Resembling, or characteristic of, a Tartar; ill-natured; irritable.

See 1st Tartar.

The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general.

Tartarus.

Somewhat tart.

A small tart.

In a tart manner; with acidity.

The quality or state of being tart.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white amorphous deliquescent substance, C8H10O11; -- called also ditartaric, tartrilic, or tartrylic acid.

A salt of tartramic acid.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is the primary acid amide derivative of tartaric acid.

An acid amide derivative of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

A salt of tartaric acid.

Containing, or derived from, tartar; combined with tartaric acid.

An artificial dyestuff obtained as an orange-yellow powder, and regarded as a phenyl hydrazine derivative of tartaric and sulphonic acids.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anhydride, C4H4O5, of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline deliquescent substance.

A salt of tartronic acid.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also hydroxy malonic acid) obtained, by reducing mesoxalic acid, as a white crystalline substance.

A hypothetical radical constituting the characteristic residue of tartronic acid and certain of its derivatives.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain acid composed of tartaric acid in combination with ethyl, and now called ethyltartaric acid.

A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

Like a tartuffe; precise; hypocritical.

A name given to several resinous-glandular composite plants of California, esp. to the species of Grindelia, Hemizonia, and Madia.

To tassel.

A kind of clay for making melting pots.

An instrument for detecting or measuring minute extensions or movements of solid bodies. It consists essentially of a small rod, disk, or button of carbon, forming part of an electrical circuit, the resistance of which, being varied by the changes of pressure produced by the movements of the object to be measured, causes variations in the strength of the current, which variations are indicated by a sensitive galvanometer. It is also used for measuring minute changes of temperature.

To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.

One who imposes a task.

One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer.

Work done as a task; also, work done by the job; piecework.

A piece of armor formerly worn to guard the thighs; a tasse.

Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land. A native or inhabitant of Tasmania; in the plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania, but is now extinct.

A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet.

To adorn with tassels.

A defense for the front of the thigh, consisting of one or more iron plates hanging from the belt on the lower edge of the corselet.

Capable of worthy of being tasted; savory; relishing.

The act of tasting; gustation.

Having a high relish; savory.

Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.

One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its quality.

In a tasty manner.

The act of perceiving or tasting by the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by which we perceive or distinguish savors.

A key or thing touched to produce a tone.

Having a good taste; -- applied to persons; as, a tasty woman. See Taste, n., 5.

A pony.

A South American tinamou (Crypturus tataupa).

A spot or stain; also, a trick.

To manure (land) by pasturing cattle on it, or causing them to lie upon it.

The giant armadillo (Priodontes gigas) of tropical South America. It becomes nearly five feet long including the tail. It is noted for its burrowing powers, feeds largely upon dead animals, and sometimes invades human graves.

An armadillo (Xenurus unicinctus), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head is long; the tail is round and tapered, and nearly destitute of scales; the claws of the fore feet are very large. Called also tatouary, and broad-banded armadillo.

The peba.

To make (anything) by tatting; to work at tatting; as, tatted edging.

A bamboo frame or trellis hung at a door or window of a house, over which water is suffered to trickle, in order to moisten and cool the air as it enters.

To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective.

A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin.

A famous horse market in London, established in 1766 by Richard Tattersall, also used as the headquarters of credit betting on English horse races; hence, a large horse market elsewhere.

A kind of lace made from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch.

Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.

One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.

Idle talk or chat; tittle-tattle.

An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; -- a mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by sailors.

A mat or screen of fibers, as of the kuskus grass, hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.

Same as Tatou.

Any armadillo of the family Tatusiidae, of which the peba and mule armadillo are examples. Also used adjectively.

The common American toadfish; -- so called from a marking resembling the Greek letter tau (/).

imp. p. p. of Teach.

Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.

One who taunts.

a. n. from Taunt, v.

In a taunting manner.

A woman who taunts.

The constellation Taurus.

Having horns like those of a bull.

Any of a group of meteors appearing November 20-23; -- so called because they appear to radiate from a point in Taurus.

A bullfighter; a toreador.

Having the form of a bull.

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, C2H7NSO3.

A salt of taurocholic acid; as, sodium taurocholate, which occurs in human bile.

Pertaining to, or designating, a conjugate acid (called taurocholic acid) composed of taurine and cholic acid, present abundantly in human bile and in that of carnivora. It is exceedingly deliquescent, and hence appears generally as a thick, gummy mass, easily soluble in water and alcohol. It has a bitter taste.

Glue made from a bull's hide.

Of or pertaining to bullfights. A bullfighter.

Bullfighting.

The Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of April; -- marked thus [/] in almanacs. A zodiacal constellation, containing the well-known clusters called the Pleiades and the Hyades, in the latter of which is situated the remarkably bright Aldebaran.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found of a urine of neat cattle, and probably identical with cresol.

Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.

Same as Tautog.

Expressing the same thing with different words; -- opposed to allegorical.

A curved line, such that a heavy body, descending along it by the action of gravity, will always arrive at the lowest point in the same time, wherever in the curve it may begin to fall; as, an inverted cycloid with its base horizontal is a tautochrone.

Occupying the same time; pertaining to, or having the properties of, a tautochrone.

An edible labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and moll.

Tautological.

Involving tautology; having the same signification; as, tautological expression.

One who uses tautological words or phrases.

To repeat the same thing in different words.

Repeating the same thing in different words; tautological.

A repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless repetition of an idea in different words or phrases; a representation of anything as the cause, condition, or consequence of itself, as in the following lines: --/ / The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,/ And heavily in clouds brings on the day. Addison.

Relating to, or characterized by, tautomerism.

The condition, quality, or relation of metameric substances, or their respective derivatives, which are more or less interchangeable, according as one form or the other is the more stable. It is a special case of metamerism; thus, the lactam and the lactim compounds exhibit tautomerism.

Having the same essence; being identically of the same nature.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, tautophony; repeating the same sound.

Repetition of the same sound.

Belonging to the same zone; as, tautozonal planes.

A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in small quantities.

One who keeps a tavern.

A feasting at taverns.

The keeper of a tavern; also, a tippler.

A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles.

In a tawdry manner.

Quality or state of being tawdry.

A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general.

One who taws; a dresser of white leather.

A place where skins are tawed.

The quality or state of being tawny.

Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion.

A foolish or thoughtless young person, esp. a slothful or slovenly woman.

A leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by a schoolmaster.

To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government.

The quality or state of being taxable; taxableness.

Capable of being taxed; liable by law to the assessment of taxes; as, taxable estate; taxable commodities.

Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds.