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| TENFOLD | | adj. & adv. - ten times as much or as many.
- consisting of ten parts. | |
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| TENSILE | | adj. - of tension.
- capable of being stretched. tensility n. [medieval latin: related to *tense1]
- strength n. Resistance to breaking under tension. | |
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| 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 | |
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| TENUOUS | | adj. - slight, insubstantial (tenuous connection).
- (of a distinction etc.) Oversubtle.
- thin, slender, small.
- rarefied. tenuity n. Tenuously adv. [latin tenuis] | |
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| TEQUILA | | n. Mexican liquor made from an agave. [tequila in mexico] | |
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| TERBIUM | | n. Silvery metallic element of the lanthanide series. [ytterby in sweden] | |
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| TERMINI | | pl. Of *terminus. | |
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| TERMITE | | n. Small tropical antlike social insect destructive to timber. [latin termes -mitis] | |
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| TERNARY | | adj. Composed of three parts. [latin terni, = three each] | |
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| TERRACE | | 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] | |
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