testator, testify, testy,
tetanus - the disease caused by C. tetani; the state of continuous contraction of a muscle, esp. when caused experimentally by a series of rapidly repeated stimuli
tetanogenic
tetra, tetradactyl ( not a kind of dinosaur)
Tetragrammaton
5ME < Gr tetragrammaton < tetra3, four + gramma, a letter: see GRAM16 the four consonants of the ancient Hebrew name for God (variously transliterated JHVH, IHVH, JHWH, YHVH, YHWH) considered too sacred to be spoken aloud: the word Adonai (Lord) is substituted for this name in utterance, and the vowels of Adonai or Elohim (God) are inserted in Hebrew texts, so that the modern reconstructions are Yahweh, Jehovah, etc.
tetromerious - having four parts
tetrapodous having four feet
tetrapteron, tetrapteran
tetrapteran
a. four-winged. tetrapteron, n. (pl. - ra) such insect. tetrapterous, a.
tetraptych
n. painting in four parts, especially hinged.
tetrastoon - having four stoas
stoa
n.,
pl. sto$ae 73c8 or sto$as 5Gr < IE *stbu3 < base *sta3 > STAND6 a portico, as in ancient Greece, having a wall on one side and pillars on the other
tetrazzini - eponymic of a chef by that name
thallium
n.
5ModL: so named by CROOKES, its discoverer < Gr thallos, young, green shoot (< thallein: see THALIA) because of its green spectral line6 a rare, poisonous, bluish-gray, soft, metallic chemical element, used in making photoelectric cells, rat poisons, etc.: symbol, Tl; at. wt., 204.37; at. no., 81; sp. gr., 11.85; melt. pt., 303.5UC; boil. pt., 1,457UC
thallophyte
n.
5< Gr thallos, young shoot (see prec.) + 3PHYTE6 any of a subkingdom (Thallobionta) of nonvascular plants showing no clear distinction of roots, stem, or leaves and not producing flowers or seeds: it includes the fungi, lichens, and most algae
thal#lo[phyt$ic 73fit4ik8
adj.
thalweg - obviously German. Thal = valley, weg = path
thanatology - the study of death
thankless, thawless, theatrically, theft, theme, thence, theocratic, theologize, theoretically
theremin - a goofy electronic gadget I saw in fifth grade, with performer producing different pitches by
moving his hand different ditances from an antenna. Pure garbage.
thereupon,
theriomorphic - having an animal form
therm - presumably a physics unit of heat
thermoclime - a map with lines connecting points at same temperature
to hell with the rest