| twelve-tone |
of music, based on or designating an arbitrarily selected, fixed order of the twelve tones in a chromatic scale. |
| twentieth |
indicating rank or position between nineteenth and twenty-first. [3 definitions] |
| twenty |
the number represented by the Arabic numeral 20 and by the Roman numeral XX. [5 definitions] |
| twenty-one |
the card game of blackjack. |
| twenty-twenty vision |
normal visual acuity, or the ability to see clearly what the normal eye sees at a distance of twenty feet. |
| twerp |
(slang) a person regarded as ridiculous, insignificant, or contemptible. |
| twice |
in two instances; two times. [2 definitions] |
| twice-laid |
made from strands of used or old rope. [2 definitions] |
| twice-told |
of a tale, story, or the like, familiar or hackneyed because of frequent repetition. |
| twiddle |
to play with (the fingers) or move (a small object) about idly, esp. in a circular motion. [4 definitions] |
| twiddle one's thumbs |
to move one's thumbs aimlessly in circles around one another. [2 definitions] |
| twig |
a small slender branch of a tree or shrub. |
| twilight |
the faint light of the sky when the sun is below the horizon either after sunset or just before sunrise. [7 definitions] |
| twilight zone |
any vague, uncertain, or ill-defined condition or state, esp. between two well-defined polarities. [3 definitions] |
| twilit |
suffused in the soft light of twilight. |
| twill |
a fabric woven in a pattern of diagonal lines. [3 definitions] |
| twilled |
woven as or in a twill, so as to have parallel diagonal ribs. |
| twin |
either of two offspring born of the same pregnancy. [7 definitions] |
| twin bed |
either of a matching pair of single beds. |
| twin bill |
in baseball, a doubleheader. |
| twine |
sturdy string that is made by twisting two or more strands together. [9 definitions] |