| 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. |
| Tammany Hall |
a powerful Democratic organization founded in 1789 in New York City, known for its corruption and political abuse in the late nineteenth century. |
| Tammuz |
the tenth month of the Jewish lunisolar calendar, occurring from late June through early July in the Gregorian calendar. |
| tam-o'-shanter |
a cap or beret of Scottish origin that has a tightfitting headband, a round, floppy crown, and often a tuft or other decoration in the center of the top; tam. |
| tamoxifen |
a drug used in the treatment of breast cancer that blocks the action of estrogen. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. [2 definitions] |
| tamper1 |
to meddle so as to damage, alter, or render something ineffective or harmful (usu. fol. by "with"). [2 definitions] |
| tamper2 |
a tool for packing something tightly together. |
| tampion |
a stopper or cover put over the barrel of a gun or cannon to keep it dry and clean when not in use. |
| tampon |
a plug of absorbent cotton or other material inserted into a bodily opening or wound to absorb the flow of blood or other secretions, esp. a commercially manufactured one for absorbing menstrual flow. |
| tam-tam |
a large metal gong of indefinite pitch, struck with a soft-headed hammer or stick. |
| tan |
to convert (animal skin) into leather by soaking in a tanning solution. [8 definitions] |
| tanager |
any of various small, often brightly colored birds with thick bills, found in the Western Hemisphere. |