{ "tektite":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a glassy body of probably meteoritic origin and of rounded but indefinite shape":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tek-\u02cct\u012bt" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The first clues leading to the impact site came from small, pebble-like glassy objects called tektites . \u2014 Michelle Lim, CNN , 9 Jan. 2020", "Scientists have largely been able to determine the source crater for tektites , with the exception of one -- the Australasian field. \u2014 Michelle Lim, CNN , 9 Jan. 2020", "The composition of those beads, or tektites , further suggests that they were formed when a massive asteroid slammed into the Earth with the force of 10 billion Hiroshimas and ended the Cretaceous period. \u2014 David Von Drehle, Twin Cities , 22 July 2019", "In many K-Pg sites, the tektites formed a discrete layer\u2014but not at Tanis. \u2014 Michael Greshko, National Geographic , 31 Mar. 2019", "These tektites formed in the Earth atmosphere in the aftermath of the asteroid or comet smashing into the Earth. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 1 Apr. 2019", "Tree resin at the site managed to catch some tektites before becoming fossilized as amber. \u2014 Michael Greshko, National Geographic , 31 Mar. 2019", "The tektites would have been nearly falling from space, falling down to Earth at terminal velocities between 100 and 200 miles per hour, the scientists estimate. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 1 Apr. 2019", "They're not just buried, but buried with glass beads known as tektites . \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 1 Apr. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek t\u0113ktos molten, from t\u0113kein to melt \u2014 more at thaw":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1909, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123410" }, "teknonymy":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the custom of naming the parent after the child":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "tek\u02c8n\u00e4n\u0259m\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Greek tekn on child + English -onymy":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232451" }, "teknonymous":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": of or relating to teknonymy":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)tek\u00a6n\u00e4n\u0259m\u0259s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-155949" }, "Tekke":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a dervish monastery":[], ": a Turkoman people living on the frontiers of Iran, Afghanistan, and the Turkmen S.S.R.":[], ": a member of the Tekke people":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tek\u02cck\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Turkish":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-163911" }, "Tekirda\u01e7":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "city and seaport on the Sea of Marmara in southern Turkey in Europe population 152,000":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "te-\u02c8kir-\u02ccd\u00e4g" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-005532" }, "Tekintsi":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": tekke":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "t\u0259\u02c8kin(t)s\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-033503" }, "tekke":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a dervish monastery":[], ": a Turkoman people living on the frontiers of Iran, Afghanistan, and the Turkmen S.S.R.":[], ": a member of the Tekke people":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8tek\u02cck\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Turkish":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-095554" }, "tekiah":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": one of the long deep calls sounded on the shofar as prescribed in the Jewish ritual for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur \u2014 compare teruah":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "t\u0259\u02c8k\u0113\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Hebrew t\u0115q\u012b\u02bd\u0101h":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-124956" }, "Tekakwitha":{ "type":[ "biographical name" ], "definitions":{ "1656\u20131680 Lily of the Mohawks American Indian religious":[ "Ka*teri \\ \u02c8k\u00e4-\u200bt\u0259-\u200br\u0113 \\" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccte-k\u0259-\u02c8kwi-th\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-171203" } }