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Tergeminous
a.
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Threefold; thrice-paired.
Tergiferous
a.
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Carrying or bearing upon the back.
Tergite
n.
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The dorsal portion of an arthromere or somite of an articulate animal. See Illust. under Coleoptera.
Tergiversate
v. i.
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To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.
Tergiversation
n.
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The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.
Tergiversation
n.
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Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.
Tergiversator
n.
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One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion.
Terga
pl.
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of Tergum
Tergum
n.
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The back of an animal.
Tergum
n.
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The dorsal piece of a somite of an articulate animal.
Tergum
n.
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One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped.
Terin
n.
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A small yellow singing bird, with an ash-colored head; the European siskin. Called also tarin.
Term
n.
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That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.
Term
n.
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The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life.
Term
n.
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In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms.
Term
n.
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A point, line, or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.
Term
n.
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A space of time granted to a debtor for discharging his obligation.
Term
n.
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The time in which a court is held or is open for the trial of causes.
Term
n.
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The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
Term
n.
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A word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term.
Term
n.
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A quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr; -- called also terminal figure. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3.
Term
n.
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The menses.
Term
n.
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Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions.
Term
n.
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In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.
Term
n.
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A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
Termed
imp. & p. p.
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of Term
Terming
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Term
Term
n.
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To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.
Terma
n.
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The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain.
Termagant
n.
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An imaginary being supposed by the Christians to be a Mohammedan deity or false god. He is represented in the ancient moralities, farces, and puppet shows as extremely vociferous and tumultous.