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A word consisting of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.
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.
A tureen.
Of or pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, terrene substance.
Earthy; terrestrial.
The earth's surface; the earth.
The surface of the ground.
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.
Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals.
Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe.
Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane.
Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents.