swordbill
The sword-billed hummingbird, Ensifera ensifera, with a slender bill longer than the length of its bird.

swordbills
plural of swordbill

swordblade
The blade of a sword

swordblades
plural of swordblade

swordboat
A swordfishing boat.

swordboats
plural of swordboat

swordbreaker
Alternative form of sword-breaker.

swordbreakers
plural of swordbreaker

swordbrothers
plural of swordbrother

swordcraft
Knowledge of or skill in the use of the sword or swordplay.
Management by the sword, military skill, or military power; military compulsion.

sworde
Obsolete spelling of sword.

sworded
Wearing or carrying a sword.

sworders
plural of sworder

swordery
Swordplay; sword fighting or swordsmanship.

swordes
plural of sworde

swordfight
A fight or duel using swords.

swordfighters
plural of swordfighter

swordfighting
Alternative form of sword fighting.

swordfightings
plural of swordfighting

swordfights
plural of swordfight

swordfisheries
plural of swordfishery

swordfisherman
A fisherman who fishes for swordfish.

swordfishermen
plural of swordfisherman

swordfishery
A fishery specifically dealing with swordfish.

swordie
A swordfish.

swordies
plural of swordie

swording
Slashing or fighting with a sword.

swordlength
A distance equal to the length of a sword.

swordlengths
plural of swordlength

swordlessness
Lack of a sword.

swordlet
A little sword.

swordlets
plural of swordlet

swordmages
plural of swordmage

swordmakers
plural of swordmaker

swordmaking
The manufacture of swords.

swordman
A swordsman.

swordmanship
Alternative form of swordsmanship.

swordmaster
An expert or consummate swordfighter.

swordmasters
plural of swordmaster

swordmen
plural of swordman

swordmistress
A female expert or consummate swordfighter.

swordmistresses
plural of swordmistress

swordplay
fighting with a sword

swordplayers
plural of swordplayer

swordplays
plural of swordplay

swordpoint
The point or tip of a sword.

swordpoints
plural of swordpoint

swords
plural of sword

swordslength
Alternative form of swordlength.

swordslengths
plural of swordslength

swordsmanship
the skill of using a sword

swordsmanships
plural of swordsmanship

swordsmaster
Alternative form of swordmaster.

swordsmasters
plural of swordsmaster

swordsmen
plural of swordsman

swordsmistress
Alternative form of swordmistress.

swordsmistresses
plural of swordsmistress

swordsmith
A maker of swords.

swordsmithing
the making of swords

swordsmiths
plural of swordsmith

swordspeople
plural of swordsperson

swordspersons
plural of swordsperson

swordsters
plural of swordster

swordsticks
plural of swordstick

swordstress
A female swordster.

swordstresses
plural of swordstress

swordswomanship
A woman's skill with a sword.

swordswomen
plural of swordswoman

swordtip
The tip of a sword.

swordtips
plural of swordtip

swordwork
Combat using a sword; swordplay.

symitar
Obsolete form of scimitar.

symitars
plural of symitar

systema
A Russian martial art, first appearing in the 1990s, involving a wide variety of fighting styles, including hand-to-hand combat, grappling, knife-fighting and firearms (with the specific elements usually dictated by the individual school).

tachi
A pre-katana style Japanese sword, characterized by a longer blade with more curvature.

tachimochi
A rikishi who participates in the dohyo-iri ceremony of a yokozuna by carrying a sword behind him.

tachis
plural of tachi

tagball
a game/sport similar to paintball, where one tags out opponents with rubber balls fired from air pistols or paintball guns, without the mess of paint, akin to dart tag

taiaha
A traditional Māori wooden staff weapon, used for short, sharp strikes or stabbing thrusts, usually decorated on one end.

taiahas
plural of taiaha

taijutsu
Japanese martial arts techniques that rely on a set of body movements without weapons.

tailshaft
A shaft that connects a propeller to its engine

tailshafts
plural of tailshaft

talwar
Alternative spelling of tulwar.

talwars
plural of talwar

tamahagane
A traditional Japanese steel made with ironsand and used to make swords, knives, etc.

tanto
A traditional Japanese small sword or knife; often used as a secondary weapon to a katana.

tantos
plural of tanto

tantou
Alternative form of tanto.

tantous
plural of tantou

tathlum
A slingstone used by the ancient Celts, made by mixing human brains with lime and allowing it to harden.

tchungke
Alternative form of chunkey.

tchungkee
Alternative form of chunkey.

tec
Alternative form of 'tec (“detective”).

tecs
plural of tec

teleforce
A proposed defensive weapon that would accelerate pellets or slugs of material to a high velocity inside a vacuum chamber via electrostatic repulsion and then fire them out of nozzles at a target.

tenotome
A slender knife used for tenotomy.

tenotomes
plural of tenotome

tercio
Any of the three stages of a bullfight: the vara, the banderilla and finally the death.
A mutually supportive infantry formation made up of pikemen, swordsmen and arquebusiers or musketeers.

tercios
plural of tercio

terraplene
Alternative form of terreplein.

terraplenes
plural of terraplene

terreplein
The sloping earthen embankment behind a defensive wall.
The level platform atop a wall, typically protected by a parapet and (strictly) distinguished from the slightly higher banquette used by its defenders.
Any level base used by artillery in the field.
Any earthen embankment with a broad level top, such as those used for a canal elevated above a valley floor.

terrepleins
plural of terreplein

tertiaries
plural of tertiary

terzetta
Alternative form of terzetto.
An old Italian flintlock pistol.

terzettas
plural of terzetta

tetrathlon
A contest with four successive events, usually showjumping, swimming, running and pistol shooting.

tetrathlons
plural of tetrathlon

tetrytol
A high explosive comprising a mixture of tetryl and TNT.

themeless
Without a theme.

thermobaric
Describing various weapons that use atmospheric oxygen to produce a blast wave of a significantly longer duration than those produced by condensed explosives.

thermobarics
plural of thermobaric

thermonuclear
Of, or relating to the fusion of atomic nuclei at high temperatures.
Of, or relating to the use of atomic weapons based on such fusion, especially as distinguished from those based on fission.

thermonuclears
plural of thermonuclear

throbber
A widget consisting of a static image that animates during execution of a task.
An erect penis.
A term of abuse.

throbbers
plural of throbber

throwdown
A fall, indicating defeat.
A weapon planted at a crime scene in order to mislead investigation, especially in situations where deadly force would only have been justified if the victim were armed. Also an untraceable weapon kept in readiness for such use.
A slam dunk.
A fight or brawl; or, a challenge or incitement to fight.
A performance by a rapper or DJ that is intended to be particularly hardcore or intense.
A type of hardcore dance in which a person violently clears a space for himself and appears to be ready to fight those around him, while making violent and erratic movements with his body.
A 250 ml bottle of beer.
A type of small firework that explodes with a loud noise when thrown violently onto the ground.

throwdowns
plural of throwdown

thunderstick
A gun or cannon, especially a rifle, as seen from the imagined perspective of an uncivilized person or an animal.
A narrow plastic balloon that is used as a promotional noise maker by hitting one against another.

thundersticks
plural of thunderstick

tige
A steel pin in early rifles.
A stem.

tiges
plural of tige

timebombs
plural of timebomb

tipitiwitchets
plural of tipitiwitchet

titipounamu
The rifleman (bird), Acanthisitta chloris.

toadsticker
A sword or large knife.

toadstickers
plural of toadsticker

toepick
Alternative form of toe pick.

toepicks
plural of toepick