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Take-Up
- noun - any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom); "a take-up that winds photographic film on a spool"
- the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in
Takelma
- noun - a member of a North American Indian people of southwestern Oregon
- a Penutian language spoken by the Takelma
Takeoff
- noun - a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- a departure; especially of airplanes
- humorous or satirical mimicry
- the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne
Takeout
- adjective - (bridge) a bid that asks your partner to bid another suit
- of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises; "takeout pizza"; "the takeout counter"; "`take-away' is chiefly British"
- prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises; "in England they call takeout food `takeaway'"
Taleban
- noun - a fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government; "the Taliban enforced a strict Muslim code of behavior"
Talents
- noun - (someone who has) a natural ability to be good at something, especially without being taught
- a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity
- A variable unit of weight and money used in ancient Greece, Rome, and the Middle East.
- natural abilities or qualities
Tapered
- verb - becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs"
- diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"
- give a point to; "The candles are tapered"
Tapetum
- - An area in the pigmented layer of the choroid coat of the eye in many animals, which has an iridescent or metallic luster and helps to make the eye visible in the dark. Sometimes applied to the whole layer of pigmented epithelium of the choroid.
Tarente
- - A harmless lizard of the Gecko family (Platydactylus Mauritianicus) found in Southern Europe and adjacent countries, especially among old walls and ruins.