p.168 - 07/23/03 05:24 PM
television - What badword idiot put this in a list of “Words Appearing Infrequently”?
tellurian
adj.
5< L tellus, gen. telluris, the earth (< IE base *telo3, flat surface > THILL, DEAL3) + 3AN6 of the earth; terrestrial
n.
1 an inhabitant of the earth
2 an apparatus for demonstrating how the earth‘s position and movement (diurnal rotation, annual revolution, etc.) cause day and night and the cycle of the seasons: also tel[lu4ri[on 739n#, 3!n8
tellurium
n.
5ModL: coined (1798) by M. H. Klaproth (1743-1817), Ger chemist, for element discovered (1783) by F. J. M. von Reichenstein, Austrian mineralogist < L tellus, earth (see TELLURIAN) + 3IUM, in contrast to URANIUM6 a rare, tin-white, brittle, nonmetallic chemical element, belonging to the same family of elements as sulfur and selenium and occurring naturally in mineral tellurite and tellurides: it is used as a glass tint, as an alloying material, and in thermoelectric converters: symbol, Te; at. wt., 127.60; at. no., 52; sp. gr., 6.24; melt. pt., 449.5UC; boil. pt., 989.8UC
telos - defined by Scripps-Howard as “an ultimate end or object.”
tempeh
n.
a cheeselike high-protein food, orig. of Indonesia, made with cooked soybeans fermented with a rhizopus fungus and used as a meat substitute, in salads, etc.
temporal, temporality,
tenace
n.
5< Sp tenaza, lit., tongs, pincers < L tenaces, things that hold fast < tenax: see fol.6 Bridge an imperfect sequence of high cards in the same unit, as the ace and queen without the king
Has television killed bridge yet?
tenant, tenderfoot, tenderize, tendinitis, tendinous
tendu - extended in a taut manner, as a leg in ballet
tenor, tenorless, tensely, tentacled, tentative, tentiform, temire.
teonanacatl - Sacred Mushroom, source of psilocybin for those who want to go nutty
terbium
n.
5ModL: so named (1843) by Mosander, its discoverer, after Ytterby: see ERBIUM6 a silver-gray, soft, ductile chemical element of the rare-earth metals, found in gadolinite and other minerals: symbol, Tb; at. wt., 158.925; at. no., 65; sp. gr., 8.23; melt. pt., 1,356UC; boil. pt., 3,123UC
teredo
n.,
pl. 3dos or 3di[nes# 73di ncz#8 5ME < L < Gr tercdbn, borer, akin to teirein, to rub: see THROW6 any of a genus (Teredo) of long shipworms that feed on wood
tergiversate
vi.
3sat#ed, 3sat#ing 5< L tergiversatus, pp. of tergiversari, to turn one‘s back, decline, shift < tergum, the back (see fol.) + versari, to turn: see VERSE6
1 to desert a cause, party, etc.; become a renegade; apostatize
2 to use evasions or subterfuge; equivocate
ter#gi[ver[sa4tion
n.
ter4gi[ver[sa#tor
n.
Tergiferous
<XPAGE=1487Ter*gif"er*ous (?), a. [L. tergum the back + -ferous.] Carrying or bearing upon the back. Tergiferous plants (Bot.), plants which bear their seeds on the back of their leaves, as ferns.
teriyaki
n.
5Jpn < teri, nominal form of teru, to shine + yaki, nominal form of yaku, to broil: so called because the sauce makes the meat or fish shiny6 a Japanese dish consisting of meat or fish marinated or dipped in spiced soy sauce and broiled, grilled, or barbecued
tern - leave no stone unturned, no stern untoned, no tern unstoned
ternary
adj.
5ME < L ternarius < terni, three each < tres, THREE6
1 made up of three parts or things; threefold; triple
2 third in order or rank
3 Chem. of or containing three different atoms, elements, radicals, etc.
4 Math. a) having three as a base b) involving three variables
5 Metallurgy of an alloy of three elements
n.,
pl. 3ries [Rare] a group or set of three
Terpsichore - the Muse of dancing
terraciform
terrane - geology - deposits characterisiic of one part of the world, but identifiable in other parts of the world as result of actions of plate techtonics
ter[rene 7ter rcn$, t! rcn$, ter4cn#8
adj.
5ME < L terrenus: see TERRAIN6
1 of earth; earthy
2 worldly; mundane
n.
1 the earth
2 a land or territory
terreplein
n.
5Fr < It terrepieno < terrapienare, to fill with earth, terrace < terra (see TERRACE) + pienare, to fill < L plenus, full: see PLENTY6 a level platform behind a parapet, rampart, etc., where guns are mounted
territoriality, terror,
tessera, tessellate - tiles, tilage
tellurian
adj.
5< L tellus, gen. telluris, the earth (< IE base *telo3, flat surface > THILL, DEAL3) + 3AN6 of the earth; terrestrial
n.
1 an inhabitant of the earth
2 an apparatus for demonstrating how the earth‘s position and movement (diurnal rotation, annual revolution, etc.) cause day and night and the cycle of the seasons: also tel[lu4ri[on 739n#, 3!n8
tellurium
n.
5ModL: coined (1798) by M. H. Klaproth (1743-1817), Ger chemist, for element discovered (1783) by F. J. M. von Reichenstein, Austrian mineralogist < L tellus, earth (see TELLURIAN) + 3IUM, in contrast to URANIUM6 a rare, tin-white, brittle, nonmetallic chemical element, belonging to the same family of elements as sulfur and selenium and occurring naturally in mineral tellurite and tellurides: it is used as a glass tint, as an alloying material, and in thermoelectric converters: symbol, Te; at. wt., 127.60; at. no., 52; sp. gr., 6.24; melt. pt., 449.5UC; boil. pt., 989.8UC
telos - defined by Scripps-Howard as “an ultimate end or object.”
tempeh
n.
a cheeselike high-protein food, orig. of Indonesia, made with cooked soybeans fermented with a rhizopus fungus and used as a meat substitute, in salads, etc.
temporal, temporality,
tenace
n.
5< Sp tenaza, lit., tongs, pincers < L tenaces, things that hold fast < tenax: see fol.6 Bridge an imperfect sequence of high cards in the same unit, as the ace and queen without the king
Has television killed bridge yet?
tenant, tenderfoot, tenderize, tendinitis, tendinous
tendu - extended in a taut manner, as a leg in ballet
tenor, tenorless, tensely, tentacled, tentative, tentiform, temire.
teonanacatl - Sacred Mushroom, source of psilocybin for those who want to go nutty
terbium
n.
5ModL: so named (1843) by Mosander, its discoverer, after Ytterby: see ERBIUM6 a silver-gray, soft, ductile chemical element of the rare-earth metals, found in gadolinite and other minerals: symbol, Tb; at. wt., 158.925; at. no., 65; sp. gr., 8.23; melt. pt., 1,356UC; boil. pt., 3,123UC
teredo
n.,
pl. 3dos or 3di[nes# 73di ncz#8 5ME < L < Gr tercdbn, borer, akin to teirein, to rub: see THROW6 any of a genus (Teredo) of long shipworms that feed on wood
tergiversate
vi.
3sat#ed, 3sat#ing 5< L tergiversatus, pp. of tergiversari, to turn one‘s back, decline, shift < tergum, the back (see fol.) + versari, to turn: see VERSE6
1 to desert a cause, party, etc.; become a renegade; apostatize
2 to use evasions or subterfuge; equivocate
ter#gi[ver[sa4tion
n.
ter4gi[ver[sa#tor
n.
Tergiferous
<XPAGE=1487Ter*gif"er*ous (?), a. [L. tergum the back + -ferous.] Carrying or bearing upon the back. Tergiferous plants (Bot.), plants which bear their seeds on the back of their leaves, as ferns.
teriyaki
n.
5Jpn < teri, nominal form of teru, to shine + yaki, nominal form of yaku, to broil: so called because the sauce makes the meat or fish shiny6 a Japanese dish consisting of meat or fish marinated or dipped in spiced soy sauce and broiled, grilled, or barbecued
tern - leave no stone unturned, no stern untoned, no tern unstoned
ternary
adj.
5ME < L ternarius < terni, three each < tres, THREE6
1 made up of three parts or things; threefold; triple
2 third in order or rank
3 Chem. of or containing three different atoms, elements, radicals, etc.
4 Math. a) having three as a base b) involving three variables
5 Metallurgy of an alloy of three elements
n.,
pl. 3ries [Rare] a group or set of three
Terpsichore - the Muse of dancing
terraciform
terrane - geology - deposits characterisiic of one part of the world, but identifiable in other parts of the world as result of actions of plate techtonics
ter[rene 7ter rcn$, t! rcn$, ter4cn#8
adj.
5ME < L terrenus: see TERRAIN6
1 of earth; earthy
2 worldly; mundane
n.
1 the earth
2 a land or territory
terreplein
n.
5Fr < It terrepieno < terrapienare, to fill with earth, terrace < terra (see TERRACE) + pienare, to fill < L plenus, full: see PLENTY6 a level platform behind a parapet, rampart, etc., where guns are mounted
territoriality, terror,
tessera, tessellate - tiles, tilage
