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Terrestrial

Definitions: Terrestrial

Terrestrial

Adjective

1. Of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air.

2. Of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants; "planetary rumblings and eructations"- L.C.Eiseley ; "the planetary tilt"; "this terrestrial ball".

3. Operating or living or growing on land.

4. Concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality".

5. Of this earth; "transcendental motives for sublunary actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "terrestrial" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Terrestrial

DomainDefinitions

Aerospace

Of or pertaining to the earth. (references)

Mining

A. Pertaining to the Earth. (references)

Weather

Pertaining to land. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Terrestrial

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Terrestrial literally means 'of the earth' and is used in a variety of contexts:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Terrestrial."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Terrestrial

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField
TERIEnglishTerrestrial Ecosystems Research InitiativeEnvironment

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Terrestrial

Synonyms: land(a) (adj), mundane (adj), planetary (adj), sublunar (adj), sublunary (adj), tellurian (adj), telluric (adj), terrene (adj). (additional references)
Antonyms: amphibious (adj), aquatic (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Terrestrial

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

World

Adjective: cosmic, cosmical; mundane, terrestrial, terrestrious, terraqueous, terrene, terreous, telluric, earthly, geotic, under the sun; sublunary, subastral.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Terrestrial

English words defined with "terrestrial": terrestrial dynamical time, terrestrial time. (references)
Specialty definitions using "terrestrial": adiabatic region, airborne fraction, Airborne Snow Water Equivalent Measurement Theoryngstrm pyrgeometerastronomical equator, astronomical meridian, astronomical triangle, atmospheric boil, atmospheric scintillation, atmospheric shimmer, autochthonous coalBaca, bustardscalendar date, calendric date, calendrical date, chaparral bird, Climate change, Climate feedback, climatic cycle, climatic oscillation, cloud absorption, convective region, cosmic radiation, Create. Makedirect solar radiationearth radiation, effective radiation, effective terrestrial radiation, Environmental Co-operation Commission, ET, Evolution, Chemical, extraterrestrial lifefrequency coordination, frequency co-ordinationGEC, geographic coordinates, geomagnetic equator, geomagnetician, geomagnetism, Geospace, G-forcehemipelagic-abyssalisodynamic linejudicial astrologyLongwave radiationMAD bird, magnetic anomaly detector bird, Magnetic Storms and Substorms, Melanuros, MMSNational Information Infrastructure, navigational triangle, NCAR, nocturnal radiationoptical hazephototheodolite, pyrgeometerradiative-convective models, refraction error, rejuvenated water, re-openerSnails, Soil carbon, stereometric map, STPtelluric lines, TERRESTRIAL BIOMASS, terrestrial coordinates, terrestrial digital audio broadcasting, terrestrial equator, terrestrial interference, terrestrial meridian, terrestrial network, terrestrial pole, Terrestrial radiation, terrestrial refraction error, terrestrial system, terrestrial television, terrestrial triangle, Terrestrial Trunk Radio, terrestrial TV, Thropic Levelsvertical balancewater vapor band, water vapour band, Wetlands, World Commission on Protected Areas, World Liquid Petroleum Gas Association. (references)
Etymologies containing "terrestrial": Terrestrify, Terrestrious. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Terrestrial

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Friend for E.T. (E.T. the Extra Terrestrial) (reference)

  • Be Good, Gertie! (E.T. the Extra Terrestrial) (reference)

  • CDMA: Access and Switching: For Terrestrial and Satellite Networks (reference)

  • Humic Substances in the Aquatic and Terrestrial Environment: Proceedings of an International Symposium Linkoping, Sweden, August 21-23, 1989) (reference)

  • Terrestrial Ecosystems (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Tao: Terrestrial Atmospheric And Oceanic Sciences (reference)

  • Report Of The Institute Of Terrestrial Ecology (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Hoagland's Mars Volume 2: The U.N. Briefing/The Terrestrial Connection (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Terrestrial

Illustrations:
Terrestrial

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Photo Album: Terrestrial

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Nicholas L. Heck Fully developed wiredrag, invented Radio Acoustic Ranging Head of Divsion of Terrestrial Magnetism and Seismology.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

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Use in Literature: Terrestrial

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

No paradise becomes terrestrial at the period in which we live.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

He sacrifices not to Ceres and the Terrestrial Jove, but to the infernal Plutus rather.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Terrestrial

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

In addition to these terrestrial reservoirs, several species of insectivorous bats are also reservoirs for rabies. (references)

Geographic boundaries of currently recognized reservoirs for rabies in terrestrial mammals are shown on the map below. (references)

In the United States, several distinct rabies virus variants have been identified in terrestrial mammals, including raccoons, skunks, foxes, and coyotes. (references)

Business

The nationwide broadcasts are supplemented by eight regional terrestrial TV broadcasting companies. (references)

Slovak Telecom (ST) is the only supplier of terrestrial voice telecommunications services in the Slovak Republic. (references)

There is no need to extend terrestrial lines any farther, and satellite communications is available from almost anywhere. (references)

Civil Liberties

Austria

The first private terrestrial (land-based) television station is expected to begin broadcasts in mid-2002. (references)

Nigeria

The NBC also challenged expansion plans by African Independent Television (AIT), a part of Daar Communications, claiming that AIT's global and terrestrial licenses do not allow them to act as a network. (references)

Economic History

Spain

Terrestrial digital TV went on the air on June 30, 1999. (references)

Political Economy

AUSTRIA

In July 2001, a law on terrestrial private television was adopted that allows foreign investments in this area for the first time. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Terrestrial

"Terrestrial" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 93.81% of the time. "Terrestrial" is used about 307 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)93.81%28817,155
Noun (proper)6.19%1980,337
                    Total100.00%307N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Terrestrial

Expressions using "terrestrial": terrestrial digital audio broadcasting terrestrial dynamical time terrestrial globe terrestrial guidance terrestrial interference terrestrial magnetism terrestrial network terrestrial planet terrestrial planets terrestrial pole Terrestrial poles Terrestrial refraction terrestrial system Terrestrial telescope terrestrial television terrestrial time Terrestrial Trunk Radio terrestrial TV. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "terrestrial": extra-terrestrial, non-terrestrial, semi-terrestrial, supra-terrestrial.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Terrestrial

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

extra terrestrial

43

e.t the extra terrestrial

41

et the extra terrestrial

34

terrestrial planet

20

terrestrial

14

television terrestrial

11

plant terrestrial

6

mollusks quaternary terrestrial

5

telescope terrestrial

5

e t the extra terrestrial

5

globe terrestrial

4

photogrammetry terrestrial

4

network terrestrial

4

biomes terrestrial

4

orchid terrestrial

4

digital televisons terrestrial

4

terrestrial ecosystems

3

finder planet terrestrial

3

animal locomotion terrestrial

3

audio broadband terrestrial

3
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Modern Translations: Terrestrial

Language Translations for "terrestrial"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

aards (earthen, earthly). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

tokësor (above ground, earthbound, earthly, earthy, geo-, ground, land, planetary, praedial, predial, sublunary, tellurian, telluric, terrain, terrene, territorial, worldly), i kësaj bote (earthly, mundane, temporal, worldly). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كوني (cosmic, universal), ‏ساكن الأرض, ‏أرضي (earthen, earthly, mundane), ‏دنيوي (earthly, laity, material, materialistic, mundane, secular, temporal, worldly), ‏بري (overland, sharpening, wild). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

сухоземен (land), сухопътен (overland), светски (earthbound, earthly, fashionable, fleshly, laic, lay, material, mundane, profane, secular, smart, social, society, temporal, terrene, unclerical, world, worldly), растящ в земята, растящ на земята, земен обитател, земен жител, живеещ в земята, живеещ на земята. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

地球 (Earth, Globe). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zemní (humous), pozemský (earthly, terraneous, terrene, worldly), pozemní (overground, overland), pevninský (continental, off shore, offshore), kontinentální (continental). (various references)

   

Danish

  

terrestrisk kikkert (terrestrial telescope), terrestrisk kamera (terrestrial camera), terrestrisk interferens (terrestrial interference), terrestrial path (land path, overland path, terrestrial path), terrestrisk station (terrestrial station), landlinie-net (landline network, terrestrial network), den naturlige straalingsbelastning af mennesket hidroerer fra den kosmiske straaling, den terrestriske straaling og den interne straaling (terrestrial radiation and internal radiation, the natural radiation to which man is exposed derives from cosmic radiation), fjernsyn sendt over jorden (terrestrial television, terrestrial TV), geografisk pol (geographic pole, terrestrial pole), jordbaseret digital lydtransmission (terrestrial digital audio broadcasting), jordbaseret interferens (terrestrial interference), jordbaseret kanal (terrestrial channel), jordglobe (terrestrial globe), jordlignende planet (terrestrial planet), jordpol (terrestrial pole), de stoerre terrestriske biocoenoser udviser distinkte egenskaber (distinctive features, the major terrestrial communities possess clearcut), jordstationsantenne (terrestrial aerial, terrestrial antenna), landplante (terrestrial plant), land-straekning (land path, overland path, terrestrial path), net paa jorden (landline network, terrestrial network), permanent leaset jordbaseret forbindelse (permanently leased terrestrial circuit), signal (beacon, ground target, mark, sign, signal, terrestrial target, token), signal på jorden (terrestrial signal), jordstation (terrestrial station). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

aards (earthen, earthly). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

tergloba, tera (earthen, earthly), surtera. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

زمینی (Agrarian, Earthly, Earthy, Territorial), خاکی (Dun, Earthborn, Earthen, Earthly, Earthy, Mundane, Worldly), این جهانی (Mundane, Worldly), دنیوی (Earthy, Mundane, Secular, Worldly). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

terrestrinen kaukoputki (terrestrial telescope), terrestrinen digitaalinen ääniradiolähetys (T-DAB, terrestrial digital audio broadcasting), tähys (ground target, terrestrial target), napa (boss, button, fulcrum, hub, lever boss, nave, navel, pole, terrestrial pole), maantieteellinen napa (geographic pole, terrestrial pole), maanpäällinen televisiolähetys (terrestrial television, terrestrial TV), maanpäällinen signaali (terrestrial signal), maanpäällinen etenemistie (land path, overland path, terrestrial path), maanpäällinen digitaalinen ääniradiolähetys (T-DAB, terrestrial digital audio broadcasting), maanpäällinen antenni (terrestrial aerial, terrestrial antenna), maan aiheuttama häiriö (terrestrial interference), maakuvakamera (terrestrial camera), maakasvi (terrestrial plant), lankaverkko (landline network, terrestrial network), kiinteä verkko (landline network, terrestrial network). (various references)

   

French

  

terrestre. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

ierdsk (earthen, earthly). (various references)

   

German

  

irdisch (earthen, earthly, mundane, planetary, terrestrially), weltlich (earthly, mundane, profane, profanely, secular, secularly, temporal, worldlily, worldly), terrestrisch (earthen, earthly). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γήινοσ (earth, earthly, earthy, sublunar, terrene). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

יבשתי (continental), של כ"ור "ארץ, של "עולם "ז" (temporal), ארצי (earthly, material, mundane, territorial). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szárazföldi (continental, ground, inland, overland). (various references)

   

Italian

  

terrestre (earthen, earthly, ground). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

陸" , 陸棲 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

りくせい. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

지구 (Globe, region, strip). (various references)

   

Manx

  

thallooinagh (agrarian, earth-born, earthly, earthy, risky, territorial), seihlltagh (earthly, materialistic, mundane, profane, secular, worldly), seihllt (earthy, profane, secular, temporal, worldly), ooirragh (earthy), dowanagh (cosmic, cosmical). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

errestrialtay

   

Portuguese

  

terrestre (earthen, earthly, earthy, land, Munich, overland, planetary, sublunary, terraneous, terrene). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

terestru (earthly, mundane, worldly). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

земной (earthbound, earth-bound, earthen, earthly, earthy, mundane, planetary, sublunary, telluric, terrain, terrene, worldly). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

(the earth, the terrestrial globe). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zemaljski (earthborn, earthly, mundane, tellurian, temporal, terrene, worldly), suvozemni (land), kopneni (land, overland). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

terrestre (above ground, earthbound, earthen, earthly, ground, land, overland), terrenal (earthen, earthly). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

jordisk (earthborn, earthly, mortal, planetary, worldly). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yeryüzüne ait, karasal (continental, inland), dünyasal (mundane, secular, worldly), dünyada var olan şey. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

світський (fashionable, genteel, laic, laical, lay, mundane, profane, secular, social), наземні тварини, наземний (above ground), мешканець землі, земний (earthborn, earthbound, earthen, earthly, mundane, natural, planetary, subcelestial, sublunar, sublunary, terrain, worldly). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sống trên mặt đất (terrene). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

daearol (earthly, earthy). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Terrestrial

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

terrena, terreni, terreno, terrenus, terrestria, terrestris, terrestrium. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Terrestrial

LanguageDateSource1 Corinthians Chapter 15, Verse 40
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai swmata epourania kai swmata epigeia all etera men h twn epouraniwn doxa etera de h twn epigeiwn
Latin405VulgateEt corpora caelestia et corpora terrestria sed alia quidem caelestium gloria alia autem terrestrium
Middle English1395WyclifAnd `heuenli bodies ben, and `ertheli bodies ben; but oon glorie is of heuenely bodies, and anothir is of ertheli.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleTher are celestiall bodyes and ther are bodyes terrestriall. But ye glory of ye celestiall is one and ye glory of the terrestriall is another.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThere are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
Victorian English1833WebsterThere are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd there are bodies of heaven and bodies of earth, but the glory of the one is different from that of the other.

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Matched Bible Translations: Terrestrial

Language1 Corinthians Chapter 15, Verse 40
BulgarianКакъвто е пръстният, такива са и пръстните; и какъвто е небесният, такива са и небесните.
CebuanoAdunay mga lawas nga langitnon ug aduna usab ing mga lawas nga yutan-on, apan lain ang kasanag sa mga yutan-on.
Chinese有 天 上 的 形 " 、 也 有 地 上 的 形 " . 但 天 上 形 " 的 榮 光 是 一 樣 、 地 上 形 " 的 榮 光 又 是 一 樣 。
CroatianIma tjelesa nebeskih i tjelesa zemaljskih, ali drugi je sjaj nebeskih, a drugi zemaljskih.
DanishOg der er himmelske Legemer og jordiske Legemer; men een er de himmelskes Herlighed, en anden de jordiskes.
DutchEn er zijn hemelse lichamen, en er zijn aardse lichamen; maar een andere is de heerlijkheid der hemelse, en een andere der aardse.
FinnishJa on taivaallisia ruumiita ja maallisia ruumiita; mutta toinen on taivaallisten kirkkaus, toinen taas maallisten.
FrenchIl y a aussi des corps célestes et des corps terrestres; mais autre est l`éclat des corps célestes, autre celui des corps terrestres.
GermanUnd es sind himmlische Körper und irdische Körper; aber eine andere Herrlichkeit haben die himmlischen Körper und eine andere die irdischen.
Haitian CreoleKonsa tou, gen kò ki fèt pou syèl la, gen kò ki fèt pou tè a. Men, yo chak bèl nan jan pa yo: Kò ki fèt pou syèl la gen yon bèlte ki pa menm ak bèlte kò ki fèt pou tè a.
HungarianÉs vannak mennyei testek és földi testek; de más a mennyeiek dicsõsége, más a földieké.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariBegitu juga dengan benda-benda yang di langit dan benda-benda yang di bumi. Benda-benda yang di langit masing-masing mempunyai keindahannya sendiri, dan benda-benda yang di bumi pun begitu juga.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDan adalah beberapa lembaga di langit, dan beberapa lembaga di bumi; tetapi kemuliaan lembaga yang di langit itu lain, dan kemuliaan lembaga yang di bumi itu lain.
ItalianVi sono corpi celesti e corpi terrestri, ma altro è lo splendore dei corpi celesti, e altro quello dei corpi terrestri.
Korean하 늘 에 속 한 형 체 도 있 , 땅 에 속 한 형 체 도 있 으 나, 하 늘 에 속 한 자 의 영 광 이 " 로 있 , 땅 에 속 한 자 의 영 광 이 " 로 있 으 니
LatvianIr arî debesu íermeòi un zemes íermeòi; bet citâds ir debesu un citâds zemes íermeòu krâðòums.
MaoriKo etahi tinana no te rangi, ko etahi tinana no te whenua: otiia rere ke te kororia o nga mea o te rangi, rere ke to nga mea o te whenua.
Modern GreekΕιναι και σωματα επουρανια και σωματα επιγεια· πλην αλλη μεν η δοξα των επουρανιων, αλλη δε η των επιγειων.
NorwegianOg der er himmelske legemer, og der er jordiske legemer; men én herlighet har de himmelske legemer, en annen de jordiske.
PortugueseTambém há corpos celestes e corpos terrestres, mas uma é a glória dos celestes e outra a dos terrestres.   
RumanianTot awa, sknt trupuri cerewti wi trupuri pqmkntewti; dar alta este strqlucirea trupurilor cerewti, wi alta a trupurilor pqmkntewti.
RussianеУФШ ФЕМБ ОЕ'ЕУОЩЕ Й ФЕМБ ЪЕНОЩЕ; ОП ЙОБС УМБЧБ ОЕ'ЕУОЩИ, ЙОБС ЪЕНОЩИ.
ShuarNayaimpiniam yaa írunui tura ju nunkanam írunna nujai Nusháa iimtin ainiawai. Nayaimpinmayasha nunkayasha Shíirmari nushaiti.
SpanishTambién hay cuerpos celestiales y cuerpos terrenales. Pero de una clase es la gloria de los celestiales; y de otra, la de los terrenales.
SwahiliIko miili ya mbinguni na miili ya duniani; uzuri wa miili ya mbinguni ni mwingine, na na uzuri wa miili ya duniani ni mwingine.
SwedishSå finnas ock både himmelska kroppar och jordiska kroppar, men de himmelska kropparnas härlighet är av ett slag, de jordiska kropparnas av ett annat slag.
Thaiร่างกายสำหรับสวรรค์ก็มี และร่างกายสำหรับโลกก็มี แต่ว่าสง่าราศีของร่างกายสำหรับสวรรค์ก็อย่างหนึ่ง และสง่าราศีของร่างกายสำหรับโลกก็อย่างหนึ่ง
UkrainianЄ небесні тіла й тіла земні, але ж інша слава небесним, а інша земним.
UmaWae wo'o to hi langi', hewa eo, wula pai' betue', uma hibalia hante to hi dunia'. To hi langi' -hawo, kahanyala-na kancola-ra, pai' to hi dunia' kahanyala-na kancola-ra.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Terrestrial

Derivations

Words beginning with "terrestrial": terrestrially, terrestrials. (additional references)

Words ending with "terrestrial": extraterrestrial, semiterrestrial. (additional references)

Words containing "terrestrial": extraterrestrials. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Terrestrial" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: terestrial, terresterial, terrestial, terrestirial, Terrestre, terrestrian, terrestrilal, terristrial, Trestrail. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Terrestrial"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "terrestrial" (pronounced tere"strēul)
9t er e" s t r ē u lextraterrestrial.
6-s t r ē u lindustrial.
5-t r ē u lendometrial, vitriol.
4-r ē u lactuarial, adversarial, advertorial, aerial, ambassadorial, antibacterial, arboreal, Ariel, arterial, bacterial, biomaterial, burial, cereal, conspiratorial, curatorial, dictatorial, directorial, editorial, equatorial, ethereal, extraterritorial, gubernatorial, immaterial, immemorial, imperial, janitorial, magisterial, malarial, managerial, material, memorial, mercurial, ministerial, nomenclatorial, pictorial, professorial, prosecutorial, raptorial, reportorial, sartorial, secretarial, senatorial, serial, territorial, tutorial, venereal.
3-ē u ladverbial, alluvial, biaxial, bicentennial, biennial, binomial, bronchial, centennial, ceremonial, coaxial, collegial, colloquial, colonial, convivial, custodial, decennial, entrepreneurial, filial, fluvial, intracranial, jovial, laryngeal, lineal, marsupial, matrilineal, matrimonial, medial, menial, microbial, millennial, myocardial, parochial, patrilineal, perennial, pluvial, polynomial, primordial, proverbial, pseudopodial, quadrennial, radial, remedial, testimonial, tracheal, triennial, trivial, vestigial.

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Anagrams: Terrestrial

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-l-r-r-r-s-t-t"

-2 letters: laterites, literates, litterers, retailers, statelier.

-3 letters: alertest, alterers, ariettes, arrester, arteries, ateliers, earliest, iterates, laterite, leariest, literate, litterer, rattlers, realiser, realters, realties, rearrest, relaters, retailer, retirers, retitles, retreats, retrials, starrier, startler, straiter, tarriers, tarriest, teariest, terriers, tertials, trailers, treaters, treaties, treatise.

-4 letters: aeriest, alerter, alterer, ariette, artiest, artiste, artsier, atelier, attires, earlier, elaters, estreat, iratest, iterate, learier, leister, letters, litters, railers, ratites, ratters, rattier, rattler, rattles, realest, realise, realist, realter, rearers, relater, relates, reliers, reraise, reslate, restart, restate, retails, retaste, retears, retiles, retirer, retires, retitle, retreat, retrial, retries, ritters, saltier, saltire, seriate, serrate, settler, slatier, slitter, starlet, starlit, starter, startle, stealer, sterile, sterlet, stirrer, striate, tailers, tarrier, tarries, tarsier, tastier, tearers, tearier, terrets, terrier, terries, territs, tertial, testier, tilters, trailer, treater, trestle.

-5 letters: aerier, aeries, airers, airest, alerts, alters, aretes, ariels, arrest, artels, artier, artist, attire, easier, easter, eaters, elater, elates, elites, eraser, estate, estral, irater, irreal, larees, laster, latest, latter, lattes, leaser, letter, listee, lister, liters, litres, litter, railer, raiser, rarest, raster, ratels, raters, ratite, ratter, rattle, realer, reales, rearer, relate, relets, relier, relies, relist, rerise, resail, resale, reseal, reseat, resile, resite, rester, retail, retear, retest, retial, reties, retile, retire, retral, ritter, sailer, salter, saltie, satire, sealer, searer, seater, serail, serial, setter, settle, sierra, sirree, sitter, slater, staler, starer, stater, stelae, stelai, stelar, strait, strati, streel, street, striae, tailer, talers, tarres, tarter, taster, taters, tearer, teasel, teaser, terais, terrae, terras, terret, territ, terser, testae, tester, tetras, tilers, tilter, titers, titles, titres, trails, traits, treats, trials, triers, triste, triter.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-l-r-r-r-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: terrestrials.

 

+2 letters: terrestrially.

 

+4 letters: intercorrelates, semiterrestrial, territorializes.

 

+5 letters: arteriosclerotic, extraterrestrial, stereoregularity, territorialities.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Terrestrial


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 65 72 72 65 73 74 72 69 61 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-    .    .-.    .-.    .    ...    -    .-.    ..    .-    .-..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100101 01110010 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110100 01110010 01101001 01100001 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#101 &#114 &#114 &#101 &#115 &#116 &#114 &#105 &#97 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0065 0072 0072 0065 0073 0074 0072 0069 0061 006C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5471848471858684756778

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Translations: Ancient
14. Bible Trace
15. Abbreviations
16. Acronyms
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Orthography
21. Bibliography


  

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