5 letter word starting with tal

Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words
taled noun A kind of quadrangular piece of cloth put on by the Jews when repeating prayers in the synagogues.
tales noun Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or about the courthouse, to make up any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned, being like, or such as, the latter., The writ by which such persons are summoned.
tally noun Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept., Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in duplicate., One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate., A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game., A tally shop. See Tally shop, below., To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit., To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard., To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match., To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game., Stoutly; with spirit.
talma noun A kind of large cape, or short, full cloak, forming part of the dress of ladies., A similar garment worn formerly by gentlemen.
talon noun The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey., One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant’s tooth., A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; — usually called an ogee., The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
taluk noun A large estate; esp., one constituting a revenue district or dependency the native proprietor of which is responsible for the collection and payment of the public revenue due from it.
talpa noun A genus of small insectivores including the common European mole.
talus noun The astragalus., A variety of clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). See the Note under Talipes., A slope; the inclination of the face of a work., A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.