Words Starting With TEN
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter TEN. This section showcases how TEN at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with TEN, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
3 letter words
Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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ten | 3 | one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face | - |
4 letter words
Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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tend | 5 | have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined | She tends to be nervous before her lectures |
tent | 4 | a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs) | he pitched his tent near the creek |
tene | 4 | - | - |
tens | 4 | - | - |
5 letter words
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tense | 5 | cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious | he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up |
tenth | 8 | coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position | - |
tenor | 5 | the general meaning or substance of an utterance | although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument |
tenia | 5 | a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband | - |
tenet | 5 | a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof | - |
tench | 10 | freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water | - |
tenon | 5 | a projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint | - |
tends | 6 | - | - |
tendu | 6 | - | - |
tenes | 5 | - | - |
tenge | 6 | 100 tenge equal 1 manat in Turkmenistan | - |
tenne | 5 | - | - |
tenno | 5 | the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno | - |
tenny | 8 | - | - |
tents | 5 | - | - |
tenty | 8 | - | - |
tenue | 5 | - | - |
6 letter words
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tennis | 6 | a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court | - |
tender | 7 | someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another | - |
tenant | 6 | someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else | the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent |
tensed | 7 | having inflections to indicate tense | - |
tenure | 6 | the term during which some position is held | - |
tenner | 6 | the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system | - |
tendon | 7 | a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment | - |
tensor | 6 | a generalization of the concept of a vector | - |
tented | 7 | - | - |
tenace | 8 | - | - |
tenail | 6 | - | - |
tended | 8 | - | - |
tendre | 7 | - | - |
tendus | 7 | - | - |
tenesi | 6 | - | - |
tenets | 6 | - | - |
tenges | 7 | - | - |
teniae | 6 | - | - |
tenias | 6 | - | - |
tennes | 6 | - | - |
tennos | 6 | - | - |
tenons | 6 | - | - |
tenors | 6 | - | - |
tenour | 6 | - | - |
tenpin | 8 | one of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling | - |
tenrec | 8 | small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog | - |
tenser | 6 | - | - |
tenses | 6 | - | - |
tenson | 6 | - | - |
tenter | 6 | a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth | - |
tenths | 9 | - | - |
tentie | 6 | - | - |
tenues | 6 | - | - |
tenuis | 6 | - | - |
tenuti | 6 | - | - |
tenuto | 6 | - | - |
tenzon | 15 | - | - |
7 letter words
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tension | 7 | the physical condition of being stretched or strained | it places great tension on the leg muscles |
tending | 9 | the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something | - |
tenuous | 7 | lacking substance or significance | a tenuous argument |
tenfold | 11 | containing ten or ten parts | - |
tensile | 7 | capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out | made of highly tensile steel alloy |
tenancy | 12 | an act of being a tenant or occupant | - |
tenured | 8 | appointed for life and not subject to dismissal except for a grave crime | a tenured professor |
tensing | 8 | - | - |
tendril | 8 | slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support | - |
tenable | 9 | based on sound reasoning or evidence | - |
tenting | 8 | the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp | - |
tensely | 10 | in a tense manner | he sat down tensely |
tenably | 12 | - | - |
tenaces | 9 | - | - |
tenails | 7 | - | - |
tenants | 7 | - | - |
tenches | 12 | - | - |
tendenz | 17 | - | - |
tenders | 8 | - | - |
tendons | 8 | - | - |
tendres | 8 | - | - |
tendron | 8 | - | - |
tenenda | 8 | - | - |
tenioid | 8 | - | - |
tenners | 7 | - | - |
tennesi | 7 | - | - |
tennies | 7 | - | - |
tennist | 7 | - | - |
tenoned | 8 | - | - |
tenoner | 7 | - | - |
tenours | 7 | - | - |
tenpins | 9 | bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins | - |
tenrecs | 9 | - | - |
tensest | 7 | - | - |
tensity | 10 | the physical condition of being stretched or strained | - |
tensive | 10 | - | - |
tensons | 7 | - | - |
tensors | 7 | - | - |
tentage | 8 | - | - |
tenters | 7 | - | - |
tentful | 10 | - | - |
tenthly | 13 | (in enumerating something, such as topics or points of discussion) in the tenth place | - |
tentier | 7 | - | - |
tentigo | 8 | - | - |
tenuity | 10 | relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width | the tenuity of a hair |
tenures | 7 | - | - |
tenutos | 7 | - | - |
tenzons | 16 | - | - |
8 letter words
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tendency | 14 | a general direction in which something tends to move | the shoreward tendency of the current |
tenderly | 12 | with tenderness; in a tender manner | tenderly she placed her arms round him |
tenement | 10 | a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards | - |
tenacity | 13 | persistent determination | - |
tentacle | 10 | any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion | - |
tenderer | 9 | - | - |
tendance | 11 | - | - |
tenacula | 10 | - | - |
tenaille | 8 | - | - |
tenanted | 9 | resided in; having tenants | not all the occupied (or tenanted) apartments were well kept up |
tenantry | 11 | tenants of an estate considered as a group | - |
tendence | 11 | - | - |
tendered | 10 | - | - |
tendrils | 9 | - | - |
tendrons | 9 | - | - |
tenebrae | 10 | - | - |
tenebrio | 10 | - | - |
tenendum | 11 | - | - |
tenesmic | 12 | - | - |
tenesmus | 10 | painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces; associated with irritable bowel syndrome | - |
tenfolds | 12 | - | - |
teniases | 8 | - | - |
teniasis | 8 | - | - |
tennises | 8 | - | - |
tennists | 8 | - | - |
tenoners | 8 | - | - |
tenoning | 9 | - | - |
tenorini | 8 | - | - |
tenorino | 8 | - | - |
tenorist | 8 | a musician who plays the tenor saxophone | - |
tenorite | 8 | - | - |
tenorman | 10 | - | - |
tenormen | 10 | - | - |
tenoroon | 8 | a tenor bassoon; pitched a fifth higher than the ordinary bassoon | - |
tenotomy | 13 | - | - |
tenpence | 12 | a decimal coin worth ten pennies | - |
tenpenny | 13 | - | - |
tensible | 10 | - | - |
tensibly | 13 | - | - |
tensions | 8 | - | - |
tentages | 9 | - | - |
tentered | 9 | - | - |
tentfuls | 11 | - | - |
tentiest | 8 | - | - |
tentigos | 9 | - | - |
tentings | 9 | - | - |
tentless | 8 | - | - |
tentlike | 12 | - | - |
tentoria | 8 | - | - |
tentpole | 10 | - | - |
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9 letter words
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tenacious | 11 | sticking together | tenacious burrs |
tentative | 12 | unsettled in mind or opinion | drew a few tentative conclusions |
tenderize | 19 | make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer | tenderize meat |
tenseness | 9 | the physical condition of being stretched or strained | he could feel the tenseness of her body |
tensional | 9 | of or relating to or produced by tension | - |
tentacled | 12 | having tentacles | - |
tenaculum | 13 | - | - |
tenailles | 9 | - | - |
tenaillon | 9 | - | - |
tenancies | 11 | - | - |
tenanting | 10 | - | - |
tendances | 12 | - | - |
tendences | 12 | - | - |
tendenzen | 19 | - | - |
tenderers | 10 | - | - |
tenderest | 10 | - | - |
tendering | 11 | - | - |
tenderise | 10 | make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer | - |
tendinous | 10 | consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon | - |
tendresse | 10 | - | - |
tendriled | 11 | - | - |
tendrilly | 13 | - | - |
tenebrios | 11 | - | - |
tenebrism | 13 | - | - |
tenebrist | 11 | - | - |
tenebrity | 14 | - | - |
tenebrose | 11 | - | - |
tenebrous | 11 | dark and gloomy | a tenebrous cave |
tenements | 11 | - | - |
tenendums | 12 | - | - |
teniacide | 12 | - | - |
teniafuge | 13 | - | - |
tenorists | 9 | - | - |
tenorites | 9 | - | - |
tenorless | 9 | - | - |
tenoroons | 9 | - | - |
tenpences | 13 | - | - |
tenpinner | 11 | - | - |
tenseless | 9 | - | - |
tensilely | 12 | - | - |
tensility | 12 | - | - |
tensioned | 10 | - | - |
tensioner | 9 | - | - |
tensities | 9 | - | - |
tensorial | 9 | - | - |
tentacles | 11 | - | - |
tentacula | 11 | - | - |
tentation | 9 | - | - |
tentering | 10 | - | - |
tentmaker | 15 | someone who makes or repairs tents | - |
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10 letter words
View allWord | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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tenderness | 11 | a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless) | - |
tenderloin | 11 | the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column | - |
tenderfoot | 14 | an inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living) | - |
tendonitis | 11 | inflammation of a tendon | - |
tenderizer | 20 | a substance (as the plant enzyme papain) applied to meat to make it tender | - |
tendinitis | 11 | inflammation of a tendon | - |
tenderized | 21 | made tender as by marinating or pounding | tenderized meat |
tenability | 15 | the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person | he questioned the tenability of my claims |
tenacities | 12 | - | - |
tenaculums | 14 | - | - |
tenaillons | 10 | - | - |
tenantable | 12 | - | - |
tenantless | 10 | - | - |
tenantries | 10 | - | - |
tenantship | 15 | - | - |
tendencial | 13 | - | - |
tendencies | 13 | - | - |
tendential | 11 | - | - |
tenderable | 13 | - | - |
tenderfeet | 14 | - | - |
tenderings | 12 | - | - |
tenderised | 12 | made tender as by marinating or pounding | - |
tenderiser | 11 | a substance (as the plant enzyme papain) applied to meat to make it tender | - |
tenderises | 11 | - | - |
tenderizes | 20 | - | - |
tenderling | 12 | - | - |
tendinites | 11 | - | - |
tendinoses | 11 | - | - |
tendinosis | 11 | - | - |
tendonites | 11 | - | - |
tendonoses | 11 | - | - |
tendonosis | 11 | - | - |
tendresses | 11 | - | - |
tendrillar | 11 | - | - |
tendrilled | 12 | - | - |
tendrilous | 11 | - | - |
tenebrific | 17 | dark and gloomy | - |
tenebrious | 12 | dark and gloomy | - |
tenebrisms | 14 | - | - |
tenebrists | 12 | - | - |
tenemental | 12 | - | - |
tenemented | 13 | - | - |
tenesmuses | 12 | - | - |
teniacides | 13 | - | - |
teniafuges | 14 | - | - |
tennantite | 10 | - | - |
tennessine | 10 | - | - |
tenotomies | 12 | - | - |
tenotomist | 12 | - | - |
tenpinners | 12 | - | - |
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