Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A rough upland or mountainous region of the moon with a relatively high albedo.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Earth, or the earth: sometimes personified, Terra: used especially in various phrases (Latin and Italian).
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The earth; earth.
Etymologies
- Latin, earth, land; see terrace. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Sed vide ne forte terra, quae eft infra abyflum, appenfafit fuper nihilum; ea autem, quae eft fupra abyflum, terra* ”
Internet Archive: Opera omnia sanctorum patrum graecorum: graece et latine
“The term terra preta refers to rich black soils found in the Amazon.”
“Dóminus consérvet eum, et vivíficet eum, et beátum fáciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in ánimam inimicórum ejus.”
“Buatto "plants" fake garden flowers -- foxgloves, orchids, delphiniums, hyacinths, lady's mantle, and roses -- in terra cotta pots.”
The Huffington Post: Suzy Bales: Fake Flowers: Ever Green and Always Growing
“One volume will be clad in terra cotta, conveying permanence and protection, while the other will be clad in glass, symbolizing a more subtle message of impermanence and fragility.”
“Pete Bogs says: still think the war on terra is making us all safer?”
Think Progress » Administration Receives Poor Grade On “Biggest Threat Facing This Country”
“Scientists should study the microorganisms in terra preta, Woods told me, to find out how they work.”
“She heard the word terra and concluded they'd won deeds to land parcels.”
Time Scout
“Paint and chemical manufacturer Akzo Nobel NV chose a juicy red called "terra cotta rose" as its "Color of the Year" at a gathering in September.”
The Wall Street Journal: Orange Blossoms Especially for 2012 Fashion
“The ancient source of biochar is called terra preta (prepared earth) in Brazil.”
The Huffington Post: Ron Dembo: Can Biochar Help Save the World?
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘terra’.
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color (red)
tiara's color lists rebuilt :)
( visual, colors, red, descriptive, randomness )red, Red, Pink, Cloud, Salmon, Rose, Coral(Pink/Red/Dark), Cramoisy/Modena/C..., Raspberry, Rubious/Ruby, Tomato, Sanguineous/Blood and 483 more...
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Latin
exempli gratia, deus ex machina, prolix, sisyphean, minatory, empyrean, cicatrix, demulcent, effulgence, emulsion, garum, ablative and 39 more...
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ROT13 Pairs
Nabbed from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROT-13#Letter_games_and_net_culture: words that become other existing words (or failing that, acronyms) when a Caesar shift of 13 places is applied to them.
aha, nun, ant, nag, balk, onyx, bar, one, barf, ones, be, or and 64 more...
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dandy's list
favourite words
cattywampus, wibble, fenagle, whisker, sneeze, wisteria, honeysuckle, clove, perihelion, glimmer, twilight, dusk and 264 more...
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favorite words
ennui, bonhomie, eschew, liaison, serendipity, lovely, dusk, kitten, epitome, sexy, beloved, darling and 396 more...
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In Gods Name
re, khepera, nut, geb, hathor, seth, horus, min, osiris, anubis, sekhmet, ama-terasu and 104 more...
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