Tell (v. i.) To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells.
Tell (n.) That which is told; tale; account.
Tell (n.) A hill or mound.
Tellable (a.) Capable of being told.
Tellen (n.) Any species of Tellina.
Teller (n.) One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or describer.
Teller (n.) One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay moneys payable by the king.
Teller (n.) An officer of a bank who receives and counts over money paid in, and pays money out on checks.
Teller (n.) One who is appointed to count the votes given in a legislative body, public meeting, assembly, etc.
Tellership (n.) The office or employment of a teller.
Tellina (n.) A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells.
Telling (a.) Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech.
Telltale (a.) Telling tales; babbling.
Telltale (n.) One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress.
Telltale (n.) A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected with the bellows of an organ, that gives notice, by its position, when the wind is exhausted.
Telltale (n.) A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.
Telltale (n.) A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course.
Telltale (n.) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.
Telltale (n.) The tattler. See Tattler.
Tellural (a.) Of or pertaining to the earth.
Tellurate (n.) A salt of telluric acid.
Telluret (n.) A telluride.
Tellureted (n.) Combined or impregnated with tellurium; tellurized.
Tellurhydric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen telluride, which is regarded as an acid, especially when in solution.
Tellurian (a.) Of or pertaining to the earth.
Tellurian (n.) A dweller on the earth.
Tellurian (n.) An instrument for showing the operation of the causes which produce the succession of day and night, and the changes of the seasons.
Telluric (a.) Of or pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth.
Telluric (a.) Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or resembling, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with tellurous compounds; as, telluric acid, which is analogous to sulphuric acid.
Telluride (n.) A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; -- formerly called telluret.
Tellurism (n.) An hypothesis of animal magnetism propounded by Dr. Keiser, in Germany, in which the phenomena are ascribed to the agency of a telluric spirit or influence.
Tellurite (n.) A salt of tellurous acid.
Tellurite (n.) Oxide of tellurium. It occurs sparingly in tufts of white or yellowish crystals.
Tellurium (n.) A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and selenium, occasionally found native as a substance of a silver-white metallic luster, but usually combined with metals, as with gold and silver in the mineral sylvanite, with mercury in Coloradoite, etc. Symbol Te. Atomic weight 125.2.
Tellurize (v. t.) To impregnate with, or to subject to the action of, tellurium; -- chiefly used adjectively in the past participle; as, tellurized ores.
Tellurous (a.) Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or containing, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with telluric compounds; as, tellurous acid, which is analogous to sulphurous acid.
Telodynamic (a.) Relating to a system for transmitting power to a distance by means of swiftly moving ropes or cables driving grooved pulleys of large diameter.
Teloogoo (n.) See Telugu.
Telotrochae (pl. ) of Telotrocha
Telotrocha (n.) An annelid larva having telotrochal bands of cilia.
Telotrochal (a.) Alt. of Telotrochous
Telotrochous (a.) Having both a preoral and a posterior band of cilla; -- applied to the larvae of certain annelids.
Telotype (n.) An electric telegraph which prints the messages in letters and not in signs.
Telpher (n.) A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.
Telpherage (n.) The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.
Telsons (pl. ) of Telson
Telson (n.) The terminal joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomen of Crustacea and other articulates. See Thoracostraca.
Telugu (n.) A Darvidian language spoken in the northern parts of the Madras presidency. In extent of use it is the next language after Hindustani (in its various forms) and Bengali.
Telugu (n.) One of the people speaking the Telugu language.
Telugu (a.) Of or pertaining to the Telugu language, or the Telugus.
Temerarious (a.) Unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; rash; headstrong; audacious; reckless; heedless.
Temeration (n.) Temerity.
Temerity (n.) Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as, the temerity of a commander in war.
Temerous (a.) Temerarious.
Tempean (a.) Of or pertaining to Temple, a valley in Thessaly, celebrated by Greek poets on account of its beautiful scenery; resembling Temple; hence, beautiful; delightful; charming.
Tempered (imp. & p. p.) of Temper
Tempering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Temper
Temper (v. t.) To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm.
Temper (v. t.) To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.
Temper (v. t.) To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel.
Temper (v. t.) To govern; to manage.
Temper (v. t.) To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.
Temper (v. t.) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
Temper (n.) The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar.
Temper (n.) Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.
Temper (n.) Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper.
Temper (n.) Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as, to keep one's temper.
Temper (n.) Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; -- in a reproachful sense.
Temper (n.) The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling; as, the temper of iron or steel.
Temper (n.) Middle state or course; mean; medium.
Temper (n.) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
Temper (v. i.) To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity.
Temper (v. i.) To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable.
Tempera (n.) A mode or process of painting; distemper.
Temperable (a.) Capable of being tempered.
Temperament (v. t.) Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.
Temperament (v. t.) Due mixture of qualities; a condition brought about by mutual compromises or concessions.
Temperament (v. t.) The act of tempering or modifying; adjustment, as of clashing rules, interests, passions, or the like; also, the means by which such adjustment is effected.
Temperament (v. t.) Condition with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
Temperament (v. t.) A system of compromises in the tuning of organs, pianofortes, and the like, whereby the tones generated with the vibrations of a ground tone are mutually modified and in part canceled, until their number reduced to the actual practicable scale of twelve tones to the octave. This scale, although in so far artificial, is yet closely suggestive of its origin in nature, and this system of tuning, although not mathematically true, yet satisfies the ear, while it has the convenience that the same twelve fixed tones answer for every key or scale, C/ becoming identical with D/, and so on.
Temperament (v. t.) The peculiar physical and mental character of an individual, in olden times erroneously supposed to be due to individual variation in the relations and proportions of the constituent parts of the body, especially of the fluids, as the bile, blood, lymph, etc. Hence the phrases, bilious or choleric temperament, sanguine temperament, etc., implying a predominance of one of these fluids and a corresponding influence on the temperament.
Temperamental (a.) Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional.
Temperance (v. t.) Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.
Temperance (v. t.) Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
Temperance (v. t.) State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
Temperancy (n.) Temperance.
Temperate (v. t.) Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
Temperate (v. t.) Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language.
Temperate (v. t.) Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.
Temperate (v. t.) Proceeding from temperance.
Temperate (v. t.) To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
Temperately (adv.) In a temperate manner.
Temperateness (n.) The quality or state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance.
Temperative (a.) Having power to temper.
Temperature (n.) Constitution; state; degree of any quality.
Temperature (n.) Freedom from passion; moderation.
Temperature (n.) Condition with respect to heat or cold, especially as indicated by the sensation produced, or by the thermometer or pyrometer; degree of heat or cold; as, the temperature of the air; high temperature; low temperature; temperature of freezing or of boiling.
Temperature (n.) Mixture; compound.
Tempered (a.) Brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having (such) a temper; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered or bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword.
Temperer (n.) One who, or that which, tempers; specifically, a machine in which lime, cement, stone, etc., are mixed with water.