Ter, tėr, adv. thrice. [L.]
Teramorphous, ter-a-mor′fus, adj. monstrous in form or nature. [Gr. teras, a monster, morphē, form.]
Teraphim, ter′a-fim, n.pl. a Hebrew word of uncertain derivation, denoting a certain kind of images, idols, or household gods, of a human figure, associated with divination, and commonly used in the popular worship:—sing. Ter′aph. [Heb.]
Teratology, ter-a-tol′ō-ji, n. the study of malformations or abnormal growths, animal or vegetable.—adj. Teratogen′ic, producing monsters.—n. Teratog′eny, the production of monsters.—adjs. Ter′atoid, monstrous; Teratolog′ic, -al, pertaining to teratology.—ns. Teratol′ogist, one skilled in teratology; Teratō′ma, an anomalous congenital tumour, often containing many different tissues.—adj. Teratō′matous.—n. Teratō′sis, monstrosity. [Gr. teras, teratos, a monster.]
Terbium, ter′bi-um, n. a rare metal found in certain yttrium minerals.—adj. Ter′bic.
Terce, tėrs, n. (Scots law) a widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property: the office of the third hour, which should be said between sunrise and noon. [Tierce.]
Tercel, tėrs′el, n. Same as Tiercel.
Tercentenary, tėr-sen′te-nā-ri, adj. including or relating to an interval of three hundred years.—n. the 300th anniversary of anything.—adj. Tercenten′nial.
Tercet, ter′set, n. a triplet.
Tercine, ter′sin, n. (bot.) a layer of the primine coat of an ovule.