<B>testify, </B>verb, <B>-fied,</B> <B>-fying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to give evidence; say as a witness. <BR> <I>Ex. The excellence of Shakespeare's plays testifies to his genius.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to give evidence under oath in a law court. <BR> <I>Ex. He hated to testify against a friend.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to bear testimony. <BR> <I>Ex. In vain thy creatures testify of thee (William Cowper).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to give evidence of; bear witness to. <BR> <I>Ex. The firm testified its appreciation of her work by raising her pay.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to declare under oath in a law court. <BR> <I>Ex. The witness testified that the larger car had crowded the smaller one into the ditch.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to declare solemnly; affirm. </DL>
<A NAME="testimonial">
<B>testimonial, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a certificate of character, conduct, qualifications, or value; recommendation. <BR> <I>Ex. The boy looking for a job has testimonials from his teachers and former employees.</I> (SYN) credential, voucher. <DD><B> 2. </B>something given or done to show esteem, admiration, gratitude, or worthiness. <BR> <I>Ex. The members of the church collected money for a testimonial to their retiring pastor.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> given or done as a testimonial. <BR> <I>Ex. a testimonial letter, a testimonial dinner.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="testimonialize">
<B>testimonialize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to furnish with a recommendation. <DD><B> 2. </B>to honor with a testimonial. <BR> <I>Ex. [He] was being testimonialized for 35 years of service to his state (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="testimony">
<B>testimony, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a statement used for evidence or proof. <BR> <I>Ex. A witness gave testimony that the accused man was at home all day.</I> (SYN) proof. <DD><B> 2. </B>evidence. <BR> <I>Ex. The pupils presented their teacher with a watch in testimony of their respect and affection.</I> (SYN) proof. <DD><B> 3. </B>an open declaration or profession of one's faith. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Archaic.) the Ten Commandments. <BR><I>expr. <B>testimonies,</B> </I>the precepts of God; divine law. <BR> <I>Ex. to keep the Lord's testimonies and statutes.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="testing">
<B>testing, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the act of subjecting to a test of any kind. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>having to do with or used for experimentation. <BR> <I>Ex. a testing station, testing mechanisms.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>that tests or puts to the test. <BR> <I>Ex. a testing crisis.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="testis">
<B>testis, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tes.</B> <B>=testicle.</B></DL>
<A NAME="testmarket">
<B>test-market, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to test by putting on sale or distributing in certain areas. </DL>
<A NAME="test">
<B>Test</B> or <B>test match,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a contest or tournament for a cricket or Rugby championship. </DL>
<A NAME="teston">
<B>teston, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of various silver coins usually bearing a head, as one of certain early French silver coins or the English shilling of Henry VIII. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) a sixpence. </DL>
<A NAME="testoon">
<B>testoon, </B>noun. <B>=teston.</B></DL>
<A NAME="testosterone">
<B>testosterone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hormone secreted by the testicles or produced synthetically. Testosterone is responsible for the secondary sex characteristics of males. Chemically, it is a white, crystalline steroid. </DL>
<A NAME="testpaper">
<B>test paper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(U.S.) a paper on which a person taking a test has written his answers. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Chemistry.) litmus paper. </DL>
<A NAME="testpattern">
<B>test pattern,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a standard, fixed picture, usually of straight lines and circles, broadcast by a television transmitter to test and aid in the adjustment of broadcasting or receiving devices. </DL>
<A NAME="testpilot">
<B>test pilot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a pilot employed to test new or experimental aircraft by subjecting them to greater than normal stress. </DL>
<A NAME="testpilot">
<B>test-pilot, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to test (aircraft) as a test pilot. <BR> <I>Ex. He was soon recalled to test-pilot single-seater fighter planes (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to be a test pilot; work as a test pilot. <BR> <I>Ex. Men risk and sometimes find death in many ways ... mountain climbing, test-piloting, and war (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="testrange">
<B>test range,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an area set aside for tests. <DD><B> 2. </B>the extent of any test. </DL>
<A NAME="testsite">
<B>test site,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a place where anything is tested. </DL>
<A NAME="teststand">
<B>test stand,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a device to hold something that is being tested, such as a rocket engine. </DL>
<A NAME="testtrack">
<B>test track,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a course for testing motor vehicles. <DD><B> 2. </B>rails on which a vehicle moves at high speed to imitate flying conditions, such as rapid acceleration. </DL>
<A NAME="testtube">
<B>test tube,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a thin glass tube closed at one end, used in making chemical or biological tests. </DL>
<A NAME="testtube">
<B>test-tube, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of, having to do with, or contained in a test tube. <BR> <I>Ex. a test-tube experiment, test-tube cultures.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) of or by chemical synthesis; synthetic. <BR> <I>Ex. a test-tube product.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) born through artificial insemination. <BR> <I>Ex. test-tube cattle.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="testtubebaby">
<B>test-tube-baby,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(formerly) a baby that is conceived and develops outside the womb. <DD><B> 2. </B>a baby conceived outside the womb that develops as a fetus after implantation in the womb. <BR> <I>Ex. The world's first test-tube baby, a girl was born by Caesarean section to Lesley Brown just before midnight, on July 25 [1978], at Oldham and District General Hospital, Greater Manchester [England]. She weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces (T. J. O. Hickey).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a baby conceived through test-tube means. </DL>
<A NAME="testudinal">
<B>testudinal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or resembling a tortoise or tortoise shell. </DL>
<A NAME="testudinate">
<B>testudinate, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>arched; vaulted. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with a tortoise or tortoises. <DD><I>noun </I> a tortoise or turtle. </DL>
<A NAME="testudo">
<B>testudo, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dines.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a movable shelter with a strong and usually fireproof arched roof, used by the ancient Romans for protection in siege operations. <DD><B> b. </B>a shelter formed by a body of troops overlapping their shields above their heads. <DD><B> 2. </B>any other shelter. </DL>
<A NAME="testwell">
<B>test well,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a well made to test a site for oil. </DL>
<A NAME="testy">
<B>testy, </B>adjective, <B>-tier,</B> <B>-tiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> easily irritated; impatient. <BR> <I>Ex. a very unpleasant and testy old man.</I> (SYN) irascible, peevish, petulant, cross. adv. <B>testily.</B> noun <B>testiness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tet">
<B>Tet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the Vietnamese lunar New Year, celebrated in January or February for three or four days. </DL>
<A NAME="tetanic">
<B>tetanic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having to do with tetanus. <DD><B> 2. </B>having to do with tetany. adv. <B>tetanically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tetanize">
<B>tetanize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-nized,</B> <B>-nizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to cause (a muscle) to have tetanic spasms. noun <B>tetanization.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="tetanus">
<B>tetanus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a disease caused by certain bacilli usually entering the body through wounds, characterized by violent spasms, stiffness of many muscles, and even death. Tetanus of the jaw is called lockjaw. You can be protected against tetanus by inoculation. <DD><B> b. </B>the bacillus that causes this disease. <DD><B> 2. </B>a condition of prolonged contraction of a muscle. </DL>
<A NAME="tetany">
<B>tetany, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a disease characterized by spasms of the muscles. </DL>
<A NAME="tetartohedral">
<B>tetartohedral, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having one fourth of the number of faces required by the highest degree of symmetry belonging to its system. <BR> <I>Ex. a tetartohedral crystal.</I> </DL>
<B>tetchy, </B>adjective, <B>tetchier,</B> <B>tetchiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> easily irritated or made angry; irritable; touchy. Also, <B>techy.</B> adv. <B>tetchily.</B> noun <B>tetchiness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="teteatete">
<B>tete-a-tete, </B>adverb, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adv. </I> two together in private. <BR> <I>Ex. They dined tete-a-tete.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> of or for two people in private. <BR> <I>Ex. a tete-a-tete conversation.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a private conversation between two people. <DD><B> 2. </B>an S-shaped seat built so that two people can sit facing one another. </DL>
<A NAME="tetebeche">
<B>tete-beche, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of two adjacent stamps) printed upside down or sideways in relation to each other. </DL>
<A NAME="tetedepont">
<B>tete-de-pont, </B>noun, pl. <B>tetes-de-pont,</B> <B>=bridgehead.</B></DL>
<A NAME="teth">
<B>teth, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. </DL>
<A NAME="tether">
<B>tether, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a rope or chain for fastening an animal so that it can graze or move only within certain limits. <BR> <I>Ex. The cow had broken her tether and was in the garden.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) something that acts as a chain or rope to limit, as ability, resources, or action. <BR> <I>Ex. We soon find the shortness of our tether (Alexander Pope).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to fasten with a tether. <BR> <I>Ex. The horse is tethered to the stake. (Figurative.) Need for money tethered the playboy to his job.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>at the end of one's tether,</B> </I>at the end of one's resources or endurance. <BR> <I>Ex. She is capable also of doing a little mothering of her son when he seems at the end of his tether (London Times).</I> </DL>
