Tenebrism
noun
1.
(sometimes capital) a school, style, or method of painting, adopted chiefly by 17th-century Spanish and Neapolitan painters, esp Caravaggio, characterized by large areas of dark colours, usually relieved with a shaft of light
Read Also:
- Tenebrous
adjective 1. dark; gloomy; obscure. adjective 1. gloomy, shadowy, or dark
- Tenectomy
tenectomy te·nec·to·my (tě-něk’tə-mē) n. The surgical resection of part of a tendon. Also called tenonectomy.
- Tenedos
noun 1. an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey. noun 1. an island in the NE Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles: in Greek legend the base of the Greek fleet during the siege of Troy Modern Turkish name Bozcaada
- Tenement
noun 1. Also called tenement house. a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city. 2. Law. any species of permanent property, as lands, houses, rents, an office, or a franchise, that may be held of another. tenements, freehold interests in things immovable considered as subjects of property. […]
- Tenement-house
noun 1. Also called tenement house. a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city. 2. Law. any species of permanent property, as lands, houses, rents, an office, or a franchise, that may be held of another. tenements, freehold interests in things immovable considered as subjects of property. […]