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Ta
- ta- (Greek: to stretch)
- tabe-, tab- (Latin: waste away, decaying, languishing)
- tacho-, tachy- (fast, speed, swift) dictionary words: acestachy to tachyzoite, part 1 of 1.
- tacit-, taci-, tace- (Latin: silent, silence; unspoken; quiet)
- taenio-, taeni- (Greek > Latin: ribbon, band, stripe; tapeworm)
- talo-, tal- (Latin: the ankle, anklebone)
- talpi-, talp- (Latin: mole)
- tandem (Latin: at length; in the sense of "lengthwise, one behind the other")
- tang-, tact-, ting-, -tig -tag, -teg- (Latin: touch, reach, handle)
- tapho-, taph-, -taphia (Greek: burial, grave; tomb; funeral)
- tapino-, tapin- (Greek: low, humble, abject, poor)
- tarax-, tarac- (Greek > Latin: disturbed; confusion, disturbance, trouble)
- tarso-, tars- (Greek > Latin: ankle, tarsal plate of the eyelid [from Greek tarsos, frame of wickerwork; broad, flat surface, as also in tarsos podos, the flat of the foot, instep of the foot; the edge of the eyelid])
- tau (Greek: the nineteenth letter of the Greek alphabet)
- tauro-, taur-, tauri- (Greek > Latin: bull)
- tauto- (Greek: same)
- taxi- (Latin > French: device for calculating a distance traveled [in a vehicle for hire] and the corresponding fare due)
- taxi-, tax-, taxo-, taxio-, -taxia, -taxis, -taxy, tact-, -tactic, -tactical, -tactics (Greek: arrangement, order, put in order)
Te
- -te, -t, -tes; a suffix (Greek: that which)
- techno-, -techny (art, skill, craft): agrotechnology to zymotechnology
- tecno-, tecn-, tekno- (Greek: child)
- tecto-, tect- (Greek: carpenter, builder)
- tecto-, tect- (Latin: roof)
- teg-, tecto-, tect- (Latin: to cover)
- tele-, tel-, telo-, -telic, -telical (Greek: far away, far off, at a distance)
- teleo-, tel-, telo- (Greek: end, last; result, completion, perfection, fulfillment)
- telluri-, tellur- (Latin: earth)
- telmato-, telmat-, telmi-, telm- (Greek: marsh, pool, standing or stagnent water; mud of a pool)
- temno-, temn- (Greek: to cut, cutting; literally, a piece cut off)
- temno-, temn-, tempt- (Latin: despise, scorn, distain)
- tempo-, tempor- (Latin: time, occasion)
- temporo-, tempor- (Latin: side of the head near the eye; temple)
- ten-, tent-, tin-, -tain, -tainment, -tenance, -tinence (Latin: hold, grasp, have)
- tendo-, tend- (Greek > Latin: tendon, sinew [related to "stretch, move in a certain direction"])
- tendo-, tens (stretch, tension) dictionary words: atonic to monotonous, part 1 of 2.
- tendo-, tens (stretch, tension) dictionary words: ostensible to tone, part 2 of 2.
- teno-, tenon-, tenonto-, tenont-, ten- (Greek: tendon, sinew [related to "move in a certain direction, stretch"])
- tentacu-, tentac- (Late Latin: feeler)
- tephro- (Greek: ash-gray; volcanic material such as ash, dust, cinders, etc.)
- -ter (Greek: a suffix; means of, place for)
- tera- [TE ruh] (Greek: "monster, marvel"; a decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurements)
- terato-, terata-, terat-, tera- (Greek > Latin: marvel, omen, monster; malformation)
- terce-, ter- (Latin: third, thrice)
- tereno-, teren- (Greek: smooth, soft, delicate)
- tereto-, teret-, tereti- (Latin: smooth, rounded off, well-turned; elegant)
- term-, termin- (Latin: end, last, final, boundary)
- terr-, -ter (Latin: earth, dry land, land)
- terri- (Latin: frightful; literally, causing terror)
- territo-, territ- (Latin: district, domain)
- terti-, tern-, ter- (Latin: third; three each; three times)
- tessara-, tessera- (four; cube) dictionary words: tessara to tesseratomy, part 1 of 1.
- testi- (witness; oval male gonad) dictionary words: attest to testosterone, part 1 of 1.
- testi-, test- (Latin: a witness, one who stands by; testicle, one of the two oval male gonads supported in the scrotum by its tissues and suspended by the spermatic cord)
- tetano-, tetan-, tetani- (Greek: tension, especially a convulsive tension; muscle spasm or tetanus, an infectious disease characterized by muscle spasms)
- tetarto-, tetart- (Greek: one fourth)
- tetra-, tetr- (Greek: four; a number used as a prefix)
Th
- thalamo-, thalam- (Greek > Latin: inner room; thalamus, the middle part of the diencephalon that relays sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex)
- thalasso-, thalass-, thalassi-, thalassio-, thalatto-, thalatt- (Greek: sea)
- thallo-, thall-, thal-, thalli- (Greek: young branch, shoot; thallus, a simple-plant body with undifferentiated root, stem, and leaf)
- thamno-, thamn- (Greek: bush, shrub)
- thanato-, -thanasia (death, dead) dictionary words: apothanasia to thanatotyphus, part 1 of 1.
- thaumato-, thaumat- (Greek: wonder, wondrous thing; miracle; a thing to look at; sight, spectacle)
- The Blind Men and the Elephant
- The planet earth, words from myths.
- The planet Jupiter, words from myths.
- The planet Mars (Ares), god of war, words from myths.
- the- (Latin: placing, setting; place, put)
- theco-, thec-, the-, theca-, theci-, -thecial, -thecae, -thecas, -thecium, -theca, -thec, -thecal, -thecial, -thecae, -thecas, -thecs, -tecs [plural] (Greek: case, capsule, sheath, container, receptacle [also: a placing, a setting, a putting]; "a place where" something is kept)
- thelo-, thel-, thele- (Greek: teat, teats, nipple, nipples)
- thely- (Greek: feminine, female, females; daughter, daughters)
- theo-, the-, -theism, -theist, -theistic (Greek [theorein, theoria]; Latin [theoria]: looking at, contemplation, speculation; viewing)
- theo-,-theism (God, god, deity) dictionary words: allotheism to ochlotheocracy, part 1 of 4.
- theo-,-theism (God, god, deity) dictionary words: panentheism to theody, part 2 of 4.
- theo-,-theism (God, god, deity) dictionary words: theogamy to theomorphic, part 3 of 4.
- theo-,-theism (God, god, deity) dictionary words: theonomy to zootheology, part 4 of 4.
- therap-, -therapy (heal, cure, treatment) dictionary words: actinotherapy to gerontotherapy, part 1 of 4.
- therap-, -therapy (heal, cure, treatment) dictionary words: hagiotherapy to ionotherapy, part 2 of 4.
- therap-, -therapy (heal, cure, treatment) dictionary words: kedotherapy to psychrotherapy, part 3 of 4.
- therap-, -therapy (heal, cure, treatment) dictionary words: radiotherapy to zonetherapy, part 4 of 4.
- therio-, -theria (animal, wild beast) dictionary words: arsinoitherium to Titanothere [plus 4 pix], part 1 of 1.
- thermo-, -thermy (heat, hot, warm) dictionary words: acrohypothermy to geothermometry, part 1 of 6.
- thermo-, -thermy (heat, hot, warm) dictionary words: haematothermia to synthermal, part 2 of 6.
- thermo-, -thermy (heat, hot, warm) dictionary words: tectonothermal to thermobiology, part 3 of 6.
- thermo-, -thermy (heat, hot, warm) dictionary words: thermocauterectomy to thermogravimeter, part 4 of 6.
- thermo-, -thermy (heat, hot, warm) dictionary words: thermohaline to thermophyte, part 5 of 6.
- thermo-, -thermy (heat, hot, warm) dictionary words: thermopile to xerothermic, part 6 of 6.
- thesaur- (Greek > Latin: treasure, treasury, storehouse, chest; a treasury of words)
- theta (Greek: the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet)
- thigmo-, thig-, thixo- (Greek: touch, a touching)
- thino-, thini-, thin- (Greek > Latin: sand bank, sand dunes; shore)
- thio-, thi-, thion- (Greek: brimstone, sulfur)
- thoraco-, thorac-, thoracico-, -thoracic (Greek: thorax, chest [part of the body between the neck and the abdomen; "breastplate, breast, chest"])
- threpso-, threps- (Greek: nutrition, nourishment)
- thrombo-, thromb- (Greek: clot, lump; aggregation of blood factors)
- thygatro-, thygatr-, thygatri-, thygater- (Greek: daughter)
- thyla- (Greek: pouch, sack)
- thymo-, thym- (Greek: aromatic herb of the genus Thymus; spirit; breath, smoke; mind, emotions)
- thyro-, thyr-, thyre-, thyreo-, thyroid-, thyroido-, -thyrea, -thyreosis, -thyroidism, -thyroid (Greek: pertaining to the thyroid gland)
Ti
- tibio-, tibi- (Latin: [larger] shinbone)
- tigri-, tigr-, tiger (Greek > Latin > Old French: swift animal)
- tillo-, till- (Greek: to pluck, tear, pull)
- timi-, tim- (Latin: to fear; faint-hearted, cowardly)
- tipho-, tiph-, tiphi- (Greek: pool, pond, marsh, swamp)
- titano-, titan- (Greek > Latin: any person or thing of enormous size or power)
- titillo-, titill- (Latin: tickling)
To
- toco-,toc-, toko-, tok-, -toky, -tocia, -tokia (Greek: childbirth, delivery, offspring; that which is brought forth)
- tolerat- (Greek > Latin: to bear, support, endure)
- -tom, -toma, -tomic, -tomize, -tome, -tomical, -tomically, -tomist, -tomous, -tomy (Greek: often used as a suffix; cut, incision; section)
- tonitro-, tonitru- (Latin: thunder)
- tono- (Greek: tension, pressure)
- tono-, ton-, -tonia, -tonic, -tonous, -tony (Latin: sound, tone; [from Greek tonos, "that which is stretched, a stretching, a straining, pitch of the voice, musical note"])
- tonsillo-, tonsill- (Latin: small rounded mass of tissue, especially of lymphoid tissue; tonsil)
- topo-, top-, -topia, -topy, -topism, -topic (Greek: place, a position, region, local, localized)
- torp- (Latin: stupor, numb, sluggish)
- tors-, tort-, tortu-, torqu- (Latin: bend, curve, turn, twist)
- toxico-, toxic-, toxi-, tox-, toxin-, -toxically, -toxaemia, -toxemia, -toxaemic, -toxemic, -toxical, -toxy, -toxis, -toxicosis, -toxism, -toxia, -toxin, -toxicity (Greek: poison)
- toxo- (Greek: bow, arrow)
Tr
- tra-, tract-, trac-, -tractive, -traction, -tracting, treat-, trai- (Latin: drag, draw together)
- trachelo-, trachel- (Greek: neck, throat, cervix)
- tracheo-, trache- (Greek: windpipe; originally, "rough" artery)
- trachy-, trach- (Greek: rough)
- tragico-, tragi-, trago-, trag- (Greek: goat)
- trans-, tran-, tra- (Latin: across, through, over, beyond, on the far side of; used as a prefix)
- traumato-, traumat-, trauma-, traum-, -traumatic, -traumatically, -trauma (Greek > Latin: wound, bodily injury)
- tremo-, tremor- (Latin: trembling, shaking)
- trepid- (Latin: agitated, alarmed, restless, anxious, solicitous; consternation)
- treto-, tret- (Greek: to bore, to perforate)
- tri-(three, thrice, threefold) dictionary words: triact to tricycle, part 1 of 4.
- tri-(three, thrice, threefold) dictionary words: tridactyl to trimorphous, part 2 of 4.
- tri-(three, thrice, threefold) dictionary words: trinal to trisyllable, part 3 of 4.
- tri-(three, thrice, threefold) dictionary words: tritagonist to trixenous, part 4 of 4.
- tribo-, trib- (Greek: friction, rub, rubbing, grind, wear away; spend, waste time; be busy)
- tricho-, trich-, -tricha, -trichia, -trichan, -trichic, -trichosis, -trichous, -thrix, -trichum, -trichy (Greek: hair)
- trigono-, trigon- (Greek: triangular)
- triplo-, tripl- (Greek: triple, threefold; used as a prefix)
- -tripsy, -tripsis, -tripic (Greek: often used as a suffix; crush; from Greek, "massage, rub, rubbing, friction, grind")
- trismo-, trism- Greek: a gnashing, grating, grinding; lockjaw)
- triste-, tristi- (Latin: sad, gloomy, melancholia)
- trit- (Latin: tritus, past participle of terere, to rub; thresh, grind; to wear away)
- trito-, trit- (Greek: third; a number used as a prefix)
- -trix (Latin: a suffix; woman)
- trocho-, troch- (Greek: that which is round[ed]; wheel, disk)
- troglo-, trogl- (Greek: cave; thriving in caves; cave dweller)
- -tron, -tronic (Greek: a suffix; device, instrument; more generally, used in the names of any kind of chamber or apparatus used in experiments)
- tropho-, troph-, -trophy, -trophs, -trophically, -trophic, -trophous (Greek: food, nutrition, nourishment; development)
- tropo-, trop-, -tropal, -trope(s)
- trud-, -trude, trus-, -trusion (Latin: thrust, push)
- -trum (Latin: a suffix; result of the act of, means of)
- trypano-, trypan- (Greek: auger, borer; parasitic protozoa)
Tu
- tuber-, tuberi- (Latin: swelling, node)
- -tude (Latin: a suffix; state, quality, condition of)
- tum-, tume- (Latin: swelling, to swell)
- turb-, turbin- (Latin: turmoil, commotion, disorderly, agitated, confusion; whirl, whirlwind)
- tuss- (Latin: cough)
Ty
- tycho- (Greek: accident, chance, fortune, fate, providence)
- tylo-, tyl- (Greek: a knob; callus, callous, callosity)
- tympano-, tympan-, tympani- (Greek: drum, kettledrum; from "blow, impression, to beat")
- typhlo-, typhl- (Greek: blind, blindness [typhlos, blind]; denotes relationship to the cecum or the first part of the large intestine, forming a dilated pouch; also called the "blindgut" or "blind intestine" [caecum, "blind, blind gut", typhlon, cecum])
- typho-, typh-, -typhoidal (smoke, mist, vapor, cloud, fog; in medicine, fever accompanied by stupor or a clouding of the mind resulting from a fever) dictionary words: antityphoid to typhus, part 1 of 1.
- typhoni-, typhon- (Greek > Latin: whirlwind, tempest)
- typo-, typ-, -type (Greek: a blow; impression; a mold)
- tyranni-, tyrann-, tyran- (Greek > Latin: an absolute ruler, oppressor, dctator)
- tyro-, tiro- (Latin: beginner, novice [also, originally, a "young soldier" or "recruit"])
- tyro-, tyr- (Greek: cheese)
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