| talon |
a bird or animal claw, esp. of a bird of prey. [2 definitions] |
| talus1 |
the upper tarsal bone that joins the leg bones to form the ankle joint; anklebone. |
| talus2 |
a slope. [2 definitions] |
| tam |
a tam-o'-shanter. |
| tamable |
combined form of tame. |
| tamale |
a peppery Mexican dish of ground meat in a wrapper of cornmeal dough, steamed or baked in corn husks. |
| tamandua |
a small, tree-dwelling, tropical American anteater with thick fur, a hairless tail, and large ears. |
| tamarack |
any of several deciduous North American pine trees, esp. one that grows in northern regions and is usu. found in swamps; larch. [2 definitions] |
| tamari |
a Japanese soy sauce, darker and aged longer than regular soy sauce. |
| tamarind |
a tropical tree, related to legumes, that is found in the Eastern Hemisphere, and that bears compound, feathery leaves, yellow flowers, and a juicy, acid fruit inside long pods. [2 definitions] |
| tamarisk |
any of several trees or shrubs native to tropical or desert areas of Europe and Asia that have thin feathery branches and small narrow leaves, and that bear clusters of tiny pink flowers. |
| tambala |
the smaller monetary unit of Malawi. (Cf. kwacha.) |
| tambour |
a drum. [2 definitions] |
| tamboura |
a four-stringed, unfretted, lutelike musical instrument of India, used to provide an ostinato or drone accompaniment. |
| tambourin |
a long narrow drum used esp. in Provence. [3 definitions] |
| tambourine |
a small, shallow, one-sided drum with jingling metal disks attached around the rim, played by shaking with one hand and striking with the other. Some tambourines do not have a drum head and make sound only with the colliding of the metal disks. |
| tame |
brought or bred out of the wild state and made tractable; domesticated. [7 definitions] |
| tameable |
combined form of tame. |
| tameless |
untamed, or unable to be tamed. |
| Tamil |
any of a people of Dravidian ancestry living primarily in southern India and Sri Lanka. [2 definitions] |
| Tammany |
of, relating to, or descriptive of the persons or practices of Tammany Hall. |