Words that start with T

You tickle someone by poking them or running something like your fingers or a feather over their skin. Tickling feels funny and makes you laugh and squirm.

It is almost impossible to tickle yourself. Children tend to be much more ticklish than adults. People are usually ticklish under their feet and on their ribs.

The tides are the rising and falling of the sea because of the pull of the moon and sun on the oceans.
The depth of the water near the coast can change by several metres between high tide and low tide. At low tide a beach may have much, much more sand exposed than at high tide.
The beach in the picture is at low tide. You can clearly see the dark mark on the jetty posts where the high tide comes to.

Ties is the plural of tie. For example, "he ties a lot of knots"

Tiger's eye is a rock, made up mostly of quartz, that has bands of impurities through it. The bands of colour and a pretty shine to it make it a popular stone for jewelry and inlay work.

Tightrope walking is a performance act where someone balances along a rope. They might do acrobatics on the rope, or walk on the rope at a dangerous height.

Tiled is the past tense of tile.

Tilled is the past tense of tilled.

Timber is another word for wood that is going to be used to make things out of, like furniture or houses. Timber might also mean trees that are grown for the purpose of being used to make things from.

Tin is one of the metals known for the longest to man. It is one of the main components of bronze, which revolutionised civilisation as bronze was harder and easier to work with than copper. Tin is smelted in a similar way to iron, by reducing it with coal.
Tin is soft at room temperature and above but becomes brittle at low temperatures because it becomes crystalline as it cools. Tin is very stable and doesn't tarnish or rust like other metals.
Today tin is used mainly as an alloy with other metals, and to coat other metals to stop them from rusting. Tin is used to line tin cans, which are actually made of steel.

Something that is stored in a tin can is referred to as tinned. Usually only tinned foods are described this way.