English English Dictionary

of Tenuis

Having thin or narrow leaves.

Rare or subtile; tenuous; -- opposed to dense.

One of the Tenuirostres.

of Tenuiroster

Thin-billed; -- applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming birds.

An artificial group of passerine birds having slender bills, as the humming birds.

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.

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.

Thin; slender; small; minute.

Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.

Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument.

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.

Literally, God's house; a temple, usually of pyramidal form, such as were built by the aborigines of Mexico, Yucatan, etc.