 | Term | Definition |
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telltale |
That gives warning or information. |
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temerity |
Recklessness. |
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temporal |
Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life. |
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temporary |
Lasting for a short time only. |
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temporize |
To pursue a policy of delay. |
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tempt |
To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong. |
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tempter |
An allurer or enticer to evil. |
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tenacious |
Unyielding. |
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tenant |
An occupant. |
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tendency |
Direction or inclination, as toward some objector end. |
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tenet |
Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true. |
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tenor |
A settled course or manner of progress. |
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tense |
Strained to stiffness. |
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tentative |
Done as an experiment. |
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tenure |
The term during which a thing is held. |
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tercentenary |
Pertaining to a period of 300 years. |
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termagant |
Violently abusive and quarrelsome. |
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terminal |
Pertaining to or creative of a boundary, limit. |
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terminate |
To put an end or stop to. |
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termination |
The act of ending or concluding. |
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terminus |
The final point or goal. |
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terrify |
To fill with extreme fear. |
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territorial |
Pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction. |
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terse |
Pithy. |
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testament |
A will. |
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testator |
The maker of a will. |
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testimonial |
A formal token of regard, often presented in public. |
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thearchy |
Government by a supreme deity. |
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theism |
Belief in God. |
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theocracy |
A government administered by ecclesiastics. |
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theocrasy |
The mixed worship of polytheism. |
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theologian |
A professor of divinity. |
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theological |
Based on or growing out of divine revelation. |
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theology |
The branch of theological science that treats of God. |
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theoretical |
Directed toward knowledge for its own sake without respect to applications. |
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theorist |
One given to speculating. |
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theorize |
To speculate. |
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thereabout |
Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, approximately. |
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therefor |
For that or this. |
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thermal |
Of or pertaining to heat. |
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thermoelectric |
Denoting electricity produced by heat. |
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thermoelectricity |
Electricity generated by differences of temperature, |
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thesis |
An essay or treatise on a particular subject. |
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thoroughbred |
Bred from the best or purest blood or stock. |
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thoroughfare |
A public street or road. |
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thrall |
One controlled by an appetite or a passion. |
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tilth |
Cultivation. |
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timbre |
The quality of a tone, as distinguished from intensity and pitch. |
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timorous |
Lacking courage. |
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tincture |
A solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in medicine. |
