tackrooms
plural of tackroom

tactometer
An esthesiometer.

tactometers
plural of tactometer

taeniafuges
plural of taeniafuge

taenifuges
plural of taenifuge

tagline
The punch line of a joke.
An advertising slogan.
A pithy quotation habitually appended to a signature in email, newsgroups, etc.
A line attached to a draft of cargo or a container to provide control and minimize pendulation of cargo during lifting operations.
A light rope attached to an object being hoisted by a crane, used to guide it while lifting or lowering.
Synonym of subheadline.

taglines
plural of tagline

tahina
Alternative form of tahini.

tahine
tahini (sesame paste)

tahini
A paste made from ground sesame seeds, and used to make hummus, baba ghanoush etc.

tahinis
plural of tahini

tailhook
A device attached to the empennage of some military fixed-wing aircraft, used to achieve rapid deceleration during landings by catching the arresting gear of a runway or aircraft carrier.

tailhooks
plural of tailhook

tailpole
Alternative form of tail-pole.

tailpoles
plural of tailpole

talazoparib
A PARP inhibitor used to treat breast cancer

talbot
An mks unit of luminous energy, exactly corresponding to the SI lumen second.

talbots
plural of talbot

talemonger
A talebearer or gossip.

talemongers
plural of talemonger

talkwriter
Any device able to automatically transcribe speech.

talkwriters
plural of talkwriter

tambour
A small shallow drum.
A circular frame for embroidery.
A rich kind of gold and silver embroidery.
Silk or other material embroidered on a tambour.
The capital of a Corinthian column.
Synonym of drum (“cylindrical stone in the shaft of a column”).
A work usually in the form of a redan, to enclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade.
A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by a rubber tube and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery.
In real tennis, a buttress-like obstruction in the main wall.
A rolling top or front (as of a rolltop desk) of narrow strips of wood glued on canvas.

tambours
plural of tambour

tamburello
Any of several Italian ball games resembling squash or tennis, the players striking the ball with a tambourine-like implement.

tampoon
a stopper or bung.

tampoons
plural of tampoon

tangelogram
Misspelling of tanglegram.

tanglegram
A kind of diagram used to compare tree diagrams.

tanglegrams
plural of tanglegram

tanite
A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement, used for making grinding wheels, slabs, etc.

tankerabogus
A bogeyman; a fanciful monster used to frighten children.

tankeraboguses
plural of tankerabogus

tannerite
Alternative letter-case form of Tannerite.

tannometer
An instrument for measuring tannic acid content and thus the tanning power of a substance.

tannometers
plural of tannometer

tannosal
A mixture of creosote and tannin once used to treat tuberculosis

taperecorder
Alternative form of tape recorder

taperecorders
plural of taperecorder

tapware
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.

tarbrush
A brush used for applying tar.

tarbrushes
plural of tarbrush

tarlatan
A thin muslin with an open weave, once used for ballgowns etc.

tarlatans
plural of tarlatan

tarlaton
Alternative form of tarlatan.

tarlatons
plural of tarlaton

tarletan
Alternative form of tarlatan.

tarletans
plural of tarletan

tarpaper
A heavy paper, coated with tar, used to waterproof walls and roofs.

tarpapers
plural of tarpaper

tarpot
A pot used for carrying tar.

tarpots
plural of tarpot

tarrace
Obsolete form of trass.

tarraces
plural of tarrace

tarras
Obsolete form of trass.

tarrases
plural of tarras

taseometer
An instrument for measuring physical strain in a structure.

taseometers
plural of taseometer

tasimeter
An instrument for detecting or measuring minute extension or movements of solid bodies. It consists of a small rod or disk of carbon forming part of an electrical circuit, whose resistance (varied by the changes of pressure produced by the movements of the object to be measured) causes variations in the strength of the current, which are indicated by a sensitive galvanometer.

tasimeters
plural of tasimeter

taskbar
A bar on a computer desktop used to launch and monitor applications.

taskbars
plural of taskbar

tasktrays
plural of tasktray

tass
A heap, pile.

tastebud
Any of the small organs on the tongue used for tasting.

tastebuds
plural of tastebud

tasuki
A cord or sash used to gather up the sleeves of a kimono

tatane
A South American tree, also called the palo amarillo or tatare, which has a piquant juice in its bark used for dyeing, and golden yellow wood good for carpentry.

taungya
A Burmese agricultural technique in which the spaces between small, widely-spaced trees are used to plant a seasonal crop.

taungyas
plural of taungya

tautometer
An instrument for measuring the tautness of doped fabric.

tautometers
plural of tautometer.

taxameter
Obsolete form of taximeter.

taxameters
plural of taxameter

taximeter
A device installed in a taxicab that calculates the fare based upon distance travelled and waiting time.

taximeters
plural of taximeter

taxogram
determinative (ideogram)

taxometer
Archaic form of taximeter.

taxometers
plural of taxometer

taxonym
A word used for classification purposes, that is, one that makes up part of a taxonomy; a name or label for a taxon or clade
A hyponym that differs only by properties that are highlighted in the corresponding hypernym.

taxonyms
plural of taxonym

teabagger
A machine that packages tea into teabags.
An upper-class participant in motor racing.
A person who practices teabagging, i.e., the sexual act of inserting the scrotum into someone's mouth.
An affiliate of the Tea Party movement, or a supporter of its protests and/or ideology.

teabaggers
plural of teabagger

teabowl
Alternative form of tea bowl.

teabowls
plural of teabowl

teacaddies
plural of teacaddy

teacaddy
Alternative form of tea caddy.

teagle
A hoisting apparatus such as an elevator, crane, or lift.

teagles
plural of teagle

teat
The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
Something resembling a teat, such as a small protuberance or nozzle.
An artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants.

teats
plural of teat

teawhisk
Alternative spelling of tea whisk.

teawhisks
plural of teawhisk

teazer
sennet whip, an implement for informal corporal punishment, formerly used in the Royal Navy.

teazers
plural of teazer

tebentafusp
An anticancer medication used to treat uveal melanoma.

technacy
The holistic understanding of technology in relation to the creation, design and implementation of projects.
Competency in scientific and technological problem-solving, experimentation and communication.

technamation
A technique used to create animations by passing polarized light through a revolving disc onto transparent plastics.

technamations
plural of technamation

technicists
plural of technicist

technikons
plural of technikon

techniphone
A device used to train the hand muscles used in playing the piano, in order to acquire advanced techniques such as legato

techniphones
plural of techniphone

technobabble
Technical or scientific language used to convey a false impression of meaningful technical or scientific content.
From the point of view of the layperson, technical and scientific literature not understood.

technopolymer
Any plastic material used to fabricate something usually made of metal

technopolymers
plural of technopolymer

technosexual
Technologically sexual: sexual in a robot-like (for example, programmable) way.
Expressing, or pertaining to the expression of, sexuality through technology or technological media.