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Taurine
n.
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A body occurring in small quantity in the juices of muscle, in the lungs, and elsewhere, but especially in the bile, where it is found as a component part of taurocholic acid, from which it can be prepared by decomposition of the acid. It crystallizes in colorless, regular six-sided prisms, and is especially characterized by containing both nitrogen and sulphur, being chemically amido-isethionic acid, C2H7NSO3.
Taurocholic
a.
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Pertaining to, or designating, a conjugate acid (called taurocholic acid) composed of taurine and cholic acid, present abundantly in human bile and in that of carnivora. It is exceedingly deliquescent, and hence appears generally as a thick, gummy mass, easily soluble in water and alcohol. It has a bitter taste.
Taurocol
n.
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Alt. of Taurocolla
Taurocolla
n.
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Glue made from a bull's hide.
Tauromachian
a.
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Of or pertaining to bullfights.
Tauromachy
n.
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Bullfighting.
Taurus
n.
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The Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of April; -- marked thus [/] in almanacs.
Taurus
n.
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A zodiacal constellation, containing the well-known clusters called the Pleiades and the Hyades, in the latter of which is situated the remarkably bright Aldebaran.
Taurus
n.
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A genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle.
Taurylic
a.
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Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found of a urine of neat cattle, and probably identical with cresol.
Taut
a.
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Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.
Taut
a.
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Snug; close; firm; secure.
Tautegorical
a.
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Expressing the same thing with different words; -- opposed to allegorical.
Tautochrone
n.
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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.
Tautochronous
a.
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Occupying the same time; pertaining to, or having the properties of, a tautochrone.
Tautog
n.
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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.
Tautologic
a.
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Tautological.
Tautological
a.
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Involving tautology; having the same signification; as, tautological expression.
Tautologist
n.
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One who uses tautological words or phrases.
Tautologized
imp. & p. p.
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of Tautologize
Tautologizing
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Tautologize
Tautologize
v. i.
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To repeat the same thing in different words.
Tautologous
a.
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Repeating the same thing in different words; tautological.
Tautology
n.
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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.
Tautomeric
a.
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Relating to, or characterized by, tautomerism.
Tautomerism
n.
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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.
Tautoousian
a.
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Alt. of Tautoousious
Tautoousious
a.
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Having the same essence; being identically of the same nature.
Tautophonical
a.
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Pertaining to, or characterized by, tautophony; repeating the same sound.
Tautophony
n.
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Repetition of the same sound.