testudo |
a movable fireproof shelter, sometimes formed by overlapping shields, that was held by ancient Roman foot soldiers during sieges. |
testy |
easily annoyed or angered; irritable; touchy. [2 definitions] |
Tet |
the festival of the lunar New Year, celebrated by the Vietnamese. |
tetanus |
an often fatal infectious disease involving rigidness and spasms of the muscles, esp. in the neck and lower jaw, and caused by a bacterium that usu. gains entry to the body through a wound. [2 definitions] |
tête-à-tête |
a conversation between two people in private. [3 definitions] |
teth |
the name of the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. |
tether |
a rope, chain, leash, or the like by which an animal, balloon, or other moving or movable object is fastened. [2 definitions] |
tetherball |
a game, usu. played by two people, in which a ball suspended by a cord from a post is hit with the hand or a paddle, the object being to wrap the cord fully around the post. |
Teti |
the first pharaoh of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, reigning in the middle of the third millenium B.C.E. (2345 B.C.E.?-- 2333 B.C.E?). |
tetra |
any of several small brightly colored tropical fish that are common in fresh water aquariums. |
tetra- |
four. |
tetracycline |
an antibiotic derived from certain microorganisms or synthesized, used to treat many different infections. |
tetrad |
a group or set of four. [3 definitions] |
tetraethyl lead |
a poisonous, colorless liquid compound of lead used chiefly in gasoline to improve combustion and reduce engine knock. |
tetragram |
a word consisting of four letters. |
Tetragrammaton |
the four Hebrew letters, usu. transliterated as "YHWH" or "JHWH," representing the name of God, considered too holy to be spoken aloud. |
tetrahedral |
of or shaped like a tetrahedron. |
tetrahedron |
a solid figure formed by four triangular faces; triangular pyramid. |
tetralogy |
any series of four related plays, novels, operas, or the like. [2 definitions] |
tetrameter |
a line of verse that contains four metrical feet. [3 definitions] |
tetrapod |
any vertebrate having four limbs, or having evolved from a four-limbed ancestor. |