English Words Starting With T

• televisor

  nounLow / Archaic
  /ˈtɛl.ɪˌvaɪ.zə/An older term for the device that receives and displays television broadcasts; a television set.
• telework

  nounverb-intransitiveC1
  /ˈtɛlɪwɜːk/To work from home or another remote location using telecommunications technology.
• teleworking

  nounB2
  /ˈtel.iˌwɜː.kɪŋ/The practice of working from home or another remote location, using telecommunications technology to communicate and perform job duties.
• telewriter

  nounRare / Historical / Technical
  /ˈtɛlɪˌraɪtə/An electromechanical device for transmitting handwriting, drawings, or other marks over a distance, typically using a pen-like stylus at the sending end and reproducing the marks on paper or a screen at the receiving end.
• telex

  nounverbverb-transitiveLow
  /ˈtel.ɛks/A telecommunications system for transmitting typed messages over long distances using teleprinters.
• telfer

  nounRare
  /ˈtɛlfə/A type of aerial transport system using a moving cable, specifically an aerial ropeway for carrying materials in buckets or carriers.
• telferage

  nounVery Rare
  /ˈtɛlf(ə)rɪdʒ/The use of or system using telphers (an overhead transportation system employing electrically powered cars suspended from cables).
• telford

  adjectivenounLow
  /ˈtɛlfəd/A type of road construction using a layered foundation of broken stones.
• telford and wrekin

  nounLow
  /ˌtɛlfəd ənd ˈriːkɪn/A borough council in Shropshire, England, comprising the town of Telford and surrounding areas including the Wrekin hill.
• telharmonium

  nounRare / Technical
  /ˌtɛlhɑːˈməʊnɪəm/An early, large-scale electronic musical instrument invented in the late 19th century.
• telidon

  nounExtremely Low / Obsolete
  /ˈtɛlɪdɒn/A proprietary early videotex/graphics system developed in Canada in the late 1970s for delivering interactive text and vector graphics over telephone lines or broadcast channels.
• teliospore

  nounC2
  /ˈtiːlɪə(ʊ)ˌspɔː/A thick-walled resting spore of rust and smut fungi, able to survive winter and germinate to produce basidia.
• telium

  nounVery Rare / Technical / Scientific
  /ˈtiːliəm/A specialised reproductive structure in rust fungi, producing teliospores.
• telkom

  nounVery Low
  /ˈtɛlkɒm/A proper noun referring to the name of various telecommunications companies, most notably South Africa's major telecommunications provider.
• tell

  verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveA1
  /tɛl/To communicate information or facts to someone, often by speaking.
• tell apart

  verbB1 Intermediate
  /ˌtel əˈpɑːt/To perceive or show the difference between two or more similar things or people.
• tell el amarna

  nounLow
  /ˌtel el əˈmɑːnə/An archaeological site in Egypt that was the capital city built by Pharaoh Akhenaten during the 18th Dynasty.
• tell off

  verbB2
  /ˌtel ˈɒf/To reprimand or scold someone for doing something wrong.
• teller

  nounB1
  /ˈtelə(r)/a person employed to receive and pay out money in a bank
• tellez

  nounVery Low
  /ˈtɛlɛz/A Spanish surname of patronymic origin, meaning 'son of Tello'.

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