The root ten
ten means hold, keep. It comes from Latin tenere.
It also appears as tain tin — the same root wearing a different vowel, which is why the words below do not all look alike.
8 words built on ten
- Abstainverb
choose not to consume
- Countenancenoun
the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
- Impertinentadjective
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
- Pertinaciousadjective
stubbornly unyielding; ; ; ; - T.S.Eliot
- Tenableadjective
based on sound reasoning or evidence
- Tenaciousadjective
stubbornly unyielding; ; ; ; - T.S.Eliot
- Tenetnoun
a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
- Untenableadjective
(of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified