Index of English words, starting with "ta"

(1) - Tawdry (n.) A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general.
(2) - Tawdry (superl.) Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers; tawdry colors.
(3) - Tawdry (superl.) Bought at the festival of St. Audrey.

(1) - Tawer (n.) One who taws; a dresser of white leather.

(1) - Tawniness (n.) The quality or state of being tawny.

(1) - Tawny (n.) Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion.

(1) - Tax (n.) To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often followed by with, rarely by of before an indirect object; as, to tax a man with pride.
(2) - Tax (n.) To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court.
(3) - Tax (n.) To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government.
(4) - Tax (n.) A lesson to be learned; a task.
(5) - Tax (n.) Charge; censure.
(6) - Tax (n.) A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health.
(7) - Tax (n.) A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.
(8) - Tax (n.) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses.
(9) - Tax (n.) Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like.
(10) - Tax (n.) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government.
(11) - Tax (n.) A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.