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| TAFFETA | | n. Fine lustrous silk or silklike fabric. [french or medieval latin from persian] | |
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| TAILEND | | n. Hindmost, lowest, or last part. | |
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| TAKEOFF | | n. - act of becoming airborne.
- act of mimicking. | |
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| TALKING | | book n. Recorded reading of a book, esp. For the blind.
- —adj. - that talks, or is able to talk (talking parrot).
- expressive (talking eyes). —n. In senses of *talk v. talking of while we are discussing. | |
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| TALLBOY | | n. Tall chest of drawers. | |
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| TALLYHO | | —int. Huntsman's cry on sighting a fox. —n. (pl. -s) cry of this. —v. (-hoes, -hoed) 1 utter a cry of ‘tally-ho’.
- indicate (a fox) or urge (hounds) with this cry. [cf. French taïaut] | |
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| TAMBOUR | | n. - drum.
- circular frame holding fabric taut for embroidering. [french: related to *tabor] | |
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| TANDOOR | | n. Clay oven. [hindustani] | |
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| TANGENT | | n. - (often attrib.) Straight line, curve, or surface that meets a curve at a point, but does not intersect it.
- ratio of two sides (other than the hypotenuse) opposite and adjacent to an acute angle in a right-angled triangle. at a tangent diverging from a previous course or from what is relevant or central (go off at a tangent). [latin tango tact- touch] | |
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| TANKARD | | n. - tall beer mug with a handle.
- contents of or amount held by this (drank a tankard of ale). [probably dutch tankaert] | |
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