Tentacled Ten"ta·cled adjective (Zoology) Having tentacles.

Tentacular Ten·tac"u·lar adjective [ Confer French tentaculaire .] (Zoology) Of or pertaining to a tentacle or tentacles.

Tentaculata Ten·tac`u·la"ta noun plural [ New Latin ] (Zoology) A division of Ctenophora including those which have two long tentacles.

Tentaculate, Tentaculated Ten·tac"u·late, Ten·tac"u·la`ted adjective (Zoology) Having tentacles, or organs like tentacles; tentacled.

Tentaculifera Ten`ta·cu·lif"e·ra noun plural [ New Latin ] (Zoology) Same as Suctoria , 1.

Tentaculiferous Ten`ta·cu·lif"er·ous adjective [ Tentaculum + -ferous .] (Zoology) Producing or bearing tentacles.

Tentaculiform Ten`ta·cu"li·form adjective (Zoology) Shaped like a tentacle.

Tentaculite Ten·tac"u·lite noun (Paleon.) Any one of numerous species of small, conical fossil shells found in Paleozoic rocks. They are supposed to be pteropods.

Tentaculocyst Ten·tac"u·lo·cyst noun [ Tentaculum + cyst .] (Zoology) One of the auditory organs of certain medusæ; -- called also auditory tentacle .

Tentaculum Ten·tac"u·lum noun ; plural Tentacula . [ New Latin See Tentacle .] 1. (Zoology) A tentacle.

2. (Anat.) One of the stiff hairs situated about the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed to be tactile organs; a tactile hair.

Tentage Tent"age noun [ From Tent a pavilion.] A collection of tents; an encampment. [ Obsolete] Drayton.

Tentation Ten·ta"tion noun [ Latin tentatio : confer French tentation . See Temptation .] 1. Trial; temptation. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.

2. (Mech.) A mode of adjusting or operating by repeated trials or experiments. Knight.

Tentative Ten·ta"tive adjective [ Latin tentare to try: confer French tentatif . See Tempt .] Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental. "A slow, tentative manner." Carlyle. -- Ten*ta"tive*ly , adverb

Tentative Ten·ta"tive noun [ Confer French tentative .] An essay; a trial; an experiment. Berkley.

Tented Tent"ed adjective Covered with tents.

Tenter Ten"ter noun 1. One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.

2. (Machinery) A kind of governor.

Tenter Ten"ter noun [ Middle English tenture , tentoure , Old French tenture a stretching, spreading, French tenture hangings, tapestry, from Latin tendere , tentum , to stretch. See Tend to move.] A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks , so that it may dry even and square.

Tenter ground , a place where tenters are erected. -- Tenter-hook , a sharp, hooked nail used for fastening cloth on a tenter. -- To be on the tenters , or on the tenter-hooks , to be on the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness, or suspense. Hudibras.

Tenter Ten"ter intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tentered ; present participle & verbal noun Tentering .] To admit extension.

Woolen cloth will tenter , linen scarcely.

Bacon.

Tenter Ten"ter transitive verb To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.

Tentful Tent"ful noun ; plural Tentfuls As much, or as many, as a tent will hold.

Tenth Tenth adjective [ From Ten : confer Middle English tethe , Anglo-Saxon teó...a . See Ten , and confer Tithe .] 1. Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.

2. Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.

Tenth Tenth noun 1. The next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine others.

2. The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.

3. The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the like; a tithe. Shak.

4. (Mus.) The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third.

5. plural (Eng. Law) (a) A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of all the movables belonging to the subject. (b) (Eccl. Law) The tenth part of the annual profit of every living in the kingdom, formerly paid to the pope, but afterward transferred to the crown. It now forms a part of the fund called Queen Anne's Bounty . Burrill.

Tenthly Tenth"ly adverb In a tenth manner.

Tenthmeter, Tenthmetre Tenth"me`ter, Tenth"me`tre noun (Physics) A unit for the measurement of many small lengths, such that 10 ¹⁰ of these units make one meter; the ten millionth part of a millimeter.

Tenthredinides Ten`thre·din"i·des noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... a kind of wasp.] (Zoology) A group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies.

Tentif Ten"tif adjective Attentive. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Tentifly Ten"tif·ly adverb Attentively. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Tentiginous Ten·tig"i·nous adjective [ Latin tentigo , -inis , a tension, lecherousness, from tendere , tentum , to stretch.] 1. Stiff; stretched; strained. [ Obsolete] Johnson.

2. Lustful, or pertaining to lust. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.

Tentmaker Tent"mak`er noun One whose occupation it is to make tents. Acts xviii. 3.

Tentorium Ten·to"ri·um noun [ Latin , a tent.] (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 .

Tentory Tent"o·ry noun [ Latin tentorium a tent.] The awning or covering of a tent. [ Obsolete] Evelyn.

Tentwort Tent"wort` noun (Botany) A kind of small fern, the wall rue. See under Wall .

Tenuate Ten"u·ate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tenuated ; present participle & verbal noun Tenuating .] [ Latin tenuatus , past participle of tenuare to make thin, from tenuis thin. See Tenuous .] To make thin; to attenuate. [ R.]

Tenuifolious Ten`u·i·fo"li·ous adjective [ Latin tenuis thin + folium a leaf.] (Botany) Having thin or narrow leaves.

Tenuious Te·nu"i·ous adjective [ See Tenuous .] Rare or subtile; tenuous; -- opposed to dense . [ Obsolete] Glanvill.

Tenuiroster Ten`u·i·ros"ter noun ; plural Tenuirosters . [ New Latin , from Latin tenuis thin + rostrum a beak.] (Zoology) One of the Tenuirostres.

Tenuirostral Ten`u·i·ros"tral adjective (Zoology) Thin-billed; -- applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming birds.

Tenuirostres Ten`u·i·ros"tres noun plural [ New Latin ] (Zoology) An artificial group of passerine birds having slender bills, as the humming birds.

Tenuis Ten"u·is noun ; plural Tenues . [ New Latin , from Latin tenuis fine, thin. See Tenuous .] (Gr. Gram.) One of the three surd mutes κ, π, τ; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, γ, β, δ, and their aspirates, χ, φ, θ. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages.

Tenuity Te·nu"i·ty noun [ Latin tenuitas , from tenuis thin: confer French ténuité . See Tenuous .] 1. 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.

2. Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood. Bacon.

3. Poverty; indigence. [ Obsolete] Eikon Basilike.

4. Refinement; delicacy.

Tenuous Ten"u·ous adjective [ Latin tenuis thin. See Thin , and confer Tenuis .] 1. Thin; slender; small; minute.

2. Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.

Tenure Ten"ure noun [ French tenure , Old French teneure , from French tenir to hold. See Tenable .] 1. 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.

2. (Eng. Law) The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior.

» 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.

3. The consideration, condition, or service which the occupier of land gives to his lord or superior for the use of his land.

4. 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 .

Teocalli Te`o·cal"li noun ; plural Teocallis . [ Mexican.] Literally, God's house; a temple, usually of pyramidal form, such as were built by the aborigines of Mexico, Yucatan, etc.

And Aztec priests upon their teocallis
Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin.

Longfellow.

Teosinte Te`o·sin"te noun (Botany) A large grass ( Euchlæna 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 Tep"al noun [ French tépale , from pétale , by transposition.] (Botany) A division of a perianth. [ R.]

Tepee Tep·ee" noun An Indian wigwam or tent.

Tepefaction Tep`e·fac"tion noun Act of tepefying.

Tepefy Tep"e·fy transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Tepefied ; present participle & verbal noun Tepefying .] [ Latin tepere to be tepid + -fy ; confer Latin tepefacere . See Tepid .] To make or become tepid, or moderately warm. Goldsmith.

Tephramancy Teph"ra·man`cy noun [ Greek ... ashes + - mancy .] Divination by the ashes of the altar on which a victim had been consumed in sacrifice.

Tephrite Teph"rite noun [ Greek ... ashes.] (Geol.) An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both.

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