Goats, carriages, flogging . . . ta! Welcome to the T section.
⚛ Units of the Week
Tachyon: a theoretical subatomic particle
Tael: a Chinese unit of weight
Tagmeme: the smallest unit of meaningful grammatical relation
Taka: a monetary unit of Bangladesh
Taler: a formerly used German coin
Tambala: a monetary unit of Malawi
Tanga: a former monetary unit of Tajikistan
Tardyon: a subatomic particle that travels slower than the speed of light
Tauon: an unstable lepton
Taxon: a unit of scientific classification
Telome: a structural unit of a vascular plant
Tenge: a monetary unit of Kazakhstan
Tenner: a ten-dollar bill
Tenpence: the sum of ten pennies
Tenpenny: worth tenpence
Terabyte: one trillion bytes
Teraflop: a measure of computing speed
Terawatt: one trillion watts
Ternary/Ternate/Ternion: a group of three
Tesla: a unit of magnetic induction
Tessera: a small square used in mosaic work
Teston: a former French coin
Tetrad: a group of four
Tetri: a monetary unit of the Republic of Georgia
Thebe: a monetary unit of Botswana
!!! Unexpected Words of the Week
Ta: an expression of gratitude
Tarantas: a Russian carriage
Tawpie: a foolish young person
Tawse: to flog
Tenesmus: an urgent but ineffectual effort to defecate or urinate
Teniasis: infestation with tapeworms
Tentoria: the internal skeletons of the heads of insects
Teratism: a malformed fetus
Thanatos: an instinctual desire for death
♡ Favorite Words of the Week
Syzygy: the configuration of the earth, moon, and sun lying in a straight line
Talaria: winged sandals worn by various figures of classical mythology
Tangency: the state of being in immediate physical contact
Tarn: a small mountain lake
Tartuffe: a hypocrite
Telluric: pertaining to the earth
Tertial: a flight feather of a bird's wing
Tachyon: a theoretical subatomic particle
Tael: a Chinese unit of weight
Tagmeme: the smallest unit of meaningful grammatical relation
Taka: a monetary unit of Bangladesh
Taler: a formerly used German coin
Tambala: a monetary unit of Malawi
Tanga: a former monetary unit of Tajikistan
Tardyon: a subatomic particle that travels slower than the speed of light
Tauon: an unstable lepton
Taxon: a unit of scientific classification
Telome: a structural unit of a vascular plant
Tenge: a monetary unit of Kazakhstan
Tenner: a ten-dollar bill
Tenpence: the sum of ten pennies
Tenpenny: worth tenpence
Terabyte: one trillion bytes
Teraflop: a measure of computing speed
Terawatt: one trillion watts
Ternary/Ternate/Ternion: a group of three
Tesla: a unit of magnetic induction
Tessera: a small square used in mosaic work
Teston: a former French coin
Tetrad: a group of four
Tetri: a monetary unit of the Republic of Georgia
Thebe: a monetary unit of Botswana
!!! Unexpected Words of the Week
Ta: an expression of gratitude
Tarantas: a Russian carriage
Tawpie: a foolish young person
Tawse: to flog
Tenesmus: an urgent but ineffectual effort to defecate or urinate
Teniasis: infestation with tapeworms
Tentoria: the internal skeletons of the heads of insects
Teratism: a malformed fetus
Thanatos: an instinctual desire for death
♡ Favorite Words of the Week
Syzygy: the configuration of the earth, moon, and sun lying in a straight line
Talaria: winged sandals worn by various figures of classical mythology
Tangency: the state of being in immediate physical contact
Tarn: a small mountain lake
Tartuffe: a hypocrite
Telluric: pertaining to the earth
Tertial: a flight feather of a bird's wing
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