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Found: 5,689 words.
of Tantalize
One who tantalizes.
of Tantalize
In a tantalizing or teasing manner.
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. At...
Tantalus
2 defs
A genus of wading birds comprising the wood ibises.
Tantamount
2 defs
Equivalent in value, signification, or effect.
Tantivy
3 defs
A rapid, violent gallop; an impetuous rush.
A whim, or burst of ill-humor; an affected air.
An inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery.
A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillae. The horseflies and robber flies are examples.
One of the popular religions of China, sanctioned by the state.
Tap
15 defs
A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also kapa.
A Mexican spinous lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) having a head somewhat like that of a toad; -- called also horned toad.
Tape
2 defs
A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.
A painted tape, marked with linear dimensions, as inches, feet, etc., and often inclosed in a case, -- used for measuring.
Taper
5 defs
A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
Tapered
2 defs
Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir.
Tapering
2 defs
Becoming gradually smaller toward one end.
The quality or state of being taper; tapering form; taper.
of Tapestry
of Tapestry
Tapestry
2 defs
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...
of Tapestry
Worked or figured stuff; tapestry.
A small South American hare (Lepus Braziliensis).
of Tapeti
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 a...
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, ...
A house where liquors are retailed.
Same as Bothrenchyma.
A lurking or skulking.
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 thick...
Any one of several species of large odd-toed ungulates belonging to Tapirus, Elasmognathus, and allied genera. They have a long prehensile upper lip, short ears, short and stout le...
Allied to the tapir, or the Tapir family.
Tapis
2 defs
Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table.
A maker of tapestry; an upholsterer.
To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one's self.
Bad small beer; also, the refuse or dregs of liquor.
The strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail are united.
A small carnivorous marsupial (Phascogale penicillata) having long, soft fur, and a very long tail with a tuft of long hairs at the end; -- called also brush-tailed phascogale.
of Tap
An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other animals during hibernation.
The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer.
A female tapster.
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.
Alt. of Tappis
of Tap
See Tapish.