Boat-tail (n.) A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States. |
Cat's-tail (n.) See Timothy, Cat-tail, Cirrus. |
Cat-tail (n.) A tall rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing in marshes, with long, flat leaves, and having its flowers in a close cylindrical spike at the top of the stem. The leaves are frequently used for seating chairs, making mats, etc. See Catkin. |
Cross-tail (n.) A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine. |
Daggle-tail (a.) Alt. of Daggle-tailed |
Daggle-tail (n.) A slovenly woman |
Dog's-tail grass (n.) A hardy species of British grass (Cynosurus cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making straw plait |
Drabble-tail (n.) A draggle-tail |
Draggle-tail (n.) A slattern who suffers her gown to trail in the mire |
Dragon's tail () See Dragon's blood, Dragon's head, etc., under Dragon. |
Fish-tail (a.) Like the of a fish |
Hare's-tail (n.) A kind of grass (Eriophorum vaginatum). See Cotton grass, under Cotton. |
Lion's tail () A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus) |
Lizard's tail () A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (S. cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail |
Mare's-tail (n.) A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain |
Mare's-tail (n.) An aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris (H. vulgaris), having narrow leaves in whorls. |
Racket-tail (n.) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped. |
Rat-tail (a.) Like a rat's tail in form |
Rat-tail (n.) An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse. |
Rat-tail (n.) The California chimaera. See Chimaera. |
Rat-tail (n.) Any fish of the genus Macrurus. See Grenadier, 2. |
Re-turn (v. t. & i.) To turn again. |
Sea turn () A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea. |
Split-tail (n.) A california market fish (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) belonging to the Carp family. |
Split-tail (n.) The pintail duck. |
Tail (n.) Limitation |
Tail (a.) Limited |
Tail (n.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal. |
Tail (n.) Any long, flexible terminal appendage |
Tail (n.) Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the superior part. |
Tail (n.) A train or company of attendants |
Tail (n.) The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head, effigy, or date |
Tail (n.) The distal tendon of a muscle. |
Tail (n.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style. |
Tail (n.) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision |
Tail (n.) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times. |
Tail (n.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything. |
Tail (n.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head |
Tail (n.) Same as Tailing, 4. |
Tail (n.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile. |
Tail (n.) See Tailing, n., 5. |
Tail (v. t.) To follow or hang to, like a tail |
Tail (v. t.) To pull or draw by the tail. |
Tail (v. i.) To hold by the end |
Tail (v. i.) To swing with the stern in a certain direction |
Tail-bay (n.) One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder |
Tail-bay (n.) The part of a canal lock below the lower gates. |
Tail-water (n.) Water in a tailrace. |
Teeter-tail (n.) The spotted sandpiper. See the Note under Sandpiper. |
Triple-tail (n.) An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, black perch, grouper, and flasher. |
turn | taking a short walk out and back, we took a turn in the park |
twist turn | turning or twisting around (in place), with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room |
turn | the act of turning away or in the opposite direction, he made an abrupt turn away from her |
about-face about turn | act of pivotingdegrees, especially in a military formation |
u-turn | complete reversal of direction of travel |
turn turning | the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course, he took a turn to the right |
kick turn | a standing turn made in skiing, one ski is raised to the vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the other ski is aligned with the first |
stem turn stem | a turn made in skiing, the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it |
turn play | (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession, it is my turn, it is still my play |
c fuck fucking screw screwing ass nooky nookie piece of ass piece of tail roll in the hay shag shtup ff | slang for sexual intercourse |
disservice ill service ill turn | an act intended to help that turns out badly, he did them a disservice |
turn good turn | a favor for someone, he did me a good turn |
three-point turn | the act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs |
sharp-tailed grouse sprigtail sprig tail Pedioecetes phasianellus | large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America |
band-tailed pigeon band-tail pigeon bandtail Columba fasciata | wild pigeon of western North America, often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon |
tail | the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body |
browntail brown-tail moth Euproctis phaeorrhoea | small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States, pest of various shade and fruit trees |
gold-tail moth Euproctis chrysorrhoea | white furry-bodied European moth with a yellow tail tuft |
brush-tailed porcupine brush-tail porcupine | porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail |
Virginia deer white tail whitetail white-tailed deer whitetail deer Odocoileus Virginianus | common North American deer, tail has a white underside |
tail fin caudal fin | the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates |
tail feather | feather growing from the tail (uropygium) of a bird |
pentail pen-tail pen-tailed tree shrew | brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third, of Malaysia |
dress suit full dress tailcoat tail coat tails white tie white tie and tails | formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men |
horizontal tail | the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft |
kite tail | a bob on a kite to provide balance |
rat-tail file | a thin round file shaped like the tail of a rat |
stern after part quarter poop tail | the rear part of a ship |
tail tail assembly empennage | the rear part of an aircraft |
tail | (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head |
tail fin tailfin fin | one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile |
tail gate | a gate downstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the lower end |
taillight tail lamp rear light rear lamp | lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle |
tail rotor anti-torque rotor | rotor consisting of a rotating airfoil on the tail of a singleotor helicopter, keeps the helicopter from spinning in the direction opposite to the rotation of the main rotor |
vertical stabilizer vertical stabiliser vertical fin tail fin tailfin | a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane |
vertical tail | the vertical airfoil in the tail assembly of an aircraft |
coccyx tail bone | the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes |
c buttocks nates arse butt backside bum buns can fundament hindquarters hind end keister posterior prat rear rear end rump stern seat tail tail end tooshie tush bottom behind derriere fanny ass a d | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on, he deserves a good kick in the butt, are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing? |
turn-on | something causing excitement or stimulating interest |
act routine number turn bit | a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program, he did his act three times every evening, she had a catchy little routine, it was one of the best numbers he ever did |
turn of phrase turn of expression | a distinctive spoken or written expression, John's succinct turn of phrase persuaded her that it would not be a good idea |
blinker turn signal turn indicator trafficator | a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn |
turning turn | a movement in a new direction, the turning of the wind |
reversal turn around | turning in an opposite direction or position, the reversal of the image in the lens |
turn turn of events twist | an unforeseen development, events suddenly took an awkward turn |
lobster tail | lobster tail meat, usually from spiny rock lobsters |
mare's tail | a long narrow flowing cirrus cloud |
tail shadow shadower | a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements |
anthurium tailflower tail-flower | any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers |
rattail cactus rat's-tail cactus Aporocactus flagelliformis | commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days |