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Testudinated
a.
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Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.
Testudineous
a.
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Resembling the shell of a tortoise.
Testudines
pl.
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of Testudo
Testudo
n.
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A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise (Testudo Graeca) and the gopher of the Southern United States.
Testudo
n.
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A cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on wheels.
Testudo
n.
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A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.
Testy
superl.
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Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
Tetanic
a.
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Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction.
Tetanic
a.
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Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic, n.
Tetanic
n.
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A substance (notably nux vomica, strychnine, and brucine) which, either as a remedy or a poison, acts primarily on the spinal cord, and which, when taken in comparatively large quantity, produces tetanic spasms or convulsions.
Tetanin
n.
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A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth through the agency of a peculiar microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus; -- so called because it produces tetanus as one of its prominent effects.
Tetanization
n.
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The production or condition of tetanus.
Tetanize
v. t.
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To throw, as a muscle, into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in. See Tetanus, n., 2.
Tetanoid
a.
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Resembling tetanus.
Tetanomotor
n.
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An instrument from tetanizing a muscle by irritating its nerve by successive mechanical shocks.
Tetanus
n.
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A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles of the lower jaw are affected, it is called locked-jaw, or lickjaw, and it takes various names from the various incurvations of the body resulting from the spasm.
Tetanus
n.
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That condition of a muscle in which it is in a state of continued vibratory contraction, as when stimulated by a series of induction shocks.
Tetany
n.
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A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms.
Tetard
n.
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A gobioid fish (Eleotris gyrinus) of the Southern United States; -- called also sleeper.
Tetartohedral
a.
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Having one fourth the number of planes which are requisite to complete symmetry.
Tetartohedrism
n.
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The property of being tetartohedral.
Tetaug
n.
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See Tautog.
Tetchiness
n.
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See Techiness.
Tetchy
a.
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See Techy.
Tete
n.
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A kind of wig; false hair.
Tete-a-tete
n.
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Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of two persons.
Tete-a-tete
n.
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A short sofa intended to accomodate two persons.
Tete-a-tete
a.
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Private; confidential; familiar.
Tete-a-tete
adv.
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Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly.
Tetes-de-pont
pl.
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of Tete-de-pont