| tribulation |
severe suffering or affliction; distress. [2 definitions] |
| tribunal |
a court of justice. [2 definitions] |
| tribune |
a defender of the common people's rights, esp. in the ancient Roman government. |
| tributary |
a river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream, or into a lake. [3 definitions] |
| tribute |
something given, done, or said to express respect, admiration, or obligation. [3 definitions] |
| trice |
a very short time; moment. |
| tricentennial |
lasting for or pertaining to a period of three hundred years; tercentenary. [3 definitions] |
| triceps |
a large muscle on the back of the upper arm that straightens the elbow and has three points of attachment. |
| triceratops |
any of several three-horned, plant-eating dinosaurs of the Cretaceous period that had a bony plate covering the neck area. |
| trichina |
a tiny parasitic worm that causes trichinosis by residing, in the adult stage, in the intestines of its host animal and, during the larval stage, encysting the muscles. |
| trichinosis |
a dangerous disease caused by small worms that are passed to humans in the eating of inadequately cooked meat, esp. pork, and marked by fever, muscle swelling, nausea, and pain. |
| tricho- |
hair; hairlike. |
| trick |
something done to deceive, cheat, or outwit someone. [15 definitions] |
| trickery |
the use of tricks, esp. to deceive, outdo, or cheat. [2 definitions] |
| trickle |
to fall or flow in drops or in a thin, weak stream. [5 definitions] |
| trick or treat |
a tradition practiced by children at Halloween, consisting of calling on neighbors while dressed in a costume and saying the words "trick or treat!" in order to receive a treat such as candy. [2 definitions] |
| trick-or-treat |
to engage in the Halloween tradition of visiting neighbors while wearing a costume and requesting candy or other treats by saying the words "trick or treat!" |
| trickster |
one who deceives, cheats, or plays tricks. |
| tricksy |
full of tricks; mischievous; prankish. |
| tricky |
given to or marked by deception or trickery; wily. [2 definitions] |
| triclinic |
of or designating a system of crystallization in which three unequal axes intersect at oblique angles. |