Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 20
Tentiginous (a.) Lustful, or pertaining to lust. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Tentmaker (n.) One whose occupation it is to make tents. -- Acts xviii. 3.
Tentmaker (n.) Someone who makes or repairs tents.
Tentorium (n.) (Anat.) 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.
Tentorium (n.) (Anatomy) A fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum.
Tentory (n.) The awning or covering of a tent. [Obs.] -- Evelyn.
Tentwort (n.) (Bot.) 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. [R.]
Tenuifolious (a.) (Bot.) Having thin or narrow leaves.
Tenuious (a.) Rare or subtile; tenuous; -- opposed to dense. [Obs.] -- Glanvill.
Tenuirosters (n. pl. ) of Tenuiroster.
Tenuiroster (n.) (Zool.) One of the Tenuirostres.
Tenuirostral (a.) (Zool.) Thin-billed; -- applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming birds.
Tenuirostres (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) An artificial group of passerine birds having slender bills, as the humming birds.
Tenues (n. pl. ) of Tenuis.
Tenuis (n.) (Gr. Gram.) One of the three surd mutes [kappa], [pi], [tau]; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, [gamma], [beta], [delta], and their aspirates, [chi], [phi], [theta]. 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. -- Bacon.
Tenuity (n.) Poverty; indigence. [Obs.] -- Eikon Basilike.
Tenuity (n.) Refinement; delicacy.
Tenuity (n.) Relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope" [syn: thinness, tenuity, slenderness] [ant: thickness].
Tenuity (n.) A rarified quality; "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere" [syn: rarity, tenuity, low density].
Tenuity (n.) The quality of lacking intensity or substance; "a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: feebleness, tenuity].
Tenuous (a.) Thin; slender; small; minute.
Tenuous (a.) Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.
Tenuous (a.) Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument.
Tenuous (a.) Having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid."
Tenuous (a.) Very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread."
Tenuous (a.) Lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame" [syn: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin].
Tenure (n.) The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate.
That the tenure of estates might rest on equity, the Indian title to lands was in all cases to be quieted. -- Bancroft.
Tenure (n.) (Eng. Law) The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior.
Note: Tenure is inseparable from the idea of property in land, according to the theory of the English law; and this idea of tenure pervades, to a considerable extent, the law of real property in the United States, where the title to land is essentially allodial, and almost all lands are held in fee simple, not of a superior, but the whole right and title to the property being vested in the owner. Tenure, in general, then, is the particular manner of holding real estate, as by exclusive title or ownership, by fee simple, by fee tail, by courtesy, in dower, by copyhold, by lease, at will, etc.
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.
All that seems thine own, Held by the tenure of his will alone. -- Cowper.
Tenure by fee alms. (Law) See Frankalmoigne.
Tenure (n.) The term during which some position is held [syn: tenure, term of office, incumbency].
Tenure (n.) The right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands [syn: tenure, land tenure].
Tenure (v.) Give life-time employment to; "She was tenured after she published her book."
Tenure, () estates. The manner in which lands or tenements are holden.
Tenure, () According to the English law, all lands are held mediately or immediately from the king, as lord paramount and supreme proprietor of all the lands in the kingdom. Co. Litt. 1 b, 65 a; 2 Bl. Com. 105.
Tenure, () The idea of tenure; pervades, to a considerable degree, the law of real property in the several states; the title to land is essentially allodial, and every tenant in fee simple has an absolute and perfect title, yet in technical language, his estate is called an estate in fee simple, and the tenure free and common socage. 3 Kent, Com. 289, 290. In the states formed out of the North Western Territory, it seems that the doctrine of tenures is not in force, and that real estate is owned by an absolute and allodial title. This is owing to the wise provisions on this subject contained in the celebrated ordinance of 1787. Am. Jur. No. 21, p. 94, 5. In New York, 1 Rev. St. 718; Pennsylvania, 5 Rawle, R. 112; Connecticut, 1 Rev. L. 348 and Michigan, Mich. L. 393, feudal tenures have been abolished, and lands are held by allodial titles. South Carolina has adopted the statute, 12 C. II., c. 24, which established in England the tenure of free and common socage. 1 Brev. Dig. 136. Vide Wright on Tenures; Bro. h.t.; Treatises of Feuds and Tenures by Knight's service; 20 Vin Ab. 201; Com. Dig. h.t.; Bac. Ab. h. Thom. Co. Litt. Index, h.t.; Sulliv. Lect. Index, h.t.
Teocallis (n. pl. ) of Teocalli.
Teocalli
(n.)
[Mexican.] 古代墨西哥與中美洲的神廟；土墩 Literally, God's house; a temple, usually of pyramidal form, such
as were built by the aborigines of
And Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin. -- Longfellow.
Teosinte (n.) (Bot.) A large grass
({Euchlaena luxurians) closely related to maize. It is native of
Tepal (n.) (Bot.) A division of a perianth. [R.]
Tepal (n.) An undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lilies and tulips).
Tepee (n.) An Indian wigwam or tent.
Compare: Wigwam
Wigwam (n.) An Indian cabin or hut, usually of a conical form, and made of a framework of poles covered with hides, bark, or mats; -- called also tepee. [Sometimes written also weekwam.]
Very spacious was the wigwam, Made of deerskin dressed and whitened, With the gods of the Dacotahs Drawn and painted on its curtains. -- Longfellow.
Note: "The wigwam, or Indian house, of a circular or oval shape, was made of bark or mats laid over a framework of branches of trees stuck in the ground in such a manner as to converge at the top, where was a central aperture for the escape of smoke from the fire beneath. The better sort had also a lining of mats. For entrance and egress, two low openings were left on opposite sides, one or the other of which was closed with bark or mats, according to the direction of the wind." -- Palfrey.
Tepee (n.) A Native American tent; usually of conical shape [syn: tepee, tipi, teepee].
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. -- Goldsmith.
Tephramancy (n.) Divination by the ashes of the altar on which a victim had been consumed in sacrifice.
Tephrite (n.) (Geol.) An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both.
Tephroite (n.) (Min.) A silicate of manganese of an ash-gray color.
Tephrosia (n.) (Bot.) 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.
Note: The Tephrosia toxicaria is used in the West Indies and in Polynesia for stupefying fish. T. purpurea is used medicinally in the East Indies. T. Virginia is the goat's rue of the United States.
Tephrosia (n.) Genus of tropical and subtropical herbs or shrubs: hoary peas [syn: Tephrosia, genus Tephrosia].
Tepid (a.) Moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath; tepid rays; tepid vapors. -- Tep"id*ness, n.
Tepid (a.) Moderately warm; "he hates lukewarm coffee"; "tepid bath water" [syn: lukewarm, tepid].
Tepid (a.) Feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm; "a halfhearted effort"; "gave only lukewarm support to the candidate" [syn: halfhearted, half-hearted, tepid, lukewarm].
Tepidity (n.) The quality or state of being tepid; moderate warmth; lukewarmness; tepidness. -- Jer. Taylor.
Tepidity (n.) A warmness resembling the temperature of the skin [syn: lukewarmness, tepidity, tepidness]
Tepor (n.) Gentle heat; moderate warmth; tepidness. -- Arbuthnot.
Tequila (n.) An intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of Tequila, Mexico.
Tequila (n.) Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plant.
Ter- () A combining form from L. ter signifying three times, thrice. See Tri-, 2.
TER, () Typo3 Extension Repository (Typo3)
Teraconic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the distillation of terebic acid, and homologous with citraconic acid.
Teracrylic (a.) (Chem.) 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 (n. pl. ) of Teraph.
Teraph (n.) See Teraphim.
Compare: 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. -- Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.).
Teraphim, () Givers of prosperity, idols in human shape, large or small, analogous to the images of ancestors which were revered by the Romans. In order to deceive the guards sent by Saul to seize David, Michal his wife prepared one of the household teraphim, putting on it the goat's-hair cap worn by sleepers and invalids, and laid it in a bed, covering it with a mantle. She pointed it out to the soldiers, and alleged that David was confined to his bed by a sudden illness (1 Sam. 19:13-16). Thus she gained time for David's escape. It seems strange to read of teraphim, images of ancestors, preserved for superstitious purposes, being in the house of David. Probably they had been stealthily brought by Michal from her father's house. "Perhaps," says Bishop Wordsworth, "Saul, forsaken by God and possessed by the evil spirit, had resorted to teraphim (as he afterwards resorted to witchcraft); and God overruled evil for good, and made his very teraphim (by the hand of his own daughter) to be an instrument for David's escape.", Deane's David, p. 32. Josiah attempted to suppress this form of idolatry (2 Kings 23:24). The ephod and teraphim are mentioned together in Hos. 3:4. It has been supposed by some (Cheyne's Hosea) that the "ephod" here mentioned, and also in Judg. 8:24-27, was not the part of the sacerdotal dress so called (Ex. 28:6-14), but an image of Jehovah overlaid with gold or silver (comp. Judg. 17, 18; 1 Sam. 21:9; 23:6, 9; 30:7, 8), and is thus associated with the teraphim. (See THUMMIM.)
Teraphim, () Images; idols.
Compare: Terrapin
Terrapin (n.) [Probably of American Indian origin.] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written also terapin, terrapen, terrapene, turpen, and turapen.]
Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys scabra) of the Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys rugosa or Chrysemys rubriventris), native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also potter, slider, and redfender), and the diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin ({Malaclemmys palustris), are the most important American species.
The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
Alligator terrapin, The snapping turtle.
Mud terrapin, Any one of numerous species of American tortoises of the genus Cinosternon.
Painted terrapin, The painted turtle. See under Painted.
Speckled terrapin, A small fresh-water American terrapin ({Chelopus guttatus) having the carapace black with round yellow spots; -- called also spotted turtle.
Terrapin (n.) Any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water.
Terapin (n.) (Zool.) See Terrapin.
Teratical (a.) Wonderful; ominous; prodigious. [Obs.] -- Wollaston.
Teratogeny (n.) (Med.) The formation of monsters.
Teratoid (a.) Resembling a monster; abnormal; of a pathological growth, exceedingly complex or highly organized. -- S. D. Gross.
Teratological (a.) (Biol.) 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. [Obs.] -- Bailey.
Teratology (n.) The branch of biology concerned with the development of malformations or serious deviations from the normal type of organism.
Teratoma (n.) (Med.) A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle.
Teratoma (n.) A tumor consisting of a mixture of tissues not normally found at that site.
Terbic (a.) (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, terbium; also, designating certain of its compounds.
Terbium (n.) (Chem.) A rare metallic element, found in certain minerals, as gadolinite and samarskite, with other rare earths such as ytterbium. Symbol Tb. Atomic number 65. Atomic weight 158.925.
Terbium (n.) A metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite [syn: terbium, Tb, atomic number 65].
Terbium
Symbol: Tb
Atomic number: 65
Atomic weight: 158.924
Silvery metallic element belonging to the lanthanoids. Tb-159 is the only stable isotope, there are seventeen artificial isotopes. Discovered by G.G. Mosander in 1843.
Terce (n.) See Tierce.
Terce (n.) The third canonical hour; about 9 a.m. [syn: terce, tierce].
TERCE, () law of Scotland. A life-rent competent by law to widows who have not accepted of special provisions in the third part of the heritable subjects in which the husband died infeft.
TERCE, () The terce takes place only where the marriage has subsisted for a year and day, or where a child has been born alive of it. No terce is due out of lands in which the husband was not infeft, unless in case of a fraudulent omission. Cr. 423, Sec. 28; St. 2, 6, 16. The terce is not limited to lands, but extends to teinds, and to servitudes and other burdens affecting lands. Ersk. Pr. L. Scot. B. 2, t. 9, s. 26, 27; Burge on the Confl. of Laws, 429 to 435.
Tercel (n.) See Tiercel. Called also tarsel, tassel. -- Chaucer.
Tercel (n.) Male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon [syn: tiercel, tercel, tercelet].
Tercelet (n.) (Zool.) A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet. -- Chaucer.
Tercelet (n.) Male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon [syn: tiercel, tercel, tercelet].
Tercellene (n.) (Zool.) A small male hawk. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
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.
Tercentenary (n.) The 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn: tercentennial, tercentenary, triennial].
Tercet (n.) (Mus.) A triplet. -- Hiles.
Tercet (n.) (Poetry) A triplet; a group of three lines.
Tercet (n.) The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one [syn: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace].
Tercine (n.) (Bot.) 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.) (Chem.) Oil of turpentine. See Turpentine.
Compare: Turpentine
Turpentine (n.) A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree ({Pistacia Terebinthus), a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir.
Note: There are many varieties of turpentine. Chian turpentine is produced in small quantities by the turpentine tree ({Pistacia Terebinthus). Venice, Swiss, or larch turpentine, is obtained from Larix Europaea. It is a clear, colorless balsam, having a tendency to solidify. Canada turpentine, or Canada balsam, is the purest of all the pine turpentines (see under Balsam). The Carpathian and Hungarian varieties are derived from Pinus Cembra and Pinus Mugho. Carolina turpentine, the most abundant kind, comes from the long-leaved pine ({Pinus palustris). Strasburg turpentine is from the silver fir ({Abies pectinata).
Oil of turpentine (Chem.), A colorless oily hydrocarbon, C10H16, of a pleasant aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of crude turpentine. It is used in making varnishes, in medicine, etc. It is the type of the terpenes and is related to cymene. Called also terebenthene, terpene, etc.
Turpentine moth (Zool.), Any one of several species of small tortricid moths whose larvae eat the tender shoots of pine and fir trees, causing an exudation of pitch or resin.
Turpentine tree (Bot.), The terebinth tree, the original source of turpentine. See Turpentine, above.
Terebic (a.) (Chem.) 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.) (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid, C7H8O4, obtained as a white crystalline substance by a modified oxidation of terebic acid.
Terebinth (n.) (Bot.) The turpentine tree.
Terebinth (n.) A Mediterranean tree yielding Chian turpentine [syn: terebinth, Pistacia terebinthus].
Terebinth, () (R.V. marg. of Deut. 11:30, etc.), the Pistacia terebinthus of botanists; a tree very common in the south and east of Palestine. (See OAK.)
Terebinthic (a.) (Chem.) 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 (n. pl. ) of Terebra.
Terebrae (n. pl. ) of Terebra.
Terebra (n.) (Zool.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell.
Terebra (n.) (Zool.) The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.
Terebrant (a.) (Zool.) Boring, or adapted for boring; -- said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies.
Terebrantia (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) 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. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
Terebrating (a.) (Zool.) Boring; perforating; -- applied to molluskas which form holes in rocks, wood, etc.
Terebrating (a.) (Med.) Boring; piercing; -- applied to certain kinds of pain, especially to those of locomotor ataxia.
Terebration (n.) The act of terebrating, or boring. [R.] -- Bacon.
Terebratulae (n. pl. ) of Terebratula.
Terebratula (n.) (Zool.) 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.) (Zool.) Any species of Terebratula or allied genera. Used also adjectively.
Terebratuliform (a.) (Zool.) Having the general form of a terebratula shell.
Teredine (n.) (Zool.) A borer; the teredo.
Teredos (n. pl. ) of Teredo.
Teredines (n. pl. ) of Teredo.
Teredo (n.) (Zool.) 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 Appendix.
Teredo (n.) Typical shipworm.
Terephthalate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of terephthalic acid.
Terephthalic (a.) (Chem.) 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. [Obs.] -- Fotherby.
Terete (a.) Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of plants.
Terete (a.) Especially of plant parts; cylindrical and tapering.