<B>tamborito, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a Panamanian folk dance in which a man and a woman dance together in the center of a circle. </DL>
<A NAME="tambour">
<B>tambour, </B>noun, verb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a drum, especially a bass drum. <DD><B> 2. </B>a drummer. <BR> <I>Ex. Twice a day, the tambour ... would read aloud the latest dispatches in the village square (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a pair of hoops, one fitting within the other, for holding cloth stretched for embroidering; pair of embroidery hoops. <DD><B> 4. </B>embroidery done on this. <DD><B> 5. </B>one of the three hazards in court tennis, projecting from the back wall on the hazard side, to make the ball rebound erratically. <DD><B> 6. </B>a palisade protecting a gate, road, or entrance. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Especially British.) a circular vestibule. <DD><B> 8. </B>(Architecture.) one of the cylindrical stones in a column; drum. <DD><B> 9. </B>the cylinder on a recording instrument. <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to embroider on a tambour. <DD><I>adj. </I> made of strips or slats of wood with half-rounded upper surfaces for sliding easily across rounded surfaces. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a compartment of pigeonholes, which is concealed by a small tambour door (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="tamboura">
<B>tamboura, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an Oriental musical instrument of the lute family consisting of four strings and producing a droning sound, used as accompaniment to the sitar or sarod. Also, <B>tambura.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tambourin">
<B>tambourin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a long, narrow drum or tabor used in Provence. <DD><B> 2. </B>a Provencal dance, originally accompanied by the tambourin or tabor. <DD><B> 3. </B>the music for it. </DL>
<A NAME="tambourine">
<B>tambourine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small, shallow drum with only one head, and metal disks around the sides, played by shaking it or by striking it with the knuckles; timbrel. <BR> <I>Ex. The banjos rattled, and the tambourines Jing-jing-jingled in the hands of Queens (Vachel Lindsay).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an African pigeon with a resonant call. </DL>
<A NAME="tambourlace">
<B>tambour-lace, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a modern lace of needlework designs on machine-made net, resembling tambour embroidery. </DL>
<A NAME="tambourstitch">
<B>tambour stitch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the loop-stitch used in tambour embroidery. <DD><B> 2. </B>a stitch used in crochet to make ridges that intersect at right angles. </DL>
<A NAME="tambura">
<B>tambura, </B>noun. =tamboura.</DL>
<A NAME="tamburitza">
<B>tamburitza, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a long-necked stringed instrument of Yugoslavia resembling a large mandolin. </DL>
<A NAME="tame">
<B>tame, </B>adjective, <B>tamer,</B> <B>tamest,</B> verb, <B>tamed,</B> <B>taming.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>not wild or savage; domestic. <BR> <I>Ex. Cows are tame animals.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>take from the wild state and made obedient. <BR> <I>Ex. The man has a tame bear.</I> (SYN) domesticated. <DD><B> b. </B>without fear or shyness; gentle. <BR> <I>Ex. The birds are so tame they will eat out of our hands.</I> (SYN) docile. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) fawning; servile. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) without spirit; colorless; insipid; dull. <BR> <I>Ex. a tame story. The party was tame because we were sleepy.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) not dangerous or harmful. <BR> <I>Ex. The reactor was built for tame atomic energy use (Science News Letter).</I> <DD><B> 6a. </B>(of plants or land) cultivated. <DD><B> b. </B>(of a fruit) improved by artificial breeding or other methods. <DD><B> 7. </B>not inclined to criticize. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make tame; break in. <BR> <I>Ex. The lion was tamed for the circus.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to take spirit, courage, or interest from; make dull. <BR> <I>Ex. Harsh punishment in childhood had tamed him and broken his will.</I> (SYN) curb, repress. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to reduce in strength; tone down; subdue; soften; mellow. <BR> <I>Ex. The pill will contain living polio virus "tamed" by growing through many generations (Science News Letter).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become tame. <BR> <I>Ex. She tamed down considerably. White rats tame easily.</I> adv. <B>tamely.</B> noun <B>tameness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tameable">
<B>tameable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that can be tamed or subdued. <DD><B> 2. </B>that can be reclaimed from a wild or savage state. Also, <B>tamable.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tameably">
<B>tameably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a tameable manner; so as to tame. Also, <B>tamably.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tamecat">
<B>tame cat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a person who is easy to impose upon; tractable person. </DL>
<A NAME="tamein">
<B>tamein</B> or <B>tamehn, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a brightly colored silk or cotton garment worn by Burmese women. Also, <B>tamain,</B> <B>te-mine.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tameless">
<B>tameless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that has never been tamed. <DD><B> 2. </B>that cannot be tamed. <BR> <I>Ex. The leopardess is tameless (Charlotte Bronte).</I> adv. <B>tamelessly.</B> noun <B>tamelessness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tamepoison">
<B>tame-poison, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an herb of the milkweed family native to Europe whose root was formerly used as an antidote to poisons. </DL>
<A NAME="tamer">
<B>tamer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who tames. <BR> <I>Ex. a lion tamer.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="tamil">
<B>Tamil, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a Dravidian language spoken in southern India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Singapore, and Malaysia. <DD><B> 2. </B>one of the people who speak this language. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the Tamils or their language. </DL>
<A NAME="tamis">
<B>tamis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a cloth strainer; sieve; tammy. <DD><B> 2. </B>the fabric used in it. </DL>
<B>Tammany, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> an influential organization of Democratic politicians of New York City, founded as a fraternal and benevolent organization in 1789, notorious for corruption in the 1800's. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with this organization or its politics, methods, or members. <BR> <I>Ex. An old Tammany sachem once remarked that he would rather have the "New York Times" against him than for him (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="tammanyhall">
<B>Tammany Hall,</B> =Tammany.</DL>
<A NAME="tammanyism">
<B>Tammanyism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the system or principles of Tammany. </DL>
<A NAME="tammanyite">
<B>Tammanyite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an adherent of Tammany; follower of Tammanyism. </DL>
<A NAME="tammuz">
<B>Tammuz, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the tenth month of the Jewish civil year and the fourth month of the ecclesiastical year, occurring in June and often part of July. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Babylonian Mythology.) a god of the springtime and plant growth, who annually returned to earth from the lower world, symbolizing the rebirth of vegetation in spring. Also, <B>Thammuz.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tammy">
<B>tammy</B> (1), noun, pl. <B>-mies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Especially British.) a tam-o'-shanter; tam. <DD><B> 2. </B>(British Informal.) a Scotsman. </DL>
<A NAME="tammy">
<B>tammy</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fine worsted cloth, often with a glazed finish, used in the 1600's and 1700's. </DL>
<A NAME="tammy">
<B>tammy</B> (3), noun, pl. <B>-mies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a strainer; tamis. </DL>
<A NAME="tamoshanter">
<B>tam-o'-shanter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a soft woolen cap, originally of Scotland, with a flat, round crown and often with a tassel; tam. </DL>
<A NAME="tamp">
<B>tamp, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to pack down or in by a series of light blows. <BR> <I>Ex. to tamp tobacco into a pipe, to tamp the earth about a newly planted tree.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(in blasting) to fill (the hole containing the explosive) with dirt or other nonexplosive material. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act or an instance of tamping. <DD><B> 2. </B>something used for tamping. </DL>
<A NAME="tamper">
<B>tamper</B> (1), intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to meddle (with); meddle in an improper way (with). <BR> <I>Ex. Do not tamper with the lock.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to work secretly; scheme; plot. <BR><I>expr. <B>tamper with,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to influence improperly; bribe; corrupt. </I> <I>Ex. Crooked politicians had tampered with the jury.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to change so as to damage or falsify. <BR> <I>Ex. to tamper with the accounts of a company. They might not consent to such drastic tampering with the basic structure of the play (New Yorker).</I> noun <B>tamperer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tamper">
<B>tamper</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a tool used for tamping concrete. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person or thing that tamps. <DD><B> 3. </B>a heavy sheath of lead or tungsten around the explosive elements of a nuclear bomb to prevent the escape of neutrons and to keep the bomb from flying apart too soon. </DL>
<A NAME="tamperproof">
<B>tamperproof, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that resists being tampered with. <BR> <I>Ex. A tamperproof, nonresettable meter keeps count of checks signed (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="tampion">
<B>tampion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a wooden plug in the muzzle of a gun that is not being used, to keep out dampness and dust. <DD><B> 2. </B>a plug for the top of a stopped organ pipe. Also, <B>tompion.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tampon">
<B>tampon, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted in a body cavity or wound to stop bleeding or absorb secretions. <DD><B> 2. </B>a two-headed drumstick used to produce a roll. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to fill or plug with a tampon. </DL>
<A NAME="tamtam">
<B>tam-tam, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large gong, especially one used in a symphony orchestra. <BR> <I>Ex. Mahler's Sixth is ... colored by such exotic instruments as cowbells, chimes, tam-tam, and a special musical hammer devised by Mahler himself (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=tom-tom.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tamure">
<B>tamure, </B>noun. =schnapper.</DL>
<A NAME="tamworth">
<B>Tamworth, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an English breed of pigs of a reddish color, raised chiefly for bacon. </DL>
