taut 
(tôt)
(tôt)adj. taut·er, taut·est
1.
a. Pulled or drawn tight; not slack. See Synonyms at tight.
b. Flexed or not loose: taut muscles.
c. Strained or tense: taut nerves.
2.
a. Kept in good order; trim: a taut ship.
b. Marked by the efficient, sparing, or concise use of something, such as language or detail: a taut movie script.
[Middle English tohte, distended, perhaps ultimately from Old English togian, to drag; see TOW1.]
tautly adv.
tautness n.
- thermotactic
- thermotaxic
- thermotaxis
- thermotherapy
- thermotropic
- thermotropism
- -thermy
- theropod
- the royal road
- Thes.
- "the Sailor King."
- thesaurus
- "the Say Hey Kid."
- "the Scourge of the Gods."
- these
- Thesean
- these days
- "the Seraphic Doctor."
- Theseus
- the shirt off back
- the shirt off (one's) back
- the shirt off one's back
- the shoe is on the other foot
- the short end of the stick
- "the Silurist."