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Syenite
- - Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called granite. (b) A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes contains nephelite (elaeolite) or leucite, and is then called nephelite (elaeolite) syenite or leucite syenite.
Taeniae
- noun - a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
- tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host
Tainted
- verb - contaminate with a disease or microorganism
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
- touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"
- unclean
Tannage
- - A tanning; the act, operation, or result of tanning.
Tanners
- noun - a craftsman who tans skins and hides
- a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
Tannery
- noun - workplace where skins and hides are tanned
Tannest
- adjective - beat or flog
- of a light yellowish-brown color
Tanning
- verb - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
- get a tan, from wind or sun
- making leather from rawhide
- process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light
- treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather