Definition of tau

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Tau (n.) The common American toadfish; -- so called from a marking resembling the Greek letter tau (/).

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Animism :: Animism (n.) The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body..
Staunchness :: Staunchly () Alt. of Staunchnes.
Nip :: Nip (v. t.) To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt..
Tautophony :: Tautophony (n.) Repetition of the same sound.
Tetaug :: Tetaug (n.) See Tautog.
Stahlian :: Stahlian (a.) Pertaining to, or taught by, Stahl, a German physician and chemist of the 17th century; as, the Stahlian theory of phlogiston..
Tautologizing :: Tautologizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tautologiz.
Tauromachy :: Tauromachy (n.) Bullfighting.
Kutauss :: Kutauss (n.) The India civet (Viverra zibetha).
Indocile :: Indocile (a.) Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained, or disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull; intractable..
Tautomerism :: Tautomerism (n.) The condition, quality, or relation of metameric substances, or their respective derivatives, which are more or less interchangeable, according as one form or the other is the more stable. It is a special case of metamerism; thus, the lactam and the lactim compounds exhibit tautomerism..
Tauricornous :: Tauricornous (a.) Having horns like those of a bull.
Peripatetic :: Peripatetic (a.) Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers..
Expert :: Expert (a.) Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much practice; clever; skillful; as, an expert surgeon; expert in chess or archery..
Restaurant :: Restaurant (n.) An eating house.
Scurrile :: Scurrile (a.) Such as befits a buffoon or vulgar jester; grossly opprobrious or loudly jocose in language; scurrilous; as, scurrile taunts..
Tauriform :: Tauriform (a.) Having the form of a bull.
Confucianism :: Confucianism (n.) The political morality taught by Confucius and his disciples, which forms the basis of the Chinese jurisprudence and education. It can hardly be called a religion, as it does not inculcate the worship of any god..
Chersonese :: Chersonese (n.) A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea..
Indocible :: Indocible (a.) Incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable; unteachable; indocile..
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