Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
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. |