Index of English words, starting with "te"

(1) - Tenace (n.) The holding by the fourth hand of the best and third best cards of a suit led; also, sometimes, the combination of best with third best card of a suit in any hand.

(1) - Tenacious (a.) Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.
(2) - Tenacious (a.) Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.
(3) - Tenacious (a.) Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.
(4) - Tenacious (a.) Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.
(5) - Tenacious (a.) Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.
(6) - Tenacious (a.) Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.

(1) - Tenacity (n.) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, -- usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.
(2) - Tenacity (n.) That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity.
(3) - Tenacity (n.) That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; -- as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
(4) - Tenacity (n.) The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose.