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Tenniel
- noun - English cartoonist (1820-1914)
Tenpins
- noun - bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins
- one of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling
Tensile
- adjective - capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy"
- of or relating to tension; "tensile stress"; "tensile pull"
Tensing
- verb - become stretched or tense or taut;
- become tense, nervous, or uneasy; "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"
- cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
- increase the tension on; "alternately relax and tense your calf muscle"; "tense the rope manually before tensing the spring"
Tension
- noun - (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear"
- (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
- a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature); "there is a tension created between narrative time and movie time"; "there is a tension between these approaches to understanding history"
- feelings of hostility that are not manifest; "he could sense her latent hostility to him"; "the diplomats' first concern was to reduce international tensions"
- the action of stretching something tight; "tension holds the belt in the pulleys"
- the physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body"
Tensity
- noun - the physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body"
Tensive
- - Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or contraction.
Tenting
- verb - live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"
- the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
Tenuity
- noun - a rarified quality; "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere"
- relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope"
- the quality of lacking intensity or substance; "a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
Tequila
- noun - Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plant