• TEPEFY • TEPIFY
vb. 1. 1656 – to make moderately tepid or warm
vb. 2. 1847 – to become moderately warm
• TEPHRAMANCY
n. Bk1991 – divination involving the examination of the ashes remaining after a sacrifice
• TEPHROMANCY
n. Bk1991 – divination involving the examination of the ashes remaining after a sacrifice
• TEPID
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – mediocre
• TEPPITLESS
adj. 1768 Sc. – without feeling; destitute of sensation, numb, benumbed
• TEPTIOUS
adj. 1876 Eng. dial. – snappish, captious; irritating; treacherous, changeable, not to be depended upon
• TER
n. 1. 1781 Eng. dial. obs. – anger, passion, headstrong resolution
n. 2. 1883 Amer. dial. – a sister; also, a term or term of address for a woman
• TERATICAL
adj. 1722 rare – relating to marvels or prodigies; incredible, wonderful, miraculous
• TERATOPHOBIA
n. Bk1991 – an abnormal fear of monsters or giving birth to a monster
• TERBACCER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – tobacco
• TERBACKER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – tobacco
• TEREY
adj. 1876 obs. – tapering to a point
• TERGIVERSANT
adj. 1710 – tergiversating, shuffling, evasive, shifty
n. 1833 – one who tergiversates; a turncoat, a renegade
• TERI
n. 1892 Sc. – a native of Hawick, Scotland
• TERM
vb. 1860 Eng. dial. – to bound, to border
• TERMATER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a tomato
• TERMINAL
adj. 1990s Amer. sl.- utterly beyond hope, rescue, or saving; extreme; unmitigated
• TERMINALLY
adv. intractably; hopelessly …1990s Amer. sl.
• TERMINATE WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE
vb. to assassinate someone …1972 US espionage sl.
• TERMINATION DUST
n. the first snow, which marks the end of the construction season and the termination of the job …1957 Amer. dial.
• TERM OF A TIME
n. a long time …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TERN
n. an intern …1970s Amer. medical sl.
• TERPS
n. 1. turpentine …1823 Amer. sl.
n. 2. an interpreter …World War I Amer. sl.
n. 3. elixir of terpin hydrate with codeine, a cough syrup prized as a narcotic …1970s Amer. drug culture sl.
• TERR
n. a guerrilla fighting to overthrow the White minority government …1976 Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) before independence usage
• TERRACE
n. 1. a raised footpath by the side of a road …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a slope or cliff …1849 Eng. dial.
• TERRACULTURE
n. 1837 – cultivation of the earth; agriculture
• TERRA NOBILIS
n. an old name for the diamond at a time when its real nature was not known …1882 obs.
• TERRAPIN
n. a shrewish old woman …1897 Amer. dial.
• TERREMOTE
n. an earthquake …1390 obs.
• TERRENE SEA
n. the Mediterranean Sea …1586 obs.
• TERRIBLE
adj. very intimate, ‘thick’ …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► TERRIBLIZE vb. to make or become terrible → 1606 obs.
• TERRIBLY
adv. much, considerably …1876 Eng. dial.
• TERRICK
n. a trifle; a little thing …1777 Eng. dial. obs.
• TERRICULAMENT
n. a source or object of dread or terror, especially of needless dread; a bugbear …1548 obs.
vb. to inspire with groundless fear …1644 obs.
• TERRIE
n. a terrier …1788 Sc.
• TERRIER
n. 1. a man of bad temper and character; a pugnacious fellow …1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a Territorial …1908 Brit. army sl.
• TERRIFICATION
n. terror, anything causing terror …1822 Sc.
• TERRIFIC
adj. 1. excellent; wonderful …1888 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. prodigious; extreme; amazing …1888 Amer. sl.
• TERRIFICK
adj. afraid, terrified …1821 Sc. obs.
• TERRIFIED FEVER
n. typhoid fever …1878 Amer. dial.
• TERRIFY
n. a source of worry or trouble …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to annoy, to irritate; to tease, to worry; to importune; to torment, to pain …1839 Eng. & Amer, dial.
vb. 2. to seize, to tear out; to shake …1868 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to astonish …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to damage, to injure, to destroy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to fret, to be anxious about nothing …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to puzzle, to perplex …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TERRILOO
n. a great commotion …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. to make a great commotion …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TERRILOQUY
n. the speaking of terrible or dreadful things
• TERRIT
n. a clump of trees …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• TERROR
n. a troublesome child …1883 sl.
• TERRY
vb. to provoke, to torment …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• TERRY-LERRY
n. a representation of the note of the skylark, or of a similar sound uttered as an exclamation or delight or gaiety; an imitation of a musical sound …1611
• TERSE
n. 1. the penis …c1000 obs.
n. 2. a dispute, a debate …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
vb. to dispute, to contend …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
• TERSY-VERSY
adv. topsy-turvy, in confusion or disorder; walking backwards …1838 Eng. dial.
• TERTIAN
n. at a Scottish university: a student of the third session …Bk1905 Sc.
• TERTIATE
vb. to do or perform for the third time; to do a thing three times …1623 obs.
• TERVE
vb. 1. to turn; esp. to turn upside down, to topple over, to fall down; also, fig. to turn to some course or action …c1400 obs.
vb. 2. to overturn, to overthrow …c1400 obs.
• TERVEE
n. a stir, a commotion …1893 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to struggle; to writhe …1746 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to rage, to storm …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TERVY
n. a stir, a commotion …1893 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to struggle; to writhe …1746 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to rage, to storm …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TESSY
adj. angry, fractious, cross, testy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEST
n. a will, testament …1890 Sc.
• TESTAMENT-MAN
n. a Protestant …1827 Sc. obs.
• TESTER
n. sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
• TESTIF
adj. 1. headstrong, obstinate, wilful, rash, testy …c1374 obs.
adj. 2. aggressive, contentious, short-tempered, peevish, tetchy …1526 obs.
• TESTIFF
adj. wilful, headstrong …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• TESTIFICATE
n. a certificate, testimonial …1751 Sc. obs.
• TESTIFICATION
n. a certificate, testimonial …1822 Sc. obs.
• TESTORN
adj. testy, quick to anger …1777 Eng. dial. obs.
• TEST THE WATERS
vb. to make a preliminary assessment …1970s Amer. sl.
• TESTY
adj. sexually attractive …1899 sl.
vb. to testify …1890 Eng. dial.
• TET
n. a teat; the nipple of a breast or udder …1681 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to have leave or permission to do a thing; to be bound or under obligation …1746 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to tease, to provoke …1777 Eng. dial. obs.
vb. 3. to chafe …1777 Eng. dial. obs.
• TETAW
n. a simpleton, a fool …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TETCH
n. 1. obstinacy, restiveness …1876 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a habit, a gait …1886 Eng. dial.
vb. to be obstinate or restive …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TETCHEROUS
adj. touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered …1976 Amer. dial.
• TETCHIFIED
adj. touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered …1944 Amer. dial.
• TETCHIOUS
adj. 1. touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered …1913 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. sensitive to touch ….1951 Amer. dial.
• TETCHOUS
adj. 1. touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered …1842 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. sensitive to touch ….1842 Amer. dial.
• TETCHOUS AS A SKINNED EEL
adj. touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered …1842 Amer. dial.
• TETCHSOME
adj. touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered …1966 Amer. dial.
• TETCHY
adj. 1. touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered, peevish, easily offended …1592
adj. 2. of a subject, situation, etc.: sensitive, ticklish …1886 Amer. dial.
adj. 3. of the weather: changeable; fickle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TETH
int. an exclamation …1805 Sc.
n. temper, disposition; spirit, mettle …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
• TETHER
n. 1. 1905 – a tangle, as of weeds → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. 1905 – a tie, an obligation → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1812 – to marry, to get married → Sc.
• TETHER BY THE TOOTH
vb. 1905 – to attract by good feeding, to detain by eating → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• TETHER-END
n. 1746 – the posteriors → Eng. dial.
• TETHER-FACED
adj. 1905 – having an ill-natured aspect → Sc. (Bk.)
• TETHERMENT
n. 1905 – a wrapping or bandage of any kind → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• TETHER ONE’S NAG
vb. 1902 – to copulate → Sc. (Bk.)
• TETHERY
adj. 1905 – of weeds, etc.: entangled, entwined → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• TETNIT
n. 1924 – a child born of elderly parents → Amer. dial.
• TETONS
n. 1968 – a woman’s breasts → Amer. dial.
• TETRALOGUE
n. 1649 – a conversation between four persons or parties → obs.
• TETRARCHY
n. 1991 – a system of rule by four authorities (Bk.)
• TETRICOUS
adj. 1727 – sour in countenance; austere, severe, harsh, crabbed, perverse, morose → obs.
• TETTER
n. 1. 1737 – any kind of skin disease or itching caused by eczema, ringworm, poison ivy, etc. → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1865 – a small pimple or pustule; a small ulcer; a blister; a wart → Eng. dial.
n. 3. 1876 – ringworm; generally in plural → Eng. dial.
n. 4. 1905 – hoar-frost → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1905 – to hinder, to delay → Sc. (Bk.)
• TETTERED
adj. 1876 – having sore places; having the skin roughened by the wind → Eng. dial.
• TETTER-TOTTER
n. 1846 – the pastime of seesaw; also, a seesaw → Eng. dial.
• TETTY
adj. 1621 – easily offended; irritable, peevish; captious, testy, cross-tempered; bad-tempered → obs. exc. Sc.
n. 1. 1746 – the breast, esp. the mother’s breast
n. 2. 1790 – a nosegay → Eng. dial.
• TETUZ
n. 1824 – anything tender; a delicate person → Sc. obs.
• TEUD
n. 1905 – a tooth → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
• TEUDLESS
adj. 1905 – toothless → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
• TEUGH!
int. 1870 – an exclamation of disgust, contempt, or impatience → Sc.
• TEUGS
n. 1. 1905 – trousers; the thighs of a pair of breeches → Sc. (Bk.)
n. 2. 1905 – clothes; ‘togs’ → Sc. (Bk.)
• TEUK
n. 1899 – a disagreeable taste, a by-taste → Sc.
• TEUKIN
adj. 1. 1905 – quarrelsome, troublesome → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
adj. 2. 1905 – of the wind: variable, shifting → Sc. (Bk.)
• TEULY
adj. 1691 – weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell → Eng. dial.
• TEUNY
adj. 1887 – weak, sickly, undersized → Eng. dial.
• TEUTONOMANIA
n. 1991 – an obsession with Germany and things German (Bk.)
• TEUTONOPHOBIA
n. 1991 – a hatred of Germany, or things German (Bk.)
• TEUTOPHOBIA
n. 1991 – a hatred of Germany, or things German (Bk.)
• TEVEL
vb. 1828 – to confuse; to put into a disorderly state → Sc.
• TEVISS
n. 1903 – 1 shilling → sl. (Bk.)
• TEW
adj. 1. 1824 – fatigued → Sc. obs.
adj. 2. 1905 – tender, sickly, small, weak → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 1. 1809 – a quantity or crowd → Eng. dial.
n. 2. 1864 – a struggle, difficulty; a laboured effort; fatigue, trouble; an annoyance, a worry or fretting; a state of anxiety, nervous excitement, confusion, or impatience; a disturbed state → Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
n. 3. 1905 – a bad taste, esp. that occasioned by dampness → Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 1. 1396 – to dress or tan leather → Eng. dial. obs.
vb. 2. 1641 – to stir up; to mix, to blend; to pound; to knead → Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 3. 1781 – to annoy, to vex; to tease, to importune, to pester; to urge, to persuade → Eng. dial.
vb. 4. 1824 – to exhaust; to fatigue; to tire; to trouble, to harass, to bother; to overcome → Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 5. 1848 – to fuss, to fret; to bustle about; to move about quickly → Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 6. 1866 – to toil, to labour; to work hard; to pull, to struggle; to contend, to strive → Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 7. 1870 – to shake, to toss; to keep in motion; to rumple, to disarrange; to tumble; to pull about → Eng. dial.
vb. 8. 1895 – to toss, to shake about; to be restless or constantly moving; to fidget → Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 9. 1905 – to overdo in cooking; to make tough → Sc. (Bk.)
• TEW AROUND
vb. 1848 – to fuss, to fret; to bustle → Amer. dial.
• TEW AT
vb. 1877 – to nag at, to needle a person → Amer. dial.
• TEWED
adj. 1892 – harassed, bothered → Amer. dial.
• TEWEL
n. 1905 – a tail → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
• TEWER
n. 1. 1869 – a narrow lane or passage; an alley → Eng. dial.
n. 2. 1878 – a hard worker; an industrious, energetic person → Eng. dial.
n. 3. 1905 – an agitator → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• TEWEY
adj. 1. 1899 – delicate, qualmish → Eng. dial.
adj. 2. 1905 – squeamish in eating, dainty → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• TEW IN
vb. 1905 – to examine; to look into a matter → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• TEWING
adj. 1. 1729 – hard-working, industrious, energetic → Eng. dial.
adj. 2. 1905 – toilsome, wearying; worrying, tedious → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 1905 – fatigue, worry → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• TEWITISH
adj. 1905 – wild, foolish → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• TEWKIE
int. 1871 – a call to fowls → Sc. & Ireland
n. 1892 – a hen; frequently used as a nickname → Sc.
• TEWLY
adj. 1. 1691 weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell → Eng. dial.
adj. 2. 1905 – bad, poor → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 3. 1905 – improving in health → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• TEWLY-STOMACHED
adj. 1691 – having a weak stomach → Eng. dial.
• TEW ONE’S SHIRT
vb. 1905 – to trouble oneself; to worry → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• TEWSOME
adj. 1. 1905 – troublesome, tiresome; restless, unquiet → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 2. 1905 – hard-working, industrious → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• TEWTRUMS
n. 1905 – odds and ends; pieces of finery; all sorts of small tools → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• TEW UP
vb. 1877 – to give up, to abandon → Eng. dial.
• TEX
n. 1942 – Texas → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• TEXAS CAKEWALK
n. 1944 – a hanging → Amer. dial.
• TEXAS CANARY BIRD
n. 1911 – a mule → Amer. dial.
• TEXAS DEW
n. 1965 – a heavy rain → Amer. dial.
• TEXAS HOUSE
n. 1874 – a house of two one-room cabins joined by a roof → Amer. dial.
• TEXAS LEAGUER
n. 1905 – a hit that falls out of reach between the infielders and the outfielders → baseball usage
• TEXAS MOSQUITO
n. 1900 – an extra-big mosquito → Amer. dial.
• TEXAS LEAGUER
n. 1905 – in baseball: a hit that falls out of reach between the infielders and the outfielders → Amer. baseball usage
• TEXAS NIGHTINGALE
n. 1975 – a donkey → Amer. dial.
• TEXAS STOP
n. 1962 – a slowing down, but not making a full stop at a stop sign → Amer. dial.
• TEXAS STRAWBERRIES
n. 1970 – red beans → Amer. sl.
• TEXAS STRONGBACK
n. 1984 – a scorpion → Amer. dial.
• TEXAS TURKEY
n. 1982 – an armadillo → Amer. dial.
• TEXICAN
adj. 1916 – a Texan of Mexican or mixed ancestry; hence used, often derogatorily, for a migrant worker from Texas or elsewhere in the Southwest → Amer. dial.
• TEX-MEX
adj. 1949 – Texican-Mexican → Amer. sl.
n. 1. 1949 – a native of the Texas-Mexico border region → Amer. sl.
n. 2. 1949 – a style of cooking characteristic of the Texas-Mexico border region → Amer. sl.
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