English Words: T

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tailstandnoun

A vertical pole that supports the rear fuselage of an aircraft during the loading and unloading of cargo.

tailstocknoun

The part of a lathe that supports the object being worked along its rotatory axis.

tailstrikenoun

Unintended contact of the rear of an aircraft's fuselage with the ground during a takeoff or landing.

tailswingnoun

When turning a heavy vehicle, the movement of the rear portion of the vehicle in the opposite direction from the direction the front end turns.

Tailuname

A town in Lianjiang, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.

Tailugename

Synonym of Taroko: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.

tailwaggernoun

A fawning or overzealous fan or supporter.

tailwardadj

Toward the tail.

tailwardsadv

Towards the tail.

tailwaternoun

The water located immediately downstream from a hydraulic structure, such as a dam, bridge, or culvert.

tailwheelnoun

A wheel attached to the tail of an aircraft that supports it when on the ground.

tailwhipnoun

A trick in which the body of the bike is revolved around the steering column axis going through the handlebar.

tailwindnoun

A wind that blows in the same direction as the course taken by an aircraft, sailing ship, bird, etc.; a following wind.

tailwiseadv

In the direction of the tail; tail first.

tailzienoun

An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted.

Taimaliname

A rural township in Taitung County, Taiwan.

taimennoun

A species of salmon (Hucho taimen), living in Siberia.

taimyritenoun

An orthorhombic bronze gray mineral containing copper, palladium, platinum, and tin.

tainnoun

Thin tin plate

Tainanname

A major city in southern Taiwan, dating to the 16th century

Tainan Cityname

Synonym of Tainan.

Taingname

A surname from Khmer.

tainiolitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing fluorine, lithium, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.

Tainonoun

A member of a group of pre-Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles.

taintableadj

Able to be tainted; corruptible.

taintedadj

Corrupted or filled with imperfections.

taintednessnoun

The quality of being tainted.

tainternoun

Someone or something that taints.

Tainter gatenoun

A type of radial-arm floodgate used in dams and canal locks to control water flow.

taintestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of taint

taintethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of taint

taintlessadj

Free from blemish; totally clean; spotless.

taintlesslyadv

In a taintless manner.

taintlessnessnoun

Freedom from taint.

taintmentnoun

Obsolete form of attaintment.

taintproofadj

Resistant to tainting.

tainturenoun

Dirtiness; uncleanliness; contamination, tainting.

Taiowaname

The primordial Hopi god.

Taipaname

An island of Macau, linked to Coloane via Cotai and itself made up of two former islets, Taipa Grande and Taipa Pequena.

Taipa Grandename

A hill in Taipa, Macau, formerly an islet.

Taipa Pequenaname

A hill in Taipa, Macau, formerly an islet.

taipannoun

A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon.

taipaonoun

large Chinese steamed stuffed bun

Taipehname

Dated spelling of Taipei.

Taipeiname

The capital city of and a special municipality of Taiwan, located in the northern part of the island of Taiwan.

Taipeiannoun

A native or resident of Taipei.

Taipingname

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a rebel state in southern, eastern, and central China during the mid-19th century.

Taiping Heavenly Kingdomname

A theocratic absolute monarchy based on Christian teaching led by Hong Xiuquan that rebelled against the ruling Qing dynasty from 1851 to 1864 in China.

Taiping Islandname

An island in the South China Sea, administered as part of Cijin (Qijin), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and claimed by China, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Taipingdianname

A town in Fancheng district, Xiangyang, Hubei, China.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter T contains 27,828 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 557 pages, and you are currently viewing page 20. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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