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Tag day
A day on which contributions to some public or private charity or fund are solicited promiscuously on the street, and tags given to contributors to wear as an evidence of their having contributed. Such solicitation is now subject to legal restriction in various places.
Tamil
Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language.
Tampoe
The edible fruit of an East Indian tree () of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple.
Tango
A difficult dance in two-four time characterized by graceful posturing, frequent pointing positions, and a great variety of steps, including the cross step and turning steps. The dance is of Spanish origin, and is believed to have been in its original form a part of the fandango.
Tapioca
A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of the cassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening for soups. See .
Tattle
To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.
Taurine
A chemical compound occurring in small quantity in the juices of muscle, in the lungs, and elsewhere, but especially in the bile, where it is found as a component part of taurocholic acid, from which it can be prepared by decomposition of the acid. It crystallizes in colorless, regular six-sided prisms, and is especially characterized by containing both nitrogen and sulphur, being chemically amido-isethionic acid, .
Teaspoon
A small spoon used in stirring and sipping tea, coffee, etc., and for other purposes.
Teeth
To breed, or grow, teeth.
Teething
The process of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomena attending their issue through the gums; dentition.
Temporary
Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; .
Tempter
One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil, regarded as the great enticer to evil.
Terebinth
The turpentine tree.
Testiculate
Shaped like a testicle, ovate and solid.
Tetanic
A substance (notably nux vomica, strychnine, and brucine) which, either as a remedy or a poison, acts primarily on the spinal cord, and which, when taken in comparatively large quantity, produces tetanic spasms or convulsions.
Tetrarchical
Of or pertaining to a tetrarch or tetrarchy.
Tetrose
A monosaccharide derived from a certain alcohol.
Textile
That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving.
Thalline
An artificial alkaloid of the quinoline series, obtained as a white crystalline substance, , whose salts are valuable as antipyretics; -- so called from the color produced in its solution by certain oxidizing agents.
Thegn
Thane. See .
Theophanic
Of or pertaining to a theopany; appearing to man, as a god.
Thereat
At that place; there.
Thereby
By that; by that means; in consequence of that.
Thermophilic
Heat-loving; -- applied especially to microorganisms such as certain bacteria, fungi and algae, which grow best at temperatures above 40 C (e.g. between 50 and 60), and in some cases at temperatures that would kill ordinary microorganisms. They are found in naturally hot locations, such as at hot springs or the thermal vents at the ocean bottom.
Thicken
To make thick (in any sense of the word).
Thirteenth
The quotient of a unit divided by thirteen; one of thirteen equal parts into which anything is divided.
Thistle
Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera , , and . The name is often also applied to other prickly plants.
Three-decker
A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
Throe
Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition.
throwback
the reappearance in an organism of characteristics of an earlier ancestral type; atavism.
Thuggee
The practice of secret or stealthy murder by Thugs.
Timous
Timely; seasonable.
Tinnitus
A ringing, whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in the ears; -- called also .
Tipple
Liquor taken in tippling; drink.
Tipsily
In a tipsy manner; like one tipsy.
Tisic
Consumption; phthisis. See .
Titi
A tree of the southern United States () having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes; -- called also , , and .
Toadyism
The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation.
To-brest
To burst or break in pieces.
Toe hold
A hold in which the agressor bends back his opponent's foot.
Toga
The loose outer garment worn by the ancient Romans, consisting of a single broad piece of woolen cloth of a shape approaching a semicircle. It was of undyed wool, except the border of the toga prtexta.
Tolu
A fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada. See , under .
Tolutation
A pacing or ambling.
Top-shell
Any one of numerous species of marine top-shaped shells of the genus , or family .
Torpedoist
One skilled in the theory or use of torpedoes; also, one who favors the use of torpedoes.
Torture
Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; .
Towel
To beat with a stick.
Tractility
The quality of being tractile; ductility.
Tranquilly
In a tranquil manner; calmly.
Transitorily
In a transitory manner; with brief continuance.
Transpicuous
Transparent; pervious to the sight.
Trawler
One who, or that which, trawls.
Trice
To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.
Trinketer
One who trinkets.
Triploblastic
Of, pertaining to, or designating, that condition of the ovum in which there are three primary germinal layers, or in which the blastoderm splits into three layers.
Trisect
To cut or divide into three parts.
Trochar
See .
Trochilic
OF or pertaining to rotary motion; having power to draw out or turn round.
Troopship
A vessel built or fitted for the conveyance of troops; a transport.
Tropism
Modification of the direction of growth, caused by some external influence, such as light; -- sometimes used for motion of an organism toward or away from an external stimulus, more properly called .
Troublable
Causing trouble; troublesome.
Trouble
To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.
Truchman
An interpreter. See .
Trustless
That may not be trusted; not worthy of trust; unfaithful.
Tuba
An ancient trumpet.
Tubulipore
Any one of numerous species of Bryozoa belonging to and allied genera, having tubular calcareous calicles.
Tuck
A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait.
Tumular
Consisting in a heap; formed or being in a heap or hillock.
Tumultuarily
In a tumultuary manner.
Tune
A sound; a note; a tone.
Turf
To cover with turf or sod; .
Turgidous
Turgid.
Turn
To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round;
Two-cycle
A two-stroke cycle for an internal-combustion engine.
Tyer
One who ties, or unites.
Typology
A discourse or treatise on types.
Tyrociny
The state of being a tyro, or beginner; apprenticeship.