Pronounced with an obstruction located in front of the palato-alveolar region of the mouth, e.g. b, p, d, t.
(of a part of a flower or leaf) Situated further away from the mainstem.
Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal.
Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding.
To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
To follow and observe surreptitiously.
To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
To pull or draw by the tail.
Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed.
All the last terms of a sequence, from some term on.
A downy or feathery appendage of certain achens, formed of the permanent elongated style.
Sexual intercourse.
Synonym of pigtail (“a short length of twisted electrical wire”)
A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
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.
The part of a distribution most distant from the mode; as, a long tail.
A filamentous projection on the tornal section of each hind wing of certain butterflies.
Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs.
One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
The penis of a person or animal.
A tailing.
The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
The distal tendon of a muscle.
The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
One who surreptitiously follows another.
The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.
The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
The lower order of batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
The stern; the back of the kayak.
The buttocks or backside.
An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.