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| Tenuis | ‖n.; pl. Tenues [ NL., fr. L. tenuis fine, thin. See Tenuous. ] (Gr. Gram.) One of the three surd mutes κ, π, τ; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, γ, β, δ, and their aspirates, χ, φ, θ. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tenuifolious | a. [ L. tenuis thin + folium a leaf. ] (Bot.) Having thin or narrow leaves. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tenuious | a. [ See Tenuous. ] Rare or subtile; tenuous; -- opposed to dense. [ Obs. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tenuiroster | n.; pl. Tenuirosters [ NL., fr. L. tenuis thin + rostrum a beak. ] (Zool.) One of the Tenuirostres. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tenuirostral | a. (Zool.) Thin-billed; -- applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming birds. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tenuirostres | ‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) An artificial group of passerine birds having slender bills, as the humming birds. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tenuity | n. [ L. tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F. ténuité. See Tenuous. ] 1. The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Poverty; indigence. [ Obs. ] Eikon Basilike. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Refinement; delicacy. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | | | tenuity | (ทะนู'อิที) n. ความผอมบาง, ความเรียวเล็ก, ความไม่สำคัญ, ความจืดชืด., See also: tenuous adj. |
| | | | polyporus tenuiculus | (n) a fungus with a whitish kidney-shaped cap and elongated pores; causes white rot in dead hardwoods | | feebleness | (n) the quality of lacking intensity or substance; - Nathaniel Hawthorne, Syn. tenuity | | mascarene grass | (n) Asiatic creeping perennial grass; introduced in southern United States as a drought-resistant lawn grass, Syn. Korean velvet grass, Zoysia tenuifolia | | rarity | (n) a rarified quality, Syn. low density, tenuity | | russian thistle | (n) prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States, Syn. Salsola kali tenuifolia, Russian tumbleweed, tumbleweed, Russian cactus | | slender rush | (n) tufted wiry rush of wide distribution, Syn. Juncus tenuis | | thinness | (n) relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width, Syn. slenderness, tenuity, Ant. thickness | | wall rocket | (n) yellow-flowered European plant that grows on old walls and in waste places; an adventive weed in North America, Syn. Diplotaxis tenuifolia, Diplotaxis muralis |
| | Tenuifolious | a. [ L. tenuis thin + folium a leaf. ] (Bot.) Having thin or narrow leaves. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tenuious | a. [ See Tenuous. ] Rare or subtile; tenuous; -- opposed to dense. [ Obs. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tenuiroster | n.; pl. Tenuirosters [ NL., fr. L. tenuis thin + rostrum a beak. ] (Zool.) One of the Tenuirostres. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tenuirostral | a. (Zool.) Thin-billed; -- applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming birds. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tenuirostres | ‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) An artificial group of passerine birds having slender bills, as the humming birds. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tenuis | ‖n.; pl. Tenues [ NL., fr. L. tenuis fine, thin. See Tenuous. ] (Gr. Gram.) One of the three surd mutes κ, π, τ; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, γ, β, δ, and their aspirates, χ, φ, θ. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tenuity | n. [ L. tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F. ténuité. See Tenuous. ] 1. The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Poverty; indigence. [ Obs. ] Eikon Basilike. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Refinement; delicacy. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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