English words: tapetal to tarboushed

300 English words, part 13 of 131 of the words starting with T, A to Z. 24 have a page of their own.

English words tapetal to tarboushed

tapetal adjective /ˈtæpɪtəl/: Relating to a tapetum
tapeti noun: A small South American cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus brasiliensis).
tapetoretinal adjective: Relating to the tapetum and the retina
tapetosome noun: An organelle in the tapetum of some ripening plants
tapetum noun: A membranous layer of tissue.
tapetum lucidum noun: A layer of tissue in the eye of many vertebrate animals, immediately behind or sometimes within the retina, that reflects visible light so as to increase...
tapeweed noun: A herbaceous plant of the genus Posidonia
tapework noun: The use of tapes to produce audio effects.
tapeworm noun, verb /ˈteɪpˌwɝm/: Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species...
tapewormed adjective, verb: Infested with tapeworm.
tapewormy adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a tapeworm.
tapezine noun: A zine released on audio cassette, containing either voice recordings or computer data.
-taph suffix /ˈtæf/: grave; burial
taphephobia noun: Alternative spelling of taphophobia.
Taphian adjective, noun: Of or relating to the islands of Taphos.
tapho- prefix: grave; burial
taphocoenosis noun: An assemblage of dead organisms
taphofacies noun: taphonomic facies
taphoflora noun: The remains of dead plants.
taphold verb: To press a key on a keyboard and hold it down for a second or so
taphole noun: In a blast furnace, a hole which molten metal or slag is tapped off through.
taphological adjective: Of or relating to taphology.
taphologist noun: One who studies graves and burial.
taphology noun: The study of graves and burial.
taphomorph noun: A fossil structure that represents the poorly preserved, deteriorated remains of a mixture of taxonomic groups.
taphon noun: A type of double-headed barrel drum used in Thailand.
taphonomic adjective: Of or pertaining to taphonomy (factors affecting an organism's remains after death).
taphonomical adjective: Alternative form of taphonomic.
taphonomically adverb: In a taphonomic manner.
taphonomised adjective: preserved as a fossil
taphonomist noun: One who studies taphonomy.
taphonomy noun /tæˈfɒnəmi/: The study of the fate of the remains of organisms after they die, especially the study of fossilization.
taphophile noun: A person who is interested in cemeteries, funerals and gravestones
taphophilia noun: Deep interest of funerals, cemeteries and the rituals of death.
taphophilic adjective: Pertaining to taphophilia
taphophobe noun: A person with an irrational fear of being buried alive.
taphophobia noun /tæfəˈfəʊbɪə/: a fear of being buried alive
taphophobic adjective: Relating to a fear of being buried alive
taphotaxon noun: An invalid taxon based on fossil remains that have been altered in a characteristic way during burial and diagenesis.
taphotype noun: A bone that shows a particular form of damage caused by predation by a particular type of animal
taphouse noun: A tavern.
taphozone noun: A taphonomic zone, rich in fossils
taphrenchyma noun /tafˈɹɛŋkɪmə/: Synonym of bothrenchyma
taphrogenic adjective: Concerned with taphrogeny; pertaining to the creation of trenches.
taphrogeny noun: The process of trench formation by the downward folding of the Earth's crust.
Tapi proper noun: A district of Gujarat, India.
Tapia proper noun: A topographic surname from Basque, denoting someone from Tapia de Casariego in Asturias.
tapidero noun: Alternative form of tapadera.
Tapie proper noun /ˈtæpi/: A surname
tapik noun: instrument for torturing people by means of electric current, made on the basis of the Soviet military field telephone wz. 57 (TA-57)
tapinarof noun: A medication for the treatment of plaque psoriasis.
taping noun, verb: The act of recording something on tape, or (by extension) on another medium.
tapinocephalian noun: Any therapsid of the clade †Tapinocephalia
tapinocephalic adjective: Alternative form of tapeinocephalic.
tapinocephalid noun: Any therapsid in the family Tapinocephalidae.
tapinocephaly noun: Alternative form of tapeinocephaly.
tapinosis noun: A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits.
tapioca noun /tæpiˈoʊkə/: A starchy food made from the cassava plant, used in puddings.
tapioca fish noun: The escolar or oilfish.
tapioca pearl noun: A small, edible ball made primarily from tapioca starch.
tapioca pudding noun: A milk pudding made from tapioca.
tapioca starch noun: A very fine powder derived from the cassava root, used in cooking.
tapiolite noun: A rare oxide mineral.
tapir noun /ˈteɪpiːə(ɹ)/: An odd-toed ungulate of the genus Tapirus with a long prehensile upper lip.
tapir frog noun: A species of microhylid frog, Synapturanus danta, having a brown colour, sometimes with yellow or orange spots
Tapirapé noun: An indigenous people of Brazil.
tapirid noun: Any tapir of the family Tapiridae
tapirine adjective: Of, or pertaining to, a tapir.
tapiroid adjective, noun: Related to the tapir
tapiromorph noun: Any tapir or related animal of the superfamily Tapiroidea
tapis noun /ˈtapɪs/: A tapestry.
tapism noun: Synonym of red-tapism.
tapissed adjective: Covered or worked with figures like tapestry.
tapisser noun /ˈtæpɪsə(ɹ)/: A tapestry-maker.
tapissier noun: A tapestry-maker.
tapist noun /ˈteɪpɪst/: A person who prepares tape recordings.
tapiti noun: Alternative form of tapeti (“type of rabbit”).
taplash noun: Small beer of bad quality.
tapless adjective /ˈtæpləs/: Without a tap (faucet for water etc.).
Tapley proper noun: A surname.
Tapleyism noun: Synonym of Mark Tapleyism.
taplike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of tap dancing.
Taplin proper noun: A surname.
taplitumomab noun: A mouse monoclonal antibody intended to be used in treating cancer.
Taplow proper noun: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in South Bucks district (OS grid ref SU9182).
tapman noun: Synonym of tapster.
tapoa tafa noun: A small carnivorous marsupial, the brush-tailed phascogale.
tapochki noun: Russian house slippers.
tapori noun: A street-smart dealer, often associated with a flashy style.
Taposa noun: An American Indian tribe in the south of the United States, originating from what is now Mississippi.
tapotage noun: Coughing and expectoration following percussion in the supraclavicular region: a sign sometimes obtained in pulmonary tuberculosis.
tapotement noun /təˈpəʊtmənt/: A form of massage involving hitting the body with various parts of one's hand.
tapow verb: Alternative spelling of tapao.
Tapp proper noun: A surname.
tappa noun: Alternative form of tapa (“cloth made from mulberry bark”).
tappable adjective: Capable of being tapped.
Tappahannock proper noun: A town, the county seat of Essex County, Virginia, United States.
tappal noun: Alternative form of tappaul.
tappall noun: Alternative form of tappaul.
tappan noun: An emergent tropical rainforest tree, Koompassia excelsa, family Fabaceae, of Southeast Asia.
tappaul noun: Synonym of dak (“post system by means of relays of horses carrying mail and passengers”).
Tappe proper noun: A surname.
tapped adjective, verb /tæpt/: Having a tap or taps.
tapped out adjective, verb: Having no money, broke, penniless.
tappee noun: A person who is subjected to a wiretap.
tappen noun: A plug that forms in the anus of a bear or other mammal during hibernation.
tapper noun: One who makes a tapping noise.
Tappertitian adjective: Similar to the character Simon Tappertit in Dickens' Barnaby Rudge, especially being self-important, passionately conservative and anti-Catholic, and given...
tappet noun: A lever or projection which is moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended to tap or touch something else, in order to produce change or regulate motion.
tappice verb: Alternative form of tappish.
tappigraphy noun: The analysis of tapping, scrolling and other interactions with a smartphone.
tappin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of tapping.
tapping noun, verb: An act of making a light hit or strike against something.
tapping up noun: Making an approach to a player, under contract to another club, in order to attempt to negotiate a transfer.
tappingly adverb: With a tapping sound or action.
tappish verb /ˈtæpɪʃ/: To squat
tappit hen noun: A bottle of wine in the port wine trade containing 2.25 liters of fluid, three times the volume of a standard bottle.
tappoon noun: A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow and irrigate a field.
tappy adjective, verb: Resembling a tapping sound.
tappy-lappy adjective, adverb: Synonym of pell-mell (“hasty, out of control”).
taproom noun /ˈtæpˌɹum/: A room where alcoholic beverages are served on tap; a bar or barroom.
taproot noun /ˈtæpˌɹuːt/: A long, tapering root, exhibited by many plant species (such as carrots and dandelions).
taproot text noun: Any relatively early text with fantastical elements, a precursor to fantasy as a genre.
taprooted adjective: Having taproots.
taprostene noun: An antiplatelet drug.
taps noun, verb /tæps/: A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo;...
taps aff adjective: topless in warm weather.
Tapscott proper noun: A surname.
Tapsell proper noun: A surname.
tapsilog noun /ˈtapsɪloɡ/: A meal of tapa with fried rice and fried egg.
tapsman noun: A head servant who is in charge of other servants.
tapster noun: One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor.
tapstress noun: A female tapster.
Tapta noun: An imaginary creature, in Meitei folklore, described by a mother to frighten her child to stop crying, which was misunderstood by a tiger for a man, who...
taptastic adjective: Excellent, in the context of tap dancing.
Tapti proper noun: A river in central India.
Tapton proper noun: A suburb of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3972).
tapu noun, verb /ˈtɑːpuː/: Alternative form of taboo.
tapul noun: A pronounced vertical ridge down the center of a breastplate, or rarely by extension a ridge on another item of armor.
Tapuya noun: An indigenous people of the Amazon regions.
Tapuyan adjective, noun: Of or relating to the Tapuya people.
TAPVC noun: Initialism of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
tapware noun: The fixtures used to dispense water at a sink, shower, or bathtub, consisting of a spout or shower head and control devices such as knobs or levers.
tapwater noun: Alternative form of tap water.
Taq polymerase noun: A thermostable DNA polymerase known for its relatively high rate of transcription errors.
taqfir noun: Alternative form of takfir.
taqiya noun: Alternative form of taqiyya.
taqiyah noun /tɑːˈkiː.jə/: A short, rounded skullcap worn by Muslims during prayer.
taqiyya noun /təˈkiː.jə/: Religious dissimulation while under threat or persecution.
taqleed noun: Alternative form of taqlid.
taqlid noun /tækˈliːd/: Conformity to traditional legal decisions in Shari'a jurisprudence.
taqqanah noun: Alternative form of takkanah.
taqsim noun: An improvisation or a solo recital based on a maqam.
taqua nut noun: Alternative spelling of tagua nut.
taquara noun: A kind of bamboo (genus Olyra) found in Brazil.
taqueria noun /ˌtɑkəˈɹiːə/: Alternative spelling of taqueria.
taquero noun: One who makes and/or sells tacos.
taquito noun /tɑˈki.toʊ/: A fried corn or flour tortilla, filled usually with beef or chicken and cheese, rolled up, and dipped in a form of salsa, or guacamole.
taqwa noun /ˈtɑːkwə/: The care taken by a person to obey the commands of Allah.
taqwacore noun: A form of punk music or hip-hop that deals with Islamic culture or issues.
tar noun, verb /tɑː/: Coal tar.
tar and feather verb: To cover (a person) in sticky tar, then cover in feathers which stick to the tar; an archaic means of humiliating a person.
tar apple noun: Synonym of star apple
tar baby noun: A difficult, abstract problem that worsens as one attempts to handle it; a sticky situation, especially one where attempts to make it better only make it worse.
tar-black adjective: As black as tar; (by extension) very black or dark.
tar boil noun: Alternative form of tar boil.
tar-brush noun: Alternative spelling of tarbrush.
tar'd adjective: Pronunciation spelling of tired.
Tar Heel noun: Synonym of North Carolinian.
Tar Heel Stater noun: Synonym of North Carolinian.
tar out verb: To punish; to pay back or take revenge on.
tar paper noun: Alternative spelling of tarpaper.
tar pit noun: Alternative form of tarpit.
tar sand noun: oil sand.
tar spot noun: A fungal disease affecting various plants and causing dark spots on leaves.
TAR syndrome noun: A rare genetic disorder involving thrombocytopenia with absence of the radius in the forearm and a dramatically reduced platelet count.
tar water noun: A cold infusion of tar in water, once used as a medicine for chest complaints.
tar with the same brush verb /ˈtaː wɪ‿ðə seɪm ˈbɹʌʃ/: To characterize (someone or something) using the same undesirable attribute, especially unjustly.
tar with the same stick verb: Synonym of tar with the same brush.
tara interjection, noun /tæˈɹɑː/: Goodbye.
Tara fern noun: Pteridium esculentum, a bracken of the Southern Hemisphere, with a thickened edible rhizome.
tara gum noun: A white or beige nearly odorless powder used as a thickening agent and stabilizer for food, produced by separating and grinding the endosperm of Tara...
Taraba proper noun: A state of Nigeria in the North East geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Jalingo.
tarabish noun: A trick-taking card game spread throughout the British Empire by Scottish soldiers, and still played in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; Lebanon; and Afghanistan.
tarabooka noun: A kind of African kettledrum.
Taracahita adjective: Alternative form of Taracahitic.
Taracahitan adjective: Alternative form of Taracahitic.
Taracahitic adjective: Of or relating to a putative branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family of Mexico.
tarada noun: An Iraqi war canoe.
Taradale proper noun: A locality in the Snowy Valleys council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
taradiddle noun: Alternative form of tarradiddle.
taradiddler noun: Alternative form of tarradiddler.
taraf noun: A division of land in India, usually a (small) subdivision of a pargana.
tarafdar noun: The person in charge of a taraf.
Tarago proper noun: A locality in the Goulburn Mulwaree council area and the Queanbeyan-Palerang council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Tarah proper noun: A female given name.
Tarahumar noun: Alternative form of Tarahumara.
Tarahumara noun: An indigenous ethnic group of the Americas, inhabiting the state of Chihuahua in Mexico.
Tarahumaran adjective, noun: Of or relating to the Tarahumara.
Tarahumare noun: Alternative form of Tarahumara.
Tarahumari noun: Alternative form of Tarahumara.
tarai noun: Alternative form of terai.
taraire noun: Beilschmiedia tarairi, a tree of New Zealand.
tarairi noun: Alternative form of taraire.
taraiu noun: Among the Tolai, a sacred grove associated with male rituals.
Tarak proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Taraka proper noun: A municipality of Lanao del Sur, Philippines.
Tarakan proper noun: The largest city in North Kalimantan, Indonesia.
tarakihi noun /ˈteɹɘkiː/: A fish, Nemadactylus macropterus, between 30 and 60 centimeters long and found off the coast of Australia and South America.
tarako noun: A Japanese food made from salted cod or pollack roe (originally cod, but now mostly pollack).
tarama noun /ˈtæɹəmə/: salted cured cod roe, used in making taramosalata
taramasalata noun: Alternative spelling of taramosalata.
taramellite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing barium, boron, chlorine, iron, lead, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.
taramite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
taramosalata noun /ˌtɑɹəməsəˈlɑːtə/: A Turkish and Greek dish of fish roe (carp or cod), lemon juice, breadcrumbs, onion, garlic, and olive oil; often served as a meze or with pitta bread.
taran noun: A species of roach (Rutilus heckelii), a fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is native to the Black Sea basin: rivers Don, Kuban, Dnieper, Dniester, rarely...
Tarana proper noun: A locality in the Bathurst council area, Lithgow council area and the Oberon council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia.
taranabant noun: A drug, a cannabinoid receptor type 1 inverse agonist investigated for the treatment of obesity but later dropped because of side effects including...
Taranaki proper noun /ˈtɛɹanɛki/: A region in western North Island, New Zealand.
taranakite noun: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and potassium.
Taranchi noun: The Muslim sedentary population living in oases around the Tarim Basin in what is now Xinjiang, China.
tarand noun: A legendary reindeer/moose-like creature with chameleon properties.
Tarango proper noun: A surname.
Taranis proper noun: The Celtic god of thunder.
tarantara interjection, noun: The sound of several notes played on a trumpet or horn.
tarantas noun: Alternative form of tarantass.
tarantass noun /taɹənˈtas/: A low horse-drawn carriage without springs used in Russia, capable of having its wheels replaced with runners during the winter.
tarantella noun /ˌtɛɹənˈtɛlə/: A rapid dance in 6/8 time, originating in Italy, or a piece of music for such a dance.
Tarantinesque adjective: Alternative form of Tarantinoesque.
Tarantinian adjective: Synonym of Tarantinoesque.
Tarantino noun: A native or inhabitant of Taranto.
Tarantinoesque adjective: Reminiscent of the works or themes of Quentin Tarantino (born 1963), American film director and actor, best known for violent yet humorous films with...
tarantism noun /ˈtæɹəntɪzm/: An extreme urge to dance, popularly thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula (Lycosa tarantula) and prevalent in southern Italy in the 15th...
Taranto proper noun /ˈtɑːɹəntoʊ/: A port city in Apulia, in southeastern Italy.
tarantula noun /təˈɹæn.t͡ʃʊ.lə/: Any of the large, hairy New World spiders comprising the family Theraphosidae.
tarantula hawk noun: A kind of spider wasp (of the family Pompilidae), with a painful sting, that deposits an egg on its prey, which include tarantulas, the larvae feeding from...
tarantula juice noun: Strong homemade whiskey.
tarantula killer noun: Any species of tarantula hawk, especially (Pepsis grossa) that captures the Texas brown tarantula (Aphonopelma hentzii) and places it in its nest as food...
tarantula wasp noun: Synonym of tarantula hawk
tarantulalike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a tarantula.
tarantular adjective: Of or relating to a tarantula.
tarantulated adjective: Affected with tarantism.
tarantulid noun: Any member of the arachnid family Tarantulidae.
tarantulism noun: Alternative form of tarantism.
tarantuloid adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a tarantula.
tarantulous adjective: Of or relating to a tarantula.
Tarapacá proper noun: A region of Chile.
tarapacaite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing chromium, oxygen, and potassium.
tarapatch noun: A stringed instrument used in the Sandwich Islands.
Tarapon noun: A member of a certain people of Polynesia.
tarapoto noun: A kind of palm tree.
taraquito noun: The giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis)
tararabit interjection: Goodbye for now.
Tararua proper noun: A territorial authority of the Manawatū-Whanganui region, New Zealand; in full, Tararua District. Seat: Dannevirke.
Tarascan noun: A member of the Purepecha people.
Tarasco noun: Alternative form of Tarascan.
Tarascon proper noun: A commune in Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
tarasque noun: A mythical European dragon.
tarata noun: Synonym of lemonwood (“the tree Pittosporum eugenioides”).
taratantara noun: The onomatopoeia of a particular sound made by a bugle or trumpet.
tarator noun: A nut- or tahini- based sauce made with lemon juice and garlic that is found in Middle Eastern cuisine
Taravella proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Tarawa proper noun: An atoll in the central Pacific Ocean belonging to the state of Kiribati.
taraweeh noun: Alternative form of tarawih.
tarawih noun: An extra prayer performed by Sunni Muslims at night in the month of Ramadan.
taraxacerin noun: One of the principles of taraxacum, along with taraxacin.
taraxacin noun: A bitter glycoside, extracted from dandelion, once used as a diuretic.
taraxacine noun: Alternative form of taraxacin.
taraxacologist noun: One who studies taraxacology or dandelions.
taraxacology noun: The study of the dandelion genus Taraxacum.
taraxacum noun: The dried root of the dandelion once used as a tonic.
taraxanthin noun: A particular carotenoid found in Taraxacum.
taraxastane noun: A type of triterpene that is similar to ursane but with a different configuration of carbon atoms.
taraxasterol noun: A triterpenoid present in dandelions
taraxerol noun: A pentacyclic triterpenoid present in many plants
taraxerone noun: A derivative of taraxerol present in Skimmia laureola and Cupania cinerea
tarazepide noun: An antispasmodic drug.
tarbaby noun: Alternative form of tar baby (“difficult, "sticky" situation”).
tarbadillo noun: typhoid fever in Mexico
tarbagan noun /ˈtɑːbəɡən/: Any member of the species Marmota sibirica of marmots that live on the steppes of Central Asia.
tarball noun, verb: A ball of tar or crude oil found on a beach.
Tarbat proper noun: A parish on a peninsula in Easter Ross, Highland council area, Scotland.
Tarbell proper noun: A surname.
Tarbellize verb: To criticize through investigatory journalism.
Tarbert proper noun: A hamlet on the east coast of Jura, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NR6182).
Tarbes proper noun: A city, the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitania, in southern France. It was the second largest city in the former Midi-Pyrénées Region, after...
Tarbet proper noun: A surname.
tarboard noun /ˈtɑː.bəd/: A kind of tough millboard containing tar, used in making springbacks for books.
tarbogan noun: A marmot.
tarboggin noun, verb: Alternative spelling of toboggan.
tarbomb noun: A tarball (archive file) containing numerous files that are extracted into the working directory, potentially causing inconvenience by overwriting other...
tarboosh noun /tɑːˈbuːʃ/: A red felt or cloth cap with a tassel, worn in the Arab world; a fez.
tarbooshed adjective: Wearing a tarboosh.
Tarboro proper noun: A town, the county seat of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States.
tarbosaur noun: A tyrannosaurid dinosaur of the genus Tarbosaurus from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia and China.
tarbouche noun: Alternative form of tarboosh.
tarbouched adjective: Alternative form of tarbooshed.
tarbouka noun: Alternative form of darbuka.
tarboush noun: Alternative form of tarboosh.
tarboushed adjective: Alternative form of tarbooshed.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under T: 39,191 words, in 131 parts.