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tail
  1. The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.
  2. An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
  3. The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
  4. Specifically, the visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
  5. The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
  6. (statistics) The part of a distribution most distant from the mode; as, a long tail.
  7. One who surreptitiously follows another.
  8. (cricket) The last four or five batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
  9. (typography) The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
  10. (plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
  11. (mathematics) All the last terms of a sequence, from some term on.
  12. (now colloquial, chiefly US) The buttocks or backside.
  13. (kayaking) The stern; the back of the kayak.
  14. The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
  15. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
  16. (anatomy) The distal tendon of a muscle.
  17. A downy or feathery appendage of certain achens, formed of the permanent elongated style.
  18. (surgery) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; called also tailing.
  19. One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
  20. (nautical) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
  21. (music) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
  22. (mining) A tailing.
  23. (architecture) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
  24. (colloquial, dated) A tailcoat.
  25. Synonyms:
  26. Examples:
    1. “It's also possible that an Apatosaurus tail had a highly flexible extension, equivalent to a bullwhip's popper.”
      “Khadya, meanwhile, gathered the composure to lift her bow and fire a shot at the tail of the beast.”
      “The plane bounced twice as it touched down onto the runway, and he was forced back in his seat as the tail of the plane followed suit.”
tailing
  1. The act of following someone.
  2. (architecture) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
  3. (obsolete) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.
  4. A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “I noticed a suspicious tailing behind me as I walked home, which made me quicken my pace.”
tailer
  1. One who follows or tails surreptitiously, as an investigator.
  2. (nautical) A worker on a yacht, responsible for furling and setting the sails.
  3. (fishing) A large noose with a long handle intended to secure a fish's tail.
  4. (fishing) A fish bottom-feeding in shallow water with its tail out of the water.
  5. Examples:
    1. “The tailer, a species of bully employed to get rid of any dupe who, having discovered the swindle, returned to expose it.”
      “Prodessa distinguishes itself by delivering tailer made support to meet all your requirements.”
      “The office of lieutenant-governor was his until 1730, when he was succeeded by Lieutenant-governor tailer.”
tailgroup
  1. (organic chemistry) A relatively long aliphatic tail or backbone of a molecule such as a surfactant
  2. (mathematics) The group of instances at the tail (low end) of a distribution curve
tailender
  1. (cricket) One of the last four or five batsmen in the batting order, normally bowlers with limited batting ability; a member of the tail
  2. (sports) A member of the tail-end
  3. Examples:
    1. “That was like a tailender playing and missing at a Jimmy Anderson outswinger.”
      “He was also a hard-hitting tailender batsman who had six 50-run stands in Tests.”
      “England's No9 is international cricket's most analysed tailender ever since a nose-shattering encounter with a Varun Aaron bouncer last summer.”
tailings
  1. plural of tailing
  2. (mining) the waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; gangue, slimes
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “A convenient measure of the sloppiness of a tailings product can be made using the Atterberg Liquid Limit Apparatus.”
      “The mill produced a lead concentrate, a zinc concentrate, and pyritic tailings.”
      “These terra-cotta-colored walls are made of quarry tailings with cement and a little water added.”
tailcoat
  1. A formal evening jacket with an extended back panel; a dress coat.
  2. Any coat with similar tails.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “A penniless Fred, still in striped pants, tailcoat, and spats, hops a freight for New York, with Pop in tow.”
      “At the top of the stairs was another speaker with a pointy nose and impassive face, wearing a tailcoat and slacks.”
      “Almost simultaneously a four-horse carriage appeared at the opposite end of the street driven by a short, fat man in a tailcoat.”
tailcuff
  1. A cuff, attached to the tail, used to measure blood pressure in small animals.
tailwheel
  1. A wheel attached to the tail of an aircraft that supports it when on the ground
tailhead
  1. The root of the tail, where it joins the rump, in cattle.
tailedness
  1. (mathematics) The condition of a distribution in having a specified form of tail
taillessness
  1. The state or condition of being tailless; lack of a tail.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Manx Syndrome is a normally fatal defect caused by the so-called Manx gene, which causes the taillessness.”
      “Geneticists have determined that taillessness occurred as the result of a spontaneous mutation.”
      “There are several different mutations leading to various degrees of taillessness, to bobtails and to curly tails.”
tail
  1. (law) Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It's also possible that an Apatosaurus tail had a highly flexible extension, equivalent to a bullwhip's popper.”
      “Khadya, meanwhile, gathered the composure to lift her bow and fire a shot at the tail of the beast.”
      “The plane bounced twice as it touched down onto the runway, and he was forced back in his seat as the tail of the plane followed suit.”
tailfeather
  1. Any of the feathers of a bird's tail.
tailhole
  1. The anus of an animal, below its tail.
tailbeat
  1. The rhythmic beating of an animal's tail.
tailache
  1. A pain or ache in the tail.
tailblock
  1. (nautical) A block with a tail.
tails
  1. plural of tail
  2. (slang) Short for tailcoat.
  3. The side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar.
  4. (mining) tailings; waste
  5. Synonyms:
tailfeathers
  1. plural of tailfeather
tailblocks
  1. plural of tailblock
tailwheels
  1. plural of tailwheel
tailenders
  1. plural of tailender
  2. Examples:
    1. “In addition, this hints at the possibility that the tailenders scored faster than Pietersen!”
      “He had Kumble bowling in three spells even when he was getting wickets and bowling mingily but he cleverly held him back for a few overs to the tailenders.”
tailgroups
  1. plural of tailgroup
tailbeats
  1. plural of tailbeat
tailholes
  1. plural of tailhole
tailcoats
  1. plural of tailcoat
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Dresses swished by, accompanied by long black tailcoats and the faint scent of perfume.”
      “Swirling dresses, and powdered wigs adorned the ladies, and the men wore tailcoats of beautiful silk.”
      “They would never host an occasion of state that isn't white tie, in part because they know that so few Americans own their own tailcoats.”
tailcuffs
  1. plural of tailcuff
tailheads
  1. plural of tailhead
tailers
  1. plural of tailer
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