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- English Word Tarsi Definition pl. of Tarsus.
- English Word Tarsi Definition of Tarsus
- English Word Tarsia Definition Alt. of Tarsiatura
- English Word Tarsiatura Definition A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood.
- English Word Tarsier Definition See Tarsius.
- English Word Tarsius Definition A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; -- called also malmag, spectral lemur, podji, and tarsier.
- English Word Tarso- Definition A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tarsus; as, tarsometatarsus.
- English Word Tarsometatarsal Definition Of or pertaining to both the tarsus and metatarsus; as, the tarsometatarsal articulations.
- English Word Tarsometatarsal Definition Of or pertaining to the tarsometatarsus.
- English Word Tarsometatarsi Definition of Tarsometatarsus
- English Word Tarsometatarsus Definition The large bone next the foot in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus.
- English Word Tarsorrhaphy Definition An operation to diminish the size of the opening between eyelids when enlarged by surrounding cicatrices.
- English Word Tarsotomy Definition The operation of cutting or removing the tarsal cartilages.
- English Word Tarsus Definition The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones.
- English Word Tarsus Definition A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate.
- English Word Tarsus Definition The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.
- English Word Tart Definition Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple.
- English Word Tart Definition Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke.
- English Word Tart Definition A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
- English Word Tartan Definition Woolen cloth, checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands of various colors, much worn in the Highlands of Scotland; hence, any pattern of tartan; also, other material of a similar pattern.
- English Word Tartan Definition A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib.
- English Word Tartar Definition A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; -- called also argol, wine stone, etc.
- English Word Tartar Definition A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.
- English Word Tartar Definition A native or inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin, inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also, more correctly but less usually, Tatar.
- English Word Tartar Definition A person of a keen, irritable temper.
- English Word Tartar Definition Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
- English Word Tartar Definition See Tartarus.
- English Word Tartarated Definition Tartrated.
- English Word Tartarean Definition Alt. of Tartareous
- English Word Tartareous Definition Of or pertaining to Tartarus; hellish.