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touching, prep. respecting, concerning, regarding.
touchstone, n. criterion, test; basanite, Lydian stone.
touchwood, n. punk, tinder, agaric, s.p.u.n.k.
touchy, a. irascible, irritable, petulant, testy, choleric, snappish.
tough, a. tenacious, unyielding; cohesive, adhesive; obdurate, refractory, stubborn; (Colloq.) difficult, arduous, hard.
tour, n. journey, trip, excursion, expedition.
tousled, a. (Colloq.) disordered, disheveled.
toweling, n. crash.
tower, n. steeple, campanile, minaret, spire, belfry, turret, cupola, dome; tourelle, barbican, pylon, martello tower; castle, citadel, donjon, keep, fortress.
tower, v. overtop, rise above.
toy, n. gimcrack, plaything, trinket, kickshaw, bauble, teetotum, gewgaw.
trace, n. vestige, sign, impression.
track, n. trace, vestige, footprint, footmark, foil; spoor; wake, trail.
tract, n. a.s.sociated Words: colporteur, colportage.
trade, n. commerce, barter, traffic, business; handicraft.
a.s.sociated Words: technical, technology, technicals, technicality, technological, polytechnic, polytechnics, vocational, Mercury.
trade, v. exchange, barter, traffic, swap (Colloq.).
trader, n. trafficker, dealer, merchant, tradesman, monger.
tradesman, n. trader, merchant; artisan, craftsman, mechanic, journeyman, handicraftsman.
trading, a. commercial, mercantile; venal, corrupt, jobbing.
trail, n. train; track, wake, spoor, footmark, foil, trace.
trailing, a. proc.u.mbent, prostrate. Antonyms: upright, erect.
train, n. retinue, suite, attendants; series, chain.
train, v. discipline, nurture, drill; accustom, habituate, familiarize.
trained, a. skilled, practiced, disciplined, competent. Antonym: untrained.
training, n. discipline, nurture, drilling, exercise.
traitorous, a. perfidious, treasonable, recreant, faithless.
tramp, v. march, trudge, plod.
tramp, n. vagrant, vagabond, landloper, walleteer, nomad, hobo, derelict.
trample, v. crush; scorn, spurn, disregard.
transaction, n. procedure, affair, deal, business.
transform, v. transfigure, metamorphose; trans.m.u.te.
transformation, n. transfiguration, metamorphosis; trans.m.u.tation.
transgress, v. violate, infringe, disregard.
transgression, n. violation, infringement, infraction.
transient, a. fleeting, transitory, temporary, impermanent.
translate, v. construe, render, interpret.
translation, n. rendering, interpretation.
transmogrify, v. (Colloq.) transform, metamorphose.
transparency, n. diaphaneity, translucency. Antonyms: opacity, intransparency.
transparent, a. diaphanous, translucent, pellucid. Antonyms: opaque, intransparent.
trap, n. snare, toil, gin, springe, pitfall; artifice, stratagem.
trap, v. entrap, ensnare, trapan, catch.
trapdoor, n. hatchway.
trappings, n. pl. decorations, paraphernalia, frippery, gear, rigging, ornaments; caparisons, accouterments.
traps, n. pl. See things.
trash, n. rubbish, refuse, trumpery.
trashy, a. trumpery, rubbishy, waste.
travel, v. journey, itinerate, peregrinate.
travel, n. journey, tour, peregrination.
