| tankard |
a large drinking mug with one handle and often a hinged cover, used esp. for beer and ale. |
| tank car |
a tanklike train car used to transport gases or liquids. |
| tanked |
(slang) drunk. |
| tanker |
an airplane, ship, or truck designed to transport oil or other liquids in bulk. |
| tank farming |
hydroponics. |
| tank top |
a sleeveless top for casual wear, similar to an undershirt but having wider straps. |
| tank town |
formerly, a town at which trains stopped only to fill their water tanks; small, insignificant town. |
| tank up |
(informal) to fill the gas tank of one or more vehicles. [2 definitions] |
| tanner1 |
one who tans animal hides. |
| tanner2 |
comparative of "tan." |
| tanner3 |
(informal) a coin formerly minted in the United Kingdom worth six pence; a sixpence. |
| tannery |
a place where animal hides are tanned. |
| tannic |
relating to or obtained from tannin or tanbark. [2 definitions] |
| tannic acid |
see "tannin." |
| tannin |
any of various astringent chemical substances of vegetable origin, such as the bark of certain trees, that are used in tanning and dyeing. |
| tanning bed |
an enclosed chamber in which one tans one's skin by lying on a transparent surface bathed in ultraviolet light rays. |
| tan one's hide |
(informal) to beat or spank someone severely. |
| tansy |
any of several fragrant herbs bearing small round flower heads, esp. a poisonous weed with feathery leaves and bearing small yellow flower heads, often used medicinally or as an herb. |
| tantalize |
to tease or torment with the sight or prospect of something desirable but unattainable. |
| tantalizing |
arousing desire or interest, but usu. unavailable or beyond reach. |
| tantalum |
a chemical element that has seventy-three protons in each nucleus and that occurs, usu. together with niobium, as a hard, corrosion-resistant gray solid metal with a very high melting point, used esp. in various instruments and equipment. (symbol: Ta) |