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  • English Word Tetradactyle Definition Tetradactylous.
  • English Word Tetradactylous Definition Having, or characterized by, four digits to the foot or hand.
  • English Word Tetradecane Definition A light oily hydrocarbon, C14H30, of the marsh-gas series; -- so called from the fourteen carbon atoms in the molecule.
  • English Word Tetradecapoda Definition Same as Arthrostraca.
  • English Word Tetradic Definition Of or pertaining to a tetrad; possessing or having the characteristics of a tetrad; as, a carbon is a tetradic element.
  • English Word Tetradite Definition A person in some way remarkable with regard to the number four, as one born on the fourth day of the month, or one who reverenced four persons in the Godhead.
  • English Word Tetradon Definition See Tetrodon.
  • English Word Tetradont Definition See Tetrodont.
  • English Word Tetradrachm Definition Alt. of Tetradrachma
  • English Word Tetradrachma Definition A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, of the value of four drachms.
  • English Word Tetradymite Definition A telluride of bismuth. It is of a pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, and usually occurs in foliated masses. Called also telluric bismuth.
  • English Word Tetradynamia Definition A Linnaean class of plants having six stamens, four of which are longer than the others.
  • English Word Tetradynamian Definition A plant of the order Tetradynamia.
  • English Word Tetradynamian Definition Alt. of Tetradynamous
  • English Word Tetradynamous Definition Belonging to the order Tetradynamia; having six stamens, four of which are uniformly longer than the others.
  • English Word Tetragon Definition A plane figure having four sides and angles; a quadrangle, as a square, a rhombus, etc.
  • English Word Tetragon Definition An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are distant from each other ninety degrees, or the fourth of a circle.
  • English Word Tetragonal Definition Of or pertaining to a tetragon; having four angles or sides; thus, the square, the parallelogram, the rhombus, and the trapezium are tetragonal fingers.
  • English Word Tetragonal Definition Having four prominent longitudinal angles.
  • English Word Tetragonal Definition Designating, or belonging to, a certain system of crystallization; dimetric. See Tetragonal system, under Crystallization.
  • English Word Tetragrammaton Definition The mystic number four, which was often symbolized to represent the Deity, whose name was expressed by four letters among some ancient nations; as, the Hebrew JeHoVaH, Greek qeo`s, Latin deus, etc.
  • English Word Tetragynia Definition A Linnaean order of plants having four styles.
  • English Word Tetragynian Definition Alt. of Tetragynous
  • English Word Tetragynous Definition Belonging to the order Tetragynia; having four styles.
  • English Word Tetrahedral Definition Having, or composed of, four sides.
  • English Word Tetrahedral Definition Having the form of the regular tetrahedron.
  • English Word Tetrahedral Definition Pertaining or related to a tetrahedron, or to the system of hemihedral forms to which the tetrahedron belongs.
  • English Word Tetrahedrally Definition In a tetrahedral manner.
  • English Word Tetrahedrite Definition A sulphide of antimony and copper, with small quantities of other metals. It is a very common ore of copper, and some varieties yield a considerable presentage of silver. Called also gray copper ore, fahlore, and panabase.
  • English Word Tetrahedron Definition A solid figure inclosed or bounded by four triangles.