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TAVIRA
TAVISTOCK
TAVOY
TAWDRY
TAXATION
TAXATION (from " tax," derived, through the French, from Lat. taxare, to appraise, which again is connected with the same root as tangere, to touch)
TAXIDERMY
TAY
LOCH TAY
TAYABAS
TAYGETUS (Tavyeros or Tairyerov, mod. St Elias or Pentedaktylon)
TAYLOR
ANN TAYLOR (1782-1866)
BAYARD TAYLOR (1825–1878)
BROOK TAYLOR (1685–1731)
ISAAC TAYLOR (1787-1865)
ISAAC TAYLOR (1829-1901)
JEREMY TAYLOR (1613-1667)
JOHN TAYLOR (158o-1653)
JOHN TAYLOR (1704-1766)
JOSEPH TAYLOR (c. 1586-c. 1653)
MICHAEL ANGELO TAYLOR (1757–1834)
NATHANIEL WILLIAM TAYLOR (1786-1858)
PHILIP MEADOWS TAYLOR (1808–1876)
ROWLAND TAYLOR (d. 1555)
SIR HENRY TAYLOR (1800-1886)
THOMAS TAYLOR (1758-1835)
TOM TAYLOR (1817-1880)
WILLIAM TAYLOR (1765-1836)
ZACHARY TAYLOR (1784-1850)
TAYPORT
TAYUG
MIKHAIL GREGORJOVICH TCHERNAIEV (1828—1898)
PIERRE ALEXANDROWITSCH DE TCHIHATCHEFF (1812-189o)
TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)
EDWARD TEACH [THATCH OR THACH] (d. 1718)
TEAK
TEAL (O.E. tele)
TEANO (anc. Teanum Sidicinum)
TEANUM APULUM
TEAR
TEASEL
q.v.] TEATE MARRUCINORUM [mod. Chieti
TEBESSA (the Roman Theveste)
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
TECHNIQUE OF
TECK
TECUCI (Tecuciu)
TECUMSEH, TECUMTHE, or TECUMTHA1 (c. 1768—1813)
TEDDINGTON
TEES
TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)
TEETOTALISM
TEETOTUM
TEGEA
TEGERNSEE
BARON WILHELM VON TEGETTHOFF (1827-1871)
TEGGIANO (anc. Tegianum, formerly called Diana)
ESAIAS TEGNER (1782-1846)
TEGUCIGALPA
TEGULA
TEHERAN
TEHERAN (more properly TEHRAN)
TEHRI
TEHUANTEPEC
TEHUANTEPEC (from tecuani-tepec—" jaguar-hill ")
CHUELCHE TEHUELCHE
TEIGNMOUTH
1ST BARON JOHN SHORE TEIGNMOUTH (1751-1834)
TEIRESIAS
PIERRE EDMOND TEISSERENC DE BORT (1814-1892)
TELAMONES (Gr. reXaµwv, supporter, from rXitval, to bear)
KASHINATH TRIMBAK TELANG (1850-1893)
TELAV
TELEGONY (Gr. TT/Xe, far, and yovos, offspring)
TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)
TELEGRAPHS AND
TELEMACHUS
TELEMARK
TELEOLOGY (Gr. Taos, end)
TELEOSTOMES
TELEPATHY (Gr. rnXe, far, wan, feelings), or THOUGHT TRANSFERENCE
TELEPHONE (Gr. rjXs, far, and dxwvr7, voice)
TELESCOPE
TELESIA [mod. Telese]
TELESILLA
BERNARDINO TELESIO (1509-1588)
TELESPHORUS
THOMAS TELFORD (1757—.1834)
CHARLES DE TELIGNY (c. 1535—1572)
TELL EL AMARNA
WILLIAM TELL
WILHELM ABRAHAM TELLER (1734-1804)
TELLICHERRY
atomic weight 127.5 TELLURIUM [Symbol Te (0=16)]
TELUGU
TEMBU (Ama-Tembu)
TEMENOS (Gr. TEµevos, TElcvfw, to cut)
TEMESVAR
VALE QF TEMPE
TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)
TEMPERA (the Italian term), or DISTEMPER
TEMPERANCE
TEMPERATURE IN PLATINUM DEGREES
MARIE TEMPEST (1866– )
TEMPIO PAUSANIA
TEMPLARS
TEMPLE
TEMPLE BAR
FREDERICK TEMPLE (1821-1902)
RICHARD TEMPLE
BART SIR RICHARD TEMPLE
BART SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE
TEMPLES AND
TEMRYUK
BERNHARD EGIDIUS KONRAD TEN BRINK (1841-1892)
JAN JACOB LODEWIJK TEN KATE (1819-1889)
TENANT (from Lat. tenere, to hold)
TENASSERIM
TENBURY
TENBY
TENCH (Tina vulgaris)
CLAUDINE ALEXANDRINE GUERIN DE TENCIN (1681-1749)
PIERRE GUERIN DE TENCIN (1679-1758)
TENDER
TENEBRAE (Lat. for " shadows," " darkness ")
TENEMENT (Med. Lat. tenetnentum, from tenere, to hold)
TENERIFFE [Tenerife]
TENIERS
THOMAS TENISON (1636-1715)
CHARLES TENNANT (1768-1838)
SMITHSON TENNANT (1761-1815)
WILLIAM TENNANT (1784-1848)
BART SIR JAMES EMERSON TENNENT
TENNESSEE
TENNESSEE RIVER
SIR JOHN TENNIEL (182o- )
TENNIS (sometimes called royal tennis, and, in America, court tennis)
ALFRED TENNYSON TENNYSON
TENOR (through Fr. and It. from Lat. tenor, holding on, course, sense of a law, tone)
TENREC (Centetes ecaudatus)
TENT
TENTERDEN
CHARLES ABBOTT TENTERDEN
TENURE (Fr. tenure, from Lat. tenere, to hold)
TEPIC
TEPIDARIUM
TEPLITZ (Czech, Teplice)
TER BORCH (or TERBURG), GERARD (1617–1681)
TERAMO
TERAPHIM (A.V. sometimes transcribes, e.g. Judges xvii. 5; xviii. 14 seq.; Hosea iii. 4; sometimes translates " image," r Sam. xix. 13; " idols," Zech. x. 2; idolatry," 1 Sam. xv. 23: R.V. renders consistently "teraphim ")
atomic weight 159.2 TERBIUM [symbol Tb (0=16)]
TERCEIRA
TEREBINTH
TEREDO
TEREK
TERENCE
TERENTIANUS
TEREPHTHALIC
TERGESTE (mod. Trieste, q.v.)
TERIANISM
TERLIZZI
TERM
TERMINAL FIGURES
TERMINATOR (from the Latin terminare, to limit)
TERMINI IMERESE (anc. Thermae Himeraeae)
TERMINUS
TERMITE
TERMONDE (Flemish Dendermonde)
TERN (Norsk taerne, tende or tende; Swedish tarna; Dutch Stern1)
TERNATE
TERNI (anc. Interamna Nahars)
TERPANDER
TERPENES
TERRACE (Fr. terrace, terrasse, from It. terraccia, terrazzo, Lat. terra, earth)
TERRACINA (Lat. Tarracina, Volsc. Anxur)
TERRACOTTA
TERRAMARA (from Ital. terra mama, " marl ")
TERRANOVA
TERRANOVA PAUSANIA
TERRE HAUTE
TERRELL
TERRIGENOUS
WILLIAM TERRISS (1847–1897)
TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS
EDWARD TERRY
ELLEN ALICIA TERRY (1848– )
GERHARD TERSTEEGEN (1697–1769)
TERTIARIES (Lat. tertiarii, from tertius, third)
TERTIARY
TERTULLIAN (c. 155-c. 222)
TERUEL
TERVUEREN
TERZ7
TERZA RIMA
TERZI
TESCHEN (Czech, Tesin; Polish, Cieszyn)
TESSELLATED (Lat. tessellatus,)
COUNT CARL GUSTAF TESSIN (1695-1770)
TEST ACTS
TESTAMENTS OF THE THREE PATRIARCHS
TESTAMENTS OF THE TWELVE PATRIARCHS
TESTAMENTUM DOMINI (" TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD ")
TESTAMUR
TESTER (Fr, teetiere, head-covering, from teete)
TETANUS (from Gr. rei:vw, I stretch, on account of the tension of the fibres of the affected muscles), or LOCKJAW
TETARTOHEDRAL
TETRADYMITE
TETRAGRAMMATON (rerrapa, four; ypciµµa, letter)
TETRAHEDRAL
TETRAHEDRITE
TETRAHEDRON (Gr. riepa-, four, Ebpa, face or base)
TETRARCH (TETp&pX1)S)
TETRASTOON (Gr. TErpa-, four, and vroi, a portico)
TETRASTYLE (Gr. ehpa-, four, and ari)aos, a column)
TETRAZINES
TETRAZOLES
TETSCHEN
TETUAN (TETTAwAN)
JOHANN TETZEL (c. 1460–1519)
WILHELM SIEGMUND TEUFFEL (1820–1878)
TEUTOBURGER WALD
TEUTONI, or TEUTONES
TEUTONIC
TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
THE TEUTONIC ORDER
TEUTONIC PEOPLES
EARL OF ANDREW RUTHERFORD TEVIOT (d. 1664)
TEVIOTDALE
TEWFIK PASHA (1852-1892)
TEWKESBURY
TEXARKANA
TEXAS
TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)
TEXTUAL CRITICISM
TEZPUR, or TEJPUR
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (1811-1863)
THAIS
SIGISMOND THALBERG (1812-1871)
THALE
THALES OF MILETUS (640–546 B.C.)
THALLIUM
THALWEG (a German word compounded from Thal, valley, and YPeg, way)
THAMES
THANA, or TANNA (=a fort, or police-station)
THANESAR (=" place of the god ")
ISLE OF THANET
THANKSGIVING DAY
THANN
THAPSACUS
THAPSUS
THAR AND PARKAR, or THUR AND PARKER
THARANDT
THARGELIA
THARRAWADDY
THARROS
THASOS
THAT
HE THAT
THATCH (O.E. thaec; the word is common to many Teutonic languages in the sense of " roof," " cover "; cf. Du. dak, Ger. Dach; from Du. dekken comes " deck "; the Indo-European root is stag, whence Gr. or.yos, roof, Lat. tegere, to cover; the French equiva
THATON
CELIA THAXTER (1836—1894)
ABBOTT HANDERSON THAYER (1849— )
JAMES BRADLEY THAYER (1831—1902)
JOSEPH HENRY THAYER (1828-1901)
THAYETMYO
THE
THE AFRICAN CONTINENT
THE ANCIENT
THE ARCHBISHOPRIC OF MAGDEBURG
THE BASE OF A WALL
THE BONIFAZI THE BASSANI
THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS OF WYOMING
THE BRITISH
THE CAMPAIGN OF
THE CAMPAIGN OF 1796 IN
THE CARACCI
THE CARNEGIE
THE CELLULAR DOCTRINE IN
THE CHARLEMAGNE
THE CLASS AS A WHOLE
THE COPTIC CHURCH IN
THE DUTCH SCHOOL OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
THE EARLY COUNTS OF
THE EGYPTIAN
THE EPISTLE OF BARNABAS
THE EYEPIECE OR
THE GREAT ITALIAN MASTERS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
THE HISTORY OF
THE INTERIOR OF THE CRANIUM
THE ITALIAN WAR OF
THE LATER PHASES OF ITALIAN PAINTING
THE LORENZETTI
THE LYRIC AND DRAMATIC OR
THE MEDIEVAL
THE MIDDLE HIGH GERMAN
THE MODERN
THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF
THE NEUROGLIA
CAMBRIDGE THE NUMBER OF VERTEBRAE OF SOME SPECIMENS IN THE MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY
THE OLD HIGH GERMAN
THE ORLEANS CAMPAIGN OF
THE OWNER AND HIS
THE PHYSICAL
THE PRAISE OF
THE PRIMITIVE
THE PRINCIPLES OF
THE RENAISSANCE
THE RESTORATION
THE SANCTUARY OF
THE SCOTTISH MAIDEN
THE SKULL FROM BEHIND (norma occipitalis) (fig. 3)
THE SKULL IN SAGITTAL SECTION
FROM THE SKULL
FROM IN FRONT THE SKULL (norma facialis) (see fig. t)
THE SONATA
THE SONG OF
THE SPANISH
THE SYMPATHETIC
THE TESTING OF THE
THE THYMUS
THE UNITED
THE WAR OF THE SECOND
THE WORKS OF
THE WRITINGS OF
THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)
THEBES (anciently &Oat, Thebae, or in poetry sometimes Oif3a, in modern Greek Phiva, or, according to the corrected pronunciation, Thivae)
THEBES (e 3a1)
ROMANCE OF THEBES
ST THECLA
THEFT
THEGN, or THANE
THEINNI
THEISM
THEISM (Gr. Beor, god)
THEISS (Hungarian, Tisza; Lat., Tisia or Tissus)
THEMIS
THEMISTIUS (317--?387)
THEMISTOCLES (c. 514-449 B.C.)
LOUIS JACQUES THENARD (1777-1857)
THEOBALD (d. 1161)
LEWIS THEOBALD (1688-1744)
THEOCRACY (Gr. Oeoeparia, the rule of God, from Oebr, god, and -Kparca, Kpare v, to rule)
THEOCRITUS
THEODECTES (c. 380–340 B.C.)
THEODOLITE
THEODORA
THEODORA (d. 1057)
THEODORE
THEODORE (602-690)
THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)
THEODORE I
THEODORE II
THEODORE III
THEODORE LASCARIS (d. 1222)
THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA (c. 350-428)
THEODORET
THEODORIC
THEODORUS STUDITA (A.D. 759-826)
FLAVIUS MALLIUS THEODORUS
THEODOSIA
THEODOSIUS
THEODOSIUS II
THEODOSIUS III
THEODOSIUS OF TRIPOLIS
THEODULF
THEOGNIS OF MEGARA (6th century B.C.)
THEOLOGY
THEON
AELIUS THEON
THEOPHANES
THEOPHANO (c. 956–991)
THEOPHILE
THEOPHILUS
THEOPHRASTUS
THEOPHYLACT (d. c.. 1110)
THEOPOMPUS (b. c. 380)
THEORBO
THEORETICAL SHIPBUILDING
THEORY OF CAPILLARY
THEOSOPHY (from Gr. Oe6s, god, and vogbta, wisdom)
THERA
THERALITE (Gk. 9rlpav, to pursue)
THERAMENES (d. 4o3 B.c.)
THERAPEUTAE (Gr. BepaawTat, literally " attendants " or " physicians," hence " worshippers of God ")
THERAPEUTICS (Gr. BepaaeuTLKIi, Sc. TEXVrt, from Beparebsty, to serve)
ST THERESA (1515-1582)
THEREZINA
THERMIDOR (from Gr. BEpµrt, heat, and & pov, gift)
THERMOCHEMISTRY
THERMODYNAMICS (from Gr. Bepµos, hot, Siva trs, force)
THERMOELECTRICITY
THERMOMETRY (Gr. Bepµos, warm; µerpov, a measure)
THERMOPYLAE (Gr. OepµSs, hot, and 1rf)X,
ANNE JOSEPHE THEROIGNE DE MERICOURT (1762-1817)
THERSITES
THESAURUS (Gr. B17o-avp6s)
THEY THESE
THESEUS