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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • tease/tiːz/verbB14 meaningsTo make playful fun of someone, meaning no real harm.
  • teaser/ˈtiːzɚ/nounB2+An advertisement that hints without explaining.
  • teaspoon/ˈtiːˌspuːn/nounB2The small spoon used for stirring a cup.
  • teat/tiːt/nounB2+The part of a female animal a young one sucks from.
  • technicality/ˌtɛknɪˈkælɪti/nounC1A small point of the rules that changes the outcome.
  • technician/tɛkˈnɪʃən/
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A skilled worker who looks after equipment.
  • technique/tɛkˈniːk/nounB1+A particular skilled way of doing something.
  • techno/ˈtɛknoʊ/nounB1+Fast electronic dance music built from machines.
  • technology/tɛkˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/nounA2+The machines and tools that science gives us.
  • tectonic platenounB2One of the vast slabs the surface of the earth is broken into.
  • tectonicsnounC1The study of the great moving plates of the crust.
  • teddy/ˈtɛdi/nounA2+The soft toy bear a child sleeps with.
  • tedium/ˈtiː.di.əm/nounC1The state of being dull beyond bearing.
  • teenager/ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/nounA2+A person aged between thirteen and nineteen.
  • teething/ˈtiːðɪŋ/nounB2The painful weeks when a baby's teeth push through.
  • telecommunicationsnounC1The sending of messages over long distances by wire or radio.
  • telegram/ˈtɛləˌɡɹæm/nounB1+A short message once sent by wire and delivered on paper.
  • telepathy/tɛˈlɛp.ə.θi/nounB2+Passing thoughts without any of the senses.
  • telephotonounB2+A lens that magnifies distant subjects.
  • telescope/ˈtɛl.ɪ.skəʊp/nounB2An instrument that makes distant objects look close.
  • telescope arraynounC1Many dishes working together as one huge instrument.
  • television/ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/nounA12 meaningsA device with a screen for watching broadcast programmes.
  • tell/tɛl/verbA15 meaningsTo give someone information in words.
  • teller/ˈtɛlə/nounB1+2 meaningsThe bank clerk who serves customers at a counter.
  • temerity/tɪˈmɛɹ.ɪ.ti/nounC2Nerve to do something you have no business doing.
  • temper/ˈtɛmpə/nounB13 meaningsHow easily somebody becomes angry.
  • temperament/ˈtɛm.pə.ɹə.mənt/nounC13 meaningsA person's natural disposition — the way they tend to feel and react.
  • temperance/ˈtɛmpəɹəns/nounC2Moderation, especially in drinking.
  • temperature/ˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹə.t͡ʃə/nounA2+3 meaningsHow hot or cold something is, measured in degrees.
  • tempest/ˈtɛm.pəst/nounB2+A violent storm.
  • templar/ˈtemplər/nounC1A knight of the medieval religious military order.
  • template/ˈtɛm.plɪt/nounB1+2 meaningsA ready-made pattern to be filled in with your own content.
  • temple/ˈtɛm.pl̩/nounB22 meaningsA building used for worship, especially in Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jewish and ancient religions.
  • tempo/ˈtɛm.pəʊ/nounB23 meaningsThe speed at which a piece of music is played or sung.
  • temporary fixnounB2A repair meant only to last until a proper one.
  • temptation/ˌtɛmpˈteɪʃən/nounB2The pull towards something you should resist.
  • ten/tɛn/nounA12 meaningsThe number 10.
  • tenacity/təˈnæs.ɪ.ti/nounC2Refusing to let go of a purpose.
  • tenant/ˈtɛ.nənt/nounB22 meaningsA person who pays rent to live in or use property belonging to someone else.
  • tenant farmernounB2A farmer who rents the land they work.
  • tendency/ˈtɛn.dən.si/nounB2+A leaning towards doing or becoming something.
  • tender/ˈtɛn.dəː/adjectiveB24 meaningsGentle and full of quiet love.
  • tenderness/ˈtɛn.dɚ.nɪs/nounB22 meaningsGentle warmth of feeling.
  • tendon/ˈtɛn.dən/nounB2+The tough cord that ties a muscle to a bone.
  • tendonitis/tɛndəˈnaɪtɪs/nounC1Painful swelling where a muscle joins a bone.
  • tendril/ˈtɛn.dɹəl/nounC1A thin curling shoot a climbing plant grips with.
  • tenement/ˈtɛnɪmənt/nounC1An old block of small flats, often crowded.
  • tenet/ˈtɛnɪt/nounC1A principle held firmly by a group.
  • tennis/ˈtɛnɪs/nounA1A game in which two or four players hit a ball over a net.
  • tenor/ˈtɛnə(ɹ)/nounB2+2 meaningsThe highest ordinary male singing voice.
  • tense/tɛns/adjectiveB15 meaningsNervous and unable to relax.
  • tension/ˈtɛnʃən/nounB26 meaningsThe tightness of something stretched, and the pulling force in it.
  • tent/tɛnt/nounB1The cloth shelter you sleep in when camping.
  • tent pegnounB1The spike hammered in to hold a rope to the ground.
  • tentacle/ˈtɛntəkəl/nounB1+A long flexible arm used to grip or to sting.
  • tenure/ˈtɛn.jʊə/nounC13 meaningsThe period during which someone holds an office or a job.
  • term/tɜːm/nounA2+6 meaningsOne of the periods that the school or university year is divided into.
  • term of officenounC1The fixed period a post is held for.
  • term timenounB2The weeks when schools are in session.
  • terminal/ˈtɚmɪnəl/adjectiveC14 meaningsOf an illness, certain to cause death; of a person, dying from such an illness.