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Tenoner
- unknown - A joiner (woodworker) who makes tenon joints.
Tenpins
- noun - bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins
- one of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling
Tenrecs
- noun - small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog
Tensely
- adverb - in a tense manner; "he sat down tensely"
TENSEST
- unknown - 1. (esp. of a muscle or someone's body) Stretched tight or rigid.
2. (of a person) Unable to relax because of nervousness, anxiety, or stimulation: "tense with excitement".
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.