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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

Tatar
noun the Turkic language spoken by the Tatar living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains

Tatar
noun a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century

Tate
Allen Tate noun United States poet and critic (1899-1979)

Tati
Jacques Tati noun French filmmaker (1908-1982)

tatouay
cabassous noun naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America

tatterdemalion
adjective worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; `a man in a tattered shirt`; `the tattered flag`; `tied up in tattered brown paper`; `a tattered barefoot boy`; `a tatterdemalion prince`

tattered
adjective worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; `a man in a tattered shirt`; `the tattered flag`; `tied up in tattered brown paper`; `a tattered barefoot boy`; `a tatterdemalion prince`

tattily
adverb in a cheap manner; `a cheaply dressed woman approached him in the bar`

tatting
noun needlework consisting of handmade lace made by looping and knotting a single thread on a small shuttle

tattle
noun disclosing information or giving evidence about another

tattler
noun any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry

tattletale
tattler noun someone who gossips indiscreetly

tattletale grey
tattletale gray noun a greyish white

tattoo
noun the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining

Tatum
Art Tatum noun United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind; his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians (1910-1956)

Tatum
noun United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975)

tau
noun the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet

tau coefficient of correlation
Kendall`s tau noun a nonparametric measure of the agreement between two rankings

tau cross
St. Anthony`s cross noun cross resembling the Greek letter tau

tauntingly
teasingly adverb in a playfully teasing manner; ``You hate things to be out of order, don`t you?` she said teasingly`

tauon
tau-minus particle noun a lepton of very great mass

taupe
noun a greyish brown

taurine
adjective of or relating to or resembling a bull

Taurotragus
genus Taurotragus noun African antelopes: elands

Taurus
Taurus the Bull noun the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20

taut
tight adjective pulled or drawn tight; `taut sails`; `a tight drumhead`; `a tight rope`

tautly
adverb in a taut manner; `the rope was tautly stretched`

tautness
noun the physical condition of being stretched or strained; `it places great tension on the leg muscles`; `he could feel the tenseness of her body`

tautog
blackfish 3 Tautoga onitis noun large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America

Tautoga
genus Tautoga noun tautogs

Tautogolabrus
genus Tautogolabrus noun a genus of Labridae

tautology
noun useless repetition; `to say that something is `adequate enough` is a tautology`

tavern
tap house noun a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks

taw
shooter noun a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles

Tawney
Richard Henry Tawney noun English economist remembered for his studies of the development of capitalism (1880-1962)

tawniness
noun the quality or state of being the color of tanned leather; `the tawniness of his complexion`

tawny
tawny-brown adjective of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather

tawny eagle
Aquila rapax noun brownish eagle of Africa and parts of Asia

tawny owl
Strix aluco noun reddish-brown European owl having a round head with black eyes

tawny-colored
tawny-coloured adjective having a tawny color

tawse
noun a leather strap for punishing children

tax
taxation noun charge against a citizen`s person or property or activity for the support of government

tax
verb set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)

tax advantage
noun an advantage bestowed by legislation that reduces a tax on some preferred activity

tax assessment
noun the value set on taxable property

tax assessor
assessor noun an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it

tax avoidance
noun the minimization of tax liability by lawful methods

tax base
noun collective value of taxable assets

tax benefit
tax break noun a tax deduction that is granted in order to encourage a particular type of commercial activity

tax bill
noun money owed for taxes

tax collection
noun the collection of taxes

tax collector
taxman noun someone who collects taxes for the government

tax credit
noun a direct reduction in tax liability (not dependent on the taxpayer`s tax bracket)

tax cut
noun the act of reducing taxation; `the new administration`s large tax cut was highly controversial`

tax evasion
noun the deliberate failure to pay taxes (usually by making a false report)

tax form
noun a form to use when paying your taxes

tax haven
noun a country or independent region where taxes are low

tax income
taxation 1 tax revenue noun government income due to taxation

tax law
noun the body of laws governing taxation

tax liability
noun the amount of tax owed; calculated by applying the tax rate to the tax base

tax lien
noun lien of which a tax collector may avail himself in default of taxes (analogous to a judgment lien)

tax program
tax policy noun a program for setting taxes

tax rate
noun rate used to calculate tax liability

tax return
income tax return noun document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer`s tax liability; `his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return`

tax shelter
shelter noun a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings

tax system
noun a legal system for assessing and collecting taxes

tax write-off
tax deduction noun a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer`s income bracket

tax-exempt
tax-free adjective (of goods or funds) not taxed; `tax-exempt bonds`; `an untaxed expense account`

tax-exempt security
tax-exempt noun a security that is not subject to taxation

tax-increase
tax boost noun the amount by which taxes are increased; `a tax increase of 15 percent`

taxability
noun liability to taxation

taxable
adjective (of goods or funds) subject to taxation; `taxable income`; `nonexempt property`

Taxaceae
family Taxaceae noun sometimes classified as member of order Taxales

Taxales
order Taxales noun coextensive with the family Taxaceae: yews

taxation
noun the imposition of taxes; the practice of the government in levying taxes on the subjects of a state

taxer
noun a bureaucrat who levies taxes

taxi dancer
noun a woman employed to dance with patrons who pay a fee for each dance

Taxidea
genus Taxidea noun in some classifications considered a genus of subfamily Melinae

taxidermist
animal stuffer noun a craftsman who stuffs and mounts the skins of animals for display

taxidermy
noun the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance

taxidriver
taximan noun someone who drives a taxi for a living

taximeter
noun a meter in a taxi that registers the fare (based on the length of the ride)

taxis
noun a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism

taxiway
taxi strip noun a paved surface in the form of a strip; used by planes taxiing to or from the runway at an airport

Taxodiaceae
subfamily Taxodiaceae noun coniferous trees; traditionally considered an independent family though recently included in Cupressaceae in some classification systems

Taxodium
genus Taxodium noun bald cypress; swamp cypress

taxonomic
taxonomical adjective of or relating to taxonomy; `taxonomic relations`; `a taxonomic designation`

taxonomic group
taxonomic category noun animal or plant group having natural relations

taxonomically
adverb with regard to taxonomy; `closely related taxonomically`

taxonomist
taxonomer noun a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior

taxonomy
noun practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships

Taxopsida
class Taxopsida noun yews: in some systems classified as a class (Taxopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Taxophytina) used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta

taxpayer
noun someone who pays taxes

taxpaying
adjective not exempt from paying taxes; `after training they became productivek taxpaying citizens`

Taxus
genus Taxus noun yews

Tay
noun a branch of the Tai languages

Tay-Sachs disease
Tay-Sachs noun a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occuring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood

Tayalic
Atayalic noun a language spoken by a Malaysian people on Formosa

Tayassu
genus Tayassu noun type genus of the Tayassuidae

Tayassuidae
family Tayassuidae noun peccaries