up to Letter

Words that start with T

Ten terrified turtles went traipsing through the turnips in Tennessee.

Showing 241-260 of 341

T is for Tram

A tram, or streetcar is a kind of small train that also runs on railway tracks. Trams are typically seen in suburban streets instead of trains or buses.

T is for Tramp

A tramp is a wandering, homeless person. Many tramps are also beggars.

T is for Trampoline

A trampoline is a big platform that you jump up and down on. Trampolines have a woven surface held tight by springs, so they are great fun to bounce on.

T is for Translucent

Something is translucent if some light can get through it, but you can't see through it clearly. Frosted windows are translucent, lower quality gemstones like quartz are often translucent, and many things that are very thin are translucent.
The leaves in the picture are translucent. Where they overlap, they are opaque.

T is for Transparent

Something is transparent if you can see through it. Glass in windows is transparent. The lenses of sunglasses are transparent.
If you can see through something but it changes the color of everything you see, that something is still transparent but it is tinted. Filter lenses for cameras are often tinted.
The glasswing butterfly in the picture has transparent wings.
The opposite of transparent is opaque. Something that lets light through but you can't easily see through it is translucent.

T is for Transport

Transport is a way to take something from one place to another. There are lots of kinds of transport like cars, buses, trucks, planes, boats, riding an animal and many more.

T is for Trap

A trap is something that is used to catch animals or people. Traps generally have bait to lure the intended victim in, and a mechanism that suddenly closes the trap so the victim cannot escape.

T is for Trapdoor

A trapdoor is a kind of door that is in a floor rather than in a wall. Trapdoors usually lead to basements or cellars.

T is for Trapeze

A trapeze is a bar or ladder used for playing or doing tricks in the air. It can also mean a circus act where a person swings from a bar.

In gymnastics and circus shows, performers grip the bar and swing or flip above the ground. Trapeze is often seen in big top tents, gyms, and special aerial classes with a safety net below.

T is for Trapezium

A trapezium is a shape with four sides. Two of the sides are the same length and the other two are different lengths. A trapezium looks like a rectangle that has been pinched in at the top. The building in the picture seen from this angle looks like a trapezium.

T is for Trapped

You are trapped when you are stuck in a place you cannot get out of. The cat in the picture is caught in a trap.

T is for Trash

Trash, rubbish or garbage is all the things that we don't use and throw away. You put your trash in a bin or trash can and it gets taken to the tip. Some people just litter the street with their rubbish.
Trash is mostly made up of plastic packaging from food, and scraps of food.

T is for Trash can

A trash can is somewhere you put your trash so it can be taken to the tip. Trash cans are sometimes called bins or if they are inside they are sometimes calle wastepaper baskets.

T is for Travel

You travel when you move from one place to another. You can travel in any way, by walking, riding a bike or by driving a car like you see in the picture.

T is for Tray

A tray is a flat, shallow dish that is usually used for serving food. Trays often have handles, and can be made of metal, ceramic, plastic or wood.
Another common kind of tray is a baking tray, which are made of metal and are used for cooking food on.

T is for Treacle

Treacle is any thick liquid made during the sugar refining process. Pale treacle is called golden syrup and very dark treacle is called molasses.

T is for Tread

You tread when you put your foot down onto something, usually while you are walking.
Tread might refer to other things like the pattern on a tyre or the bottom of your shoe.

T is for Treadmill

A treadmill is a machine that lets you run or walk without going anywhere. Most people today use treadmills for exercise indoors.
A long time ago, treadmills would have been used to power machinery.

T is for Treasure

Treasure is something very valuable that people keep stored away. Treasure might be a collection of gold coins, artwork, precious jewels or just money.

T is for Tree

Trees are large plants, usually with a trunk and branches with eaves at the end of the branches. Most trees have flowers in spring, the main exception is the pine tree which grows pine cones instead.