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TERM, n. [L. terminus, a limit or boundary.] 1. A limit; a bound or boundary; th...
TERGIVERSA'TION, n. A shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion. Writing is to be pre...
TER'GIVERSATE, v.i. [L. tergum, the back, and verto, to turn.] To shift; to prac...
TERGIF'ETOUS, a. Tergifetous plants, are such as bear their See ds on the back o...
TERGEM'INOUS, a. [supra.] Threefold.
TERGEM'INAL TERGEM'INATE, a. [L. tergeminus.] Thrice double; as a tergeminate leaf.
TER'ET TERE'TE, a. [L. teres.] Round and tapering; columnar; as the stem of a pl...
TER'EK, n. A water fowl with long legs.
TERE'DO, n. [L. from tero, to wear.] A worm that bores and penetrates the bottom...
TEREBRAT'ULITE, n. Fossil terebratula, a kind of shell.
TEREBRA'TION, n. The act of boring. [Little used.]
TER'EBRATE, v.t. [L. terebro, tero.] To bore; to perforate with a gimlet. [Littl...
TEREBIN'THINE, a. [L. terebinthinus, from terebinthina, turpentine.] Pertaining ...
TEREBIN'THINATE, a. Terebinthine; impregnated with the qualities of turpentine.
TER'EBINTH, n. The turpentine tree.
TER'CEL, n. The male of the common falcon. [Falco Peregrinus.]