| tailcoat | (noun) formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men | Synonyms: dress suit, full dress, tail coat, tails, white tie, white tie and tails |
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| tailed | (adjective) having a tail of a specified kind; often used in combination | - |
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| tailfin | (noun) a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane | Synonyms: tail fin, vertical fin, vertical stabiliser, vertical stabilizer |
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| (noun) one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile | Synonyms: fin, tail fin |
| tailflower | (noun) any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers | Synonyms: anthurium, tail-flower |
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| tailgate | (noun) a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading | Synonyms: tailboard |
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| (verb) follow at a dangerously close distance | - |
| tailgater | (noun) a driver who follows too closely behind another motor vehicle | - |
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| tailing | (noun) the act of following someone secretly | Synonyms: shadowing |
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| tailless | (adjective) not having a tail | Synonyms: anurous |
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| taillight | (noun) lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle | Synonyms: rear lamp, rear light, tail lamp |
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| taillike | (adjective) resembling a tail | Synonyms: caudal |
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| tailor | (noun) a person whose occupation is making and altering garments | Synonyms: sartor, seamster |
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| (verb) adjust to a specific need or market | Synonyms: orient |
| (verb) create (clothes) with cloth | Synonyms: sew, tailor-make |
| (verb) style and tailor in a certain fashion | Synonyms: cut |
| tailorbird | (noun) tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest | Synonyms: Orthotomus sutorius |
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| tailored | (adjective) (of clothing) custom-made | Synonyms: bespoke, bespoken, made-to-order, tailor-made |
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| (adjective) severely simple in line or design | Synonyms: trim |
| tailoring | (noun) the occupation of a tailor | - |
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| tailpiece | (noun) appendage added to extend the length of something | - |
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| tailpipe | (noun) a pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a car | - |
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| tailplane | (noun) the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged | Synonyms: horizontal stabiliser, horizontal stabilizer |
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| tailrace | (noun) a watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine | - |
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| tails | (noun) formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men | Synonyms: dress suit, full dress, tail coat, tailcoat, white tie, white tie and tails |
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| tailspin | (noun) rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral | Synonyms: spin |
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| (noun) loss of emotional control often resulting in emotional collapse | - |
| tailstock | (noun) 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 | - |
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| tailwind | (noun) wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft | - |
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| tailwort | (noun) hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach | Synonyms: borage, Borago officinalis |
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| taint | (noun) the state of being contaminated | Synonyms: contamination |
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| (verb) contaminate with a disease or microorganism | Synonyms: infect |
| (verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | Synonyms: cloud, corrupt, defile, sully |
| tainted | (adjective) touched by rot or decay | Synonyms: corrupt |
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| taipan | (noun) large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia | Synonyms: Oxyuranus scutellatus |
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| taira | (noun) long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America | Synonyms: Eira barbara, tayra |
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| taka | (noun) the basic unit of money in Bangladesh; equal to 100 paisa | - |
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| takahe | (noun) flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules | Synonyms: notornis, Notornis mantelli |
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| take | (noun) the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption | - |
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| (noun) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | Synonyms: issue, payoff, proceeds, return, takings, yield |
| (verb) be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness | Synonyms: contract, get |
| (verb) remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract | Synonyms: remove, take away, withdraw |
| (verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: acquire, adopt, assume, take on |
| (verb) ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial | - |
| (verb) be seized or affected in a specified way | - |
| (verb) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives | Synonyms: choose, pick out, select |
| (verb) be a student of a certain subject | Synonyms: learn, read, study |
| (verb) take into consideration for exemplifying purposes | Synonyms: consider, deal, look at |
| (verb) interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression | Synonyms: read |
| (verb) accept or undergo, often unwillingly | Synonyms: submit |
| (verb) take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs | Synonyms: claim, exact |
| (verb) make a film or photograph of something | Synonyms: film, shoot |
| (verb) lay claim to; as of an idea | Synonyms: claim |
| (verb) obtain by winning | - |
| (verb) point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards | Synonyms: aim, direct, take aim, train |
| (verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly | Synonyms: consume, have, ingest, take in |
| (verb) get into one's hands, take physically | Synonyms: get hold of |
| (verb) have sex with; archaic use | Synonyms: have |
| (verb) occupy or take on | Synonyms: assume, strike, take up |
| (verb) travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route | - |
| (verb) head into a specified direction | Synonyms: make |
| (verb) take somebody somewhere | Synonyms: conduct, direct, guide, lead |
| (verb) take something or somebody with oneself somewhere | Synonyms: bring, convey |
| (verb) proceed along in a vehicle | Synonyms: drive |
| (verb) experience or feel or submit to | - |
| (verb) take into one's possession | - |
| (verb) conquer by force | - |
| (verb) buy, select | - |
| (verb) engage for service under a term of contract | Synonyms: charter, engage, hire, lease, rent |
| (verb) receive or obtain regularly | Synonyms: subscribe, subscribe to |
| (verb) receive willingly something given or offered | Synonyms: accept, have |
| (verb) require (time or space) | Synonyms: occupy, use up |
| (verb) admit into a group or community | Synonyms: accept, admit, take on |
| (verb) to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort | - |
| (verb) make use of or accept for some purpose | Synonyms: accept |
| (verb) assume, as of positions or roles | Synonyms: fill, occupy |
| (verb) carry out | - |
| (verb) develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation | Synonyms: take to |
| (verb) require as useful, just, or proper | Synonyms: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require |
| (verb) be designed to hold or take | Synonyms: accept |
| (verb) have with oneself; have on one's person | Synonyms: carry, pack |
| (verb) be capable of holding or containing | Synonyms: contain, hold |
| takeaway | (noun) the act of taking the ball or puck away from the team on the offense (as by the interception of a pass) | - |
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| (noun) a concession made by a labor union to a company that is trying to lower its expenditures | - |
| (noun) prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises | Synonyms: takeout, takeout food |
| takedown | (noun) a crushing remark | Synonyms: put-down, squelch, squelcher |
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| (noun) (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position | - |
| taken | (adjective) be affected with an indisposition | - |
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| (adjective) understood in a certain way; made sense of | Synonyms: interpreted |
| takeoff | (noun) a departure; especially of airplanes | - |
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| (noun) humorous or satirical mimicry | Synonyms: mockery, parody |
| (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: burlesque, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, travesty |
| (noun) the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne | - |
| takeout | (adjective) of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises | Synonyms: take-away |
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| (noun) (bridge) a bid that asks your partner to bid another suit | - |
| (noun) prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises | Synonyms: takeaway, takeout food |
| takeover | (noun) a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation | - |
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| (noun) a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force | Synonyms: coup, coup d'etat, putsch |
| taker | (noun) one who takes a bet or wager | - |
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| (noun) one who accepts an offer | - |
| takin | (noun) large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area | Synonyms: Budorcas taxicolor, gnu goat |
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| taking | (adjective) very attractive; capturing interest | Synonyms: fetching, winning |
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| (noun) the act of someone who picks up or takes something | Synonyms: pickings |
| takings | (noun) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | Synonyms: issue, payoff, proceeds, return, take, yield |
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| takoyaki | (noun) a ball-shaped Japanese snack made of a wheat flour-based batter and cooked in a special moulded pan | - |
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| tala | (noun) the basic unit of money in Western Samoa | - |
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| talapoin | (noun) smallest guenon monkey; of swampy central and west African forests | Synonyms: Cercopithecus talapoin |
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| talaria | (noun) a winged sandal (as worn by Hermes in Greco-Roman art) | - |
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| talc | (noun) a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder | Synonyms: talcum |
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| (verb) apply talcum powder to (one's body) | - |
| talcum | (noun) a toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented; absorbs excess moisture | Synonyms: talcum powder |
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| (noun) a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder | Synonyms: talc |
| tale | (noun) a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program | Synonyms: narration, narrative, story |
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| (noun) a trivial lie | Synonyms: fib, story, taradiddle, tarradiddle |
| talebearer | (noun) someone who gossips indiscreetly | Synonyms: blabbermouth, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale |
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| talebearing | (adjective) prone to communicate confidential information | Synonyms: blabbermouthed, leaky, tattling |
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| talent | (noun) natural abilities or qualities | Synonyms: endowment, gift, natural endowment |
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| (noun) a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity | - |
| talented | (adjective) endowed with talent or talents | Synonyms: gifted |
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| talentless | (adjective) devoid of talent; not gifted | Synonyms: untalented |
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| talentlessness | (noun) a lack of talent | - |
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| taleteller | (noun) someone who gossips indiscreetly | Synonyms: blabbermouth, talebearer, tattler, tattletale, telltale |
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| taliped | (adjective) having a deformed foot | Synonyms: clubfooted |
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| talipes | (noun) congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes | Synonyms: clubfoot |
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| talipot | (noun) tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper | Synonyms: Corypha umbraculifera, talipot palm |
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| talisman | (noun) a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease | Synonyms: amulet |
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| talismanic | (adjective) possessing or believed to possess magic power especially protective power | - |
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| talk | (noun) the act of giving a talk to an audience | - |
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| (noun) an exchange of ideas via conversation | Synonyms: talking |
| (noun) idle gossip or rumor | Synonyms: talk of the town |
| (noun) a speech that is open to the public | Synonyms: lecture, public lecture |
| (noun) discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of') | - |
| (verb) express in speech | Synonyms: mouth, speak, utter, verbalise, verbalize |
| (verb) exchange thoughts; talk with | Synonyms: speak |
| (verb) reveal information | Synonyms: spill |
| (verb) use language | Synonyms: speak |
| (verb) deliver a lecture or talk | Synonyms: lecture |
| (verb) divulge confidential information or secrets | Synonyms: babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, tattle |
| talkative | (adjective) friendly and open and willing to talk | Synonyms: expansive |
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| (adjective) unwisely talking too much | Synonyms: bigmouthed, blabbermouthed, blabby |
| (adjective) full of trivial conversation | Synonyms: chatty, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talky |
| talkatively | (adverb) in a chatty loquacious manner | Synonyms: garrulously, loquaciously, talkily |
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| talkativeness | (noun) the quality of being wordy and talkative | Synonyms: garrulity, garrulousness, loquaciousness, loquacity |
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| talker | (noun) someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) | Synonyms: speaker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer |
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| talkie | (noun) a movie with synchronized speech and singing | Synonyms: talking picture |
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| talkily | (adverb) in a chatty loquacious manner | Synonyms: garrulously, loquaciously, talkatively |
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| talking | (noun) an exchange of ideas via conversation | Synonyms: talk |
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| talks | (noun) a discussion intended to produce an agreement | Synonyms: dialogue, negotiation |
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| talky | (adjective) full of trivial conversation | Synonyms: chatty, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talkative |
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| tall | (adjective) great in vertical dimension; high in stature | - |
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| (adjective) impressively difficult | - |
| (adjective) too improbable to admit of belief | Synonyms: improbable, marvellous, marvelous |
| (adjective) lofty in style | Synonyms: grandiloquent, magniloquent |
| (adjective) having a specified height | Synonyms: in height |
| (noun) a garment size for a tall person | - |
| tallboy | (noun) a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs | Synonyms: highboy |
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| tallgrass | (noun) any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture | Synonyms: tall-grass |
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| tallis | (noun) (Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer | Synonyms: prayer shawl, tallith |
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| tallish | (adjective) somewhat tall | - |
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| tallith | (noun) (Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer | Synonyms: prayer shawl, tallis |
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| tallness | (noun) the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top | Synonyms: height |
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| (noun) the property of being taller than average stature | - |
| tallow | (noun) obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants | - |
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| tally | (noun) the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order | Synonyms: count, counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning |
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| (noun) a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely | Synonyms: run |
| (noun) a bill for an amount due | Synonyms: reckoning |
| (verb) determine the sum of | Synonyms: add, add together, add up, sum, sum up, summate, tot, tot up, total, tote up |
| (verb) keep score, as in games | Synonyms: chalk up |
| (verb) gain points in a game | Synonyms: rack up, score |
| (verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match |
| tallyman | (noun) one who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received | Synonyms: tally clerk |
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| (noun) one who sells goods on the installment plan | - |
| talmbout | (verb) to talk about | - |
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| talon | (noun) a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey | - |
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| taloned | (adjective) (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons | Synonyms: clawed |
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| talus | (noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | Synonyms: anklebone, astragal, astragalus |
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| (noun) a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff | Synonyms: scree |
| tam | (noun) a woolen cap of Scottish origin | Synonyms: tam-o'-shanter, tammy |
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| tamable | (adjective) capable of being tamed | Synonyms: tameable |
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| tamal | (noun) dough stuffed with a meat mixture and sometimes wrapped in corn husks and steamed | Synonyms: tamale |
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| tamale | (noun) dough stuffed with a meat mixture and sometimes wrapped in corn husks and steamed | Synonyms: tamal |
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| tamandu | (noun) small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America | Synonyms: lesser anteater, tamandua, Tamandua tetradactyla |
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| tamandua | (noun) small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America | Synonyms: lesser anteater, tamandu, Tamandua tetradactyla |
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| tamanoir | (noun) large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America | Synonyms: ant bear, giant anteater, great anteater, Myrmecophaga jubata |
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| tamarack | (noun) medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark | Synonyms: American larch, black larch, Larix laricina |
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| tamarao | (noun) small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines | Synonyms: Anoa mindorensis, Bubalus mindorensis, tamarau |
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| tamarau | (noun) small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines | Synonyms: Anoa mindorensis, Bubalus mindorensis, tamarao |
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| tamarillo | (noun) South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato | Synonyms: tree tomato |
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| tamarin | (noun) small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail | Synonyms: leoncita, lion marmoset, lion monkey |
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| tamarind | (noun) large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys | Synonyms: tamarindo |
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| (noun) long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp | Synonyms: tamarind tree, tamarindo, Tamarindus indica |
| tamarindo | (noun) large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys | Synonyms: tamarind |
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| (noun) long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp | Synonyms: tamarind, tamarind tree, Tamarindus indica |
| tamarisk | (noun) any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil | - |
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| tambac | (noun) an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding | Synonyms: tombac, tombak |
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| tambala | (noun) 100 tambala equal 1 kwacha in Malawi | - |
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