| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| tabacco | noun | Tobacco. |
| tabanus | noun | A genus of blood sucking flies, including the horseflies. |
| tabaret | noun | A stout silk having satin stripes, — used for furniture. |
| tabbies | plural | of Tabby |
| tabbied | imp. & past participle | of Tabby |
| tabetic | adjective | Of or pertaining to tabes; of the nature of tabes; affected with tabes; tabid., One affected with tabes. |
| tabific | adjective | Alt. of Tabifical |
| tabinet | noun | See Tabbinet. |
| tableed | imp. & past participle | of Table |
| tableau | noun | A striking and vivid representation; a picture., A representation of some scene by means of persons grouped in the proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and remaining silent and motionless. |
| tabling | noun | A forming into tables; a setting down in order., The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding., A broad hem on the edge of a sail., Board; support., Act of playing at tables. See Table, n., 10. |
| tabooed | imp. & past participle | of Taboo |
| tabored | imp. & past participle | of Tabor |
| taborer | noun | One who plays on the tabor. |
| taboret | noun | A small tabor. |
| tabrere | noun | A taborer. |
| tabulae | plural | of Tabula |
| tabular | adjective | Having the form of, or pertaining to, a table (in any of the uses of the word)., Having a flat surface; as, a tabular rock., Formed into a succession of flakes; laminated., Set in squares., Arranged in a schedule; as, tabular statistics., Derived from, or computed by, the use of tables; as, tabular right ascension. |
| tachina | noun | Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to Tachina and allied genera. Their larvae are external parasites of other insects. |
| tacking | present participle & vb. noun | of Tack, A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim. |
| tackled | imp. & past participle | of Tackle, Made of ropes tacked together. |
| taconic | adjective | Designating, or pertaining to, the series of rocks forming the Taconic mountains in Western New England. They were once supposed to be older than the Cambrian, but later proved to belong to the Lower Silurian and Cambrian. |
| tactics | noun | The science and art of disposing military and naval forces in order for battle, and performing military and naval evolutions. It is divided into grand tactics, or the tactics of battles, and elementary tactics, or the tactics of instruction., Hence, any system or method of procedure. |
| tactile | adjective | Of or pertaining to the organs, or the sense, of touch; perceiving, or perceptible, by the touch; capable of being touched; as, tactile corpuscles; tactile sensations. |
| taction | noun | The act of touching; touch; contact; tangency. |
| tactual | adjective | Of or pertaining to the sense, or the organs, of touch; derived from touch. |
| tadpole | noun | The young aquatic larva of any amphibian. In this stage it breathes by means of external or internal gills, is at first destitute of legs, and has a finlike tail. Called also polliwig, polliwog, porwiggle, or purwiggy., The hooded merganser. |
| taedium | noun | See Tedium. |
| taeniae | plural | of Taenia |
| taffeta | noun | Alt. of Taffety |
| taffety | noun | A fine, smooth stuff of silk, having usually the wavy luster called watering. The term has also been applied to different kinds of silk goods, from the 16th century to modern times. |
| tagging | present participle & vb. noun | of Tag |
| tagbelt | noun | Same as Tagsore. |
| taglock | noun | An entangled lock, as of hair or wool. |
| tag-rag | noun & adjective | The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail. |
| tagsore | noun | Adhesion of the tail of a sheep to the wool from excoriation produced by contact with the feces; — called also tagbelt. |
| tagtail | noun | A worm which has its tail conspicuously colored., A person who attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a hanger-on. |
| tahaleb | noun | A fox (Vulpes Niloticus) of Northern Africa. |
| tailage | noun | See Tallage. |
| tailing | noun | The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall., Same as Tail, n., 8 (a)., Sexual intercourse., The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff., The refuse part of stamped ore, thrown behind the tail of the buddle or washing apparatus. It is dressed over again to secure whatever metal may exist in it. Called also tails. |
| taillie | noun | Same as Tailzie. |
| tailpin | noun | The center in the spindle of a turning lathe. |
| tailzie | noun | An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted. |
| tainted | imp. & past participle | of Taint |
| tajassu | noun | The common, or collared, peccary. |
| take-in | noun | Imposition; fraud. |
| take-up | noun | That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch. |
| talaria | noun pl. | Small wings or winged shoes represented as fastened to the ankles, — chiefly used as an attribute of Mercury. |
| talcose | adjective | Alt. of Talcous |
| talcous | adjective | Of or pertaining to talc; composed of, or resembling, talc. |
| taleful | adjective | Full of stories. |
| talipes | noun | The deformity called clubfoot. See Clubfoot. |
| talipot | noun | A beautiful tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper. |
| talking | present participle & vb. noun | of Talk, That talks; able to utter words; as, a talking parrot., Given to talk; loquacious. |
| tallage | noun | Alt. of Talliage, To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage. |
| tallier | noun | One who keeps tally. |
| tallowy | adjective | Of the nature of tallow; resembling tallow; greasy. |
| tallies | plural | of Tally |
| tallied | imp. & past participle | of Tally |
| tallyho | interj. & noun | The huntsman’s cry to incite or urge on his hounds., A tallyho coach. |
| tamable | adjective | Capable of being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness or savage ferociousness. |
| tamandu | noun | A small ant-eater (Tamandua tetradactyla) native of the tropical parts of South America. |
| tamaric | noun | A shrub or tree supposed to be the tamarisk, or perhaps some kind of heath. |
| tamarin | noun | Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South American monkeys of the genus Midas, especially M. ursulus. |
| tambour | noun | A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine., A small frame, commonly circular, and somewhat resembling a tambourine, used for stretching, and firmly holding, a portion of cloth that is to be embroidered; also, the embroidery done upon such a frame; — called also, in the latter sense, tambour work., Same as Drum, n., 2(d)., A work usually in the form of a redan, to inclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade., A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by an India rubber tube, and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery., To embroider on a tambour. |
| tammies | plural | of Tammy |
| tamping | present participle & vb. noun | of Tamp, The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding the mine., The material used in tamping. See Tamp, v. t., 1. |
| tampeon | noun | See Tampion. |
| tampion | noun | A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use., A plug for upper end of an organ pipe. |
| tampoon | noun | The stopper of a barrel; a bung. |
| tam-tam | noun | A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; — called also tom-tom., A gong. See Gong, n., 1. |
| tanning | present participle & vb. noun | of Tan, The art or process of converting skins into leather. See Tan, v. t., 1. |
| tanager | noun | Any one of numerous species of bright-colored singing birds belonging to Tanagra, Piranga, and allied genera. The scarlet tanager (Piranga erythromelas) and the summer redbird (Piranga rubra) are common species of the United States. |
| tanging | present participle & vb. noun | of Tang |
| tangent | verb t. | A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. See Trigonometrical function, under Function., Touching; touching at a single point, meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same direction as the curve or surface; — said of a straight line, curve, or surface; as, a line tangent to a curve; a curve tangent to a surface; tangent surfaces. |
| tangled | imp. & past participle | of Tangle |
| tangram | noun | A Chinese toy made by cutting a square of thin wood, or other suitable material, into seven pieces, as shown in the cut, these pieces being capable of combination in various ways, so as to form a great number of different figures. It is now often used in primary schools as a means of instruction. |
| tankard | noun | A large drinking vessel, especially one with a cover. |
| tanling | noun | One tanned by the sun. |
| tannage | noun | A tanning; the act, operation, or result of tanning. |
| tannate | noun | A salt of tannic acid. |
| tannery | noun | A place where the work of tanning is carried on., The art or process of tanning. |
| tannier | noun | See Tanier. |
| tantivy | adverb | Swiftly; speedily; rapidly; — a fox-hunting term; as, to ride tantivy., A rapid, violent gallop; an impetuous rush., To go away in haste. |
| tantrum | noun | A whim, or burst of ill-humor; an affected air. |
| tanyard | noun | An inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery. |
| tapping | present participle & vb. noun | of Tap |
| tapered | imp. & past participle | of Taper, Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir. |
| tapetis | plural | of Tapeti |
| tapetum | noun | An area in the pigmented layer of the choroid coat of the eye in many animals, which has an iridescent or metallic luster and helps to make the eye visible in the dark. Sometimes applied to the whole layer of pigmented epithelium of the choroid. |
| tapioca | noun | A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of the cassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening for soups. See Cassava. |
| tapiser | noun | A maker of tapestry; an upholsterer. |
| taplash | noun | Bad small beer; also, the refuse or dregs of liquor. |
| tappice | verb i. | Alt. of Tappis |
| taproom | noun | A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom. |
| taproot | noun | The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing. |
| tapster | noun | One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor. |
| tarring | present participle & vb. noun | of Tar |
| taranis | noun | A Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the Romans with Jupiter. |
| tardily | adverb | In a tardy manner; slowly. |
| tardity | noun | Slowness; tardiness. |
| tarente | noun | A harmless lizard of the Gecko family (Platydactylus Mauritianicus) found in Southern Europe and adjacent countries, especially among old walls and ruins. |
| targums | plural | of Targum |
| tarnish | adjective | To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color., To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air., The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish., A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original color; as, the steel tarnish in columbite. |
| tarrace | noun | See Trass. |
| tarrier | noun | One who, or that which, tarries., A kind of dig; a terrier. |
| tarrock | noun | The young of the kittiwake gull before the first molt., The common guillemot., The common tern. |
| tarried | imp. & past participle | of Tarry |
| tarsale | noun | One of the bones or cartilages of the tarsus; esp., one of the series articulating with the metatarsals. |
| tarsier | noun | See Tarsius. |
| tarsius | noun | A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; — called also malmag, spectral lemur, podji, and tarsier. |
| tartary | noun | Tartarus. |
| tartish | adjective | Somewhat tart. |
| tartlet | noun | A small tart. |
| tartro- | A combining form (also used adjectively) used in chemistry to denote the presence of tartar or of some of its compounds or derivatives. | |
| tartufe | noun | A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. |
| tarweed | noun | A name given to several resinous-glandular composite plants of California, esp. to the species of Grindelia, Hemizonia, and Madia. |
| tasimer | noun | An instrument for detecting or measuring minute extension or movements of solid bodies. It consists essentially of a small rod, disk, or button of carbon, forming part of an electrical circuit, the resistance of which, being varied by the changes of pressure produced by the movements of the object to be measured, causes variations in the strength of the current, which variations are indicated by a sensitive galvanometer. It is also used for measuring minute changes of temperature. |
| tasking | present participle & vb. noun | of Task |
| tasting | present participle & vb. noun | of Taste, The act of perceiving or tasting by the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by which we perceive or distinguish savors. |
| tastily | adverb | In a tasty manner. |
| tataupa | noun | A South American tinamou (Crypturus tataupa). |
| tatouay | noun | An armadillo (Xenurus unicinctus), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head is long; the tail is round and tapered, and nearly destitute of scales; the claws of the fore feet are very large. Called also tatouary, and broad-banded armadillo. |
| tatting | noun | A kind of lace made from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch. |
| tattled | imp. & past participle | of Tattle |
| tattler | noun | One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales., Any one of several species of large, long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus Totanus. |
| tattoos | plural | of Tattoo |
| taunted | imp. & past participle | of Taunt |
| taunter | noun | One who taunts. |
| taurine | adjective | Of or pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle., A body occurring in small quantity in the juices of muscle, in the lungs, and elsewhere, but especially in the bile, where it is found as a component part of taurocholic acid, from which it can be prepared by decomposition of the acid. It crystallizes in colorless, regular six-sided prisms, and is especially characterized by containing both nitrogen and sulphur, being chemically amido-isethionic acid, C2H7NSO3. |
| taxable | adjective | Capable of being taxed; liable by law to the assessment of taxes; as, taxable estate; taxable commodities., That may be legally charged by a court against the plaintiff of defendant in a suit; as, taxable costs. |
| taxless | adjective | Free from taxation. |