| terebinthic | <chemistry> Of or pertaining to turpentine; resembling turpentine; terbinthine; as, terbinthic qualities. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| terebinthinate | 1. Containing or impregnated with turpentine. 2. A preparation containing turpentine. Synonym: terebinthine. Origin: G. Terebinthos, the terebinth or turpentine-tree (05 Mar 2000) |
| terebinthine | 1. Containing or impregnated with turpentine. 2. A preparation containing turpentine. Synonym: terebinthine. Origin: G. Terebinthos, the terebinth or turpentine-tree (05 Mar 2000) |
| terebinthinism | Poisoning from oil of turpentine; symptoms include haematuria, albuminuria, and coma; the urine may have an odour of violets. Synonym: terebinthinism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| terebra | Origin: L, a borer. 1. <zoology> A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Synonym: auger shell. 2. <zoology> The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| terebrant | <zoology> Boring, or adapted for boring; said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies. Origin: L. Terebrans, -antis, p.pr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| terebrantia | <zoology> A division of Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the sawflies. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| terebrating | 1. <zoology> Boring; perforating; applied to molluskas which form holes in rocks, wood, etc. 2. <medicine> Boring; piercing; applied to certain kinds of pain, especially to those of locomotor ataxia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| terebration | 1. The act of boring, or of trephining. 2. A boring, piercing pain. Origin: L. Terebro, to bore, fr. Terebra, an auger (05 Mar 2000) |
| terebratula | Origin: Nl, dim. Fr. Terebratus, p.p, perforated. <zoology> A genus of brachiopods which includes many living and some fossil species. The larger valve has a perforated beak, through which projects a short peduncle for attachment. Synonym: lamp shell. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| terebratulid | <zoology> Any species of Terebratula or allied genera. Used also adjectively. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| terebratuliform | <zoology> Having the general form of a terebratula shell. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| teredine | <zoology> A borer; the teredo. Origin: F. Teredine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| teredo | Origin: L, a worm that gnaws wood, clothes, etc.; akin to Gr, L. Terere to rub. <zoology> A genus of long, slender, wormlike bivalve mollusks which bore into submerged wood, such as the piles of wharves, bottoms of ships, etc.; called also shipworm. See Shipworm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| terephthalate | <chemistry> A salt of terephthalic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |