…the hindmost part of an animal, especially when prolonged beyond the rest of the body, such as the flexible extension of the backbone in a vertebrate, the feathers at the hind end of a bird, or a terminal appendage in an insect…
…limitation of ownership, especially of an estate or title limited to a person and their direct descendants…
…the hindmost part of an animal, especially when prolonged beyond the rest of the body, such as the flexible extension of the backbone in a vertebrate, the feathers at the hind end of a bird, or a terminal appendage in an insect…
…the hindmost part of an animal, especially when prolonged beyond the rest of the body, such as the flexible extension of the backbone in a vertebrate, the feathers at the hind end of a bird, or a terminal appendage in an insect…
…a type of tenure in land with restrictions (entailments) regarding the line of heirs to whom it may be willed…
…(in retail and marketing) used to refer to the large number of products that sell in small quantities, as contrasted with the small number of best-selling products…
…a narrow hairless tail like that of a rat, or something that resembles one…
…a small metallic cuckoo wasp that is typically greenish-blue with an orange-red tip to the abdomen. Its larvae feed on the eggs and larvae of its host…
…gradually diminish in amount, strength, or intensity…
…a main spar of several making up the longitudinal framework carrying the tail of an aeroplane when not supported by the fuselage…
…a comb with a tapering tail or handle used in styling to lift, divide, or curl the hair…
…a fin at the posterior extremity of a fish’s body, typically continuous with the tail…
…gas produced in a refinery and not required for further processing…
…the limitation of the succession of property or title to male descendants…
…a fast-flowing stretch of a river or stream below a dam or watermill…
…(of a fish) move over the surface of water by propulsion with the tail…
…a white European tussock moth with a tuft of brown hairs on the tip of the abdomen. The caterpillars have severely irritant hairs that can produce an allergic reaction, overwinter in a communal web, and can be a pest of tree foliage…
…a plant with long, thin parts suggestive of cats' tails, in particular:…
…a Mediterranean grass with white silky flowering heads and woolly grey-green leaves…
…a widely distributed water plant with whorls of narrow leaves around a tall stout stem…
…a South American hummingbird with long racket-shaped tail feathers…
…the lower, typically curved, part of a shirt which comes below the waist…
…(in a bird’s tail) each of the smaller feathers covering the bases of the main feathers…
…a red light at the rear of a motor vehicle, train, or bicycle…
…a rhyme involving couplets, triplets, or stanzas, each with a tag or additional short line…
…an auxiliary rotor at the tail of a helicopter designed to counterbalance the torque of the main rotor…
…a backward movement of an aircraft from a vertical stalled position…
…a white tussock moth with a tuft of yellow hairs on the tip of the abdomen. The caterpillars have irritant hairs and can be a pest of fruit trees…
…the descending or south node of the moon’s orbit, used in drawing up an astrological chart…
…a North American bog plant with long tapering spikes of fragrant white flowers…
…insert the end of a beam, stone, or brick into (a wall)…
…(of vehicles) moving or standing close behind one another, especially in heavy traffic…
…a person or thing that brings up the rear in a group or formation…
…remove the top and bottom of (a fruit or vegetable) while preparing it as food…
…a rocky outcrop with a tapering ridge of glacial deposits extending to one side…
…drive extremely close behind another vehicle, typically while waiting for a chance to overtake…
…a kind of barley with bushy spikelets, sometimes cultivated as an ornamental grass…
