tense up
- v become tense, nervous, or uneasy
- v cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
tergiversate
- v be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
- v abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
terminate
- v bring to an end or halt
The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I - v have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed - v be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
- v terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
The company terminated 25% of its workers
terrasse
- v provide (a house) with a terrace
We terrassed the country house
territorialise
- v organize as a territory
- v place on a territorial basis
- v extend by adding territory
territorialize
- v organize as a territory
- v place on a territorial basis
The railways were territorialized - v extend by adding territory
terrorise
- v coerce by violence or with threats
- v fill with terror; frighten greatly
terrorize
- v coerce by violence or with threats
- v fill with terror; frighten greatly
tessellate
- v fit together exactly, of identical shapes
triangles tessellate - v tile with tesserae
tessellate the kitchen floor
theologise
- v treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character
- v make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects
theologize
- v treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character
- v make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects
theorize
- v to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
- v construct a theory about
Galileo theorized the motion of the stars - v form or construct theories
he thinks and theorizes all day
thicken
- v make thick or thicker
- v become thick or thicker
The sauce thickened - v make viscous or dense
thicken the sauce by adding flour