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] |
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 bend or turn (a single thing) in opposite directions so that parts of this same thing are turned away from each other. [19 definitions] |
twist drill |
a drill bit with deep spiral grooves along the shank to carry out chips. |
twisted |
perversely abnormal or exceptionally heartless. |