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- TENDRILA thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support.
- TENEBRIFICProducing darkness, obscuring; gloomy.
- TENEBRISMA style of painting using very pronounced chiaroscuro, with darkness a dominating feature of the image.
- TENEBRISMSA style of painting using very pronounced chiaroscuro, with darkness a dominating feature of the image.
- TENEBRITYThe quality of being tenebrous; darkness, gloom.
- TENEBROSEDark, tenebrous.
- TENEBROSITYThe state or quality of being tenebrose or tenebrous.
- TENEBROUSDark and gloomy; obscure.
- TENETAn opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
- TENORA musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
- TENSEThe property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
- TENSILEOf or pertaining to tension.
- TENSITYThe quality of being tense (literally or figuratively); tension.
- TENSORA muscle that tightens or stretches a part, or renders it tense.
- TENTA pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
- TENTACLEAn elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.
- TENTACULITEAny of numerous species of small, conical shells found in Paleozoic rocks, fossils from the extinct genus †Tentaculites.
- TENTATIVEA trial; an experiment; an attempt.
- TENTERA framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.
- TENTIGOPenile erection or tumescence; especially, pathological erection (priapism).
- TENTORIUMThe framework of internal supports (a false endoskeleton) within an arthropod head, formed by ingrowths of the exoskeleton called apophyses.
- TENUIOUSRare or subtle; tenuous.
- TENUISOf Greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t], [k]
- TENUITYThinness, slenderness.
- TENUOUSThin in substance or consistency.
- TENUREA status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
- TEPALAny component of the perianth (outermost whorls of flower parts, not involved in reproduction), especially when the components are not distinguished into sepals and petals.
- TEPEFYTo cause to become tepid
- TEPIDLukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
- TEPIDARIUMA warm room in a Roman baths that was usually heated by a hypocaust.
- TERCEThe third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
- TERESA terete muscle.
- TERETEHaving a smooth circular cross-section; cylindrical, commonly more or less tapering.
- TERGITEThe dorsal portion of an articulate animal's arthromere or somite.
- TERGUMThe upper or dorsal surface of an articulated animal such as an arthropod.
- TERMINABLEAble to be terminated.
- TERMINALA building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
- TERMINATETo end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
- TERMINIplural of terminus
- TERMINUSThe end or final point of something.
- TERMITEA white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.
- TERNARYMade up of three things.
- TERNATEHaving three divisions (or leaflets)
- TERPENEAny of a very large class of naturally occurring and synthetic organic compounds formally derived from the hydrocarbon isoprene; they include many volatile compounds used in perfum
- TERRAA geologic and geographic region of a celestial body which is a highland analogous to a continent or large landmass.
- TERRAINA single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
- TERRIBLESCausing terror, alarm or fear; dreadful
- TERRIFICCausing terror; terrifying.
- TERRIFYTo frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
- TERRIGENOUSProduced by the earth.
- TERSEOf speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.
- TERTIALAny flight feather attached to the humerus (upper arm) of a bird.
- TERTIANCharacterised by paroxysms recurring every other day (that is, every third day by inclusive reckoning).
- TESTA challenge, trial. An examination, given often during the academic term. A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditio
- TESTAA seed coat.
- TESTAMENTA solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his or her will as to disposal of his or her inheritance (estate and effects) after his or her death, benefiti
- TESTAMURA certificate of successful completion of an examination.
- TESTATEhaving left a legally valid last will and testament .
- TESTATOROne who makes or has made a legally valid will.
- TESTEA witness.
- TESTERA canopy over a bed.
- TESTICLEA testis: the male sex and endocrine gland, found in most types of animals, that produces sperm and male sex hormones, including the steroid testosterone.
- TESTICULARPertaining to one or more testicles; of the testicle(s).
- TESTIFICATEA certificate of good character that was required to allow travel between parishes in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- TESTIFYTo make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath.
- TESTIMONIALA statement, especially one given under oath; testimony.
- TESTIMONYStatements made by a witness in court.
- TESTISA testicle of a vertebrate.
- TESTUDINALOf, or relating to, tortoises.
- TESTUDOA shelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads.
- TETANYA condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism.
- THEATRICRelating to acting or the theater, theatrical.
- THEATRICALOf or relating to the theatre.
- THEOLOGISTOne who is skilled in, professes or practices that which relates or pertains to God.
- THEOLOGIZETo discuss or speculate about theological subjects.
- THEOLOGYThe study of God, a god, or gods; and of the truthfulness of religion in general.
- THERMAERoman-style spring or baths with warm or hot water.
- THEURGICOf, or pertaining to, theurgy.
- THIOUREAAny of a class of compounds based on NH2-CS-NH2, formally derived from urea by replacing the oxygen atom with sulfur, used in photography as a fixing agent, in inorganic synthesis,
- THIRSTA sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which stops th
- THOLUSA small domical mountain or hill.
- THORIAThe rare earth thorium oxide.
- THURIFERAn acolyte who carries a thurible.
- THYLACINEA carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus) which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.
- TIBIAThe inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone.
- TIBIALOf or pertaining to a tibia or a structure associated with a tibia.
- TIERCEA third.
- TIERCELA male hawk or falcon.
- TIGEA steel pin in early rifles.
- TIGRINEOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of the tiger.
- TILDEA diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation. In Spanish, ⟨ñ⟩ is a palatalized ⟨n⟩, for example in ⟨cañón⟩. In Portuguese, ⟨ã⟩ and ⟨õ⟩ are nasalized vow
- TILIACEOUSOf, pertaining to, or resembling the family Tiliaceae (now principally subfamily Tilioideae in family Malvaceae) of flowering plants, including the linden.
- TIMBRELAn ancient percussion instrument rather like a simple tambourine.
- TIMIDLacking in courage or confidence.
- TIMONEERA helmsman.
- TINCTA tint or colour.
- TINEAA fungal infection of the skin, known generally as ringworm.
- TINGEA small added amount of colour; a small added amount of some other thing.
- TINNITUSThe experience of auditory sensations, such as a ringing or pulsating sound, occurring in the absence of any external stimulus.
- TINTA slight coloring.