English Words Starting With T

• troad

  nounArchaic
  /trəʊd/An archaic or obsolete term for "tread," meaning to step, walk, or set the foot down.
• troas

  nounVery Low / Obsolete
  /ˈtrəʊæs/The historical region of Troy in northwest Asia Minor.
• troat

  verbVery Rare/Specialized
  /trəʊt/to utter the cry of a male deer, especially during the rutting season.
• trobar clus

  nounVery Low
  /ˌtrəʊbɑː ˈkluːs/An Old Occitan poetic technique from the troubadour tradition, characterized by deliberately obscure, hermetic, and complex style that requires decoding by an initiated audience.
• trobriand islander

  nounLow
  /ˌtrəʊbriænd ˈaɪləndə/A native or inhabitant of the Trobriand Islands, an archipelago in Papua New Guinea.
• trobriand islands

  plural-nounC2
  /ˈtrəʊ.bri.ænd ˈaɪ.ləndz/An archipelago of coral atolls in the Solomon Sea, part of Papua New Guinea, ethnographically famous due to anthropological studies by Bronisław Malinowski.
• trocar

  nounLow (C2)
  /ˈtrəʊkɑː/A sharp, pointed surgical instrument (often with a hollow cannula) used to puncture a body cavity and insert a drain, catheter, or other device.
• trochaic

  adjectivenounC2
  /trə(ʊ)ˈkeɪ.ɪk/Relating to or consisting of trochees; having a metrical pattern of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable (/ -).
• trochanter

  nounLow
  /trəʊˈkæntə/A bony prominence on the upper part of the femur in vertebrates.
• troche

  nounLow (C2+)
  /trəʊʃ/A small, medicinal lozenge or disc-shaped tablet intended to dissolve slowly in the mouth.
• trochee

  nounLow
  /ˈtrəʊ.ki/A metrical foot in poetry consisting of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable (/ x).
• trochelminth

  nounVery rare / Technical
  /ˈtrɒkəlmɪnθ/A member of the phylum Rotifera, microscopic aquatic invertebrates characterized by having a wheel-like ciliated structure (corona) used for feeding and locomotion.
• trochilus

  nounRare
  /ˈtrɒkɪləs/A genus of hummingbirds or a concave molding in classical architecture.
• trochlea

  nounTechnical
  /ˈtrɒk.li.ə/A pulley-like structure in anatomy, such as the grooved surface at the lower end of the humerus or in the eye.
• trochlear

  adjectivenounC2
  /ˈtrɒk.lɪ.ə/Shaped like or related to a pulley; specifically, pertaining to a pulley-like structure in the body, notably the trochlear nerve (cranial nerve IV) which controls eye movement.
• trochlear nerve

  nounLow in everyday language; high in medical, academic, and technical contexts.
  /ˈtrɒk.li.ər nɜːv/The fourth cranial nerve that innervates the superior oblique muscle of the eye, controlling its movement.
• trochoid

  adjectivenounVery Low (C2+)
  /ˈtrəʊkɔɪd/A curve traced by a point on or connected to a circle as it rolls along a straight line.
• trochophore

  nounVery Low (Technical/Specialist)
  /ˈtrɒkəʊˌfɔː/A free-swimming larval stage of many marine invertebrates, notably annelid worms and molluscs, characterised by a spherical or pear-shaped body with a band of cilia around the middle.
• trod

  verbC1
  /trɒd/The simple past tense and (archaic) past participle of the verb 'tread', meaning to step or walk on, over, or along something.
• trodden

  verbMedium-low
  /ˈtrɒdn̩/The past participle form of the verb 'tread', meaning to have stepped on or walked over something, often with a degree of force.

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