taut¹ (obsolete taught) /töt/

1. Tightly drawn
2. Tense
3. (of a ship) in good condition

tautˈen transitive verb and intransitive verb

To tighten

tautˈly adverb

tautˈness noun

taut² or tawt /töt/ (Scot)

To mat, tangle

tautˈit adjective

tawtˈie or tattˈy adjective

taut- /töt-/ or tauto- /tö-tō-, tö-tə- or tö-to-/

Denoting the same

tautˈochrone /-krōn/ noun

(Gr chronos time) a curve such that a particle travelling along it under gravity reaches a fixed point in the same time, no matter where it starts

tautochˈronism noun

tautochˈronous adjective

tautologic /-lojˈ/ or tautologˈical adjective

tautologˈically adverb

tautolˈogism noun

tautolˈogist noun

tautolˈogize or tautolˈogise intransitive verb

To use tautology

tautolˈogous /-ə-gəs/ adjective

Tautological

tautolˈogously adverb

tautolˈogy noun

1. (Gr tautologia, from tautologos saying the same thing, from legein to say) use of words, esp as an error of style, that repeat something already implied in the same statement, etc, as in all at once she suddenly remembered
2. A statement that is necessarily always true (logic)

tautˈomer noun (chem)

(Gr meros part) a readily interconvertible isomer

tautomerˈic adjective

tautomˈerism noun

tautometˈric or tautometˈrical adjective

Exactly corresponding in arrangement of syllables

tautˈonym noun

(Gr onyma name) in a biological nomenclature, a taxonomic name in which the specific name repeats the generic

tautonˈymous adjective

tautonˈymy noun

tautophonˈic or tautophonˈical adjective

tautophˈony noun

(Gr phōnē sound) repetition of a sound

• cheapener
• cheapeners
• cheapening
• cheapens
• cheaper
• cheapest
• cheapie
• cheapies
• cheapish
• cheap-jack
• cheap Jack
• cheap-Jack
• cheap-jacks
• cheap John
• cheap labour
• cheaply
• cheapness
• cheapnesses
• cheapo
• chromos
• chromoscope
• chromoscopes
• chromosomal
• chromosomal aberration
• chromosome