The surface features of an area of land; topography, A part of the earth's surface limited in extent; a region, district, or tract of land, either looked at in a general way or considered with reference to its fitness or use for some special purpose, as for a building-place or a battle-field_ a term little used in English except in translating from the French, and then with the same meaning which it has in the original, a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential

Causing great fear or alarm; dreadful, Extreme in extent or degree; intense, Very bad

Plural form of territory

The land and waters under the jurisdiction of a government, A geographic region, such as a colonial possession, that is dependent on an external government, Biology An area occupied by a single animal, mating pair, or group and often vigorously defended against intruders, especially those of the same species

The ability to instill intense fear, A person or thing that terrifies or strikes with terror; a cause of dread or extreme fear_ often used in humorous exaggeration, That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear

The use of violence or the threat of violence, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political goals, The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation, Violence against civilians to achieve military or political objectives

One who favors or uses terrorizing methods for the accomplishment of some object, as for coercing a government or a community into the adoption of or submission to a certain course; one who practises terrorism, 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, adjective_ Of or relating to terrorism, Of or relating to terrorism

Plural of terrorist

A pile fabric, usually woven of cotton, with uncut loops on one or both sides, used for bath towels and robes, A kind of heavy colored fabric, either all silk, or silk and worsted, or silk and cotton, often called terry velvet, used for upholstery and trimmings, A type of coarse cotton fabric covered in many small raised loops that is used to make towels, bathrobes and some types of nappy/diaper

A hard external covering, as that of certain amoebas, dinoflagellates, and sea urchins, A series of questions, problems, or physical responses designed to determine knowledge, intelligence, or ability, A cupel, intransitive verb_ To subject to a test; try, To undergo a test, To achieve a score or rating on tests, transitive verb_ To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try, To administer a test{8} to (someone) for the purpose of ascertaining a person's knowledge or skill; especially, in academic settings, to determine how well a student has learned the subject matter of a course of instruction, (Chem.) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent