Tentiginous (a.) Lustful, or pertaining to lust.
Tentmaker (n.) One whose occupation it is to make tents.
Tentorium (n.) A fold of the dura mater which separates the cerebellum from the cerebrum and often incloses a process or plate of the skull called the bony tentorium.
Tentory (n.) The awning or covering of a tent.
Tentwort (n.) A kind of small fern, the wall rue. See under Wall.
Tenuated (imp. & p. p.) of Tenuate
Tenuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tenuate
Tenuate (v. t.) To make thin; to attenuate.
Tenuifolious (a.) Having thin or narrow leaves.
Tenuious (a.) Rare or subtile; tenuous; -- opposed to dense.
Tenuirosters (pl. ) of Tenuiroster
Tenuiroster (n.) One of the Tenuirostres.
Tenuirostral (a.) Thin-billed; -- applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming birds.
Tenuirostres (n. pl.) An artificial group of passerine birds having slender bills, as the humming birds.
Tenues (pl. ) of Tenuis
Tenuis (n.) One of the three surd mutes /, /, /; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, /, /, /, and their aspirates, /, /, /. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages.
Tenuity (n.) The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair.
Tenuity (n.) Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood.
Tenuity (n.) Poverty; indigence.
Tenuity (n.) Refinement; delicacy.
Tenuous (a.) Thin; slender; small; minute.
Tenuous (a.) Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.
Tenuous (a.) Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument.
Tenure (n.) The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate.
Tenure (n.) The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior.
Tenure (n.) The consideration, condition, or service which the occupier of land gives to his lord or superior for the use of his land.
Tenure (n.) Manner of holding, in general; as, in absolute governments, men hold their rights by a precarious tenure.
Teocallis (pl. ) of Teocalli
Teocalli (n.) Literally, God's house; a temple, usually of pyramidal form, such as were built by the aborigines of Mexico, Yucatan, etc.
Teosinte (n.) A large grass (Euchlaena luxurians) closely related to maize. It is native of Mexico and Central America, but is now cultivated for fodder in the Southern United States and in many warm countries. Called also Guatemala grass.
Tepal (n.) A division of a perianth.
Tepee (n.) An Indian wigwam or tent.
Tepefaction (n.) Act of tepefying.
Tepefied (imp. & p. p.) of Tepefy
Tepefying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tepefy
Tepefy (v. t. & i.) To make or become tepid, or moderately warm.
Tephramancy (n.) Divination by the ashes of the altar on which a victim had been consumed in sacrifice.
Tephrite (n.) An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both.
Tephroite (n.) A silicate of manganese of an ash-gray color.
Tephrosia (n.) A genus of leguminous shrubby plants and herbs, mostly found in tropical countries, a few herbaceous species being North American. The foliage is often ashy-pubescent, whence the name.
Tepid (a.) Moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath; tepid rays; tepid vapors.
Tepidity (n.) The quality or state of being tepid; moderate warmth; lukewarmness; tepidness.
Tepor (n.) Gentle heat; moderate warmth; tepidness.
Tequila (n.) An intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of Tequila, Mexico.
Ter- () A combining form from L. ter signifying three times, thrice. See Tri-, 2.
Teraconic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the distillation of terebic acid, and homologous with citraconic acid.
Teracrylic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylic series, obtained by the distillation of terpenylic acid, as an only substance having a peculiar cheesy odor.
Teraphs (pl. ) of Teraph
Teraph (n.) See Teraphim.
Teraphim (n. pl.) Images connected with the magical rites used by those Israelites who added corrupt practices to the patriarchal religion. Teraphim were consulted by the Israelites for oracular answers.
Terapin (n.) See Terrapin.
Teratical (a.) Wonderful; ominous; prodigious.
Teratogeny (n.) The formation of monsters.
Teratoid (a.) Resembling a monster; abnormal; of a pathological growth, exceedingly complex or highly organized.
Teratological (a.) Of or pertaining to teratology; as, teratological changes.
Teratology (n.) That branch of biological science which treats of monstrosities, malformations, or deviations from the normal type of structure, either in plants or animals.
Teratology (n.) Affectation of sublimity; bombast.
Teratoma (n.) A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle.
Terbic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, terbium; also, designating certain of its compounds.
Terbium (n.) A rare metallic element, of uncertain identification, supposed to exist in certain minerals, as gadolinite and samarskite, with other rare ytterbium earth. Symbol Tr or Tb. Atomic weight 150.
Terce (n.) See Tierce.
Tercel (n.) See Tiercel. Called also tarsel, tassel.
Tercelet (n.) A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet.
Tercellene (n.) A small male hawk.
Tercentenary (a.) Including, or relating to, an interval of three hundred years.
Tercentenary (n.) The three hundredth anniversary of any event; also, a celebration of such an anniversary.
Tercet (n.) A triplet.
Tercet (n.) A triplet; a group of three lines.
Tercine (n.) A cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule and surrounding the embryo sac. Cf. Quintine.
Terebate (n.) A salt of terebic acid.
Terebene (n.) A polymeric modification of terpene, obtained as a white crystalline camphorlike substance; -- called also camphene. By extension, any one of a group of related substances.
Terebenthene (n.) Oil of turpentine. See Turpentine.
Terebic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, terbenthene (oil of turpentine); specifically, designating an acid, C7H10O4, obtained by the oxidation of terbenthene with nitric acid, as a white crystalline substance.
Terebilenic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid, C7H8O4, obtained as a white crystalline substance by a modified oxidation of terebic acid.
Terebinth (n.) The turpentine tree.
Terebinthic (a.) Of or pertaining to turpentine; resembling turpentine; terbinthine; as, terbinthic qualities.
Terebinthinate (a.) Impregnating with the qualities of turpentine; terbinthine.
Terebinthine (a.) Of or pertaining to turpentine; consisting of turpentine, or partaking of its qualities.
Terebras (pl. ) of Terebra
Terebrae (pl. ) of Terebra
Terebra (n.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell.
Terebra (n.) The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.
Terebrant (a.) Boring, or adapted for boring; -- said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies.
Terebrantia (n. pl.) A division of Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the sawflies.
Terebrate (v. t.) To perforate; to bore; to pierce.
Terebrating (a.) Boring; perforating; -- applied to molluskas which form holes in rocks, wood, etc.
Terebrating (a.) Boring; piercing; -- applied to certain kinds of pain, especially to those of locomotor ataxia.
Terebration (n.) The act of terebrating, or boring.
Terebratulae (pl. ) of Terebratula
Terebratula (n.) A genus of brachiopods which includes many living and some fossil species. The larger valve has a perforated beak, through which projects a short peduncle for attachment. Called also lamp shell.
Terebratulid (n.) Any species of Terebratula or allied genera. Used also adjectively.
Terebratuliform (a.) Having the general form of a terebratula shell.
Teredine (n.) A borer; the teredo.
Teredos (pl. ) of Teredo
Teredines (pl. ) of Teredo
Teredo (n.) A genus of long, slender, wormlike bivalve mollusks which bore into submerged wood, such as the piles of wharves, bottoms of ships, etc.; -- called also shipworm. See Shipworm. See Illust. in App.
Terephthalate (n.) A salt of terephthalic acid.
Terephthalic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the aromatic series, metameric with phthalic acid, and obtained, as a tasteless white crystalline powder, by the oxidation of oil of turpentine; -- called also paraphthalic acid. Cf. Phthalic.
Teret (a.) Round; terete.
Terete (a.) Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of plants.