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Tandem
One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before another, instead of abreast.
Tangency
The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.
Tanite
A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement, used for making grinding wheels, slabs, etc.
Tankling
A tinkling.
Tarnish
The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.
Tartar
Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
Tasker
One who imposes a task.
Tassel
A pendent ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose threads or cords.
Tautologic
Tautological.
Tax
A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.
taxicab
an automobile with a professional driver which can be hired to carry passengers; -- also called a , and informally called a or a . The driver of a taxicab is referred to as a or , and sometimes as a or .
Tellurian
A dweller on the earth.
Tempestuous
Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy;
Tentative
An essay; a trial; an experiment.
Terminological
Of or pertaining to terminology.
Tern
Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to and various allied genera.
Testicular
Of or pertaining to the testicle.
Tetrapterous
Having four wings.
Tetrazo-
A combining form (also used adjectively), designating any one of a series of double derivatives of the azo and diazo compounds .
Thar
A goatlike animal () native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. Called also , and .
Theban
A native or inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man.
Thermomotor
A heat engine; a hot-air engine.
Thick
Frequently; fast; quick.
Thoth
The god of eloquence and letters among the ancient Egyptians, and supposed to be the inventor of writing and philosophy. He corresponded to the of the Romans, and was usually represented as a human figure with the head of an ibis or a lamb.
Threadfin
Any one of several species of fishes belonging to and allied genera. They have numerous long pectoral filaments.
Thrombosis
The obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction; -- distinguished from , which is produced by a clot or foreign body brought from a distance.
Throttler
One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes.
Thrum
To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
Tick
To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.
Tipple
Liquor taken in tippling; drink.
Tire
To adorn; to attire; to dress.
Tissue
To form tissue of; to interweave.
Titler
A large truncated cone of refined sugar.
Tobacconist
A dealer in tobacco; also, a manufacturer of tobacco.
Toged
Togated.
Tonga
A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus .
Tonsure
The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the state of being shorn.
Topsoiling
The act or art of taking off the top soil of land before an excavation or embankment is begun.
Toreador
A bullfighter.
Torril
A worthless woman; also, a worthless horse.
Totipalmi
A division of swimming birds including those that have totipalmate feet.
Touching
Concerning; with respect to.
Toxalbumin
Any of a class of toxic substances of protein nature; a toxin.
Transanimate
To animate with a soul conveyed from another body.
Transliteration
The act or product of transliterating, or of expressing words of a language by means of the characters of another alphabet.
Transport
To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey;
Trek
The act of trekking; a drawing or a traveling; a journey; a migration.
Trice
A very short time; an instant; a moment; -- now used only in the phrase .
Trichoscolices
An extensive group of wormlike animals characterized by being more or less covered with cilia.
Troublable
Causing trouble; troublesome.
Trowel
A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
Truckler
One who truckles, or yields servilely to the will of another.
Trug
A trough, or tray.
Tsung tu
A viceroy or governor-general, the highest provincial official in China, with civil and military authority over one or more provinces.
Tubipore
Any species of the genus Tubipora.
Tucan
The Mexican pocket gopher (). It resembles the common pocket gopher of the Western United States, but is larger. Called also , and .
Tunicary
One of the Tunicata.
Turnstile
A revolving frame in a footpath, preventing the passage of horses or cattle, but admitting that of persons; a turnpike. See , , 1.
Turtlehead
An American perennial herb () having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also , , and .
Turtler
One who catches turtles or tortoises.
Turtling
The act, practice, or art of catching turtles.
Twire
To sing, or twitter.
Tymp
A hollow water-cooled iron casting in the upper part of the archway in which the dam stands.
Tympanic
Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; .
Tympanites
A flatulent distention of the belly; tympany.
Typewriter
An instrument for writing by means of type, a typewheel, or the like, in which the operator makes use of a sort of keyboard, in order to obtain printed impressions of the characters upon paper.
Typhoon
A violent whirlwind; specifically, a violent whirlwind occurring in the Chinese seas.
Typograph
A machine for setting type or for casting lines of type and setting them.