T \tho\ vb 1: to melt or cause to melt 2: to
become so warm as to melt ice or snow
Tachometer
\ta-ka-me-ter\ n [ultim. Fr. Gk tachos
speed] : a device to indicate speed of
rotation
Tamarack
\ta-me-rak\ n : a larch of northern No.
America; also; its hard resinous wood
Tappet
\ta-pet\ n : a lever or projection moved
by some other piece (as a cam) or
intended to move something else
Tarmac
\tar-mac\ n : a surface paved with
crushed stone covered with tar
Tautology
\to-ta-le-ge\ n, pl –gies : needless
repetition of an idea, statement, or word;
also: an instance of such repetition-
tautological adj- tautologically adv-
tautologous adj- tautologously adv
Tektite
\tek-tit\ n : a glassy body of probably
meteoric origin
Tenure
\ten-yer\ n: the act, right, manner, or
period of holding something (as a landed
property, an office, or a position)
Tetchy
\te-che\ adj tetchier; -est : irritably or
peevishly sensitive
Thane
\than\ n 1: a free retainer of an Anglo
Saxon Lord 2: a Scottish Feudal lord
Thaw
3: to abandon aloofness or hostility-thaw
n
Thermocline
\ther-ma-klin\ n: the region in a
thermally stratified body of water that
separates warmer surface water from
cold deep water
Thrush
\thresh\ n: any of numerous small or
medium sized songbirds that are mostly
of a plain color often with spatted
underparts
Thyristor
\the-ris-ter\ n: a semiconductor device
that acts as a switch, rectifier, or voltage
regulator
Tinsmith
\tin-smith\ n: one that works with sheet
metal (as tinplate)
Tocsin
\tak-san\ n 1: an alarm bell 2: a warning
signal
Tomtit
\tam-tit\ n: any of various small active
birds
Topaz
\to-paz\ n: a hard silicate of aluminum;
esp: a yellow transparent topaz used as a
gem
Totem
\to-tem\ n: an object (as an animal or
plant) serving as the emblem of a family
or clan and often as a reminder of its
ancestry; also: something usu. Carved or
painted to represent such an object
 Towpath Unitarian
\to-path\ n: a path (as long as a canal) \yu-ne-ter-e-en\ n: A member of a
traveled esp. by draft animals towing religious denomination stressing
boats individual freedom of belief-
Unitarianism
Turret
\te-ret\ n 1: A little tower often at an Unscathed
angle of a larger structure and merely \skathd\ adj: wholly unharmed: not
ornamental 2: a low usually revolving injured
structure ( as on a tank or warship) in
which one or more guns are mounted Upheaval
\ep he-vel\ n 1: the action or an instance
of uplifting esp. of a part of the earth’s
crust 2: a violent agitation or change

U Uppity
Ulna
\el-na\ n: the bone on the little finger
side of the human forearm; also: a
corresponding bone of the forelimb of
vertebrates above fishes
Ulster
\el-ster\ n: a long loose overcoat
Umiak
\u-me-ak\ n: An open Eskimo boat made
of a wooden frame covered with skins
\e-pe-te\ adj : Arrogant, Presemptuous
Upshot
\ep-shat\ n: the final result
Upsurge
\-serj\ n: a rapid or sudden rise
Uracil
\yur-e-sil\ n: A pyramidine base that is
one of the four bases coding genetic
information in the molecular chain of
RNA

Umpteen
\emp-ten\ adj : very many: indefinitely :
numerous- umpteenth\-tenth\ adj
Uncanny
\-ka-ne\ adj 1: Ghostly, Mysterious,
Eerie 2: suggesting superhuman or
supernatural powers syn spooky,
unearthly, weird
Uncial
\en-shel\ adj : relating to or written in a
form of script with rounded letters used
esp. in early Greek and Latin
manuscripts- Uncial n
Uremia
\yu-re-me-a\ n: accumulation in the
blood of materials normally passed of in
the urine resulting in a poisoned
condition-uremic\-mik\ adj
Urn
\ern\ n 1: a vessel that typically has the
form of a vase on a pedestal and often is
used to hold the ashes of the dead 2: a
closed vessel usu. With a spout for
seving a hot beverage
Ursine
\er-sin\ adj : of, relating to, or
resembling a bear
 Usurp
\yu-serp\ v : take by force and without
right—usurpation n. –usurper, n.

Utopian
\pe-an\ n 1: a believer in the
perfectibility of human society 2: one
that proposes or advocates utopian
schemes

Uvula
\yu-vye-la\ n, pl –las or –lae \-le, -li\ :
the fleshy lobe hanging at the back of the
roof of the mouth- uvular\ler\ adj

Uxorious
\ek-sor-e-es\ adj: excessively devoted or
submissive to a wife