Index of English words, starting with "te"

(1) - Tensor (n.) The ratio of one vector to another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the two vectors; -- so called because considered as a stretching factor in changing one vector into another. See Versor.
(2) - Tensor (n.) A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.

(1) - Tent (v. i.) To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle.
(2) - Tent (n.) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
(3) - Tent (n.) A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, -- used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially soldiers in camp.
(4) - Tent (n.) A probe for searching a wound.
(5) - Tent (n.) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.
(6) - Tent (v. t.) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively.
(7) - Tent (v. t.) To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.
(8) - Tent (n.) Intention; design.
(9) - Tent (n.) Attention; regard, care.
(10) - Tent (n.) A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta.

(1) - Tentacle (n.) A more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense, prehension, or motion.

(1) - Tentacled (a.) Having tentacles.