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- English Word Territory Definition A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.
- English Word Territory Definition The extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government; as, the territory of a State; the territories of the East India Company.
- English Word Territory Definition In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province.
- English Word Terror Definition Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.
- English Word Terror Definition That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.
- English Word Terrorism Definition The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation.
- English Word Terrorism Definition The practise of coercing governments to accede to political demands by committing violence on civilian targets; any similar use of violence to achieve goals.
- English Word Terrorist Definition One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
- English Word Terrorize Definition To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.
- English Word Terrorless Definition Free from terror.
- English Word Terry Definition 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.
- English Word Tersanctus Definition 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.
- English Word Terse Definition Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.
- English Word Terse Definition Refined; accomplished; -- said of persons.
- English Word Terse Definition Elegantly concise; free of superfluous words; polished to smoothness; as, terse language; a terse style.
- English Word Tersulphide Definition A trisulphide.
- English Word Tersulphuret Definition A trisulphide.
- English Word Tertial Definition Same as Tertiary.
- English Word Tertian Definition Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever.
- English Word Tertian Definition A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day.