Tawny
Tawny, taw′ni, adj. of the colour of things tanned, a yellowish brown.—n. Taw′niness. [Fr. tanné, pa.p. of tanner, to tan.]
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Tawny, taw′ni, adj. of the colour of things tanned, a yellowish brown.—n. Taw′niness. [Fr. tanné, pa.p. of tanner, to tan.]
English · e-38700-4490Taws, Tawse, tawz, n. (Scot.) a leather strap, usually fringed at the end, for chastising children.
English · e-38700-4491 · brief source recordTax, taks, n. a rate imposed on property or persons for the benefit of the state: anything imposed: a burdensome duty.—v.t. to lay a tax on: to register or enrol for fiscal purposes (Luke ii. 1): to burden: to accuse: to
English · e-38700-4492Taxiarch, tak′si-ärk, n. the commander of an ancient Greek taxis or battalion.
English · e-38700-4493 · brief source recordTaxidermy, taks′i-dėr-mi, n. the art of preparing and stuffing the skins of animals.—adjs. Taxider′mal, Taxider′mic.—v.t. Tax′idermise.—n. Tax′idermist. [Fr.,—Gr. taxis, arrangement, derma, a skin.]
English · e-38700-4494Taximeter, tak-sim′e-tėr, n. an instrument attached to cabs for indicating the fare due for the distance travelled. Sometimes (but wrongly) called Taxameter. [Fr. taxe, price, and Gr. metron, measure.]
English · e-38700-10050Taxing, taks′ing, n. (Shak.) satire. [Tax.]
English · e-38700-4495 · brief source recordTaxis, tak′sis, n. (surg.) the art of putting parts in their natural place by means of pressure: orderly arrangement, classification: a brigade in an ancient Greek army.—ns. Taxol′ogy, the science of classification; Taxo
English · e-38700-4496Taxus, tak′sus, n. the yew genus of conifers.
English · e-38700-4497 · brief source recordTayo, ta′yō, n. a garment like an apron worn by South American Indians.
English · e-38700-4498 · brief source recordTazza, tat′sa, n. a shallow vessel mounted on a foot: a saucer-shaped bowl. [It.]
English · e-38700-4499 · brief source recordTchick, chik, n. a sound made by pressing the tongue against the roof of the mouth and then drawing it back quickly, as in urging a horse on.—v.i. to make such a sound. [Imit.]
English · e-38700-4500Te deum, tē dē′um, n. a famous Latin hymn of the Western Church, sung at the end of matins on all feasts except Innocents' Day, and on all Sundays except during penitential seasons—it begins with the words Te Deum Laudam
English · e-38700-4527Te Igitur, tē ij′i-tur, n. the first paragraph of the eucharistic canon in the Roman liturgy.
English · e-38700-4554 · brief source recordTea, tē, n. the dried leaves of a shrub in China, Japan, Assam, and Ceylon: an infusion of the leaves in boiling water: any vegetable infusion.—ns. Tea′-bread, light spongy bread or buns to be eaten with tea; Tea′-cadd′y
English · e-38700-4501Teach, tēch, v.t. to show: to impart knowledge to: to guide the studies of: to exhibit so as to impress upon the mind: to impart the knowledge of: to accustom: to counsel.—v.i. to practise giving instruction:—pa.t. and p
English · e-38700-4502Tead, tēd, n. (Spens.) a torch, a flambeau. [L. tæda.]
English · e-38700-4503 · brief source recordTeagle, tē′gl, n. (prov.) a hoist or lift. [Prob. a form of tackle.]
English · e-38700-4504 · brief source recordTeague, tēg, n. an Irishman.
English · e-38700-4505 · brief source recordTeak, tēk, n. a tree in the East Indies and Africa, also its wood, remarkable for its hardness and durability. [Malayalam tekka.]
English · e-38700-4506Teal, tēl, n. a web-footed water-fowl allied to the duck, but smaller. [Dut. teling, taling.]
English · e-38700-4507 · brief source recordTeam, tēm, n. a number of animals moving together or in order: two or more oxen or other animals harnessed to the same vehicle; a number of persons associated for doing anything conjointly, playing a game, &c.—v.t. to jo
English · e-38700-4508Teapoy, tē′poi, n. a small table for the tea-service, &c. [Hind. tīpāi—Pers. sīpāi.]
English · e-38700-4509 · brief source recordTear, tēr, n. a drop of the fluid secreted by the lachrymal gland, appearing in the eyes: anything like a tear.—ns. Tear′-drop, a tear; Tear′-duct, the lachrymal or nasal duct.—adjs. Tear′-fall′ing (Shak.), shedding tear
English · e-38700-4510Tear, tār, v.t. to draw asunder or separate with violence: to make a violent rent in: to lacerate.—v.i. to move or act with violence: to rage:—pa.t. tōre, (B.) tāre; pa.p. tōrn.—n. something torn, a rent: (slang) a spree
English · e-38700-4511Tease, tēz, v.t. to comb or card, as wool: to scratch, as cloth: to raise a nap: to vex with importunity, jests, &c.: to torment, irritate.—n. one who teases or torments.—n. Teas′er, one who teases out anything: the stok
English · e-38700-4512Teasel, tēz′l, n. a plant with large burs or heads covered with stiff, hooked awns, which are used in raising a nap on cloth—also Teaz′el, Teaz′le.—v.t. to raise a nap on with the teasel:—pr.p. teas′eling; pa.t. and pa.p
English · e-38700-4513Teat, tēt, n. the nipple of the female breast through which the young suck the milk.—adj. Teat′ed, mammiferous. [A.S. tit; cog. with Ger. zitze; or perh. through O. Fr. tete, from Teut.]
English · e-38700-4514Tebeth, teb′eth, n. the tenth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical, and fourth of the secular, year, corresponding to parts of December and January.
English · e-38700-4515Technic, -al, tek′nik, -al, adj. pertaining to art, esp. the useful arts: belonging to a particular art or profession.—n. Technical′ity, state or quality of being technical: that which is technical.—adv. Tech′nically.—ns
English · e-38700-4516Techy. See Tetchy.
English · e-38700-4517 · brief source recordTecnology, tek-nol′ō-ji, n. a treatise on children. [Gr. teknon, a child, logia, discourse.]
English · e-38700-4518 · brief source recordTectaria, tek-tā′ri-a, n. a genus of univalves with a turbinate or conic shell.—adjs. Tectibranch′iate, having the gills covered; Tec′tiform, roof-like: (entom.) ridged in the middle and sloping down on the sides. [L. te
English · e-38700-4519Tectology, tek-tol′ō-ji, n. structural morphology according to which an organism is regarded as composed of individuals of different orders.—adj. Tectolog′ical. [Gr. tektōn, a builder.]
English · e-38700-4520Tectonic, tek-ton′ik, adj. pertaining to building.—n.sing. and pl. Tecton′ics, building as an art: the shaping and ornamentation of furniture, weapons, &c. [Gr. tektōn, a builder.]
English · e-38700-4521Tectorial, tek-tō′ri-al, adj. covering.—n. Tectō′rium, a covering: the coverts of the wing or tail of birds taken collectively.
English · e-38700-4522Tectrices, tek-trī′sez, n.pl. wing or tail coverts of birds:—sing. Tec′trix.—adj. Tectri′cial.
English · e-38700-4523 · brief source recordTed, ted, v.t. to spread or turn, as new-mown grass, for drying:—pr.p. ted′ding; pa.t. and pa.p. ted′ded.—n. Ted′der, an implement for spreading hay. [Scand.; Ice. tedhja, spread manure.]
English · e-38700-4524Tede, Tead, tēd, n. (obs.) a torch. [L. tæda.]
English · e-38700-4525 · brief source recordTedesco, te-des′kō, adj. German. [It.]
English · e-38700-4526 · brief source recordTedious, tē′di-us, adj. wearisome: tiresome from length or slowness: irksome: slow.—n. Tedios′ity, tediousness.—adv. Tē′diously.—n. Tē′diousness. [L. tædiosus.]
English · e-38700-4528Tedium, tē′di-um, n. wearisomeness: irksomeness. [L. tædium—tædet, it wearies.]
English · e-38700-4529 · brief source recordTee, tē, n. a mark for quoits, curling-stones, &c.: (golf) the raised sand from which the ball is played at the commencement of each hole.—v.t. to place the golf-ball on this before striking off.
English · e-38700-4530Tee, tē, n. a finial in the form of a conventionalised umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indo-Chinese countries.
English · e-38700-4531 · brief source recordTee-tee, Titi, tē′tē, n. a South American squirrel-monkey.
English · e-38700-4541 · brief source recordTee-totum, tē-tō′tum, n. a toy like a small top, twirled by the fingers.
English · e-38700-4546 · brief source recordTeem, tēm, v.i. to bring forth or produce: to bear or be fruitful: to be pregnant: to be full or prolific.—n. Teem′er.—adjs. Teem′ful; Teem′ing; Teem′less, barren. [A.S. teám, offspring.]
English · e-38700-4532Teem, tēm, v.t. and v.i. to pour, empty.
English · e-38700-4533 · brief source recordTeen, tēn, n. (arch.) grief, affliction, injury. [A.S. teóna, reproach, injury.]
English · e-38700-4534 · brief source recordTeen, tēn, v.t. (Spens.) to excite, provoke. [A.S. týnan, to irritate, vex.]
English · e-38700-4535 · brief source recordTeen, tēn, v.t. (Spens.) to allot, bestow.
English · e-38700-4536 · brief source recordTeens, tēnz, n.pl. the years of one's age from thirteen to nineteen.
English · e-38700-4537 · brief source recordTeeny, tē′ni, adj. very small, tiny.
English · e-38700-4538 · brief source recordTeeny, tē′ni, adj. (prov.) peevish.
English · e-38700-4539 · brief source recordTeer, tēr, v.t. to stir, as a calico-printer's sieve.
English · e-38700-4540 · brief source recordTeeter, tē′ter, n. (U.S.) a see-saw.—v.i. to see-saw.
English · e-38700-4542 · brief source recordTeeth. See Tooth.
English · e-38700-4543 · brief source recordTeething, tēth′ing, n. the first growth of teeth, or the process by which they make their way through the gums.—v.i. Teethe, to grow or cut the teeth.
English · e-38700-4544Teetotaler, tē-tō′tal-ėr, n. one pledged to entire abstinence from intoxicating drinks.—adj. Teetō′tal.—n. Teetō′talism. [Prob. from a stammering pronunciation of the word Total by Richard Turner of Preston in 1833.]
English · e-38700-4545Teff, tef, n. an Abyssinian cereal-grass.
English · e-38700-4547 · brief source recordTegmen, teg′men, n. a covering: (bot.) the endopleura or inner coat of the seed: (anat.) the roof of the tympanic cavity of the ear: the covering of the posterior wing of some insects;—pl. Teg′mina.—adj. Teg′minal. [L.]
English · e-38700-4548Tegmentum, teg-men′tum, n. the scaly covering of the leaf-buds of deciduous trees.—adj. Tegmen′tal.
English · e-38700-4549 · brief source recordTegulated, teg-ū-lāt′ed, adj. composed of plates overlapping like tiles.—adj. Teg′ular.—adv. Teg′u-larly. [L. tegula, a tile—tegĕre, to cover.]
English · e-38700-4550Tegument, teg′ū-ment, n. an integument.—adjs. Tegumen′tal, Tegumen′tary. [L. tegumentum—tegĕre, to cover.]
English · e-38700-4551 · brief source recordTehee, tē′hē′, n. a laugh.—v.i. to titter. [Imit.]
English · e-38700-4552 · brief source recordTeian, Tean, tē′an, adj. pertaining to Teos in ancient Ionia, or to the poet Anacreon, a native.
English · e-38700-4553 · brief source recordTeil, tēl, n. the linden or lime tree: the terebinth. [O. Fr. teil—L. tilia.]
English · e-38700-4555 · brief source recordTeinds, tēndz, n.pl. the name given in Scotland to tithes, or, strictly, to that part of the estates of the laity which is liable to be assessed for the stipend of the clergy of the established church.
English · e-38700-4556Teinoscope, tī′nō-skōp, n. an optical instrument consisting of two prisms so combined as to correct the chromatic aberration.
English · e-38700-4557Teknonymy, tek-non′i-mi, n. the naming of the parent from the child.—adj. Teknon′ymous. [Gr. teknon, a child, onoma, a name.]
English · e-38700-4558Tela, tē′la, n. a tissue:—pl. Telæ (tē′lē).—adjs. Tē′lar, pertaining to a tela, web, or tissue; Telā′rian, spinning a web.—n. a spinning spider.—adj. Tel′ary, pertaining to a tela, woven, spun. [L.]
English · e-38700-4559Telamon, tel′a-mon, n. (archit.) a man's figure bearing an entablature. [Gr. telamōn, bearer.]
English · e-38700-4560 · brief source recordTelangiectasia, te-lan-ji-ek-tā′si-a, n. a dilation of the small arteries or capillaries—also Telangiec′tasis.—adj. Telangiectat′ic. [Gr. telos, the end, angeion, a vessel, ektasis, extension.]
English · e-38700-4561Telautograph, te-law′tō-graf, n. a writing or copying telegraph, invented by Elisha Gray, for reproducing writings at a distance. [Gr. tēle, far, autos, self, graphein, to write.]
English · e-38700-4562Teld, teld, (Spens.) told.
English · e-38700-4563 · brief source recordTeledu, tel′e-dōō, n. the stinking badger of Java.
English · e-38700-4564 · brief source recordTelega, tē-lā′ga, n. a Russian cart without springs.
English · e-38700-4565 · brief source recordTelegony, tel-eg′on-i, n. the transmitted influence of a male by whom a female has previously conceived upon her subsequent offspring by another male. [Gr. tēlē, at a distance, gonia, a begetting.]
English · e-38700-10051Telegram, tel′e-gram, n. a message sent by telegraph.—adj. Telegram′mic, pertaining to a telegram, brief, succinct. [Gr. tēle, at a distance, gramma, that which is written—graphein, to write.]
English · e-38700-4566Telegraph, tel′e-graf, n. an apparatus for transmitting intelligible messages to a distance, esp. by means of electricity.—v.t. to convey or announce by telegraph.—ns. Tel′egraph-cā′ble, a cable containing wires for tran
English · e-38700-4567Telekinesis, tel-ē-ki-nē′sis, n. the production of motion without contact, through supra-physical causes, beyond the range of the senses.—adj. Telekinet′ic. [Gr. tēle, far, kinēsis, movement.]
English · e-38700-4568Telemeter, tē-lem′e-tėr, n. an instrument for fixing distances in surveying, &c.—adj. Telemet′ric.—n. Telem′etry. [Gr. tēle, far, metron, measure.]
English · e-38700-4569Teleology, tel-e-ol′ō-ji, n. the doctrine of the final causes of things.—adjs. Teleolog′ic, -al.—adv. Teleolog′ically.—ns. Teleol′ogism; Teleol′ogist. [Gr. telos, issue, logos, a discourse.]
English · e-38700-4570Teleosaurus, tē-lē-ō-sawr′us, n. a genus of fossil saurians belonging to the Oolitic period.—adj. and n. Teleosau′rian. [Gr. teleios, perfect, sauros, a lizard.]
English · e-38700-4571Teleost, tel′ē-ost, adj. osseous.—n. an osseous fish—also Teleos′tean. [Gr. teleios, complete, osteon, bone.]
English · e-38700-4572 · brief source recordTelepathy, tel′ē-path-i, or tē-lep′a-thi, n. the supposed fact that communication is possible between mind and mind otherwise than through the known channels of the senses, as at a distance without external means.—adj. T
English · e-38700-4573Telepheme, tel′ē-fēm, n. a telephonic message. [Gr. tēle, far, phēmē, a saying.]
English · e-38700-4574 · brief source recordTelephone, tel′e-fōn, n. an instrument for reproducing sound at a distance over a conducting wire or cord, esp. by means of electricity.—v.t. and v.i. to communicate by telephone.—n. Tel′ephōner, one who uses a telephone
English · e-38700-4575Telephote, tel′ē-fōt, n. an instrument for reproducing images of objects at a distance by means of electricity.—ns. Telephō′tograph, a picture so produced; Telephotog′raphy, the art of producing such—still a dream of the
English · e-38700-4576Teleplastic, tel-ē-plas′tik, adj. pertaining to the materialisation of spiritualistic phenomena.—Also Telesomat′ic. [Gr. tēle, far, plassein, to form.]
English · e-38700-4577Telerpeton, tē-lėr′pe-ton, n. a remarkable genus of fossil reptiles of the Mesozoic period. [Gr. tēle, far, herpeton, a reptile.]
English · e-38700-4578Telescope, tel′e-skōp, n. an optical instrument for viewing objects at a distance.—v.t. to drive together so that one thing, as a railway-carriage in a collision, slides into another like the movable joints of a spyglass
English · e-38700-4579Telescriptor, tel′e-skrip-tor, n. a machine for the purpose of sending messages over telegraph wires so that they appear in the handwriting of the sender when received. [Gr. tēlē, at a distance, L. scriptum, scribere, to
English · e-38700-10052Teleseme, tel′ē-sēm, n. a system of electric signalling for the automatic transmission of different signals, in use in large hotels, for police alarms, &c. [Gr. tēle, far, sēma, a sign.]
English · e-38700-4580Telesia, tē-lē′si-a, n. the sapphire. [Gr. telesios, finishing—telos, the end.]
English · e-38700-4581 · brief source recordTelespectroscope, tel-ē-spek′trō-skōp, n. a combined astronomical telescope and spectroscope.
English · e-38700-4582 · brief source recordTelestereoscope, tel-ē-ster′ē-ō-skōp, n. an optical instrument presenting distant objects in relief.
English · e-38700-4583 · brief source recordTelestic, tē-les′tik, adj. pertaining to the final end. [Gr. telos, an end.]
English · e-38700-4584 · brief source recordTelestich, tel′ē-stik, n. a poem in which the final letters of the lines make a name.
English · e-38700-4585 · brief source recordTelethermograph, tel-ē-ther′mō-graf, n. a self-registering telethermometer.
English · e-38700-4586 · brief source recordTelethermometer, tel-ē-ther-mom′e-tėr, n. thermometer that records its temperature at a distance.
English · e-38700-4587 · brief source recordTeleutospore, tē-lū′tō-spōr, n. a thick-walled winter spore of the rust-fungi (Uredineæ), producing on germination a promycelium. [Gr. teleutē completion, spora, seed.]
English · e-38700-4588Telic, tel′ik; adj. denoting a final end or purpose.
English · e-38700-4589 · brief source recordTell, tel, v.t. to number or give an account of: to utter: to narrate: to disclose: to inform: to discern: to explain.—v.i. to give an account: to produce or take effect: to chat, gossip: to tell tales, play the informer
English · e-38700-4590Tellural, tel′ū-ral, adj. pertaining to the earth.
English · e-38700-4591 · brief source recordTellurium, te-lū′ri-um, n. an element by some classed as a metal, placed by others among the metalloids, brittle and crystalline, of high metallic lustre, bluish-white in colour, with close analogies to sulphur and selen
English · e-38700-4592Telotype, tel′ō-tīp, n. a printing electric telegraph: an automatically printed telegram.
English · e-38700-4593 · brief source recordTelpher, tel′fėr, adj. pertaining to a system of telpherage.—n. Tel′pherage, a term coined by Prof. Fleeming Jenkin for a system of electric traction developed on an absolute automatic block system, the presence of a tra
English · e-38700-4594Telson, tel′son, n. the last somite of the pleon or abdomen of certain crustaceans and arachnidans. [Gr. telson, a boundary.]
English · e-38700-4595Telugu, tel′ōō-gōō, n. the language spoken in the north-western portion of the Dravidian area inhabited by the Telingas.—Also Tel′oogoo.
English · e-38700-4596Temed, tēmd, adj. (Spens.) yoked in a team.
English · e-38700-4597 · brief source recordTemenos, tem′e-nos, n. a piece of land marked off from common uses and dedicated to a god, a precinct. [Gr.,—temnein, to cut off.]
English · e-38700-4598Temerity, te-mėr′i-ti, n. rashness: unreasonable contempt for danger.—adj. Temerā′rious (obs.), rash, reckless.—adv. Temerā′riously.—adj. Tem′erous, rash.—adv. Tem′erously. [Fr. témérité—L. temeritas—temere, by chance, r
English · e-38700-4599Temewise, tēm′wīz, adv. (Spens.) like a team.
English · e-38700-4600 · brief source recordTempean, tem-pē′an, adj. pertaining to, or resembling, Tempe, a valley in Thessaly, praised by the classic poets for its matchless beauty: beautiful: delightful.
English · e-38700-4601Temper, tem′pėr, v.t. to mix in due proportion: to modify by blending or mixture: to moderate: to soften: to bring to a proper degree of hardness and elasticity, as steel: to amend or adjust, as a false or imperfect conc
English · e-38700-4602Tempera, tem′pe-rä, n. (paint.) same as Distemper.
English · e-38700-4603 · brief source recordTemperament, tem′pėr-a-ment, n. state with respect to the predominance of any quality: internal constitution or state: disposition, one of the peculiarities of physical and mental organisation which to a certain extent i
English · e-38700-4604Temperance, tem′pėr-ans, n. moderation, esp. in the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions—in a narrower sense, moderation in the use of alcoholic liquors, and even entire abstinence from such.—Temperance hotel
English · e-38700-4605Temperate, tem′pėr-āt, adj. moderate in degree of any quality, esp. in the appetites and passions, self-restrained: calm: cool, mild, moderate in temperature: abstemious.—adv. Tem′perately.—n. Tem′perateness.—adj. Tem′pe
English · e-38700-4606Tempest, tem′pest, n. wind rushing with great velocity, usually with rain or snow: a violent storm: any violent commotion.—adjs. Tem′pest-beat′en; Tem′pest-tost (Shak.), driven about by storms; Tempes′tūous, resembling,
English · e-38700-4607Templar, tem′plar, n. one of a religious and military order founded in 1119 for the protection of the Holy Sepulchre and pilgrims going thither—extinguished, 1307-14, in one of the darkest tragedies of history: a student
English · e-38700-4608Template, tem′plāt, n. a mould in wood or metal, showing the outline or profile of mouldings, and from which the workmen execute the moulding.—Also Tem′plet. [Low L. templatus, vaulted—L. templum, a small timber.]
English · e-38700-4609Temple, tem′pl, n. an edifice erected to a deity or for religious purposes: a place of worship: in London, two inns of court, once occupied by the Knights Templars. [L. templum, prob. for temulum, a space marked out for
English · e-38700-4610Temple, tem′pl, n. the flat portion of either side of the head above the cheekbone.—adj. Tem′poral, pertaining to the temples. [O. Fr. temple—L. tempora, the temples, pl. of tempus, time.]
English · e-38700-4611Tempo, tem′pō, n. (mus.) time, relative rapidity of rhythm. [It.]
English · e-38700-4612 · brief source recordTemporal, tem′por-al, adj. pertaining to time, esp. to this life or world—opposed to eternal: worldly, secular, or civil—opposed to sacred or ecclesiastical.—n. Temporal′ity, what pertains to temporal welfare: (pl.) secu
English · e-38700-4613Tempt, temt, v.t. to put to trial: to test: to try to persuade, esp. to evil: to entice.—adj. Temp′table.—ns. Temp′tableness; Temptā′tion, act of tempting: state of being tempted: that which tempts: enticement to evil: t
English · e-38700-4614Temse, Tems, tems, n. a sieve.—v.t. to sift. [Cf. Dut. tems.]
English · e-38700-4615 · brief source recordTemulence, tem′ū-lens, n. intoxication—also Tem′ulency.—adj. Tem′ulent.—adv. Tem′ulently. [L. temulentus, drunk.]
English · e-38700-4616 · brief source recordTen, ten, adj. twice five.—n. a figure denoting ten units, as 10 or x.: a playing-card with ten spots: ten o'clock in the morning or evening.—n. Up′per-ten (see under Upper). [A.S. tén, tíen; Ger. zehn, W. deg, L. decem,
English · e-38700-4617Ten′ant-right, the customary right of the tenant to sit continuously at a reasonable rent, and to receive compensation for his interest from the incoming tenant, and for all permanent or unexhausted improvements from the
English · e-38700-4624Tenable, ten′a-bl, adj. capable of being retained, kept, or defended.—ns. Tenabil′ity, Ten′ableness, the state or quality of being tenable. [Fr. tenable, from tenir—L. tenēre, to hold.]
English · e-38700-4618Tenace, ten′ās, n. at whist, a holding of the first and third best cards (major tenace), or the second and fourth best cards (minor tenace), in a suit. [Fr.]
English · e-38700-4619Tenacious, tē-nā′shus, adj. retaining or holding fast: apt to stick: stubborn.—adv. Tenā′ciously.—ns. Tenā′ciousness, Tenac′ity, quality of being tenacious: the quality of bodies which makes them stick to others. [L. ten
English · e-38700-4620Tenaculum, tē-nak′ū-lum, n. a surgical hooked instrument for drawing out a divided blood-vessel to be tied.
English · e-38700-4621 · brief source recordTenaille, te-nāl′, n. (fort.) an outwork in the main ditch immediately in front of the curtain, of great use for protecting the ditch, covering the postern from the enemy's view, &c.—n. Tenaillon (te-nal′yon), a work to
English · e-38700-4622Tenant, ten′ant, n. one who holds or possesses land or property under another, the payments and services which he owes to his superior constituting his tenure: one who has, on certain conditions, temporary possession of
English · e-38700-4623Tench, tensh, n. a fresh-water fish, of the carp family, very tenacious of life. [O. Fr. tenche (Fr. tanche)—L. tinca.]
English · e-38700-4625 · brief source recordTend, tend, v.t. to accompany as assistant or protector: to take care of, to be attentive to, to wait upon so as to execute.—ns. Ten′dance (Spens.), state of expectation: (Shak.) act of waiting or tending, also persons a
English · e-38700-4626Tend, tend, v.i. to stretch, aim at, move, or incline in a certain direction: to be directed to any end or purpose: to contribute.—n. Ten′dency, direction, object, or result to which anything tends: inclination: drift. [
English · e-38700-4627Tender, ten′dėr, v.t. to stretch out or offer for acceptance, esp. to offer to supply certain commodities for a certain period at rates specified.—n. an offer or proposal, esp. of some service, also the paper containing
English · e-38700-4628Tender, ten′dėr, adj. soft, delicate: easily impressed or injured: not hardy: fragile: weak and feeble: easily moved to pity, love, &c.: careful not to injure (with of): unwilling to cause pain: apt to cause pain: pathet
English · e-38700-4629Tendon, ten′don, n. the white fibrous tissue reaching from the end of a muscle to bone or some other structure which is to serve as a fixed attachment for it, or which it is intended to move—funicular, as the long tendon
English · e-38700-4630Tendril, ten′dril, n. a slender, spiral shoot of a plant by which it attaches itself for support.—adj. clasping or climbing.—adj. Ten′drilled. [O. Fr. tendrillons, tendre—L. tener, tender.]
English · e-38700-4631Tenebrous, ten′e-brus, adj. dark: gloomy—also Ten′ebrose.—n.pl. Tenebræ (ten′e-brē), an office held by Roman Catholics on Good Friday and the preceding two days, consisting of the matins and lauds of the following day. D
English · e-38700-4632Tenement, ten′e-ment, n. anything held, or that may be held, by a tenant: a dwelling or habitation, or part of it, used by one family: one of a set of apartments in one building, each occupied by a separate family.—adjs.
English · e-38700-4633Tenendum, tē-nen′dum, n. that clause in a deed wherein the tenure of the land is defined and limited. [L., neut. of tenendus, ger. of tenēre, to hold.]
English · e-38700-4634Tenesmus, tē-nes′mus, n. the term applied in medicine to a straining and painful effort to relieve the bowels when no fæcal matter is present in the rectum, the effort being caused by some adjacent source of irritation.—
English · e-38700-4635Tenet, ten′et, n. any opinion, principle, or doctrine which a person holds or maintains as true. [L. tenet, he holds—tenēre, to hold.]
English · e-38700-4636Tenfold, ten′fōld, adj. ten times folded: ten times more.
English · e-38700-4637 · brief source recordTenioid=Tænioid.
English · e-38700-4638 · brief source recordTenné, te-nā′, n. (her.) an orange-brown tincture. [Tawny.]
English · e-38700-4639 · brief source recordTenner, ten′ėr, n. (slang) a ten-pound note.
English · e-38700-4640 · brief source recordTennis, ten′is, n. an ancient game for two to four persons, played with ball and rackets within a building specially constructed for the purpose: lawn-tennis (q.v.), a modern imitation of the former.—ns. Tenn′is-ball, a
English · e-38700-4641Tenon, ten′un, n. a projection at the end of a piece of wood inserted into the socket or mortise of another, to hold the two together.—v.t. to fit with tenons.—ns. Ten′oner, a machine for forming tenons; Ten′on-saw, a th
English · e-38700-4642Tenor, ten′ur, n. continuity of state: general run or currency: purport: the higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males: the part next above the bass in a vocal quartet: one who sings tenor.—adj.
English · e-38700-4643Tenpenny, ten′pen-i, adj. worth or sold at tenpence.
English · e-38700-4644 · brief source recordTenpins, ten′pinz, n. a game played in a bowling-alley, the aim being to bowl down ten pins set up at the far end.
English · e-38700-4645 · brief source recordTenrec, ten′rek, n. a genus of Insectivora, of one species, 12 to 16 inches long, with squat body and hardly any tail, found in Madagascar and Mauritius.—Also Tan′rec. [Malagasy.]
English · e-38700-4646Tense, tens, n. time in grammar, the form of a verb to indicate the time of the action. [O. Fr. tens (Fr. temps)—L. tempus, time.]
English · e-38700-4647Tense, tens, adj. strained to stiffness: rigid.—adv. Tense′ly.—ns. Tense′ness, state of being tense; Tensibil′ity, Tensil′ity, quality of being tensile.—adjs. Ten′sible, Ten′sile, capable of being stretched.—ns. Ten′sion
English · e-38700-4648Tenson, ten′son, n. a competition in verse between two troubadours before a tribunal of love, also a subdivision of the chanson composed at such.—Also Ten′zon. [Fr.,—L. tensio, a struggle.]
English · e-38700-4649Tent, tent, n. a portable lodge or shelter, generally of canvas stretched on poles: a plug or roll of lint used to dilate a wound or opening in the flesh—v.t. to probe: to keep open with a tent.—ns. Tent′-bed, a bed havi
English · e-38700-4650Tent, tent, n. a Spanish wine of a deep-red colour. [Sp. tinto, deep-coloured—L. tinctus, pa.p. of tingĕre, to dye.]
English · e-38700-4651 · brief source recordTent, tent, v.t. (Scot.) to take heed.—v.i. to be careful.—n. care, watchfulness. [Same as Intent.]
English · e-38700-4652 · brief source recordTentacle, ten′ta-kl, n. a thread-like organ of certain insects for feeling or motion.—adjs. Ten′tacled; Tentac′ūlar; Tentac′ūlate; Tentaculif′erous.—n. Tentac′ūlite, a genus of annulated tapering shells, found abundantly
English · e-38700-4653Tentation, ten-tā′shun, n. old form of temptation.
English · e-38700-4654 · brief source recordTentative, ten′ta-tiv, adj. trying: experimental.—n. any attempt, conjecture.—adv. Ten′tatively. [Fr.,—Late L.,—L. tentāre, to try—tendĕre, to stretch.]
English · e-38700-4655Tenter, ten′tėr, n. a machine for extending or stretching cloth on by hooks.—v.t. to stretch on hooks.—n. Ten′ter-hook, a sharp, hooked nail, anything that gives torture.—Be on tenter-hooks, to be on the stretch: to be i
English · e-38700-4656Tenter, ten′tėr, n. one who has charge of something.—adj. Ten′ty, attentive.
English · e-38700-4657 · brief source recordTenth, tenth, adj. the last of ten: next in order after the ninth.—n. one of ten equal parts.—adv. Tenth′ly, in the tenth place.
English · e-38700-4658Tentigo, ten-tī′gō, n. morbid lasciviousness.—adj. Tentig′inous.
English · e-38700-4659 · brief source recordTentorium, ten-tō′ri-um, n. a sheet of the dura mater stretched between the cerebrum and the cerebellum.—adj. Tentō′rial. [L., 'a tent'—tendĕre, to stretch.]
English · e-38700-4660Tenture, ten′tūr, n. hangings for walls.
English · e-38700-4661 · brief source recordTenuity, te-nū′i-ti, n. thinness: smallness of diameter: slenderness: rarity.—v.t. Ten′ūate, to make tenuous.—adj. Tenūiros′tral, slender-billed, as a bird of the Tenūiros′tres, a large division of passerine birds includ
English · e-38700-4662Tenure, ten′ūr, n. a general name for the conditions on which land is held by the persons who occupy and use it. [Fr. tenure—Low L. tenura—L. tenēre, to hold.]
English · e-38700-4663Tenuto, te-nōō′tō, adj. (mus.) sustained—opp. to Staccato. [It.]
English · e-38700-4664 · brief source recordTeocalli, te-ō-kal′li, n. one of the temples of the aborigines of Central America, which were erected on the top of a four-sided pyramid, and the remains of which are chiefly found in Mexico.
English · e-38700-4665Tepefy, tep′ē-fī, v.t. to make tepid or moderately warm:—pa.t. and pa.p. tep′efīed.—n. Tepefac′tion, act of making tepid or lukewarm. [L. tepefacĕre—tepēre, to be warm, facĕre, to make.]
English · e-38700-4666Tephrite, tef′rīt, n. a name applied to certain modern volcanic rocks.—adj. Tephrit′ic.—ns. Teph′ritoid, a variety of tephrite; Tephi′roite, a reddish silicate of manganese.
English · e-38700-4667Tephromancy, tef′rō-man-si, n. divination from the inspection of the ashes of a sacrifice.—Also Teph′ramancy. [Gr. tephra, ashes, manteia, divination.]
English · e-38700-4668Tepid, tep′id, adj. moderately warm: lukewarm.—ns. Tepidā′rium, an intermediate chamber in a Roman series of bathrooms, moderately hot: a boiler in which the water was heated: any room containing a warm bath; Tepid′ity,
English · e-38700-4669Ter, tėr, adv. thrice. [L.]
English · e-38700-4670 · brief source recordTeramorphous, ter-a-mor′fus, adj. monstrous in form or nature. [Gr. teras, a monster, morphē, form.]
English · e-38700-4671 · brief source recordTeraphim, ter′a-fim, n.pl. a Hebrew word of uncertain derivation, denoting a certain kind of images, idols, or household gods, of a human figure, associated with divination, and commonly used in the popular worship:—sing
English · e-38700-4672Teratology, ter-a-tol′ō-ji, n. the study of malformations or abnormal growths, animal or vegetable.—adj. Teratogen′ic, producing monsters.—n. Teratog′eny, the production of monsters.—adjs. Ter′atoid, monstrous; Teratolog
English · e-38700-4673Terbium, ter′bi-um, n. a rare metal found in certain yttrium minerals.—adj. Ter′bic.
English · e-38700-4674 · brief source recordTerce, tėrs, n. (Scots law) a widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property: the office of the third hour, which should be said between sunrise and n
English · e-38700-4675Tercel, tėrs′el, n. Same as Tiercel.
English · e-38700-4676 · brief source recordTercentenary, tėr-sen′te-nā-ri, adj. including or relating to an interval of three hundred years.—n. the 300th anniversary of anything.—adj. Tercenten′nial.
English · e-38700-4677Tercet, ter′set, n. a triplet.
English · e-38700-4678 · brief source recordTercine, ter′sin, n. (bot.) a layer of the primine coat of an ovule.
English · e-38700-4679 · brief source recordTerebene, ter′ē-bēn, n. a light-yellow liquid, obtained by treating oil of turpentine with sulphuric acid, used as a disinfectant.—adj. Tereb′ic, pertaining to turpentine.—n. Ter′ebinth, the turpentine-tree.—adj. Terebin
English · e-38700-4680Terebra, ter′ē-bra, n. a Roman engine for making a breach in a wall: the borer or ovipositor of various insects.—adj. Ter′ebrant.—n. a borer, a bore.—v.t. Ter′ebrāte, to bore.—adj. provided with a borer.—n. Terebrā′tion.
English · e-38700-4681Terebratula, ter-ē-brat′ū-la, n. a genus of deep-sea Brachiopods, from the form of the ventral valve of their shell termed Lamp-shells.—n. Terebrat′ulid, one of this genus.—adj. Terebrat′ūliform.—n. Terebrat′ulite, a fos
English · e-38700-4682Teredo, tē-rē′do, n. the ship-worm, a worm very destructive in boring into wood.—Also Ter′edine. [L.,—Gr. terēdōn, from teirein, to wear away.]
English · e-38700-4683Terek, ter′ek, n. a kind of sandpiper, of the genus Terē′kia.
English · e-38700-4684 · brief source recordTerentian, ter-en′shi-an, adj. pertaining to the Roman comic poet Terence, P. Terentius Afer (b. 195 B.C.).
English · e-38700-4685 · brief source recordTeres, tē′rēz, n. a terete muscle.—adjs. Terete′, cylindrical and tapering, columnar; Tereticau′date, round-tailed. [L. teres, terĕtis, smooth, terĕre, to rub.]
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