tiento
noun
tien·to
tēˈen‧(ˌ)tō
plural -s
: a 16th century Spanish pipe-organ composition having strict imitative counterpoint and resembling the ricercar
Word History
Etymology
Spanish, literally, touch, from tentar
- cock-a-doodle-doo
- cock-a-hoop
- cock-a-leekie
- cock-a-whoop
- cock-and-bull story
- cock-and-hen
- cock-beaded
- cock-block
- cock-blocked
- cock-blocker
- cock-blockers
- cock-blocking
- cock-blocks
- cock-brained
- cock-feathered
- cock-stride
- cock-tailed
- cock-throppled
- cock-throttled
- cock-up
- cock-up splint
- cock-ups
- cockade
- cockaded
- cockades