Name Report For First Name TONY:

TONY

First name TONY's origin is English. TONY means "highly praiseworthy. abbreviation of anthony and its variants used since medieval times as an independent name". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with TONY below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of tony.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with TONY and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with TONY - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming TONY

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES TONY AS A WHOLE:

tonye tonya antony

NAMES RHYMING WITH TONY (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ony) - Names That Ends with ony:

peony briony bryony devony ebony harmony anthony cony evony

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ny) - Names That Ends with ny:

czigany cerny krany silny zeleny anny bethany bonny brittany brittny dany devany devenny eny estefany fanny genny ginny jenny leilany millenny nanny siany slany tawny tiffany uny adny anthany ballindeny benny conny danny denny donny johnny kenny kinny lanny lany lenny manny quany renny ronny shelny sonny stanbeny thieny voliny amany vollny cluny vanny penny sunny brettany destiny jinny

NAMES RHYMING WITH TONY (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (ton) - Names That Begins with ton:

tonalnan tonasha tonauac tonda tong toni tonia tonia-javae tonio tonisha

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (to) - Names That Begins with to:

toai toan toba tobechukwu tobey tobiah tobias tobie tobin tobrecan tobrytan toby tobyn tocho tochtli tod todd toft togquos tohias tohopka tohy toibe toirdealbach toirdealbhach toireasa tokala tolan toland toli tolinka tolland tolman toltecatl tolucan tom toman tomas tomasina tomasine tomek tomeo tomi tomik tomkin tomlin tommie tommy tooantuh tor toran torben torean toren torence torey torht torhte tori toriana torie torin torio torion torley tormaigh tormey tormod torn toro torr torra torran torrance torrans torree torrence torrey torri torrian torrie torry tortain toru tory toryn tosh tosha toshi toshiro

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH TONY:

First Names which starts with 't' and ends with 'y':

tacy tally tamary tamay tammy tanguy tansy tavey tawney tearley tearly teddy teirney terry thady thay thierry thiery thorley thornley thornly thursday thuy tiernay tierney tiffney tilly timmy timothy towley townly tracey tracy treacy treadway tredway trey trilby trinidy trinity troy ttoby tuesday tulley tully tymothy

English Words Rhyming TONY

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES TONY AS A WHOLE:

antonymnoun (n.) A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym.

astonyingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Astony

atonynoun (n.) Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile.

betonynoun (n.) A plant of the genus Betonica (Linn.).

bottonyadjective (a.) Alt. of Bottone

brimstonyadjective (a.) Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous.

buttonyadjective (a.) Ornamented with a large number of buttons.

cottonyadjective (a.) Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to cotton; resembling cotton in appearance or character; soft, like cotton.

crotonylenenoun (n.) A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C4H6, produced artificially, and regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the acetylene series, and analogous to crotonic acid.

cryptonymnoun (n.) A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated.

gluttonynoun (n.) Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity.

keratonyxisnoun (n.) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque mass.

metonymicadjective (a.) Alt. of Metonymical

metonymicaladjective (a.) Used by way of metonymy.

metonymynoun (n.) A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections.

monotonynoun (n.) A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing.
 noun (n.) Any irksome sameness, or want of variety.

muttonyadjective (a.) Like mutton; having a flavor of mutton.

syntonynoun (n.) State of being adjusted to a certain wave length; agreement or tuning between the time period of an apparatus emitting electric oscillations and that of a receiving apparatus, esp. in wireless telegraphy.

tonynoun (n.) A simpleton.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH TONY (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ony) - English Words That Ends with ony:


acrimonynoun (n.) A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants.
 noun (n.) Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners.

acrophonynoun (n.) The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.

aegophonynoun (n.) Same as Egophony.

agonynoun (n.) Violent contest or striving.
 noun (n.) Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
 noun (n.) Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
 noun (n.) The last struggle of life; death struggle.

agrimonynoun (n.) A genus of plants of the Rose family.
 noun (n.) The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum); water agrimony (Bidens).

alimonynoun (n.) Maintenance; means of living.
 noun (n.) An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same.

amphictyonynoun (n.) A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece.

amphigonynoun (n.) Sexual propagation.

anconynoun (n.) A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends.

anemonynoun (n.) See Anemone.

antagonynoun (n.) Contest; opposition; antagonism.

antimonynoun (n.) An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb.

antiphonynoun (n.) A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.
 noun (n.) An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively.

aphonynoun (n.) Loss of voice or vocal utterance.

archegonynoun (n.) Spontaneous generation; abiogenesis.

astrogonynoun (n.) Same as Astrogeny.

autochthonynoun (n.) An aboriginal or autochthonous condition.

autophonynoun (n.) An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest.

balconynoun (n.) A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.
 noun (n.) A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships.

baronynoun (n.) The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron.
 noun (n.) In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner.

baryphonynoun (n.) Difficulty of speech.

bonyadjective (a.) Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.
 adjective (a.) Having large or prominent bones.

brionynoun (n.) See Bryony.

bronchophonynoun (n.) A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease.

bryonynoun (n.) The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Bryonia. The root of B. alba (rough or white bryony) and of B. dioica is a strong, irritating cathartic.

cacophonynoun (n.) An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables.
 noun (n.) A combination of discordant sounds.
 noun (n.) An unhealthy state of the voice.

cassidonynoun (n.) The French lavender (Lavandula Stoechas)
 noun (n.) The goldilocks (Chrysocoma Linosyris) and perhaps other plants related to the genus Gnaphalium or cudweed.

ceremonynoun (n.) Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies.
 noun (n.) Behavior regulated by strict etiquette; a formal method of performing acts of civility; forms of civility prescribed by custom or authority.
 noun (n.) A ceremonial symbols; an emblem, as a crown, scepter, garland, etc.
 noun (n.) A sign or prodigy; a portent.

chalcedonynoun (n.) A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.

colonynoun (n.) A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America.
 noun (n.) The district or country colonized; a settlement.
 noun (n.) A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.
 noun (n.) A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.
 noun (n.) A cell family or group of common origin, mostly of unicellular organisms, esp. among the lower algae. They may adhere in chains or groups, or be held together by a gelatinous envelope.
 noun (n.) A cluster or aggregation of zooids of any compound animal, as in the corals, hydroids, certain tunicates, etc.
 noun (n.) A community of social insects, as ants, bees, etc.

colophonynoun (n.) Rosin.

componyadjective (a.) Alt. of Compone

conynoun (n.) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (Lepus cuniculus)
 noun (n.) The chief hare.
 noun (n.) A simpleton.
 noun (n.) An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda.
 noun (n.) A local name of the burbot.

cosmogonynoun (n.) The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato.

cronynoun (n.) A crone.
 noun (n.) An intimate companion; a familiar frend

cushionyadjective (a.) Like a cushion; soft; pliable.

dhonynoun (n.) A Ceylonese boat. See Doni.

diplostemonynoun (n.) The condition of being diplostemonous.

disharmonynoun (n.) Want of harmony; discord; incongruity.

dronyadjective (a.) Like a drone; sluggish; lazy.

dysphonynoun (n.) A difficulty in producing vocal sounds; enfeebled or depraved voice.

ebonynoun (n.) A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green.
 adjective (a.) Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony countenance.

egophonynoun (n.) The sound of a patient's voice so modified as to resemble the bleating of a goat, heard on applying the ear to the chest in certain diseases within its cavity, as in pleurisy with effusion.

egrimonynoun (n.) Sorrow.
  () The herb agrimony.

embryogonynoun (n.) The formation of an embryo.

euphonynoun (n.) A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.

felonynoun (n.) An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture.
 noun (n.) An offense which occasions a total forfeiture either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be added, according to the degree of guilt.
 noun (n.) A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment.

festoonyadjective (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, festoons.

geogonynoun (n.) The branch of science which treats of the formation of the earth.

haemonynoun (n.) A plant described by Milton as "of sovereign use against all enchantments."

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH TONY (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (ton) - Words That Begins with ton:


tonnoun (n.) The common tunny, or house mackerel.
 noun (n.) The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton.
 noun (n.) A measure of weight or quantity.
 noun (n.) The weight of twenty hundredweight.
 noun (n.) Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden.
 noun (n.) A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc.
  () pl. of Toe.

tonalitynoun (n.) The principle of key in music; the character which a composition has by virtue of the key in which it is written, or through the family relationship of all its tones and chords to the keynote, or tonic, of the whole.

tonenoun (n.) Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.
 noun (n.) Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion.
 noun (n.) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone.
 noun (n.) A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones.
 noun (n.) The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone too flat; raise it a tone.
 noun (n.) The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone.
 noun (n.) A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones.
 noun (n.) That state of a body, or of any of its organs or parts, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
 noun (n.) Tonicity; as, arterial tone.
 noun (n.) State of mind; temper; mood.
 noun (n.) Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory.
 noun (n.) General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners.
 noun (n.) The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; -- commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone.
 noun (n.) Quality, with respect to attendant feeling; the more or less variable complex of emotion accompanying and characterizing a sensation or a conceptual state; as, feeling tone; color tone.
 noun (n.) Color quality proper; -- called also hue. Also, a gradation of color, either a hue, or a tint or shade.
 noun (n.) The condition of normal balance of a healthy plant in its relations to light, heat, and moisture.
 verb (v. t.) To utter with an affected tone.
 verb (v. t.) To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See Tune, v. t.
 verb (v. t.) To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment.

toningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tone

tonedadjective (a.) Having (such) a tone; -- chiefly used in composition; as, high-toned; sweet-toned.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Tone

tonelessadjective (a.) Having no tone; unmusical.

tongnoun (n.) Alt. of Tonge
 noun (n.) In China, an association, secret society, or organization of any kind; in the United States, usually, a secret association of Chinese such as that of the highbinders.

tongenoun (n.) Tongue.

tonganoun (n.) A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum.
 noun (n.) A kind of light two-wheeled vehicle, usually for four persons, drawn by ponies or bullocks.

tongkangnoun (n.) A kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the Malay Archipelago.

tongonoun (n.) The mangrove; -- so called in the Pacific Islands.

tongsnoun (n. pl.) An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals or metals; -- often called a pair of tongs.

tonguenoun (n.) an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
 noun (n.) The power of articulate utterance; speech.
 noun (n.) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
 noun (n.) Honorable discourse; eulogy.
 noun (n.) A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue.
 noun (n.) Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.
 noun (n.) A people having a distinct language.
 noun (n.) The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.
 noun (n.) The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.
 noun (n.) The lingua of an insect.
 noun (n.) Any small sole.
 noun (n.) That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form.
 noun (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.
 noun (n.) A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove.
 noun (n.) A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake.
 noun (n.) The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
 noun (n.) The clapper of a bell.
 noun (n.) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
 noun (n.) Same as Reed, n., 5.
 verb (v. t.) To speak; to utter.
 verb (v. t.) To chide; to scold.
 verb (v. t.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
 verb (v. t.) To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.
 verb (v. i.) To talk; to prate.
 verb (v. i.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.

tonguingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tongue
 noun (vb. n.) Modification of tone for a rapid staccato effect by the performer's tongue, in playing a wind instrument, as a flute. In single tonguing only one kind of stroke is used, the tongue articulating a rapid "t;" in double tonguing, two strokes, as for "t" and "k," are alternated; in triple tonguing, "t, k, t," etc.

tonguebirdnoun (n.) The wryneck.

tonguedadjective (a.) Having a tongue.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Tongue

tonguefishnoun (n.) A flounder (Symphurus plagiusa) native of the southern coast of the United States.

tonguelessadjective (a.) Having no tongue.
 adjective (a.) Hence, speechless; mute.
 adjective (a.) Unnamed; not spoken of.

tongueletnoun (n.) A little tongue.

tonguesternoun (n.) One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip.

tonguewormnoun (n.) Any species of Linguatulina.

tonguyadjective (a.) Ready or voluble in speaking; as, a tonguy speaker.

tonicnoun (a.) Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely, the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by Dr. James Rush (1833) " from their forming the purest and most plastic material of intonation."
 noun (n.) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
 noun (n.) The key tone, or first tone of any scale.
 noun (n.) A medicine that increases the strength, and gives vigor of action to the system.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power.
 adjective (a.) Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring healthy functions.
 adjective (a.) Characterized by continuous muscular contraction; as, tonic convulsions.

tonicaladjective (a.) Tonic.

tonicitynoun (n.) The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.

tonightnoun (n.) The present or the coming night; the night after the present day.
 adverb (adv.) On this present or coming night.
 adverb (adv.) On the last night past.

tonitenoun (n.) An explosive compound; a preparation of gun cotton.

tonnagenoun (n.) The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship.
 noun (n.) The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several vessels may carry. See Ton, n. (b).
 noun (n.) A duty or impost on vessels, estimated per ton, or, a duty, toll, or rate payable on goods per ton transported on canals.
 noun (n.) The whole amount of shipping estimated by tons; as, the tonnage of the United States. See Ton.

tonnenoun (n.) A tun.
 noun (n.) A metric ton.

tonnihoodnoun (n.) The female of the bullfinch; -- called also tonyhoop.

tonnishadjective (a.) In the ton; fashionable; modish.

tonometernoun (n.) An instrument for determining the rate of vibrations in tones.
 noun (n.) An apparatus for studying and registering the action of various fluids and drugs on the excised heart of lower animals.
 noun (n.) An instrument for measuring tension, esp. that of the eyeball.

tonometrynoun (n.) The act of measuring with a tonometer;
 noun (n.) measurement of tension, esp. the tension of the eyeball.

tonophantnoun (n.) A modification of the kaleidophon, for showing composition of acoustic vibrations. It consists of two thin slips of steel welded together, their length being adjystable by a screw socket.

tonousadjective (a.) Abounding in tone or sound.

tonsilnoun (n.) One of the two glandular organs situated in the throat at the sides of the fauces. The tonsils are sometimes called the almonds, from their shape.

tonsilaradjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsilitic.

tonsileadjective (a.) Capable of being clipped.

tonsiliticadjective (a.) Tonsilar.

tonsilitisnoun (n.) Inflammation of the tonsil; quinsy.

tonsilotomenoun (n.) An instrument for removing the tonsils.

tonsilotomynoun (n.) The operation of removing the tonsil, or a portion thereof.

tonsornoun (n.) A barber.

tonsorialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a barber, or shaving.

tonsurenoun (n.) The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the state of being shorn.
 noun (n.) The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders.
 noun (n.) The shaven corona, or crown, which priests wear as a mark of their order and of their rank.

tonsuredadjective (a.) Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald.

tontinenoun (n.) An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance.

tonusnoun (n.) Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus.

toncanetnoun (n.) A small toucan.

tonneaunoun (n.) In France, a light-wheeled vehicle with square or rounded body and rear entrance.
 noun (n.) Orig., the after part of the body with entrance at the rear (as in vehicle in def. 1); now, one with sides closing in the seat or seats and entered by a door usually at the side, also, the entire body of an automobile having such an after part.
 noun (n.) = Tonne.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH TONY:

English Words which starts with 't' and ends with 'y':

tabbynoun (n.) A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
 noun (n.) A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock.
 noun (n.) A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.
 noun (n.) An old maid or gossip.
 adjective (a.) Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.
 adjective (a.) Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.
 verb (v. t.) To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc.

tachydidaxynoun (n.) A short or rapid method of instructing.

tachygraphynoun (n.) The art or practice of rapid writing; shorthand writing; stenography.

taciturnitynoun (n.) Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking.

tackeynoun (a. & n.) See Tacky.

tackynoun (n.) An ill-conditioned, ill-fed, or neglected horse; also, a person in a like condition.
 adjective (a.) Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried.
 adjective (a.) Dowdy, shabby, or neglected in appearance; unkempt.

tactilitynoun (n.) The quality or state of being tactile; perceptibility by touch; tangibleness.

taffetynoun (n.) A fine, smooth stuff of silk, having usually the wavy luster called watering. The term has also been applied to different kinds of silk goods, from the 16th century to modern times.

taffynoun (n.) A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans.
 noun (n.) Flattery; soft phrases.

tallowyadjective (a.) Of the nature of tallow; resembling tallow; greasy.

tallynoun (n.) Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
 noun (n.) Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in duplicate.
 noun (n.) One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
 noun (n.) A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game.
 noun (n.) A tally shop. See Tally shop, below.
 noun (n.) To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit.
 noun (n.) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
 adjective (a.) Stoutly; with spirit.
 verb (v. i.) To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match.
 verb (v. i.) To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game.

tamabilitynoun (n.) The quality or state of being tamable; tamableness.

taminynoun (n.) A kind of woolen cloth; tammy.

tammynoun (n.) A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, -- used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.
 noun (n.) A sieve, or strainer, made of this material; a tamis.

tangencynoun (n.) The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.

tangibilitynoun (n.) The quality or state of being tangible.

tanglyadjective (a.) Entangled; intricate.
 adjective (a.) Covered with tangle, or seaweed.

tanistrynoun (n.) In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election.

tannerynoun (n.) A place where the work of tanning is carried on.
 noun (n.) The art or process of tanning.

tansynoun (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Tanacetum. The common tansy (T. vulgare) has finely divided leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and a very bitter taste. It is used for medicinal and culinary purposes.
 noun (n.) A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs, sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs, baked with butter in a shallow dish.

tantivynoun (n.) A rapid, violent gallop; an impetuous rush.
 adverb (adv.) Swiftly; speedily; rapidly; -- a fox-hunting term; as, to ride tantivy.
 verb (v. i.) To go away in haste.

tapestrynoun (n.) A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery.
 verb (v. t.) To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry.

tarditynoun (n.) Slowness; tardiness.

tarrynoun (n.) Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.
 noun (n.) Stay; stop; delay.
 verb (v. i.) To stay or remain behind; to wait.
 verb (v. i.) To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.
 verb (v. i.) To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.
 verb (v. t.) To delay; to defer; to put off.
 verb (v. t.) To wait for; to stay or stop for.

tarsectomynoun (n.) The operation of excising one or more of the bones of the tarsus.

tarsorrhaphynoun (n.) An operation to diminish the size of the opening between eyelids when enlarged by surrounding cicatrices.

tarsotomynoun (n.) The operation of cutting or removing the tarsal cartilages.

tartarynoun (n.) Tartarus.

tastynoun (n.) Being in conformity to the principles of good taste; elegant; as, tasty furniture; a tasty dress.
 superlative (superl.) Having a good taste; -- applied to persons; as, a tasty woman. See Taste, n., 5.

tatouaynoun (n.) An armadillo (Xenurus unicinctus), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head is long; the tail is round and tapered, and nearly destitute of scales; the claws of the fore feet are very large. Called also tatouary, and broad-banded armadillo.

tattlerynoun (n.) Idle talk or chat; tittle-tattle.

tauromachynoun (n.) Bullfighting.

tautologynoun (n.) A repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless repetition of an idea in different words or phrases; a representation of anything as the cause, condition, or consequence of itself, as in the following lines: --//The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,/And heavily in clouds brings on the day. Addison.

tautophonynoun (n.) Repetition of the same sound.

tawdrynoun (n.) A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general.
 superlative (superl.) Bought at the festival of St. Audrey.
 superlative (superl.) Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers; tawdry colors.

tawerynoun (n.) A place where skins are tawed.

tawnynoun (n.) Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion.

taxabilitynoun (n.) The quality or state of being taxable; taxableness.

taxologynoun (n.) Same as Taxonomy.

taxonomynoun (n.) That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classification.

teaberrynoun (n.) The checkerberry.

teapoynoun (n.) An ornamental stand, usually with three legs, having caddies for holding tea.

tearyadjective (a.) Wet with tears; tearful.
 adjective (a.) Consisting of tears, or drops like tears.

technicalitynoun (n.) The quality or state of being technical; technicalness.
 noun (n.) That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade, profession, sect, or the like.

technicologynoun (n.) Technology.

technologynoun (n.) Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, as spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc.

techyadjective (a.) Peevish; fretful; irritable.

tectologynoun (n.) A division of morphology created by Haeckel; the science of organic individuality constituting the purely structural portion of morphology, in which the organism is regarded as composed of organic individuals of different orders, each organ being considered an individual. See Promorphology, and Morphon.

tediositynoun (n.) Tediousness.

teenyadjective (a.) Very small; tiny.
 adjective (a.) Fretful; peevish; pettish; cross.

tegumentaryadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a tegument or teguments; consisting of teguments; serving as a tegument or covering.

telangiectasynoun (n.) Telangiectasis.

telaryadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a web; hence, spinning webs; retiary.

telegraphynoun (n.) The science or art of constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs; as, submarine telegraphy.

teleologynoun (n.) The doctrine of the final causes of things
 noun (n.) the doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of organic life, particularly those of evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose.

telepathynoun (n.) The sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.

telephonynoun (n.) The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the telephone.

telescopynoun (n.) The art or practice of using or making telescopes.

temeritynoun (n.) Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as, the temerity of a commander in war.

temperancynoun (n.) Temperance.

tempestivilynoun (n.) The quality, or state, of being tempestive; seasonableness.

temporalitynoun (n.) The state or quality of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity.
 noun (n.) The laity; temporality.
 noun (n.) That which pertains to temporal welfare; material interests; especially, the revenue of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tenements, or lay fees, tithes, and the like; -- chiefly used in the plural.

temporaltynoun (n.) The laity; secular people.
 noun (n.) A secular possession; a temporality.

temporaryadjective (a.) Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief.

temporomaxillaryadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to both the temple or the temporal bone and the maxilla.

temptabilitynoun (n.) The quality or state of being temptable; lability to temptation.

temulencynoun (n.) Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness.

tenabilitynoun (n.) The quality or state of being tenable; tenableness.

tenacitynoun (n.) The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose.
 noun (n.) That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; -- as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
 noun (n.) That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity.
 noun (n.) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, -- usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.

tenacynoun (n.) Tenaciousness; obstinacy.

tenancynoun (n.) A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another.
 noun (n.) A house for habitation, or place to live in, held of another.

tenantrynoun (n.) The body of tenants; as, the tenantry of a manor or a kingdom.
 noun (n.) Tenancy.

tendencynoun (n.) Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result.

tendrynoun (n.) A tender; an offer.

tenebrositynoun (n.) The quality or state of being tenebrous; tenebrousness.

tenementaryadjective (a.) Capable of being leased; held by tenants.

tenerityadjective (a.) Tenderness.

tenotomynoun (n.) The division of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon.

tenpennyadjective (a.) Valued or sold at ten pence; as, a tenpenny cake. See 2d Penny, n.
 adjective (a.) Denoting a size of nails. See 1st Penny.

tensibilitynoun (n.) The quality or state of being tensible; tensility.

tensilitynoun (n.) The quality or state of being tensile, or capable of extension; tensibility; as, the tensility of the muscles.

tensitynoun (n.) The quality or state of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension; tenseness.

tentorynoun (n.) The awning or covering of a tent.

tenuitynoun (n.) The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair.
 noun (n.) Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood.
 noun (n.) Poverty; indigence.
 noun (n.) Refinement; delicacy.

tephramancynoun (n.) Divination by the ashes of the altar on which a victim had been consumed in sacrifice.

tepiditynoun (n.) The quality or state of being tepid; moderate warmth; lukewarmness; tepidness.

teratogenynoun (n.) The formation of monsters.

teratologynoun (n.) That branch of biological science which treats of monstrosities, malformations, or deviations from the normal type of structure, either in plants or animals.
 noun (n.) Affectation of sublimity; bombast.

tercentenarynoun (n.) The three hundredth anniversary of any event; also, a celebration of such an anniversary.
 adjective (a.) Including, or relating to, an interval of three hundred years.

termagancynoun (n.) The quality or state of being termagant; turbulence; tumultuousness; as, a violent termagancy of temper.

termatarynoun (n.) Same as Termatarium.

terminatoryadjective (a.) Terminative.

terminologynoun (n.) The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms.
 noun (n.) The terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry.

termlyadjective (a.) Occurring every term; as, a termly fee.
 adverb (adv.) Term by term; every term.

termonologynoun (n.) Terminology.

ternarynoun (n.) A ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a triad.
 adjective (a.) Proceeding by threes; consisting of three; as, the ternary number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and held in great veneration.
 adjective (a.) Containing, or consisting of, three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are regarded as having different functions or relations in the molecule; thus, sodic hydroxide, NaOH, is a ternary compound.

terreitynoun (n.) Quality of being earthy; earthiness.

terrenitynoun (n.) Earthiness; worldliness.

territorynoun (n.) A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.
 noun (n.) The extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government; as, the territory of a State; the territories of the East India Company.
 noun (n.) In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province.

terrynoun (n.) A kind of heavy colored fabric, either all silk, or silk and worsted, or silk and cotton, often called terry velvet, used for upholstery and trimmings.