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tabby    a domestic cat with a striped and mottled coat

tactful     a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations

               with others

tantrum     a fit of bad temper

tapestry     hanged carpets

tarantula    

tartan

tarradiddle

tattoo

tawny

tentacles

terse     smoothly elegant and concise

throng     a crowding together of many persons

thrusting     pushing or lunging with a pointed weapon

Mr. Tibbles    cat belonging to Arabella Figg

touchy     readiness to take offense on the slightest provocation

transfiguration     a change in form or appearance

trapeze

treacle     molasses

tremulous     characterized by trembling or tremors

trepidation     apprehension or fear

trivial     of little worth or importance

troll    a dwarf or giant in Teutonic folklore inhabiting caves or hills

tumult    a disorderly crowd  milling about with disorder and confusion

tumultous      adjective form of tumult

twitch     to move or pull with a sudden movement