| 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 soft faint illumination of the sky when the sun is below the horizon before sunrise and esp. after sunset. [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] |
| twin-engine |
powered by two engines, as an airplane. |
| twinge |
a sudden sharp pain of short duration. [4 definitions] |
| twinight |
of a baseball doubleheader, beginning in the late afternoon so that the second game begins in the evening under lights. |
| twinkle |
to shine with an intermittent or flickering light, as a star. [6 definitions] |
| twinkling |
the act or an instance of shining intermittently or briefly. [2 definitions] |
| twin set |
a set of a matched cardigan and pullover sweater for women, intended to be worn together. |
| twirl |
to cause to spin or revolve quickly; rotate. [6 definitions] |
| twirp |
variant of twerp. |
| twist |
to combine by winding (two or more threads) together in order to produce a single thread. [19 definitions] |
| twist drill |
a drill bit with deep spiral grooves along the shank to carry out chips. |