7-letter words starting with ta
- tannest — to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
- tanning — the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tannish — somewhat tan: a tannish belt.
- tantara — a blast of a trumpet or horn.
- tantivy — at full gallop: to ride tantivy.
- tantony — the runt or smallest pig of a litter
- tantric — Also called Tantrist [tuhn-trist, tan-] /ˈtʌn trɪst, ˈtæn-/ (Show IPA). an adherent of Tantra.
- tantrum — a violent demonstration of rage or frustration; a sudden burst of ill temper.
- tanyard — an area of a tannery set aside for the operation of tanning vats.
- tap out — type
- tapajos — a river flowing NE through central Brazil to the Amazon. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- tape up — If you tape something up, you fasten tape around it firmly, in order to protect it or hold it in a fixed position.
- tapeman — a person who holds and positions a tape in taking measurements.
- tapered — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- tapetum — Botany. a layer of cells often investing the archespore in a developing sporangium and absorbed as the spores mature.
- taphiae — (in ancient geography) a group of islands in the Ionian Sea.
- taphole — a hole in a blast furnace, steelmaking furnace, etc., through which molten metal or slag is tapped off.
- tapioca — a food substance prepared from cassava in granular, flake, pellet (pearl tapioca) or flour form, used in puddings, as a thickener, etc.
- taplash — the dregs of beer or liquor; stale beer
- tappice — to squat or lie close to the ground in order to hide
- tapping — a cylindrical stick, long plug, or stopper for closing an opening through which liquid is drawn, as in a cask; spigot.
- taproom — a barroom, especially in an inn or hotel; bar.
- taproot — a main root descending downward from the radicle and giving off small lateral roots.
- tapsman — a barman
- tapster — a bartender.
- tapstry — a tap-room in a public house
- taqiyah — the practice of denying one's religion, permissible when one is faced with persecution, especially by Sunnites: regarded as a means of protecting the religion.
- tar pit — 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.
- taraire — a large New Zealand forest tree, Beilschmiedia taraire, with broad green leaves and purple fruit
- taramea — a New Zealand speargrass, Aciphylla aurea
- taranto — Ancient Tarentum. a fortified seaport in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: founded by the Greeks in the 8th century b.c.; naval base.
- tarasco — Tarascan.
- tarbell — Ida Minerva, 1857–1944, U.S. author.
- tardieu — André Pierre Gabriel Amédée [ahn-drey pyer ga-bree-el a-mey-dey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pyɛr ga briˈɛl a meɪˈdeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, French statesman.
- tardily — late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
- tardive — appearing or tending to appear late, as in human development or in the treatment of a disease.
- tardyon — a particle travelling slower than the speed of light
- tarheel — a native or inhabitant of North Carolina (used as a nickname).
- tariqah — a system of rites for the spiritual training of a Sufi order.
- tarlton — Richard, died 1588, English actor.
- tarnish — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
- tarpeia — a vestal virgin who betrayed Rome to the Sabines and was crushed under their shields when she claimed a reward.
- tarquin — (Lucius Tarquinius Priscus) died 578 b.c, king of Rome 616–578.
- tarrasa — a city in NE Spain, N of Barcelona.
- tarried — to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn: He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.
- tarrier — of or like tar; smeared with tar.
- tarries — to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn: He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.
- tarring — any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tarrock — the young of the kittiwake gull, or of a common or Arctic tern
- tarsals — of or relating to the tarsus of the foot.