<B>tactical dispersal,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (in civil defense) the movement of people outward from the center of a target area. </DL>
<A NAME="tacticalunit">
<B>tactical unit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a unit of an army activated or organized to fight the enemy. </DL>
<A NAME="tactician">
<B>tactician, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an expert in tactics. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) He accumulated the experience that made him a political tactician who was useful to his party and to his country (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="tactics">
<B>tactics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the art or science of directing military or naval forces in battle; science of disposition and maneuver. <DD><B> 2. </B>a method or process of doing this. <DD><B> 3. </B>the operations themselves. <BR> <I>Ex. The tactics of pretending to cross the river and of making a retreat fooled the enemy. Tactics are used to win an engagement, strategy to win a campaign or a war (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) procedures to gain advantages or success; methods. <BR> <I>Ex. When coaxing failed, she changed her tactics and began to cry. To some the obvious answer was to fight fire with fire, to reply in kind if [they] resorted to bully-boy tactics (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="tactile">
<B>tactile, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or having to do with the sense of touch. <BR> <I>Ex. a tactile stimulus.</I> (SYN) tactual. <DD><B> 2. </B>having the sense of touch. <DD><B> 3. </B>that can be felt by touch; tangible. (SYN) palpable: <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>(Psychology.) a person in whose mind tactile images are predominant or especially distinct. <DD><B> 2. </B>a work of art designed to appeal to or stimulate the tactile sense. <BR> <I>Ex. "The image in my art transcends the visible," he [Yaakov Agam] said, brushing his hand over one of his "tactiles," a field of silver buttons mounted in springs (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="tactilebud">
<B>tactile bud</B> or <B>corpuscle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of numerous minute, oval bodies which occur in sensitive parts of the skin and are involved with the sense of touch. </DL>
<A NAME="tactility">
<B>tactility, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or condition of being tactile. </DL>
<A NAME="taction">
<B>taction, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of touching, or a state of contact. <BR> <I>Ex. They neither can speak nor attend to the discourses of others, without being roused by some external taction upon the organs of speech and hearing (Jonathan Swift).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="tactless">
<B>tactless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>without tact; blunt; gauche. <BR> <I>Ex. a tactless person.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>showing no tact; undiplomatic. <BR> <I>Ex. a tactless reply.</I> adv. <B>tactlessly.</B> noun <B>tactlessness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tactometer">
<B>tactometer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument for determining the acuteness of the sense of touch. </DL>
<A NAME="tactual">
<B>tactual, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with touch; tactile. <BR> <I>Ex. Despite repeated experience of the tactual solidity of the glass, the animals never learned to function without optical support (Scientific American).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>caused by or due to touch. <DD><B> 3. </B>causing touch; giving sensations of touch. </DL>
<B>tactually, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>by means of touch. <DD><B> 2. </B>as regards touch. </DL>
<A NAME="tad">
<B>tad, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a very small boy; chap. <BR> <I>Ex. One of the bellboys at the hotel, cute little tad, knew the town like a book (Sinclair Lewis).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a very small amount. </DL>
<A NAME="tadjik">
<B>Tadjik, </B>noun, pl. <B>-djik.</B> =Tadzhik.</DL>
<A NAME="tadjiki">
<B>Tadjiki, </B>noun. =Tadzhiki.</DL>
<A NAME="tadpole">
<B>tadpole, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a very young frog or toad in the larval stage when it lives in water and has gills and a long tail; polliwog. Tadpoles gradually adapt to life out of water by developing lungs and limbs, losing gills, and changing internally. </DL>
<A NAME="tadzhik">
<B>Tadzhik, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dzhik.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> one of an Iranian people living in Tadzhikistan and Afghanistan. Also, <B>Tadjik,</B> <B>Tajik.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tadzhiki">
<B>Tadzhiki, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the Iranian language of the Tadzhik. Also, <B>Tadjiki,</B> <B>Tajiki.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tae">
<B>tae, </B>preposition.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) to. </DL>
<A NAME="taediumvitae">
<B>taedium vitae,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) weariness of life; a feeling of unbearable weariness and dissatisfaction with life. <BR> <I>Ex. A cloud of vague depression rests on the man, who shuns society, falls off in fat, becomes restless ... and feels strongly the taedium vitae (T. S. Clouston).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="taekwondo">
<B>tae kwon do,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the Korean form of karate. </DL>
<A NAME="tael">
<B>tael, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of several east Asian units of weight, varying according to locality, especially one equal to 1 1/3 ounces avoirdupois. <DD><B> 2. </B>a former Chinese unit of money, originally a tael, in weight, of silver. </DL>
<A NAME="taen">
<B>ta'en, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) taken. <BR> <I>Ex. The Prince hath ta'en it hence (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="taenia">
<B>taenia, </B>noun, pl. <B>-niae,</B> <B>-nias.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Archaeology.) a headband; fillet; hair ribbon. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Architecture.) a band separating the Doric architrave from the frieze. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Anatomy.) a ribbonlike structure, as the longitudinal muscles of the colon. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Zoology.) a tapeworm. Also, <B>tenia.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="taeniacidal">
<B>taeniacidal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a taeniacide. </DL>
<A NAME="taeniacide">
<B>taeniacide, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an agent or remedy that destroys tapeworms. </DL>
<A NAME="taeniafuge">
<B>taeniafuge, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> expelling tapeworms. <DD><I>noun </I> an agent or remedy that expels tapeworms. </DL>
<A NAME="taeniasis">
<B>taeniasis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Medicine.) the condition of being infested with taeniae or tapeworms. </DL>
<A NAME="taenicidal">
<B>taenicidal, </B>adjective. =taeniacidal.</DL>
<A NAME="taenicide">
<B>taenicide, </B>noun. =taeniacide.</DL>
<A NAME="taenioid">
<B>taenioid, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of a ribbonlike shape; like a tapeworm. <DD><B> 2. </B>related to the tapeworms. </DL>
<A NAME="taff">
<B>taff, </B>noun. =teff.</DL>
<A NAME="taff">
<B>Taff, </B>noun. =Taffy.</DL>
<A NAME="taffeta">
<B>taffeta, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a light, stiff silk cloth with a smooth, glossy surface. <DD><B> 2. </B>a similar cloth, as of linen or rayon. <DD><B> 3. </B>(originally) a plain, woven, glossy silk. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of taffeta. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) like taffeta. <BR> <I>Ex. taffeta phrases, silken terms (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>having to do with taffeta. </DL>
<A NAME="taffia">
<B>taffia, </B>noun. =tafia.</DL>
<A NAME="taffrail">
<B>taffrail, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the rail around the stern of a ship. <DD><B> 2. </B>the upper part of the stern of a ship. </DL>
<A NAME="taffraillog">
<B>taffrail log,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a log to measure the distance traveled by a ship. </DL>
<A NAME="taffy">
<B>taffy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-fies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a kind of chewy candy made of brown sugar or molasses boiled down, often with butter. <BR> <I>Ex. saltwater taffy.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) flattery. <BR> <I>Ex. There will be a reaction, and the whole party will unite in an offering of taffy (New York Tribune).</I> (SYN) blarney, blandishment. Also, <B>toffee,</B> <B>toffy.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="taffy">
<B>Taffy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-fies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a nickname for a Welshman; Taff. </DL>
<A NAME="tafia">
<B>tafia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a liquor similar to rum, made in Haiti from low-grade molasses, refuse brown sugar, or the like. </DL>
