| tard | They got the sack for being careless and tardy. |
| tardigrada | (n) in some classifications considered a separate phylum: microscopic arachnid-like invertebrates living in water or damp moss having 4 pairs of legs and instead of a mouth a pair of stylets or needlelike piercing organs connected with the pharynx, Syn. class Tardigrada |
| tardigrade | (n) an arthropod of the division Tardigrada |
| tardiness | (n) the quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time, Ant. punctuality |
| tardive | (adj) late-occurring (especially with reference to symptoms of a disease), Example: tardive dyskinesia |
| tardive dyskinesia | (n) involuntary rolling of the tongue and twitching of the face or trunk or limbs; often occurs in patients with Parkinsonism who are treated with phenothiazine |
| Tardation | n. [ L. tardatio, fr. tardare, tardatum, to retard, delay, fr. tardus slow. ] The act of retarding, or delaying; retardation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tardigrada | ‖n. pl. [ NL. See Tardigrade, a. ] |
| Tardigrade | n. (Zool.) One of the Tardigrada. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tardigrade | a. [ L. tardigradus; tardus slow + gradi to step: cf. F. tardigrade. ] |
| Tardigradous | a. Moving slowly; slow-paced. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tardily | adv. In a tardy manner; slowly. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tardiness | n. The quality or state of being tardy. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tarditation | n. Tardiness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] To instruct them to avoid all snares of tarditation, in the Lord's affairs. Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tardity | n. [ L. tarditas. ] Slowness; tardiness. [ R. ] Sir K. Digby. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tardo | ‖ n. [ Sp., slow, L. tardus. ] (Zool.) A sloth. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| tardiv; verspätet { adj } | tardive [Add to Longdo] |