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Tennu
n.
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The tapir.
Ten-o'clock
n.
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A plant, the star-of-Bethlehem. See under Star.
Tenon
n.
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A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Cf. Tooth, Tusk.
Tenon
v. t.
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To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.
Tenonian
a.
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Discovered or described by M. Tenon, a French anatomist.
Tenor
n.
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A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.
Tenor
n.
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That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
Tenor
n.
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Stamp; character; nature.
Tenor
n.
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An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.
Tenor
n.
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The higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the harmony adapted to this voice; the second of the four parts in the scale of sounds, reckoning from the base, and originally the air, to which the other parts were auxillary.
Tenor
n.
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A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it.
Tenosynovitis
n.
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Inflammation of the synovial sheath enveloping a tendon.
Tenotome
n.
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A slender knife for use in the operation of tenotomy.
Tenotomy
n.
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The division of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon.
Tenpenny
a.
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Valued or sold at ten pence; as, a tenpenny cake. See 2d Penny, n.
Tenpenny
a.
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Denoting a size of nails. See 1st Penny.
Tenpins
n.
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A game resembling ninepins, but played with ten pins. See Ninepins.
Ten-pounder
n.
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A large oceanic fish (Elops saurus) found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.
Tenrec
n.
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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.
Tense
n.
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One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time.
Tense
a.
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Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.
Tensibility
n.
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The quality or state of being tensible; tensility.
Tensible
a.
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Capable of being extended or drawn out; ductile; tensible.
Tensile
a.
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Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.
Tensile
a.
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Capable of extension; ductile; tensible.
Tensiled
a.
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Made tensile.
Tensility
n.
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The quality or state of being tensile, or capable of extension; tensibility; as, the tensility of the muscles.
Tension
a.
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The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the muscles, tension of the larynx.
Tension
a.
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Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling; intense effort.
Tension
a.
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The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length; strain.