Words Starting With TER
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter TER. This section showcases how TER at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with TER, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
4 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| term | 6 | the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent | a healthy baby born at full term |
| tern | 4 | small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail | - |
| terf | 7 | - | - |
5 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| terms | 7 | status with respect to the relations between people or groups | on good terms with her in-laws |
| terry | 8 | English actress (1847-1928) | - |
| terra | 5 | - | - |
| terse | 5 | brief and to the point; effectively cut short | short and terse and easy to understand |
| terai | 5 | - | - |
| teras | 5 | (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus | - |
| terce | 7 | the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m. | - |
| terek | 9 | - | - |
| teres | 5 | either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms | - |
| terfe | 8 | - | - |
| terfs | 8 | - | - |
| terga | 6 | - | - |
| terne | 5 | - | - |
| terns | 5 | - | - |
| terts | 5 | - | - |
6 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 6 | a person who inspires fear or dread | he was the terror of the neighborhood |
| tercel | 8 | male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon | - |
| terais | 6 | - | - |
| teraph | 11 | - | - |
| terata | 6 | - | - |
| terbia | 8 | - | - |
| terbic | 10 | - | - |
| terces | 8 | - | - |
| tercet | 8 | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | - |
| tercio | 8 | - | - |
| teredo | 7 | typical shipworm | - |
| terefa | 9 | - | - |
| tereks | 10 | - | - |
| terete | 6 | especially of plant parts; cylindrical and tapering | - |
| terfes | 9 | - | - |
| tergal | 7 | - | - |
| tergum | 9 | - | - |
| termed | 9 | - | - |
| termer | 8 | a person who serves a specified term | there are not many fourth termers in the Senate |
| termly | 11 | - | - |
| termor | 8 | - | - |
| ternal | 6 | - | - |
| terned | 7 | - | - |
| ternes | 6 | - | - |
| terrae | 6 | - | - |
| terras | 6 | - | - |
| terret | 6 | - | - |
| territ | 6 | - | - |
| terser | 6 | - | - |
| tertia | 6 | - | - |
7 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| terrace | 9 | a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) | - |
| terrain | 7 | a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential | they decided to attack across the rocky terrain |
| terrier | 7 | any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground | - |
| termite | 9 | whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood | - |
| terrify | 13 | fill with terror; frighten greatly | - |
| terrine | 7 | a pate or fancy meatloaf baked in an earthenware casserole | - |
| tertius | 7 | - | - |
| teraohm | 12 | - | - |
| terbias | 9 | - | - |
| terbium | 11 | a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite | - |
| tercels | 9 | - | - |
| tercets | 9 | - | - |
| tercios | 9 | - | - |
| terebic | 11 | - | - |
| terebra | 9 | - | - |
| teredos | 8 | - | - |
| terefah | 13 | not conforming to dietary laws | - |
| tereses | 7 | - | - |
| teretes | 7 | - | - |
| tergite | 8 | - | - |
| termers | 9 | - | - |
| terming | 10 | - | - |
| termini | 9 | - | - |
| termors | 9 | - | - |
| ternary | 10 | having three units or components or elements | a ternary operation |
| ternate | 7 | (of a leaf shape) consisting of three leaflets or sections | - |
| terning | 8 | - | - |
| ternion | 7 | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | - |
| terpene | 9 | an unsaturated hydrocarbon obtained from plants | - |
| terpine | 9 | - | - |
| terrane | 7 | - | - |
| terreen | 7 | - | - |
| terrene | 7 | belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly | so terrene a being as himself |
| terrets | 7 | - | - |
| terries | 7 | - | - |
| territs | 7 | - | - |
| terroir | 7 | - | - |
| terrors | 7 | - | - |
| tersely | 10 | in a short and concise manner | a particular bird, exactly and tersely described in the book of birds |
| tersest | 7 | - | - |
| tersion | 7 | - | - |
| tertial | 7 | - | - |
| tertian | 7 | relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day | tertian fever |
| tertias | 7 | - | - |
| tertium | 9 | - | - |
8 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| terrible | 10 | causing fear or dread or terror | a terrible curse |
| terrific | 13 | causing extreme terror | - |
| terribly | 13 | used as intensifiers | terribly interesting |
| terminal | 10 | a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves | - |
| terminus | 10 | (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome | - |
| teriyaki | 15 | beef or chicken or seafood marinated in spicy soy sauce and grilled or broiled | - |
| tertiary | 11 | coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position | - |
| terraced | 11 | - | - |
| teratoma | 10 | a tumor consisting of a mixture of tissues not normally found at that site | - |
| terabyte | 13 | a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes | - |
| teraflop | 13 | (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system | - |
| teraglin | 9 | - | - |
| terakihi | 15 | - | - |
| teraohms | 13 | - | - |
| teraphim | 15 | - | - |
| teratism | 10 | - | - |
| teratoid | 9 | - | - |
| terawatt | 11 | - | - |
| terbiums | 12 | - | - |
| tercelet | 10 | male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon | - |
| terebene | 10 | - | - |
| terebrae | 10 | - | - |
| terebras | 10 | - | - |
| tergites | 9 | - | - |
| terminer | 10 | - | - |
| termites | 10 | - | - |
| termitic | 12 | - | - |
| termless | 10 | - | - |
| termlies | 10 | - | - |
| termtime | 12 | - | - |
| ternions | 8 | - | - |
| terpenes | 10 | - | - |
| terpenic | 12 | - | - |
| terpines | 10 | - | - |
| terpinol | 10 | - | - |
| terraces | 10 | - | - |
| terrains | 8 | - | - |
| terranes | 8 | - | - |
| terrapin | 10 | any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water | - |
| terraria | 8 | - | - |
| terrases | 8 | - | - |
| terrasse | 8 | provide (a house) with a terrace | We terrassed the country house |
| terrazzo | 26 | - | - |
| terreens | 8 | - | - |
| terrella | 8 | - | - |
| terrenes | 8 | - | - |
| terriers | 8 | - | - |
| terrines | 8 | - | - |
| terroirs | 8 | - | - |
| tersions | 8 | - | - |
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9 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| terrorist | 9 | a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities | - |
| territory | 12 | a region marked off for administrative or other purposes | - |
| terrified | 13 | thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation | the terrified horse bolted |
| terrorism | 11 | the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear | - |
| terminate | 11 | bring to an end or halt | The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I |
| terrorize | 18 | coerce by violence or with threats | - |
| terrarium | 11 | a vivarium in which selected living plants are kept and observed | - |
| terrorise | 9 | coerce by violence or with threats | - |
| termagant | 12 | a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman | - |
| terabytes | 14 | - | - |
| teraflops | 14 | - | - |
| teraglins | 10 | - | - |
| terahertz | 21 | one trillion periods per second | - |
| terakihis | 16 | - | - |
| terameter | 11 | - | - |
| teraphims | 16 | - | - |
| teratisms | 11 | - | - |
| teratogen | 10 | any agent that interferes with normal embryonic development: alcohol or thalidomide or X-rays or rubella are examples | - |
| teratomas | 11 | - | - |
| terawatts | 12 | - | - |
| tercelets | 11 | - | - |
| terebenes | 11 | - | - |
| terebinth | 14 | a Mediterranean tree yielding Chian turpentine | - |
| terebrant | 11 | - | - |
| terebrate | 11 | - | - |
| teredines | 10 | - | - |
| teriyakis | 16 | - | - |
| terminals | 11 | - | - |
| terminers | 11 | - | - |
| terminism | 13 | - | - |
| terminist | 11 | - | - |
| termitary | 14 | - | - |
| termtimes | 13 | - | - |
| ternaries | 9 | - | - |
| ternately | 12 | - | - |
| terpenoid | 12 | - | - |
| terpineol | 11 | - | - |
| terpinols | 11 | - | - |
| terracing | 12 | - | - |
| terraform | 14 | - | - |
| terramara | 11 | - | - |
| terramare | 11 | - | - |
| terrapins | 11 | - | - |
| terrasses | 9 | - | - |
| terrazzos | 27 | - | - |
| terrellas | 9 | - | - |
| terrenely | 12 | - | - |
| terribles | 11 | - | - |
| terricole | 11 | - | - |
| terrifier | 12 | - | - |
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10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| terrifying | 17 | causing extreme terror | a terrifying wail |
| terminated | 13 | having come or been brought to a conclusion | the abruptly terminated interview |
| terminator | 12 | someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) | - |
| terrorized | 20 | - | - |
| terminally | 15 | at the end | terminally ill |
| terrorised | 11 | - | - |
| terracotta | 12 | - | - |
| terameters | 12 | - | - |
| teratogens | 11 | - | - |
| teratogeny | 14 | - | - |
| teratology | 14 | the branch of biology concerned with the development of malformations or serious deviations from the normal type of organism | - |
| teratomata | 12 | - | - |
| terebinths | 15 | - | - |
| terebrants | 12 | - | - |
| terebrated | 13 | - | - |
| terebrates | 12 | - | - |
| termagancy | 18 | - | - |
| termagants | 13 | - | - |
| terminable | 14 | capable of being terminated after a designated time | terminable employees |
| terminably | 17 | - | - |
| terminates | 12 | - | - |
| terminisms | 14 | - | - |
| terminists | 12 | - | - |
| terminuses | 12 | - | - |
| termitaria | 12 | - | - |
| terneplate | 12 | - | - |
| terpenoids | 13 | - | - |
| terpineols | 12 | - | - |
| terpolymer | 17 | - | - |
| terracette | 12 | - | - |
| terracings | 13 | - | - |
| terraforms | 15 | - | - |
| terramaras | 12 | - | - |
| terramares | 12 | - | - |
| terrariums | 12 | - | - |
| terreplein | 12 | level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart | - |
| terricoles | 12 | - | - |
| terrifiers | 13 | - | - |
| terroriser | 10 | - | - |
| terrorises | 10 | - | - |
| terrorisms | 12 | - | - |
| terrorists | 10 | - | - |
| terrorizer | 19 | - | - |
| terrorizes | 19 | - | - |
| terrorless | 10 | - | - |
| tersanctus | 12 | - | - |
| tertiaries | 10 | - | - |
| tervalency | 18 | - | - |
