Tasselled () of Tassel
Tasseling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tassel
Tasselling () of Tassel
Tassel (v. i.) To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels.
Tassel (v. t.) To adorn with tassels.
Tasset (n.) 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.
Tastable (a.) Capable of worthy of being tasted; savory; relishing.
Tasted (imp. & p. p.) of Taste
Tasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Taste
Taste (v. t.) To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.
Taste (v. t.) To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively.
Taste (v. t.) To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
Taste (v. t.) To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.
Taste (v. t.) To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.
Taste (v. i.) To try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of anything; as, to taste of each kind of wine.
Taste (v. i.) To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic.
Taste (v. i.) To take sparingly.
Taste (v. i.) To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty.
Taste (n.) The act of tasting; gustation.
Taste (n.) A particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste.
Taste (n.) The one of the five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.
Taste (n.) Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.
Taste (n.) The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.
Taste (n.) Manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.
Taste (n.) Essay; trial; experience; experiment.
Taste (n.) A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.
Taste (n.) A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
Tasteful (a.) Having a high relish; savory.
Tasteful (a.) Having or exhibiting good taste; in accordance with good taste; tasty; as, a tasteful drapery.
Tasteless (a.) Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.
Tasteless (a.) Destitute of the sense of taste; or of good taste; as, a tasteless age.
Tasteless (a.) Not in accordance with good taste; as, a tasteless arrangement of drapery.
Taster (n.) One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its quality.
Taster (n.) That in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.
Taster (n.) One of a peculiar kind of zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They somewhat resemble the feeding zooids, but are destitute of mouths. See Siphonophora.
Tastily (adv.) In a tasty manner.
Tasting (n.) The act of perceiving or tasting by the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by which we perceive or distinguish savors.
Tasto (n.) A key or thing touched to produce a tone.
Tasty (superl.) Having a good taste; -- applied to persons; as, a tasty woman. See Taste, n., 5.
Tasty (n.) Being in conformity to the principles of good taste; elegant; as, tasty furniture; a tasty dress.
Tat (n.) Gunny cloth made from the fiber of the Corchorus olitorius, or jute.
Tat (n.) A pony.
Tataupa (n.) A South American tinamou (Crypturus tataupa).
Tatch (n.) A spot or stain; also, a trick.
Tath (obs.) 3d pers. sing. pres. of Ta, to take.
Tath (n.) Dung, or droppings of cattle.
Tath (n.) The luxuriant grass growing about the droppings of cattle in a pasture.
Tath (v. t.) To manure (land) by pasturing cattle on it, or causing them to lie upon it.
Tatou (n.) 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.
Tatouay (n.) 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.
Tatouhou (n.) The peba.
Tatt (v. t. & i.) To make (anything) by tatting; to work at tatting; as, tatted edging.
Tatta (n.) 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.
Tatter (n.) One who makes tatting.
Tatter (n.) A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Tattered (p. p.) of Tatter
Tatter (v. t.) To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective.
Tatterdemalion (n.) A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin.
Tatting (n.) A kind of lace made from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch.
Tattled (imp. & p. p.) of Tattle
Tattling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tattle
Tattle (v. i.) To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.
Tattle (v. i.) To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; as, a tattling girl.
Tattle (n.) Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.
Tattler (n.) One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.
Tattler (n.) Any one of several species of large, long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus Totanus.
Tattlery (n.) Idle talk or chat; tittle-tattle.
Tattling (a.) Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales.
Tattoo (n.) A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp.
Tattooed (imp. & p. p.) of Tattoo
Tattooing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tattoo
Tattoo (v. t.) To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out.
Tattoos (pl. ) of Tattoo
Tattoo (n.) 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.
Tatu (n.) Same as Tatou.
Tatusiid (n.) Any armadillo of the family Tatusiidae, of which the peba and mule armadillo are examples. Also used adjectively.
Tau (n.) The common American toadfish; -- so called from a marking resembling the Greek letter tau (/).
Taught (a.) See Taut.
Taught () imp. & p. p. of Teach.
Taunt (a.) Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts.
Taunted (imp. & p. p.) of Taunt
Taunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Taunt
Taunt (v. t.) To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.
Taunt (n.) Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.
Taunter (n.) One who taunts.
Taunting () a. & n. from Taunt, v.
Tauntingly (adv.) In a taunting manner.
Tauntress (n.) A woman who taunts.
Taur (n.) The constellation Taurus.
Tauricornous (a.) Having horns like those of a bull.
Tauridor (n.) A bullfighter; a toreador.
Tauriform (a.) Having the form of a bull.
Taurine (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle.
Taurine (n.) A body 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.
Taurocholate (n.) A salt of taurocholic acid; as, sodium taurocholate, which occurs in human bile.
Taurocholic (a.) 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.
Taurocol (n.) Alt. of Taurocolla
Taurocolla (n.) Glue made from a bull's hide.
Tauromachian (a.) Of or pertaining to bullfights.
Tauromachian (n.) A bullfighter.