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- English Word Teosinte Definition A large grass (Euchlaena luxurians) closely related to maize. It is native of Mexico and Central America, but is now cultivated for fodder in the Southern United States and in many warm countries. Called also Guatemala grass.
- English Word Tepal Definition A division of a perianth.
- English Word Tepee Definition An Indian wigwam or tent.
- English Word Tepefaction Definition Act of tepefying.
- English Word Tepefied Definition of Tepefy
- English Word Tepefy Definition To make or become tepid, or moderately warm.
- English Word Tepefying Definition of Tepefy
- English Word Tephramancy Definition Divination by the ashes of the altar on which a victim had been consumed in sacrifice.
- English Word Tephrite Definition An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both.
- English Word Tephroite Definition A silicate of manganese of an ash-gray color.
- English Word Tephrosia Definition A genus of leguminous shrubby plants and herbs, mostly found in tropical countries, a few herbaceous species being North American. The foliage is often ashy-pubescent, whence the name.
- English Word Tepid Definition Moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath; tepid rays; tepid vapors.
- English Word Tepidity Definition The quality or state of being tepid; moderate warmth; lukewarmness; tepidness.
- English Word Tepor Definition Gentle heat; moderate warmth; tepidness.
- English Word Tequila Definition An intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of Tequila, Mexico.
- English Word Ter- Definition A combining form from L. ter signifying three times, thrice. See Tri-, 2.
- English Word Ter-tenant Definition See Terre-tenant.
- English Word Teraconic Definition Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the distillation of terebic acid, and homologous with citraconic acid.
- English Word Teracrylic Definition Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylic series, obtained by the distillation of terpenylic acid, as an only substance having a peculiar cheesy odor.
- English Word Teraph Definition See Teraphim.
- English Word Teraphim Definition Images connected with the magical rites used by those Israelites who added corrupt practices to the patriarchal religion. Teraphim were consulted by the Israelites for oracular answers.
- English Word Teraphs Definition of Teraph
- English Word Terapin Definition See Terrapin.
- English Word Teratical Definition Wonderful; ominous; prodigious.
- English Word Teratogeny Definition The formation of monsters.
- English Word Teratoid Definition Resembling a monster; abnormal; of a pathological growth, exceedingly complex or highly organized.
- English Word Teratological Definition Of or pertaining to teratology; as, teratological changes.
- English Word Teratology Definition That branch of biological science which treats of monstrosities, malformations, or deviations from the normal type of structure, either in plants or animals.
- English Word Teratology Definition Affectation of sublimity; bombast.
- English Word Teratoma Definition A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle.