English words: Tarbox to tart up

300 English words, part 14 of 131 of the words starting with T, A to Z. 37 have a page of their own.

English words Tarbox to tart up

Tarbox proper noun: A surname.
tarbrush noun: A brush used for applying tar.
tarbucket noun: The shako traditionally worn by cadets of West Point as part of full dress.
tarbush noun: Alternative form of tarboosh.
tarbuttite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc.
tarcrete noun: A kind of tarry soil near mineral oil sources formed from oil and soot droplets with sand or gravel, precluding plant growth.
tardation noun: The act of slowing down or delaying.
tardative adjective: Tending to slacken speed, retarding.
tardeada noun: A party among Hispanics held in the early evening.
Tardenoisian adjective, noun: Of or relating to an Epipaleolithic culture whose characteristic arrowheads were found at Coincy in the Tardenois region of France in 1885.
Tardif proper noun: A surname from French.
Tardiff proper noun: A surname.
tardigrade adjective, noun /ˈtɑɹdɪˌɡɹeɪd/: Sluggish; moving slowly.
tardigradologist noun: A biologist who specializes in studying tardigrades.
tardigradous adjective: Moving slowly; slow-paced.
tardily adverb /tɑː.də.li/: in a tardy fashion; belatedly; late
tardiness noun: The state or quality of being tardy.
tardis noun /ˈtɑːdɪs/: Alternative form of Tardis.
TARDIS blue adjective, noun: The dark blue color of a traditional police box.
TARDIS-like adjective: Resembling the TARDIS in character or manner, as in appearing like a British police box, being unexpectedly capacious, or providing an immersive view of...
tardish adjective: stupid; moronic
Tardislike adjective: rare spelling of Tardis-like
tardity noun: Slowness; tardiness.
tardive adjective: belated (of symptoms etc.)
tardive dyskinesia noun: Involuntary, repetitive movements as a side effect of dopamine antagonists that can be permanent.
tardively adverb: In a tardive way.
tardo noun: A sloth (animal).
tardy adjective, noun, verb /ˈtɑːdi/: Late; overdue or delayed.
tardy slip noun: A piece of paper given to a student who is late to school, to authorize the student to proceed to class.
tardyon noun /ˈtɑː.di.ɒn/: Any particle with non-zero mass (i.e. one that travels more slowly than the speed of light).
tardyonic adjective: Of or pertaining to tardyons.
tare noun, verb /tɛə/: A vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa).
tared adjective, verb: Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight.
Taree proper noun: A town in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Tareen noun: A member of a Sarbanri Pashtun tribe residing in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
tarefa noun: The amount of sugar cane that a slave was expected to cut in one day.
tarega noun: A broker in Pegu.
tarek noun: Synonym of pearl mullet.
tarekat noun: Alternative form of tariqa.
tarenflurbil noun /tæɹənˈflɜː(ɹ)bɪl/: The single enantiomer of the racemate NSAID flurbiprofen, researched but discarded as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
tarenna noun: Any flowering plant of the genus Tarenna.
tarentella noun: Alternative form of tarantella (“the dance”).
Tarentine adjective, noun /ˈtæɹəntaɪn/: of or pertaining to Tarentum
tarentism noun: Alternative form of tarantism.
tarento noun: A celebrity who regularly appears on mass media in Japan, especially as a panelist on variety shows.
Tarentum proper noun: Former name of Taranto: a city in Italy.
Tareq proper noun: A male given name from Arabic.
tarf noun: Alternative form of taraf (“Indian land division”).
tarfdar noun: Alternative form of tarafdar.
tarfile noun: Synonym of tarball.
tarflower noun: A woody evergreen shrub with a fragrant flower, of species Bejaria racemosa, found in the southeastern United States.
Targ noun: Any member of House Targaryen.
Targa proper noun: A locality in the City of Launceston, northern Tasmania, Australia.
targa timing noun: A system of timing formerly used in car rallying.
Targa top noun: A semiconvertible car body style with a removable roof section and a full-width roll bar behind the seats.
targe noun /tɑːd͡ʒ/: A small shield.
targeman noun: A warrior bearing a targe (type of light shield).
target noun, verb /ˈtɑː.ɡɪt/: A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
target audience noun: The primary group of people for whom a publication, advertisement or other type of media is designed to appeal.
target cell noun: any cell having a specific receptor for an antibody, antigen or hormone
target control noun: A management or technique which is aimed at controlling an infection within a target population.
target domain noun: Within a conceptual metaphor, the conceptual domain that we try to understand in terms of source domain.
target for tonight noun: A girlfriend or lover.
target girl noun: A female assistant in impalement acts such as knife throwing, archery or sharpshooting, in which the thrower or marksman aims near the assistant rather than...
target group noun: The primary group of people that something, usually an advertising campaign, is designed to appeal to.
target language noun: The language a learner is attempting to acquire.
target letter noun: An official letter from the United States Department of Justice informing someone that they are being investigated and may be charged with a crime.
target-like adjective: Of a linguistic feature produced by a language learner: like that linguistic feature as it occurs in the target language.
target man noun: Synonym of centre forward.
target market noun: A group of people whose needs and preferences match the product range of a company and to whom those products are marketed.
target marketing noun: The act or practice of matching a group of people with a product range of a company.
target of opportunity noun: A target onto which one's attack is diverted as soon as it is seen or becomes known.
target practice noun: Any exercise in which projectiles are fired at a specified target, typically for the purpose of improving aim.
target range noun: Synonym of shooting range.
target rating point noun: A metric that estimates how well a television programme or advertisement reached its target audience
target text noun: The finished product of a translated text.
target timing noun: The choice of an optimal window or moment for administering treatments, interventions, or medications to achieve the desired therapeutic outcomes.
targetability noun: The quality of being targetable.
targetable adjective: That can be targeted (directed towards a target).
targeted adjective, verb: Having something aimed at it.
targeted killing noun: The intentional killing by a government or its agents of a civilian or "unlawful combatant" who is not in that government's custody, and who is taking part...
targetedly adverb: In a targeted manner.
targetedness noun: The state or condition of being targeted.
targeteer noun: Someone who tests the accuracy of weapons, especially by firing them at calibrated targets.
targeter noun: A person who selects targets (typically for a remote weapons system).
targetier noun: Alternative form of targeteer (one armed with a target or shield)
targeting adjective, noun, verb: Involved in the transportation or correct positioning of a protein inside or outside a specific region of the cell.
targetless adjective: Without a target.
targetlessness noun: Absence of a target.
targetlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a target.
targetman noun: Alternative form of target man.
targetoid noun: A structure or lesion that resembles a target.
targetome noun: All the microRNA targets of an organism
targetron noun: A plasmid that selectively targets a specific gene
Targett proper noun: A surname.
targettable adjective: Alternative spelling of targetable.
targetted adjective, verb: Nonstandard spelling of targeted.
targetter noun: Alternative form of targeter.
targetting noun, verb: Alternative spelling of targeting.
Targhee noun: A sheep of a dual-purpose breed with heavy, medium-quality wool and good meat production characteristics.
Targling noun: Any young member of House Targaryen.
targum noun /ˈtɑːɡəm/: An Aramaic translation of the Tanakh written or compiled between the Second Temple period and the early Middle Ages.
targumic adjective: Relating to a targum.
Targumical adjective: Synonym of targumic.
Targumist noun: A writer of a targum.
Targumistic adjective: Relating to a targum.
targumize verb: To translate the Tanakh into Aramaic.
tarhana noun: A dried food based on a fermented mixture of grain and yogurt or fermented milk, usually made into a thick soup with water, stock, or milk.
Tarheel noun: Alternative form of Tar Heel.
Tarheeler noun: Alternative form of Tar Heel.
tarhonya noun: A kind of egg-based pasta in the shape of small balls.
tari noun: A small gold coin, worth a quarter of a dinar, struck by the Arabs of Sicily in the 9th century.
Tariana noun: An indigenous people of the Vaupés or Uaupés River in the Amazon region of Brazil and Colombia.
taribavirin noun: An experimental antiviral drug, a prodrug of ribavirin.
tarictic adjective: Applied to the hornbills of the genus Penelopides.
tariff noun, verb /ˈtæɹɪf/: A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.
tariff barrier noun: a barrier to trade between countries in the form of high taxes or duties which may be imposed by a government.
tariffable adjective: On which a tariff must be paid.
tariffication noun: The conversion of an economy or trading agreement to work on a system of tariffs.
tariffism noun: A system of economic tariffs.
tariffist noun: A person in favour of economic tariffs.
tariffite noun: Synonym of tariffist.
tariffize verb: To adapt to a system of charging money by tariffs.
tariffless adjective: Without a tariff.
Tarija proper noun: A department of Bolivia.
tariki noun: other power, outside help. Practice that assumes one's own capability is not sufficient, instead relying on other power - see also jiriki.
Tarim proper noun: A river in the Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
tarin noun: A bird, the siskin.
taring noun, verb /ˈtɛə.ɹɪŋ/: A common tern (Sterna hirundo).
Tariq proper noun /tæɹɪk/: The 86th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
tariqa noun /tɑːˈɹiː.kə/: A religious order of Sufism, formed around a murshid.
tariqah noun: Alternative form of tariqa.
tariqat noun: Alternative form of tariqa.
tariquidar noun: A particular inhibitor of P-glycoprotein.
tariric acid noun: An acetylenic fatty acid, octadec-6-ynoic acid found in the tariri plant
tarka noun /ˈtɑː(ɹ)kə/: Heated oil or ghee in which spices and onion, etc. are well-stirred and browned.
tarka daal noun: Alternative form of dal tarka.
tarka dahl noun: Alternative form of dal tarka.
tarka dal noun: Alternative form of dal tarka.
tarka dhal noun: Alternative form of dal tarka.
Tarkalani noun: Synonym of Tarkani.
Tarkani noun: A Pashtun tribe mainly settled in Bajaur Agency, Lower Dir district of Pakistan, but originally from the Laghman province of modern-day Afghanistan.
Tarkanian proper noun /tɑːˈkeɪni.ən/: A surname from Armenian.
tarkari noun: A side dish of vegetables.
tarkashi noun: An Indian form of inlay art on wood.
tarkhan noun: An ancient Central Asian title used by various Turkic, Mongolic and Indo-European (Scythian and Tokharian) peoples, especially in the medieval era, and...
tarkianite noun: An isometric-hextetrahedral black mineral containing copper, iron, molybdenum, rhenium, and sulfur.
Tarkington proper noun: A surname.
Tarkingtonian adjective: Of or relating to Booth Tarkington (1869–1946), American novelist and dramatist.
Tarkovskian adjective: Of or relating to Andrei Tarkovsky (Russian: Андре́й Арсе́ньевич Тарко́вский; 1932–1986), Russian filmmaker, whose work is characterized by long takes,...
Tarkovskyan adjective: Alternative form of Tarkovskian.
Tarkwa proper noun: A town in Western Region, Ghana.
Tarlac proper noun /tɐɹˈlak/: A province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Tarlac City.
tarlatamab noun: A drug used to treat small-cell lung cancer.
tarlatan noun: A thin muslin with an open weave, once used for ballgowns etc.
tarlataned adjective: Dressed in tarlatan.
tarlaton noun: Alternative form of tarlatan.
tarletan noun: Alternative form of tarlatan.
Tarleton proper noun: A large village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4520).
tarlike adjective: Resembling tar.
Tarling proper noun: A surname.
Tarlton proper noun /ˈtɑːl.tən/: A surname.
Tarltonian adjective /tɑːlˈtəʊ.ni.ən/: Of or relating to Richard Tarlton (1530-1588), English actor and famous clown of his era.
tarmac noun, verb /ˈtɑː(ɹ)mæk/: Tarmacadam.
tarmacadam noun, verb: A mixture of tar and small stones used in paving.
tarmacky adjective: Resembling or characteristic of tarmac.
tarn noun /tɑːn/: A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England.
tarnal adjective /ˈtɑːrnəl/: damned (as an intensifier)
tarnally adverb: damned (as an intensifier)
tarnation adjective, adverb, interjection, noun /tɑɹˈneɪʃən/: The act or process of damnation or reprobation; hell.
tarnations interjection, noun: Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc.
Tarneit proper noun: A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Wyndham, Victoria, Australia
tarnish noun, verb /ˈtɑːnɪʃ/: Oxidation or discoloration, especially of a decorative metal exposed to air.
tarnishable adjective: Capable of becoming tarnished.
tarnished adjective, verb /ˈtɑɹnɪʃt/: Discolored or blemished.
tarnished plant bug noun: A plant bug, Lygus lineolaris, known as a very serious pest on a wide variety of crops throughout North America.
tarnisher noun: One who, or that which, tarnishes.
tarnishing noun, verb: The act by which something is tarnished.
tarnishment noun: tarnishing
tarnishproof adjective: Resistant to tarnishing.
tarnlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a tarn.
tarnside adjective: Bordering or near a tarn.
taro noun /ˈtæɹəʊ/: Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
taro cake noun: A type of savoury Chinese cake made from flour and taro, often topped with fried shallots and chopped spring onions, served either steamed or pan-fried.
taro-patch fiddle noun: A five-stringed musical instrument originating in the traditional music of Hawaii.
taroc noun: Dated form of tarot.
tarof noun: Alternative form of taarof.
tarogato noun: a reed instrument originating from Hungary
tarok noun: Dated form of tarot.
Taroko proper noun /tə.ɹoʊ.koʊ/: The Taroko people, descendants of Truku Seediq people who moved to the east side of Formosa in the 16th century.
taromancy noun: The practice of using tarot cards for divination.
Taron noun: A member of an ethnic group of the Himalayan foothills of northern Kachin, Myanmar.
taropatch noun: A piece of land where taro is grown.
tarosophy noun: The art of reading tarot cards; tarotology.
tarot noun /ˈtæ.ɹəʊ/: A card game played in various different variations.
tarot card noun: Any of a set of 78 cards used primarily for divination, fortune-telling, or spiritual guidance.
tarotic adjective: Of or relating to tarot.
tarotist noun /ˈtæɹətɪst/: One who performs tarot readings; a tarot reader.
tarotologist noun /ˌtæɹəˈtɒlədʒɪst/: A person who reads tarot cards; a tarotist.
tarotology noun: The practice of reading tarot cards for the purpose of mystical divination.
tarp noun, verb /tɑːp/: Clipping of tarpaulin (“covering”).
tarpa noun: A wind instrument that is played by blowing into a reservoir chamber that is connected to two bamboo pipes attached to a resonating chamber. It is primarily...
tarpan noun /ˈtɑɹpən/: An extinct Northern European wild horse, Equus ferus ferus.
tarpaper noun, verb: A heavy paper, coated with tar, used to waterproof walls and roofs.
tarpaulin noun, verb /tɑˈpɔː.lɪn/: A heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth or plastic sheet, used as a cover or blanket (often as weatherproofing, or to keep loose cargo from...
tarpaulined adjective, verb: Covered with a tarpaulin.
Tarpeian adjective: Only used in Tarpeian Rock (“a steep cliff of the southern summit of the Capitoline Hill, used as an execution site in Ancient Rome”)
Tarpey proper noun: A surname from Irish.
tarphyceracone noun: A shell or conch in which the whorls or volutions are in contact (but are not deeply involute).
tarphyceraconic adjective: Relating to, composed of, or having the form of a tarphyceracone.
tarphyceratid noun: Any extinct nautiloid cephalopod in the family Tarphyceratidae.
tarphycerid noun: Any member of the order Tarphycerida.
tarphyceroid noun: A member of the extinct order Tarphycerida.
tarphycone noun: Tarphyceracone.
tarphyconic adjective: Tarphyceraconic (sometimes specifically if immature).
tarpit noun, verb: A lake of asphalt formed when subterranean bitumen leaks to the ground surface. Such pits are important in forming fossil fuel reserves; they are also apt...
Tarpley proper noun: A surname.
tarpon noun: Any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish.
Tarporley proper noun: A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5562).
tarpot noun: A pot used for carrying tar.
tarpum noun: A large marine fish (Atlantic tarpon), of species Megalops atlanticus, of the southern United States and the West Indies, with large silvery scales.
Tarquinian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (died 495 BC), the legendary seventh and final king of Rome, famed for being proud.
tarr noun: Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”).
tarrable adjective: terrible
tarradiddle noun /ˈtæ.ɹə.dɪ.dəl/: A trivial lie, a fib.
tarradiddler noun: A person who wastes time or who writes or produces worthless nonsense.
tarragon noun /ˈtæɹəɡɑn/: A perennial herb, the wormwood species Artemisia dracunculus, from Europe and parts of Asia.
Tarragona proper noun /tɑːɹəˈɡəʊnə/: A city and port in Catalonia, Spain.
Tarragonan adjective, noun: Of, from or relating to the city or province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
Tarrance proper noun: A surname.
Tarrant proper noun: A surname.
Tarrantine noun: A member of a Mi'kmaq band inhabiting northern New England, particularly coastal Maine.
tarrasque noun /təˈɹæsk/: Archaic form of tarasque.
Tarrateen noun: Alternative form of Tarratine.
Tarratine noun: A member of a warlike band of the Mi'kmaq people.
tarraxinha noun: A form of kizomba that has a strong, electronic bass
tarre verb /tɑɹ/: To incite; to provoke; to spur on.
tarred out adjective, verb: Pronunciation spelling of tired out
Tarren proper noun: A male given name.
tarrer noun: One who applies tar.
tarriance noun: The act of tarrying; dalliance
tarrier adjective, noun /ˈtæɹi.ə/: A layabout or loiterer; someone who tarries.
tarrify verb: To terrify.
tarrily adverb: In a tarry manner.
tarriness noun: The state or condition of being tarry.
tarring noun, verb: An application of tar.
Tarrington proper noun: A town in the Shire of Southern Grampians, south western Victoria, Australia
tarrish adjective: Synonym of tarry (“resembling tar”).
Tarro proper noun: A suburb of Newcastle in the City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
tarruf noun: Alternative form of taraf (“Indian land division”).
tarrufdar noun: Alternative form of tarafdar.
tarry adjective, noun, verb /ˈtæ.ɹi/: To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
tarryar noun: A watchman.
tarrying noun, verb: The act of one who tarries; a waiting or staying behind.
tarryingly adverb: So as to tarry.
Tarrytown proper noun: An unincorporated community in Sumter County, Florida.
tars noun, prefix, verb: Of or relating to the tarsus.
tarsal adjective, noun /ˈtɑː.səl/: Of or relating to the tarsus.
tarsal bone noun: Any of the seven bones of the tarsus.
tarsal gland noun: Synonym of meibomian gland.
tarsal tunnel syndrome noun: A nerve compression syndrome in which the tibial nerve is painfully entrapped as it travels through the tarsal tunnel (along the inner leg behind the medial...
tarsale noun: A tarsal bone or cartilage, especially one of the series articulating with the metatarsals.
tarsalgia noun: Pain in the tarsus.
tarsally adverb: In a tarsal manner or direction
tarsand noun /ˈtɑː(ɹ)sænd/: Land with sand containing tar.
tarse noun /tɑːɹs/: The penis.
tarseal noun: asphalt
tarsectomy noun: The operation of removing one or more of the bones of the tarsus (cluster of bones in the foot).
Tarshish proper noun /ˈtɑɹʃɪʃ/: The biblical name for Andalusia, from which was imported vast quantities of important metals to Phoenicia and Israel. Identical with Ancient Greek Ταρτησσός...
tarsia noun: Intarsia.
tarsier noun /ˈtɑ(ɹ)si.ə(ɹ)/: An insectivorous primate of the family Tarsiidae, having very large eyes and long feet, native mainly to several islands of Southeast Asia.
tarsiid noun: Any primate in the family Tarsiidae; a tarsier.
tarsiiform noun: Any primate of the infraorder Tarsiiformes
tarsioid noun: A tarsier or extinct relative; any member of the infraorder Tarsiiformes
tarsipedid noun: Any member of the Tarsipedidae, which is currently considered to consist of one species, Tarsipes rostratus, the honey possum.
tarsitis noun: Inflammation of the tarsus of the foot.
Tarski proper noun: A surname from Polish.
Tarskian adjective: Of or relating to Alfred Tarski (1901–1983), Polish logician, mathematician and philosopher.
tarso- prefix: Of or relating to the tarsus.
tarsoconjunctival adjective: tarsal and conjunctival
tarsocrural adjective: Relating to the tarsus and the bones of the leg
tarsome adjective: Pronunciation spelling of tiresome.
tarsomere noun: A particular subsegment of an insect tarsus.
tarsometatarsal adjective: Of or pertaining to both the tarsus and metatarsus.
tarsometatarsus noun: The large bone in the leg of a bird, or some bird-like dinosaurs, connected to the foot, homologous to the mammalian tarsus and metatarsus.
tarsonemid noun: Any member of the family Tarsonemidae of mites.
tarsophalangeal adjective: Both tarsal and phalangeal.
tarsorrhaphy noun: A surgical procedure in which the eyelids are partially sewn together to narrow the opening.
tarsotarsal adjective: mediotarsal
tarsotibial adjective: Relating to the tarsal bones and the tibia
tarsotomy noun: The operation of cutting or removing the tarsal cartilages (of the eye).
tarsungulum noun: The final segment of a millipede's forcipule, used to pierce and inject venom into prey.
tarsus noun /ˈtɑː.səs/: A group of small bones in this part of the foot. The seven bones of the human tarsus form the ankle and upper part of the foot.
tarsused adjective: Having a specified type of tarsus.
tart adjective, noun, verb /tɑɹt/: Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
tart burner noun: A decorative, usually ceramic, pot containing a candle made from fragrant wax.
tart card noun: A card advertising the services of a prostitute.
tart cherry noun: Synonym of sour cherry
tart ring noun: A small pastry ring for use when baking tarts.
tart up verb: To dress so as to be more sexually attractive, especially with make-up and revealing clothing.

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.