| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| teache | noun | One of the series of boilers in which the cane juice is treated in making sugar; especially, the last boiler of the series. |
| teacup | noun | A small cup from which to drink tea. |
| teagle | noun | A hoisting apparatus; an elevator; a crane; a lift. |
| teague | noun | An Irishman; — a term used in contempt. |
| teamed | adjective | Yoked in, or as in, a team. |
| teapot | noun | A vessel with a spout, in which tea is made, and from which it is poured into teacups. |
| teapoy | noun | An ornamental stand, usually with three legs, having caddies for holding tea. |
| tearer | noun | One who tears or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves with violence. |
| teased | imp. & past participle | of Tease |
| teasel | noun | A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D. fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth., A bur of this plant., Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth., To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap. |
| teaser | noun | One who teases or vexes., A jager gull. |
| teasle | noun & verb t. | See Teasel. |
| teated | adjective | Having protuberances resembling the teat of an animal. |
| teathe | noun & verb | See Tath. |
| teazel | noun & verb t. | See Teasel. |
| teazer | noun | The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in glass works. |
| teazle | noun & verb t. | See Teasel. |
| tebeth | noun | The tenth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of December with a part of January. |
| tectly | adverb | Covertly; privately; secretly. |
| tedded | imp. & past participle | of Ted |
| tedder | noun | A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to expedite its drying., Same as Tether., Same as Tether. |
| tedium | noun | Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness. |
| teemed | imp. & past participle | of Teem |
| teemer | noun | One who teems, or brings forth. |
| teeong | noun | The mino bird. |
| teetan | noun | A pipit. |
| teetee | noun | Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to Callithrix, Chrysothrix, and allied genera; as, the collared teetee (Callithrix torquatus), and the squirrel teetee (Chrysothrix sciurea). Called also pinche, titi, and saimiri. See Squirrel monkey, under Squirrel., A diving petrel of Australia (Halodroma wrinatrix). |
| teeter | verb i. & t. | To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter-totter. |
| teeuck | noun | The lapwing. |
| teewit | noun | The pewit. |
| tegmen | noun | A tegument or covering., The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura., One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera., Same as Tectrices. |
| tegula | noun | A small appendage situated above the base of the wings of Hymenoptera and attached to the mesonotum. |
| te-hee | noun & interj. | A tittering laugh; a titter., To titter; to laugh derisively. |
| telary | adjective | Of or pertaining to a web; hence, spinning webs; retiary. |
| teledu | noun | An East Indian carnivore (Mydaus meliceps) allied to the badger, and noted for the very offensive odor that it emits, somewhat resembling that of a skunk. It is a native of the high mountains of Java and Sumatra, and has long, silky fur. Called also stinking badger, and stinkard. |
| telesm | noun | A kind of amulet or magical charm. |
| tellen | noun | Any species of Tellina. |
| teller | noun | One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or describer., One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay moneys payable by the king., An officer of a bank who receives and counts over money paid in, and pays money out on checks., One who is appointed to count the votes given in a legislative body, public meeting, assembly, etc. |
| telson | noun | The terminal joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomen of Crustacea and other articulates. See Thoracostraca. |
| telugu | noun | A Darvidian language spoken in the northern parts of the Madras presidency. In extent of use it is the next language after Hindustani (in its various forms) and Bengali., One of the people speaking the Telugu language., Of or pertaining to the Telugu language, or the Telugus. |
| temper | verb t. | To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm., To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate., To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel., To govern; to manage., To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc., To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use., The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar., Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy., Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper., Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as, to keep one’s temper., Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; — in a reproachful sense., The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling; as, the temper of iron or steel., Middle state or course; mean; medium., Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar., To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity., To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable. |
| temple | noun | A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely., The space, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear., One of the side bars of a pair of spectacles, jointed to the bows, and passing one on either side of the head to hold the spectacles in place., A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity; as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in India., The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah., Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church., Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially resides., To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to temple a god. |
| tempse | noun | See Temse. |
| tenace | noun | 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. |
| tenacy | noun | Tenaciousness; obstinacy. |
| tenant | noun | One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; — correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under Tenement, 2., One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant., To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant. |
| tended | imp. & past participle | of Tend |
| tender | noun | One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse., A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like., A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water., To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture; as, to tender the amount of rent or debt., To offer in words; to present for acceptance., An offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture, which would be incurred by nonpayment or nonperformance; as, the tender of rent due, or of the amount of a note, with interest., Any offer or proposal made for acceptance; as, a tender of a loan, of service, or of friendship; a tender of a bid for a contract., The thing offered; especially, money offered in payment of an obligation., Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate; as, tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit., Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained., Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate., Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another’s good; easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor; sympathetic., Exciting kind concern; dear; precious., Careful to save inviolate, or not to injure; — with of., Unwilling to cause pain; gentle; mild., Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as, tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain., Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate; as, a tender subject., Heeling over too easily when under sail; — said of a vessel., Regard; care; kind concern., To have a care of; to be tender toward; hence, to regard; to esteem; to value. |
| tendon | noun | A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew. |
| tendry | noun | A tender; an offer. |
| tenent | noun | A tenet. |
| tennis | noun | A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand., To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis. |
| tenrec | noun | A small insectivore (Centetes ecaudatus), native of Madagascar, but introduced also into the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius; — called also tanrec. The name is applied to other allied genera. See Tendrac. |
| tensor | noun | A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense., The ratio of one vector to another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the two vectors; — so called because considered as a stretching factor in changing one vector into another. See Versor. |
| tented | imp. & past participle | of Tent, Covered with tents. |
| tenter | noun | One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman., A kind of governor., A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square., To admit extension., To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters. |
| tentif | adjective | Attentive. |
| tenues | plural | of Tenuis |
| tenuis | noun | One of the three surd mutes /, /, /; — so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, /, /, /, and their aspirates, /, /, /. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages. |
| tenure | noun | The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate., The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior., The consideration, condition, or service which the occupier of land gives to his lord or superior for the use of his land., Manner of holding, in general; as, in absolute governments, men hold their rights by a precarious tenure. |
| tepefy | verb t. & i. | To make or become tepid, or moderately warm. |
| teraph | noun | See Teraphim. |
| terbic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or containing, terbium; also, designating certain of its compounds. |
| tercel | noun | See Tiercel. Called also tarsel, tassel. |
| tercet | noun | A triplet., A triplet; a group of three lines. |
| teredo | noun | 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 App. |
| terete | adjective | Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of plants. |
| tergal | adjective | Of or pertaining to back, or tergum. See Dorsal. |
| tergum | noun | The back of an animal., The dorsal piece of a somite of an articulate animal., One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped. |
| termed | imp. & past participle | of Term |
| termer | noun | One who resorted to London during the law term only, in order to practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like., One who has an estate for a term of years or for life. |
| termes | noun | A genus of Pseudoneuroptera including the white ants, or termites. See Termite. |
| termly | adjective | Occurring every term; as, a termly fee., Term by term; every term. |
| termor | noun | Same as Termer, 2. |
| terpin | noun | A white crystalline substance regarded as a hydrate of oil of turpentine. |
| terrar | noun | See 2d Terrier, 2. |
| terras | noun | See /rass. |
| terrel | noun | A spherical magnet so placed that its poles, equator, etc., correspond to those of the earth. |
| terret | noun | One of the rings on the top of the saddle of a harness, through which the reins pass. |
| terror | noun | Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright., That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear. |
| tested | imp. & past participle | of Test |
| testae | plural | of Testa |
| tester | noun | A headpiece; a helmet., A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb., A canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts., An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; — often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston. |
| testes | noun | pl. of Teste, or of Testis., of Testis |
| testif | adjective | Testy; headstrong; obstinate. |
| testis | noun | A testicle. |
| teston | noun | A tester; a sixpence. |
| tetany | noun | A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms. |
| tetard | noun | A gobioid fish (Eleotris gyrinus) of the Southern United States; — called also sleeper. |
| tetaug | noun | See Tautog. |
| tetchy | adjective | See Techy. |
| tether | noun | A long rope or chain by which an animal is fastened, as to a stake, so that it can range or feed only within certain limits., To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits. |
| tethys | noun | A genus of a large naked mollusks having a very large, broad, fringed cephalic disk, and branched dorsal gills. Some of the species become a foot long and are brilliantly colored. |
| tetra- | A combining form or prefix signifying four, as in tetrabasic, tetrapetalous., A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting four proportional or combining parts of the substance or ingredient denoted by the term to which it is prefixed, as in tetra-chloride, tetroxide. | |
| tetrad | noun | The number four; a collection of four things; a quaternion., A tetravalent or quadrivalent atom or radical; as, carbon is a tetrad. |
| tetric | adjective | Alt. of Tetrical |
| tetrol | noun | A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C4H4, analogous to benzene; — so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule. |
| tetryl | noun | Butyl; — so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule. |
| tetter | noun | A vesicular disease of the skin; herpes. See Herpes., To affect with tetter. |
| tettix | noun | The cicada., A genus of small grasshoppers. |
| teufit | noun | The lapwing; — called also teuchit. |
| teuton | noun | One of an ancient German tribe; later, a name applied to any member of the Germanic race in Europe; now used to designate a German, Dutchman, Scandinavian, etc., in distinction from a Celt or one of a Latin race., A member of the Teutonic branch of the Indo-European, or Aryan, family. |
| tewing | present participle & vb. noun | of Tew |
| tewhit | noun | The lapwing; — called also teewheep. |
| tewtaw | verb t. | To beat; to break, as flax or hemp. |