Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 21
Teretial (a.) (Anat.) Rounded; as, the teretial tracts in the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain of some fishes. -- Owen.
Teretous (a.) Terete. [Obs.]
Terezín (n.)
The fortress of Terezín was constructed in the late 18th century in what is now the Czech
Republic. In the early 1900s, it held famed prisoner Gavrilo Princip, who
assassinated the Archduke of Austria, causing the outbreak of WWI. The Nazis
took control of Terezín in 1940 and quickly turned it
into concentration camp called Theresienstadt. The camp was presented to the
outside world as a model Jewish settlement, but of the approximately 144,000
Jews sent to Theresienstadt, how many survived?
Tergal (a.) (Anat. & Zool.) Of or pertaining to back, or tergum. See Dorsal.
Tergant (a.) (Her.) Showing the back; as, the eagle tergant. [Written also tergiant.] Tergeminal
Tergeminal (a.) Alt. of Tergeminate.
Tergeminate (a.) (Bot.) Thrice twin; having three pairs of leaflets.
Tergeminous (a.) Threefold; thrice-paired. -- Blount.
Tergiferous (a.) Carrying or bearing upon the back.
Tergiferous plants (Bot.), Plants which bear their seeds on the back of their leaves, as ferns.
Tergite (n.) (Zool.) 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. [R.] -- Bailey.
Tergiversate (v.) Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information [syn: beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter].
Tergiversate (v.) Abandon one's beliefs or allegiances [syn: apostatize, apostatise, tergiversate].
Tergiversation (n.) The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.
Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being freer from passions and tergiversations. -- Abp. Bramhall.
Tergiversation (n.) Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.
The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost his life in the king's service. -- Clarendon.
Tergiversation (n.) Falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language [syn: equivocation, tergiversation].
Tergiversation (n.) The act of abandoning a party for cause [syn: apostasy, tergiversation].
Tergiversator (n.) [L.] One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion.
Tergiversator (n.) A respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer [syn: hedger, equivocator, tergiversator].
Terga (n. pl. ) of Tergum.
Tergum (n.) (Zool.) The back of an animal.
Tergum (n.) (Zool.) The dorsal piece of a somite of an articulate animal.
Tergum (n.) (Zool.) One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped.
Terin (n.) (Zool.) 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.
Corruption is a reciprocal to generation, and they two are as nature's two terms, or boundaries. -- Bacon.
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.) (Geom.) 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.) (Law) A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration; as:
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. -- Bouvier.
Note: In England, there were formerly four terms in the year, during which the superior courts were open: Hilary term, beginning on the 11th and ending on the 31st of January; Easter term, beginning on the 15th of April, and ending on the 8th of May; Trinity term, beginning on the 22d day of May, and ending on the 12th of June; Michaelmas term, beginning on the 2d and ending on the 25th day of November. The rest of the year was called vacation. But this division has been practically abolished by the Judicature Acts of 1873, 1875, which provide for the more convenient arrangement of the terms and vacations.
In the United States, the terms to be observed by the tribunals of justice are prescribed by the statutes of Congress and of the several States.
Term (n.) (Logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
The subject and predicate of a proposition are, after Aristotle, together called its terms or extremes. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Note: The predicate of the conclusion is called the major term, because it is the most general, and the subject of the conclusion is called the minor term, because it is less general. These are called the extermes; and the third term, introduced as a common measure between them, is called the mean or middle term. Thus in the following syllogism, Every vegetable is combustible; Every tree is a vegetable; Therefore every tree is combustible, combustible, the predicate of the conclusion, is the major term; tree is the minor term; vegetable is the middle term.
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. "Terms quaint of law." --Chaucer.
In painting, the greatest beauties can not always be expressed for want of terms. -- Dryden.
Term (n.) (Arch.) 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.
Note: The pillar part frequently tapers downward, or is narrowest at the base. Terms rudely carved were formerly used for landmarks or boundaries. -- Gwilt.
Term (n.) (Alg.) A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd.
Term (n.) pl. (Med.) The menses.
Term (n.) pl. (Law) Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions.
Term (n.) (Law) In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.
Note: Terms legal and conventional in Scotland correspond to quarter days in England and Ireland. There are two legal terms -- Whitsunday, May 15, and Martinmas, Nov. 11; and two conventional terms -- Candlemas, Feb. 2, and Lammas day, Aug. 1. -- Mozley & W.
Term (n.) (Naut.) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail. -- J. Knowels.
In term, In set terms; in formal phrase. [Obs.]
I can not speak in term. -- Chaucer.
Term fee (Law) (a), A fee by the term, chargeable to a suitor, or by law fixed and taxable in the costs of a cause for each or any term it is in court.
Terms of a proportion (Math.), The four members of which it is composed.
To bring to terms, To compel (one) to agree, assent, or submit; to force (one) to come to terms.
To make terms, To come to terms; to make an agreement: to agree.
Syn: Limit; bound; boundary; condition; stipulation; word; expression.
Usage: Term, Word. These are more frequently interchanged than almost any other vocables that occur of the language. There is, however, a difference between them which is worthy of being kept in mind. Word is generic; it denotes an utterance which represents or expresses our thoughts and feelings. Term originally denoted one of the two essential members of a proposition in logic, and hence signifies a word of specific meaning, and applicable to a definite class of objects. Thus, we may speak of a scientific or a technical term, and of stating things in distinct terms. Thus we say, "the term minister literally denotes servant;" "an exact definition of terms is essential to clearness of thought;" "no term of reproach can sufficiently express my indignation;" "every art has its peculiar and distinctive terms," etc. So also we say, "purity of style depends on the choice of words, and precision of style on a clear understanding of the terms used." Term is chiefly applied to verbs, nouns, and adjectives, these being capable of standing as terms in a logical proposition; while prepositions and conjunctions, which can never be so employed, are rarely spoken of as terms, but simply as words.
Termed (imp. & p. p.) of Term.
Terming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Term.
Term (v. t.) To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.
Men term what is beyond the limits of the universe "imaginary space." -- Locke.
Term (n.) A word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms".
Term (n.) A limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term".
Term (n.) (Usually plural) A statement of what is required as part of an agreement; "the contract set out the conditions of the lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous" [syn: condition, term].
Term (n.) Any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial; "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree".
Term (n.) One of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice".
Term (n.) The end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term" [syn: term, full term].
Term (n.) (Architecture) A statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome [syn: terminus, terminal figure, term].
Term (v.) Name formally or designate with a term.
TERM, () A program by Michael O'Reilly for people running Unix who have Internet access via a dial-up connection, and who don't have access to SLIP, or PPP, or simply prefer a more lightweight protocol. TERM does end-to-end error-correction, compression and mulplexing across serial links. This means you can upload and download files as the same time you're reading your news, and can run X clients on the other side of your modem link, all without needing SLIP or PPP.
TERM, () Technology Enabled Relationship Management. (1999-10-04)
TERM, () construction. Word; expression speech.
TERM, () Terms or words are characters by which we announce our sentiments, and make known to others things with which we are acquainted. These must be properly construed or interpreted in order to understand the parties using them. Vide Construction; Interpretation; Word.
TERM, () contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the space of time granted to the debtor for discharging his obligation; there are express terms resulting from the positive stipulations of the agreement; as, where one undertakes to pay a certain sum on a certain day and also terms which tacitly result from the nature of the things which are the object of the engagement, or from the place where the act is agreed to be done. For instance, if a builder engage to construct a house for me, I must allow a reasonable time for fulfilling his engagement.
TERM, () A term is either of right or of grace; when it makes part of the agreement and is expressly or tacitly included in it, it is of right when it is not part of the agreement, it is of grace; as if it is not afterwards granted by the judge at the requisition of the debtor. Poth. on Oblig. P. 2, c. 3, art. 3; 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 719 et seq.
TERM, () estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in the lease, but the estate also and interest that passes by that lease; and therefore the term may expire during the continuance of the time, as by surrender, forfeiture and the like. 2 Bl. Com. 145; 8 Pick. R. 339.
TERM, () practice. The space of time during which a court holds a session; sometimes the term is a monthly, at others it is a quarterly period, according to the constitution of the court.
TERM, () The whole term is considered as but one day so that the judges may at any time during the term, revise their judgments. In the computation of the term all adjournments are to be included. 9 Watts, R. 200. Courts are presumed to know judicially when their terms are required to be held by public law. 4 Dev. R. 427. See, 1 generally, Peck, R. 82; 6 Yerg. R. 395; 7 Yerg. R. 365; 6 Rand. R. 704; 2 Cowen, R. 445; 1 Cowen, R. 58; 5 Binn. R. 389; 4 S. & R. 507 5 Mass. R. 195, 435.
Terma (n.) (Anat.) The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain. -- B. G. Wilder.
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. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. "And oftentimes by Termagant and Mahound [Mahomet] swore." -- Spenser.
The lesser part on Christ believed well, On Termagant the more, and on Mahound. -- Fairfax.
Termagant (n.) A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; -- formerly applied to both sexes, now only to women.
This terrible termagant, This Nero, this Pharaoh. -- Bale (1543).
The slave of an imperious and reckless termagant. -- Macaulay.
Termagant (a.) Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding. -- Ter"ma*gant*ly, adv.
A termagant, Imperious, prodigal, profligate wench. -- Arbuthnot.
Termagant (n.) A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman [syn: shrew, termagant].
Termatarium (n.) (Zool.) Any nest or dwelling of termes, or white ants.
Termatary (n.) (Zool.) Same as Termatarium.
Termer
(n.) One
who resorted to
Termer (n.) (Law) One who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
Termer (n.) A person who serves a specified term; "there are not many fourth termers in the Senate".
Termites (n. pl. ) of Termes.
Termes (n.) (Zool.) A genus of Pseudoneuroptera including the white ants, or termites. See Termite.
Termes (n.) Type genus of the Termitidae [syn: Termes, genus Termes].
Terminable (a.) Capable of being terminated or bounded; limitable. -- Ter"mi*na*ble*ness, n.
Terminable annuity, An annuity for a stated, definite number of years; -- distinguished from life annuity, and perpetual annuity.
Terminable (a.) Capable of being terminated after a designated time; "terminable employees"; "a terminable annuity".
Terminal (a.) 末端的；終點的；極限的；每期的，定期的；學期的 Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.
Terminal (a.) (Bot.) Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike.
Terminal (a.) (Railroads) Pertaining to a railroad terminal; connected with the receipt or delivery of freight; as, terminal charges.
Terminal moraine. See the Note under Moraine.
Terminal statue. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3.
Terminal velocity. (a) The velocity acquired at the end of a body's motion.
Terminal velocity. (b) The limit toward which the velocity of a body approaches, as of a body falling through the air.
Terminal (n.) [C] 末端；終點；極限；（火車，巴士等的）總站，終站That which terminates or ends; termination; extremity.
Terminal (n.) (Eccl.) 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.
Terminal (n.) (Railroads) (a) The end of a line of railroad, with the switches, stations, sheds, and other appliances pertaining thereto.
Terminal (n.) (Railroads) (b) Any station for the delivery or receipt of freight lying too far from the main line to be served by mere sidings.
Terminal (n.) (Railroads) (c) A rate charged on all freight, independent of the distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses; a terminal charge.
Terminal (n.) (Railroads) (d) A
town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; -- more
properly called a terminus.
Terminal (n.) The station at either end of a bus line line which
transports freight or passengers.
Terminal (n.) A station where passenger buses start or end a trip; -- also called bus terminal.
Terminal (n.) The structure at an airport where passengers board or debark, and where ticket purchases and baggage pickup is performed; -- also called airline terminal.
Terminal (n.) (Computers) An electronic device where data may be entered into a computer, and information received from it, usually consisting of a keyboard and video display unit (monitor); the terminal may be integrated or connected directly to a computer, or connected by a communications circuit with a computer at a remote location; -- also called computer terminal.
Freight terminal, A terminal used for loading or unloading of freight.
Terminal (a.) Of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route; "freight pickup is a terminal service"; "terminal charges".
Terminal (a.) Relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time; "terminal examinations"; "terminal payments".
Terminal (a.) Being or situated at an end; "the endmost pillar"; "terminal buds on a branch"; "a terminal station"; "the terminal syllable" [ant: intermediate].
Terminal (a.) Occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave" [syn: concluding, final, last, terminal].
Terminal (a.) Causing or ending in or approaching death; "a terminal patient"; "terminal cancer".
Terminal (n.) Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods [syn: terminal, terminus, depot].
Terminal (n.) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves [syn: terminal, pole].
Terminal (n.) Either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix" [syn: end, terminal].
Terminal (n.) Electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display.
Terminal, () An electronic or electromechanical device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and displaying data received. Early terminals were called teletypes, later ones VDUs. Typically a terminal communicates with the computer via a serial line.
Terminal, () The end of a line where signals are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals are made available to apparatus.
Terminal, () Apparatus to send and/ or receive signals on a line. (1995-10-02)
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)，音譯「薩德」終端高空防禦飛彈，Formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense，戰區高空防禦飛彈，is a United States Army anti-ballistic missile system which is designed to shoot down short, medium, and intermediate range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase using a hit-to-kill approach. [2] [3] THAAD was developed after the experience of Iraq's Scud missile attacks during the Gulf War in 1991. [4] The missile carries no warhead, but relies on the kinetic energy of impact to destroy the incoming missile. A kinetic energy hit minimizes the risk of exploding conventional warhead ballistic missiles, and nuclear tipped ballistic missiles will not detonate upon a kinetic energy hit.
Originally a US Army program, THAAD has come under the umbrella of the Missile Defense Agency. The Navy has a similar program, the sea-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System, which now has a land component as well ("Aegis ashore"). THAAD was originally scheduled for deployment in 2012, but initial deployment took place in May 2008. [5] [6] THAAD has been deployed in the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and South Korea.
The THAAD system is being designed, built, and integrated by Lockheed Martin Space Systems acting as prime contractor. Key subcontractors include Raytheon, Boeing, Aerojet, Rocketdyne, Honeywell, BAE Systems, Oshkosh Defense, MiltonCAT and the Oliver Capital Consortium. [7]
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.) 使停止，使結束；使終止；使結尾；【美】免……的職，解僱 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.
During this interval of calm and prosperity, he [Michael Angelo] terminated two figures of slaves, destined for the tomb, in an incomparable style of art. -- J. S. Harford.
Terminate (v. i.) 結束；終止 [Q]；結果 [（+in）]；【美】解僱僱員 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.
The wisdom of this world, its designs and efficacy, terminate on zhis side heaven. Suth.
Terminate (v.) Bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" [syn: end, terminate] [ant: begin, commence, get, get down, lead off, set about, set out, start, start out].
Terminate (v.) Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" [syn: end, stop, finish, terminate, cease] [ant: begin, start].
Terminate (v.) Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie" [syn: end, terminate].
Terminate (v.) Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant: employ, engage, hire].
Termination (n.) 結束，終止 [C] [U]；結局，結果 [the S]；終止處，界限，邊界 [C] [U]；【文】語尾，字尾 [C]；終止妊娠 [C] [S1] 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. -- Hallam.
Termination (n.) Last purpose of design. [R.]
Termination (n.) A word; a term. [R. & Obs.] -- Shak.
Termination (n.) (Gram.) The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.
Termination (n.) A coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license" [syn: termination, expiration, expiry].
Termination (n.) A place where something ends or is complete [syn: end point, endpoint, termination, terminus].
Termination (n.) Something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio" [syn: result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination].
Termination (n.) The end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" [syn: ending, termination].
Termination (n.) The act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" [syn: termination, ending, conclusion].
Terminational (a.) 末端的；終止的；【語】由變化字尾形成的 Of or pertaining to termination; forming a termination.
Terminative (a.) 終止的；【語】結尾的 Tending or serving to terminate; terminating; determining; definitive. -- Bp. Rust. -- Ter"mi*na*tive*ly, adv. -- Jer. Taylor.
Terminative (a.) Coming to an end; "a contract terminative with the end of the war".
Terminator (n.) One who, or that which, terminates.
Terminator (n.) (Astron.) The dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminated part of the moon.
Terminator (n.) Someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) [syn: exterminator, terminator, eradicator]
Terminator, () A resistor connected to a signal wire in a bus or network for the purpose of impedance matching to prevent reflections.
For example, A 50 ohm resistor connected across the end of an Ethernet cable. SCSI chains and some LocalTalk wiring schemes also require terminators. (1995-05-17)
Terminatory (a.) Terminative.
Termine (v. t.) To terminate. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Terminer (n.) (Law) 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. -- Murdock.
Terminological (a.) Of or pertaining to terminology. -- Ter`mi*no*log"ic*al*ly, (adv.)
Terminological (a.) Of or concerning terminology; "terminological disputes"
Terminology (n.) (pl. - ies)（總稱）術語，專門用語；術語學 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.
The barbarous effect produced by a German structure of sentence, and a terminology altogether new. -- De Quincey.
Terminology (n.) A system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology" [syn: terminology, nomenclature, language].
Termini (n. pl. ) of Terminus.
Terminus (n.) Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.
Terminus (n.) (Myth.) 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.
Terminus (n.) A place where something ends or is complete [syn: end point, endpoint, termination, terminus].
Terminus (n.) The ultimate goal for which something is done [syn: destination, terminus].
Terminus (n.) (Architecture) A statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome [syn: terminus, terminal figure, term].
Terminus (n.) Either end of a railroad or bus route.
Terminus (n.) Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods [syn: terminal, terminus, depot].
Termites (n. pl. ) of Termite.
Termite (n.) (Zool.) 【昆】白蟻 Any one of numerous species of pseudoneoropterous insects belonging to Termes and allied genera; -- called also white ant. See Illust. of White ant.
Note: They are very abundant in tropical countries, and are noted for their destructive habits, their large nests, their remarkable social instincts, and their division of labor among the polymorphic individuals of several kinds. Besides the males and females, each nest has ordinary workers, and large-headed individuals called soldiers.
Termite (n.) Whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood [syn: termite, white ant].
Termless (a.) Having no term or end; unlimited; boundless; unending; as, termless time. [R.] "Termless joys." -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Termless (a.) Inexpressible; indescribable. [R.] -- Shak.
Termly (a.) Occurring every term; as, a termly fee. [R.] -- Bacon.
Termly (adv.) Term by term; every term. [R.] "Fees . . . that are termly given." -- Bacon.
Termonology (n.) Terminology. [R.]
Compare: Termer
Termer (n.) One who resorted to London during the law term only, in order to practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like. [Obs.] [Written also termor.] -- B. Jonson.
Termer (n.) (Law) One who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
Termor (n.) (Law) Same as Termer, 2.
Termor. () One who holds lands and tenements for a term of years or, life. Litt. sect. 100; 4 Tyr. 561.
Tern (n.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various allied genera.
Note: Terns differ from gulls chiefly in their graceful form, in their weaker and more slender bills and feet, and their longer and more pointed wings. The tail is usually forked. Most of the species are white with the back and wings pale gray, and often with a dark head.
The common European tern ({Sterna hirundo) is found also in Asia and America. Among other American species are the arctic tern ({Sterna paradisaea), the roseate tern ({Sterna Dougalli), the least tern ({Sterna Antillarum), the royal tern ({Sterna maxima}), and the sooty tern ({Sterna fuliginosa).
Hooded tern. See Fairy bird, under Fairy.
Marsh tern, Any tern of the genus Hydrochelidon. They frequent marshes and rivers and feed largely upon insects.
River tern, Any tern belonging to Seena or allied genera which frequent rivers.
Sea tern, Any tern of the genus Thalasseus. Terns of this genus have very long, pointed wings, and chiefly frequent seas and the mouths of large rivers.
Tern (a.) Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate.
Tern flowers (Bot.), Flowers growing three and three together.
Tern leaves (Bot.), Leaves arranged in threes, or three by three, or having three in each whorl or set.
Tern peduncles (Bot.), Three peduncles growing together from the same axis.
Tern schooner (Naut.), A three-masted schooner.
Tern (n.) 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.
She'd win a tern in Thursday's lottery. -- Mrs. Browning.
Tern (n.) Small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail.
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.) (Chem.) 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 (n. pl. ) of Ternary.