Defn: Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall. A tremendous mischief was a foot. Motley.
Syn.
— Terrible; dreadful; frightful; terrific; horrible; awful.
— Tre*men"dous*ly, adv.
— Tre*men"dous*ness, n.
TREMEX
Tre"mex, n. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of large hymenopterous insects allied to the sawflies. The female lays her eggs in holes which she bores in the trunks of trees with her large and long ovipositor, and the larva bores in the wood. See Illust. of Horntail.
Note: The pigeon tremex (Tremex columba), a common American species, infests the elm, pear, and other trees.
TREMIE
Trem"ie, n. [F. trémie hopper.] (Hydraulic Engin.)
Defn: An apparatus for depositing and consolidating concrete under water, essentially a tube of wood or sheet metal with a hooperlike top. It is usually handled by a crane.
TREMOLANDO
Tre*mo*lan"do, a. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Defn: Same as Tremando.
TREMOLITE Trem"o*lite, n. Etym: [From Tremola, a valley in the Alps, where it was discovered.] (Min.)