6-letter words starting with ta
- tailed — coming from behind: a tail breeze.
- tailer — the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
- taille — French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- tailor — a stroke of a bell indicating someone's death; knell.
- tainan — a city in SW Taiwan.
- taipan — a highly venomous elapid snake, Oxyuranus scutellatus, of New Guinea and northern Australia, that grows to a length of from 10 to 12 feet (3.1 to 3.7 meters).
- taipei — People's Republic of, a country in E Asia. 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Capital: Beijing.
- taisch — an apparition of a person whose death is imminent
- taisho — the designation of the period of the reign of Emperor Yoshihito, 1912–26.
- taiwan — a Chinese island separated from the SE coast of China by Taiwan Strait: a possession of Japan 1895–1945; restored to China 1945; seat of the Republic of China since 1949. Capital: Taipei.
- tajiki — a member of a people living mainly in Tadzhikistan, as well as parts of Afghanistan and China.
- takahe — notornis.
- takeup — the act or process of taking up, making tight, etc.
- taking — the act of taking.
- talara — a seaport in NW Peru.
- talbot — Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury, 1660–1718, British statesman: prime minister 1714.
- talcum — Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- talent — a special natural ability or aptitude: a talent for drawing.
- talien — Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talion — lex talionis.
- talked — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- talker — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- talkie — talking picture.
- taller — having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: a tall woman; tall grass.
- tallet — a loft
- tallis — Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- tallit — a shawllike garment of wool, silk, or the like, with fringes, or zizith, at the four corners, worn around the shoulders by Orthodox and Conservative (sometimes also Reform) Jews, as during the morning service.
- tallow — the fatty tissue or suet of animals.
- tallys — Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- talmud — the collection of Jewish law and tradition consisting of the Mishnah and the Gemara and being either the edition produced in Palestine a.d. c400 or the larger, more important one produced in Babylonia a.d. c500.
- taluka — a hereditary estate.
- talwin — pentazocine
- tamale — a city in N Ghana.
- tamanu — the tree, Calophyllum inophyllum, native to SE Asia and found in the South Pacific, the oil of which is extracted from its fruit and used to treat skin conditions, cuts, burns, etc
- tamara — a female given name.
- tamari — a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- tamayo — Rufino [roo-fee-naw] /ruˈfi nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1991, Mexican painter.
- tambac — tombac.
- tambov — a city, in the Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Moscow.
- tamein — a Burmese skirt or sari worn by women
- tamely — changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear.
- tamest — changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear.
- tammar — a small scrub wallaby, Macropus eugenii, of Australia, having a thick dark-coloured coat
- tammie — a fabric of mixed fibers, constructed in plain weave and often heavily glazed, used in the manufacture of linings and undergarments.
- tammuz — the tenth month of the Jewish calendar. Compare Jewish calendar.
- tammys — a female given name.
- tampan — a biting tick of the genus Ornithodorus, native to Africa
- tampax — a brand of tampon (for absorbing menstrual blood); sometimes used as a generic name
- tamped — to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes: He tamped the tobacco in his pipe.
- tamper — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.