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- English Word Talus Definition A variety of clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). See the Note under Talipes.
- English Word Talus Definition A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.
- English Word Talus Definition A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
- English Word Tam-tam Definition A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; -- called also tom-tom.
- English Word Tam-tam Definition A gong. See Gong, n., 1.
- English Word Tamability Definition The quality or state of being tamable; tamableness.
- English Word Tamable Definition Capable of being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness or savage ferociousness.
- English Word Tamandu Definition A small ant-eater (Tamandua tetradactyla) native of the tropical parts of South America.
- English Word Tamanoir Definition The ant-bear.
- English Word Tamarack Definition The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British Columbia (Larix occidentalis). See Hackmatack, and Larch.
- English Word Tamarack Definition The black pine (Pinus Murrayana) of Alaska, California, etc. It is a small tree with fine-grained wood.
- English Word Tamaric Definition A shrub or tree supposed to be the tamarisk, or perhaps some kind of heath.
- English Word Tamarin Definition Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South American monkeys of the genus Midas, especially M. ursulus.
- English Word Tamarind Definition A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated.
- English Word Tamarind Definition One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for preparing a pleasant drink.
- English Word Tamarisk Definition Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix, the species of which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species (T. mannifera) is the source of one kind of manna.
- English Word Tambac Definition See Tombac.
- English Word Tambour Definition A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine.
- English Word Tambour Definition A small frame, commonly circular, and somewhat resembling a tambourine, used for stretching, and firmly holding, a portion of cloth that is to be embroidered; also, the embroidery done upon such a frame; -- called also, in the latter sense, tambour work.
- English Word Tambour Definition Same as Drum, n., 2(d).