English to English Dictionary

Tectrix

A covert feather of a bird, specifically one of the small feathers that overlie the bases of the main flight or tail feathers.

Telamon

A figure of a man used as a column or support for a building or entablature, also known as an atlas.

Telemachus

In Greek mythology, the son of Odysseus and Penelope who plays a central role in Homer's Odyssey.

Teleological ethics

A theory of ethics according to which the rightness of an action is determined by its end, purpose, or the goodness of its consequences.

Telesis

Progress achieved through purposeful, intelligent planning and human effort directed toward a specific end.

Telic

Denoting a verb or predicate that expresses an action directed toward a goal and has an inherent endpoint or terminal point.

Temerity

Excessive confidence or boldness; audacity.

Temple-servant

A person dedicated or bound to the service of a temple or deity, often performing menial, ritualistic, or administrative duties.

Temporalis

A large fan-shaped muscle situated on the side of the skull, passing down through the zygomatic arch to insert into the mandible, and acting to masticate food by closing the jaw.

Ten-Faced-Figure

A representation or figure that has ten distinct faces, often used in artistic or symbolic contexts.

Ten-household group

A historical administrative unit in China consisting of ten households grouped together for mutual surveillance, collective responsibility, and local governance.

Tenancy-in-common

A form of concurrent ownership of property in which each owner holds an undivided interest in the whole property that can be passed down to heirs.