tentorium
— Noun
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~ (anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum
tenuity
— Noun
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~ the quality of lacking intensity or substance; "a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
tenuity
— Noun
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~ relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope"
tenuity
— Noun
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~ a rarified quality; "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere"
tenuous
— Adjective
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~ lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; "a fragile claim to fame"
tenuous
— Adjective
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~ very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"
tenuous
— Adjective
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~ having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid"
tenuously
— Adverb
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~ in a tenuous manner; "his works tenuously survive in the minds of a few scholars"
tenure
— Noun
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~ the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands
tenure
— Noun
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~ the term during which some position is held
tenure
— Verb
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~ give life-time employment to; "She was tenured after she published her book"
tenured
— Adjective
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~ appointed for life and not subject to dismissal except for a grave crime; "an irremovable officer"; "a tenured professor"
Tenzing Norgay
— Noun
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~ Sherpa mountaineer guide who with Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the first to attain the summit of Mount Everest (1914-1986)
Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski
— Noun
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~ English novelist (born in Poland) noted for sea stories and for his narrative technique (1857-1924)
tepal
— Noun
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~ an undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lilies and tulips)
tepary bean
— Noun
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~ twining plant of southwestern United States and Mexico having roundish white or yellow or brown or black beans
tepee
— Noun
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~ a Native American tent; usually of conical shape