Tampering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tamper
Tamper (v. i.) To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease.
Tamper (v. i.) To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.
Tamper (v. i.) To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.
Tamperer (n.) One who tampers; one who deals unfairly.
Tampico fiber () Alt. of fibre
fibre () A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name.
Tamping (n.) 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.
Tamping (n.) The material used in tamping. See Tamp, v. t., 1.
Tampion (n.) A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use.
Tampion (n.) A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
Tampoe (n.) The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple.
Tampon (n.) A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of medicine.
Tampon (v. t.) To plug with a tampon.
Tampoon (n.) The stopper of a barrel; a bung.
Tam-tam (n.) A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; -- called also tom-tom.
Tam-tam (n.) A gong. See Gong, n., 1.
Tamul (a. & n.) Tamil.
Tan (n.) See Picul.
Tan (n.) The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; -- so called both before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark.
Tan (n.) A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.
Tan (n.) A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan.
Tan (a.) Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.
Tanned (imp. & p. p.) of Tan
Tanning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tan
Tan (n.) To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water.
Tan (n.) To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin.
Tan (v. i.) To get or become tanned.
Tana (n.) Same as Banxring.
Tanager (n.) 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.
Tanagrine (a.) Of or pertaining to the tanagers.
Tanagroid (a.) Tanagrine.
Tanate (n.) An Asiatic wild dog (Canis procyonoides), native of Japan and adjacent countries. It has a short, bushy tail. Called also raccoon dog.
Tandem (adv. & a.) One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before another, instead of abreast.
Tandem (n.) A team of horses harnessed one before the other.
Tang (n.) A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus).
Tang (n.) A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
Tang (n.) Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang.
Tang (n.) A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position.
Tang (n.) The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
Tang (n.) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
Tang (n.) The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
Tang (n.) The tongue of a buckle.
Tang (n.) A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
Tanged (imp. & p. p.) of Tang
Tanging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tang
Tang (v. t.) To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring.
Tang (v. i.) To make a ringing sound; to ring.
Tangalung (n.) An East Indian civet (Viverra tangalunga).
Tangence (n.) Tangency.
Tangency (n.) The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.
Tangent (v. t.) A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.
Tangent (a.) Touching; touching at a single point
Tangent (a.) 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.
Tangental (a.) Tangential.
Tangential (a.) Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.
Tangentially (adv.) In the direction of a tangent.
Tangerine (n.) 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.
Tangfish (n.) The common harbor seal.
Tanghinia (n.) The ordeal tree. See under Ordeal.
Tangibility (n.) The quality or state of being tangible.
Tangible (a.) Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable.
Tangible (a.) Capable of being possessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident.
Tangled (imp. & p. p.) of Tangle
Tangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tangle
Tangle (n.) To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.
Tangle (n.) To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies.
Tangle (v. i.) To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.
Tangle (n.) Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.
Tangle (v.) A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively.
Tangle (v.) An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, -- used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.
Tanglefish (n.) The sea adder, or great pipefish of Europe.
Tanglingly (adv.) In a tangling manner.
Tangly (a.) Entangled; intricate.
Tangly (a.) Covered with tangle, or seaweed.
Tangram (n.) 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.
Tangue (n.) The tenrec.
Tangun (n.) A piebald variety of the horse, native of Thibet.
Tangwhaup (n.) The whimbrel.
Tanier (n.) An aroid plant (Caladium sagittaefolium), the leaves of which are boiled and eaten in the West Indies.
Tanist (n.) 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 (n.) In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election.
Tanite (n.) A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement, used for making grinding wheels, slabs, etc.
Tank (n.) A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
Tank (n.) A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.
Tanka (n.) A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia.
Tankard (n.) A large drinking vessel, especially one with a cover.
Tankia (n.) See Tanka.
Tankling (n.) A tinkling.
Tanling (n.) One tanned by the sun.
Tannable (a.) That may be tanned.
Tannage (n.) A tanning; the act, operation, or result of tanning.
Tannate (n.) A salt of tannic acid.
Tanner (n.) One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.
Tanneries (pl. ) of Tannery
Tannery (n.) A place where the work of tanning is carried on.
Tannery (n.) The art or process of tanning.
Tannic (a.) Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan; as, tannic acid.
Tannier (n.) See Tanier.
Tannin (n.) Same as Tannic acid, under Tannic.