9-letter words starting with ta
- tartiness — the condition or characteristic of being tarty
- tartrated — formed into a tartrate; combined with tartaric acid.
- taruntius — a crater in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 38 miles (61 km) in diameter.
- tasajillo — a bushy or treelike cactus, Opuntia leptocaulis, of the southwestern U.S., having slender, spiny branches, greenish-yellow flowers, and red berrylike fruit.
- tasimeter — a device for measuring small temperature changes. It depends on the changes of pressure resulting from expanding or contracting solids
- task-work — work assigned or imposed as a task.
- tasmanian — an island S of Australia: a state of the commonwealth of Australia. 26,382 sq. mi. (68,330 sq. km). Capital: Hobart.
- tasselled — Tasselled means decorated with tassels.
- taste bud — one of numerous small, flask-shaped bodies, chiefly in the epithelium of the tongue, which are the end organs for the sense of taste.
- tasteable — to try or test the flavor or quality of (something) by taking some into the mouth: to taste food.
- tasteless — having no taste or flavor; insipid.
- tastiness — good-tasting; savory: a tasty canapé.
- tatabanya — a city in NW Hungary, W of Budapest.
- tatarstan — Republic of, an autonomous republic in central Russia on the E European Plain, at the confluence of the Volga and Kama rivers. 26,192 sq. mi. (67,836 sq. km). Capital: Kazan.
- tathagata — one of the names of Buddha.
- tattering — a torn piece hanging loose from the main part, as of a garment or flag.
- tattooist — the act or practice of marking the skin with indelible patterns, pictures, legends, etc., by making punctures in it and inserting pigments.
- tau cross — a T -shaped cross.
- tauchnitz — Karl Christoph Traugott [kahrl kris-tawf trou-gawt] /ˈkɑrl ˈkrɪs tɔf ˈtraʊ gɔt/ (Show IPA), 1761–1836, and his son, Karl Christian Philipp [kris-tee-ahn fee-lip,, fil-ip] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfi lɪp,, ˈfɪl ɪp/ (Show IPA) 1798–1884, German printers and publishers.
- tauriform — shaped like a bull or the head or horns of a bull.
- tautology — needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”.
- tawny owl — a European owl, Strix aluco, having a reddish-brown or grey plumage, black eyes, and a round head
- tax break — If the government gives a tax break to a particular group of people or type of organization, it reduces the amount of tax they have to pay or changes the tax system in a way that benefits them.
- tax dodge — a way of avoiding having to pay the full amount of tax owed; it may be legal or illegal
- tax exile — a person who moves outside the jurisdiction of a country to avoid paying taxes.
- tax haven — a foreign country or corporation used to avoid or reduce income taxes, especially by investors from another country.
- tax stamp — a stamp required to be affixed to certain products, documents, etc., before they change hands to indicate that a tax has been paid.
- tax title — a title, acquired by the purchaser at a forced sale of property for nonpayment of taxes.
- taxaceous — belonging to the Taxaceae, the yew family of plants.
- taxi fare — the money a customer pays for a journey in a taxi
- taxi rank — queuing area for hire cabs
- taxidermy — the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form.
- taximeter — a device fitted to a taxicab or other vehicle, for automatically computing and indicating the fare due.
- taxiplane — an airplane available for chartered or unscheduled trips.
- taxonomic — the science or technique of classification.
- taylorism — a modified form of Calvinism that maintains that every person has a free will, and that makes a distinction between depravity, as the tendency to commit sins, and sin, as a voluntary choice of evil actions.
- taylorite — a modified form of Calvinism that maintains that every person has a free will, and that makes a distinction between depravity, as the tendency to commit sins, and sin, as a voluntary choice of evil actions.