Showing 7,401 to 7,500 of 8,344.
- TABESCENTWasting away, or becoming emaciated.
- TABIDPertaining to tabes.
- TABLEFurniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
- TABULAA plate or frame on which a title or inscription is carved.
- TABULARHaving a flat (planar) horizontal surface at top.
- TACETAn instruction indicating silence on the part of the performers of a piece.
- TACITImplied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
- TACITURNSilent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.
- TACITURNITYThe trait of being taciturn.
- TACNODEA point of a curve where two or more osculating circles to the curve at that point are tangent, so that two branches of the curve have ordinary tangency at the double point.
- TACTSensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the ri
- TACTILETangible; perceptible to the sense of touch.
- TACTIONThe act of touching; touch; contact.
- TAINTA contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
- TALCUMPowdered and perfumed talc for toilet use.
- TALIGRADEWalking on the edge of its feet.
- TALIONRetaliation; retribution.
- TALIONSRetaliation; retribution.
- TALIPESClubfoot; the condition of having a clubfoot.
- TALONA sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
- TALPAAn encysted tumour on the head; a wen.
- TALUSThe bone of the ankle.
- TAMALEA Mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various ingredients (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks.
- TAMARINDA tropical tree, Tamarindus indica.
- TAMARISKAny of several shrubs, of the genus Tamarix, native to arid regions in Eurasia and Africa, often invasive in other arid regions.
- TAMISA culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth.
- TANDEMA carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing pulling power but only the animal in front being able to
- TANGIBLETouchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch.
- TANKARDA large drinking vessel, sometimes of pewter, sometimes with a glass base, with one handle and often a hinged cover.
- TAPENADEA Provençal dish consisting of puréed or finely chopped olives, capers, anchovies, and olive oil, usually eaten with bread as an hors d'œuvre.
- TARDOA sloth (animal).
- TARDYLate; overdue or delayed.
- TARSALOf or relating to the tarsus.
- TARSUSThe part between the main part of the hindlimb and the metatarsus in terrestrial vertebrates. A group of small bones in this part of the foot. The seven bones of the human tarsus f
- TASKA piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
- TASSELA ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the ot
- TAUPEA dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin.
- TAURICRelating to bulls.
- TAURINEPertaining to a bull; bull-like.
- TAVERNA restaurant or bar.
- TAVERNAA small Greek restaurant.
- TAXIA vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.
- TAXOLA taxane, C47H51NO14, used to treat cancer; Taxol.
- TECTIFORMRoof-shaped; sloping downwards on two sides from a raised central ridge.
- TEDIOUSBoring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome, livelong.
- TEDIUMBoredom or tediousness; ennui.
- TEETOTUMA toy (spinning top) similar to a dreidel.
- TEGMENA covering or integument, usually referring to a thin layer or membrane in an organism.
- TEGULAA small sclerite situated above the base of the costal vein in the wings of various insects, and attached to the anterolateral portion of the mesonotum.
- TEGULARResembling or relating to a tile; arranged like tiles; consisting of tiles
- TEGUMENTSomething which covers; a covering or coating.
- TEILThe lime tree, or linden.
- TELAA thin, web-like structure or membrane.
- TELARYOf or relating to a web, or that spins webs
- TELIOSPOREA teleutospore.
- TELLURICPertaining to the Earth, earthly.
- TELLURIUMThe chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te. A rare, brittle, mildly toxic, silver-white metalloid.
- TEMBLORAn earthquake.
- TEMERARIOUSCharacterized by temerity; recklessly daring or bold.
- TEMERITYReckless boldness; foolish bravery.
- TEMPERA general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
- TEMPERANCEHabitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence.
- TEMPERATEModerate; not excessive.
- TEMPESTA storm, especially one with severe winds.
- TEMPLARA barrister having chambers in the Inner Temple or Middle Temple.
- TEMPLEA house of worship, especially: A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith.
- TEMPOA frequency or rate.
- TEMPORALOf or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clerical.
- TEMPORALITYThe condition of being bounded in time (of being temporal).
- TEMPTABLECapable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.
- TEMPTATIONThe act of tempting.
- TEMPURAA Japanese dish made by deep-frying vegetables, seafood, or other foods in a light batter.
- TEMULENCEDrunkenness; intoxication.
- TEMULENCESDrunkenness; intoxication.
- TEMULENCYSynonym of temulence.
- TEMULENTIntoxicated, drunk.
- TENACEAn interrupted sequence of high cards of the same suit, such as the king and jack or the ace and queen.
- TENACIOUSClinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
- TENACITYThe quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
- TENACULUMA medical instrument consisting of a sharp hook attached to a handle; used mainly for taking up arteries and the like.
- TENAILLEAn outwork in the main ditch of a fortification, in front of the curtain, between two bastions.
- TENANTOne who holds a lease (a tenancy).
- TENCHA species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca.
- TENDTo make a tender of; to offer or tender.
- TENDENCYA likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
- TENDERSensitive or painful to the touch.
- TENDRILA thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support.
- TENEBRIFICProducing darkness, obscuring; gloomy.
- TENEBRISMA style of painting using very pronounced chiaroscuro, with darkness a dominating feature of the image.
- TENEBRISMSA style of painting using very pronounced chiaroscuro, with darkness a dominating feature of the image.
- TENEBRITYThe quality of being tenebrous; darkness, gloom.
- TENEBROSEDark, tenebrous.
- TENEBROSITYThe state or quality of being tenebrose or tenebrous.
- TENEBROUSDark and gloomy; obscure.
- TENETAn opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
- TENORA musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
- TENSEThe property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
- TENSILEOf or pertaining to tension.
- TENSITYThe quality of being tense (literally or figuratively); tension.
- TENSORA muscle that tightens or stretches a part, or renders it tense.