| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| tabasheer | noun | A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases. |
| tabefying | present participle & vb. noun | of Tabefy |
| tabellion | noun | A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in France during the old monarchy. |
| tabescent | adjective | Withering, or wasting away. |
| tabifical | adjective | Producing tabes; wasting; tabefying. |
| tablature | noun | A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence, a picture in general., An ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes., Division into plates or tables with intervening spaces; as, the tablature of the cranial bones. |
| tablebook | noun | A tablet; a notebook. |
| tablement | noun | A table. |
| tableware | noun | Ware, or articles collectively, for table use. |
| tabulated | imp. & past participle | of Tabulate |
| tacamahac | noun | Alt. of Tacamahaca |
| tachylyte | noun | A vitreous form of basalt; — so called because decomposable by acids and readily fusible. |
| tactician | noun | One versed in tactics; hence, a skillful maneuverer; an adroit manager. |
| tactility | noun | The quality or state of being tactile; perceptibility by touch; tangibleness. |
| taenidium | noun | The chitinous fiber forming the spiral thread of the tracheae of insects. See Illust. of Trachea. |
| taeniolae | plural | of Taeniola |
| tagnicate | noun | The white-lipped peccary. |
| taguicati | noun | The white-lipped peccary. |
| tailblock | noun | A block with a tail. See Tail, 9. |
| tailboard | noun | The board at the rear end of a cart or wagon, which can be removed or let down, for convenience in loading or unloading. |
| tailoring | present participle & vb. noun | of Tailor, The business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress. |
| tailoress | noun | A female tailor. |
| tailpiece | noun | A piece at the end; an appendage., One of the timbers which tail into a header, in floor framing. See Illust. of Header., An ornament placed at the bottom of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a book., A piece of ebony or other material attached to the lower end of a violin or similar instrument, to which the strings are fastened. |
| tailstock | noun | The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle. |
| taintless | adjective | Free from taint or infection; pure. |
| taintworm | noun | A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva. |
| talbotype | noun | Same as Calotype. |
| talegalla | noun | A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. See Brush turkey. |
| taliation | noun | Retaliation. |
| talismans | plural | of Talisman |
| talkative | adjective | Given to much talking. |
| tallowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Tallow, The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of producing tallow. |
| tallowish | adjective | Having the qualities of tallow. |
| talmudist | noun | One versed in the Talmud; one who adheres to the teachings of the Talmud. |
| talookdar | noun | Alt. of Talukdar |
| tamboured | imp. & past participle | of Tambour |
| tambourin | noun | A tambourine., An old Provencal dance of a lively character, common on the stage. |
| tampering | present participle & vb. noun | of Tamper |
| tanagrine | adjective | Of or pertaining to the tanagers. |
| tanagroid | adjective | Tanagrine. |
| tangalung | noun | An East Indian civet (Viverra tangalunga). |
| tangental | adjective | Tangential. |
| tangerine | noun | A kind of orange, much like the mandarin, but of deeper color and higher flavor. It is said to have been produced in America from the mandarin. |
| tanghinia | noun | The ordeal tree. See under Ordeal. |
| tangwhaup | noun | The whimbrel. |
| tanneries | plural | of Tannery |
| tantalate | noun | A salt of tantalic acid. |
| tantalism | noun | A punishment like that of Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable; tantalization. |
| tantalite | noun | A heavy mineral of an iron-black color and submetallic luster. It is essentially a tantalate of iron. |
| tantalize | verb t. | To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out of reach; to tease; to torment. |
| tapayaxin | noun | A Mexican spinous lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) having a head somewhat like that of a toad; — called also horned toad. |
| taperness | noun | The quality or state of being taper; tapering form; taper. |
| tappester | noun | A female tapster. |
| taqua-nut | noun | A Central American name for the ivory nut. |
| tarantass | noun | A low four-wheeled carriage used in Russia. The carriage box rests on two long, springy poles which run from the fore to the hind axletree. When snow falls, the wheels are taken off, and the body is mounted on a sledge. |
| tarantism | noun | A nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by the bite of the tarantula, and considered to be incapable of cure except by protracted dancing to appropriate music. |
| tarantula | noun | Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species (Tarantula apuliae). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale. |
| tardation | noun | The act of retarding, or delaying; retardation. |
| tardiness | noun | The quality or state of being tardy. |
| tarentism | noun | See Tarantism. |
| tarentula | noun | See Tarantula. |
| targeteer | noun | One who is armed with a target or shield. |
| targumist | noun | The writer of a Targum; one versed in the Targums. |
| tariffing | present participle & vb. noun | of Tariff |
| tarnished | imp. & past participle | of Tarnish |
| tarnisher | noun | One who, or that which, tarnishes. |
| tarpaulin | noun | A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc., A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others., Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar. |
| tarriance | noun | The act or time of tarrying; delay; lateness. |
| tarsotomy | noun | The operation of cutting or removing the tarsal cartilages. |
| tartarean | adjective | Alt. of Tartareous |
| tartarian | adjective | Alt. of Tartaric, The name of some kinds of cherries, as the Black Tartarian, or the White Tartarian. |
| tartarine | noun | Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar. |
| tartarize | verb t. | To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar., To cause to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as by conquest. |
| tartarous | adjective | Containing tartar; consisting of tartar, or partaking of its qualities; tartareous., Resembling, or characteristic of, a Tartar; ill-natured; irritable. |
| tartralic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white amorphous deliquescent substance, C8H10O11; — called also ditartaric, tartrilic, or tartrylic acid. |
| tartramic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is the primary acid amide derivative of tartaric acid. |
| tartrated | adjective | Containing, or derived from, tartar; combined with tartaric acid. |
| tartrelic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anhydride, C4H4O5, of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline deliquescent substance. |
| tartronic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also hydroxy malonic acid) obtained, by reducing mesoxalic acid, as a white crystalline substance. |
| tartronyl | noun | A hypothetical radical constituting the characteristic residue of tartronic acid and certain of its derivatives. |
| tartufish | adjective | Like a tartuffe; precise; hypocritical. |
| tasmanian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen’s Land. — n. A native or inhabitant of Tasmania; specifically (Ethnol.), in the plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania, but is now extinct. |
| tasselled | of Tassel | |
| tasseling | present participle & vb. noun | of Tassel |
| tasteless | adjective | Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit., Destitute of the sense of taste; or of good taste; as, a tasteless age., Not in accordance with good taste; as, a tasteless arrangement of drapery. |
| tattooing | present participle & vb. noun | of Tattoo |
| tauntress | noun | A woman who taunts. |
| tauriform | adjective | Having the form of a bull. |
| tautology | noun | A repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless repetition of an idea in different words or phrases; a representation of anything as the cause, condition, or consequence of itself, as in the following lines: –//The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,/And heavily in clouds brings on the day. Addison. |
| taverning | noun | A feasting at taverns. |
| tavernmen | plural | of Tavernman |
| tavernman | noun | The keeper of a tavern; also, a tippler. |
| tawniness | noun | The quality or state of being tawny. |
| taxeopoda | noun pl. | An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations. |
| taxidermy | verb t. | The art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for cabinets. |
| taxonomic | adjective | Pertaining to, or involving, taxonomy, or the laws and principles of classification; classificatory. |