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Taut :: Taut (a.) Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.

Tautologizing :: Tautologizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tautologiz.

Tautologist :: Tautologist (n.) One who uses tautological words or phrases.

Tautog :: Tautog (n.) An edible labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and moll..

Tautophonical :: Tautophonical (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, tautophony; repeating the same sound..

Timenoguy :: Timenoguy (n.) A rope carried taut between or over obstacles likely to engage or foul the running rigging in working a ship.

Tautophony :: Tautophony (n.) Repetition of the same sound.

Tautologize :: Tautologize (v. i.) To repeat the same thing in different words.

Wapp :: Wapp (n.) A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut.

Tautochronous :: Tautochronous (a.) Occupying the same time; pertaining to, or having the properties of, a tautochrone..

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out..

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..

Tautozonal :: Tautozonal (a.) Belonging to the same zone; as, tautozonal planes..

Taut :: Taut (a.) Snug; close; firm; secure.

Tautochrone :: Tautochrone (n.) A curved line, such that a heavy body, descending along it by the action of gravity, will always arrive at the lowest point in the same time, wherever in the curve it may begin to fall; as, an inverted cycloid with its base horizontal is a tautochrone..

Tautology :: Tautology (n.) A repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless repetition of an idea in different words or phrases; a representation of anything as the cause, condition, or consequence of itself, as in the following lines: --//The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,/And heavily in clouds brings on the day. Addison..

Tautoousious :: Tautoousious (a.) Having the same essence; being identically of the same nature.

Identical :: Identical (a.) Uttering sameness or the same truth; expressing in the predicate what is given, or obviously implied, in the subject; tautological..

Atrip :: Atrip (adv.) Sheeted home, hoisted taut up and ready for trimming; -- said of sails..

Tetaug :: Tetaug (n.) See Tautog.

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