tongkang
A kind of light wooden boat used in the early 19th century to carry goods along rivers in Maritime Southeast Asia.
bumboat

tongkangs
plural of tongkang

tonneau
The rear body or compartment of some types of motor vehicle, especially one containing seats for passengers.
An old-style open passenger vehicle with a tonneau (rear compartment with seats).
Clipping of tonneau cover.

tonneaus
plural of tonneau

tonneaux
plural of tonneau

tonotaxis
Sensitivity to osmotic variation.

tonya
A trade broker in Japan, usually a wholesaler, warehouse manager, or shipment manager.

toofan
Obsolete form of typhoon.

toofans
plural of toofan

toothcare
The care and treatment of the teeth.

tophet
A Carthaginian monument associated with a cemetery for ritually sacrificed children.

tophets
plural of tophet

topicities
plural of topicity

topicity
The stereochemical relationship of substituents to a molecule and to each other

toplight
A lantern or light on the top of a vessel.
any light at the top of something
Alternative form of top light.

toplights
plural of toplight

topman
The man stationed in the top on a sailing vessel, responsible for the setting of the sails
The uppermost sawyer in a sawpit; a topsman.
A top, dom.

topmast
The highest mast in a fore-and-aft-rigged ship.
The mast below the topgallant mast in a square-rigged ship.

topmasts
plural of topmast

topmen
plural of topman

toposophy
A branch of ethnology that emphasizes the relationship between people and the place in which they live or from which they come.
The idea that any intellectual subject can be treated as an independent topos which can be described and understood in purely mathematical terms.
A fictional science dealing with the theoretical problems and possibilities of attempts to extend and amplify one's mental potential, i.e. via technology, whether by humans, artificial intelligence or extraterrestrials.

topsail
A sail or either of the two sails rigged just above the course sail and supported by the topmast on a square-rigged sailing ship.
In a fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat, the sail that is set above the gaff at the top part of the mast.

topsails
plural of topsail

topside
The side or part of something that is at the top.
The surface of a ship’s hull that is above the water line.
The structure and assembly of modules above the jacket or gravity base sub structure.
The structure and assembly of modules on the deck of any floating installation.
The outer side of a round of beef.

topsider
A boat shoe

topsiders
plural of topsider

topsides
plural of topside

torchship
A spacecraft propelled by a torch drive (“spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion”).
A spacecraft whose propulsion system has both very high thrust and very high specific impulse.

torchships
plural of torchship

torpids
A series of annual boat races held at Oxford University in Hilary Term.

tortoiseshell
The horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc.
The hawksbill turtle.
A domestic cat (or a rabbit, guinea-pig, etc.) whose fur has black, brown and yellow markings.
Any of several butterflies, mostly of the genera Nymphalis and Aglais that have similar markings.

torulene
A carotene responsible for the red colour in pea aphids.

totem
Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family; the representation of such an object or creature.
The clan whose kinship is defined in reference to such an object or creature.
A symbol or personification.
An arbitrarily chosen object serving as a reminder to check whether one is awake or not, to aid in having lucid dreams.
A tall object resembling a totem pole.

totems
plural of totem

touchdowns
plural of touchdown

touffan
Obsolete form of typhoon.

touffans
plural of touffan

touffon
Obsolete form of typhoon.

tour
A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
A street and road race, frequently multiday.
A set of competitions which make up a championship.
A tour of duty.
A closed trail.
A going round; a circuit.
A turn; a revolution.
A circuit of snooker tournaments

tourelle
A turret.

tourelles
plural of tourelle

tourer
An open-top or soft-top motor car suitable for touring.
A touring bicycle.

tourers
plural of tourer

tourgroup
Alternative form of tour group.

tourgroups
plural of tourgroup

tours
plural of tour

towball
A connector on a vehicle, like a tow bar but spherical, allowing for swivelling and articulation.

towballs
plural of towball

towboard
A board, typically fitted with survey equipment, towed behind a vessel
A skateboard or snowboard towed by a vehicle

towboards
plural of towboard

towboat
A tugboat.
A squat powerful boat designed to push barges.
A vessel constructed for being towed, such as a canal boat.
A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.

towboaters
plural of towboater

towboats
plural of towboat

towbodies
plural of towbody

towbody
An object towed behind an airborne or underwater vehicle, usually carrying scientific equipment.

towee
A vehicle, vessel, etc. being towed.

towees
plural of towee

towfish
An object towed behind a vessel in the water, carrying sonar equipment.

towfishes
plural of towfish

towline
A line or rope used for towing a vehicle or vessel.

towlines
plural of towline

towship
A ship used to tow other vessels.

towships
plural of towship

towtruck
Alternative form of tow truck.

towtrucks
plural of towtruck

toxinotype
Any strain of an organism that has a specific set of toxin genes

toxinotypes
plural of toxinotype

tph
Alternative letter-case form of TPH (“trains per hour”).

tracklaying
The work that involves putting the track in place.

trackman
A railway employee who inspects and maintains the permanent way of a railway installation.

trackmen
plural of trackman

trackplan
Alternative form of track plan.

trackplans
plural of trackplan

trackschuyt
Alternative form of trekschuit.

trackschuyts
plural of trackschuyt

trackscout
Alternative form of trekschuit.

trackscouts
plural of trackscout

trackway
A set of tracks or footprints left in soft ground by a human or animal, especially if fossilized.
Any of two or more narrow paths, of steel, smooth stone, or similar, set in the ground to aid the movement of wheeled vehicles.

trackways
plural of trackway

trackwoman
A female railway employee who inspects and maintains the permanent way of a railway installation.

trackwomen
plural of trackwoman

trackwork
Construction or maintenance of railroad tracks
The tracks and associated equipment of a railway line.
Practice in racing around a track

tractella
plural of tractellum

tractellum
An anterior locomotive flagellum.

tractor
A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
A movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging.
A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.
Any piece of machinery that pulls something.
An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.
A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.
A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.

tractors
plural of tractor

traderships
plural of tradership

tradings
plural of trading

tradpub
Synonym of trad-pub.

traductor
translator.
Anything that translates information from one format into a different format.
A long arm that is used to suspend a bag to be dropped onto a passing train and which retracts automatically be means of a spring when the bag is dropped.

traductors
plural of traductor

trafficability
A vehicle's ability to traverse a specified terrain.
A terrain's ability to support the movement of vehicles.