| helminthostachys | (n) one species: terrestrial fern of southeastern Asia and Australia, Syn. genus Helminthostachys |
| phyllostachys | (n) medium and large bamboos, Syn. genus Phyllostachys |
| stachyose | (n) a tetrasaccharide found in the tubers of the Chinese artichoke |
| stachys | (n) large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or shrubs; temperate eastern hemisphere; tropical Australasia, Syn. genus Stachys |
| tachycardia | (n) abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute) |
| tachyglossidae | (n) echidnas, Syn. family Tachyglossidae |
| tachyglossus | (n) type genus of the family Tachyglossidae, Syn. genus Tachyglossus |
| tachylite | (n) a basic or basalt glass |
| tachymeter | (n) a theodolite designed for rapid measurements, Syn. tacheometer |
| tachypleus | (n) a genus of Limulidae, Syn. genus Tachypleus |
| black bamboo | (n) small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black, Syn. Phyllostachys nigra, kuri-chiku |
| dense blazing star | (n) perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers; often cultivated for cut flowers, Syn. Liatris pycnostachya |
| fishpole bamboo | (n) small bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when young, Syn. hotei-chiku, Phyllostachys aurea, gosan-chiku |
| flowering fern | (n) Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds, Syn. Helminthostachys zeylanica |
| giant star grass | (n) perennial grass having stems 3 to 4 feet high; used especially in Africa and India for pasture and hay, Syn. Cynodon plectostachyum |
| giant timber bamboo | (n) large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely grown elsewhere, Syn. madake, Phyllostachys bambusoides, ku-chiku |
| hedge nettle | (n) perennial herb with an odorless rhizome widespread in moist places in northern hemisphere, Syn. Stachys palustris |
| hedge nettle | (n) foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome, Syn. dead nettle, Stachys sylvatica |
| prince's-feather | (n) tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal, Syn. Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, gentleman's-cane, red amaranth, prince's-plume, purple amaranth, Amaranthus cruentus |
| shorthand | (n) a method of writing rapidly, Syn. stenography, tachygraphy |
| western ragweed | (n) coarse perennial ragweed with creeping roots of dry barren lands of southwestern United States and Mexico, Syn. Ambrosia psilostachya, perennial ragweed |
| Tachydidaxy | n. [ Gr. tachy`s quick + di`daxis teaching. ] A short or rapid method of instructing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tachyglossa | ‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. tachy`s quick + glw^ssa tongue. ] (Zool.) A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tachygraph | n. An example of tachygraphy; esp., an ancient Greek or Roman tachygraphic manuscript. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Tachygrapher | n. [ Gr. &unr_; a fast writer. ] One who writes shorthand; a stenographer; esp., an ancient Greek or Roman notary. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Tachygraphical | { } a. [ Cf. F. tachygraphique. ] Of or pertaining to tachygraphy; written in shorthand. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Tachygraphic |
| Tachygraphy | n. [ Gr. tachy`s quick + -graphy: cf. F. tachygraphie. ] The art or practice of rapid writing; shorthand writing; stenography. I. Taylor (The Alphabet). [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tachylyte | n. [ Gr. tachy`s quick + ly`ein to dissolve. ] (Min.) A vitreous form of basalt; -- so called because decomposable by acids and readily fusible. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tachymeter | n. [ Tachy- + -meter. ] 1. (Surveying) An instrument, esp. a transit or theodolite with stadia wires, for determining quickly the distances, bearings, and elevations of distant objects. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] 2. A speed indicator; a tachometer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Tachymetry | n. The science or use of the tachymeter. -- Ta`chy*met"ric a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
| Tachyscope | n. [ Gr. tachy`s quick + -scope. ] An early form of animated-picture machine, devised in 1889 by Otto Anschütz of Berlin, in which the chronophotographs were mounted upon the periphery of a rotating wheel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| 鸊鷉(oK) | [かいつぶり;カイツブリ, kaitsuburi ; kaitsuburi] (n) (1) (uk) little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis); (2) grebe (any waterbird of family Podicipedidae) [Add to Longdo] |
| タキオン | [takion] (n) tachyon [Add to Longdo] |
| タキメーター | [takime-ta-] (n) tachymeter [Add to Longdo] |
| ハリモグラ科 | [ハリモグラか, harimogura ka] (n) Tachyglossidae [Add to Longdo] |
| 幹竹;乾竹 | [からたけ;カラタケ, karatake ; karatake] (n) (1) (uk) (See 真竹) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (2) (See 淡竹) Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis) [Add to Longdo] |
| 岩蓮華 | [いわれんげ;イワレンゲ, iwarenge ; iwarenge] (n) (uk) Chinese dunce cap (species of succulent plant, Orostachys iwarenge) [Add to Longdo] |
| 金蛇;蛇舅母 | [かなへび;カナヘビ, kanahebi ; kanahebi] (n) (uk) lacertid (any lizard of family Lacertidae, esp. the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides) [Add to Longdo] |
| 苦竹 | [にがたけ;くちく, nigatake ; kuchiku] (n) (1) (See 真竹) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (2) (にがたけ only) (See 女竹) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii) [Add to Longdo] |
| 呉竹 | [くれたけ;クレタケ, kuretake ; kuretake] (n) (uk) (See ハチク) Alternative name for henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis) [Add to Longdo] |
| 真竹 | [まだけ;マダケ, madake ; madake] (n) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake [Add to Longdo] |
| 針土竜 | [はりもぐら;ハリモグラ, harimogura ; harimogura] (n) (uk) short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossidae spp.); spiny anteater [Add to Longdo] |
| 川竹;河竹 | [かわたけ, kawatake] (n) (1) bamboo growing along a river bank; (2) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (3) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (4) (arch) (id) prostitute; the life of a prostitute [Add to Longdo] |
| 草石蚕 | [ちょろぎ;ちょうろぎ;チョロギ, chorogi ; chourogi ; chorogi] (n) (uk) Chinese artichoke (Stachys sieboldii); Japanese artichoke; chorogi [Add to Longdo] |
| 淡竹 | [はちく;ハチク, hachiku ; hachiku] (n) (uk) Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis) [Add to Longdo] |
| 白菅 | [しらすげ;シラスゲ, shirasuge ; shirasuge] (n) (uk) Carex alopecuroides var. chlorostachya (species of sedge) [Add to Longdo] |
| 頻脈 | [ひんみゃく, hinmyaku] (n, adj-no) tachycardia [Add to Longdo] |
| 孟宗竹 | [もうそうちく;もうそうだけ;モウソウチク;モウソウダケ, mousouchiku ; mousoudake ; mousouchiku ; mousoudake] (n) (uk) moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots [Add to Longdo] |
| 木五倍子;木付子 | [きぶし;キブシ, kibushi ; kibushi] (n) early spiketail (species of flowering plant, Stachyurus praecox) [Add to Longdo] |
| 鳰鳥 | [におどり;みおどり, niodori ; miodori] (n) (arch) (See カイツブリ) little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) [Add to Longdo] |
