<B>telestich, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a short poem in which the final letters of the lines, in order, spell a word or words. </DL>
<A NAME="teletext">
<B>teletext, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a communications system in which printed information transmitted over television channels is displayed on a television screen by a special encoder. </DL>
<A NAME="teletherapy">
<B>teletherapy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> radiotherapy of a high intensity, applied at a distance from the body or affected organ. </DL>
<A NAME="telethermograph">
<B>telethermograph, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=telethermometer.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>a record made by such a device. </DL>
<A NAME="telethermometer">
<B>telethermometer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various thermometers whose readings are automatically transmitted. </DL>
<A NAME="telethermometry">
<B>telethermometry, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the use of a telethermometer. </DL>
<A NAME="telethon">
<B>telethon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a television program lasting many hours, especially one soliciting contributions, as for a charity. </DL>
<B>teletype, </B>noun, verb, <B>-typed,</B> <B>-typing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a communication system of teletypewriters with their connecting circuits and other equipment. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to send (a message) by teletypwriter. noun <B>teletyper.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="teletypesetter">
<B>Teletypesetter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Trademark.) a telegraphic device for sending signals by teletype. The signals cause holes to be punched in a tape that is put into a typesetting machine which sets printing type automatically. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>teletypesetter.</B> any device or apparatus like this. </DL>
<A NAME="teletypewriter">
<B>teletypewriter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a telegraphic device which resembles a typewriter, used in sending, receiving, and automatically printing out messages. </DL>
<A NAME="teletypist">
<B>teletypist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who operates a teletypewriter. </DL>
<A NAME="teleutospore">
<B>teleutospore, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) a teliospore. </DL>
<B>televangelist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a television evangelist; preacher of an electronic church. <BR> <I>Ex. His syndicated Sunday morning TV service, The Hour of Power, reaches an audience of almost 3 million, placing him among the nation's top-rated televangelists (Time).</I> noun <B>televangelism.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="teleview">
<B>teleview, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to look at (a television program). </DL>
<A NAME="televiewer">
<B>televiewer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who watches television. </DL>
<A NAME="televise">
<B>televise, </B>verb, <B>-vised,</B> <B>-vising.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to send by television. <BR> <I>Ex. to televise a baseball game.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to receive or see by television. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to broadcast television programs. </DL>
<A NAME="television">
<B>television, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the process of sending pictures of an object, scene, or something happening through the air or over a wire by means of electricity so that people in many places can see them at once. In television, waves of light from an object are changed into electric waves which are sent to a receiving point, where they are changed back into waves of light that produce an image of the object on a screen. The sound which accompanies the image is sent by radio at the same time. <DD><B> 2. </B>a view of scenes transmitted thus. <DD><B> 3. </B>an apparatus on which these pictures may be seen; television set. <DD><B> 4. </B>the business of broadcasting television programs; the television industry. (Abbr:) TV </DL>
<A NAME="televisional">
<B>televisional, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with television. adv. <B>televisionally.</B> </DL>
<B>television set,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an apparatus for receiving and making visible television broadcasts. </DL>
<A NAME="televisor">
<B>televisor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a television receiver or transmitter. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person or studio that televises. </DL>
<A NAME="televisual">
<B>televisual, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) of or suitable for television. <BR> <I>Ex. a televisual subject.</I> adv. <B>televisually.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="telework">
<B>telework, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> work done at one's home or other place away from an office or central work site. <BR> <I>Ex. The phenomenon of working at home rather than in an office--often called "telework" ... is expected to increase greatly in the years ahead (Phoenix Gazette).</I> noun <B>teleworker.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="telex">
<B>Telex, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>(Trademark.) a communications system of teletypewriters serving subscribers. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>telex.</B> this or any similar system. <DD><B> 3. </B>a machine in this system. <DD><I>v.t. </I> Also, <B>telex.</B> <B>1. </B>to send (messages) by Telex. <BR> <I>Ex. The instructions were telexed to Pretoria (Cape Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to communicate with by Telex. </DL>
<B>telford, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a pavement consisting of layers of rolled stones. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or having to do with such a pavement. <DD><B> 2. </B>made by layers of rolled stones. </DL>
<A NAME="telfordize">
<B>telfordize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to pave with telford (pavement). </DL>
<A NAME="telharmonium">
<B>telharmonium, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an electrical keyboard instrument to produce music at a distance over an electrical circuit. </DL>
<B>telial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) <DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with a telium. <DD><B> 2. </B>like a telium. </DL>
<A NAME="telialstage">
<B>telial stage,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) the last phase in the life cycle of certain rust fungi, in which teliospores are produced. </DL>
<A NAME="telic">
<B>telic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Grammar.) (of a conjunction or clause) expressing end or purpose. (Example:) He asked in order to find out. <DD><B> 2. </B>done for a purpose; teleological. </DL>
<A NAME="telics">
<B>telics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a branch of sociology dealing with planned and directed progress. </DL>
<A NAME="teliospore">
<B>teliospore, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) a thick-walled spore produced by certain rust fungi generally in autumn, remaining in the tissues of the host during winter and germinating in the spring to produce basidia. </DL>
<A NAME="teliosporic">
<B>teliosporic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) having to do with or characterized by teliospores. </DL>
<A NAME="teliostage">
<B>teliostage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) the telial stage. </DL>
<A NAME="telium">
<B>telium, </B>noun, pl. <B>telia.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) a sorus bearing teliospores, formed by certain rust fungi. </DL>
