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51ter|bi|um — «TUR bee uhm», noun. a silver gray metallic chemical element found in gadolinite, monazite, and certain other minerals with yttrium and ytterbium. Terbium is a rare earth element. ╂[< New Latin terbium < (Yt)terby, a town in Sweden. Compare …
52ter|i|ya|ki — «TEHR ih YAH kee», noun. a Japanese dish consisting of fish or meat grilled over an open fire and repeatedly basted with a strong soy sauce and sake until the surface is glazed. ╂[< Japanese teriyaki < teri to glaze + yaki to grill] …
53ter|ra al|ba — «TEHR uh AL buh», = pipe clay. (Cf. ↑pipe clay) ╂[< Latin terra alba (literally) white earth] …
54ter|ri|fi|er — «TEHR uh FY uhr», noun. a person or thing that terrifies …
55ter|ri|fy — «TEHR uh fy», transitive verb, fied, fy|ing. to fill with great fear or terror; frighten very much: »Terrified by the sight of the bear, he ran into thabin. SYNONYM(S): scare, alarm, horrify, appall. ╂[< Latin terrificāre < terrēre terrify… …
56ter|ri|to|ri|al|i|ty — «TEHR uh TR ee AL uh tee, TOHR », noun. 1. territorial quality, condition, position, or status. 2. a form of behavior in which an animal claims an area for itself and defends it from encroachment by others: »No room was left for doubting…the… …
57ter|ry — «TEHR ee», noun, plural ries. a rough cotton cloth made of uncut looped yarn. ╂[perhaps < French tiré drawn] …
58ter|ti|us — «TUR shee uhs», adjective. 1. third (used in prescriptions). 2. (in some English schools) designating the youngest of three boys of the same surname: »Smith tertius hit the ball (London Times). ╂[< Latin tertius third] …
59ter|za ri|ma — «TEHR tsah REE mah», an Italian form of iambic verse consisting of ten syllable or eleven syllable lines arranged in tercets, the middle line of each tercet rhyming with the first and third lines of the following tercet (aba, bcb, cdc, and so on) …
60ter·ri·to·ri·al·i·ty — /ˌterəˌtoriˈæləti/ noun [noncount] : the behavior of animals or people that try to keep others away from an area that they use or control a scientific study of territoriality in bears/mice …
