termit.html - n.
(pl. -ies) a nest of termites, usu. a large mound of earth.

termit.html - n.
a small antlike social insect of the order Isoptera, chiefly tropical and destructive to timber. [LL termes -mitis, alt. of L tarmes after terere rub]

termit.html - adj.
1 that may be terminated.
2 coming to an end after a certain time (terminable annuity).

terminableness n.

termit.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 a (of a disease) ending in death, fatal. b (of a patient) in the last stage of a fatal disease. c (of a morbid condition) forming the last stage of a fatal disease. d colloq. ruinous, disastrous, very great (terminal laziness).
2 of or forming a limit or terminus (terminal station).
3 a Zool. etc. ending a series (terminal joints). b Bot. borne at the end of a stem etc.
4 of or done etc. each term (terminal accounts; terminal examinations).

--n.

1 a terminating thing; an extremity.
2 a terminus for trains or long-distance buses.
3 a departure and arrival building for air passengers.
4 a point of connection for closing an electric circuit.
5 an apparatus for transmission of messages between a user and a computer, communications system, etc.
6 (in full terminal figure) = TERMINUS 6.
7 an installation where oil is stored at the end of a pipeline or at a port.
8 a patient suffering from a terminal illness.

terminal velocity a velocity of a falling body such that the resistance of the air etc. prevents further increase of speed under gravity.

terminally adv. [L terminalis (as TERMINUS)]

termit.html - v.
1 tr. & intr. bring or come to an end.
2 intr. (foll. by in) (of a word) end in (a specified letter or syllable etc.).
3 tr. end (a pregnancy) before term by artificial means.
4 tr. bound, limit. [L terminare (as TERMINUS)]

termit.html - n.
1 the act or an instance of terminating; the state of being terminated.
2 Med. an induced abortion.
3 an ending or result of a specified kind (a happy termination).
4 a word's final syllable or letters or letter esp. as an element in inflection or derivation.

put a termination to (or bring to a termination) make an end of.

terminational adj. [ME f. OF termination or L terminatio (as TERMINATE)]