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Tellureted

Combined or impregnated with tellurium; tellurized.

Tellurhydric

Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen telluride, which is regarded as an acid, especially when in solution.

Telluric

Of or pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth.

Telluride

A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; -- formerly called telluret.

Tellurism

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.

Tellurium

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

To impregnate with, or to subject to the action of, tellurium; -- chiefly used adjectively in the past participle; as, tellurized ores.

Tellurous

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

Relating to a system for transmitting power to a distance by means of swiftly moving ropes or cables driving grooved pulleys of large diameter.

Telotrocha

An annelid larva having telotrochal bands of cilia.

Telotrochous Telotrochal

Having both a preoral and a posterior band of cilla; -- applied to the larvae of certain annelids.

Telotype

An electric telegraph which prints the messages in letters and not in signs.

Telpher

A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.

Telpherage

The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.

Telson

The terminal joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomen of Crustacea and other articulates. See Thoracostraca.

Telugu

Of or pertaining to the Telugu language, or the Telugus.

Temerarious

Unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; rash; headstrong; audacious; reckless; heedless.

Temerity

Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as, the temerity of a commander in war.

Tempean

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.

Temper

To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity.

Tempera

A mode or process of painting; distemper.

Temperament

Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.

Temperance

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.

Temperate

To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.

Temperateness

The quality or state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance.

Tempered

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

One who, or that which, tempers; specifically, a machine in which lime, cement, stone, etc., are mixed with water.

Tempering

The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required for various purposes, consisting usually in first plunging the article, when heated to redness, in cold water or other liquid, to give an excess of hardness, and then reheating it gradually until the hardness is reduced or drawn down to the degree required, as indicated by the color produced on a polished portion, or by the burning of oil.

Tempestive

Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers.

Tempestivily

The quality, or state, of being tempestive; seasonableness.

Tempestuous

Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate.

Templar

Of or pertaining to a temple.

Temple

To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to temple a god.

Templed

Supplied with a temple or temples, or with churches; inclosed in a temple.

Templet

A gauge, pattern, or mold, commonly a thin plate or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed; as, a mason's or a wheelwright's templet.

Tempo

The rate or degree of movement in time.

Temporal

Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Temporality

The state or quality of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity.

Temporariness

The quality or state of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity.

Temporary

Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief.

Temporize

To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties.

Temporizer

One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.

Temporo-auricular

Of or pertaining to both the temple and the ear; as, the temporo-auricular nerve.

Temporomalar

Of or pertaining to both the temple and the region of the malar bone; as, the temporomalar nerve.

Temporomaxillary

Of or pertaining to both the temple or the temporal bone and the maxilla.

Tempt

To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.

Temptability

The quality or state of being temptable; lability to temptation.

Temptable

Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.

Temptation

The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.

Temptationless

Having no temptation or motive; as, a temptationless sin.

Tempter

One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil, regarded as the great enticer to evil.

Tempting

Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; as, tempting pleasures.

Ten

The number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and five; ten units of objects.

Ten-o'clock

A plant, the star-of-Bethlehem. See under Star.

Ten-pounder

A large oceanic fish (Elops saurus) found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.

Ten-strike

A knocking down of all ten pins at one delivery of the ball-- also, strike-->.

Tenability

The quality or state of being tenable; tenableness.

Tenable

Capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or against attempts to take or process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument.

Tenace

The holding by the fourth hand of the best and third best cards of a suit led; also, sometimes, the combination of best with third best card of a suit in any hand.

Tenacious

Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.

Tenacity

The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose.

Tenaculum

An instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle, and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like.

Tenacy

Tenaciousness; obstinacy.

Tenaille

An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin.

Tenaillon

A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions.

Tenancy

A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another. A house for habitation, or place to live in, held of another.

Tenant

To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.

Tenantable

Fit to be rented; in a condition suitable for a tenant.

Tenantless

Having no tenants; unoccupied; as, a tenantless mansion.

Tenantry

The body of tenants; as, the tenantry of a manor or a kingdom.

Tench

A European fresh-water fish (Tinca tinca, or Tinca vulgaris) allied to the carp. It is noted for its tenacity of life.

Tend

To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or towards.

Tendance

The act of attending or waiting; attendance.

Tendency

Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result.

Tender

To have a care of; to be tender toward; hence, to regard; to esteem; to value.

Tender-hearted

Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence; affectionate; pitying; sensitive.

Tenderfoot

A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of pioneer life.

Tenderling

One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling.

Tenderloin

A strip of tender flesh on either side of the vertebral column under the short ribs, in the hind quarter of beef and pork. It consists of the psoas muscles.

Tenderly

In a tender manner; with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain; with pity or affection; kindly.

Tenderness

The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective).

Tendinous

Pertaining to a tendon; of the nature of tendon.

Tendon

A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.

Tendrac

Any one of several species of small insectivores of the family Centetidae, belonging to Ericulus, Echinope, and related genera, native of Madagascar. They are more or less spinose and resemble the hedgehog in habits. The rice tendrac (Oryzorictes hora) is very injurious to rice crops. Some of the species are called also tenrec.

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