tail lamp
1: lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle [syn: {taillight}, {rear light}, {rear lamp}]
tail rotor
1: rotor consisting of a rotating airfoil on the tail of a single-rotor helicopter; keeps the helicopter from spinning in the direction opposite to the rotation of the main rotor [syn: {anti-torque ro...
tail-flower
1: any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers [syn: {anthurium}, {tailflower}]
tailback
1: (football) the person who plays tailback 2: the position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage
tailboard
1: a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading [syn: {tailgate}]
tailcoat
1: formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men [syn: {dress suit}, {full dress}, {tail coat}, {tails}, {white tie}, {white tie and tails}]
tailed frog
1: western North American frog with a tail-like copulatory organ [syn: {bell toad}, {ribbed toad}, {tailed toad}, {Ascaphus trui}]
tailed toad
1: western North American frog with a tail-like copulatory organ [syn: {tailed frog}, {bell toad}, {ribbed toad}, {Ascaphus trui}]
tailfin
1: a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane [syn: {vertical stabilizer}, {vertical stabiliser}, {vertical fin}, {tail fin}] 2: one of a pair of decorations projecting ab...
tailflower
1: any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers [syn: {anthurium}, {tail-flower}]
tailgate
1: a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading [syn: {tailboard}] v : follow at a dangerously close distance; "it is dangerous to tailgate another vehicle"
tailgater
1: a driver who follows too closely behind another motor vehicle
tailing
1: following surreptitiously; keeping under surveillance; "always on guard against shadowing submarines" [syn: {shadowing}] n : the act of following someone secretly [syn: {shadowing}]
tailless
1: not having a tail; "anurous toads and frogs" [syn: {anurous}]
tailless tenrec
1: prolific animal that feeds chiefly on earthworms [syn: {Tenrec ecaudatus}]
taillight
1: lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle [syn: {tail lamp}, {rear light}, {rear lamp}]
taillike
1: resembling a tail [syn: {caudal}]
tailor
1: a person whose occupation is making and altering garments [syn: {seamster}, {sartor}] v 1: make fit for a specific purpose [syn: {shoehorn}] 2: style and tailor in a certain fashion; "cut a dress" ...
tailor's chalk
1: chalk used by tailors to make temporary marks on cloth
tailor's tack
1: loose looped stitch used to transfer marking for darts, etc., from a pattern to material
tailor-made
1: of clothing [syn: {bespoke}, {bespoken}, {made-to-order}, {tailored}]
tailor-make
1: create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?" [syn: {sew}, {tailor}] 2: make to specifications; "I had this desk custom-made for me" [syn: {custom-make}, {customize}...
tailorbird
1: tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest [syn: {Orthotomus sutorius}]
tailored
1: severely simple in line or design; "a neat tailored suit"; "tailored curtains" [syn: {trim}] 2: of clothing [syn: {bespoke}, {bespoken}, {made-to-order}, {tailor-made}]
tailpiece
1: appendage added to extend the length of something
tailpipe
1: a pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a car
tailplane
1: the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged [syn: {horizontal stabilizer}, {horizontal stabiliser}]
tailrace
1: a watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine
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tails
1: formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men [syn: {dress suit}, {full dress}, {tailcoat}, {tail coat}, {white tie}, {white tie and tails}]
tailspin
1: loss of emotional control often resulting in emotional collapse 2: rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral [syn: {spin}]
tailstock
1: support consisting of the movable part of a lathe that slides along the bed in alignment with the headstock and is locked into position to support the free end of the workpiece
tailwind
1: wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft
tailwort
1: hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach [syn: {borage}, {Borago officinalis}]
taint
1: the state of being contaminated [syn: {contamination}] v 1: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" [syn: {defile}, {sully}, {corrupt}, {cloud}] 2: contaminate with a...
tainted
1: touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic" [syn: {corrupt}] 2: especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished re...
taipan
1: large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia [syn: {Oxyuranus scutellatus}]
Taipeh
1: the capital of Nationalist China; located in northern Taiwan [syn: {Taipei}, {capital of Taiwan}]
Taipei
1: the capital of Nationalist China; located in northern Taiwan [syn: {Taipeh}, {capital of Taiwan}]
taira
1: long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America [syn: {tayra}, {Eira barbara}]
Taiwan
1: a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the communists led by Mao Zedong [syn: {China}, {Nationalist China}, {Republic of...
Taiwanese
1: of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh" [syn: {Chinese}, {Formosan}] n 1: a native or inhabitant o...
Taiyuan
1: an ancient city in northeastern China noted for coal mining and steel production
Taj Mahal
1: beautiful mausoleum at Agra built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (completed in 1649) in memory of his favorite wife
Tajik
1: a native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China [syn: {Tadzhik}] 2: a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanist...
Tajiki
1: the Iranian language of the Tajik people that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan [syn: {Tajik}, {Tadzhik}]
Tajikistan
1: a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet [syn: {Republic of Tajikistan}, {Tadzhikistan}, {Tadzhik}, {Tadjik}, {Tajik}]
Tajikistani
1: of or relating to or characteristic of Tajikistan or it people or culture
taka
1: the basic unit of money in Bangladesh; equal to 100 paisas
takahe
1: flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules [syn: {notornis}, {Notornis mantelli}]
Takakkaw
1: a waterfall in southeastern British Columbia; the highest waterfall in Canada (1250 feet high)
Takayasu's arteritis
1: disorder characterized by the absence of a pulse in both arms and in the carotid arteries [syn: {pulseless disease}]
take
1: the income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" [syn: {return}, {issue}, {proceeds}, {takings}, {yield}, {payoff}] 2: the act of photographing a scene or part of a...
take a bow
1: acknowledge praise or accept credit; "They finally took a bow for what they did" 2: acknowledge applause by inclining the head, as of an artist after a performance
take a breath
1: draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" [syn: {breathe}, {respire}, {suspire}]
take a breather
1: take a short break from one's activities in order to relax [syn: {rest}, {breathe}, {catch one's breath}]
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