| tacamahac | (noun) poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves | Synonyms: balsam poplar, hackmatack, Populus balsamifera |
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| tach | (noun) measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation | Synonyms: tachometer |
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| tacheometer | (noun) a theodolite designed for rapid measurements | Synonyms: tachymeter |
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| tachistoscope | (noun) scientific instrument used by psychologists; presents visual stimuli for brief exposures | Synonyms: t-scope |
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| tachogram | (noun) a graphical record of speed and distance produced by a tachograph | - |
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| tachograph | (noun) a tachometer that produces a graphical record of its readings; used to record the speed and duration of trips in a motor vehicle | - |
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| tachometer | (noun) measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation | Synonyms: tach |
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| tachycardia | (noun) abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute) | - |
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| tachygraphy | (noun) a method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system | Synonyms: shorthand, stenography |
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| tachylite | (noun) a basic or basalt glass | - |
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| tachymeter | (noun) a theodolite designed for rapid measurements | Synonyms: tacheometer |
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| tacit | (adjective) implied by or inferred from actions or statements | Synonyms: silent, understood |
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| tacitly | (adverb) in a tacit manner; by unexpressed agreement | - |
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| taciturn | (adjective) habitually reserved and uncommunicative | - |
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| taciturnity | (noun) the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary | Synonyms: reserve, reticence |
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| taciturnly | (adverb) without speaking | Synonyms: mutely, silently, wordlessly |
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| tack | (noun) sailing a zigzag course | - |
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| (noun) (nautical) the act of changing tack | Synonyms: tacking |
| (noun) a short nail with a sharp point and a large head | - |
| (noun) gear for a horse | Synonyms: saddlery, stable gear |
| (noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind | Synonyms: mainsheet, sheet, shroud, weather sheet |
| (noun) the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails | - |
| (verb) reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) | Synonyms: alternate, flip-flop, flip, interchange, switch |
| (verb) fasten with tacks | - |
| (verb) sew together loosely, with large stitches | Synonyms: baste |
| (verb) fix to; attach | Synonyms: append, hang on, tack on, tag on |
| (verb) create by putting components or members together | Synonyms: assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack together |
| (verb) turn into the wind | Synonyms: wear round |
| tacker | (noun) a hand-held machine for driving staples home | Synonyms: staple gun, staplegun |
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| (noun) a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches | Synonyms: baster |
| (noun) a worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding) | - |
| tackiness | (noun) tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar | Synonyms: cheapness, sleaze, tat |
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| (noun) the property of being cohesive and sticky | Synonyms: cohesiveness, glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, ropiness, viscidity, viscidness |
| tacking | (noun) (nautical) the act of changing tack | Synonyms: tack |
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| (noun) a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together | Synonyms: baste, basting, basting stitch |
| tackle | (noun) (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground | - |
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| (noun) (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, typically opposite one of the offensive guards | - |
| (noun) gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails | Synonyms: rigging |
| (noun) gear used in fishing | Synonyms: fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, rig |
| (noun) the person who plays offensive or defensive tackle on a football team | - |
| (verb) seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball | - |
| (verb) put a harness | Synonyms: harness |
| (verb) accept as a challenge | Synonyms: take on, undertake |
| tackler | (noun) a football player who tackles the ball carrier | - |
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| tacky | (adjective) tastelessly showy | Synonyms: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tatty, tawdry, trashy |
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| (adjective) (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch | - |
| taco | (noun) a tortilla rolled cupped around a filling | - |
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| (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent | Synonyms: greaser, wetback |
| taconite | (noun) a variety of chert containing magnetite and hematite; mined as a low-grade iron ore | - |
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| tact | (noun) consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense | Synonyms: tactfulness |
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| tactful | (adjective) having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others | - |
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| (adjective) showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people | Synonyms: kid-glove |
| tactfully | (adverb) showing tact or tactfulness; in a tactful manner | - |
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| tactfulness | (noun) consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense | Synonyms: tact |
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| (noun) Behavior or actions characterized by careful consideration in dealing with others, to avoid giving offense. | - |
| tactic | (noun) a plan for attaining a particular goal | Synonyms: maneuver, manoeuvre, tactics |
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| tactical | (adjective) of or pertaining to tactic or tactics | - |
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| tactically | (adverb) with regard to tactics | - |
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| tactician | (noun) a person who is skilled at planning tactics | - |
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| tactics | (noun) a plan for attaining a particular goal | Synonyms: maneuver, manoeuvre, tactic |
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| (noun) the branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy | - |
| tactile | (adjective) of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch | Synonyms: haptic, tactual |
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| (adjective) producing a sensation of touch | Synonyms: tactual |
| tactility | (noun) the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain | Synonyms: skin perceptiveness, tactual sensation, touch perception |
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| tactless | (adjective) lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others | Synonyms: untactful |
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| (adjective) revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse | Synonyms: inept |
| tactlessly | (adverb) without tact; in a tactless manner | - |
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| tactlessness | (noun) the quality of lacking tact | - |
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| tactual | (adjective) of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch | Synonyms: haptic, tactile |
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| (adjective) producing a sensation of touch | Synonyms: tactile |
| tactually | (adverb) by touch | Synonyms: haptically |
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