Vocabulary : Tenuirostres to Tepee
Tenuirostres : An artificial group of passerine birds having slender bills, as the humming birds.Tenuis : One of the three surd mutes /, /, /; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, /, /, /, and their aspirates, /, /, /. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages.
Tenuity : 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. ;; Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood. ;; Poverty; indigence. ;; Refinement; delicacy.
Tenuous : Thin; slender; small; minute. ;; Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids. ;; Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument.
Tenure : The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate. ;; The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior. ;; The consideration, condition, or service which the occupier of land gives to his lord or superior for the use of his land. ;; Manner of holding, in general; as, in absolute governments, men hold their rights by a precarious tenure.
