Vocabulary : Ten-pounder to Tensioned

Ten-pounder : A large oceanic fish (Elops saurus) found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.
Tenrec : A small insectivore (Centetes ecaudatus), native of Madagascar, but introduced also into the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius; -- called also tanrec. The name is applied to other allied genera. See Tendrac.
Tense : One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time. ;; Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.
Tensibility : The quality or state of being tensible; tensility.
Tensible : Capable of being extended or drawn out; ductile; tensible.

Tensile : Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength. ;; Capable of extension; ductile; tensible.
Tensiled : Made tensile.
Tensility : The quality or state of being tensile, or capable of extension; tensibility; as, the tensility of the muscles.
Tension : The pressure or tension of a confined body of vapor. The pressure of a given saturated vapor is a function of the temperature only, and may be measured by introducing a small quantity of the substance into a barometer and noting the depression of the column of mercury. ;; The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the muscles, tension of the larynx. ;; Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling; intense effort. ;; The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length; strain. ;; The force by which a part is pulled when forming part of any system in equilibrium or in motion; as, the tension of a srting supporting a weight equals that weight. ;; A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness. ;; Expansive force; the force with which the parti
Tensioned : Extended or drawn out; subjected to tension.

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