Antenna :: Antenna (n.) A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids..

Antennae :: Antennae (pl. ) of Antenn.

Antennal :: Antennal (a.) Belonging to the antennae.

Antenniferous :: Antenniferous (a.) Bearing or having antennae.

Antenniform :: Antenniform (a.) Shaped like antennae.

Antennule :: Antennule (n.) A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennae or feelers of Crustacea.

Bicentennial :: Bicentennial (a.) Consisting of two hundred years.

Bicentennial :: Bicentennial (a.) Occurring every two hundred years.

Bicentennial :: Bicentennial (n.) The two hundredth year or anniversary, or its celebration..

Centennial :: Centennial (a.) Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode..

Centennial :: Centennial (a.) Happening once in a hundred years; as, centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration..

Centennial :: Centennial (a.) Lasting or aged a hundred years.

Centennial :: Centennial (n.) The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a centenary.

Centennially :: Centennially (adv.) Once in a hundred years.

Court Tennis :: Court tennis () See under Tennis.

Festennine :: Festennine (n.) A fescennine.

Octennial :: Octennial (a.) Happening every eighth year; also, lasting a period of eight years..

Oftenness :: Oftenness (n.) Frequency.

Semicentennial :: Semicentennial (a.) Of or pertaining to half of a century, or a period of fifty years; as, a semicentennial commemoration..

Semicentennial :: Semicentennial (n.) A fiftieth anniversary.

Septennate :: Septennate (n.) A period of seven years; as, the septennate during which the President of the French Republic holds office..

Septennial :: Septennial (a.) Lasting or continuing seven years; as, septennial parliaments..

Septennial :: Septennial (a.) Happening or returning once in every seven years; as, septennial elections in England..

Septennially :: Septennially (adv.) Once in seven years.

Tennantite :: Tennantite (n.) A blackish lead-gray mineral, closely related to tetrahedrite. It is essentially a sulphide of arsenic and copper..

Tenne :: Tenne (n.) A tincture, rarely employed, which is considered as an orange color or bright brown. It is represented by diagonal lines from sinister to dexter, crossed by vertical lines..

Tennis :: Tennis (n.) A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand..

Tennis :: Tennis (v. t.) To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis..

Tennu :: Tennu (n.) The tapir.

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