore)

thrumb

Noun : Alternative form of thrum [A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.]

tackle

Noun : (sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.

Noun : (rugby, American football, countable) A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.

Verb : To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.

turret

Noun : (military) An armoured, rotating gun installation on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle.

Noun : (architecture) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.

Noun : (electronics) A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes).

tycoon

Noun : A wealthy and powerful business person.

Noun : (video games) A game involving the use of a base to generate bricks and cash (similar to an idle game or clicker game), which can then be used to purchase upgrades and expand. Common within the massively multiplayer online game platform Roblox.

Noun : (card games) The first placer of Tycoon.

topple

Verb : (transitive) To push or throw over.

Verb : To overturn.

Verb : (figurative) To overthrow something.

tinsel

Noun : (by extension) A thin, shiny foil for ornamental purposes which is of a material made of metal or resembling metal; especially, narrow glittering strips of such a material, often strung on to thread, and traditionally at Christmastime draped on Christmas trees, hung from balustrades or ceilings, or wrapped around objects as a decoration.

Noun : (by extension) (figuratively) Anything shining and gaudy; especially something superficially shiny and showy, or having a false lustre, and more pretty than valuable.

Adjective : (by extension) (figuratively) Apparently beautiful and costly but having little value; superficially attractive; gaudy, showy, tawdry.

truism

Noun : A self-evident or obvious truth.

Noun : A banality or cliché.

typify

Verb : (transitive) To embody, exemplify; to represent by a form, image, model, or resemblance.

Verb : (transitive) To portray stereotypically.

Verb : (transitive, sciences) To serve as a typical or reference specimen of.

take on

Verb : To obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.

Verb : (idiomatic) To begin to have or exhibit.

Verb : (idiomatic) To assume or take responsibility for.

triste

Adjective : (rare) Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.

throat

Noun : The front part of the neck.

Noun : The gullet or windpipe.

Noun : A narrow opening in a vessel.

talent

Noun : A marked natural ability or skill.

Noun : (business, media, sports) People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person.

Noun : (slang) The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness.

thesis

Noun : (by extension) A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation.

Noun : (rhetoric) A proposition or statement supported by arguments.

Noun : Senses relating to logic, rhetoric, etc.

tinker

Noun : Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.

Verb : (ambitransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.

Noun : (informal) An act of repair or invention.

treaty

Noun : (countable, international law) A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact.

Verb : (transitive) To get into (a specific situation) through a treaty.

Verb : (intransitive) To enter into a treaty.

thrive

Verb : (intransitive) To increase in wealth or success; to prosper, be profitable.

Verb : (intransitive) To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, to flourish.

though

Verb : (conjunctive) Despite that; however.

Verb : (degree) Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.

Verb : Misspelling of thought.

thorny

Adjective : (figuratively) Troublesome or vexatious.

Adjective : (figuratively) Aloof and irritable.

Adjective : (literally) Having thorns or spines.

tercet

Noun : a three-line stanza in a poem

triune

Adjective : (chiefly religion, Christianity) Both trine and one at the same time.

tootle

Verb : (intransitive, colloquial) To go (somewhere); to amble aimlessly.

Verb : (transitive, colloquial) To transport (someone somewhere).

Verb : (intransitive) To make a soft toot sound.

taipan

Noun : Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea.

Noun : A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon.

Noun : (Philippines) A tycoon (usually of Chinese Filipino background)

tabula

Noun : A table, index, or list of data.

Noun : A plate or frame on which a title or inscription is carved.

Noun : A writing-tablet, slate, or similar medium on which to write.

tranny

Noun : (slang, chiefly derogatory, offensive) A transgender person, especially a trans woman.

Noun : (colloquial, Commonwealth) A transistor radio.

Noun : (colloquial, automotive) A vehicle's transmission.

traits

Noun : (biology, psychology) An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.

Noun : (object-oriented programming) An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.

tenacy

Noun : Misspelling of tenancy. [Synonym of lease (an interest in land, its related contract or the document containing that contract); more commonly used when a lease is short-term or has a periodic rent that is not merely nominal.]

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