9-letter words starting with te
- tellurium — a rare, lustrous, brittle, crystalline, silver-white element resembling sulfur in its properties, and usually occurring in nature combined with gold, silver, or other metals of high atomic weight: used in the manufacture of alloys and as a coloring agent in glass and ceramics. Symbol: Te; atomic weight: 127.60; atomic number: 52; specific gravity: 6.24.
- tellurize — to mix or cause to combine with tellurium.
- tellurous — containing tetravalent tellurium.
- telophase — the final stage of meiosis or mitosis, in which the separated chromosomes reach the opposite poles of the dividing cell and the nuclei of the daughter cells form around the two sets of chromosomes.
- telotaxis — orientation or movement, by an organism with sensory receptors, toward or away from a particular source of stimulation.
- temazepam — Temazepam is a drug that is used to make people feel calmer or less anxious.
- tempelhof — a district of S West Berlin: international airport.
- temperate — moderate or self-restrained; not extreme in opinion, statement, etc.: a temperate response to an insulting challenge.
- tempering — a particular state of mind or feelings.
- temporary — an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time.
- temporise — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
- temporize — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
- temps lie — a series of systematized and connected arm and leg movements done for practice.
- temptress — a woman who tempts, entices, or allures.
- temulence — drunkenness
- ten cents — dime, 10th of a dollar
- ten gurus — the ten leaders of the Sikh religion from its founder Guru Nanak to Guru Govind Singh, who ended the line of gurus by calling on Sikhs to rely on the holy text of the Granth to guide them
- ten-speed — a system of gears having ten forward gear ratios, especially on a bicycle.
- tenacious — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- tenaculum — Surgery. a small sharp-pointed hook set in a handle, used for seizing and picking up parts in operations and dissections.
- tenaillon — an outwork shoring up a ravelin
- tenderers — to present formally for acceptance; make formal offer of: to tender one's resignation.
- tenderest — soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough: a tender steak.
- tendering — the act of giving, presenting, or offering
- tenderize — to make (meat) tender, as by pounding or by a chemical process or treatment.
- tenderman — any member of the crew of a vessel engaged in conveying fish from a trap or pound to the shore.
- tendinous — of the nature of or resembling a tendon.
- tendresse — a feeling of love or tenderness
- tendulkar — Sachin (ˈsæʃɪn) (Ramesh). born 1973, Indian cricketer: he played in 200 test matches (1989–2013) and was the first batsman to score 15,000 runs in tests (2011) and first to score 100 international centuries (2012)
- tenebrism — a school, style, or method of painting, adopted chiefly by 17th-century Spanish and Neapolitan painters, esp Caravaggio, characterized by large areas of dark colours, usually relieved with a shaft of light
- tenebrity — the state of being dark
- tenebrous — dark; gloomy; obscure.
- tenements — Also called tenement house. a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.
- teniacide — an agent that destroys tapeworms.
- teniafuge — an agent or medicine for expelling tapeworms from the body.
- tennessee — a state in the SE United States. 42,246 sq. mi. (109,415 sq. km). Capital: Nashville. Abbreviation: TN (for use with zip code), Tenn.
- tenon saw — a small fine-toothed saw with a strong back, used esp for cutting tenons
- tenonitis — tendinitis.
- tenor cor — mellophone.
- tenseness — stretched tight, as a cord, fiber, etc.; drawn taut; rigid.
- tensility — of or relating to tension: tensile strain.
- tensional — the act of stretching or straining.
- tensioner — an instrument for adding tension
- tent city — an area set up with tents, especially as to house homeless or displaced persons.
- tent pole — a pole which is used to hold up a tent
- tent show — an exhibition or performance, especially a circus, presented in a tent.
- tentacled — having tentacles.
- tentation — a method of making mechanical adjustments or the like by a succession of trials.
- tentative — of the nature of or made or done as a trial, experiment, or attempt; experimental: a tentative report on her findings.
- tentmaker — a person who makes tents.