| TEL | any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements |
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| TEL | a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur |
| TEL | goddess of the earth |
| TEL | a receiver that displays television images |
| TEL | having the form of a straight rod because the centromere is in a terminal position |
| TEL | a chromosome like a straight rod with the centromere in terminal position |
| TEL | an enzyme in eukaryotic cells that can add telomeres to the ends of chromosomes after they divide |
| TEL | either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome |
| TEL | Australian evergreen shrubs: waratahs |
| TEL | tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes |
| TEL | straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes |
| TEL | the final stage of mitosis |