Index of English words, starting with "te"

(1) - Tenaculum (n.) An instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle, and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like.

(1) - Tenancy (n.) A house for habitation, or place to live in, held of another.
(2) - Tenancy (n.) A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another.

(1) - Tenant (v. t.) To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.
(2) - Tenant (n.) One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.
(3) - Tenant (n.) One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under Tenement, 2.

(1) - Tenantable (a.) Fit to be rented; in a condition suitable for a tenant.

(1) - Tenantless (a.) Having no tenants; unoccupied; as, a tenantless mansion.