Tenure, n.

    1. (Law.) Manner or principle of holding (lands and tenements).
    2. Holding, use, occupation, occupancy, possession (for the time).

Tepid, a. Lukewarm, slightly warm, moderately warm.

Tepor, n. Tepidness, lukewarmness, gentle heat, tepidity.

Teredo, n. Ship-worm.

Tergal, a. Dorsal.

Tergiversation, n.

    1. Evasion, shift, subterfuge, shifting.
    2. Vacillation, veering, fickleness, instability, inconstancy, change of mind.

Term, n.

    1. Limit, boundary, bound, confine, bourn, mete, terminus.
    2. Time, season, spell, space of time, period of time.
    3. Word (considered as having a definite meaning; particularly a technical word), expression, name, denomination.
    4. Member (of a syllogism, of an equation, of a fraction, of a proportion, etc.).

Term, v. a. Designate, denominate, name, style, entitle, call, phrase, dub, christen.

Termagant, n. Scold, shrew, vixen, virago, hag, beldam, Xantippe, brawling woman, turbulent woman.

Termes, n. [L. pl. Termites.] White ant, termite.

Terminal, a.

    1. Limiting, bounding.
    2. Final, ultimate.
    3. (Bot.) Terminating.

  By PanEris using Melati.

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