English to English Dictionary

TANITSU-SEIFU

A political system in which a single government holds authority over a unified state.

Tableau vivant

A scene in which actors or models remain motionless in costume, as if in a picture.

Tachyphylaxis

A rapid decrease in the response to a drug or physiological agent after repeated administration over a short period of time.

Taciturnity

The state or quality of being reserved, uncommunicative, or habitually silent in speech.

Tacticity

The stereochemical arrangement of chiral centers in a polymer main chain, determining whether pendant groups lie on the same side, alternating sides, or randomly along the polymer backbone.

Tactuality

The quality or state of being tactile or perceptible to the sense of touch.

Tahsildar

A tax collection and land revenue officer in charge of a tehsil or taluk in parts of South Asia, particularly India.

Taig

A derogatory term used by Protestants for a Catholic or an Irish nationalist in Northern Ireland.

Tally-woman

A female shopkeeper who sells goods on credit or collects payments on a tally system.

Talmud-Torah

The study of the Torah and Talmud as a religious obligation and fundamental element of traditional Jewish education.

Tangleberry

A North American deciduous shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) of the heath family, bearing edible blue-black berries.

Tappit

Crested, tufted, or having a distinct top or cap, particularly used in traditional Scottish nomenclature.