twelve, n. dozen.  Associated Words:  dodecagon, dodecahedral, dodecahedron, duodecimal, duodecimfid, duodecimo, duodecuple, duodenary.

twenty, n. score.  Associated Words:  vicenary, vigesimal, vigesimation, icosahedron.

twenty years.  Associated Word:  vicennial.

twig, n. spray, branch, sprig, switch.

twilight, n. dusk, evening.  Associated Words:  crepuscular, crepusculous.

twine, v. entwine, encircle, wreathe.

twinkle, v. blink, wink; flash, sparkle, scintillate.

twinkling, n. sparkling, scintillation, flash, twinkle.

twist, v. contort, writhe, squirm, convolve, pervert, coil, wrench, distort.

twisted, a. contorted, awry, tortuous, coiled, perverted.

twisting, n. contortion, convolution, writhing, torsion, wrench, distortion, perversion.

twit, v. taunt, upbraid, reproach.

twitch, n. jerk; twitching, vellication.—­v. jerk, snatch, vellicate.

twitter, n. chirp, chirrup.

two, n. couple, pair, brace, doublet, dyad, team, span, twain; twins.  Associated Words:  dual, duality, double, dualism, duplex, duplicate, duplication, bifarious, binary, dimidiate, dimidiation, duet, dialogue, duarchy, bisect, bisection, halve.

two bodies.  Associated Word:  bicorporal.

two colors.  Associated Words:  dichromatic, dichromatism, dichromic.

two-faced, a.  Janus-faced, bifacial.

two fingers.  Associated Word:  bidigitate.

twofold, a. double, duplicate.

two-footed, a. biped.

two-footed animal. biped.

two-forked, a. bifurcated, bifurcate, dichotomous.

two-handed, a. bimanous; ambidextrous.

two-handed animals.  Bimana.

two-headed, a. bicephalous.

two hundred years.  Associated Words:  bicentenary, bicentennial.

two languages.  Associated Words:  bilingual, diglot, bilingualism, bilinguist.

two-legged, a. biped.

two letters.  Associated Words:  biliteral, biliteralism, diphthong, digraph, duoliteral.

two months.  Associated Word:  bi-monthly.

two parties.  Associated Words:  bipartisan, bipartisanship.

two parts.  Associated Words:  bipartible, bipartite, bipartition, bipartient, bisect, bisection.

two poles.  Associated Words:  bipolar, bipolarity.

two-sided, a. double-faced, bilateral.

two weeks, fortnight.  Associated Words:  bi-weekly, fortnightly.

two years.  Associated Words:  biennial, biennially.

type, n. symbol, token, representation; model, exemplar, phototype, archetype.  Antonyms:  antitype, variant, monstrosity.

typesetter, n. compositor; typograph (machine).

typhoid fever. enteric fever.

typical, a. emblematical, prefigurative, representative, indicative.  Antonyms:  atypical, abnormal, variant, unique.