Night. A sleeping couple is lying in a bed. Door bell rings. A couple wakes up. Woman: "Quick! My husband is back!" Man jumps out from a window. Flying down he starts to think: "Shit! But I am the husband!"
adj. Tiresomely long; wearisome. tediously adv. Tediousness n. [latin: related to *tedium]
TEENAGE
attrib. Adj. Of or characteristic of teenagers. teenaged adj.
TELEFAX
n. = *fax. [abbreviation of telefacsimile]
TELLING
adj. Having a marked effect; striking; impressive. tellingly adv.
TEMPERA
n. - method of painting using an emulsion, e.g. Of pigment with egg-yolk and water, esp. On canvas.
- this emulsion. [italian]
TEMPEST
n. Violent storm. [latin tempus time]
TEMPURA
n. Japanese dish of fish, shellfish, etc., fried in batter. [japanese]
TENABLE
adj. - maintainable or defensible against attack or objection (tenable position).
- (foll. By for, by) (of an office etc.) That can be held for (a specified period) or by (a specified class of person). tenability n. [french tenir hold]
TENANCY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 status of or possession as a tenant.
- duration of this.
TENDRIL
n. Slender leafless shoot by which some climbing plants cling. [probably from french tendrillon]
