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Taoism
- noun - a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism
- philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events
- popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic
- religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu
Taoist
- adjective - an adherent of any branch of Taoism
- of or relating to the philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life
- of or relating to the popular Chinese religious system based on the teachings of Lao-tzu but including a pantheon of gods along with divination and magic; "Taoist temples"
Taotai
- - In China, an official at the head of the civil and military affairs of a circuit, which consists of two or more fu, or territorial departments; -- called also, by foreigners, intendant of circuit. Foreign consuls and commissioners associated with taotais as superintendants of trade at the treaty ports are ranked with the taotai.
Tapers
- noun - a convex shape that narrows toward a point
- a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
- diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"
- give a point to; "The candles are tapered"
- Grow gradually narrower.
- stick of wax with a wick in the middle
- the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
Tapeti
- - A small South American hare (Lepus Braziliensis).
Taping
- verb - a recording made on magnetic tape; "the several recordings were combined on a master tape"
- fasten or attach with tape; "tape the shipping label to the box"
- record on videotape
- register electronically; "They recorded her singing"
Tapirs
- noun - large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout
Tapish
- - To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one's self.
Tappan
- noun - United States abolitionist (1786-1865)
Tappas
- noun - a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark
- the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus