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Tagliacotain
Of or pertaining to , a Venetian surgeon; .
Taint
To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
Tambour
To embroider on a tambour.
Tang
A dynasty in Chinese history, from 618 to 905, distinguished by the founding of the Imperial Academy (the Hanlin), by the invention of printing, and as marking a golden age of literature.
Taste
The act of tasting; gustation.
Taw
To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge.
Taxgatherer
One who collects taxes or revenues.
Technism
Technicality.
Telic
Denoting the final end or purpose, as distinguished from . See .
Tentory
The awning or covering of a tent.
Terrace
To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, .
Terret
One of the rings on the top of the saddle of a harness, through which the reins pass.
Tessellated
Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; .
Testamental
Of or pertaining to a testament; testamentary.
Tetrapetalous
Containing four distinct petals, or flower leaves; .
Thamyn
An Asiatic deer () resembling the swamp deer; -- called also .
Thecodactyl
Any one of a group of lizards of the Gecko tribe, having the toes broad, and furnished with a groove in which the claws can be concealed.
Themis
The goddess of law and order; the patroness of existing rights.
Theosophy
Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed, knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the interior relations of the divine nature.
Therf
Not fermented; unleavened; -- said of bread, loaves, etc.
Thermally
In a thermal manner.
Thermophore
An apparatus for conveying heat, as a case containing material which retains its heat for a considerable period.
Thirdly
In the third place.
Thrittene
Thirteen.
Thuja
A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves.
Tidology
A discourse or treatise upon the tides; that part of science which treats of tides.
Tin
An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft silvery-white crystalline metal, with a tinge of yellowish-blue, and a high luster. It is malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is softer than gold and can be beaten out into very thin strips called tinfoil. It is ductile at 2120, when it can be drawn out into wire which is not very tenacious; it melts at 4420, and at a higher temperature burns with a brilliant white light. Air and moisture act on tin very slightly. The peculiar properties of tin, especially its malleability, its brilliancy and the slowness with which it rusts make it very serviceable. With other metals it forms valuable alloys, as bronze, gun metal, bell metal, pewter and solder. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as , or . Symbol Sn (). Atomic weight 117.4.
Tirralirra
A verbal imitation of a musical sound, as of the note of a lark or a horn.
Titulary
Consisting in a title; titular.
Tocororo
A cuban trogon () having a serrated bill and a tail concave at the end.
Toe
One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal.
Tolbooth
See .
Tolt
A writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a country court.
Tolu
A fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada. See , under .
Tonsil
One of the two glandular organs situated in the throat at the sides of the fauces. The tonsils are sometimes called the , from their shape.
Tonus
Tonicity, or tone; .
Toolshed
a small closed structure in which tools are stored, often found in the back yard of a residence.
Toot
To stand out, or be prominent.
Toupettit
The crested titmouse.
Townish
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a town; like the town.
Tract
A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.
Trafficless
Destitute of traffic, or trade.
Trangram
Something intricately contrived; a contrived; a puzzle.
Transfix
To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; .
Translocation
removal of things from one place to another; substitution of one thing for another.
Transnatation
The act of swimming across, as a river.
Treckschuyt
A covered boat for goods and passengers, used on the Dutch and Flemish canals.
Trefle
A species of time; -- so called from its resemblance in form to a trefoil.
Trialogue
A discourse or colloquy by three persons.
Tributer
One who works for a certain portion of the ore, or its value.
Tripartite
Divided into three parts; triparted; .
Triple-tail
An edible fish () found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, , , and .
Triploidite
A manganese phosphate near triplite, but containing hydroxyl instead of fluorine.
Tripudiary
Of or pertaining to dancing; performed by dancing.
Tritorium
Same as .
Triumphantly
In a triumphant manner.
Trivalvular
Having three valves; three-valved.
Trivialness
Quality or state of being trivial.
Trousse
A case for small implements; .
Trub
A truffle.
Trucidation
The act of killing.
Tuberculocidal
able to kill .
Tulip
Any plant of the liliaceous genus . Many varieties are cultivated for their beautiful, often variegated flowers.
Tunk
A sharp blow; a thump.
Turanians
An extensive division of mankind including the Mongols and allied races of Asia, together with the Malays and Polynesians.
Twank
To cause to make a sharp twanging sound; to twang, or twangle.
Twinling
A young or little twin, especially a twin lamb.
Twirl
The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.
Typesetting
The act or art of setting type.
Tyrannish
Like a tyrant; tyrannical.