TONG
First name TONG's origin is Vietnamese. TONG means "fragrant". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with TONG below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of tong.(Brown names are of the same origin (Vietnamese) with TONG and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
First Names Rhyming TONG
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES TONG AS A WHOLE:
NAMES RHYMING WITH TONG (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ong) - Names That Ends with ong:
dong hong huong phuong suong armstrong cuong duong trong vuong strongRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ng) - Names That Ends with ng:
carling hang lang nhung sang fenyang starling sterling frang dung hung quang thang trang trung tung aisling ashling blerung bletsung eacnung lintang armstrang banning bing cumming erving faing fang felding harding irving king leng lotharing lyfing rang rawling redding sheiling spelding staerling strang yung loring ing stirling spalding reading fielding erling cyning banaing henning fereng blessing dreng fleming wolfgang ewing golding hring manning ring channingNAMES RHYMING WITH TONG (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (ton) - Names That Begins with ton:
tonalnan tonasha tonauac tonda toni tonia tonia-javae tonio tonisha tony tonya tonyeRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (to) - Names That Begins with to:
toai toan toba tobechukwu tobey tobiah tobias tobie tobin tobrecan tobrytan toby tobyn tocho tochtli tod todd toft togquos tohias tohopka tohy toibe toirdealbach toirdealbhach toireasa tokala tolan toland toli tolinka tolland tolman toltecatl tolucan tom toman tomas tomasina tomasine tomek tomeo tomi tomik tomkin tomlin tommie tommy tooantuh tor toran torben torean toren torence torey torht torhte tori toriana torie torin torio torion torley tormaigh tormey tormod torn toro torr torra torran torrance torrans torree torrence torrey torri torrian torrie torry tortain toru tory toryn tosh toshaNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH TONG:
First Names which starts with 't' and ends with 'g':
tadhg tag taidhg tailayag thrythwig thurleig tiwesdaeg tostig treowbrycg tygEnglish Words Rhyming TONG
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES TONG AS A WHOLE:
bettong | noun (n.) A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus Bettongia; the jerboa kangaroo. |
biltong | noun (n.) Lean meat cut into strips and sun-dried. |
bultong | noun (n.) Biltong. |
lotong | noun (n.) An East Indian monkey (Semnopithecus femoralis). |
oxtongue | noun (n.) A name given to several plants, from the shape and roughness of their leaves; as, Anchusa officinalis, a kind of bugloss, and Helminthia echioides, both European herbs. |
petong | noun (n.) See Packfong. |
tong | noun (n.) Alt. of Tonge |
noun (n.) In China, an association, secret society, or organization of any kind; in the United States, usually, a secret association of Chinese such as that of the highbinders. |
tonge | noun (n.) Tongue. |
tonga | noun (n.) A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum. |
noun (n.) A kind of light two-wheeled vehicle, usually for four persons, drawn by ponies or bullocks. |
tongkang | noun (n.) A kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the Malay Archipelago. |
tongo | noun (n.) The mangrove; -- so called in the Pacific Islands. |
tongs | noun (n. pl.) An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals or metals; -- often called a pair of tongs. |
tongue | noun (n.) an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch. |
noun (n.) The power of articulate utterance; speech. | |
noun (n.) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression. | |
noun (n.) Honorable discourse; eulogy. | |
noun (n.) A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue. | |
noun (n.) Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions. | |
noun (n.) A people having a distinct language. | |
noun (n.) The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk. | |
noun (n.) The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly. | |
noun (n.) The lingua of an insect. | |
noun (n.) Any small sole. | |
noun (n.) That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form. | |
noun (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance. | |
noun (n.) A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove. | |
noun (n.) A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake. | |
noun (n.) The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked. | |
noun (n.) The clapper of a bell. | |
noun (n.) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces. | |
noun (n.) Same as Reed, n., 5. | |
verb (v. t.) To speak; to utter. | |
verb (v. t.) To chide; to scold. | |
verb (v. t.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments. | |
verb (v. t.) To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together. | |
verb (v. i.) To talk; to prate. | |
verb (v. i.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments. |
tonguing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tongue |
noun (vb. n.) Modification of tone for a rapid staccato effect by the performer's tongue, in playing a wind instrument, as a flute. In single tonguing only one kind of stroke is used, the tongue articulating a rapid "t;" in double tonguing, two strokes, as for "t" and "k," are alternated; in triple tonguing, "t, k, t," etc. |
tonguebird | noun (n.) The wryneck. |
tongued | adjective (a.) Having a tongue. |
(imp. & p. p.) of Tongue |
tonguefish | noun (n.) A flounder (Symphurus plagiusa) native of the southern coast of the United States. |
tongueless | adjective (a.) Having no tongue. |
adjective (a.) Hence, speechless; mute. | |
adjective (a.) Unnamed; not spoken of. |
tonguelet | noun (n.) A little tongue. |
tonguester | noun (n.) One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip. |
tongueworm | noun (n.) Any species of Linguatulina. |
tonguy | adjective (a.) Ready or voluble in speaking; as, a tonguy speaker. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH TONG (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ong) - English Words That Ends with ong:
aphthong | noun (n.) A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound. |
balachong | noun (n.) A condiment formed of small fishes or shrimps, pounded up with salt and spices, and then dried. It is much esteemed in China. |
binturong | noun (n.) A small Asiatic civet of the genus Arctilis. |
barong | noun (n.) A kind of cutting weapon with a thick back and thin razorlike edge, used by the Moros of the Philippine Islands. |
billabong | noun (n.) In Australia, a blind channel leading out from a river; -- sometimes called an anabranch. This is the sense of the word as used in the Public Works Department; but the term has also been locally applied to mere back-waters forming stagnant pools and to certain water channels arising from a source. |
cacholong | noun (n.) An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal. |
cong | noun (n.) An abbreviation of Congius. |
convenong | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convene |
dingdong | noun (n.) The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound. |
noun (n.) An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones. |
diphthong | noun (n.) A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a proper diphthong. |
noun (n.) A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; -- called an improper diphthong. | |
verb (v. t.) To form or pronounce as a diphthong; diphthongize. |
dugong | noun (n.) An aquatic herbivorous mammal (Halicore dugong), of the order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and Australia. |
evensong | noun (n.) A song for the evening; the evening service or form of worship (in the Church of England including vespers and compline); also, the time of evensong. |
furlong | adjective (a.) A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards. |
flong | noun (n.) A compressed mass of paper sheets, forming a matrix or mold for stereotype plates. |
() imp. & p. p. of Fling. |
gong | noun (n.) A privy or jakes. |
noun (n.) An instrument, first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a harsh and resounding noise. | |
noun (n.) A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls or alarms; -- called also gong bell. |
headlong | adjective (a.) Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly. |
adjective (a.) Steep; precipitous. | |
adverb (a. & adv.) With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong. | |
adverb (a. & adv.) Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation. | |
adverb (a. & adv.) Hastily; without delay or respite. |
headstrong | adjective (a.) Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. |
adjective (a.) Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy. |
hong | noun (n.) A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade in China, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices connected by a common passage and used for business or storage. |
verb (v. t. & i.) To hang. |
kalong | noun (n.) A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropus edulis). |
lifelong | adjective (a.) Lasting or continuing through life. |
livelong | adjective (a.) Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness. |
adjective (a.) Lasting; durable. |
long | noun (n.) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. |
noun (n.) A long sound, syllable, or vowel. | |
noun (n.) The longest dimension; the greatest extent; -- in the phrase, the long and the short of it, that is, the sum and substance of it. | |
adjective (a.) To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by after or for. | |
adjective (a.) To belong; -- used with to, unto, or for. | |
adjective (a.) Having a supply of stocks or goods; prepared for, or depending for a profit upon, advance in prices; as, long of cotton. Hence, the phrases: to be, or go, long of the market, to be on the long side of the market, to hold products or securities for a rise in price, esp. when bought on a margin. | |
superlative (superl.) Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide. | |
superlative (superl.) Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book. | |
superlative (superl.) Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching. | |
superlative (superl.) Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away. | |
superlative (superl.) Extended to any specified measure; of a specified length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc. | |
superlative (superl.) Far-reaching; extensive. | |
superlative (superl.) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 22, 30. | |
adverb (adv.) To a great extent in apace; as, a long drawn out line. | |
adverb (adv.) To a great extent in time; during a long time. | |
adverb (adv.) At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest. | |
adverb (adv.) Through the whole extent or duration. | |
adverb (adv.) Through an extent of time, more or less; -- only in question; as, how long will you be gone? | |
prep (prep.) By means of; by the fault of; because of. |
maikong | noun (n.) A South American wild dog (Canis cancrivorus); the crab-eating dog. |
monophthong | noun (n.) A single uncompounded vowel sound. |
noun (n.) A combination of two written vowels pronounced as one; a digraph. |
moong | noun (n.) Same as Mung. |
mullingong | noun (n.) See Duck mole, under Duck. |
nightlong | adjective (a.) Lasting all night. |
oblong | noun (n.) A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad. |
adjective (a.) Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular. |
oolong | noun (n.) A fragrant variety of black tea having somewhat the flavor of green tea. |
quandong | noun (n.) The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree (Fusanus acuminatus) of the Sandalwood family; -- called also quandang. |
noun (n.) The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree (Fusanus acuminatus) of the Sandalwood family; -- called also quandang. |
packfong | noun (n.) A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver. |
pakfong | noun (n.) See Packfong. |
pouchong | noun (n.) A superior kind of souchong tea. |
prolong | adjective (a.) To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line. |
adjective (a.) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue; as, to prolong one's days. | |
adjective (a.) To put off to a distant time; to postpone. |
prong | noun (n.) A sharp-pointed instrument. |
noun (n.) The tine of a fork, or of a similar instrument; as, a fork of two or three prongs. | |
noun (n.) A sharp projection, as of an antler. | |
noun (n.) The fang of a tooth. |
rong | noun (n.) Rung (of a ladder). |
() imp. & p. p. of Ring. |
sarong | noun (n.) A sort of petticoat worn by both sexes in Java and the Malay Archipelago. |
scuppernong | noun (n.) An American grape, a form of Vitis vulpina, found in the Southern Atlantic States, and often cultivated. |
sidelong | adjective (a.) Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance. |
adverb (adv.) Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side. | |
adverb (adv.) On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong. |
singsong | noun (n.) Bad singing or poetry. |
noun (n.) A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed song. | |
adjective (a.) Drawling; monotonous. | |
verb (v. i.) To write poor poetry. |
song | noun (n.) That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc. |
noun (n.) A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music; a ballad. | |
noun (n.) More generally, any poetical strain; a poem. | |
noun (n.) Poetical composition; poetry; verse. | |
noun (n.) An object of derision; a laughingstock. | |
noun (n.) A trifle. |
soochong | noun (n.) Same as Souchong. |
sooshong | noun (n.) See Souchong. |
souchong | noun (n.) A kind of black tea of a fine quality. |
spacong | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Space |
spong | noun (n.) An irregular, narrow, projecting part of a field. |
teeong | noun (n.) The mino bird. |
thong | noun (n.) A strap of leather; especially, one used for fastening anything. |
throng | noun (n.) A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd. |
noun (n.) A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng. | |
adjective (a.) Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy. | |
verb (v. i.) To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes. | |
verb (v. t.) To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings. | |
verb (v. t.) To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street. | |
(imp.) of Thring |
triphthong | noun (n.) A combination of three vowel sounds in a single syllable, forming a simple or compound sound; also, a union of three vowel characters, representing together a single sound; a trigraph; as, eye, -ieu in adieu, -eau in beau, are examples of triphthongs. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH TONG (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (ton) - Words That Begins with ton:
ton | noun (n.) The common tunny, or house mackerel. |
noun (n.) The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton. | |
noun (n.) A measure of weight or quantity. | |
noun (n.) The weight of twenty hundredweight. | |
noun (n.) Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden. | |
noun (n.) A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc. | |
() pl. of Toe. |
tonality | noun (n.) The principle of key in music; the character which a composition has by virtue of the key in which it is written, or through the family relationship of all its tones and chords to the keynote, or tonic, of the whole. |
tone | noun (n.) Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone. |
noun (n.) Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion. | |
noun (n.) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone. | |
noun (n.) A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones. | |
noun (n.) The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone too flat; raise it a tone. | |
noun (n.) The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone. | |
noun (n.) A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones. | |
noun (n.) That state of a body, or of any of its organs or parts, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor. | |
noun (n.) Tonicity; as, arterial tone. | |
noun (n.) State of mind; temper; mood. | |
noun (n.) Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory. | |
noun (n.) General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners. | |
noun (n.) The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; -- commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone. | |
noun (n.) Quality, with respect to attendant feeling; the more or less variable complex of emotion accompanying and characterizing a sensation or a conceptual state; as, feeling tone; color tone. | |
noun (n.) Color quality proper; -- called also hue. Also, a gradation of color, either a hue, or a tint or shade. | |
noun (n.) The condition of normal balance of a healthy plant in its relations to light, heat, and moisture. | |
verb (v. t.) To utter with an affected tone. | |
verb (v. t.) To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See Tune, v. t. | |
verb (v. t.) To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment. |
toning | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tone |
toned | adjective (a.) Having (such) a tone; -- chiefly used in composition; as, high-toned; sweet-toned. |
(imp. & p. p.) of Tone |
toneless | adjective (a.) Having no tone; unmusical. |
tonic | noun (a.) Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely, the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by Dr. James Rush (1833) " from their forming the purest and most plastic material of intonation." |
noun (n.) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong. | |
noun (n.) The key tone, or first tone of any scale. | |
noun (n.) A medicine that increases the strength, and gives vigor of action to the system. | |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power. | |
adjective (a.) Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring healthy functions. | |
adjective (a.) Characterized by continuous muscular contraction; as, tonic convulsions. |
tonical | adjective (a.) Tonic. |
tonicity | noun (n.) The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus. |
tonight | noun (n.) The present or the coming night; the night after the present day. |
adverb (adv.) On this present or coming night. | |
adverb (adv.) On the last night past. |
tonite | noun (n.) An explosive compound; a preparation of gun cotton. |
tonnage | noun (n.) The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship. |
noun (n.) The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several vessels may carry. See Ton, n. (b). | |
noun (n.) A duty or impost on vessels, estimated per ton, or, a duty, toll, or rate payable on goods per ton transported on canals. | |
noun (n.) The whole amount of shipping estimated by tons; as, the tonnage of the United States. See Ton. |
tonne | noun (n.) A tun. |
noun (n.) A metric ton. |
tonnihood | noun (n.) The female of the bullfinch; -- called also tonyhoop. |
tonnish | adjective (a.) In the ton; fashionable; modish. |
tonometer | noun (n.) An instrument for determining the rate of vibrations in tones. |
noun (n.) An apparatus for studying and registering the action of various fluids and drugs on the excised heart of lower animals. | |
noun (n.) An instrument for measuring tension, esp. that of the eyeball. |
tonometry | noun (n.) The act of measuring with a tonometer; |
noun (n.) measurement of tension, esp. the tension of the eyeball. |
tonophant | noun (n.) A modification of the kaleidophon, for showing composition of acoustic vibrations. It consists of two thin slips of steel welded together, their length being adjystable by a screw socket. |
tonous | adjective (a.) Abounding in tone or sound. |
tonsil | noun (n.) One of the two glandular organs situated in the throat at the sides of the fauces. The tonsils are sometimes called the almonds, from their shape. |
tonsilar | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsilitic. |
tonsile | adjective (a.) Capable of being clipped. |
tonsilitic | adjective (a.) Tonsilar. |
tonsilitis | noun (n.) Inflammation of the tonsil; quinsy. |
tonsilotome | noun (n.) An instrument for removing the tonsils. |
tonsilotomy | noun (n.) The operation of removing the tonsil, or a portion thereof. |
tonsor | noun (n.) A barber. |
tonsorial | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a barber, or shaving. |
tonsure | noun (n.) The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the state of being shorn. |
noun (n.) The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders. | |
noun (n.) The shaven corona, or crown, which priests wear as a mark of their order and of their rank. |
tonsured | adjective (a.) Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald. |
tontine | noun (n.) An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance. |
tonus | noun (n.) Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus. |
tony | noun (n.) A simpleton. |
toncanet | noun (n.) A small toucan. |
tonneau | noun (n.) In France, a light-wheeled vehicle with square or rounded body and rear entrance. |
noun (n.) Orig., the after part of the body with entrance at the rear (as in vehicle in def. 1); now, one with sides closing in the seat or seats and entered by a door usually at the side, also, the entire body of an automobile having such an after part. | |
noun (n.) = Tonne. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH TONG:
English Words which starts with 't' and ends with 'g':
tabbying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tabby |
tabefying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tabefy |
tabernacling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tabernacle |
tableing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Table |
tabling | noun (n.) A forming into tables; a setting down in order. |
noun (n.) The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding. | |
noun (n.) A broad hem on the edge of a sail. | |
noun (n.) Board; support. | |
noun (n.) Act of playing at tables. See Table, n., 10. |
tabooing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Taboo |
taboring | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tabor |
tabularizing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tabularize |
tabulating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tabulate |
tacking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tack |
noun (n.) A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim. |
tackling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tackle |
noun (n.) Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc. | |
noun (n.) Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling. | |
noun (n.) The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness. |
tag | noun (n.) Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label. |
noun (n.) A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it. | |
noun (n.) The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue. | |
noun (n.) Something mean and paltry; the rabble. | |
noun (n.) A sheep of the first year. | |
noun (n.) A sale of usually used items (such as furniture, clothing, household items or bric-a-brac), conducted by one or a small group of individuals, at a location which is not a normal retail establishment. | |
verb (v. t.) To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags. | |
verb (v. t.) To join; to fasten; to attach. | |
verb (v. t.) To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play. | |
verb (v. i.) To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person. | |
verb (v.) A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched. |
tagging | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tag |
tailing | noun (n.) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall. |
noun (n.) Same as Tail, n., 8 (a). | |
noun (n.) Sexual intercourse. | |
noun (n.) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff. | |
noun (n.) The refuse part of stamped ore, thrown behind the tail of the buddle or washing apparatus. It is dressed over again to secure whatever metal may exist in it. Called also tails. | |
noun (n.) A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together. |
tailoring | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tailor |
adverb (adv.) The business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress. |
tainting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Taint |
taking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Take |
noun (n.) The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension. | |
noun (n.) Agitation; excitement; distress of mind. | |
noun (n.) Malign influence; infection. | |
adjective (a.) Apt to take; alluring; attracting. | |
adjective (a.) Infectious; contageous. |
talebearing | noun (n.) The act of informing officiously; communication of sectrts, scandal, etc., maliciously. |
adjective (a.) Telling tales officiously. |
talking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Talk |
adjective (a.) That talks; able to utter words; as, a talking parrot. | |
adjective (a.) Given to talk; loquacious. |
tallowing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tallow |
noun (n.) The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of producing tallow. |
tallying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tally |
tambouring | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tambour |
taming | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tame |
tamping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tamp |
noun (n.) The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding the mine. | |
noun (n.) The material used in tamping. See Tamp, v. t., 1. |
tampering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tamper |
tanning | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tan |
noun (n.) The art or process of converting skins into leather. See Tan, v. t., 1. |
tang | noun (n.) A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus). |
noun (n.) A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask. | |
noun (n.) Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang. | |
noun (n.) A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position. | |
noun (n.) The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle. | |
noun (n.) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock. | |
noun (n.) The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened. | |
noun (n.) The tongue of a buckle. | |
noun (n.) A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang. | |
noun (n.) A dynasty in Chinese history, from a. d. 618 to 905, distinguished by the founding of the Imperial Academy (the Hanlin), by the invention of printing, and as marking a golden age of literature. | |
verb (v. t.) To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring. | |
verb (v. i.) To make a ringing sound; to ring. |
tanging | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tang |
tangalung | noun (n.) An East Indian civet (Viverra tangalunga). |
tangling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tangle |
tankling | noun (n.) A tinkling. |
tanling | noun (n.) One tanned by the sun. |
tantalizing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tantalize |
tapping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tap |
tapering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Taper |
adjective (a.) Becoming gradually smaller toward one end. |
tapestrying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tapestry |
tarring | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tar |
taring | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tare |
noun (n.) The common tern; -- called also tarret, and tarrock. |
tariffing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tariff |
tarnishing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tarnish |
tarrying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tarry |
tartarizing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tartarize |
tasking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Task |
tasseling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tassel |
tasting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Taste |
noun (n.) The act of perceiving or tasting by the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by which we perceive or distinguish savors. |
tatting | noun (n.) A kind of lace made from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch. |
tattling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tattle |
adjective (a.) Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales. |
tattooing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tattoo |
taunting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Taunt |
() a. & n. from Taunt, v. |
tautog | noun (n.) An edible labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and moll. |
tautologizing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tautologize |
taverning | noun (n.) A feasting at taverns. |
tawing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Taw |
taxing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tax |
teaching | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Teach |
noun (n.) The act or business of instructing; also, that which is taught; instruction. |
teaming | noun (n.) The act or occupation of driving a team, or of hauling or carrying, as logs, goods, or the like, with a team. |
noun (n.) Contract work. |
tearing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tear |
teasing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tease |
teaseling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Teasel |
noun (n.) The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels. |
tedding | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ted |
teddering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tedder |
teeming | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Teem |
adjective (a.) Prolific; productive. |
teetering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Teeter |
teething | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Teeth |
noun (n.) The process of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomena attending their issue through the gums; dentition. |
teg | noun (n.) A sheep in its second year; also, a doe in its second year. |
telegraphing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Telegraph |
telescoping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Telescope |
telling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tell |
adjective (a.) Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech. |
tempering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Temper |
noun (n.) The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required for various purposes, consisting usually in first plunging the article, when heated to redness, in cold water or other liquid, to give an excess of hardness, and then reheating it gradually until the hardness is reduced or drawn down to the degree required, as indicated by the color produced on a polished portion, or by the burning of oil. |
temporizing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Temporize |
tempting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tempt |
adjective (a.) Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; as, tempting pleasures. |
tenanting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tenant |
tending | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tend |
tendering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tender |
tenderling | noun (n.) One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling. |
noun (n.) One of the first antlers of a deer. |
tenting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tent |
tentering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tenter |
tenuating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tenuate |
tepefying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tepefy |
terebrating | adjective (a.) Boring; perforating; -- applied to molluskas which form holes in rocks, wood, etc. |
adjective (a.) Boring; piercing; -- applied to certain kinds of pain, especially to those of locomotor ataxia. |
terming | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Term |
terminating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Terminate |
terracing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Terrace |
terrifying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Terrify |
territorializing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Territorialize |
tessellating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tessellate |
testing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Test |
noun (n.) The act of testing or proving; trial; proof. | |
noun (n.) The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation. |
testifying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Testify |
tetaug | noun (n.) See Tautog. |
tethering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tether |
tettering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tetter |
tewing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tew |
texturing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Texture |
thanking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thank |
thanksgiving | noun (n.) The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies. |
noun (n.) A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties. |
thatching | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thatch |
noun (n.) The act or art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to keep out rain, snow, etc. | |
noun (n.) The materials used for this purpose; thatch. |
thawing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thaw |
theologizing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Theologize |
theorizing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Theorize |
theosophizing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Theosophize |