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TENTHMETER; TENTHMETRE n.
A unit for the measurement of many small lengths, such that 1010 of these units make one meter; the ten millionth part of a millimeter.
TENTHREDINIDES n.
A group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies.
TENTIF a.
Attentive. [Obs.] Chaucer.
TENTIFLY adv.
Attentively. [Obs.] Chaucer.
TENTIGINOUS a. 2 definitions
Stiff; stretched; strained. [Obs.] Johnson.
TENTMAKER n.
One whose occupation it is to make tents. Acts xviii. 3.
TENTORIUM n.
llum from the cerebrum and often incloses a process or plate of the skull called the bony tentorium.
TENTORY n.
The awning or covering of a tent. [Obs.] Evelyn.
TENTWORT n.
A kind of small fern, the wall rue. See under Wall.
ABSTENTION a.
The act of abstaining; a holding aloof. Jer. Taylor.
ABSTENTIOUS a.
Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining. Farrar.
ADVERTENT a.
Attentive; heedful; regardful. Sir M. Hale. -- Ad*vert"ent*ly, adv.
ANNECTENT a.
Connecting; annexing. Owen.
APPETENT a.
Desiring; eagerly desirous. [R.] Appetent after glory and renown. Sir G. Buck.
ARMIPOTENT a.
Powerful in arms; mighty in battle. The temple stood of Mars armipotent. Dryden.
ATTENT a. 2 definitions
Attentive; heedful. [Archaic] Let thine ears be attent unto the prayer. 2 Chron. vi. 40.
ATTENTATE; ATTENTAT n. 3 definitions
An attempt; an assault. [Obs.] Bacon.
ATTENTION n. 2 definitions
; the supposed power or faculty of attending. They say the tongues of dying men Enforce attention like deep harmony. Shak.
ATTENTIVE a. 2 definitions
Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention.
ATTENTLY adv.
Attentively. [Obs.] Barrow.
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