Any oil substance having a hyacinthine odor, obtained by the action of acids on terpin, and regarded as a related hydrate.

The Muse who presided over the choral song and the dance, especially the latter.

Of or pertaining to Terpsichore; of or pertaining to dancing.

The earth; earth.

To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building.

Cultivation on the earth; agriculture.

A region or limited area considered with reference to some special feature; as, the terrane of a river, that is, its drainage basin.

Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food.

Consisting of land and water; as, the earth is a terraqueous globe.

See 2d Terrier, 2.

See /rass.

One who has the actual possession of land; the occupant.

An olive-green earth used as a pigment. See Glauconite.

See Turren.

Quality of being earthy; earthiness.

A spherical magnet so placed that its poles, equator, etc., correspond to those of the earth.

An earthquake.

The earth's surface; the earth.

Earthiness; worldliness.

Consisting of earth; earthy; as, terreous substances; terreous particles.

The top, platform, or horizontal surface, of a rampart, on which the cannon are placed. See Illust. of Casemate.

Terrestrial; earthly.

An inhabitant of the earth.

To convert or reduce into a condition like that of the earth; to make earthy.

Terrestrial.

One of the rings on the top of the saddle of a harness, through which the reins pass.

Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable.

A division of annelids including the common earthworms and allied species.

The arctic fox.

One of a breed of small dogs, which includes several distinct subbreeds, some of which, such as the Skye terrier and Yorkshire terrier, have long hair and drooping ears, while others, at the English and the black-and-tan terriers, have short, close, smooth hair and upright ears.

Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread; terrible; as, a terrific form; a terrific sight.

Terrific.

In a terrific manner.

To make terrible.

Earthborn; produced by the earth.

A dish or pan, originally of earthenware, such as those in which various dishes are cooked and served; esp., an earthenware jar containing some table delicacy and sold with its contents.

Of or pertaining to territory or land; as, territorial limits; territorial jurisdiction.

a pattern of behavior characterized by the marking and defense of a home territory, exhibited by certain male animals.

To enlarge by extension of territory.

In regard to territory; by means of territory.

Possessed of territory.

A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.

Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.

The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation.

One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.

To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.

Free from terror.

A kind of heavy colored fabric, either all silk, or silk and worsted, or silk and cotton, often called terry velvet, used for upholstery and trimmings.

An ancient ascription of praise (containing the word /Holy/ -- in its Latin form, /Sanctus/ -- thrice repeated), used in the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church and before the prayer of consecration in the communion service of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. Cf. Trisagion.

Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.

A trisulphide.

A trisulphide.

Same as Tertiary.

A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day.

A member of the Third Order in any monastic system; as, the Franciscan tertiaries; the Dominican tertiaries; the Carmelite tertiaries. See Third Order, under Third.

To do or perform for the third time.

The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing.

A composition in three voice parts; a vocal (rarely an instrumental) trio.

Formed of tesserae, as a mosaic.

A division of Crinoidea including numerous fossil species in which the body is covered with tessellated plates.

Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement.

The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed.

A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes.

Diversified by squares; done in mosaic; tessellated.

Of, pertaining to, or containing, tesserae.

Tesseral.

To make a testament, or will.

to market (a product) in a limited area for a period of time to determine the probable demand.

The external hard or firm covering of many invertebrate animals.

Capable of being tested or proved.

Invertebrate animals covered with shells, especially mollusks; shellfish.

Onr of the Testacea.

The science which treats of testaceans, or shellfish; the description of shellfish.

The science of testaceous mollusks; conchology.

Of or pertaining to shells; consisted of a hard shell, or having a hard shell.

The state or circumstance of being testate, or of leaving a valid will, or testament, at death.

A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after his death.

Of or pertaining to a testament; testamentary.

Of or pertaining to a will, or testament; as, letters testamentary.

The act or power of giving by testament, or will.

To make a will.

A certificate of merit or proficiency; -- so called from the Latin words, Ita testamur, with which it commences.

One who leaves a valid will at death; a testate person.

A witnessing or witness.

A man who makes and leaves a will, or testament, at death.

A woman who makes and leaves a will at death; a female testator.

A witness. The witnessing or concluding clause, duty attached; -- said of a writ, deed, or the like.

An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston.

To present with a tester.

pl. of Teste, or of Testis.

A division of brachiopods including those which have a calcareous shell furnished with a hinge and hinge teeth. Terebratula and Spirifer are examples.

One of the essential male genital glands which secrete the semen.

Having the testicles naturally concealed, as in the case of the cetaceans.

Of or pertaining to the testicle.

Shaped like a testicle, ovate and solid. Having two tubers resembling testicles in form, as some species of orchis.

A piece of plate armor for the head of a war horse; a tester.

Testy; headstrong; obstinate.

The act of testifying, or giving testimony or evidence; as, a direct testification of our homage to God.

A testifier.

One who testifies; one who gives testimony, or bears witness to prove anything; a witness.

In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.

Relating to, or containing, testimony.

To witness; to attest; to prove by testimony.

The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.

The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.

A testicle.

A tester; a sixpence.

A silver coin of Portugal, worth about sixpence sterling, or about eleven cents.

An Italian silver coin. The testoon of Rome is worth 1s. 3d. sterling, or about thirty cents.

a steroid hormone (C19H28O2) produced mostly in the testes, which is responsible for producing the secondary sexual characteristics of males.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tortoise.

Of or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise; resembling a tortoise shell; having the color or markings of a tortoise shell.

An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several plates.

Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.

Resembling the shell of a tortoise.

A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise (Testudo Graeca) and the gopher of the Southern United States.

Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.

A substance (notably nux vomica, strychnine, and brucine) which, either as a remedy or a poison, acts primarily on the spinal cord, and which, when taken in comparatively large quantity, produces tetanic spasms or convulsions.

A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth through the agency of a peculiar microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus; -- so called because it produces tetanus as one of its prominent effects.

The production or condition of tetanus.