Webster's Dictionary 1913

1378

Teratoid

Ter″a‐toid (?), a. [Gr. �, �, monster + -oid.] Resembling a monster; abnormal; of a pathological growth, exceedingly complex or highly organized. S. D. Gross.

1379

Teratological

Ter′a‐to‐log″ic‐al (?), a.(Biol.) Of or pertaining to teratology; as, teratological changes.

1380

Teratology

Ter′a‐tol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. �, �, a wonder, monster + -logy: cf. Gr. � a telling of wonders, and F. tératologie.] 1. That branch of biological science which treats of monstrosit...

1381

Teratoma

Ter′a‐to″ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, �, monster + -oma.] (Med.) A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, ...

1382

Terbic

Ter″bic (?), a.(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, terbium; also, designating certain of its compounds.

1383

Terbium

Ter″bi‐um (?), n. [NL., fr. Ytterby, in Sweden. See Erbium.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element, of uncertain identification, supposed to exist in certain minerals, as gadolinite a...

1384

Terce

Terce (?), n. See Tierce.

1385

Tercel

Ter″cel (?), n. See Tiercel. Called also tarsel, tassel. Chaucer.

1386

Tercelet

Terce″let (?), n.(Zoöl.) A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet. Chaucer.

1387

Tercellene

Ter″cel‐lene (?), n.(Zoöl.) A small male hawk. Sir T. Browne.

1388

Tercentenary

Ter‐cen″te‐na‐ry (?), a. [L. ter thirce + E. centenary.] Including, or relating to, an interval of three hundred years. — n. The three hundredth anniversary of any event; also, ...

1389

Tercet

Ter″cet (?), n. [F., fr. It. terzetto, dim. of terzo, third, L. tertius. See Tierce, and cf. Terzetto.] 1. (Mus.) A triplet. Hiles.2. (Poetry) A triplet; a group of three lines.

1390

Tercine

Ter″cine (?), n. [F., from L. tertius the third.] (Bot.) A cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule and surrounding the embryo sac. Cf. Quintine.

1391

Terebate

Ter″e‐bate (?), n. A salt of terebic acid.

1392

Terebene

Ter″e‐bene (?), n.(Chem.) A polymeric modification of terpene, obtained as a white crystalline camphorlike substance; — called also camphene. By extension, any one of a group of...

1393

Terebenthene

Ter′e‐ben″thene (?), n.(Chem.) Oil of turpentine. See Turpentine.

1394

Terebic

Te‐reb″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, terbenthene (oil of turpentine); specifically, designating an acid, C7H10O4, obtained by the oxidation of terbenthene w...

1395

Terebilenic

Ter′e‐bi‐len″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid, C7H8O4, obtained as a white crystalline substance by a modified oxidation of terebic acid.

1396

Terebinth

Ter″e‐binth (?), n. [L. terbinthus, Gr. �: cf. F. térébinthe. Cf. Turpentine.] (Bot.) The turpentine tree.

1397

Terebinthic

Ter′e‐bin″thic (?), a.(Chem.) Of or pertaining to turpentine; resembling turpentine; terbinthine; as, terbinthic qualities.

1398

Terebinthinate

Ter′e‐bin″thi‐nate (?), a. Impregnating with the qualities of turpentine; terbinthine.

1399

Terebinthine

Ter′e‐bin″thine (?), a. [L. terbinthinus, Gr. �.] Of or pertaining to turpentine; consisting of turpentine, or partaking of its qualities.

1400

Terebra

‖Ter″e‐bra (?), n.; pl. E. Terebras (#), L. Terebræ (#). 1. (Zoöl.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger ...

1401

Terebrant

Ter″e‐brant (?), a. [L. terebrans, -antis, p. pr.] (Zoöl.) Boring, or adapted for boring; — said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies.

1402

Terebrantia

‖Ter′e‐bran″ti‐a (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A division of Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the sawflies.

1403

Terebrate

Ter″e‐brate (?), v. t. [L. terebratus, p. p. of terebrare, from terebra a borer, terere to rub.] To perforate; to bore; to pierce. Sir T. Browne.

1404

Terebrating

Ter″e‐bra′ting (?), a. 1. (Zoöl.) Boring; perforating; — applied to molluskas which form holes in rocks, wood, etc.2. (Med.) Boring; piercing; — applied to certain kinds of pain...