| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| tabard | noun | A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds. |
| tabefy | verb t. | To cause to waste gradually, to emaciate. |
| taberd | noun | See Tabard. |
| tabler | noun | One who boards., One who boards others for hire. |
| tablet | noun | A small table or flat surface., A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture., Hence, a small picture; a miniature., A kind of pocket memorandum book., A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague., A solid kind of electuary or confection, commonly made of dry ingredients with sugar, and usually formed into little flat squares; — called also lozenge, and troche, especially when of a round or rounded form. |
| tabour | noun & verb | See Tabor. |
| tabret | noun | A taboret. |
| tabula | noun | A table; a tablet., One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids. |
| tacaud | noun | The bib, or whiting pout. |
| tacked | imp. & past participle | of Tack |
| tacker | noun | One who tacks. |
| tacket | noun | A small, broad-headed nail. |
| tackey | adjective & noun | See Tacky. |
| tackle | noun | Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block., Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons., The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used., To supply with tackle., To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon., To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game., To begin to deal with; as, to tackle the problem. |
| tactic | adjective | Alt. of Tactical, See Tactics. |
| taenia | noun | A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm., A band; a structural line; — applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain., The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave. |
| tagged | imp. & past participle | of Tag |
| tagger | noun | One who, or that which, appends or joins one thing to another., That which is pointed like a tag., Sheets of tin or other plate which run below the gauge., A device for removing taglocks from sheep. |
| taglet | noun | A little tag. |
| taglia | noun | A peculiar combination of pulleys. |
| taguan | noun | A large flying squirrel (Pteromys petuarista). Its body becomes two feet long, with a large bushy tail nearly as long. |
| tailed | adjective | Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; — chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc. |
| taille | noun | A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood., Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects., The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola. |
| tailor | noun | One whose occupation is to cut out and make men’s garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies’ outer garments., The mattowacca; — called also tailor herring., The silversides., The goldfish., To practice making men’s clothes; to follow the business of a tailor. |
| tajacu | noun | Alt. of Tajassu |
| takend | past participle | of Take |
| taking | present participle & vb. noun | of Take, Apt to take; alluring; attracting., Infectious; contageous., The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension., Agitation; excitement; distress of mind., Malign influence; infection. |
| talbot | noun | A sort of dog, noted for quick scent and eager pursuit of game. |
| talent | verb t. | Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was £243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180., Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93/ lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from £340 to £396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels., Inclination; will; disposition; desire., Intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents (Matt. xxv. 14-30). |
| talion | noun | Retaliation. |
| talked | imp. & past participle | of Talk |
| talker | noun | One who talks; especially, one who is noted for his power of conversing readily or agreeably; a conversationist., A loquacious person, male or female; a prattler; a babbler; also, a boaster; a braggart; — used in contempt or reproach. |
| tallow | noun | The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting., The fat of some other animals, or the fat obtained from certain plants, or from other sources, resembling the fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds., To grease or smear with tallow., To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; as, tallow sheep. |
| talmas | plural | of Talma |
| talmud | noun | The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch. |
| talook | noun | Alt. of Taluk |
| tambac | noun | See Tombac. |
| taming | present participle & vb. noun | of Tame |
| tamely | adverb | In a tame manner. |
| tamias | noun | A genus of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk. |
| tamine | noun | Alt. of Taminy |
| taminy | noun | A kind of woolen cloth; tammy. |
| tamkin | noun | A tampion. |
| tamped | imp. & past participle | of Tamp |
| tampan | noun | A venomous South African tick. |
| tamper | noun | One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed., An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron., To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease., To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing., To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery. |
| tampoe | noun | The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple. |
| tampon | noun | A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of medicine., To plug with a tampon. |
| tanned | imp. & past participle | of Tan |
| tanate | noun | An Asiatic wild dog (Canis procyonoides), native of Japan and adjacent countries. It has a short, bushy tail. Called also raccoon dog. |
| tandem | adverb & adjective | One after another; — said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before another, instead of abreast., A team of horses harnessed one before the other. |
| tanged | imp. & past participle | of Tang |
| tangle | noun | To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel., To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies., To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle., Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp., A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively., An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, — used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea. |
| tangly | adjective | Entangled; intricate., Covered with tangle, or seaweed. |
| tangue | noun | The tenrec. |
| tangun | noun | A piebald variety of the horse, native of Thibet. |
| tanier | noun | An aroid plant (Caladium sagittaefolium), the leaves of which are boiled and eaten in the West Indies. |
| tanist | noun | In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of a castle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry. |
| tanite | noun | A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement, used for making grinding wheels, slabs, etc. |
| tankia | noun | See Tanka. |
| tanner | noun | One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan. |
| tannic | adjective | Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan; as, tannic acid. |
| tannin | noun | Same as Tannic acid, under Tannic. |
| tanrec | noun | Same as Tenrec. |
| taoism | noun | One of the popular religions of China, sanctioned by the state. |
| tapped | imp. & past participle | of Tap |
| tapeti | noun | A small South American hare (Lepus Braziliensis). |
| tapish | verb i. | To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one’s self. |
| tappen | noun | An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other animals during hibernation. |
| tapper | noun | The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); — called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer. |
| tappet | noun | A lever or projection moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended to tap or touch something else, with a view to produce change or regulate motion. |
| tappis | verb i. | See Tapish. |
| tarred | imp. & past participle | of Tar |
| taring | present participle & vb. noun | of Tare, The common tern; — called also tarret, and tarrock. |
| target | noun | A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war., A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile., The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target., The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff., A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal. |
| targum | noun | A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect. |
| tariff | noun | A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff; a protective tariff; Clay’s compromise tariff. (U. S. 1833)., The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; as, the tariff on wool; a tariff of two cents a pound., Any schedule or system of rates, changes, etc.; as, a tariff of fees, or of railroad fares., To make a list of duties on, as goods. |
| tarpan | noun | A wild horse found in the region of the Caspian Sea. |
| tarpon | noun | Same as Tarpum. |
| tarpum | noun | A very large marine fish (Megapolis Atlanticus) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. It often becomes six or more feet in length, and has large silvery scales. The scales are a staple article of trade, and are used in fancywork. Called also tarpon, sabalo, savanilla, silverfish, and jewfish. |
| tarras | noun | See Trass. |
| tarsal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the tarsus (either of the foot or eye)., A tarsal bone or cartilage; a tarsale., Same as Tercel. |
| tarsel | noun | A male hawk. See Tercel. |
| tarsia | noun | Alt. of Tarsiatura |
| tarso- | A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tarsus; as, tarsometatarsus. | |
| tarsus | noun | The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones., A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; — called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate., The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints. |
| tartan | noun | Woolen cloth, checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands of various colors, much worn in the Highlands of Scotland; hence, any pattern of tartan; also, other material of a similar pattern., A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib. |
| tartar | noun | A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; — called also argol, wine stone, etc., A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime., A native or inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin, inhabiting the Russian Europe; — written also, more correctly but less usually, Tatar., A person of a keen, irritable temper., Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars., See Tartarus. |
| tartly | adverb | In a tart manner; with acidity. |
| tasked | imp. & past participle | of Task |
| tasker | noun | One who imposes a task., One who performs a task, as a day-laborer., A laborer who receives his wages in kind. |
| taslet | noun | A piece of armor formerly worn to guard the things; a tasse. |
| tassel | noun | A male hawk. See Tercel., A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel., A pendent ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose threads or cords., The flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent., A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be put between the leaves., A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers; — rarely used in the United States., To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels., To adorn with tassels. |
| tasset | noun | A defense for the front of the thigh, consisting of one or more iron plates hanging from the belt on the lower edge of the corselet. |
| tasted | imp. & past participle | of Taste |
| taster | noun | One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its quality., That in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like., One of a peculiar kind of zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They somewhat resemble the feeding zooids, but are destitute of mouths. See Siphonophora. |
| tatter | noun | One who makes tatting., A rag, or a part torn and hanging; — chiefly used in the plural., To rend or tear into rags; — used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective. |
| tattle | verb i. | To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat., To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; as, a tattling girl., Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate. |
| tattoo | noun | A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp., To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out., An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; — a mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by sailors. |
| taught | adjective | See Taut., imp. & p. p. of Teach., of Teach |
| taurus | noun | The Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of April; — marked thus [/] in almanacs., A zodiacal constellation, containing the well-known clusters called the Pleiades and the Hyades, in the latter of which is situated the remarkably bright Aldebaran., A genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle. |
| tautog | noun | An edible labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and moll. |
| tavern | noun | A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in small quantities. |
| tawing | present participle & vb. noun | of Taw |
| tawdry | superl. | Bought at the festival of St. Audrey., Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers; tawdry colors., A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey’s fair; hence, a necklace in general. |
| tawery | noun | A place where skins are tawed. |
| taxing | present participle & vb. noun | of Tax |
| taxine | noun | A poisonous alkaloid of bitter taste extracted from the leaves and seeds of the European yew (Taxus baccata). Called also taxia. |
| tammuz | noun | A deity among the ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual lamentation. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the Phoenician Adon, or Adonis., The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, — supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July. |