Words With the Root "tele-"

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1 tele Informal short form for a Fender Telecaster electric guitar.
2 telecast To broadcast something on television.
3 telecom Short for telecommunications, or a company that provides phone and internet services.
4 telegram A short written message sent by telegraph.
5 telegraph A system, or the device, used to send coded messages over long distances using electrical signals.
6 telekinesis The supposed ability to move objects using only the power of the mind.
7 telekinetic Relating to or having the power of telekinesis.
8 telemetry The automatic collection and transmission of data from a distant source to a place where it can be analysed.
9 telenovela A television soap opera, typically from Latin America, presented as a limited series rather than an ongoing sh...
10 telepath Someone believed to be able to read (and sometimes project) other people's thoughts directly, without speech.
11 telepathic Able to communicate or sense things through telepathy, mind to mind.
12 telepathically By reading or transmitting thoughts directly, rather than through speech or writing.
13 telepathy The supposed ability to know someone else's thoughts or feelings directly, without speech, writing, or any nor...
14 telephone To call someone or pass on information using a phone.
15 telephoning The act of making a phone call.
16 telephoto Describing a camera lens built to make distant subjects appear large and close up.
17 teleport To move instantly from one place to another without crossing the space in between (usually in fiction).
18 teleportation The (mostly fictional) process of moving something from one place to another instantly, without passing throug...
19 teleporter A device (or, in fiction, a person) that teleports things from place to place.
20 teleprompter A screen near a camera that scrolls a script so a speaker can read it while appearing to talk naturally to the...
21 telescope An optical instrument that makes distant objects look closer and larger, especially used to view the night sky...
22 telethon A long televised event that asks viewers to donate money, usually by phone, for a charitable cause.
23 teletype An old machine that automatically prints out messages received over a wire, using ordinary letters rather than...
24 televised Shown on television; broadcast.
25 television A device with a screen and speaker that receives and displays broadcast pictures and sound.
26 telex A now largely obsolete network of teleprinters used to send typed messages over long distances, or a message s...