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Tendernessnouna feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)verified
Tendrilnounslender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for supportverified
Tenebrionidnounsluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grainverified
Tenesmusnounpainful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of fecesverified
Tennisnouna game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the courtverified
Tennis ElbownounMWEpainful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from overuse of lower arm muscles (as in twisting of the hand)verified
Tenonnouna projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise jointverified
Tensile StrengthnounMWEthe strength of material expressed as the greatest longitudinal stress it can bear without tearing apartverified
Tensionnouna balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies, especially in art or literatureverified
Tent CaterpillarnounMWEthe larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade treesverified
Tent FlapnounMWEflap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tentverified
Tent-Flynounflap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tentverified
Tentaclenounany of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animalsverified
Tenth Cranial NervenounMWEa mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal visceraverified
Tentoriumnoun(anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrumverified
Tepalnounan undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lilies and tulips)verified
Terabytenouna unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytesverified
Teratogennounany agent that interferes with normal embryonic development: alcohol or thalidomide or X-rays or rubella are examplesverified
Teratologynounthe branch of biology concerned with the development of malformations or serious deviations from the normal type of organismverified
Terbinafinenounan oral antifungal drug (trade name Lamisil) used to treat cases of fungal nail diseaseverified
Terbium MetalnounMWEa separate group of related lanthanides, including terbium, europium, gadolinium, and sometimes dysprosiumverified