TENSOR
TENS'OR, noun In anatomy, a muscle that extends or stretches a part.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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TENSURE
TENSURE, the same as tension, and not used.
TENT
TENT, noun [Latin tentorium, from tendo, to stretch.]1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of canvas or other coarse cloth, stretched and sustained by poles; used for shelt...
TENTACLE
TEN'TACLE, noun [Latin tentacula.] A filiform process or organ, simple or branched, on the bodies of various animals of the Linnean class Vermes, and of Cuvier's Mollusca, Annel...
TENTAGE
TENT'AGE, noun An encampment. [Unusual.]
TENTATION
TENTA'TION, noun [Latin tentatio; tento, to try.]Trial; temptation. [Little used.]
TENTATIVE
TENT'ATIVE, adjective Trying; essaying.TENT'ATIVE, noun An essay; trial.
TENTED
TENT'ED, adjective Covered or furnished with tents; as soldiers.1. Covered with tents; as a tented field.
TENTER
TENT'ER, noun [Latin tendo, tentus, to stretch.]A hook for stretching cloth on a frame.To be on the tenters, to be on the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness or suspense.TENT...
TENTER-GROUND
TEN'TER-GROUND, noun Ground on which tenters are erected.
TENTERED
TENT'ERED, participle passive Stretched or hung on tenters.
TENTERING
TEN'TERING, participle present tense Stretching or hanging on tenters.
TENTH
TENTH, adjective [from ten.] The ordinal of ten; the first after the ninth.TENTH, noun The tenth part.1. Tithe; the tenth part of annual produce or increase. The tenth of income...
TENTHLY
TENTH'LY, adverb In the tenth place.
TENTIGINOUS
TENTIG'INOUS, adjective [Latin tentigo, a stretching.]Stiff; stretched. [Not in use.]
TENTORY
TENT'ORY, noun [Latin tentorium.] The awning of a tent.
TENTWORT
TENT'WORT, noun [tent and wort.] A plant of the genus Asplenium.
TENUIFOLIOUS
TENUIFO'LIOUS, adjective [Latin tenuis and folium.]Having thin or narrow leaves.
TENUITY
TENU'ITY, noun [Latin tenuitas, from tenuis, thin. See Thin.]1. Thinness, smallness in diameter; exility; thinness, applied to a broad substance, and slenderness, applied to one...
TENUOUS
TEN'UOUS, adjective [Latin tenuis.] Thin; small; minute.1. Rare.
TENURE
TEN'URE, noun [Latin teneo, to hold.]1. A holding. In English law, the manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior. All the species of ancient tenures may be reduced to ...
TEPEFACTION
TEPEFAC'TION, noun [Latin tepefacio; tepidus, warm, and facio, to make.]The act or operation of warming, making tepid or moderately warm.
TEPEFY
TEP'EFY, verb transitive [Latin tepefacio.] To make moderately warm.TEP'EFY, verb intransitive To become moderately warm.
TEPID
TEP'ID, adjective [Latin tepidus, form tepeo, to be warm.]Moderately warm; lukewarm; as a tepid bath; tepid rays; tepid vapors.Tepid mineral waters, are such as have less sensib...
TEPIDNESS
TEP'IDNESS, noun Moderate warmth; lukewarmness.
TEPOR
TE'POR, noun [Latin] Gentle heat; moderate warmth.
TER-TENANT
TER-TEN'ANT, noun One who has the actual possession of land; the occupant.