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  • English Word Teinland Definition Land granted by the crown to a thane or lord.
  • English Word Teinoscope Definition An instrument formed by combining prisms so as to correct the chromatic aberration of the light while linear dimensions of objects seen through the prisms are increased or diminished; -- called also prism telescope.
  • English Word Teint Definition Tint; color; tinge, See Tint.
  • English Word Teinture Definition Color; tinge; tincture.
  • English Word Tek Definition A Siberian ibex.
  • English Word Telamones Definition Same as Atlantes.
  • English Word Telangiectasis Definition Dilatation of the capillary vessels.
  • English Word Telangiectasy Definition Telangiectasis.
  • English Word Telarly Definition In a weblike manner.
  • English Word Telary Definition Of or pertaining to a web; hence, spinning webs; retiary.
  • English Word Teledu Definition An East Indian carnivore (Mydaus meliceps) allied to the badger, and noted for the very offensive odor that it emits, somewhat resembling that of a skunk. It is a native of the high mountains of Java and Sumatra, and has long, silky fur. Called also stinking badger, and stinkard.
  • English Word Telegram Definition A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
  • English Word Telegrammic Definition Pertaining to, or resembling, a telegram; laconic; concise; brief.
  • English Word Telegraph Definition An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcerted visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical action.
  • English Word Telegraph Definition To convey or announce by telegraph.
  • English Word Telegraphed Definition of Telegraph
  • English Word Telegrapher Definition One who sends telegraphic messages; a telegraphic operator; a telegraphist.
  • English Word Telegraphic Definition Of or pertaining to the telegraph; made or communicated by a telegraph; as, telegraphic signals; telegraphic art; telegraphic intelligence.
  • English Word Telegraphical Definition Telegraphic.
  • English Word Telegraphing Definition of Telegraph
  • English Word Telegraphist Definition One skilled in telegraphy; a telegrapher.
  • English Word Telegraphy Definition The science or art of constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs; as, submarine telegraphy.
  • English Word Telemeter Definition An instrument used for measuring the distance of an object from an observer; as, a telescope with a micrometer for measuring the apparent diameter of an object whose real dimensions are known.
  • English Word Teleocephial Definition An extensive order of bony fishes including most of the common market species, as bass, salmon, cod, perch, etc.
  • English Word Teleological Definition Of or pertaining to teleology, or the doctrine of design.
  • English Word Teleologist Definition One versed in teleology.
  • English Word Teleology Definition The doctrine of the final causes of things
  • English Word Teleology Definition the doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of organic life, particularly those of evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose.
  • English Word Teleophore Definition Same as Gonotheca.
  • English Word Teleorganic Definition Vital; as, teleorganic functions.