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  • English Word Tolypeutine Definition The apar.
  • English Word Tom Definition The knave of trumps at gleek.
  • English Word Tom-tom Definition See Tam-tam.
  • English Word Tomahawk Definition A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.
  • English Word Tomahawk Definition To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.
  • English Word Tomahawked Definition of Tomahawk
  • English Word Tomahawking Definition of Tomahawk
  • English Word Tomaley Definition The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; -- called also tomalline.
  • English Word Toman Definition A money of account in Persia, whose value varies greatly at different times and places. Its average value may be reckoned at about two and a half dollars.
  • English Word Tomato Definition The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family (Lycopersicum esculentun); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is called also love apple, is usually of a rounded, flattened form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked.
  • English Word Tomatoes Definition of Tomato
  • English Word Tomb Definition A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.
  • English Word Tomb Definition A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead.
  • English Word Tomb Definition A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.
  • English Word Tomb Definition To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.
  • English Word Tombac Definition An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, / Dutch, brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac.
  • English Word Tombed Definition of Tomb
  • English Word Tombester Definition A female dancer.
  • English Word Tombing Definition of Tomb
  • English Word Tombless Definition Destitute of a tomb.
  • English Word Tomboy Definition A romping girl; a hoiden.
  • English Word Tombstone Definition A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the deceased.
  • English Word Tomcat Definition A male cat, especially when full grown or of large size.
  • English Word Tomcod Definition A small edible American fish (Microgadus tomcod) of the Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic coast of the Northen United States; -- called also frostfish. See Illust. under Frostfish.
  • English Word Tomcod Definition The kingfish. See Kingfish (a).
  • English Word Tomcod Definition The jack. See 2d Jack, 8. (c).
  • English Word Tome Definition As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of a larger work; a book; -- usually applied to a ponderous volume.
  • English Word Tomelet Definition All small tome, or volume.
  • English Word Tomenta Definition of Tomentum
  • English Word Tomentose Definition Covered with matted woolly hairs; as, a tomentose leaf; a tomentose leaf; a tomentose membrane.