All English words - page 3832

Meanings of Tragacanthin:

noun

Originally: a principal constituent of tragacanth and other gums, having the property of swelling in water (now disused). now: the water-soluble polysaccharide component of tragacanth.

Meanings of Tragal:

adjective

Of or relating to the tragus; located on the tragus.

Meanings of Tragedians:

noun

An actor who specializes in tragic roles.

Usage examples:

It reminded us that some of the zaniest players can play tragedy better than tragedians.

Meanings of Tragedienne:

noun

An actress who specializes in tragic roles.

Usage examples:

She was a glamorous loser, a musical comedy tragedienne, a mixture of frivolity and misfortune.

Meanings of Tragediennes:

noun

An actress who specializes in tragic roles.

Usage examples:

She was a glamorous loser, a musical comedy tragedienne, a mixture of frivolity and misfortune.

Meanings of Tragedies:

noun

An event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.

Usage examples:

A tragedy that killed 95 people

Meanings of Tragedist:

noun

Tragedian.

Meanings of Tragelaph:

noun

Any of various antelopes of sub-saharan africa constituting the genus tragelaphus, having spiral horns and white stripes or spots, and comprising the kudus, nyalas, bushbucks, and related forms.

Meanings of Tragelaphine:

adjective

Of or relating to a group of bovids of which the genus tragelaphus is typical, especially the subfamily tragelaphinae or (in later use) the tribe tragelaphini, which comprise chiefly large african antelopes of the genera tragelaphus and taurotragus (elands).

noun

A tragelaphine antelope.

Meanings of Tragicality:

noun

= tragicness .

Meanings of Tragically:

adverb

In a way that involves or causes extreme distress or sorrow.

Usage examples:

Jim was tragically killed in a plane crash

Meanings of Tragicly:

adverb

Tragically.

Meanings of Tragicness:

noun

Tragic nature, quality, or style. compare tragicalness , tragicality .

Meanings of Tragicomedies:

noun

A play or novel containing elements of both comedy and tragedy.

Usage examples:

It's like a romantic comedy written by beckett - a romantic tragicomedy - in which romance dies not…

Meanings of Tragicomedy:

noun

A play or novel containing elements of both comedy and tragedy.

Usage examples:

It's like a romantic comedy written by beckett - a romantic tragicomedy - in which romance dies not…

Meanings of Tragicomic:

adjective

(of a play or novel) containing elements of both comedy and tragedy.

Usage examples:

A tragicomic tale of a wealthy but lonely music lover

Meanings of Tragicomicality:

noun

Tragicomic quality; an instance of this.

Meanings of Tragopan:

noun

An asian pheasant of highland forests, the male of which has brightly coloured plumage used in courtship.

Usage examples:

Pheasants are generally thought to be comprised of three subfamilies: tragopaninae (tragopans), arg…

Meanings of Tragopans:

noun

An asian pheasant of highland forests, the male of which has brightly coloured plumage used in courtship.

Usage examples:

Pheasants are generally thought to be comprised of three subfamilies: tragopaninae (tragopans), arg…

Meanings of Tragopogon:

noun

Originally: either of two goat's beards, tragopogon pratensis and salsify, t. porrifolius. in later use also: any of the numerous herbaceous plants with yellow or purplish dandelion-like flowers constituting the genus tragopogon (family asteraceae (compositae)); (in form tragopogon) the genus itself.

Meanings of Tragule:

noun

A ruminant of the genus tragulus or (more widely) the family tragulidae, comprising the chevrotains or mouse deer.

Meanings of Traguline:

adjective

Originally: relating to or resembling the chevrotains or mouse deer (family tragulidae). in later use: specifically of or relating to the infraorder tragulina, which comprises the chevrotains and extinct relatives.

noun

A traguline ruminant.

Meanings of Traguloid:

adjective

Of or relating to the superfamily traguloidea, which comprises the chevrotains and extinct relatives.

noun

A traguloid ruminant.

Meanings of Tragus:

noun

A prominence on the inner side of the external ear, in front of and partly closing the passage to the organs of hearing.

Usage examples:

They are often united by a band of skin across the forehead, and a tragus is present (a fleshy lobe…

Meanings of Traiked:

verb

Walk wearily or reluctantly over a long distance.

Usage examples:

Groups traiked from event to event to vie for the prizes