Tartar¹ /tärˈtər/

1. A Tatar
2. The Turkic language spoken by the Tatars
3. (without cap) a formidable, rough, unmanageable or ferocious person
4. (without cap) a person who unexpectedly turns the tables on his or her assailant

Of or relating to the Tatars or their language

Tartarian /-tāˈri-ən/ noun and adjective

Tartar, Tatar

Tartaric /-tarˈik/ adjective

Of the Tartars

Tarˈtarly adjective

1. Like a Tartar
2. (without cap) ferocious

Tarˈtary noun

Tatary (qv under Tatar)

Tartarian lamb noun

Barometz

tartar /tärˈtər/

1. Recrystallized and partially purified argol, chiefly acid potassium tartrate (with calcium tartrate, etc)
2. A deposit of calcium phosphate and other matter on the teeth

tartareous /-tāˈri-əs/ adjective

1. Of or like tartar
2. With rough crumbly surface (botany)

tartaric /tär-tarˈik/ adjective

Of or derived from tartar (tartaric acid, C₄H₆O₆, prepared from argol or found naturally in plants and fruit)

tartarizāˈtion or tartarisāˈtion noun

tarˈtarize or tarˈtarise transitive verb

To treat, mix or combine with tartar

tarˈtrate noun

A salt of tartaric acid

tarˈtrazine /-zēn/ noun

A yellow dye used in textiles, food and drugs

tartar emetic noun

A compound of potassium, antimony, carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, used in dyeing and in medicine

cream of tartar

Purified argol, used in baking powder, etc

Tartarus /tärˈtə-rəs/

1. In Homer, a deep and sunless abyss, as far below Hades as earth is below heaven
2. A place for the punishment of evil-doers in Hades
3. Hell

—Also (Spenser and Shakesp) Tarˈtar, and (Spenser) Tarˈtare, Tarˈtarie and Tarˈtary

Tartarean /-tāˈri-ən/ adjective

• ligulifloral
• liguloid
• Liguorian
• ligure
• ligures
• Li-ion battery
• likability
• likable
• likableness
• likably
• -like
• like
• like a bat out of hell
• likeability
• like a bird
• likeable
• likeableness
• likeably
• like a cat on a hot tin roof
• like a cat on hot bricks
• like a charm
• like a dog's dinner
• like a dose of salts
• like a dying duck
• like a headless chicken