Bryson•s Dictionary for Writers and Editors

tableau, pl. tableaux.
table d’hôte. Set meal at a fixed price.
Tt
tablespoonfuls.
tabula rasa. (Lat.) A blank slate, the mind at birth.
tachycardia. Abnormally fast heartbeat.
taffeta. Fabric.
tagliatelle. Type of pasta.
Taipei. Capital of Taiwan.
Taittinger champagne.
Taiwan. Formerly Formosa; officially the Republic of China, though
that title is seldom used outside Taiwan itself.
Tajik for the language, Tajikistani for something that is from or of
Tajikistan.
Taj Mahal. Celebrated mausoleum at Agra, India.
Takashimaya Company Limited. Leading Japanese retail group.
Takeshita, Noburu. (1924–2000) Japanese prime minister (1987–1989).
Taklimakan. Chinese desert.
Tale of a Tub, A. (Not The.) Satire by Jonathan Swift (1704).
Tales of Hoffmann, The. Opera by Jacques Offenbach (1881).
Taliban (or Taleban). Sunni Muslim insurgent force in Afghanistan.
Tallahassee. Capital of Florida.
Tallahatchie. River in Mississippi.
Tallinn. Capital of Estonia.
Talmud. Sacred Hebrew writings, the main body of laws for Judaism,
comprising two parts: the Mishna, containing the laws