Taproot A plant taproot is a straight tapering root that grows vertically down. It forms a center from which other roots sprout. Plants with taproots are difficult to transplant. The taproot is why dandelions are hard to uproot — the top is pulled, but the long taproot stays in the ground, and re-sprouts.
	Taps Taps, sometimes known by the lyrics of its second verse, "Day is Done," is a famous musical piece, played in the United States armed forces during flag ceremony and funerals, generally on Bugle or trumpet. The tune is also used at night to signal "lights out" .
	Tarantula True tarantulas are spiders belonging to the family wikispecies:Theraphosidae. Certain members may also be known as bird spiders, monkey spiders, baboon spiders or rain spiders. They are characterized by having tarsi with two claws and claw tufts, called scopulae.
	Tardigrade Tardigrades or water bears comprise the phylum Tardigrada; they are small, segmented animals, similar and probably related to the Arthropods. Tardigrades were first described by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773 . The name Tardigrada means "slow walker" and was given by Lazzaro Spallanzani in 1776.
	Tariff A tariff is a tax on imported goods. When a ship arrives in port a customs officer inspects the contents and charges a tax according to the tariff formula. Since the goods cannot be landed until the tax is paid it is the easiest tax to collect, and the cost of collection is small. Smugglers of course seek to evade the tariff.
	Tarnished plant bug The tarnished plant bug is one of the most serious pests of small fruits and vegetables in New England. No truly effective or reliable management options currently exist. Growers routinely make 3-5 applications of insecticides each year to control this insect. The cost is United States dollar200-$500/acre.
	Taro Taro , more rarely kalo , is a tropical plant grown primarily as a root vegetable for its edible corm, and secondarily as a leaf vegetable. Its flowers are also eaten. Taro is closely related to Xanthosoma and Caladium, plants commonly grown as ornamental plant, and like them it is sometimes loosely called elephant ear.
	Tarot Most modern tarot decks consist of 78 cards with Allegory representations today used for divination. A typical tarot deck consists of: *The major arcana, consisting of 22 trump cards : **The Fool , The Magician , The High Priestess.
	Tarpan The Tarpan, Equus ferus ferus, was the Eurasian Wild Horse. The last specimen of this species died in a Moscow zoo in 1875. Polish farmers often crossed the tarpan with their domestic horses. The result was a small horse breed, the Konik. Such animals, as the Konik, and also the Sorraia Horse preserved in Portugal, are now being used to breeding back the Tarpan, and to fill in the Ecological niche that was left vacant by their extinction in the wild.
	Tarpaulin A tarpaulin or tarp is a large sheet of strong, flexible, water resistant or waterproof material, often cloth such as canvas coated with plastic or latex. In some places such as Australia, and in military slang, a tarp may be known as a hootchie. Tarps often have reinforced grommets at the corners and along the sides to form attachment points for rope, allowing them to be tied down or suspended.
	Tarpon The tarpons are large coastal fish notable as a prize of Angling. There are two species in a single genus Megalops in the family Megalopidae, one native to the Atlantic, and the other to the Indian Ocean-Pacific area. Both are large silvery fishes.
	Tarragon Tarragon is a perennial plant herb in the family Asteraceae related to Artemisia . It is native to a wide area of the Northern Hemisphere from easternmost Europe across central and eastern Asia to western North America, and south to northern India and Mexico.
	Tarsier The tarsiers are the members of the Tarsius genus of prosimian primates, monotypic in the Tarsiidae family and Tarsiiformes infraorder. The entire infraorder was previously classified in the Strepsirhini suborder, but now classified in the Haplorrhini suborder, although they are not considered to be monkeys.
	Tartan A tartan is a specific woven pattern that often signifies a particular Scottish clan in the modern era. The pattern is made with alternating bands of coloured threads woven as both warp and weft at right angles to each other. The weft is woven two over - two under the warp, advancing one thread each pass, forming diagonal lines.
	Tartar sauce Tartar sauce or tartare sauce is a thick white sauce made from mayonnaise and finely chopped pickled cucumber, capers, onions , and fresh parsley. Chopped hard-boiled eggs, olives, and horseradish are sometimes added, and dijon Culinary_mustard is often used as an emulsifier if the mayonnaise is made from scratch.
	Tartaric acid Tartaric acid |- |- | IUPAC nomenclature | 2,3-dihydroxybutanedioic acid |- | Other names | 2,3-dihydroxysuccinic acidthrearic acidracemic aciduvic acidparatartaric acid |- Tartaric acid is a white crystalline organic compound acid. It occurs naturally in many plants, particularly grapes and tamarinds, and is one of the main acids found in wine.
	Tartrate A tartrate is a salt or ester of the organic compound tartaric acid, a dicarboxylic acid. Its formula is O−OC-CH(OH)-CH(OH)-COO−. As food additives, tartrates are used as antioxidants. Examples are: * sodium tartrates ** monosodium tartrate
	Tartu Tartu is the second largest city of Estonia, with a population of 101,297 and an area of 38.8 km. In contrast to Estonia's political and financial capital Tallinn, Tartu is often considered the intellectual and cultural centre, especially since it is home to Estonia's oldest and most renowned University of Tartu.
	Tartuffe Tartuffe is a comedy by Molire, and is one of the most famous French language plays of all time. It was first performed in 1664 at the fêtes held at Versailles, and almost immediately censored by the outcry of the Dvots, who were very influential in the court of King Louis XIV.
	Tarzan of the Apes Tarzan of the Apes is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first in a series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was first published in the pulp magazine All-Story Magazine in October, 1912; the first book edition was published in 1914. So popular was the character the Burroughs continued the series into the 1940s with two dozen sequels.
	Tashkent Tashkent The name of the city has evolved in a number of stages. In the medivieval times the town and the province was known as Chach. Later, the town came to be known as Chachkand/Chashkand, meaning "Chach City." After the 16th century and the steady replacement of the old, Persian-speaking population with Uzbeks, the name was changed slightly from Chachkand/Chashkand to Tashkand, which as "stone city" was more meaningful to the new inhabitants than the old name.
	Taskmaster Taskmaster is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Universe. Created by writer David Michelinie and artist George Prez, the character first appeared in Avengers #195.
	Tasman Sea The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, some 2000 kilometres across. It is a south-western segment of the South Pacific Ocean. The sea was named after the Dutch List of explorers Abel Janszoon Tasman, the first recorded European to discover New Zealand and Tasmania.
	Tasmania The island of Tasmania, is located 200 km south of the eastern side of the continent Australia, being separated from it by Bass Strait. Tasmania has a population of 484,700 and an area of 68 332 km . Tasmania promotes itself as the Natural State owing to its large, and relatively unspoilt, natural environment.
	Tasmanian Devil The Tasmanian Devil , also referred to simply as 'the devil', is a carnivore marsupial now found only in the Australia island states and territories of Australia of Tasmania. The Tasmanian Devil is the only extant member of the genus Sarcophilus.
	Taster Non-Album single released by the band Grandaddy in 1995 Track listing # "Taster" # "Nebraska"
	Tasty Tasty is the third album by Rhythm and blues artist Kelis, released in 2003. Unlike the previous albums Tasty opted for a more Pop music-oriented tune which lead to a greater success outside of Europe with "Milkshake" being the first single from Kelis to have critical acclaim in the United States and a peak position of three in the Billboard Hot 100.
	Tatars Tatars , often misspelled Tartar, is a collective name applied to the Turkic languages people of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The name is first recorded in the Old Turkic Orkhon script in Mongolia first translated at the beginning of the 20th century.
	Tatting Tatting is a technique for handcrafting a particularly durable lace constructed by a series of knots and loop . Tatting can be used to make lace edging as well as doilies, collar s, and other decorative pieces. The lace is formed by a pattern of rings and chains formed from a series of lark's head knots, called double stitches , over a core yarn.
	Tattletales Tattletales was a game show which first aired on the CBS daytime schedule on February 18, 1974. It was hosted by Bert Convy. The show's premise was around personal questions asked about celebrity couple's personal or love lives.
	Tattoo A tattoo is a mark made by inserting pigment into the skin: in technical terms, tattooing is micro-pigment implantation. Tattoos may be made on human or animal skin. Tattoos on humans are a type of body modification, while tattoos on animals are most often used for identification.
	Taunt A taunt is a sarcastic remark, challenge, or insult intended to provoke a response of some kind from the one it is directed at. It can be compared to fighting words and trash-talk. The act of taunting can be learned by observation and improvisation. It usually follows linear thought, correlating or building in some manner to the target of taunting.
	Taurine Taurine or 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid is an acidic chemical substance found in high abundance in the tissues of many animals , especially sea animals. Taurine is also found in plants, fungi, and some bacterial species, but in far less abundance. Although it is often called an amino acid, even in scientific literature, it lacks a carboxylic acid and therefore does not qualify as an amino acid.
	Tautog The tautog, Tautoga onitis, is a fishes of the wrasse family found in salt water from Nova Scotia to South Carolina. It lives along the bottom, in and amongst rocks, wrecks, mussel beds, bridge pilings or other bottom features. The name is from the Narragansett language, originally tautauog.
	Tawny Eagle The Tawny Eagle is a large bird of prey. It is about 62-72 cm in length and has a wingspan of 165-185cm. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. It was once considered to be closely related to the bird migration Steppe Eagle, Aquila nipalensis, and the two forms have previously been treated as conspecific.
	Tawny Owl The Tawny Owl is a species of owl resident in much of Europe and southern Russia. This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. The other grouping is the barn owls, Tytonidae. This is a medium-sized earless owl, 37-43 cm in length with a 81-96 cm wingspan.
	Tawse A tawse ' is a typically Scotland implement for physical punishment, called tawsing after it, that was often used for educational discipline instead of the England cane. It consists of a thick, relatively hard piece of leather, often made by a saddler, rather like a prison strap, that splits into two, three or sometimes more parallel tails.
	Tax A tax is a financial charge or other levy imposed on an individual or a legal entity by a state or a functional equivalent of a state . Taxes could also be imposed by a subnational entity. Taxes consist of direct tax or indirect tax, and may be paid in money or as corve labor.
	Taxaceae The family Taxaceae, commonly called the yew family, includes three genera and about 7 to 12 species of coniferous plants, or in other interpretations, six genera and about 30 species. They are much branched, small trees and shrubs. The leaves are evergreen, spirally arranged, often twisted at the base to appear 2-ranked.
	Taxales The plant order Taxales was in the past treated as a distinct order in the division Pinophyta, class Pinopsida, and included only those species in the family Taxaceae, known commonly as yews. Under this interpretation, all other conifers were classified separately in the order Pinales.
	Taxicab Taxicab, short forms taxi or cab, is a type of public transport for a single passenger, or small group of passengers, typically for a non-shared ride. A taxicab is a vehicle for hire which conveys passengers between locations of their choice. Although types of vehicles and methods of regulation, hiring, dispatching, and negotiating payment differ significantly from country to country, some common characteristics exist.
	Taxidermy Taxidermy is the art of mounting or reproducing animals for display or study. This is a practice generally done with vertebrates, but occasionally with invertebrate animals such as insects. The methods that taxidermists practice have been improved over the last century, heightening taxidermic quality.
	Taximeter A taximeter is a mechanical or electronic device installed in taxicabs, similar to an odometer, which calculates passenger fares based on a combination of distance travelled and waiting time. It is the shortened form of this word that gives the "taxi" its name.
	Taxiway A taxiway is a strip of land on an airport on which aircraft can roll to or from a hangar, Airport terminal, runway, or other facility. They are often a hard surface such as asphalt or concrete, although smaller airports sometimes use gravel or grass.
	Taxman "Taxman" is the title of a song by The Beatles, appearing on the Revolver album, based on a common personification of tax collection agencies such as the Inland Revenue or the Internal Revenue Service. The song's writer, George Harrison impersonates a taxman on the song in a tongue-in-cheek manner.
	Taxodium Taxodium is a genus of one to three species of extremely flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. It is one of several genera in the family that are commonly known as "cypresses". Within the family, Taxodium is most closely related to Glyptostrobus and Cryptomeria.
	Taxodium ascendens Taxodium ascendens, also known as Pond Cypress, is a species of Taxodium native to the southeastern United States, from coastal North Carolina to southeastern Louisiana. Many botanists treat it as a variety of Bald Cypress, Taxodium distichum rather than as a distinct species, but it differs in ecology, occurring mainly in still blackwater rivers, ponds and swamps without silt-rich flood deposits.
	Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum, also known as Bald Cypress, Baldcypress or Swamp Cypress, is a species of conifer native to the southeastern United States, from Delaware Bay south to Florida and west to southern Texas, and also inland up the Mississippi River and Ohio Rivers north to southern Illinois and Indiana.
	Taxodium mucronatum Taxodium mucronatum, also known as Montezuma Cypress or Ahuehuete, is a species of Taxodium native to much of Mexico, and also southernmost Texas, USA. It is a large evergreen or semi-evergreen tree growing to 40 m tall and with a trunk of 1-3 m diameter.
	Taxus Taxus is a genus of yews, small Pinophyta trees or shrubs in the yew family Taxaceae. They are relatively slow growing and can be very long-lived, and reach heights of 1-40 m, with trunk diameters of up to 4 m. They have reddish bark, lanceolate, flat, dark-green leaf 1-4 cm long and 2-3 mm broad, arranged spirally on the stem, but with the leaf bases twisted to align the leaves in two flat rows either side of the stem.
	Taxus baccata Taxus baccata is a Pinophyta native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia. Originally and still widely known in English as just Yew, the later discovery of other very similar related species has led to qualification as European Yew, Common Yew or English Yew where detail of which species of Taxus is required.
	Taxus brevifolia Taxus brevifolia is a Pinophyta native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, from southernmost Alaska south to central California, mostly in the Pacific Coast Ranges, but with an isolated disjunct population in southeast British Columbia south to central Idaho.
	Taxus cuspidata Taxus cuspidata is a member of the genus Taxus, native to Japan, Korea, northeast China and the extreme southeast of Russia. It is an evergreen tree or large shrub growing to 10-18 m tall, with a trunk up to 60 cm diameter. The leaf are lanceolate, flat, dark green, 1-3 cm long and 2-3 mm broad, arranged spirally on the stem, but with the leaf bases twisted to align the leaves in two flattish rows either side of the stem except on erect leading shoots where the spiral arrangement is mo
	Tay-Sachs disease Tay-Sachs disease is a genetic disorder, fatal in its most common variant known as Infantile Tay-Sachs disease. TSD is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern. The disease occurs when harmful quantities of a fatty acid derivative called a ganglioside accumulate in the nerve cells in the brain.
	Taymyr Peninsula Taymyr Peninsula is a peninsula in Siberia that forms the most northern part of mainland Asia. It lies between Yenisei Gulf of the Kara Sea and Khatanga Gulf of the Laptev Sea in Taymyr Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Category:Peninsulas of Russia
	Tayra The Tayra is an carnivore animal from the family Mustelidae. It is the only species in the genus Eira. Tayras have a similar appearance to weasels and martens, growing to a size of about 60 cm, not including a 45 cm long tail. Most tayras have either dark brown or black fur with a lighter patch on its chest.
	Tbilisi Tbilisi is the capital city of the country of Georgia , lying on the banks of the Kura River river, at . Tbilisi is still sometimes known by its former Turkish language name of Tiflis . The city covers an area of 350 km and has more than 1.093 million inhabitants.
	Tchotchke Tchotchke are trinkets, small toys, knickknacks, baubles, or kitsch. The term has a connotation of worthlessness or disposability, as well as tackiness. For example, an overly ostentatious piece of jewelry, valuable or not, might be referred to as a tchotchke. The word may also refer to swag, in the sense of the logo pens, keychains and other promotional freebies dispensed at trade shows, conventions and similar large events.
	Tea Tea is the second most popular beverage in the world . It is made by steeping processed leaves, buds or twigs of the tea bush Camellia sinensis in hot water for a few minutes. The processing can include oxidation , heating, drying and the addition of other herbs, flowers, spices and fruits.
	Tea bag A tea bag contains two ingredients. Tea and Bags. The tea is brewed still inside the bag, making it easier to dispose of without a tea strainer. The first tea bags were made from hand-sewn silk muslin bags and tea bag patents of this sort exist dating as early as 1903. First appearing commercially around 1904, tea bags were successfully marketed by tea and coffee shop merchant Thomas Sullivan of New York, who shipped his tea bags around the world.
	Tea caddy A tea caddy is a box, jar, canister or other receptacle for tea. The word is believed to be derived from catty, the Chinese pound, equal to about a pound and a third avoirdupois. The earliest examples that came to Europe were of Chinese porcelain, and approximated in shape to the ginger-jar.
	Tea garden A tea garden was a place to drink tea and stroll around lawns, ponds and view statues. It is a small version of a pleasure gardens, and they flourished in the late 18th century. Examples were Cuper's Gardens and the area that became the Caledonian Cattle Market in London, England.
	Tea table Geology speaking, a tea table is a Rock formation that is a remnant of newer strata that have eroded away. A tea table is a type of rock column comprising discrete layers, usually of sedimentary rock, with the top layers being wider than the base due to greater resistance to erosion and weathering.
	Teacake This article is about a type of cake. Tea cake can also be used to describe Compressed tea. In Great Britain and Ireland a teacake is a light, yeast-based bun typically split, toasted, buttered, and served with tea. It is flat, circular and roughly 15cm in diameter, with a smooth brown upper surface and a somewhat lighter underside.
	Teacher In education, teachers are those who help students or pupils learn, often in a school. The objective is typically a course of study, lesson plan, or a practical skill, including learning and thinking skills. The different ways to teach are often referred to as the teacher's pedagogy.
	Teacup A teacup is a small cup with a handle, generally a small one that may be grasped with the thumb and one or two fingers. It is typically made of porcelain. It is usually part of a set, composed of a cup and a matching saucer. These in turn may be part of a tea set in combination with a teapot, cream Jug, covered sugar bowl and slop bowl en suite.
	Teak Teak, also called jati is a genus of tropics hardwood trees in the family Verbenaceae, native to the south and southeast of Asia, and is commonly found as a component of monsoon forest vegetation. They are large trees, growing to 30-40 m tall, deciduous in the dry season.
	Teakettle A teakettle is a small kitchen appliance used for boiling water in preparation for making tea or other beverages requiring hot water. Kettles may be electric or for stovetop use. A teakettle is usually a kettle with a spout and a lid. There are also lidless kettles, filled with water through the spout.
	Team sport Team sport refers to sports that are practiced between opposing teams, where the players interact directly and simultaneously between them to achieve the objective, such as in football, cricket, baseball, handball, hockey, basketball and volleyball. The term is used to distinguish itself from individual sports which are based soley on individuals' merit, i.e.
	Teamsters The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, formerly known by the name International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, is one of the largest labor unions in the United States. The union's name and logo reflect its origins as a craft unionism when founded in 1903: a teamster was originally a person who drove a team of oxen, a horse-drawn or mule-drawn wagon or a muletrain.