| terabit | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits | Synonyms: Tb, Tbit |
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| terabyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes | Synonyms: TB, tebibyte, TiB |
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| (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes | Synonyms: TB |
| teraflop | (noun) (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system, with 1 teraflop being one trillion floating point operations per second | Synonyms: trillion floating point operations per second |
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| terahertz | (noun) one trillion periods per second | Synonyms: THz |
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| teras | (noun) (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus | Synonyms: monster |
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| teratogen | (noun) any agent that interferes with normal embryonic development: alcohol or thalidomide or X-rays or rubella are examples | - |
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| teratogenesis | (noun) the development of defects in an embryo | - |
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| teratogenic | (adjective) of or relating to substances or agents that can interfere with normal embryonic development | - |
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| teratology | (noun) the branch of biology concerned with the development of malformations or serious deviations from the normal type of organism | - |
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| teratoma | (noun) a tumor consisting of a mixture of tissues not normally found at that site | - |
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| teraton | (noun) a measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many trillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. | - |
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| terazosin | (noun) antihypertensive drug (trade name Hytrin) used to treat high blood pressure | Synonyms: Hytrin |
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| terbinafine | (noun) an oral antifungal drug (trade name Lamisil) used to treat cases of fungal nail disease | Synonyms: Lamisil |
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| terbium | (noun) a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite | Synonyms: atomic number 65, Tb |
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| terce | (noun) the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m. | Synonyms: tierce |
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| tercel | (noun) male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon | Synonyms: tercelet, tiercel |
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| tercelet | (noun) male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon | Synonyms: tercel, tiercel |
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| tercentenary | (noun) the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: tercentennial, triennial |
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| tercentennial | (noun) the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: tercentenary, triennial |
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| tercet | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika |
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| terebinth | (noun) a Mediterranean tree yielding Chian turpentine | Synonyms: Pistacia terebinthus |
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| teredinid | (noun) wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells | Synonyms: shipworm |
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| teredo | (noun) typical shipworm | - |
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| terefah | (adjective) not conforming to dietary laws | Synonyms: nonkosher, tref |
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| teres | (noun) either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms | Synonyms: teres muscle |
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| terete | (adjective) especially of plant parts; cylindrical and tapering | - |
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| tergiversate | (verb) abandon one's beliefs or allegiances | Synonyms: apostatise, apostatize |
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| (verb) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information | Synonyms: beat around the bush, equivocate, palter, prevaricate |
| tergiversation | (noun) falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language | Synonyms: equivocation |
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| (noun) the act of abandoning a party for cause | Synonyms: apostasy |
| tergiversator | (noun) a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer | Synonyms: equivocator, hedger |
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| teriyaki | (noun) beef or chicken or seafood marinated in spicy soy sauce and grilled or broiled | - |
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| term | (noun) (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 | Synonyms: terminal figure, terminus |
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| (noun) any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial | - |
| (noun) a word or expression used for some particular thing | - |
| (noun) one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition | - |
| (noun) (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement | Synonyms: condition, strings |
| (noun) a limited period of time | - |
| (noun) the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent | Synonyms: full term |
| (verb) name formally or designate with a term | - |
| termagant | (noun) a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman | Synonyms: shrew |
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| termer | (noun) a person who serves a specified term | - |
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| terminable | (adjective) capable of being terminated after a designated time | - |
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| terminal | (adjective) being or situated at an end | Synonyms: endmost |
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| (adjective) relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route | - |
| (adjective) occurring at or forming an end or termination | Synonyms: concluding, final, last |
| (adjective) causing or ending in or approaching death | - |
| (noun) station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods | Synonyms: depot, terminus |
| (noun) a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves | Synonyms: pole |
| (noun) electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display | - |
| (noun) either extremity of something that has length | Synonyms: end |
| terminality | (noun) The quality or state of being fatal, of resulting in death. | - |
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| terminally | (adverb) at the end | - |
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| terminate | (verb) bring to an end or halt | Synonyms: end |
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| (verb) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | Synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away |
| (verb) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical | Synonyms: cease, end, finish, stop |
| (verb) be the end of; be the last or concluding part of | Synonyms: end |
| terminated | (adjective) (of e.g. a contract or term of office) having come to an end | - |
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| (adjective) having come or been brought to a conclusion | Synonyms: all over, complete, concluded, ended, over |
| termination | (noun) the act of ending something | Synonyms: conclusion, ending |
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| (noun) the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme) | Synonyms: ending |
| (noun) something that results | Synonyms: final result, outcome, result, resultant |
| (noun) a place where something ends or is complete | Synonyms: end point, endpoint, terminus |
| (noun) a coming to an end of a contract period | Synonyms: expiration, expiry |
| terminative | (adjective) coming to an end | - |
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| terminator | (noun) someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) | Synonyms: eradicator, exterminator |
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| terminological | (adjective) of or concerning terminology | - |
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| terminology | (noun) a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline | Synonyms: language, nomenclature |
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| terminus | (noun) either end of a railroad or bus route | - |
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| (noun) station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods | Synonyms: depot, terminal |
| (noun) (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 | Synonyms: term, terminal figure |
| (noun) the ultimate goal for which something is done | Synonyms: destination |
| (noun) a place where something ends or is complete | Synonyms: end point, endpoint, termination |
| termite | (noun) whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood | Synonyms: white ant |
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| terms | (noun) the amount of money needed to purchase something | Synonyms: damage, price |
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| (noun) status with respect to the relations between people or groups | Synonyms: footing |
| tern | (noun) small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail | - |
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| ternary | (adjective) having three units or components or elements | Synonyms: treble, triple, triplex |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika |
| ternate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) consisting of three leaflets or sections | - |
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| ternion | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternary, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika |
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| terpene | (noun) an unsaturated hydrocarbon obtained from plants | - |
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| terpinene | (noun) any of a group of isomeric hydrocarbons that are classified as terpenes. | - |
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| terpsichore | (noun) taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music | Synonyms: dance, dancing, saltation |
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| terpsichorean | (adjective) of or relating to dancing | - |
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| (noun) a performer who dances professionally | Synonyms: dancer, professional dancer |
| 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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| terse | (adjective) brief and to the point; effectively cut short | Synonyms: crisp, curt, laconic |
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| tersely | (adverb) in a short and concise manner | Synonyms: telegraphically |
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| terseness | (noun) a neatly short and concise expressive style | - |
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| tertian | (adjective) relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds | - |
| tertiary | (adjective) coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position | Synonyms: 3rd, third |
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| tertigravida | (noun) a woman who is pregnant for the third time | Synonyms: gravida III |
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| terzetto | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika |
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