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.