adj. & adv. - ten times as much or as many.

- consisting of ten parts.

adj. - of tension.

- capable of being stretched. tensility n. [medieval latin: related to *tense1]

- strength n. Resistance to breaking under tension.

—n. - stretching or being stretched; tenseness.

- mental strain or excitement.

- strained (political, social, etc.) State or relationship.

- stress produced by forces pulling apart.

- degree of tightness of stitches in knitting and machine sewing.

- voltage (high tension; low tension). —v. Subject to tension. tensional adj

adj. - slight, insubstantial (tenuous connection).

- (of a distinction etc.) Oversubtle.

- thin, slender, small.

- rarefied. tenuity n. Tenuously adv. [latin tenuis]

n. Mexican liquor made from an agave. [tequila in mexico]

n. Silvery metallic element of the lanthanide series. [ytterby in sweden]

pl. Of *terminus.

n. Small tropical antlike social insect destructive to timber. [latin termes -mitis]

adj. Composed of three parts. [latin terni, = three each]

house n. (also terraced house) house in a terrace.

- —n. - flat area made on a slope for cultivation.

- level paved area next to a house.

- row of houses built in one block of uniform style.

- tiered standing accommodation for spectators at a sports ground. —v. (-cing) form into or provide with a terrace or terraces. [latin terra earth]