| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| tabarder | noun | One who wears a tabard., A scholar on the foundation of Queen’s College, Oxford, England, whose original dress was a tabard. |
| tabbinet | noun | A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface. |
| tabbying | present participle & vb. noun | of Tabby |
| tabefied | imp. & past participle | of Tabefy |
| tableing | present participle & vb. noun | of Table |
| tableaux | plural | of Tableau |
| tablemen | plural | of Tableman |
| tableman | noun | A man at draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables. See Table, n., 10. |
| tabooing | present participle & vb. noun | of Taboo |
| taboring | present participle & vb. noun | of Tabor |
| taborine | noun | A small, shallow drum; a tabor. |
| taborite | noun | One of certain Bohemian reformers who suffered persecution in the fifteenth century; — so called from Tabor, a hill or fortress where they encamped during a part of their struggles. |
| tabouret | noun | Same as Taboret., A seat without arms or back, cushioned and stuffed: a high stool; — so called from its resemblance to a drum., An embroidery frame. |
| tabulata | noun pl. | An artificial group of stony corals including those which have transverse septa in the calicles. The genera Pocillopora and Favosites are examples. |
| tabulate | verb t. | To form into a table or tables; to reduce to tables or synopses., To shape with a flat surface. |
| tachinae | plural | of Tachina |
| taciturn | adjective | Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak. |
| tackling | present participle & vb. noun | of Tackle, Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc., Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling., The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness. |
| tacksmen | plural | of Tacksman |
| tacksman | noun | One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, or lessee. |
| tactable | adjective | Capable of being touched; tangible. |
| tactical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the art of military and naval tactics. |
| tactless | adjective | Destitute of tact. |
| taeniada | noun pl. | Same as Taenioidea. |
| taeniata | noun pl. | A division of Ctenophora including those which have a long, ribbonlike body. The Venus’s girdle is the most familiar example. |
| taenidia | plural | of Taenidium |
| taenioid | adjective | Ribbonlike; shaped like a ribbon., Like or pertaining to Taenia. |
| taeniola | noun | One of the radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of certain medusae. |
| tafferer | noun | See Taffrail. |
| taffrail | noun | The upper part of a ship’s stern, which is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work; the rail around a ship’s stern. |
| taglioni | noun | A kind of outer coat, or overcoat; — said to be so named after a celebrated Italian family of professional dancers. |
| tahitian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean., A native inhabitant of Tahiti. |
| tail-bay | noun | One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder; also, the space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor. Cf. Case-bay., The part of a canal lock below the lower gates. |
| tailless | adjective | Having no tail. |
| tailored | imp. & past participle | of Tailor |
| tailrace | noun | See Race, n., 6., The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away. |
| tainting | present participle & vb. noun | of Taint |
| tainture | noun | Taint; tinge; difilement; stain; spot. |
| take-off | noun | An imitation, especially in the way of caricature. |
| talapoin | noun | A small African monkey (Cercopithecus, / Miopithecus, talapoin) — called also melarhine. |
| talented | adjective | Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted. |
| talesmen | plural | of Talesman |
| talesman | noun | A person called to make up a deficiency in the number of jurors when a tales is awarded. |
| talewise | adverb | In a way of a tale or story. |
| talisman | noun | A magical figure cut or engraved under certain superstitious observances of the configuration of the heavens, to which wonderful effects are ascribed; the seal, figure, character, or image, of a heavenly sign, constellation, or planet, engraved on a sympathetic stone, or on a metal corresponding to the star, in order to receive its influence., Hence, something that produces extraordinary effects, esp. in averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm; as, a talisman to avert diseases. |
| talliage | noun | A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses. |
| tallness | noun | The quality or state of being tall; height of stature. |
| tallowed | imp. & past participle | of Tallow |
| tallower | noun | An animal which produces tallow. |
| tallwood | noun | Firewood cut into billets of a certain length. |
| tallying | present participle & vb. noun | of Tally |
| tallymen | plural | of Tallyman |
| tallyman | noun | One who keeps the tally, or marks the sticks., One who keeps a tally shop, or conducts his business as tally trade. |
| talmudic | adjective | Alt. of Talmudical |
| talukdar | noun | A proprietor of a talook. |
| tamanoir | noun | The ant-bear. |
| tamarack | noun | The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British Columbia (Larix occidentalis). See Hackmatack, and Larch., The black pine (Pinus Murrayana) of Alaska, California, etc. It is a small tree with fine-grained wood. |
| tamarind | noun | A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated., One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for preparing a pleasant drink. |
| tamarisk | noun | Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix, the species of which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species (T. mannifera) is the source of one kind of manna. |
| tambreet | noun | The duck mole. |
| tamburin | noun | See Tambourine. |
| tameable | adjective | Tamable. |
| tameless | adjective | Incapable of being tamed; wild; untamed; untamable. |
| tameness | noun | The quality or state of being tame. |
| tamilian | adjective & noun | Tamil. |
| tampered | imp. & past participle | of Tamper |
| tamperer | noun | One who tampers; one who deals unfairly. |
| tangence | noun | Tangency. |
| tangency | noun | The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching. |
| tangfish | noun | The common harbor seal. |
| tangible | adjective | Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable., Capable of being possessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident. |
| tangling | present participle & vb. noun | of Tangle |
| tanistry | noun | In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election. |
| tankling | noun | A tinkling. |
| tannable | adjective | That may be tanned. |
| tantalic | adjective | Of or pertaining to tantalum; derived from, or containing, tantalum; specifically, designating any one of a series of acids analogous to nitric acid and the polyacid compounds of phosphorus. |
| tantalum | noun | A rare nonmetallic element found in certain minerals, as tantalite, samarskite, and fergusonite, and isolated as a dark powder which becomes steel-gray by burnishing. Symbol Ta. Atomic weight 182.0. Formerly called also tantalium. |
| tantalus | noun | A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise receded whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp them., A genus of wading birds comprising the wood ibises. |
| tapeline | noun | A painted tape, marked with linear dimensions, as inches, feet, etc., and often inclosed in a case, — used for measuring. |
| tapering | present participle & vb. noun | of Taper, Becoming gradually smaller toward one end. |
| tapestry | noun | A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery., To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry. |
| tapeworm | noun | Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to Taenia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the body being much larger and longer than the anterior ones, and containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is small, destitute of a mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (which vary greatly in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, with hooks for adhesion to the walls of the intestines of the animals in which they are parasitic. The larvae (see Cysticercus) live in the flesh of various creatures, and when swallowed by another animal of the right species develop into the mature tapeworm in its intestine. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| taphouse | noun | A house where liquors are retailed. |
| tapinage | noun | A lurking or skulking. |
| tapiroid | adjective | Allied to the tapir, or the Tapir family. |
| taplings | noun pl. | The strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail are united. |
| tarbogan | noun & verb | See Toboggan. |
| tarboosh | noun | A red cap worn by Turks and other Eastern nations, sometimes alone and sometimes swathed with linen or other stuff to make a turban. See Fez. |
| targeted | adjective | Furnished, armed, or protected, with a target. |
| targumim | plural | of Targum |
| tariffed | imp. & past participle | of Tariff |
| tarlatan | noun | A kind of thin, transparent muslin, used for dresses. |
| tarragon | noun | A plant of the genus Artemisa (A. dracunculus), much used in France for flavoring vinegar. |
| tarrying | present participle & vb. noun | of Tarry |
| tarsalia | plural | of Tarsale |
| tartaric | adjective | Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars., Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar. |
| tartarum | noun | See 1st Tartar. |
| tartarus | noun | The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general. |
| tartness | noun | The quality or state of being tart. |
| tartrate | noun | A salt of tartaric acid. |
| tartuffe | noun | Alt. of Tartufe |
| taskwork | noun | Work done as a task; also, work done by the job; piecework. |
| tasseled | imp. & past participle | of Tassel |
| tastable | adjective | Capable of worthy of being tasted; savory; relishing. |
| tasteful | adjective | Having a high relish; savory., Having or exhibiting good taste; in accordance with good taste; tasty; as, a tasteful drapery. |
| tatouhou | noun | The peba. |
| tattered | past participle | of Tatter |
| tattling | present participle & vb. noun | of Tattle, Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales. |
| tattlery | noun | Idle talk or chat; tittle-tattle. |
| tattooed | imp. & past participle | of Tattoo |
| tatusiid | noun | Any armadillo of the family Tatusiidae, of which the peba and mule armadillo are examples. Also used adjectively. |
| taunting | present participle & vb. noun | of Taunt, a. & n. from Taunt, v. |
| tauridor | noun | A bullfighter; a toreador. |
| taurocol | noun | Alt. of Taurocolla |
| taurylic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found of a urine of neat cattle, and probably identical with cresol. |
| taverner | noun | One who keeps a tavern. |
| tawdrily | adverb | In a tawdry manner. |
| tawdries | plural | of Tawdry |
| taxation | noun | The act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a corporation or company, by the proper authority; the raising of revenue; also, a system of raising revenue., The act of taxing, or assessing a bill of cost., Tax; sum imposed., Charge; accusation. |
| taxiarch | noun | An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army. |
| taxicorn | noun | One of a family of beetles (Taxicornes) whose antennae are largest at the tip. Also used adjectively. |
| taxology | noun | Same as Taxonomy. |
| taxonomy | noun | That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classification. |
| taxpayer | noun | One who is assessed and pays a tax. |