taiko |
a Japanese drum, often large and barrel-shaped. [2 definitions] |
tail |
an animal's rearmost part, usu. an appendage and extension of the spinal column, that projects from the rear of the trunk. [13 definitions] |
tailbone |
the coccyx. |
tailed |
having a tail of a certain kind (usu. used in combination). |
tail end |
the very last part of anything; tag end; conclusion. (See rear end.) |
tailgate |
a hinged panel or board at the rear of a truck, station wagon, or wagon that can be let down for loading or unloading. [2 definitions] |
tailing |
(pl.) waste from the process of mining, milling, or the like. [2 definitions] |
tailless |
combined form of tail. |
taillight |
a usu. red warning light at the rear of a vehicle. |
tailor |
one who makes, alters, or repairs clothing, esp. men's suits and coats. [4 definitions] |
tailorbird |
any of several tropical warblers that use plant strands to stitch together leaves as a camouflage for their nests. |
tailored |
made, or as if made, by a tailor. [2 definitions] |
tailor-made |
made by a tailor, or custom-made. [2 definitions] |
tailpiece |
a piece or part positioned at the end of something. [3 definitions] |
tailpipe |
the pipe, usu. at the end of a vehicle, through which exhaust fumes from the engine are channeled, as in a car or jet. |
tailrace |
the lower part of the channel through which water leaves a water wheel. [2 definitions] |
tailspin |
the action of a falling, spinning aircraft, characterized by a fast spiraling of the tail. [2 definitions] |
tailstock |
on a lathe or grinder, the adjustable piece that contains the dead center and helps hold the work. |
tail wind |
a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of a vessel or aircraft. |
Taíno |
a member of an American Indian tribe that inhabited the Bahamas and parts of the Antilles before the arrival of Columbus and that eventually became extinct after Spanish colonization of the islands. [2 definitions] |
taint |
to slightly corrupt or pollute. [5 definitions] |