These are the meanings of the letters TECUM when you unscramble them.
- Cute (a.)
Clever; sharp; shrewd; ingenious; cunning.
- Mute (a.)
Incapable of speaking; dumb.
- Mute (a.)
Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal.
- Mute (a.)
Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
- Mute (a.)
Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; -- said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2.
- Mute (n.)
A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t.
- Mute (n.)
A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.
- Mute (n.)
A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
- Mute (n.)
A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.
- Mute (n.)
Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak.
- Mute (n.)
One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause.
- Mute (n.)
One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute.
- Mute (n.)
The dung of birds.
- Mute (v. t.)
To cast off; to molt.
- Mute (v. t. & i.)
To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds.