7-letter words starting with ta
- tam-tam — a gong with indefinite pitch.
- tamable — able to be tamed.
- tamarac — a city in SE Florida.
- tamarao — tamarau.
- tamarau — a small wild buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) mindorensis, of Mindoro in the Philippines, having thick, brown hair and short, massive horns.
- tamarin — any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- tamasha — (in the East Indies) a spectacle; entertainment.
- tamasic — See under guna.
- tambala — a bronze coin and monetary unit of Malawi, the 100th part of a kwacha.
- tambora — an active volcano in Indonesia, on N Sumbawa: eruption 1815. 9042 feet (2756 meters).
- tambour — Music. a drum.
- tambura — an Asian musical instrument of the lute family having a small, round body and a long neck.
- tamiflu — an oral antiviral drug that attacks the influenza virus and prevents it spreading inside the body
- tammany — pertaining to, involving, or characteristic of the membership or methods of Tammany Hall.
- tampala — a branching tropical plant, Amaranthus tricolor, of the amaranth family, cultivated in Asia as a green vegetable.
- tampere — a city in SW Finland.
- tampico — a seaport in SE Tamaulipas, in E Mexico.
- tamping — to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes: He tamped the tobacco in his pipe.
- tampion — a plug or stopper placed in the muzzle of a piece of ordnance when not in use, to keep out dampness and dust.
- tan oak — tanbark oak.
- tan rot — a fungus, Pezizella lythri, that affects strawberries, taking the form of tan mold on the fruit.
- tanadar — a revenue official of the East India company
- tanager — any of numerous songbirds of the New World family Thraupidae, the males of which are usually brightly colored.
- tanagra — a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Spartan victory over the Athenians 457 b.c.
- tanaina — a member of a North American Indian people of the Cook Inlet area of Alaska.
- tanbark — the bark of certain trees, esp the oak and hemlock, used as a source of tannin
- tancred — 1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- tandoor — a cylindrical clay oven, fired to a high heat by wood or charcoal, in which foods, especially meats, are cooked and bread is baked.
- taneyev — Sergei Ivanovich [syir-gey yi-vah-nuh-vyich] /syɪrˈgeɪ yɪˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, Russian composer and pianist.
- tangelo — a hybrid citrus fruit, Citrus tangelo, that is a cross between the grapefruit and the tangerine and is cultivated in several varieties.
- tangent — in immediate physical contact; touching.
- tanghin — a strong poison obtained from the fruit of the shrub Tanghinia venenifera, formerly used in Madagascar to determine the guilt or otherwise of crime suspects
- tangier — a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- tangled — snarled, interlaced, or mixed up: tangled thread.
- tangler — to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
- tangoed — a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- tangram — a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square cut into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid, which can be combined so as to form a great variety of other figures.
- taniwha — a legendary Māori monster
- tanjore — a city in E Tamil Nadu, in SE India.
- tank up — a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas: tanks for storing oil.
- tankage — the capacity of a tank or tanks.
- tankard — a large drinking cup, usually with a handle and a hinged cover.
- tankful — the amount a tank can hold.
- tanking — a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas: tanks for storing oil.
- tankini — a two-piece bathing suit having a top styled like a tank top.
- tanling — a suntanned person; a person with dark skin
- tannage — the act or process of tanning leather.
- tannaim — one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
- tannate — a salt of tannic acid.
- tannery — a place where tanning is carried on.