termitid1um

[Lat. termes (gen it. term i. tis ), and Gr. eidos =form.] Palæont.: A genus of Neuroptera, akin to Termes. *ter-mi-ti-næ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. termes, gen it. term it(is); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -inæ.] Entom.: A section of Neuropterous Insects, in which Latreille included Mantispa, Raphidia, Termes, and Psocus. *term-le , *terme-le e, a. -le .] [Eng. term , s.; 1. Having no term or limit; unlimited, endle , boundle . "These betraying lights look not up toward termle joys, nor down toward endle sorrows."-Raleigh. 2. Inexpre ible, indescribable. "His phoenix down began but to appear, Like unshorn velvet, on that termle skin." Shakesp.: Lover's Complaint , 94. *term-lỹ, a . & adv . [Eng. term , s.; -ly .] A. As adj .: Occurring or recurring every term. "The clerks are partly awarded by that mean also [petty fees] for their entries, discharges and some other writings, besides that termly fee which they are allowed." --Bacon : Office of Alienations . B. As adv.: Term by term; every term. "The fees or allowances, that are termly given to these deputies, receivers, and clerks, for recompense of these their pains, I do purposely pretermit; because they be not certain, but arbitrary."-Bacon: Office of Aliena tions. ter-mon-ol-ô-ģỹ, s. [TERMINOLOGY.] termor, s. [Eng. term, s.; -or.] Eng . Law : One who has an estate for a term of years or for life. "When by the statute 21 Hen. VIII., c. 15, the termor (that is, he who is entitled to the term of years) was protected against these fictitious recoveries, and his interest rendered secure and permanent, long terms began to be more frequent than before."- Black stone : Comment ., bk. ii., ch. 9. tern, subst. [Dan. terne, tærne; Sw. tärna; Icel. tern a a tern.] [STERNA.] Ornith.: The popular name of any species of the genus Sterna (q. v.). They are stenderly built birds, with long, narrow, sharp-pointed wings, and forked tail, from which, as well as from their swift and circling manner of flight, they are often called Sea-swallows. The thick, soft, close plumage is colored light blue, black, and white, varying but little with sex, age, or season of the year. They are extensively distributed, inhabiting every zone, but prefer warm and temperate climates to the colder regions, which they only visit for a short period during the year. All are exceedingly active, and 4039 from sunrise to sunset are upon the wing, generally flying very near the surface of the water, rising and sinking as the waves heave and fall. They walk badly, and are not good swimmers, their small feet rendering them but little a istance, so that they are to ed about like corks. They feed on small fish and marine animals, always taking their prey on the wing. tern, a. & s. [Lat. tern i =three each, from tres = three, ter thrice.] A. As. adj.: Threefold; consisting of three. (Used chiefly in botany.) *B. As. subst.: That which consists of three things or numbers together; spec if., a prize in a lottery gained by drawing three favorable numbers; the numbers themselves. tern-flowers, s. pl. Bot.: Flowers growing in threes. tern-leaves, s. pl. Bot.: Leaves arranged three in a whorl. tern-peduncles, s. pl. Bot.: Peduncles growing three together from the same axis. ter-na-ry, a. & s. [Lat. ternarius, from tern i = three each; Fr. ternaire.] [TERN, a.] A. As adj .: Proceeding by three; consisting of three; applied to things, arranged in order by threes; as a flower is said to have a ternary division of its parts when it has three sepals, three petals, three stamens, . "The equality is mentioned as belonging to the ternary number, here considered as a figure of the Trinity." Water land: Works, iv. 93. B. As subst .: The number three; a group of three. "The ternary , or triad, was not only accounted a sacred number amongst the Pythagoreans, but also as containing some mystery in nature."-Cudworth: Intell. System, P. 547. ter'-nate, a. [Low Lat. ternatus, from Lat. tern i three each.] [TERN, a.] *1. Ord. Lang .: Arranged in threes; having an arrangement of parts in threes. 2. Botany : (1) Trifoliate. (2) Having three things, as leaves, in a whorl; ternary. ter'-nate-lý, adv. [Eng. ternate; -ly.] In a ternate manner; by threes. +ter-năt-i-sect, a . [Low Lat. ternatus , and Lat. sect us =cut.] Bot . ( of a leaf , .): Cut into three lobes or partial divisions. ter-nā-to-, pref. [TERNATE.] Ternary; in threes. ternato-pinnate, a. Bot.: The term used when the secondary petioles, to the sides of which the leaflets are attached, proceed in threes from the summit of a common petiole.