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Talmudical Talmudic

Of or pertaining to the Talmud; contained in the Talmud; as, Talmudic Greek; Talmudical phrases.

Talmudism

The teachings of the Talmud, or adherence to them.

Talmudist

One versed in the Talmud; one who adheres to the teachings of the Talmud.

Talon

The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey.

Talpa

A genus of small insectivores including the common European mole.

Taluk Talook

A large estate; esp., one constituting a revenue district or dependency the native proprietor of which is responsible for the collection and payment of the public revenue due from it.

Talus

A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.

Tam-o'-shanter

A kind of Scotch cap of wool, worsted, or the like, having a round, flattish top much wider than the band which fits the head, and usually having a tassel in the center.

Tam-tam

A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; -- called also tom-tom. A gong. See Gong, n., 1.

Tamability

The quality or state of being tamable; tamableness.

Tamable

Capable of being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness or savage ferociousness.

Tamale

A Mexican dish made of crushed corn (cornmeal) mixed with minced meat, seasoned with red pepper, dipped in oil, and steamed.

Tamandu

A small ant-eater (Tamandua tetradactyla) native of the tropical parts of South America.

Tamarack

The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British Columbia (Larix occidentalis). See Hackmatack, and Larch. The black pine (Pinus Murrayana) of Alaska, California, etc. It is a small tree with fine-grained wood.

Tamaric

A shrub or tree supposed to be the tamarisk, or perhaps some kind of heath.

Tamarin

Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South American monkeys of the genus Midas, especially Midas ursulus.

Tamarind

A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated.

Tamarisk

Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix, the species of which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species (Tamarix mannifera) is the source of one kind of manna.

Tamboura

A stringed musical instrument resembling a lute but lacking frets, with a small round body and a long neck, used to produce an accompaniment for singing; -- called also tambur, tambour, and tampur.

Tambourine

A South American wild dove (Tympanistria tympanistria), mostly white, with black-tiped wings and tail. Its resonant note is said to be ventriloquous.

Tame

To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast.

Tameless

Incapable of being tamed; wild; untamed; untamable.

Tameness

The quality or state of being tame.

Tamer

One who tames or subdues.

Tamerlane

A Tatar conquerer, also called Timur or Timour (t/*m/r") or Timur Bey, also Timur-Leng or Timur-i-Leng ('Timur the Lame'), which was corrupted to Tamerlane. He was born in Central Asia, 1333, a member of the Barslas, a Turkish Mongol tribe which had converted to Islam. He died 1405. Though he claimed descent from Jenghiz Khan, it is believed that he was in fact descended from a follower of the Khan. By 1370, Tamerlane, a renowned warrior, began consolidating his power among the various nomadic tribes of Central Asia by conquering the entire region. He became a ruler about 1370 of a realm whose capital was Samarkand; conquered Persia, Central Asia, and in 1398 a great part of India, including Delhi; waged war with the Turkish Sultan Bajazet I. (Beyazid), whom he defeated at Ankara in 1402 and took prisoner; and died while preparing to invade China. By the end of his life in 1405, after 35 years of campaigns and wars that left hundreds of thousands dead and enslaved, he had successfully defeated Ottoman Turks, Hindus, The Golden Horde, and other peoples and controlled an empire stretching from the Aegean to the River Ganges and threatened the trembling Kingdoms of Europe and the Eastern Roman Empire. He is the Tamerlaine of the plays.

Tamias

A genus of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk.

Tamil

One of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India.

Tamis

A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth.

Tammuz Thammuz

A deity among the ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual lamentation. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the Phoenician Adon, or Adonis.

Tammy

A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, -- used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.

Tamoxifen

a chemical compound (C26H29NO) which is non-steroidal but physiogically active as an estrogen antagonist. It is used to treat postmenopausal breast cancer. Chemically it is 1-p-dimethylaminoethoxyphenyl-trans-1,2-diphenyl-but-1-ene. It can be obtained as a white crystalline powder.

Tamp

In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected.

Tampan

A venomous South African tick.

Tamper

To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease.

Tamperer

One who tampers; one who deals unfairly.

Tamping

The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding the mine.

Tampion

A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use.

Tampoe

The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple.

Tampoon

The stopper of a barrel; a bung.

Tamworth

One of a long-established English breed of large pigs. They are red, often spotted with black, with a long snout and erect or forwardly pointed ears, and are valued as bacon producers.

Tan

To get or become tanned.

Tana

Same as Banxring.

Tanager

Any one of numerous species of bright-colored singing birds belonging to Tanagra, Piranga, and allied genera. The scarlet tanager (Piranga erythromelas) and the summer redbird (Piranga rubra) are common species of the United States.

Tanakh Tanak

A term used among Jews for the Hebrew Bible; the Old Testament.

Tanate

An Asiatic wild dog (Canis procyonoides), native of Japan and adjacent countries. It has a short, bushy tail. Called also raccoon dog.

Tandem

A team of horses harnessed one before the other.

Tang

To make a ringing sound; to ring.

Tangalung

An East Indian civet (Viverra tangalunga).

Tangelo

A hybrid between the tangerine orange and the grapefruit, or pomelo; also, the fruit.

Tangency

The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.

Tangent

Touching; touching at a single point meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same direction as the curve or surface; -- said of a straight line, curve, or surface; as, a line tangent to a curve; a curve tangent to a surface; tangent surfaces.

Tangential

Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.

Tangerine

A kind of orange, much like the mandarin, but of deeper color and higher flavor. It is said to have been produced in America from the mandarin.

Tangible

Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable.

Tangle

Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.

Tanglefish

The sea adder, or great pipefish of Europe.

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. Any of various popular forms derived from this. a musical tune appropriate for this dance.

Tangram

A Chinese toy made by cutting a square of thin wood, or other suitable material, into seven pieces, as shown in the cut, these pieces being capable of combination in various ways, so as to form a great number of different figures. It is now often used in primary schools as a means of instruction.

Tangun

A piebald variety of the horse, native of Thibet.

Tanier

An aroid plant (Caladium sagittaefolium), the leaves of which are boiled and eaten in the West Indies.

Tanist

In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of a castle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry.

Tanistry

In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election.

Tanite

A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement, used for making grinding wheels, slabs, etc.

Tank

A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.

Tank top

a sleeveless and collarless shirt with wide shoulder straps and no front opening, often close-fitting and low-cut.

Tanka

A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia.

Tankage

The act or process of putting or storing in tanks.

Tankard

A large drinking vessel, especially one with a cover.

Tannage

A tanning; the act, operation, or result of tanning.

Tannery

A place where the work of tanning is carried on.

Tannic

Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan; as, tannic acid.

Tannigen

A compound obtained as a yellowish gray powder by the action of acetyl chloride or acetic anhydride or ordinary tannic acid. It is used as an intestinal astringent, and locally in rhinitis and pharyngitis.

Tannin

Same as Tannic acid, under Tannic.

Tanning

The art or process of converting skins into leather. See Tan, v. t., 1.

Tansy

Any plant of the composite genus Tanacetum. The common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) has finely divided leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and a very bitter taste. It is used for medicinal and culinary purposes.

Tant

A small scarlet arachnid.

Tantalic

Of or pertaining to tantalum; derived from, or containing, tantalum; specifically, designating any one of a series of acids analogous to nitric acid and the polyacid compounds of phosphorus.

Tantalism

A punishment like that of Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable; tantalization.

Tantalite

A heavy mineral of an iron-black color and submetallic luster. It is essentially a tantalate of iron.

Tantalization

The act of tantalizing, or state of being tantalized.

Tantalize

To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out of reach; to tease; to torment.

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