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  • timberline/ˈtɪmbɚˌlaɪn/nounC1The edge of the forest on a mountainside.
  • timbre/ˈtæmbɹə/nounC1The distinctive quality of a sound, apart from pitch and volume.
  • time off in lieunounC1Hours off given instead of extra pay.
  • timeliness/ˈtaɪm.li.nəs/nounC1The quality of happening at just the right moment.
  • timpani/ˈtɪmpəni/nounC1Big tuned kettle drums at the back of an orchestra.
  • tincture/ˈtɪŋ(k)tʃə/
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A medicine dissolved in alcohol, or a slight trace.
  • tinge/tɪnd͡ʒ/nounC1A faint trace of a colour or a feeling.
  • tinkle/ˈtɪŋkəl/verbC12 meaningsTo make a very light high ringing sound.
  • tip-offnounC1A piece of private information warning of something.
  • tipsternounC1Somebody who sells advice on races or shares.
  • tirade/taɪˈɹeɪd/nounC1A long angry outburst of criticism.
  • titan/ˈtaɪtən/nounB2+2 meaningsOne of the giant elder gods of Greek myth.
  • tithe/taɪð/nounC1A tenth of your income given to the church.
  • title/ˈtaɪ̯.təl/nounA2+2 meaningsThe name given to a book, film or piece of music.
  • toehold/ˈtəʊhəʊld/nounC1A small foothold, or a first slight advantage.
  • toggle/ˈtɒɡ.əl/verbB1+2 meaningsTo switch something between two states.
  • togonounC1A narrow country in West Africa.
  • token/ˈtəʊkən/nounB1+3 meaningsA small piece standing for a player in a game.
  • tolerance/ˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/nounC12 meaningsAccepting people and views unlike your own.
  • toll/təʊl/nounB23 meaningsMoney paid to use a bridge or road.
  • tome/təʊm/nounC1A large heavy book.
  • tonnage/ˈtʌnɪd͡ʒ/nounC1The weight or carrying capacity measured in tons.
  • toolshed/ˈtulˌʃɛd/nounC1A small outbuilding for storing tools.
  • top notenounC1The first smell a scent gives, and the quickest to go.
  • tornado/tɔː(ɹ)ˈneɪ.dəʊ/nounB12 meaningsA violently spinning column of air reaching from a storm cloud to the ground.
  • torso/ˈtɔː.səʊ̯/nounB22 meaningsThe main part of the human body, without the head, arms and legs.
  • tortoiseshell/ˈtɔː(ɹ)təˌʃɛl/nounC1A mottled brown and yellow pattern, or that kind of cat.
  • total/ˈtəʊ.tl̩/nounB14 meaningsThe whole amount reached by adding everything together.
  • tote/təʊt/verbC12 meaningsTo carry something about with you.
  • totem/ˈtoʊtəm/nounC1An animal or natural object held sacred by a clan as the badge of its kinship, often carved on a tall wooden pole.
  • touchpad/ˈtʌt͡ʃˌpæd/nounC1The panel a swimmer strikes to stop the clock.
  • touchstone/ˈtʌt͡ʃstəʊn/nounC1A standard by which other things are judged.
  • tough cookienounC1A person who is not easily hurt or beaten.
  • toughnessnounC1The quality of being hard to break or hard to beat.
  • toupee/tuːˈpeɪ/nounC1A small hairpiece worn to cover baldness.
  • tourniquet/ˈtʊə.nɪ.keɪ/nounC1A tight band that stops heavy bleeding from a limb.
  • tout/taʊt/verbC12 meaningsTo try noisily to sell or promote something.
  • towpathnounC1The path beside a canal where horses once pulled boats.
  • toxicity/tɒkˈsɪs.ə.ti/nounC1How poisonous something is.
  • toxicology/ˌtɒksɪˈkɒləd͡ʒi/nounC1The study of poisons and their effects.
  • toxin/ˈtɒksɪn/nounC1A poisonous substance produced by a living organism.
  • trace fossilnounC1A footprint or burrow left by an ancient creature.
  • traceability/ˌtɹeɪsəˈbɪlɪti/nounC1Being able to track where every part came from.
  • tracking shotnounC1A shot where the whole camera moves with the subject.
  • tract/tɹækt/nounC13 meaningsA large stretch of land.
  • trademark/ˈtɹeɪdmɑːk/nounC14 meaningsA name, word or symbol that only one company may legally use.
  • trading standardsnounC1The body that checks traders deal fairly.
  • traditionalismnounC1A firm attachment to long-established ways.
  • traffic/ˈtɹæfɪk/nounA13 meaningsVehicles moving along a road, taken together.
  • trajectory/tɹəˈd͡ʒɛktəɹi/nounC12 meaningsThe curved path something follows through the air.
  • tram/tɹæm/nounB1+2 meaningsAn electric passenger vehicle that runs on rails set into city streets.
  • trampoline/ˌtɹæmpəˈliːn/nounC1A sheet on springs that bounces you into the air.
  • tranquility/træŋˈkwɪlɪti/nounC1Deep calm and quiet.
  • transaction/tɹænˈzækʃən/nounC12 meaningsOne completed act of buying, selling or exchanging — money one way, goods or a service the other.
  • transcendence/tɹæn(t)ˈsɛndəns/nounC1Rising above the limits of ordinary experience.
  • transcript/ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/nounC12 meaningsThe official record of your courses and grades.
  • transformation/ˌtɹæns.fə(ɹ)ˈmeɪ.ʃən/nounC1A complete change in form or character.
  • transgression/trɑːnzˈɡrɛʃn/nounC1An act that breaks a law or a moral rule.
  • transit/ˈtɹæn.zɪt/nounC12 meaningsPassing through a place without entering it.
  • translator/ˈtɹænzleɪtɚ/nounB23 meaningsA person whose work is turning writing from one language into another.