Vocabulary : Tantrum to Tapayaxin

Tantrum : A whim, or burst of ill-humor; an affected air.
Tanyard : An inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery.
Tanystomata : A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillae. The horseflies and robber flies are examples.
Taoism : One of the popular religions of China, sanctioned by the state.
Taotai : In China, an official at the head of the civil and military affairs of a circuit, which consists of two or more fu, or territorial departments; -- called also, by foreigners, intendant of circuit. Foreign consuls and commissioners associated with taotais as superintendants of trade at the treaty ports are ranked with the taotai.

Tap : To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane. ;; To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes. ;; A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat. ;; A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel. ;; A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo. ;; To strike a gentle blow. ;; A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn. ;; A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet. ;; Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap. ;; A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar. ;; A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges. ;; To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as,
Tapa : A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also kapa.
Tapadera : Alt. of Tapadero
Tapadero : One of the leather hoods which cover the stirrups of a Mexican saddle.
Tapayaxin : A Mexican spinous lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) having a head somewhat like that of a toad; -- called also horned toad.

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