Phrase Hound found 3 phrases and 12 compound words that contain tams. The most common are listed below. Open tams in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 3
- qui tamsplural of qui tam: A writ whereby a private individual who assists a prosecution can receive all or part of any penalty imposed.
- tam-tamsplural of tam-tam: A flat gong (without knob) that is struck with a felt-covered hammer.
- nicky-tamsplural of nicky-tam: A pair of straps or pieces of string tied around the leg below the knee to raise trousers above the level of farmyard dirt.
Compound words 12
- bantamsplural of bantam: Any of several small chickens, especially of a breed that is a miniature version of another breed.
- lactamsplural of lactam: Any of a class of cyclic amides that are the nitrogen analogs of lactones, formed by heating amino acids; the tautomeric enol forms are known as lactims.
- bertamsplural of bertam: bertam palm
- Cottamsplural of Cottam: A surname.
- Gautamsplural of Gautam: A male given name from Sanskrit.
- kootamsplural of kootam: A clan forming part of a caste.
- michtamsplural of michtam: Any of the Psalms 16 and 56–60 in the Hebrew Bible.
- racetamsplural of racetam: Any of a class of nootropic drugs that share a pyrrolidone nucleus.
- sultamsplural of sultam: a cyclic sulfonamide in which the S-N bond is part of the ring
- Thottamsplural of Thottam: A surname from Malayalam.