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Words starting with T

Words that start with T

Ten terrified turtles went traipsing through the turnips in Tennessee.

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Tis forTee

A tee is something that you sit a ball onto to stabilize it before you hit it off. Sports like golf and tee ball use tees. The tee in the picture is a golf tee.
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Tis forTeenager

A teenager is someone aged between thirteen (13) and nineteen (19) inclusive. Teenagers are sometimes called adolescents. Teenagers are known for being rebellious as they grow up from children into adults.
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Tis forTeepee

Teepees are a style of tents made by native Americans. They were usually made from wooden poles, wrapped in decorated animal skins.
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Tis forTeeth

Teeth is the plural of tooth.
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A telephone is a device that lets you talk to people who are a long, long way away from you - almost anywhere else in the entire world. Telephones are the most common appliance in the world. More recently, telephones that don't need to be connected to the phone network by wires have been invented. These are called mobile phones.
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A telescope is a long, tubular device that is used to look at objects that are an extremely long distance away, so far you can't even see them with your naked eye. Inside the telescope is a series of lenses that magnifies what you are looking at. Telescopes are used to look at stars and planets that are a very, very long way away.
A television, or TV, is something you use for watching moving pictures and sound that comes from a distance. Television programs are broadcast from television transmitters, so the television signal comes into your house through cables or in the air from a tower. Your television is just the device that picks up the signal and converts it into something you can watch. You can also play games though your television. Most people today have at least one television in their house.
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Tis forTeller

Bank tellers are people who work in a bank directly with customers. You queue up to talk to them, and they can do simple banking transactions for you, like deposit or withdraw money. Modern banks prefer you use an automatic teller machine or the internet instead of coming into the bank.

Tis forTemple

A temple is a place that people go to serve or worship a deity or deities. Temples tend to have a distinctive shape according to the religion of the people who built the temple.
Something is temporary if it will only last for a short time. How long a "short time" is depends on the nature of the temporary effect. Some temporary effects may only last a few seconds, some temporary things may last a few years. The temporary toilets in the picture are there while the permanent toilets are being repaired.