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Page 37 of 59 for the letter T

tootian, tootyan, tootyen,
tootian [tutjən]
n. A tuft of hair or feathers.
tits, toots, tuits, tuts, tuts-tuts,
toots [tuts, tʌts]
also tuts-tuts
int. An exclamation of dissaproval or expostulation, nonsense.
tor, tore,
tor [toːr]
n. A bull, a shout of encouragement to a bull.
torch, tortch,
torch [toːrtʃ]
n. A torch.
pl. torches
Torcorse,
Torcorse [tərˈkoːrs]
pn. Torcross (South Ayrshire).
tiordin, tjordin, tordin,
tordin [I.Sh. ˈtjɔrdɪn]
n. A fisherman's tabu-name for thunder.
toorfel, toorfeld, torchel, torchelt, torfel, torfelled, torfellt, torfelt, torfle, torfled,
torfle [S. ˈtorfl]
n. A state of illness or declining state of health.
v. To come to grief or death, through disease or accident such as a storm. To pine away, perish, be lost.
pt. pp. torfelt adj. Undone, lost. Of the hair: blown about, dishevelled.
storee, storey, storey-worm, stori, storie, stori-wirm, storrie, story, story-wirm, torie, torie_bird, toried, torie-wirm, torie-worm, torit, torrie, torrit, torry, torry-ed, tory,
torie [ˈtore]
also with prothetic s storie [ˈstore]
n. MN. The grub of the crane fly Tipula oleracea.
v. MN. To infest land with such grubs.
pt. pp. torit, toried
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
torie bird: U. The grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia.
tirment, tirmentit, tirmint, tirmintit, torment, tormentatious, tormentit, tormentors, tormint, tormintit,
torment [tərˈmɛnt]
n. Torment. A nagging physical pain. An annoyance.
v. To torment.
pt. pp. tormentit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
tormentatious: Troublesome.
tormentors: An instrument like a pair of tongs used for toasting oatcakes.
tar, tarr, torr,
torr [tɔr]
n. In place names: a hill. Any ornamental projection. The bow or pommel of a saddle.

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