| tambala | (noun) 100 tambala equal 1 kwacha in Malawi | - |
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| tambour | (noun) a drum | - |
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| (noun) a frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering | Synonyms: embroidery frame, embroidery hoop |
| tambourine | (noun) a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides | - |
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| tame | (adjective) brought from wildness into a domesticated state | Synonyms: tamed |
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| (adjective) very restrained or quiet | - |
| (adjective) very docile | Synonyms: meek |
| (adjective) flat and uninspiring | - |
| (verb) correct by punishment or discipline | Synonyms: chasten, subdue |
| (verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, naturalize |
| (verb) make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans | Synonyms: domesticate |
| (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim |
| (verb) make less strong or intense; soften | Synonyms: moderate, tone down |
| tameable | (adjective) capable of being tamed | Synonyms: tamable |
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| tamed | (adjective) brought from wildness into a domesticated state | Synonyms: tame |
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| (adjective) brought from wildness | - |
| tamely | (adverb) in a tame manner | - |
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| tameness | (noun) the attribute of having been domesticated | Synonyms: domestication |
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| (noun) the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated | Synonyms: jejuneness, jejunity, vapidity, vapidness |
| tamer | (noun) an animal trainer who tames wild animals | - |
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| tammy | (noun) plain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and garments and curtains | - |
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| (noun) a woolen cap of Scottish origin | Synonyms: tam-o'-shanter, tam |
| tamoxifen | (noun) an antagonist for estrogen that is used in the treatment of breast cancer | Synonyms: estrogen antagonist |
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| tamp | (noun) a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.) | Synonyms: tamper, tamping bar |
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| (verb) press down tightly | Synonyms: pack, tamp down |
| tamper | (noun) a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.) | Synonyms: tamp, tamping bar |
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| (verb) play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly | Synonyms: fiddle, monkey |
| (verb) intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly | Synonyms: meddle |
| tampering | (noun) the act of altering something secretly or improperly | Synonyms: meddling |
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| tampion | (noun) plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture | Synonyms: tompion |
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| tampon | (noun) plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood) | - |
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| (verb) plug with a tampon | - |
| tamponade | (noun) blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding) | Synonyms: tamponage |
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| tamponage | (noun) blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding) | Synonyms: tamponade |
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| tan | (adjective) of a light yellowish-brown color | - |
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| (noun) a light brown the color of topaz | Synonyms: topaz |
| (noun) ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: tangent |
| (noun) a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun | Synonyms: suntan |
| (verb) get a tan, from wind or sun | Synonyms: bronze |
| (verb) treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather | - |
| tanager | (noun) any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males | - |
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| tanbark | (noun) bark rich in tannin; bruised and cut in pieces to use for tanning; spent tanbark used as a ground covering | - |
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| tandem | (noun) a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats | Synonyms: bicycle-built-for-two, tandem bicycle |
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| (noun) an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another | - |
| (adverb) one behind the other | Synonyms: in tandem |
| tandoor | (noun) a clay oven used in northern India and Pakistan | - |
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| tanekaha | (noun) medium tall celery pine of New Zealand | Synonyms: Phyllocladus trichomanoides |
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| tang | (noun) any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria | Synonyms: sea tangle |
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| (noun) any of various coarse seaweeds | Synonyms: sea tang |
| (noun) brown algae seaweed with serrated edges | Synonyms: Fucus serratus, serrated wrack |
| (noun) a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure | Synonyms: black rockweed, bladder fucus, bladderwrack, Fucus vesiculosus |
| (noun) a tart spicy quality | Synonyms: nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tanginess, zest |
| (noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: flavor, flavour, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack |
| tanga | (noun) 100 tanga equal 1 Tajikistani ruble | - |
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| tangelo | (noun) large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin | Synonyms: ugli, ugli fruit |
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| (noun) hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida | Synonyms: Citrus tangelo, tangelo tree, ugli fruit |
| tangency | (noun) (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact | Synonyms: contact |
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| (noun) the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing | - |
| tangent | (noun) ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: tan |
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| (noun) a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point | - |
| tangential | (adjective) of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent | - |
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| (adjective) of superficial relevance if any | Synonyms: digressive |
| tangentially | (adverb) peripherally | - |
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| tangerine | (adjective) of a strong reddish orange color | - |
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| (noun) a reddish to vivid orange color | - |
| (noun) any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa | - |
| (noun) a variety of mandarin orange, known in Telugu and Portugal as kamala kaya and in Australia as a mandarin | Synonyms: tangerine tree |
| tangibility | (noun) the quality of being perceivable by touch | Synonyms: palpability, tangibleness |
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| tangible | (adjective) perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch | Synonyms: touchable |
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| (adjective) (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value | - |
| (adjective) capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt | Synonyms: palpable |
| (adjective) capable of being treated as fact | Synonyms: real |
| tangibleness | (noun) the quality of being perceivable by touch | Synonyms: palpability, tangibility |
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| tangibly | (adverb) in a tangible manner | - |
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| tanginess | (noun) a tart spicy quality | Synonyms: nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, zest |
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| tangle | (noun) something jumbled or confused | Synonyms: maze, snarl |
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| (noun) a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven | - |
| (verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | Synonyms: entangle, mat, snarl |
| (verb) disarrange or rumple; dishevel | Synonyms: dishevel, tousle |
| (verb) tangle or complicate | Synonyms: knot, ravel |
| (verb) force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action | Synonyms: drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up |
| tanglebush | (noun) spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits | Synonyms: desert olive, Forestiera neomexicana |
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| tangled | (adjective) in a confused mass | - |
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| (adjective) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious | Synonyms: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tortuous |
| tango | (noun) a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin | - |
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| (noun) music written in duple time for dancing the tango | - |
| (verb) dance a tango | - |
| tangor | (noun) large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in Florida | Synonyms: Citrus nobilis, king orange, temple orange, temple orange tree |
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| tangram | (noun) a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square divided into seven pieces that must be arranged to match particular designs | - |
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| tangy | (adjective) tasting sour like a lemon | Synonyms: lemonlike, lemony, sourish, tart |
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| tank | (noun) a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids | Synonyms: storage tank |
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| (noun) an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads | Synonyms: armored combat vehicle, armoured combat vehicle, army tank |
| (noun) a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk | Synonyms: tank car |
| (noun) a cell for violent prisoners | Synonyms: cooler |
| (noun) as much as a tank will hold | Synonyms: tankful |
| (verb) treat in a tank | - |
| (verb) consume excessive amounts of alcohol | - |
| (verb) store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it | - |
| tanka | (noun) a Tibetan religious painting on fabric | - |
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| (noun) a form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables | - |
| tankage | (noun) the act of storing in tanks | - |
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| (noun) the charge for storing something in tanks | - |
| (noun) the quantity contained in (or the capacity of) a tank or tanks | - |
| tankard | (noun) large drinking vessel with one handle | - |
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| tanker | (noun) a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk | Synonyms: oil tanker, oiler, tank ship |
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| (noun) a motor vehicle designed to carry liquefied loads, dry bulk cargo or gases on roads. | Synonyms: tank truck, tanker truck |
| (noun) a soldier who drives a tank | Synonyms: tank driver |
| tankful | (noun) as much as a tank will hold | Synonyms: tank |
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| tanned | (adjective) converted to leather by a tanning agent | - |
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| (adjective) (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun | Synonyms: bronzed, suntanned |
| tanner | (noun) a craftsman who tans skins and hides | - |
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| (noun) a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970 | Synonyms: sixpence |
| tannery | (noun) workplace where skins and hides are tanned | - |
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| tannia | (noun) tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes | Synonyms: malanga, spoonflower, Xanthosoma atrovirens, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, yautia |
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| tannic | (adjective) derived from tannin | - |
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| tannin | (noun) any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine | Synonyms: tannic acid |
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| tanning | (noun) making leather from rawhide | - |
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| (noun) beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment | Synonyms: flagellation, flogging, lashing, whipping |
| (noun) process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light | - |
| tannish | (adjective) of a color resembling tan | - |
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| tannoy | (noun) a loudspeaker | - |
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| tansy | (noun) common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally | Synonyms: golden buttons, scented fern, Tanacetum vulgare |
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| tantalise | (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit |
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| tantaliser | (noun) someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach | Synonyms: tantalizer |
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| tantalising | (adjective) very pleasantly inviting | Synonyms: tantalizing, tempting |
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| (adjective) arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach | Synonyms: tantalizing |
| tantalite | (noun) a mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an ore of tantalum | - |
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| tantalization | (noun) the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances | Synonyms: ribbing, tease, teasing |
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| tantalize | (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, taunt, tease, twit |
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| tantalizer | (noun) someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach | Synonyms: tantaliser |
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| tantalizing | (adjective) very pleasantly inviting | Synonyms: tantalising, tempting |
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| (adjective) arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach | Synonyms: tantalising |
| tantalizingly | (adverb) in a tantalizing manner | Synonyms: invitingly |
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| tantalum | (noun) a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite | Synonyms: atomic number 73, Ta |
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| tantamount | (adjective) being essentially equal to something | Synonyms: equivalent |
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| tantra | (noun) any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind | - |
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| tantrum | (noun) a display of bad temper | Synonyms: conniption, fit, scene |
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| taoiseach | (noun) the prime minister of the Irish Republic | - |
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| tap | (noun) a light touch or stroke | Synonyms: dab, pat |
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| (noun) the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information | Synonyms: wiretap |
| (noun) a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask | Synonyms: hydrant, water faucet, water tap |
| (noun) a plug for a bunghole in a cask | Synonyms: spigot |
| (noun) a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads | - |
| (noun) a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing) | - |
| (noun) the sound made by a gentle blow | Synonyms: pat, rap |
| (noun) a gentle blow | Synonyms: rap, strike |
| (verb) make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently | Synonyms: beg, solicit |
| (verb) draw from; make good use of | Synonyms: exploit |
| (verb) strike lightly | Synonyms: tip |
| (verb) cut a female screw thread with a tap | - |
| (verb) pierce in order to draw a liquid from | - |
| (verb) walk with a tapping sound | - |
| (verb) dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes | Synonyms: tapdance |
| (verb) draw (liquor) from a tap | - |
| (verb) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | Synonyms: bug, intercept, wiretap |
| (verb) make light, repeated taps on a surface | Synonyms: knock, pink, rap |
| (verb) draw from or dip into to get something | - |
| (verb) furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it | - |
| tapa | (noun) a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark | Synonyms: tappa |
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| (noun) the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus | Synonyms: tapa bark, tappa, tappa bark |
| tapdance | (verb) dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes | Synonyms: tap |
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| tape | (noun) a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening | - |
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| (noun) a recording made on magnetic tape | Synonyms: tape recording, taping |
| (noun) measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths | Synonyms: tape measure, tapeline |
| (noun) memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information | Synonyms: mag tape, magnetic tape |
| (noun) the finishing line for a foot race | - |
| (verb) register electronically | Synonyms: record |
| (verb) record on videotape | Synonyms: videotape |
| (verb) fasten or attach with tape | - |
| taped | (adjective) secured or held in place by tape | - |
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| (adjective) recorded on tape | Synonyms: tape-recorded |
| tapeline | (noun) measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths | Synonyms: tape, tape measure |
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| tapenade | (noun) a spread consisting of capers and black olives and anchovies made into a puree with olive oil | - |
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| taper | (noun) stick of wax with a wick in the middle | Synonyms: candle, wax light |
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| (noun) a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame | Synonyms: wick |
| (noun) the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone) | - |
| (noun) a convex shape that narrows toward a point | - |
| (verb) give a point to | Synonyms: point, sharpen |
| (verb) diminish gradually | - |
| tapered | (adjective) becoming gradually narrower | Synonyms: narrowing, tapering |
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| tapering | (adjective) gradually decreasing until little remains | Synonyms: dwindling, tapering off |
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| (adjective) becoming gradually narrower | Synonyms: narrowing, tapered |
| (noun) the act of gradually lowering the size or amount | - |
| tapestried | (adjective) hung or decorated with tapestry | - |
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| tapestry | (noun) a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs | Synonyms: arras |
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| (noun) a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery | Synonyms: tapis |
| (noun) something that resembles a tapestry in its intricacy | - |
| tapeworm | (noun) ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates | Synonyms: cestode |
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| taphephobia | (noun) a morbid fear of being buried alive | - |
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| taphouse | (noun) tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals | Synonyms: gin mill, pothouse, pub, public house, saloon |
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| taping | (noun) a recording made on magnetic tape | Synonyms: tape, tape recording |
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| tapinosis | (noun) (rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits. | - |
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| tapioca | (noun) granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings | - |
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| tapir | (noun) large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout | - |
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| tapis | (noun) a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery | Synonyms: tapestry |
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| tapotement | (noun) massage in which the body is tapped rhythmically with the fingers or with short rapid movements of the sides of the hand; used to loosen mucus on the chest walls of patients with bronchitis | - |
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| tappa | (noun) a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark | Synonyms: tapa |
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| (noun) the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus | Synonyms: tapa, tapa bark, tappa bark |
| tapped | (adjective) in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug | - |
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| tapper | (noun) someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire | Synonyms: phone tapper, wiretapper |
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| (noun) a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks | Synonyms: tapster |
| (noun) a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads | - |
| (noun) a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes | Synonyms: tap dancer |
| (noun) a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly | - |
| tappet | (noun) a lever that is moved in order to tap something else | - |
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| tapping | (noun) the sound of light blow or knock | - |
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