Teretial (a.) Rounded; as, the teretial tracts in the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain of some fishes.
Teretous (a.) Terete.
Tergal (a.) Of or pertaining to back, or tergum. See Dorsal.
Tergant (a.) Showing the back; as, the eagle tergant.
Tergeminal (a.) Alt. of Tergeminate
Tergeminate (a.) Thrice twin; having three pairs of leaflets.
Tergeminous (a.) Threefold; thrice-paired.
Tergiferous (a.) Carrying or bearing upon the back.
Tergite (n.) The dorsal portion of an arthromere or somite of an articulate animal. See Illust. under Coleoptera.
Tergiversate (v. i.) To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.
Tergiversation (n.) The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.
Tergiversation (n.) Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.
Tergiversator (n.) One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion.
Terga (pl. ) of Tergum
Tergum (n.) The back of an animal.
Tergum (n.) The dorsal piece of a somite of an articulate animal.
Tergum (n.) One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped.
Terin (n.) A small yellow singing bird, with an ash-colored head; the European siskin. Called also tarin.
Term (n.) That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.
Term (n.) The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life.
Term (n.) In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms.
Term (n.) A point, line, or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.
Term (n.) A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration
Term (n.) The limitation of an estate; or rather, the whole time for which an estate is granted, as for the term of a life or lives, or for a term of years.
Term (n.) A space of time granted to a debtor for discharging his obligation.
Term (n.) The time in which a court is held or is open for the trial of causes.
Term (n.) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
Term (n.) A word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term.
Term (n.) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr; -- called also terminal figure. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3.
Term (n.) A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd.
Term (n.) The menses.
Term (n.) Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions.
Term (n.) In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.
Term (n.) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
Termed (imp. & p. p.) of Term
Terming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Term
Term (n.) To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.
Terma (n.) The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain.
Termagancy (n.) The quality or state of being termagant; turbulence; tumultuousness; as, a violent termagancy of temper.
Termagant (n.) An imaginary being supposed by the Christians to be a Mohammedan deity or false god. He is represented in the ancient moralities, farces, and puppet shows as extremely vociferous and tumultous.
Termagant (n.) A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; -- formerly applied to both sexes, now only to women.
Termagant (a.) Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding.
Termatarium (n.) Any nest or dwelling of termes, or white ants.
Termatary (n.) Same as Termatarium.
Termer (n.) One who resorted to London during the law term only, in order to practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like.
Termer (n.) One who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
Termites (pl. ) of Termes
Termes (n.) A genus of Pseudoneuroptera including the white ants, or termites. See Termite.
Terminable (a.) Capable of being terminated or bounded; limitable.
Terminal (n.) Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.
Terminal (n.) Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike.
Terminal (n.) That which terminates or ends; termination; extremity.
Terminal (n.) Either of the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole.
Terminalia (n. pl.) A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 in honor of Terminus, the god of boundaries.
Terminant (n.) Termination; ending.
Terminated (imp. & p. p.) of Terminate
Terminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Terminate
Terminate (v. t.) To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.
Terminate (v. t.) To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy.
Terminate (v. t.) Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect.
Terminate (v. i.) To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; as, the torrid zone terminates at the tropics.
Terminate (v. i.) To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.
Termination (n.) The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.
Termination (n.) That which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent; bound; end; as, the termination of a line.
Termination (n.) End in time or existence; as, the termination of the year, or of life; the termination of happiness.
Termination (n.) End; conclusion; result.
Termination (n.) Last purpose of design.
Termination (n.) A word; a term.
Termination (n.) The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.
Terminational (a.) Of or pertaining to termination; forming a termination.
Terminative (a.) Tending or serving to terminate; terminating; determining; definitive.
Terminator (n.) One who, or that which, terminates.
Terminator (n.) The dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminated part of the moon.
Terminatory (a.) Terminative.
Termine (v. t.) To terminate.
Terminer (n.) A determining; as, in oyer and terminer. See Oyer.
Terminism (n.) The doctrine held by the Terminists.
Terminist (n.) One of a class of theologians who maintain that God has fixed a certain term for the probation of individual persons, during which period, and no longer, they have the offer to grace.
Terminological (a.) Of or pertaining to terminology.
Terminology (n.) The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms.
Terminology (n.) The terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry.
Termini (pl. ) of Terminus
Terminus (n.) Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.
Terminus (n.) The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line.
Terminus (n.) Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term, 8.
Terminus (n.) Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place.
Termites (pl. ) of Termite
Termite (n.) Any one of numerous species of pseudoneoropterous insects belonging to Termes and allied genera; -- called also white ant. See Illust. of White ant.
Termless (a.) Having no term or end; unlimited; boundless; unending; as, termless time.
Termless (a.) Inexpressible; indescribable.
Termly (a.) Occurring every term; as, a termly fee.
Termly (adv.) Term by term; every term.
Termonology (n.) Terminology.
Termor (n.) Same as Termer, 2.
Tern (n.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various allied genera.
Tern (a.) Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate.
Tern (a.) That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together; especially, a prize in a lottery resulting from the favorable combination of three numbers in the drawing; also, the three numbers themselves.
Ternary (a.) Proceeding by threes; consisting of three; as, the ternary number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and held in great veneration.
Ternary (a.) Containing, or consisting of, three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are regarded as having different functions or relations in the molecule; thus, sodic hydroxide, NaOH, is a ternary compound.
Ternaries (pl. ) of Ternary