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[**tardiness**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tardiness.md) noun (tardiness — uncountable) Tardiness is being late, especially arriving late to school, work or a meeting. 2. [**tardy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tardy.md) adjective (tardy, tardier, tardiest); noun (a tardy, tardies — US school slang) Tardy means late, arriving after the right time: «Don't be tardy for class». 3. [**target**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/target.md) noun (a target, targets); verb (target, targets, targeted, targeting) A target is a thing you aim at and try to hit, like the circle in archery or darts. 4. [**tariff**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tariff.md) noun (a tariff, tariffs) A tariff is a tax that a country makes people pay on goods brought in from another country. 5. [**tarmac**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tarmac.md) noun (tarmac, uncountable; the tarmac) Tarmac is a hard black material for road and path surfaces, made of crushed stones mixed with tar. 6. [**tarnish**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tarnish.md) verb (tarnish, tarnishes, tarnished, tarnishing); noun (tarnish, uncountable) To tarnish is when metal like silver, brass or copper loses its shine and gets dull or dark, because of the air. 7. [**taro**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/taro.md) noun (taro — uncountable; a taro, taros) Taro is a tropical plant grown for its large, starchy root (corm), which is cooked and eaten like a potato. 8. [**tarpan**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tarpan.md) noun (a tarpan, tarpans) The tarpan was a wild horse that lived in Europe and western Asia, including the steppes of Ukraine and Russia; it is now extinct. 9. [**tarry**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tarry.md) verb (tarry, tarries, tarried, tarrying) 1) (old use) To tarry is to stay somewhere for a while or to wait before going on. 2) (old use) To tarry is to be slow to act, or to delay. 10. [**tarsier**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tarsier.md) noun (a tarsier, tarsiers) 1) A tarsier is a tiny primate from islands in South-East Asia, such as the Philippines and Borneo, with huge round eyes, long back legs… 11. [**tarsus**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tarsus.md) noun (a tarsus, plural tarsi) The tarsus is the group of small bones in the ankle and upper foot (science). 12. [**tart**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tart.md) noun (a tart, tarts); adjective (tart, tarter, tartest); verb (tart up — informal, UK) A tart is an open pie made of pastry with a sweet or savoury filling, like jam or fruit. 13. [**tartan**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tartan.md) noun (a tartan, tartans; also uncountable); adjective (tartan) 1) Tartan is a pattern of coloured stripes crossing each other at right angles, making squares; it is woven into woollen cloth, especially… 14. [**tartar**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tartar.md) noun (tartar — uncountable; a Tartar, Tartars) Tartar is a hard yellowish coating that builds up on teeth if they are not cleaned well. 15. [**tartaric**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tartaric.md) adjective (tartaric) 1) (science) Tartaric describes tartaric acid, a natural acid found in grapes, bananas and tamarinds; it is used in cooking, baking powder… 16. [**tartly**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tartly.md) adverb In a sharp way, with a little unkind edge, as when someone is annoyed and speaks briefly. 17. [**tarzan**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tarzan.md) noun (Tarzan — a name; a Tarzan — informal) 1) (a name) Tarzan is a made-up character created by the American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs in the novel "Tarzan of the Apes" (1912): a… 18. [**task**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/task.md) noun (a task, tasks); verb (task, tasked — formal) A task is a piece of work that someone has to do, often given by someone else. 19. [**tasmanian**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tasmanian.md) adjective (Tasmanian); noun (a Tasmanian, Tasmanians) Tasmanian means from or about Tasmania, the island state in the south of Australia. 20. [**tassel**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tassel.md) noun (a tassel, tassels) 1) A tassel is a bunch of threads or strings tied together at the top and hanging loose at the bottom, used for decoration on cushions… 21. [**taste**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/taste.md) noun (taste, tastes); verb (taste, tastes, tasted, tasting) The flavour of food or drink in your mouth: "a sweet taste". 22. [**tasteless**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tasteless.md) adjective 1) Tasteless food has little or no flavour. 2) Something tasteless is rude, unkind or not suitable, like a tasteless joke. 3) Tasteless… 23. [**tasty**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tasty.md) adjective (tasty, tastier, tastiest) Having a good, pleasant flavour: "a tasty sandwich". 24. [**tat**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tat.md) noun (tat — uncountable, informal UK); verb (tat, tats, tatted, tatting — rare) Tat is cheap, tasteless or useless things, like junk sold at a fair: «The shop sells tourist tat». 25. [**tatar**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tatar.md) noun (a Tatar, Tatars; Tatar — the language); adjective (Tatar) A member of a Turkic people who live mainly in Tatarstan in Russia, and also in Crimea (Crimean Tatars) and other countries. 26. [**tatter**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tatter.md) noun (tatters) A tatter is a torn scrap of cloth or paper. «In tatters» means torn into many pieces, very worn or ragged. 27. [**tattered**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tattered.md) adjective Torn and ragged, old and worn out at the edges. 28. [**tattler**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tattler.md) noun (tattlers) A tattler is a person who tells other people's secrets or spreads gossip, often to get into trouble. 29. [**tattletale**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tattletale.md) noun (a tattletale, tattletales) 1) A tattletale is a person, often a child, who tells a teacher or parent about other people's small mistakes, usually to get them into… 30. [**tattling**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tattling.md) verb (present participle of tattle: tattle, tattles, tattled, tattling); noun (tattling — uncountable) Tattling means telling an adult about someone's small misbehaviour, often just to get them into trouble (mainly American). 31. [**tattoo**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tattoo.md) noun (a tattoo, tattoos); verb (tattoo, tattoos, tattooed, tattooing) A picture or pattern made on the skin with ink pushed in by a needle, which stays there. 32. [**tatty**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tatty.md) adjective (tatty, tattier, tattiest) — informal, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ Old, worn out and in poor condition, a bit shabby. 33. [**tatu**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tatu.md) noun (Ukrainian: тату, vocative "Tatu!"); also other languages "Tatu" is the Ukrainian word for Dad when you call him or speak to him directly: "Tatu!" means "Dad!". 34. [**taunt**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/taunt.md) verb (taunt, taunts, taunted, taunting); noun (taunts) To taunt someone is to say unkind things to hurt their feelings or to make them angry. 35. [**taurus**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/taurus.md) noun (Taurus) Taurus is a group of stars (a constellation) that looks like the shape of a bull. 36. [**tavern**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tavern.md) noun (taverns) (old use) A tavern is an inn or public house where people go to eat and drink. 37. [**tawny**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tawny.md) adjective (tawny, tawnier, tawniest); noun (tawny — rare) Tawny describes a warm orange-brown or yellowish-brown colour, like a lion's fur. 38. [**tax**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tax.md) noun (a tax, taxes); verb (tax, taxes, taxed, taxing) Money that people and businesses must pay to the government to pay for things like schools, roads, hospitals and police. 39. [**taxation**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/taxation.md) noun (taxation — usually no plural) Taxation is the system of taking money (taxes) from people and businesses to pay for things a government provides. 40. [**taxi**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/taxi.md) noun (a taxi, taxis); verb (taxi, taxies / taxis, taxied, taxiing) A taxi is a car with a driver that you pay to take you where you want to go. 41. [**taxman**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/taxman.md) noun (the taxman; a taxman, taxmen) The taxman is the government office that collects taxes, spoken of as if it were one person. 42. [**taxonomic**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/taxonomic.md) adjective (taxonomic; more taxonomic is not used) Taxonomic means to do with sorting living things into named groups, such as kingdom, family, genus and species. 43. [**taxpayer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/taxpayer.md) noun (a taxpayer, taxpayers) 1) A person or business that pays taxes (money) to the government. 44. [**tay**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tay.md) noun (Tay — a name); noun (tay — dialect) 1) (a name) The River Tay is the longest river in Scotland (about 190 km), flowing past Perth and into the sea at Dundee; also Loch Tay… 45. [**te**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/te.md) noun (te — a music note; also spelt ti); also French and Māori word (te) 1) In tonic sol-fa singing (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, te), «te» is the seventh note of the major scale, just below the top do; it is spelt… 46. [**tea**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tea.md) noun (tea, uncountable; a tea, teas) Tea is a hot drink made by pouring boiling water onto dried leaves of the tea plant. 47. [**teach**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teach.md) verb (teach, teaches, taught, teaching) To teach means to help someone learn something by showing or explaining it. 48. [**teachable**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teachable.md) adjective (teachable) 1) (of a person or animal) Able and willing to learn: a teachable puppy. 2) (of a subject or skill) Able to be taught: Kindness is… 49. [**teacher**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teacher.md) noun (teacher, teachers) A teacher is a person whose job is to help pupils learn, at school or in a class. 50. [**teaching**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teaching.md) noun (teachings) Teaching is the work of showing or explaining things so that others learn them. 51. [**teacup**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teacup.md) noun (a teacup, teacups) A teacup is a cup used for drinking tea, often with a handle and a saucer. 52. [**teal**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teal.md) noun (teal, teals — the duck; plural often teal); noun (teal — the colour, uncountable); adjective (teal) Teal is a blue-green colour, darker than turquoise. 53. [**team**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/team.md) noun, verb (team, teams, teamed, teaming) A team is a group of people who play a sport or game together against others. 54. [**teammate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teammate.md) noun (a teammate, teammates) 1) A teammate is a person who is on the same team as you, in a sport, game or school project. 55. [**teamwork**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teamwork.md) noun (teamwork — uncountable) 1) Working together well as a group to reach a shared goal, each person helping the others. 56. [**teapot**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teapot.md) noun (a teapot, teapots) A teapot is a pot with a handle, a lid and a spout, used for making and pouring tea. 57. [**tear**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tear.md) noun (a tear, tears — rhymes with «ear»); noun (a tear, tears — rhymes with «air»); verb (tear, tears, tore, torn, tearing — rhymes with «air») A tear (rhymes with «ear») is a drop of salty water that comes from your eye, when you cry, laugh a lot or get something in your eye. 58. [**teardrop**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teardrop.md) noun (a teardrop, teardrops); adjective-like before a noun (a teardrop shape) A teardrop is a single tear falling from the eye. 59. [**tearful**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tearful.md) adjective (more tearful, most tearful) 1) Tearful means crying, or close to tears, with wet eyes or a shaky voice. 60. [**teary**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teary.md) adjective (teary, tearier, teariest) Teary means full of tears or close to crying: teary eyes, a teary goodbye. 61. [**tease**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tease.md) verb (tease, teases, teased, teasing); noun (a tease, teases) To tease someone means to laugh at them or make jokes about them, in a friendly way or an unkind way. 62. [**teased**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teased.md) verb (tease, teases, teased, teasing — "teased" is the past form); adjective (teased hair) Laughed at someone or made jokes about them, either in a friendly, playful way or in an unkind way that hurts. 63. [**teaser**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teaser.md) noun (a teaser, teasers) A teaser is a short puzzle or question that makes you think hard, often called a brain teaser. 64. [**teasing**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teasing.md) noun (teasing — uncountable); verb form (teasing, from tease); adjective (teasing) Teasing is making fun of someone or annoying them with words or tricks, sometimes in a friendly way and sometimes in a hurtful way. 65. [**teaspoon**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teaspoon.md) noun (a teaspoon, teaspoons); also teaspoonful (a teaspoonful); abbreviation tsp A teaspoon is a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee and for eating some foods. 66. [**teat**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teat.md) noun (a teat, teats) A teat is the small, soft part on a female mammal's body that her babies suck to get milk; cows, goats and pigs have teats. 67. [**teatime**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teatime.md) noun (teatime — uncountable) The time in the late afternoon or early evening when people eat their evening meal, often called «tea». 68. [**tech**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tech.md) noun, adjective (tech, techs) Tech is a short word for technology, like computers, phones and the internet. 69. [**technical**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/technical.md) adjective (technical, more technical, most technical) Technical means to do with science, machines, computers or practical skills. 70. [**technically**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/technically.md) adverb (technically) 1) Technically means according to the exact rules or facts, even if it doesn't seem that way in everyday life, as in "Technically, a… 71. [**technique**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/technique.md) noun (a technique, techniques) A technique is a special way of doing something that needs skill, like a painting technique or a swimming technique. 72. [**technology**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/technology.md) noun (technology — uncountable; a technology, technologies — one kind) The use of science and knowledge to make useful tools, machines and ways of doing things. 73. [**tectonics**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tectonics.md) noun (tectonics; plate tectonics) — uncountable, takes a singular verb 1) (science) Tectonics, or plate tectonics, is the idea that the Earth's outer shell is broken into huge pieces called plates that move… 74. [**ted**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ted.md) noun (a ted, teds — informal, UK); verb (ted, teds, tedded, tedding — farming); also a name (Ted) 1) (informal, UK, Australia) A teddy bear: «my old ted». 2) (UK, history) A Teddy boy, a young man in the past who wore a special smart… 75. [**teddy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teddy.md) noun (a teddy, teddies; teddy bear) A teddy (or teddy bear) is a soft toy bear made of furry cloth and stuffed so it is cuddly. 76. [**tedious**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tedious.md) adjective (tedious, more tedious, most tedious); adverb «tediously»; noun «tedium» 1) Long, slow and boring; tiring because it goes on and on. 2) (of a person) Annoying because they are boring. 77. [**tee**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tee.md) noun (a tee, tees); verb (tee, tees, teed, teeing — usually «tee up», «tee off») A tee is a small peg, often wooden or plastic, that holds a golf ball up before it is hit. 78. [**teem**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teem.md) verb (teem, teems, teemed, teeming) To teem with something is to be full of it, crowded with lots of living things moving about: «The pond teemed with tadpoles». 79. [**teen**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teen.md) noun (a teen, teens); adjective (teen); combining form (-teen, as in thirteen) 1) (informal) A teenager, a person aged 13 to 19. 2) (adjective) For or about teenagers: a teen magazine. 3) In your teens: aged between… 80. [**teenage**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teenage.md) adjective (teenage) 1) Aged between 13 and 19, or connected with people of that age: "my teenage brother", "teenage years". 81. [**teenager**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teenager.md) noun (a teenager, teenagers) 1) A person between 13 and 19 years old. 82. [**teens**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teens.md) noun (plural: the teens, one's teens) Your teens are the years of your life when your age ends in «-teen», from 13 to 19. 83. [**teeny**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teeny.md) adjective (teeny, teenier, teeniest) 1) (informal) Very small; tiny. 2) In «teeny-weeny» or «teeny-tiny» (informal, childish): extremely small. 3) Teeny can also mean a tiny… 84. [**teepee**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teepee.md) noun (teepees) 1) A teepee is a cone-shaped tent of poles covered with skins or cloth, used by some Native American peoples. (Also spelled tepee.) 85. [**teethe**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teethe.md) verb (teethe, teethes, teethed, teething) 1) When a baby teethes, its first teeth are growing through the gums, which can make the baby sore, grumpy and dribbly. 86. [**teething**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teething.md) noun (teething — uncountable); adjective (teething); also the -ing form of teethe (teethe, teethes, teethed, teething) The time when a baby's first teeth are growing through the gums, which can be sore. 87. [**telegram**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/telegram.md) noun (telegrams) 1) A telegram is a short written message sent by wire or radio, once paid for by the word. 88. [**telegraph**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/telegraph.md) noun (a telegraph, the telegraph); verb (telegraph, telegraphs, telegraphed, telegraphing) The telegraph was an old way of sending messages over long distances along wires, using electric signals like Morse code. 89. [**telegraphic**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/telegraphic.md) adjective (telegraphic) Telegraphic means to do with the telegraph, the old machine that sent messages along wires as electric signals. 90. [**telephone**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/telephone.md) noun (telephone, telephones; short: phone); verb (telephone, telephones, telephoned, telephoning — formal) A telephone is a machine for talking to someone far away by sending sounds as electrical or radio signals. 91. [**teleport**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teleport.md) verb (teleport, teleports, teleported, teleporting); noun (a teleport — a place or device for teleporting, in games and stories) 1) To teleport is to move from one place to another instantly, without travelling through the space between; it happens only in science… 92. [**telescope**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/telescope.md) noun (a telescope, telescopes) 1) A tube with lenses or mirrors that makes far-away things, like stars and planets, look bigger and closer. 93. [**televise**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/televise.md) verb (televise, televises, televised, televising) 1) To televise something is to show it on television, often live as it happens: the match will be televised. 94. [**television**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/television.md) noun (a television, televisions; television — uncountable) A television (TV) is a machine with a screen that shows programmes with pictures and sound. 95. [**tell**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tell.md) verb (tell, tells, told, telling); noun (a tell — a sign that gives you away, in games) To tell is to say something to someone so they know it. 96. [**teller**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teller.md) noun (a teller, tellers) A teller is a person who works at a bank counter, taking in and paying out money. 97. [**telling**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/telling.md) adjective (telling, more telling, most telling); also the present participle and gerund of «tell» (tell, tells, told, telling); noun (a telling, tellings) Saying or reporting something: «She is telling a story». 98. [**telltale**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/telltale.md) adjective (telltale; also tell-tale); noun (a telltale, telltales) A telltale sign is a small clue that shows something is true or has happened: telltale crumbs on his face. 99. [**telly**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/telly.md) noun (the telly, tellies — UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ, informal) 1) (informal, UK) Telly is a television set. 2) (informal, UK) Telly is the programmes shown on television. 100. [**temp**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/temp.md) noun (a temp, temps); verb (temp, temps, temped, temping); abbreviation (temp. = temperature, temporary) A temp is a worker who works for a company only for a short time, often through an agency. 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