Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 12
Tauromachy (n.) Bullfighting.
Taurus (n.) (Astron.) The Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of April; -- marked thus [[taurus]] in almanacs.
Taurus (n.) (Astron.) A zodiacal constellation, containing the well-known clusters called the Pleiades and the Hyades, in the latter of which is situated the remarkably bright Aldebaran.
Taurus (n.) (Zool.) A genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle.
Taurus (n.) Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949) [syn: Sanchez, Ilich Sanchez, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, Carlos, Carlos the Jackal, Salim, Andres Martinez, Taurus, Glen Gebhard, Hector Hevodidbon, Michael Assat].
Taurus (n.) (Astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Taurus [syn: Taurus, Bull].
Taurus (n.) A zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere near Orion; between Aries and Gemini.
Taurus (n.) The second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20 [syn: Taurus, Taurus the Bull, Bull].
Taurylic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found of a urine of neat cattle, and probably identical with cresol.
Taut (a.) (Naut.) Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.
Taut (a.) Snug; close; firm; secure.
Taut hand (Naut.), A sailor's term for an officer who is severe in discipline.
Taut (a.) Pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope" [syn: taut, tight].
Taut (a.) Subjected to great tension; stretched tight; "the skin of his face looked drawn and tight"; "her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow."
Tautegorical (a.) Expressing the same thing with different words; -- opposed to allegorical. [R.] -- Coleridge.
Tautochrone (n.) (Math.) A curved line, such that a heavy body, descending along it by the action of gravity, will always arrive at the lowest point in the same time, wherever in the curve it may begin to fall; as, an inverted cycloid with its base horizontal is a tautochrone.
Tautochronous (a.) (Math.) Occupying the same time; pertaining to, or having the properties of, a tautochrone.
Tautog (n.) (Zool.) An edible labroid fish ({Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and moll. [Written also tautaug.]
Tautog (n.) Large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America [syn: tautog, blackfish, Tautoga onitis].
Tautologic (a.) Tautological.
Tautological (a.) Involving tautology; having the same signification; as, tautological expression.
Tautologist (n.) One who uses tautological words or phrases.
Tautologized (imp. & p. p.) of Tautologize.
Tautologizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tautologize.
Tautologize (v. i.) To repeat the same thing in different words.
Tautologous (a.) Repeating the same thing in different words; tautological.
Tautology (n.) 同義反複；重複，贅述 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.
Syn: Repetition.
Usage: Tautology, Repetition. There may be frequent repetitions (as in legal instruments) which are warranted either by necessity or convenience; but tautology is always a fault, being a sameness of expression which adds nothing to the sense or the sound.
Compare: Repetition
Repetition (n.) [Mass noun] 重複；反覆；重說；重做 [C] [U]；重複的事物；複製品，副本 [C] The action of repeating something that has already been said or written.
‘Her comments are worthy of repetition.’
[Count noun ]‘A repetition of his reply to the delegation.’
Repetition (n.) [Archaic] [Ccount noun ] A piece set by a teacher to be learned by heart and recited.
Repetition (n.) [Often with negative] The recurrence of an action or event.
‘There was to be no repetition of the interwar years.’
[Count noun]‘I didn't want a repetition of the scene in my office that morning.’
Repetition (n.) [Count noun ] A thing repeated.
‘The geometric repetitions of Islamic art.’
Repetition (n.) [Count noun ] A training exercise which is repeated, especially a series of repeated raisings and lowerings of the weight in weight training.
‘Lie on your back and bench-press a light weight very quickly over ten repetitions.’
Repetition (n.) [Music ] The repeating of a passage or note.
‘The tune is full of melodic repetition and sequence.’
Tautology (n.) (Logic) A statement that is necessarily true; "the statement `he is brave or he is not brave' is a tautology."
Tautology (n.) Useless repetition; "to say that something is `adequate enough' is a tautology."
Tautomeric (a.) Relating to, or characterized by, tautomerism.
Tautomerism (n.) The condition, quality, or relation of metameric substances, or their respective derivatives, which are more or less interchangeable, according as one form or the other is the more stable. It is a special case of metamerism; thus, the lactam and the lactim compounds exhibit tautomerism.
Tautoousian (a.) Alt. of Tautoousious.
Tautoousious (a.) Having the same essence; being identically of the same nature.
Tautophonical (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, tautophony; repeating the same sound.
Tautophony (n.) Repetition of the same sound.
Tautozonal (a.) Belonging to the same zone; as, tautozonal planes.
Tavern (n.) A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in small quantities.
Taverner (n.) One who keeps a tavern.
Taverning (n.) A feasting at taverns.
Tavernmen (n. pl. ) of Tavernman.
Tavernman (n.) The keeper of a tavern; also, a tippler.
Taw (n.) Tow.
Taw (v. t.) To push; to tug; to tow.
Tawed (imp. & p. p.) of Taw.
Tawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Taw.
Taw (v. t.) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge.
Taw (v. t.) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
Taw (n.) A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles.
Taw (n.) A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
Tawdrily (adv.) In a tawdry manner.
Tawdriness (n.) Quality or state of being tawdry.
Tawdry (a.) 花俏而庸俗的，俗麗的；俗氣的 Bought at the festival of St. Audrey. [Obs.]
And gird in your waist, For more fineness, with a tawdry lace. -- Spenser.
Tawdry (a.) Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers; tawdry colors.
He rails from morning to night at essenced fops and tawdry courtiers. -- Spectator.
Tawdry (a.) Cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality; also : ignoble.
Tawdries (n. pl. ) of Tawdry.
Tawdry (n.) 廉價而俗麗之物，俗麗的服飾 A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general. [Obs.]
Of which the Naiads and the blue Nereids make Them tawdries for their necks. -- Drayton.
Tawdry (a.) Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy].
Tawdry (a.) Cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist [syn: cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry].
Tawdry (a.) 俗艷而不值錢的 Looking bright and attractive but in fact cheap and of low quality.
Tawer (n.) One who taws; a dresser of white leather.
Tawery (n.) A place where skins are tawed.
Tawniness (n.) The quality or state of being tawny.
Tawny (n.) Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion.
Taws (n.) A leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by a schoolmaster.
Tax (n.) A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority. Specifically:
Tax (n.) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government.
A farmer of taxes is, of all creditors, proverbially the most rapacious. -- Macaulay.
Tax (n.) Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like.
Note: Taxes are annual or perpetual, direct or indirect, etc.
Tax (n.) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses.
Tax (n.) A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.
Tax (n.) A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health.
Tax (n.) Charge; censure. [Obs.] -- Clarendon.
Tax (n.) A lesson to be learned; a task. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Tax cart, A spring cart subject to a low tax. [Eng.]
Syn: Impost; tribute; contribution; duty; toll; rate; assessment; exaction; custom; demand.
Taxed (imp. & p. p.) of Tax.
Taxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tax.
Tax (v. t.) To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government.
We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride, and folly than we are taxed by government. -- Franklin.
Tax (v. t.) (Law) To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court.
Tax (v. t.) To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often followed by with, rarely by of before an indirect object; as, to tax a man with pride.
I tax you, you elements, with unkindness. -- Shak.
Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes. -- Dryden.
Fear not now that men should tax thine honor. -- M. Arnold.
Tax (n.) Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government [syn: tax, taxation, revenue enhancement].
Tax (v.) Levy a tax on; "The State taxes alcohol heavily"; "Clothing is not taxed in our state."
Tax (v.) Set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) [syn: tax, assess].
Tax (v.) Use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience" [syn: tax, task].
Tax (v.) Make a charge against or accuse; "They taxed him failure to appear in court."
Taxability (n.) The quality or state of being taxable; taxableness.
Taxability (n.) Liability to taxation.
Taxable (a.) Capable of being taxed; liable by law to the assessment of taxes; as, taxable estate; taxable commodities.
Taxable (a.) (Law) That may be legally charged by a court against the plaintiff of defendant in a suit; as, taxable costs.
Taxaspidean (a.) Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds.
Taxation (n.) 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.
Taxation (n.) The act of taxing, or assessing a bill of cost.
Taxation (n.) Tax; sum imposed.
Taxation (n.) Charge; accusation.
Taxel (n.) The American badger.
Taxeopoda (n. pl.) An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations.
Taxer (n.) One who taxes.
Taxer (n.) One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate the assize of bread, and to see the true gauge of weights and measures is observed.
Taxgatherer (n.) One who collects taxes or revenues.
Taxiarch (n.) An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army.
Taxicorn (n.) One of a family of beetles (Taxicornes) whose antennae are largest at the tip. Also used adjectively.
Taxidermic (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals.
Taxidermist (n.) A person skilled in taxidermy.
Taxidermy (v. t.) The art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for cabinets.
Taxine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid of bitter taste extracted from the leaves and seeds of the European yew (Taxus baccata). Called also taxia.
Taxis (n.) 分隊，整復術，分類，排序 Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it.
Taxless (a.) Free from taxation.
Taxology (n.) 分類法；生物分類學 Same as Taxonomy.
Taxonomic (a.) 分類的 Pertaining to, or involving, taxonomy, or the laws and principles of classification; classificatory.
Taxonomist (n.) 分類學者 One skilled in taxonomy.
Taxonomy (n.) 分類法；分類學 That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants, primarily by consideration of their natural relationships with respect to their structure or genetic origin; the laws or principles of classification; systematics.
Taxonomy (n.) A systematic arrangement of objects or concepts showing the relations between them, especially one including a hierarchical arrangement of types in which categories of objects are classified as subtypes of more abstract categories, starting from one or a small number of top categories, and descending to more specific types through an arbitrary number of levels. An {ontology} usually contains a taxonomy as one of the important principles of organization.
Taxonomy (n.) A classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc.
Taxonomy (n.) (Biology) Study of the general principles of scientific classification.
Taxonomy (n.) Practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships.
Taxonomy (n.) [ C or U ] (Specialized) 分類學；生物分類學 A system for naming and organizing things, especially plants and animals, into groups that share similar qualities.
Taxonomy (n.) [Mass noun] [Biology ] The branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics.
Taxonomy (n.) The classification of something, especially organisms.
‘The taxonomy of these fossils.’
Taxonomy (n.) [Count noun] A scheme of classification.
‘A taxonomy of smells.’
Taxor (n.) Same as Taxer, n., 2.
Taxpayer (n.) One who is assessed and pays a tax.
Tayra (n.) A South American carnivore (Galera barbara) allied to the grison. The tail is long and thick. The length, including the tail, is about three feet.
Tazel (n.) The teasel.
Tazza (n.) An ornamental cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl, resting on a pedestal and often having handles.
Tchawytcha (n.) (Zoology) 大鱗大麻哈魚 The quinnat salmon.
T cart () See under T.
Tchotchke (n.) [Informal] [North American ] (Also tsatske) 廉價小飾物；小玩意 A small object that is decorative rather than strictly functional; a trinket.
‘A pig mug and a dozen or so other porcine tchotchkes adorn his office.’
Tchotchke (n.) [C] (US informal) 小玩意兒，不值錢的裝飾品 A small decorative object.
// My grandma's house was full of figurines and other tchotchkes.
Tchotchke (n.) [US ] A pretty girl or woman.
‘Just look at my little tchotchke growing up.’
Tea (n.) The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree ({Thea Chinensis or Camellia Chinensis). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other countries.
Note: Teas are classed as green or black, according to their color or appearance, the kinds being distinguished also by various other characteristic differences, as of taste, odor, and the like. The color, flavor, and quality are dependent upon the treatment which the leaves receive after being gathered. The leaves for green tea are heated, or roasted slightly, in shallow pans over a wood fire, almost immediately after being gathered, after which they are rolled with the hands upon a table, to free them from a portion of their moisture, and to twist them, and are then quickly dried. Those intended for black tea are spread out in the air for some time after being gathered, and then tossed about with the hands until they become soft and flaccid, when they are roasted for a few minutes, and rolled, and having then been exposed to the air for a few hours in a soft and moist state, are finally dried slowly over a charcoal fire. The operation of roasting and rolling is sometimes repeated several times, until the leaves have become of the proper color. The principal sorts of green tea are Twankay, the poorest kind; Hyson skin, the refuse of Hyson; Hyson, Imperial, and Gunpowder, fine varieties; and Young Hyson, a choice kind made from young leaves gathered early in the spring. Those of black tea are Bohea, the poorest kind; Congou; Oolong; Souchong, one of the finest varieties; and Pekoe, a fine-flavored kind, made chiefly from young spring buds. See Bohea, Congou, Gunpowder tea, under Gunpowder, Hyson, Oolong, and Souchong. -- K. Johnson. -- Tomlinson.
Note: "No knowledge of . . . [tea] appears to have reached Europe till after the establishment of intercourse between Portugal and China in 1517. The Portuguese, however, did little towards the introduction of the herb into Europe, and it was not till the Dutch established themselves at Bantam early in 17th century, that these adventurers learned from the Chinese the habit of tea drinking, and brought it to Europe." -- Encyc. Brit.
Tea (n.) A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage.
Tea (n.) Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea; chamomile tea; catnip tea.
Tea (n.) The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper.
Arabian tea, The leaves of Catha edulis; also (Bot.), the plant itself. See Kat.
Assam tea, Tea grown in Assam, in India, originally brought there from China about the year 1850.
Australian tea, or Botany Bay tea (Bot.), A woody climbing plant ({Smilax glycyphylla).
Brazilian tea. The dried leaves of Lantana pseodothea, used in Brazil as a substitute for tea.
Brazilian tea. The dried leaves of Stachytarpheta mutabilis, used for adulterating tea, and also, in Austria, for preparing a beverage.
Labrador tea. (Bot.) See under Labrador.
New Jersey tea (Bot.), An American shrub, the leaves of which were formerly used as a substitute for tea; redroot. See Redroot.
New Zealand tea. (Bot.) See under New Zealand.
Oswego tea. (Bot.) See Oswego tea.
Paraguay tea, mate. See 1st Mate.
Tea board, A board or tray for holding a tea set.
Tea bug (Zool.), An hemipterous insect which injures the tea plant by sucking the juice of the tender leaves.
Tea caddy, A small box for holding tea.
Tea chest, A small, square wooden case, usually lined with sheet lead or tin, in which tea is imported from China.
Tea clam (Zool.), A small quahaug. [Local, U. S.]
Tea garden, A public garden where tea and other refreshments are served.
Tea plant (Bot.), Any plant, the leaves of which are used in making a beverage by infusion; specifically, Thea Chinensis, from which the tea of commerce is obtained.
Tea rose (Bot.), A delicate and graceful variety of the rose ({Rosa Indica, var. odorata), introduced from China, and so named from its scent. Many varieties are now cultivated.
Tea service, The appurtenances or utensils required for a tea table, -- when of silver, usually comprising only the teapot, milk pitcher, and sugar dish.
Tea set, A tea service.
Tea table, A table on which tea furniture is set, or at which tea is drunk.
Tea taster, One who tests or ascertains the quality of tea by tasting.
Tea tree (Bot.), The tea plant of China. See Tea plant, above.
Tea urn, A vessel generally in the form of an urn or vase, for supplying hot water for steeping, or infusing, tea.
Tea (v. i.) To take or drink tea. [Colloq.]
Tea (n.) A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water; "iced tea is a cooling drink."
Tea (n.) A light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes; "an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea" [syn: tea, afternoon tea, teatime].
Tea (n.) A tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves; "tea has fragrant white flowers" [syn: tea, Camellia sinensis].
Tea (n.) A reception or party at which tea is served; "we met at the Dean's tea for newcomers."
Tea (n.) Dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea; "the store shelves held many different kinds of tea"; "they threw the tea into Boston harbor" [syn: tea, tea leaf].
TEA, () Telekommunikations-Anschluss-Einheit (DTAG)
TEA, () Tiny Encryption Algorithm (cryptography)
Tea, SD -- U.S. city in South Dakota
Population (2000): 1742
Housing Units (2000): 600
Land area (2000): 0.605323 sq. miles (1.567779 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.605323 sq. miles (1.567779 sq. km)
FIPS code: 63100
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 43.448055 N, 96.837587 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 57064
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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