Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 8
Tanning (n.) The art or process of converting skins into leather. See Tan, v. t., 1.
Tanning (n.) Process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light.
Tanning (n.) Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment [syn: whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation].
Tanning (n.) Making leather from rawhide.
Tanrec (n.) (Zool.) Same as Tenrec.
Tansy (n.) (Bot.) Any plant of the composite genus Tanacetum. The common tansy ({T. vulgare) has finely divided leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and a very bitter taste. It is used for medicinal and culinary purposes.
Tansy (n.) A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs, sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs, baked with butter in a shallow dish. [Obs.] -- Pepys.
Double tansy (Bot.), A variety of the common tansy with the leaves more dissected than usual.
Tansy mustard (Bot.), A plant ({Sisymbrium canescens"> Tansy mustard (Bot.), a plant ({Sisymbrium canescens) of the Mustard family, with tansylike leaves.
Tansy (n.) Common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally [syn: tansy, golden buttons, scented fern, Tanacetum vulgare].
Tant (n.) (Zool.) A small scarlet arachnid.
Tantalate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of tantalic acid.
Tantalic (a.) (Chem.) 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.
Tantalism (n.) A punishment like that of Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable; tantalization. -- Addison.
Is not such a provision like tantalism to this people? -- Josiah Quincy.
Tantalite (n.) (Min.) A heavy mineral of an iron-black color and submetallic luster. It is essentially a tantalate of iron.
Tantalite (n.) A mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an ore of tantalum.
Tantalization (n.) The act of tantalizing, or state of being tantalized. -- Gayton.
Tantalization (n.) The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent" [syn: tease, teasing, ribbing, tantalization].
Tantalized (imp. & p. p.) of Tantalize.
Tantalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tantalize.
Tantalize (v. 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.
Thy vain
desires, at strife Within themselves, have tantalized thy life.
-- Dryden.
Syn: To tease; vex; irritate; provoke.
Usage: Tantalize, Disappoint. To disappoint is literally to do away with what was (or was taken to be) appointed; hence the peculiar pain from hopes thus dashed to the ground. To tantalize, a much stronger term, describes a most distressing form of disappointment, as in the case of Tantalus, the Phrygian king. To tantalize is to visit with the bitterest disappointment -- to torment by exciting hopes or expectations which can never be realized.
Tantalize (v.) Harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride].
Tantalize (v.) [ T ] (UK usually tantalise) 撩撥，惹弄，逗引 To make someone feel excited or attracted by an offer or a suggestion of something that is, in fact, unlikely to happen.
Tantalizer (n.) One who tantalizes.
Tantalizer (n.) Someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach [syn: tantalizer, tantaliser].
Tantalizingly (adv.) In a tantalizing or teasing manner.
Tantalizingly (adv.) In a tantalizing manner; "she smiled at him tantalizingly" [syn: tantalizingly, invitingly].
Tantalum (n.) (Chem.) 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.
Tantalum (n.) A hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite
and tantalite [syn: tantalum, Ta, atomic number 73].
Tantalum
Symbol: Ta
Atomic number: 73
Atomic weight: 180.948
Heavy blue-grey metallic transition element. Ta-181 is a stable isotope, and Ta-180 is a radioactive isotope, with a half-life in excess of 10^7 years. Used in surgery as it is unreactive. Forms a passive oxide layer in air. Identified in 1802 by Ekeberg and isolated in 1820 by Jons J. Berzelius.
Tantalus (n.) (Gr. Myth.) 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.
Tantalus (n.) (Zool.) A genus of wading birds comprising the wood ibises.
Tantalus's cup (Physics), A philosophical toy, consisting of a cup, within which is the figure of a man, and within the figure a siphon, the longer arm of which passes down through the bottom of the cup, and allows the escape of any liquid that may be poured in, when it reaches as high as the bend of the siphon, which is just below the level of the mouth of the figure in the cup.
Tantalus (n.) (Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it.
Tantamount (a.) Equivalent in value, signification, or effect.
A usage
nearly tantamount to constitutional right. -- Hallam.
The certainty that delay, under these circumstances, was tantamount to ruin. -- De
Quincey.
Tantamount (v. i.) To be tantamount or equivalent; to amount.
[Obs.] -- Jer. Taylor.
Tantamount (a.) Being essentially equal to something; "it was as good as gold"; "a wish that was equivalent to a command"; "his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt" [syn: equivalent, tantamount(p)].
Tantivy (adv.) Swiftly; speedily; rapidly; -- a fox-hunting term; as, to ride tantivy.
Tantivy (n.) A rapid, violent gallop; an impetuous rush. -- Cleverland.
Tantivy (v. i.) To go away in haste. [Colloq.]
Tantrum (n.) 發脾氣；發怒 A whim; an affected air. [Colloq. and archaic] -- Thackeray.
Tantrum (n.) A display of ill-humor, especially a demonstration of rage or frustration by shouting or violent physical movements, such as the stamping of feet; called also {temper tantrum}. It is usually associated with children, but is sometimes seen in adults.
Tantrum (n.) [fig.] A display of anger expressed by irrationally striking out at innocent targets or inanimate objects; as, the governor was so insulted by the article, he threw a temper tantrum and cancelled the ceremony.
Tantrum (n.) A display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: {fit}, {tantrum}, {scene}, {conniption}].
Tanyard (n.) An inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery.
Tanystomata (n. pl.) A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillae.
The horseflies and robber flies are examples.
Taoism (n.) One of the popular religions of China, sanctioned by the state.
Tapped (imp. & p. p.) of Tap.
Tapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tap.
Tap (v. t.) To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.
Tap (v. t.) To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
Tap (n.) A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
Tap (n.) A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
Tap (n.) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
Tap (v. i.) To strike a gentle blow.
Tap (n.) A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.
Tap (n.) A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.
Tap (n.) Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.
Tap (n.) A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
Tap (n.) A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.
Tap (v. t.) To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.
Tap (v. t.) Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury.
Tap (v. t.) To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.
Tap (v. t.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.
Tapa (n.) A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also kapa.
Tapayaxin (n.) A Mexican spinous lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) having a head somewhat like that of a toad; -- called also horned toad.
Tape (n.) A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.
Tape (n.) A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape.
Tapeline (n.) A painted tape, marked with linear dimensions, as inches, feet, etc., and often inclosed in a case, -- used for measuring.
Taper (n.) 小臘燭，尖細，漸弱，錐形，圓錐 A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
Taper (n.) A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
Taper (a.) 尖細的，分等級的 Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
Tapered (imp. & p. p.) of Taper.
Tapering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Taper.
Taper (v. i.) (v. t.) (使) 逐漸變小 To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
Taper (v. t.) To make or cause to taper.
Taper (n.) A convex shape that narrows toward a point.
Taper (n.) The property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone).
Taper (n.) A loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame [syn: {wick}, {taper}].
Taper (n.) Stick of wax with a wick in the middle [syn: {candle}, {taper}, {wax light}].
Taper (v.) Diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off."
Taper (v.) Give a point to; "The candles are tapered" [syn: {sharpen}, {taper}, {point}].
Taper (v.) [ I or T ] （使）一端逐漸變窄To become gradually narrower at one end, or to make something do this.
// Then you'll come to a place where the pavement tapers off and the dirt road begins.
Phrasal verb: Taper off
Taper off (- Phrasal verb with taper) (v.) [ I or T ] 逐漸變小；逐步減弱 To become gradually smaller or weaker, or happen less often.
// Her voice tapered off as she realized everyone was listening.
// Sales have gradually tapered off.
Taper (n.) [ C ] 細枝小蠟燭；點火木片；燈芯；燭芯 A very thin candle or a very thin strip of wood, used especially in the past for lighting candles, fires, etc.
Tapered (a.) Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir.
Tapering (a.) Becoming gradually smaller toward one end.
Taperness (n.) The quality or state of being taper; tapering form; taper.
Tapestries (n. pl. ) of Tapestry.
Tapestry (n.) 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.
Tapestried (imp. & p. p.) of Tapestry.
Tapestrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tapestry.
Tapestry (v. t.) To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry.
Tapet (n.) Worked or figured stuff; tapestry.
Tapetis (n. pl. ) of Tapeti.
Tapeti (n.) A small South American hare (Lepus Braziliensis).
Tapetum (n.) 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 applied to the whole layer of pigmented epithelium of the choroid.
Tapeworm (n.) (Zool.) 【動】絛蟲 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.
Note: Three species are common parasites of man: the pork tapeworm ({Taenia solium}), the larva of which is found in pork; the beef tapeworm ({Taenia mediocanellata), the larva of which lives in the flesh of young cattle; and the broad tapeworm ({Bothriocephalus latus) which is found chiefly in the inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Europe and Asia. See also Echinococcus, Cysticercus, Proglottis, and 2d Measles, 4.
Tapeworm (n.) Ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates [syn: tapeworm, cestode].
Taphouse (n.) A house where liquors are retailed.
Taphrenchyma (n.) Same as Bothrenchyma.
Tapinage (n.) A lurking or skulking.
Tapioca (n.) 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 thickening for soups. See Cassava.
Tapir (n.) 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 legs, a short, thick tail, and short, close hair. They have three toes on the hind feet, and four toes on the fore feet, but the outermost toe is of little use.
Tapiroid (a.) Allied to the tapir, or the Tapir family.
Tapis (n.) Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table.
Tapis (v. t.) To cover or work with figures like tapestry.
Tapiser (n.) A maker of tapestry; an upholsterer.
Tapish (v. i.) To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one's self.
Taplash (n.) Bad small beer; also, the refuse or dregs of liquor.
Taplings (n. pl.) The strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail are united.
Tapoa tafa () 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.
Tappen (n.) An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other animals during hibernation.
Tapper (n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer.
Tappester (n.) A female tapster.
Tappet (n.) 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.
Tappice (v. i.) Alt. of Tappis
Tappis (v. i.) See Tapish.
Tappit hen () A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head.
Tappit hen () A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); -- so called from a knob on the lid, thought to resemble a crested hen.
Taproom (n.) A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.
Taproot (n.) The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
Tapster (n.) One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor.
Taqua-nut (n.) A Central American name for the ivory nut.
Tar (n.) A sailor; a seaman.
Tar (n.) A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it.
Tarradiddle (n.) A petty falsehood; a fib.
Tarradiddle (n.) Pretentious nonsense. Tarradiddle is of unknown origin.
Tarred (imp. & p. p.) of Tar.
Tarring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tar.
Tar (v. t.) To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.
Taranis (n.) A Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the Romans with Jupiter.