Words that start with T

Toothpaste is used with a toothbrush to keep your teeth clean. It is usually mint flavoured, and can contain extra things like calcium and fluoride to keep your teeth strong. Brushing your teeth with toothpaste keeps your gums healthy, stops your teeth from decaying, makes your breath smell better and keeps your teeth whiter. Toothpaste is not meant to be swallowed, and you should spit it out after you clean your teeth.

Pure topaz is made from crystalline silicate of aluminium and fluorine. When it is pure it has no colour, but can be coloured pale yellow, brown, pale green, reddish or even rare instances blue if the stone contains impurities. Topaz has been used in jewellery for thousands of years, and originally any clear yellow stone was called topaz. Now only stones that are the correct chemical composition can be called topaz.

A torch is a tool used for light, often a stick with oil-soaked rags wrapped around one end and set alight, and a place to carry it on the other end.

A tornado is a kind of extreme weather where a thin, rotating column of air is created. Tornados can be seen all over the world but are most common in the United States. Tornados can be very dangerous, and can destroy houses and crops and kill farm animals.

Torte is another word for cake.