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TEN'TER-GROUND, n. Ground on which tenters are erected.
TENT'ER, n. [L. tendo, tentus, to stretch.] A hook for stretching cloth on a fra...
TENT'ED, a. Covered or furnished with tents; as soldiers. 1. Covered with tents;...
TENT'ATIVE, a. Trying; essaying. TENT'ATIVE , n. An essay; trial.
TENTA'TION, n. [L. tentatio; tento, to try.] Trial; temptation. [Little used.]
TENT'AGE, n. An encampment. [Unusual.]
TEN'TACLE, n. [L. tentacula.] A filiform process or organ, simple or branched, o...
TENT, n. [L. tentorium, from tendo, to stretch.] 1. A pavilion or portable lodge...
TENSURE, the same as tension, and not used.
TENS'OR, n. In anatomy, a muscle that extends or stretches a part.
TENS'IVE, a. Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness or contraction; as a ten...
TEN'SION, n. [L. tensio, tendo.] 1. The act of stretching or straining; as the t...
TENS'ILE, a. Capable of extension.
TENS'IBLE, a. Capable of being extended.
TENSENESS, n. tens'ness. The state of being tense or stretched to stiffness; sti...
TENSE, a. tens. [L. tensus, from tendo, to stretch.] Stretched; strained to stif...