Tadirida femorosacca
1: small brown bat of California and northern Mexico [syn: {pocketed bat}, {pocketed freetail bat}]
Tadjik
1: a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet [syn: {Tajikistan}, {Republic of Tajikistan}, {Tadzhikistan}, {Tadzhik}, {Tajik}]
Tadorna
1: sheldrakes [syn: {genus Tadorna}]
tadpole
1: a larval frog or toad [syn: {polliwog}, {pollywog}]
Tadzhik
1: a native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China [syn: {Tajik}] 2: a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan...
Tadzhikistan
1: a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet [syn: {Tajikistan}, {Republic of Tajikistan}, {Tadzhik}, {Tadjik}, {Tajik}]
Taegu
1: a city in southeastern South Korea [syn: {Tegu}]
tael
1: a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces
taenia
1: a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband [syn: {tenia}, {fillet}] 2: tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host [also: {taeniae} (pl)]
Taeniidae
1: a family of Cestoda [syn: {family Taeniidae}]
taffeta
1: a crisp smooth lustrous fabric
taffeta weave
1: a basic style of weave in which the weft and warp threads intertwine alternately to produce a checkerboard effect [syn: {plain weave}]
taffrail
1: the railing around the stern of a ship
taffrail log
1: a torpedo-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed [syn: {patent log}, {screw log}]
taffy
1: chewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy
taffy apple
1: an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar) [syn: {candied apple}, {candy apple}, {caramel apple}, {toffee apple}]
Taft
1: United States sculptor (1860-1936) [syn: {Lorado Taft}] 2: 27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930) [syn: {William Howard Taft}, {P...
tag
1: a label made of cardboard or plastic or metal 2: a small piece of cloth or paper [syn: {rag}, {shred}, {tag end}, {tatter}] 3: a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught bec...
tag along
1: go along with, often uninvited; "my younger brother often tagged along when I went out with my friends"
tag end
1: a small piece of cloth or paper [syn: {rag}, {shred}, {tag}, {tatter}]
tag line
1: the point of a joke or humorous story [syn: {punch line}, {laugh line}, {gag line}]
tag on
1: fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace" [syn: {append}, {tack on}, {tack}, {hang on}]
Tagalog
1: a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila 2: language of the Tagalog people on which Filipino is based
tagalong
1: someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along [syn: {hanger-on}]
Tagamet
1: a drug (trade name Tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid [syn: {cimetidine}]
tagasaste
1: shrub of Canary Islands having bristle-tipped oblanceolate leaves; used as cattle fodder [syn: {Chamaecytisus palmensis}, {Cytesis proliferus}]
Tagetes erecta
1: a stout branching annual with large yellow to orange flower heads; Mexico and Central America [syn: {African marigold}, {big marigold}, {Aztec marigold}]
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Tagetes patula
1: strong-scented bushy annual with orange or yellow flower heads marked with red; Mexico and Guatemala [syn: {French marigold}]
Tageteste
1: marigolds [syn: {genus Tagetes}]
taguan
1: East Indian flying squirrel [syn: {flying marmot}, {flying cat}, {Petaurista petaurista}]
Tagus
1: a European river; flows into the North Atlantic [syn: {Tagus River}]
Tagus River
1: a European river; flows into the North Atlantic [syn: {Tagus}]
tahini
1: a thick Middle Eastern paste made from ground sesame seeds
Tahiti
1: an island in the south Pacific; the most important island in French Polynesia; made famous by Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin
Tahitian
1: of or relating to or characteristic of the island of Tahiti or its residents or their language and culture n 1: a native or inhabitant of Tahiti 2: the Oceanic language spoken on Tahiti
tahoka daisy
1: wild aster with fernlike leaves and flower heads with very narrow bright purple rays; Alberta to Texas and Mexico [syn: {tansy leaf aster}, {Machaeranthera tanacetifolia}]
Tai
1: of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people; "Siamese kings"; "different Thai tribes live in the north" [syn: {Thai}, {Siamese}] 2: of or relating to the languages of the Thai peo...
tai chi
1: a Chinese system of slow meditative physical exercise designed for relaxation and balance and health [syn: {t'ai chi}, {t'ai chi chuan}, {tai chi chuan}]
tai chi chuan
1: a Chinese system of slow meditative physical exercise designed for relaxation and balance and health [syn: {t'ai chi}, {tai chi}, {t'ai chi chuan}]
Tai Dam
1: a branch of the Tai languages [syn: {Black Tai}]
Tai Long
1: a branch of the Tai languages [syn: {Shan}]
Tai Lue
1: a branch of the Tai languages [syn: {Xishuangbanna Dai}]
Tai Nuea
1: a branch of the Tai languages [syn: {Chinese Shan}, {Dehong Dai}]
Tai Yuan
1: a branch of the Tai languages [syn: {Kam Muang}]
Taif
1: a city in western Saudi Arabia east of Mecca
tail
1: the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body 2: the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this cris...
tail assembly
1: the rear part of an aircraft [syn: {tail}, {empennage}]
tail bone
1: the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes [syn: {coccyx}]
tail coat
1: formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men [syn: {dress suit}, {full dress}, {tailcoat}, {tails}, {white tie}, {white tie and tails}]
tail end
1: the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm" [syn: {fag end}, {tail}] 2: any projection that resembles the tail of an animal [syn: {t...
tail feather
1: feather growing from the tail (uropygium) of a bird
tail fin
1: a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane [syn: {vertical stabilizer}, {vertical stabiliser}, {vertical fin}, {tailfin}] 2: one of a pair of decorations projecting abo...
tail gate
1: a gate downstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the lower end
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