Home
3D
Stylish English
Comic Cartoon
Curly
Decorative
Dingbats
Dotted
Famous
Fire
Gothic
Groovy
Handwriting
Headline
more
Horror
Ice Snow
Modern
Outline
Russian
Sci Fi
Script
Valentine
Alien
Animals
Army Stencil
Asian
Bitmap Pixel
Black Letter
Blurred
Brush
Celtic Irish
Chalk Crayon
Christmas
Computer
Disney
Distorted
Easter
Fantasy
Fixed Width
Graffiti
Greek Roman
Halloween
Italic
LCD
Medieval
Mexican
Movies Tv
Old English
Old School
Pointed
Retro
Rock Stone
Rounded
School
Scratched
Serif
Square
Trash
Typewriter
USA
Various
Western
English to English Dictionary ⇛
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Definition of taper
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of taper is as below...
Taper (n.) A small wax
candle;
a small
lighted
wax
candle;
hence,
a small
light..
Lern More About Taper
☛ Wiki Definition of Taper
☛ Wiki Article of Taper
☛ Google Meaning of Taper
☛ Google Search for Taper
Point
::
Point (n.)
Anything
which
tapers
to a
sharp,
well-defined
termination.
Specifically:
A small
promontory
or cape; a tract of land
extending
into the water
beyond
the
common
shore
line..
Vestlet
::
Vestlet
(n.) Any one of
several
species
of
actinians
belonging
to the genus
Cerianthus.
These
animals
have a long,
smooth
body
tapering
to the base, and two
separate
circles
of
tentacles
around
the
mouth.
They form a
tough,
flexible,
feltlike
tube with a
smooth
internal
lining,
in which they
dwell,
whence
the
name..
Pintail
::
Pintail
(n.) A
northern
duck
(Dafila
acuta),
native
of both
continents.
The adult male has a long,
tapering
tail.
Called
also gray duck,
piketail,
piket-tail,
spike-tail,
split-tail,
springtail,
sea
pheasant,
and gray
widgeon..
Taper
::
Taper (n.) A
tapering
form;
gradual
diminution
of
thickness
in an
elongated
object;
as, the taper of a
spire..
Pin-tailed
::
Pin-tailed
(a.)
Having
a
tapered
tail, with the
middle
feathers
longest;
-- said of
birds..
Cone
::
Cone (n.) A solid of the form
described
by the
revolution
of a
right-angled
triangle
about one of the sides
adjacent
to the right
angle;
--
called
also a right cone. More
generally,
any solid
having
a
vertical
point and
bounded
by a
surface
which is
described
by a
straight
line
always
passing
through
that
vertical
point;
a solid
having
a
circle
for its base and
tapering
to a point or
vertex..
Witch
::
Witch (n.) A cone of paper which is
placed
in a
vessel
of lard or other fat, and used as a
taper..
Horn
::
Horn (n.) An
incurved,
tapering
and
pointed
appendage
found in the
flowers
of the
milkweed
(Asclepias)..
Yard
::
Yard (v. i.) A long piece of
timber,
nearly
cylindrical,
tapering
toward
the ends, and
designed
to
support
and
extend
a
square
sail. A yard is
usually
hung by the
center
to the mast. See
Illust.
of
Ship..
Hag-taper
::
Hag-taper
(n.) The great
woolly
mullein
(Verbascum
Thapsus).
Graduate
::
Graduate
(v. i.) To
taper,
as the tail of
certain
birds..
Tapering
::
Tapering
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tape.
Rat-tailed
::
Rat-tailed
(a.)
Having
a long,
tapering
tail like that of a rat..
Torchwort
::
Torchwort
(n.) The
common
mullein,
the
stalks
of
which,
dipped
in suet,
anciently
served
for
torches.
Called
also
torch,
and
hig-taper..
Tatouay
::
Tatouay
(n.) An
armadillo
(Xenurus
unicinctus),
native
of the
tropical
parts of South
America.
It has about
thirteen
movable
bands
composed
of
small,
nearly
square,
scales.
The head is long; the tail is round and
tapered,
and
nearly
destitute
of
scales;
the claws of the fore feet are very
large.
Called
also
tatouary,
and
broad-banded
armadillo..
Club
::
Club (n.) A heavy staff of wood,
usually
tapering,
and
wielded
the hand; a
weapon;
a
cudgel..
Archaeopteryx
::
Archaeopteryx
(n.) A
fossil
bird, of the
Jurassic
period,
remarkable
for
having
a long
tapering
tail of many
vertebrae
with
feathers
along each side, and jaws armed with
teeth,
with other
reptilian
characteristics..
Spinet
::
Spinescent
(a.)
Becoming
hard and
thorny;
tapering
gradually
to a
rigid,
leafless
point;
armed with
spines..
Tapering
::
Tapering
(a.)
Becoming
gradually
smaller
toward
one end.
Graduated
::
Graduated
(a.)
Tapered;
-- said of a
bird's
tail when the outer
feathers
are
shortest,
and the
others
successively
longer..
Random Fonts
Most Popular
Privacy Policy
GDPR Policy
Terms & Conditions
Contact Us