A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology

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~2.~ Coriaceous, leathery.

~3.~ Strong, firm, hardy.

~4.~ Refractory, stubborn, obdurate.

~5.~ [_Colloquial._] Difficult, hard, hard to deal with.

~6.~ [_Colloquial._] Severe (_as a storm_), violent.

~Tour~, _n._ Journey (_in a circuit_), excursion, trip, expedition, pilgrimage, circuit, round, perambulation, course.

~Tourist~, _n._ Traveller, voyager, wayfarer, pilgrim.

~Tournament~, _n._ Tourney.

~Tourney~, _n._ Tournament.

~Tournure~, _n._ [Fr.] ~1.~ Shape, figure, form.

~2.~ Bishop, bustle.

~Tout ensemble~, _n._ [Fr.] The whole (_in one view, omitting details_).

~Tow~, _n._ Refuse flax, hards.

~Tow~, _v. a._ Draw (_as a vessel, through the water_), haul, drag, draw, pull, take in tow.

~Toward~, _ad._ In the direction of.

~Towards~, _ad._ In the direction of.

~2.~ Regarding, respecting, with respect to, with regard to.

~3.~ Nearly, almost, near about, nigh.

~Towboat~, _n._ Tug, steam-tug.

~Tower~, _n._ ~1.~ TURRET, MINARET.

~2.~ Citadel, fortress, castle, stronghold.

~Tower~, _v. n._ Soar, mount, rise.

~Towering~, _a._ ~1.~ Lofty, elevated, very high.

~2.~ Extreme, violent, very great.

~To wit~, Namely, VIDELICET.

~Town~, _n._ ~1.~ VILLAGE, HAMLET, place, BOROUGH.

~2.~ City, metropolis.

~3.~ Court end (_of London_).

~4.~ [_Local, U. S._] Township.

~Town-hall~, _n._ Town-house.

~Town-house~, _n._ ~1.~ Town-hall.

~2.~ City residence.

~Township~, _n._ Town territory.

~Town-talk~, _n._ Topic of common conversation, common talk.

~Toy~, _n._ ~1.~ Plaything, bawble, gewgaw, trinket, knicknack, gimcrack, JIGGUM-BOB.

~2.~ Trifle, bagatelle, bubble, small matter.

~Toy~, _v. n._ Trifle, dally, sport, wanton, play.

~Trace~, _n._ ~1.~ Footprint, footmark, footstep, track, trail, wake.

~2.~ Mark, sign, token, vestige, record, memorial, remains.

~Trace~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Follow (_by a track or mark_), track, trail.

~2.~ Delineate, draw, sketch, mark out, trace out.

~Trachea~, _n._ (_Anat._) Windpipe, weasand.

~Tracing~, _n._ Copy (_of a drawing on tracing paper_).

~Track~, _n._ ~1.~ Footprint, footmark, footstep, trail, wake, trace.

~2.~ Course, way, road, path, pathway.

~3.~ Lines of rails (_on a railway_).

~Track~, _v. a._ Follow (_by a track_), trace, trail, pursue, chase.

~Trackless~, _a._ Untrodden, pathless.

~Tract~, _n._ ~1.~ Region, district, territory, quarter.

~2.~ Piece (_of land_), part, portion, parcel, plot, patch.

~3.~ Treatise, dissertation, pamphlet, essay.

~Tractability~, _n._ Docility, tractableness.

~Tractable~, _a._ Docile, manageable.

~Tractableness~, _n._ Docility, tractability.

~Traction~, _n._ Drawing, pulling, draught.

~Trade~, _n._ ~1.~ Traffic, commerce, barter, dealing, business, purchase and sale, buying and selling, exchange of commodities.

~2.~ Occupation (_especially a mechanical one_), employment, business, calling, pursuit, vocation, craft.

~Trade~, _v. n._ Traffic, deal, bargain, chaffer, carry on commerce, buy and sell, drive a trade, drive a bargain.

~Trade~, _v. a._ Exchange, barter, swap.

~Trade-price~, _n._ Wholesale price, price allowed to traders.

~Trader~, _n._ Tradesman, dealer, shop-keeper, merchant.

~Tradesman~, _n._ ~1.~ TRADER.

~2.~ [_U. S._] Mechanic, artisan, artificer.

~Trading~, _a._ Commercial, mercantile.

~Tradition~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Law._) Transfer (_of possession_), delivery.

~2.~ Oral report (_from one generation to another_).

~Traditional~, _a._ Orally transmitted (_from age to age_).

~Traduce~, _v. a._ Vilify, defame, revile, slander, malign, calumniate, asperse, abuse, decry, disparage, blemish, run down, speak ill of.

~Traducer~, _n._ Slanderer, calumniator, defamer, detractor, vilifier.

~Traffic~, _n._ TRADE, commerce.

~Traffic~, _v. n._ Trade, deal, bargain, chaffer, carry on commerce, buy and sell.

~Tragedian~, _n._ Actor (_of tragedy_), tragic actor.

~Tragedienne~, _n._ [Fr.] Actress (_of tragedy_), tragic actress.

~Tragedy~, _n._ ~1.~ Dramatic poem, drama, play.

~2.~ Calamity, disaster, catastrophe, shocking event.

~Tragic~, _a._ ~1.~ Of tragedy, of the nature of tragedy, after the manner of tragedy.

~Tragical~, _a._ ~1.~ Of tragedy, of the nature of tragedy, after the manner of tragedy.

~2.~ Shocking, dreadful, calamitous, mournful, sorrowful.

~Trail~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Draw, drag.

~2.~ Track, trace, follow, hunt.

~3.~ [_Local Eng._] Impose upon, take advantage of one's ignorance.

~Trail~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Drag, be drawn along, be drawn out.

~2.~ Run (_as a plant_), climb.

~Trail~, _n._ ~1.~ Train.

~2.~ Track, trace, mark, footprint, footmark, footstep.

~3.~ [_U. S._] Footpath (_made by Indians_).

~4.~ Entrails (_as of fowl or of sheep_).

~Trailing arbutus~, Ground-laurel, Mayflower (_Epigæa repens_).

~Trail-net~, _n._ Drag-net, trawl-net.

~Train~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Trail, draw, drag, haul, tug.

~2.~ Educate, discipline, instruct, drill, school, exercise, nurture, breed, bring up, break in.

~3.~ Accustom, habituate, inure, use, familiarize.

~Train~, _n._ ~1.~ Trail.

~2.~ Retinue, suite, staff, followers, CORTÈGE, body of attendants.

~3.~ Series, succession, consecution.

~4.~ Course, process, method, order.

~5.~ Line (_as of cars connected together_).

~Train-band~, _n._ Company of militia.

~Training~, _n._ Instruction, teaching, education, drilling, drill, discipline, schooling, breeding, tuition, nurture.

~Train-oil~, _n._ Whale-oil.

~Trait~, _n._ ~1.~ Stroke, touch, mark, line.

~2.~ Feature, lineament, characteristic, peculiarity, mark.

~Traitor~, _n._ Betrayer (_especially of one's country_), deceiver, renegade, apostate, rebel, insurgent, revolter, deserter, perfidious person.

~Traitorous~, _a._ Treacherous, perfidious, faithless, false.

~Trammel~, _n._ ~1.~ Impediment, fetter, shackle, clog, bond, chain.

~2.~ Pot-hook.

~Trammel~, _v. a._ Shackle, hamper, clog, fetter, confine.

~Tramontane~, _a._ Ultramontane, beyond the mountains or the Alps.

~Tramp~, _v. n._ [_Colloquial._] Travel (_on foot_), trudge, march (_heavily_), TRAMPOOSE, jog on.

~Tramp~, _n._ Journey (_on foot_), walk, march.

~Trample~, _v. a._ Tread upon, tread under foot, trample on.

~Trample on~, ~1.~ TRAMPLE, tread upon, tread under foot.

~2.~ Spurn, scorn, slight, defy, set at nought, make light of.

~Trampoose~, _v. n._ [_Low, U. S._] TRAMP.

~Trance~, _n._ ~1.~ Ecstasy.

~2.~ (_Med._) Catalepsy.

~Tranquil~, _a._ Calm, still, quiet, serene, placid, unruffled, unmoved, imperturbable, collected, philosophical, peaceful, undisturbed, halcyon.

~Tranquillity~, _n._ Quiet, peace, stillness, serenity, calmness, placidness, repose, tranquilness.

~Tranquillize~, _v. a._ Calm, quiet, still, compose, lull, hush, quell, lay, allay, pacify, soothe, appease, assuage, moderate, make tranquil.

~Tranquillization~, _n._ Pacification, reconciliation, reconcilement, accommodation.

~Tranquilness~, _n._ TRANQUILLITY.

~Transact~, _v. a._ Do, perform, manage, conduct, carry on.

~Transaction~, _n._ ~1.~ Doing, performance, management, negotiation.

~2.~ Affair, proceeding, occurrence, incident, event, procedure.

~Transcend~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Exceed, transgress, overstep, pass, overpass, go beyond, pass over.

~2.~ Surmount, rise above.

~3.~ Surpass, excel, outstrip, overtop, outdo.

~Transcendence~, _n._ Supereminence, superior excellence, marked superiority.

~Transcendency~, _n._ Supereminence, superior excellence, marked superiority.

~Transcendent~, _a._ Pre-eminent, surpassing, supereminent, unequaled, unparalleled, peerless, unrivalled, inimitable, very superior.

~Transcendental~, _a._ ~1.~ Metaphysical, A PRIORI, transcending experience.

~2.~ Obscure, dark, vague, indefinite, incomprehensible, mysterious, mystic, mystical, recondite, abstruse, high, cabalistic.

~Transcribe~, _v. a._ Copy, make a copy of.

~Transcriber~, _n._ Copier, copyist.

~Transcript~, _n._ Copy.

~Transcription~, _n._ ~1.~ Copying.

~2.~ (_Mus._) Adaptation (_to one instrument of a piece intended for another, or for the voice_), rearrangement, reproduction.

~Transfer~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Transport, carry, convey, transmit, TRANSLATE.

~2.~ Remove, transplant.

~3.~ Alienate, abalienate, demise, consign, devolve, convey, make over, deliver over.

~Transfer~, _n._ Alienation, abalienation, demise, conveyance, transferrence.

~Transferrence~, _n._ ~1.~ Transmission, transmittal, transfusion.

~2.~ Alienation, conveyance, TRANSFER.

~Transfiguration~, _n._ Transformation, metamorphosis, transmutation, change of form.

~Transfigure~, _v. a._ Transform, metamorphose, transmute.

~Transfix~, _v. a._ Transpierce, penetrate, perforate, pierce through.

~Transform~, _v. a._ Transfigure, transmute, metamorphose, change the form of.

~Transformation~, _n._ Metamorphosis, transmutation, transfiguration.

~Transfuse~, _v. a._ Transfer (_as by pouring, instilling, or injecting_), convey, transmit.

~Transfusion~, _n._ Transferrence, transmission.

~Transgress~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Exceed, transcend, pass, overstop, overpass, go beyond, pass over.

~2.~ Disobey, infringe, break, contravene, set at nought.

~Transgression~, _n._ ~1.~ Infringement, violation, infraction, breach, non-observance.

~2.~ Sin, offence, crime, misdemeanor, misdeed, misdoing, fault, trespass, evil deed.

~Transgressor~, _n._ Offender, trespasser, culprit, criminal, delinquent, malefactor, convict, felon.

~Transient~, _a._ TRANSITORY.

~Transit~, _n._ ~1.~ Conveyance.

~2.~ Passage (_as of a heavenly body across the meridian_).

~Transition~, _n._ Change, shifting.

~Transitional~, _a._ Transitionary.

~Transitionary~, _a._ Transitional.

~Transitive~, _a._ (_Gram._) Active.

~Transitory~, _a._ Transient, passing, fleeting, flitting, flying, temporary, evanescent, ephemeral, momentary, short, brief, fugacious, short-lived, not permanent, not lasting, not durable, not enduring, of short duration, here to-day and gone to-morrow.

~Translate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ [_Antiquated._] Remove, transfer, transport.

~2.~ Render, construe, interpret.

~Translation~, _n._ ~1.~ Removal, transportation.

~2.~ Interpretation, rendering, construction.

~3.~ Version.

~Translucent~, _a._ ~1.~ Semi-transparent (_admitting rays of light, but not capable of being distinctly seen through_).

~2.~ TRANSPARENT.

~Translucency~, _n._ ~1.~ Semi-transparency.

~2.~ TRANSPARENCY.

~Transmigrate~, _v. n._ Migrate.

~Transmigration~, _n._ ~1.~ Migration.

~2.~ Metempsychosis.

~Transmission~, _n._ Transferrence, transmittal, transfusion.

~Transmit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Send, remit, forward, send on, send forward.

~2.~ Transfer, convey, carry, bear, hand over.

~Transmittal~, _n._ Transmission.

~Transmutation~, _n._ Transformation, metamorphosis, transfiguration.

~Transmute~, _v. a._ Change (_from one form or nature into another_), transform.

~Transparence~, _n._ Clearness, pellucidness, lucidity, limpidness, diaphaneity, TRANSLUCENCY.

~Transparency~, _n._ Clearness, pellucidness, lucidity, limpidness, diaphaneity, TRANSLUCENCY.

~Transparent~, _a._ Diaphanous, pellucid, clear, lucid, bright, limpid, crystalline, pearly, TRANSLUCENT, that may be seen through.

~Transpierce~, _v. a._ Transfix, penetrate, perforate, pierce through.

~Transpire~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Evaporate (_through the pores_), exhale, pass of in vapor.

~2.~ Become known, be disclosed, come to light, come out, be made public, get abroad, leak out.

~3.~ [_Common, especially in the U. S., but not well authorized._] Happen, occur, come to pass.

~Transplant~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Plant in a new place.

~2.~ Remove, transfer.

~Transport~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Carry (from one place to another), convey, bear, WAFT, TOTE, FETCH.

~2.~ Banish (_to a penal colony_).

~3.~ Enrapture, ravish, enravish, entrance, beatify, put into ecstasy, make very happy.

~4.~ Carry away (_by excitement of any kind_).

~Transport~, _n._ ~1.~ Conveyance, transportation, carriage.

~2.~ Transport-ship, transport-vessel.

~3.~ Convict (_sentenced to banishment_), felon.

~4.~ Rapture, ravishment, beatitude, ecstasy, beatification, bliss, happiness, felicity.

~5.~ Warmth, vehemence, violent manifestation.

~Transport-ship~, _n._ TRANSPORT.

~Transport-vessel~, _n._ Transport, transport-ship.

~Transposal~, _n._ Transposition.

~Transpose~, _v. a._ Change the order of (_by putting one in place of the other, or substituting one for the other_).

~Transposition~, _n._ Transposal.

~Transubstantiation~, _n._ Change of substance.

~Transudation~, _n._ ~1.~ Exudation, perspiration, sweating, excretion, secretion.

~2.~ Exosmose, exosmosis.

~Transude~, _v. n._ Exude, ooze, filter, percolate, strain, pass by pores.

~Transverse~, _a._ Cross.

~Transversely~, _ad._ Crosswise, in a cross direction.

~Trap~, _n._ Snare, gin, trapan.

~Trap~, _v. a._ Insnare, entrap, trapan.

~Trapan~, _v. a._ Insnare, trap, entrap, trepan.

~Trapan~, _n._ Snare, gin, trap.

~Trapanner~, _n._ Insnarer, CRIMP, decoy-man.

~Trappings~, _n. pl._ Dress, accoutrements, equipments, CAPARISON, paraphernalia, rigging, gear, ornaments, embellishments, decorations, frippery, finery, TOGGERY.

~Traps~, _n. pl._ [_Colloquial._] Furniture, goods, things, stuff, luggage, effects, small articles (_of household use_).

~Trash~, _n._ Dross, refuse, rubbish, trumpery, waste matter, worthless stuff.

~Trashy~, _a._ Worthless, trifling, trumpery, flimsy, poor.

~Travail~, v. n. Labor (_in childbirth_), be in labor, be in travail.

~Travail~, _n._ Childbirth, parturition, labor, delivery, bringing forth.

~Travel~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Walk, go on foot.

~2.~ Journey, ramble, rove, roam, take a journey, take a trip, make a tour, make an excursion.

~3.~ Pass, go, move, make progress.

~Travel~, _v. a._ Pass, go over, journey over.

~Travel~, _n._ ~1.~ Journeying, travelling.

~2.~ Journey, tour, excursion, trip, expedition.

~Traveller~, _n._ [Written also _Traveler_.] Wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, tourist, passenger, PILGRIM.

~Travelling~, _n._ [Written also _Traveling_.] Journeying, travel, wandering, peregrination.

~Travels~, _n. pl._ Book of travels.

~Traverse jury~, Petit jury.

~Traverse~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cross.

~2.~ Thwart, obstruct.

~3.~ Pass, travel over, wander over.

~4.~ (_Law._) Deny.

~Travesty~, _v. a._ Parody, imitate, take off, turn into burlesque.

~Travesty~, _n._ Parody, burlesque, caricature.

~Trawl-net~, _n._ Drag-net, trail-net.

~Treacherous~, _a._ Traitorous, perfidious, faithless, unfaithful, false, deceitful, insidious, disloyal, recreant, treasonable.

~Treachery~, _n._ Perfidiousness, perfidy, disloyalty, TREASON, breach of faith, Punic faith.

~Treacle~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Med._) Theriaca.

~2.~ Syrup, sugar-house molasses.

~3.~ Molasses.

~Tread~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Set the foot.

~2.~ Walk, go.

~Tread~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Set the foot on, walk on.

~2.~ Stamp upon, press down with the foot.

~3.~ Cover (_as a male bird the female_), copulate with.

~Tread~, _n._ ~1.~ Step, pace.

~2.~ Gait, manner of walking.

~Tread upon~, Trample, tread under foot.

~Treason~, _n._ Treachery (_to a sovereign or a government_), disloyalty, LEZE-MAJESTY, breach of allegiance.

~Treasonable~, _a._ TREACHEROUS, disloyal.

~Treasure~, _n._ ~1.~ Money (_hoarded up_), funds, cash, wealth.

~2.~ Stock, store, reserve.

~3.~ Precious thing, thing of great value.

~Treasure~, _v. a._ Hoard, store, garner, save, husband, lay in, lay by, lay up, treasure up.

~Treasure up~, TREASURE.

~Treasury~, _n._ Till, strong-box, money-box, money-bag.

~Treat~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Use, behave to, behave towards.

~2.~ Entertain, feast.

~3.~ Handle, manage.

~4.~ Discourse on, treat of.

~Treat~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Negotiate, bargain.

~2.~ Discourse.

~Treat of~, Discuss, handle, discourse upon, descant upon.

~Treatment~, _n._ ~1.~ Usage.

~2.~ Handling, management.

~Treaty~, _n._ Agreement (_between nations_), contract, compact, pact, convention, concordat.

~Treble~, a_._ Triple, threefold.

~Treble~, _v. a._ Triple, make threefold.

~Treble~, _n._ (_Music._) Highest part (_for a woman's voice_).

~Trebuchet~, _n._ Tumbrel, castigatory, ducking-stool, cucking-stool.

~Treenail~, _n._ Trunnel.

~Tree-of-life~, _n._ Arbor vitæ.

~Trefoil~, _n._ Clover.

~Trellis~, _n._ Lattice, lattice-work.

~Tremble~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Quake, shudder, shiver, quiver.

~2.~ Shake, totter, oscillate, rock.

~3.~ Quaver.

~Trembling~, _n._ Shaking, quivering, tremor, trepidation.

~Trembling-poplar~, _n._ Aspen-tree (_Populus tremula_).

~Tremendous~, _a._ Terrible, dreadful, horrible, horrid, horrific, frightful, terrific, alarming, awful, appalling.

~Tremor~, _n._ Trembling, shaking, quaking, quivering, trepidation, agitation, perturbation, flutter, tremulousness.

~Tremulous~, _a._ Shaking, trembling, quivering.

~Tremulousness~, _n._ TREMOR.

~Trench~, _v. n._ Encroach, intrude, infringe, trespass.

~Trench~, _n._ Ditch, fosse, moat, drain, sewer, water-course.

~Trenchant~, _a._ Cutting, sharp, incisive.

~Trencher~, _n._ Platter (_of wood_), large plate.

~Trencher-man~, _n._ Gormandizer, gourmand, glutton, great eater.

~Trench upon~, Invade, infringe, encroach upon, intrude upon, trespass upon.

~Trend~, _v. n._ Turn, run, stretch, tend, incline, sweep.

~Trend~, _n._ Tendency (_to a certain direction_), inclination, trending.

~Trending~, _n._ Trend.

~Trepan~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Trephine.

~2.~ Insnare, trap, entrap, trapan.

~Trepang~, _n._ Sea-slug, sea-cucumber, BÊCHE-DE-MER.

~Trephine~, _v. a._ Trepan.

~Trepidation~, _n._ Shaking, trembling, quaking, quivering, tremor, agitation, perturbation, flutter, tremulousness, excitement, discomposure.

~Trespass~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Transgress, offend, sin, commit an offence.

~2.~ Encroach, infringe, intrude, make inroad or invasion, trench, enter unlawfully.

~Trespass~, _n._ ~1.~ Transgression, crime, sin, misdeed, misdemeanor, offence, delinquency.

~2.~ Injury, infringement, encroachment, invasion.

~Tress~, _n._ Lock, curl, ringlet.

~Trestle~, _n._ Frame (_for supporting a table, bridge, &c._).

~Trial~, _n._ ~1.~ Testing, examination, experiment.

~2.~ Experience, experimental knowledge.

~3.~ Attempt, endeavor, effort, essay, exertion, struggle, aim.

~4.~ Test, criterion, proof, touchstone, ordeal, assay.

~5.~ Suffering, trouble, affliction, grief, sorrow, distress, tribulation, misery, woe.

~6.~ Suit, case, cause, action.

~Triangle~, _n._ Three-sided figure.

~Tribe~, _n._ ~1.~ Family, race, clan.

~2.~ Class (_of persons or things_), order, division, distinct portion.

~Tribulation~, _n._ Distress, suffering, trouble, affliction, grief, sorrow, trial, misery, woe.

~Tribunal~, _n._ ~1.~ Bench, judgment-seat.

~2.~ Court, judicatory, bar, court of justice.

~Tributary~, _a._ ~1.~ Subject, subordinate, required to pay tribute.

~2.~ Contributing.

~Tribute~,_ n._ ~1.~ Tax (_especially that levied by a superior prince or state on an inferior one_), impost, duty, TOLL.

~2.~ Grant, contribution, offering.

~Tribute of praise~, Eulogy, eulogium, encomium, panegyric.

~Trice~, _n._ Moment, instant, second, jiffy, flash, twinkling, twinkling of an eye.

~Trick~, _n._ ~1.~ Artifice, stratagem, wile, cheat, dodge, doubling, gouge, fraud, chicane, blind, feint, mark, manœuvre, deceit, imposition, imposture, ruse, chouse, fetch, CLAP-TRAP, humbug, gammon, cunning contrivance, sharp practice.

~2.~ Sleight, juggle, antic, caper, gambol, freak, vagary.

~3.~ Habit, practice.

~Trick~, _v. a._ Cheat, defraud, deceive, cozen, dupe, delude, circumvent, gull, chouse, diddle, overreach, impose upon.

~Tricker~, _n._ Cheat, TRICKSTER.

~Trickery~, _n._ ~1.~ Deception, fraud, artifice, deceitfulness, knavery, chicane, chicanery.

~2.~ Legerdemain, sleight of hand.

~Trickish~, _a._ Knavish, artful, deceitful, wily, dishonest, roguish, TRICKY, unprincipled.

~Trickle~, _v. n._ Drop, drip, flow gently.

~Trick out~, Dress (_for show_), array, attire, adorn, bedizen, set off.

~Trickster~, _n._ Deceiver, cheat, rogue, knave, tricker, impostor, double-dealer.

~Tricky~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] TRICKISH.

~Tricuspid~, _a._ Three-pointed, tricuspidate.

~Tricuspidate~, _a._ TRICUSPID.

~Tridentate~, _a._ Three-toothed.

~Trifid~, _a._ Three-cleft.

~Trifle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Act with levity, be busy about trifles, PIDDLE.

~2.~ Talk idly or frivolously, toy, wanton.

~Trifle~, _n._ BAGATELLE, triviality, pittance, modicum, small matter, thing of little value or consequence, thing of no moment, drop in the bucket, shadow of a shade.

~Trifler~, _n._ Doodle, idler, drone, laggard, sluggard, lounger.

~Trifling~, _a._ Trivial, petty, frivolous, worthless, inconsiderable, nugatory, slight, unimportant, insignificant, immaterial, piddling, of little value or consequence, of no moment, of small importance.

~Trifoliate~, _a._ Three-leaved.

~Trifoliated~, _a._ Three-leaved.

~Trifurcate~, _a._ Three-pronged.

~Trifurcated~, _a._ Three-pronged.

~Trig~, _a._ [_Local._] Trim, neat, spruce.

~Trigraph~, _n._ Triphthong.

~Trill~, _n._ Shake, quaver.

~Trill~, _v. a._ Shake, sing with a trill.

~Trill~, _v. n._ Quaver.

~Trim~, _a._ ~1.~ Snug, neat, nice, compact, well adjusted, well ordered.

~2.~ Spruce, finical, smart.

~Trim~, _n._ ~1.~ Dress, gear, ornaments, trimmings, trappings.

~2.~ State, condition, order.

~Trim~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Adjust, arrange, put in order, set right, make trim.

~2.~ Dress, decorate, ornament, embellish, adorn, garnish, deck, bedeck, set out, array, set off, trick out.

~3.~ Clip, lop, shear, prune, curtail.

~Trim~, _v. n._ Fluctuate, vacillate, balance, be on the fence, veer round, change sides, be a time-server.

~Trimmer~, _n._ Time-server.

~Trimmings~, _n. pl._ Ornaments, trappings, dress, gear, trim.

~Trinity~, _n._ [With _The_ prefixed.] The Holy Trinity, The Godhead.

~Trinket~, _n._ Toy, bawble, knicknack, gewgaw, gimcrack, JIGGUMBOB.

~Trinkets~, _n. pl._ Jewels, jewelry, bijoutry, trifling ornaments.

~Trip~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Skip, hop, step quickly.

~2.~ Stumble, lose footing, make a false step.

~3.~ Fail, mistake, err, be at fault, come short.

~Trip~, _v. a._ Supplant, throw off the balance, trip up.

~Trip~, _n._ ~1.~ Skip, hop, light step.

~2.~ Stumble, false step.

~3.~ Slip, lapse, failure, mistake, oversight, error, blunder, fault, miss.

~4.~ Jaunt, excursion, tour, ramble, stroll, short journey.

~Triphyllous~, _a._ Three-leaved.

~Triple~, _a._ Threefold, triplicate.

~Triple~, _v. a._ Treble, make threefold.

~Triple-crown~, _n._ Tiara.

~Triplicate~, _a._ Threefold, treble.

~Trip up~, Trip, supplant, throw off the balance.

~Trismus~, _n._ [L.] (_Med._) Locked jaw, lock-jaw, tetanus (_of the jaw_).

~Trite~, _a._ Common, stale, threadbare, hackneyed, beaten, worn out, common-place.

~Triturate~, _v. a._ Pulverize, grind, bruise, bray, levigate, comminute, grind to powder.

~Trituration~, _n._ Pulverization, comminution, levigation.

~Triumph~, _n._ ~1.~ Ovation, celebration, jubilee, jubilation, exultation, flourish of trumpets.

~2.~ Conquest, victory.

~Triumph~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Exult, rejoice, crow, chuckle, hold a triumph, celebrate a victory.

~2.~ Prevail, succeed, get the mastery, obtain a victory.

~Triumphal song~, Pæan, song of triumph.

~Triumphant~, _a._ Victorious, successful.

~Triumph over~, Subdue, conquer, vanquish, overcome, subjugate, overpower, beat, master, get the better of.

~Trivial~, _a._ ~1.~ [_Rare._] Common, ordinary, vulgar.

~2.~ Trifling, petty, small, frivolous, slight, light, nugatory, worthless, paltry, unimportant, inconsiderable, insignificant, immaterial, of little value, of little consequence.

~Trivialness~, _n._ Triviality.

~Triviality~, _a._ ~1.~ Trivialness, unimportance, insignificance, indifference.

~2.~ Trifle, BAGATELLE, small matter, thing of little value or consequence, thing of no moment.

~Troche~, _n._ Lozenge.

~Trochee~, _n._ Choree, foot of one long and one short syllable.

~Troglodyte~, _n._ Wretch, outcast, pilgarlic, pariah, miserable fellow.

~Troll~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Roll.

~2.~ Allure, lure, entice, toll, draw on.

~Troll~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Roll.

~2.~ Sing a catch or round.

~Troll~, _n._ Catch, round.