| bioterrorism | (noun) terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare | Synonyms: biological terrorism |
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| bitterroot | (noun) showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower | Synonyms: Lewisia rediviva |
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| bullterrier | (noun) a powerful short-haired terrier originated in England by crossing the bulldog with terriers | Synonyms: bull terrier |
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| counterreformation | (noun) a reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation | - |
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| counterrevolution | (noun) a revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution | - |
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| counterrevolutionary | (adjective) marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or being a counterrevolution | - |
| (noun) a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution | Synonyms: counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionist |
| counterrevolutionist | (noun) a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution | Synonyms: counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionary |
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| counterterror | (adjective) intended to prevent terrorism | Synonyms: counterterrorist |
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| counterterrorism | (noun) a strategy intended to prevent or counter terrorism | - |
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| counterterrorist | (adjective) intended to prevent terrorism | Synonyms: counterterror |
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| (noun) someone who attempts to prevent terrorism | - |
| deterrence | (noun) the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety | - |
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| (noun) a communication that makes you afraid to try something | Synonyms: determent, intimidation |
| (noun) a negative motivational influence | Synonyms: disincentive |
| deterrent | (adjective) tending to deter | - |
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| (noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment |
| ecoterrorism | (noun) violence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists | Synonyms: eco-warfare, ecological terrorism, ecological warfare |
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| exterritorial | (adjective) outside territorial limits or jurisdiction | Synonyms: extraterritorial |
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| extraterrestrial | (adjective) originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere | - |
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| (noun) a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere | Synonyms: alien, extraterrestrial being |
| extraterritorial | (adjective) outside territorial limits or jurisdiction | Synonyms: exterritorial |
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| interracial | (adjective) involving or composed of different races | Synonyms: mixed |
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| (adjective) between races | - |
| interracially | (adverb) by race | - |
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| interred | (adjective) placed in a grave | Synonyms: buried, inhumed |
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| interreflection | (noun) reciprocal reflection between two reflecting surfaces | - |
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| interregnum | (noun) the time between two reigns, governments, etc. | - |
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| interrelate | (verb) place into a mutual relationship | - |
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| (verb) be in a relationship with | Synonyms: relate |
| interrelated | (adjective) reciprocally connected | Synonyms: interconnected |
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| interrelatedness | (noun) mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness | Synonyms: interrelation, interrelationship |
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| interrelation | (noun) mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness | Synonyms: interrelatedness, interrelationship |
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| interrelationship | (noun) mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness | Synonyms: interrelatedness, interrelation |
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| interrogate | (verb) pose a series of questions to | Synonyms: question |
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| (verb) transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication | - |
| interrogation | (noun) formal systematic questioning | Synonyms: examination, interrogatory |
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| (noun) a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply | Synonyms: interrogative, interrogative sentence, question |
| (noun) an instance of questioning | Synonyms: enquiry, inquiry, query, question |
| (noun) a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder | - |
| interrogative | (adjective) relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation | Synonyms: interrogatory |
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| (adjective) relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood | - |
| (noun) a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply | Synonyms: interrogation, interrogative sentence, question |
| (noun) some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood | Synonyms: interrogative mood |
| interrogatively | (adverb) with curiosity | Synonyms: curiously, inquisitively |
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| (adverb) in a questioning format | - |
| interrogator | (noun) a questioner who is excessively harsh | Synonyms: inquisitor |
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| interrogatory | (adjective) relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation | Synonyms: interrogative |
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| (noun) formal systematic questioning | Synonyms: examination, interrogation |
| interrupt | (noun) a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out | - |
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| (verb) terminate or end | Synonyms: break |
| (verb) destroy the peace or tranquility of | Synonyms: disturb |
| (verb) interfere in someone else's activity | Synonyms: disrupt |
| (verb) make a break in | Synonyms: break up, cut off, disrupt |
| interrupted | (adjective) intermittently stopping and starting | Synonyms: fitful, off-and-on |
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| (adjective) discontinued temporarily | - |
| interrupter | (noun) a device for automatically interrupting an electric current | - |
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| interruption | (noun) an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity | Synonyms: break, disruption, gap |
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| (noun) some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity | Synonyms: break |
| (noun) a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something | Synonyms: break, intermission, pause, suspension |
| narcoterrorism | (noun) the financing of terrorist activities by participation in the drug trade | - |
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| nonterritorial | (adjective) not displaying territoriality | - |
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| parterre | (noun) seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the balconies) | Synonyms: parquet circle |
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| (noun) an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern | - |
| semiterrestrial | (adjective) chiefly but not exclusively terrestrial | - |
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| subterranean | (adjective) lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed) | Synonyms: subterraneous, ulterior |
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| (adjective) being or operating under the surface of the earth | Synonyms: subterraneous |
| subterraneous | (adjective) lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed) | Synonyms: subterranean, ulterior |
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| (adjective) being or operating under the surface of the earth | Synonyms: subterranean |
| terrace | (noun) usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence | Synonyms: patio |
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| (noun) a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face) | - |
| (noun) a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) | Synonyms: bench |
| (verb) make into terraces as for cultivation | - |
| (verb) provide (a house) with a terrace | Synonyms: terrasse |
| terracotta | (noun) a hard unglazed brownish-red earthenware | Synonyms: terra cotta |
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| terrain | (noun) a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential | - |
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| terrapin | (noun) any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water | - |
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| terrarium | (noun) a vivarium in which selected living plants are kept and observed | - |
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| terrasse | (verb) provide (a house) with a terrace | Synonyms: terrace |
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| terrene | (adjective) of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air | Synonyms: tellurian, telluric, terrestrial |
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| (adjective) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly | Synonyms: mundane |
| terreplein | (noun) level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart | - |
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| terrestrial | (adjective) operating or living or growing on land | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air | Synonyms: tellurian, telluric, terrene |
| (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants | Synonyms: planetary |
| (adjective) of this earth | Synonyms: sublunar, sublunary |
| (adjective) concerned with the world or worldly matters | Synonyms: mundane |
| terrestrially | (adverb) to a land environment | - |
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| (adverb) in a worldly manner | Synonyms: mundanely |
| terrible | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific |
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| (adjective) extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact | Synonyms: awful, frightful, tremendous |
| (adjective) intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality | Synonyms: severe, wicked |
| (adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing | Synonyms: abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, painful, unspeakable |
| terribleness | (noun) a quality of extreme unpleasantness | Synonyms: awfulness, dreadfulness, horridness |
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| terribly | (adverb) used as intensifiers | Synonyms: awful, awfully, frightfully |
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| (adverb) in a terrible manner | Synonyms: abominably, abysmally, atrociously, awfully, rottenly |
| terrier | (noun) any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground | - |
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| terrific | (adjective) causing extreme terror | Synonyms: terrifying |
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| (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, phenomenal, rattling, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous |
| (adjective) very great or intense | - |
| terrifically | (adverb) (used as an intensifier) excellently | Synonyms: marvellously, marvelously, superbly, toppingly, wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously |
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| terrified | (adjective) thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation | Synonyms: frightened, panic-stricken, panic-struck, panicked, panicky |
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| terrify | (verb) fill with terror; frighten greatly | Synonyms: terrorise, terrorize |
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| terrifying | (adjective) causing extreme terror | Synonyms: terrific |
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| terrine | (noun) a pate or fancy meatloaf baked in an earthenware casserole | - |
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| territorial | (adjective) belonging to the territory of any state or ruler | - |
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| (adjective) displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to a territory | - |
| (noun) a territorial military unit | Synonyms: territorial reserve |
| (noun) nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit | - |
| territorialisation | (noun) the act of organizing as a territory | Synonyms: territorialization |
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| territorialise | (verb) extend by adding territory | Synonyms: territorialize |
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| (verb) place on a territorial basis | Synonyms: territorialize |
| (verb) organize as a territory | Synonyms: territorialize |
| territoriality | (noun) the behavior of a male animal that defines and defends its territory | - |
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| territorialization | (noun) the act of organizing as a territory | Synonyms: territorialisation |
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| territorialize | (verb) extend by adding territory | Synonyms: territorialise |
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| (verb) place on a territorial basis | Synonyms: territorialise |
| (verb) organize as a territory | Synonyms: territorialise |
| territorially | (adverb) with respect to territory | - |
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| territory | (noun) an area of knowledge or interest | - |
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| (noun) a region marked off for administrative or other purposes | Synonyms: district, dominion, territorial dominion |
| (noun) the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state | Synonyms: soil |
| terror | (noun) the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons) | - |
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| (noun) an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety | Synonyms: affright, panic |
| (noun) a very troublesome child | Synonyms: brat, holy terror, little terror |
| (noun) a person who inspires fear or dread | Synonyms: scourge, threat |
| terrorisation | (noun) the act of inspiring with fear | Synonyms: frightening, terrorization |
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| (noun) an act of terrorism | Synonyms: terrorization |
| terrorise | (verb) fill with terror; frighten greatly | Synonyms: terrify, terrorize |
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| (verb) coerce by violence or with threats | Synonyms: terrorize |
| terrorism | (noun) the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear | Synonyms: act of terrorism, terrorist act |
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| terrorist | (noun) a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities | - |
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| terrorization | (noun) the act of inspiring with fear | Synonyms: frightening, terrorisation |
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| (noun) an act of terrorism | Synonyms: terrorisation |
| terrorize | (verb) fill with terror; frighten greatly | Synonyms: terrify, terrorise |
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| (verb) coerce by violence or with threats | Synonyms: terrorise |
| terry | (noun) a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes | Synonyms: terry cloth, terrycloth |
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| terrycloth | (noun) a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes | Synonyms: terry, terry cloth |
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| theoterrorism | (noun) terrorism for a religious purpose | - |
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| undeterred | (adjective) not deterred | Synonyms: undiscouraged |
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| uninterrupted | (adjective) continuing in time or space without interruption | Synonyms: continuous |
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| (adjective) having undisturbed continuity | - |
| uninterruptedly | (adverb) without interruption | - |
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