6-letter words starting with ta
- tarbes — a department in SW France. 1751 sq. mi. (4535 sq. km). Capital: Tarbes.
- tarboy — a boy who applies tar to the skin of sheep cut during shearing
- target — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- targum — a translation or paraphrase in Aramaic of a book or division of the Old Testament.
- tariff — an official list or table showing the duties or customs imposed by a government on imports or exports.
- tarija — a city in S Bolivia.
- taring — the weight of the wrapping, receptacle, or conveyance containing goods.
- tarlac — a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- tarmac — (lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- tarnal — damned
- tarnow — a city in SE Poland, E of Cracow.
- tarpan — a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- tarpit — seepage of natural tar or asphalt, especially an accumulation that has acted as a natural trap into which animals have fallen and sunk and had their bones preserved.
- tarpon — a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- tarred — any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tarrow — to linger; to exhibit reluctance
- tarsal — of or relating to the tarsus of the foot.
- tarsia — intarsia.
- tarski — Alfred, 1902–1983, U.S. mathematician and logician, born in Poland.
- tarso- — tarsus or tarsal
- tarsus — Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
- tartan — a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- tartar — Tartarus.
- tarter — sharp to the taste; sour or acid: Tart apples are best for pie. Synonyms: astringent, acrid, piquant. Antonyms: sweet, sugary, bland, mellow.
- tartly — sharp to the taste; sour or acid: Tart apples are best for pie. Synonyms: astringent, acrid, piquant. Antonyms: sweet, sugary, bland, mellow.
- tarzan — the hero of a series of jungle stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- tasian — designating or of the earliest known Neolithic farming culture of Egypt, preceding the Badarian
- tasked — a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- tasker — a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- tasman — Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- tassel — a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- tasset — either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs.
- tassie — tass.
- tasted — to try or test the flavor or quality of (something) by taking some into the mouth: to taste food.
- taster — a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- tatami — (in Japanese houses) any of a number of thick, woven straw mats of uniform dimensions, about three feet by six feet (91 cm by 183 cm), the placing of which determines the dimensions of an interior.
- tatary — Tartary.
- tatius — a Sabine king who, following the rape of the Sabine women, attacked Rome and eventually ruled with Romulus.
- tatler — a triweekly periodical (1709–11) written, edited, and published by Richard Steele with the collaboration of Joseph Addison.
- tatsoi — a variety of Brassica rapa, a type of Chinese cabbage
- tatter — a person who does tatting, especially as an occupation.
- tattie — tatty2 .
- tattle — to let out secrets.
- tattoo — a signal on a drum, bugle, or trumpet at night, for soldiers or sailors to go to their quarters.
- tattva — essence.
- tatung — Datong.
- tauber — Richard, 1892–1948, Austrian tenor, in England after 1940.
- taught — simple past tense and past participle of teach.
- tauiwi — a Māori term for the non-Māori people of New Zealand
- tauro- — denoting a bull