Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 10
Tarsale (n.) (Anat.) One of the bones or cartilages of the tarsus; esp., one of the series articulating with the metatarsals.
Tarse (n.) (Falconry) The male falcon.
Tarse (n.) (Anat.) Tarsus.
Tarsectomy (n.) (Surg.) The operation of excising one or more of the bones of the tarsus.
Tarsel (n.) A male hawk. See Tercel. [Obs.]
Compare: Tercel
Tercel (n.) See Tiercel. Called also tarsel, tassel. -- Chaucer.
Tarsi
(n.) pl.
of
Tarsus (n.; pl. Tarsi.) (Anat.) (a) The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones.
Tarsus (n.; pl. Tarsi.) (Anat.) (b) A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate.
Tarsus (n.; pl. Tarsi.) (Zool.) The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.
Tarsia (n.) Alt. of Tarsiatura.
Tarsiatura
(n.)
[It.] A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in
Tarsier (n.) See Tarsius.
Tarsius (n.) (Zool.) 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.
Tarsier (n.) Nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing; the only primate that spurns all plant material as food living entirely on insects and small vertebrates.
Tarso- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tarsus; as, tarsometatarsus.
Tarsometatarsal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the tarsus and metatarsus; as, the tarsometatarsal articulations.
Tarsometatarsal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tarsometatarsus.
Tarsometatarsi (n. pl. ) of Tarsometatarsus.
Tarsometatarsus (n.) [NL.] (Anat.) The large bone next the foot in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus.
Tarsorrhaphy (n.) (Surg.) An operation to diminish the size of the opening between eyelids when enlarged by surrounding cicatrices.
Tarsotomy (n.) (Surg.) The operation of cutting or removing the tarsal cartilages.
Tarsi (n. pl. ) of
Tarsus (n.) The part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively.
Tarsus, () The chief city of Cilicia. It was distinguished for its wealth and for its schools of learning, in which it rivalled, nay, excelled even Athens and Alexandria, and hence was spoken of as "no mean city." It was the native place of the Apostle Paul (Acts 21:39). It stood on the banks of the river Cydnus, about 12 miles north of the Mediterranean. It is said to have been founded by Sardanapalus, king of Assyria. It is now a filthy, ruinous Turkish town, called Tersous. (See PAUL.)
Tarsus, () Winged; feathered.
Tart (a.) Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple.
Tart (a.) Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke.
Why art thou tart, my brother? -- Bunyan.
Tart (n.) A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
Tart (a.) Tasting sour like a lemon [syn: lemony, lemonlike, sourish, tangy, tart].
Tart (a.) Harsh; "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark" [syn: sharp, sharp-worded, tart].
Tart (n.) A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street].
Tart (n.) A small open pie with a fruit filling.
Tart (n.) A pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust.
Tartan
(n.)
(Naut.) A small coasting vessel, used in the
Tartan (n.) Woolen cloth, checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands of various colors, much worn in the Highlands of Scotland; hence, any pattern of tartan; also, other material of a similar pattern.
MacCullummore's heart will be as cold as death can make it, when it does not warm to the tartan. -- Sir W. Scott.
The sight of the tartan inflamed the populace of London with hatred. -- Macaulay.
Tartan (n.) A cloth having a crisscross design [syn: tartan, plaid].
TARTAN, () A simple language proposed to meet the Ironman requirements.
["TARTAN - Language Design for the Ironman Requirements: Reference Manual", Mary Shaw et al, SIGPLAN Notices 13(9):36-58 (Sep 1978)].
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Tartan, () An Assyrian word, meaning "the commander-in-chief." (1.) One of Sennacherib's messengers to Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:17). (2.) One of Sargon's generals (Isa. 20:1).
Tartan, () A general (official title).
Tartar (n.) A native or inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin, inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also, more correctly but less usually, Tatar.
Tartar (n.) A person of a keen, irritable temper.
To catch a tartar, To lay hold of, or encounter, a person who proves too strong for the assailant. [Colloq.]
Tartar (n.) (Chem.) A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; -- called also argol, wine stone, etc.
Tartar (n.) A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.
Cream of tartar. (Chem.) See under Cream.
Tartar emetic (Med. Chem.), A double tartrate of potassium and basic antimony. It is a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweetish metallic taste, and used in medicine as a sudorific and emetic.
Tartar (a.) Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
Tartar (n.) See Tartarus. -- Shak.
Tartar (n.) A salt used especially in baking powder [syn: cream of tartar, tartar, potassium bitartrate, potassium hydrogen tartrate].
Tartar (n.) A fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman [syn: dragon, tartar].
Tartar (n.) A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century [syn: Tatar, Tartar, Mongol Tatar].
Tartar (n.) An incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums [syn: tartar, calculus, tophus].
Tartarated (a.) (Chem.) Tartrated. Tartarean
Tartarean (a.) Alt. of Tartareous.
Tartareous (a.) Of or pertaining to Tartarus; hellish.
Tartarean (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus [syn: Hadean, Plutonian, Tartarean].
Tartareous (a.) Consisting of tartar; of the nature of tartar.
Tartareous (a.) (Bot.) Having the surface rough and crumbling; as, many lichens are tartareous. Tartarian
Tartarian (a.) Alt. of Tartaric.
Tartaric (a.) Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
Tartarian lamb (Bot.), Scythian lamb. See Barometz.
Tartarian (n.) (Bot.) The name of some kinds of cherries, as the Black Tartarian, or the White Tartarian.
Tartaric (a.) Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar.
Tartarine (n.) Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar.
Tartarized (imp. & p. p.) of Tartarize.
Tartarizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tartarize.
Tartarize (v. t.) To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar.
Tartarize (v. t.) To cause to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as by conquest.
Tartarous (a.) Containing tartar; consisting of tartar, or partaking of its qualities; tartareous.
Tartarous (a.) Resembling, or characteristic of, a Tartar; ill-natured; irritable.
Tartarum (n.) See 1st Tartar.
Tartarus (n.) 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.
Tartary (n.) Tartarus.
Tartini's tones () See the Note under Tone.
Tartish (a.) Somewhat tart.
Tartlet (n.) A small tart. -- V. Knox.
Tartlet (n.) A small tart usually used as a canape.
Tartly (adv.) In a tart manner; with acidity.
Tartly (adv.) In a tart manner; "`Never mind your immortal soul,' she said tartly".
Tartness (n.) The quality or state of being tart.
Syn: Acrimony; sourness; keenness; poignancy; severity; asperity; acerbity; harshness. See Acrimony.
Tartness (n.) The taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth [syn: sour, sourness, tartness].
Tartness (n.) A sharp sour taste [syn: acerbity, tartness].
Tartness (n.) A rough and bitter manner [syn: bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorniness].
Tartralic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white amorphous deliquescent substance, C8H10O11; -- called also ditartaric, tartrilic, or tartrylic acid.
Tartramate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of tartramic acid.
Tartramic (a.) (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is the primary acid amide derivative of tartaric acid.
Tartramide (n.) (Chem.) An acid amide derivative of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
Tartrate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of tartaric acid.
Tartrate (n.) A salt or ester of tartaric acid.
Tartrated (a.) (Med. Chem.) Containing, or derived from, tartar; combined with tartaric acid.
Tartrazine (n.) (Chem.) An artificial dyestuff obtained as an orange-yellow powder, and regarded as a phenyl hydrazine derivative of tartaric and sulphonic acids.
Tartrelic (a.) (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anhydride, C4H4O5, of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline deliquescent substance.
Tartro- () A combining form (also used adjectively) used in chemistry to denote the presence of tartar or of some of its compounds or derivatives.
Tartronate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of tartronic acid.
Tartronic (a.) (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also hydroxy malonic acid) obtained, by reducing mesoxalic acid, as a white crystalline substance.
Tartronyl (n.) (Chem.) A hypothetical radical constituting the characteristic residue of tartronic acid and certain of its derivatives.
Tartrovinic (a.) (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain acid composed of tartaric acid in combination with ethyl, and now called ethyltartaric acid. Tartuffe
Tartuffe (n.) Alt. of Tartufe.
Tartufe (n.) A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. Tartuffish
Tartufe (n.) A hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere) [syn: Tartuffe, Tartufe].
Tartuffish (a.) Alt. of Tartufish.
Tartufish (a.) Like a tartuffe; precise; hypocritical. -- Sterne.
Tarweed (n.) (Bot.) A name given to several resinous-glandular composite plants of California, esp. to the species of Grindelia, Hemizonia, and Madia.
Tas (n.) [F.] A heap. [Obs.] "The tas of bodies slain." -- Chaucer.
Tarweed (n.) Any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia; of western North and South America.
Tarweed (n.) Any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock [syn: gumweed, gum plant, tarweed, rosinweed].
Tas (v. t.) To tassel. [Obs.] "A purse of leather tassed with silk." -- Chaucer.
TAS, () Tag Abuse Syndrome (SGML, HTML, slang).
Tasco (n.) A kind of clay for making melting pots. -- Percy Smith.
Tasimer (n.) (Physics) 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. -- T. A. Edison.
Task (n.) Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.
Ma task of servile toil. -- Milton.
Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close. -- Longfellow.
Task (n.) Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
His mental powers were equal to greater tasks. -- Atterbury.
To take to task. See under Take.
Syn: Work; labor; employment; business; toil; drudgery; study; lesson; stint.
Tasked (imp. & p. p.) of Task.
Tasking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Task.
Task (v. t.) To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.
There task thy maids, and exercise the loom. -- Dryden.
Task (v. t.) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
Task (v. t.) To charge; to tax; as with a fault.
Too impudent to task me with those errors. -- Beau. & Fl.
Task (n.) Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings" [syn: undertaking, project, task, labor].
Task (n.) A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores" [syn: job, task, chore].
Task (v.) Assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children".
Task (v.) Use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience" [syn: tax, task].
Tasker (n.) One who imposes a task.
Tasker (n.) One who performs a task, as a day-laborer. [R.]
Tasker (n.) A laborer who receives his wages in kind. [Scot.]
Taskmaster (n.) One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer. -- Ex. i. 11.
All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Taskmaster's eye. -- Milton.
Taskmaster (n.) Someone who imposes hard or continuous work.
Taskwork (n.) Work done as a task; also, work done by the job; piecework.
Taslet (n.) A piece of armor formerly worn to guard the things; a tasse.
Tasmanian (a.) 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.
Tasmanian cider tree. (Bot.) See the Note under Eucalyptus.
Tasmanian devil. (Zool.) See under Devil.
Tasmanian wolf (Zool.), A savage carnivorous marsupial; -- called also zebra wolf. See Zebra wolf, under Wolf.
Tasmanian (a.) Of or relating to Tasmania.
Tasse (n.) A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet.
Note: Usually the tasse was a plate of iron swinging from the cuirass, but the skirts of sliding splints were also called by this name.
Tasse (n.) One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs [syn: tasset, tasse].
Tassel (n.) (Falconry) A male hawk. See Tercel.
Tassel (n.) A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
Tassel (n.) A pendent ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose threads or cords.
Tassel (n.) The flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent.
And the maize field grew and ripened, Till it stood in all the splendor Of its garments green and yellow, Of its tassels and its plumage. -- Longfellow.
Tassel (n.) A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be put between the leaves.
Tassel (n.) (Arch.) A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers; -- rarely used in the United States.
Tassel flower (Bot.), A name of several composite plants of the genus Cineraria, especially the Cineraria sconchifolia, and of the blossoms which they bear.
Tasseled (imp. & p. p.) of Tassel.