- 4. Proof (by a witness), evidence, witness, ground of belief.
- 5. Manifestation, expression.
- 6. Sacred Scriptures, divine revelation.
Testiness, n. Fretfulness, peevishness, petulance, irascibility, irritability, hastiness, techiness, touchiness.
Testudinated, a. Vaulted, roofed, arched.
Testy, a. Peevish, petulant, fretful, pettish, touchy, cross, waspish, snappish, choleric, splenetic, irascible, irritable, captious, hasty, quick, peppery.
Tetanus, n. [L.] (Med.) Spasm, spasmodic contraction of the muscles.
Tête-à-tête. [Fr.]
- 1. (Adverbially.) Face to face, cheek by jowl, privately, confidentially, familiarily, vis-à-vis.
- 2. (As a noun.) Close conversation, private conversation, familiar conference, private interview.
Tether, n. Tedder.
Tetrachord, n. (Mus.) Diatessaron, fourth.
Tetrad, n. Four, quaternion.
Tetrahedral, a. Four-sided.
Tetter, n. Herpes, fret, ringworm.
Tetter-totter, v. n. See-saw, teeter, titter, titter-totter, titter-cum-totter.
Text, n.
- 1. Body (of a literary work, as distinguished from comments), true copy.
- 2. Verse (of Scripture), passage, sentence, clause, paragraph.
- 3. Topic, subject, theme, thesis.
Text-book, n. Manual of instruction, educational treatise, school-bock.
Textile, a.
- 1. Woven.
- 2. Textorial, pertaining to textrine weaving.