tutelary |
being or acting as a protector or guardian. [3 definitions] |
tutor |
a person who gives private instruction, sometimes remedial, to a single student or several students. [6 definitions] |
tutorial |
of, pertaining to, or exercised by a tutor or tutors. [2 definitions] |
tutti |
to be played by all performers (used as a musical direction). [3 definitions] |
tutti-frutti |
a confection such as ice cream that contains various chopped, candied fruits. [2 definitions] |
tutu |
a very short, full skirt made of many layers of lightweight, gauzy fabric and worn by ballerinas. |
Tuvalu |
an island country in the central Pacific, south of the equator and north of Fiji. |
tux |
(informal) a tuxedo. |
tuxedo |
a complete suit of formal evening clothes for men, consisting usually of a black coat, black trousers with side stripe, white shirt, and black bow tie. The coat may or may not have tails at the back. [2 definitions] |
TV |
abbreviation of "television." |
TVA |
abbreviation of "Tennessee Valley Authority," a U.S. federal corporation formed in 1933 to provide inexpensive electric power, flood control, and irrigation to the Tennessee Valley by developing the Tennessee River and creating dams, reservoirs, and the like. |
TV dinner |
a packaged frozen meal that is ready for eating when heated. |
twaddle |
silly, trivial, or meaningless talk or writing. |
twain |
two of anything; pair; couple. |
twang |
to make a strong, sharp, vibrating or ringing sound, as a tight string when plucked. [5 definitions] |
'twas |
contracted form of "it was." |
tweak |
to pull, pinch, or pluck with a sudden, often sharp, twisting movement. [4 definitions] |
tweed |
a coarse, rugged woolen cloth woven in a twill pattern, used esp. for coats and suits. [2 definitions] |
tweedledum and tweedledee |
(sometimes caps.) two persons, groups, or the like that resemble one another so closely that they are nearly indistinguishable. |
tweedy |
made of or similar to tweed. [2 definitions] |