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11,714 words match “TEN”

an fresh-water fish (Tinca tinca, or T. vulgaris) allied to the carp. It is noted for its tenacity of life.

TEND v. 7 definitions

To make a tender of; to offer or tender. [Obs.]

TENDANCE n. 2 definitions

The act of attending or waiting; attendance. [Archaic] Spenser. The breath Of her sweet tendance hovering over him. Tennyson.

Tendency. [Obs.]

effect or result. Writings of this kind, if conducted with candor, have a more particular tendency to the good of their country. Addison. In every experimental science, there is a tendency toward perfection. Macaulay.

TENDER n. 20 definitions

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

TENDER-HEARTED a.

nsibility; susceptible of impressions or influence; affectionate; pitying; sensitive. -- Ten"der-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Ten"der-heart`ed*ness, n. Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them. 2 Chron. xiii. 7. Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted. Eph. iv. 32.

TENDER-HEFTED a.

Having great tenderness; easily moved. [Obs.] Shak.

A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of pioneer life. [Slang, Western U.S.]

TENDERLING n. 2 definitions

One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling. [R.] W. Harrison (1586).

A strip of tender flesh on either side of the vertebral column under the short ribs, in the hind quarter of beef and pork. It consists of the psoas muscles.

In a tender manner; with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain; with pity or affection; kindly. Chaucer.

The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective).

TENDINOUS a. 2 definitions

Pertaining to a tendon; of the nature of tendon.

Attendance; care. [Obs.]

dle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew. Tendon reflex (Physiol.), a kind of reflex act in which a muscle is made to contract by a blow upon its tendon. Its absence is generally a sign of disease. See Knee jerk, under Knee.

TENDOSYNOVITIS n.

See Tenosynovitis.

f Madagascar. They are more or less spinose and resemble the hedgehog in habits. The rice tendrac (Oryzorictes hora) is very injurious to rice crops. Some of the species are called also tenrec.

Tender feeling or fondness; affection.