(obsolete) a ship designed to tend to the needs of seaplanes, floatplanes and flying boats at sea, for resupply, refueling, sometimes including catapult launch

Misconstruction of on tenterhooks

plural of tenderheartedness

plural of tenderfoot

(literature) Literature produced in order to promote a cause or serve a rhetorical purpose that the writing itself never makes explicit. These purposes are typically social, political, or moral.

(medicine) Pain felt upon removal of pressure on the abdomen

plural of tendance

plural of tendentiousness

plural of measure of central tendency

(nautical) Someone charged with looking after buoys. / A ship used to maintain navigational buoys.