n. - long slender flexible appendage of an (esp. Invertebrate) animal, used for feeling, grasping, or moving.

- channel for gathering information, exercising influence, etc. tentacled adj. [latin: related to *tempt]

—adj. - a (of a condition or disease) fatal. B (of a patient) dying.

- of or forming a limit or terminus (terminal station). —n. - terminating thing; extremity.

- terminus for trains or long-distance buses.

- = *air terminal.

n. (pl. -ni or -nuses) 1 station at the end of a railway or bus route.

- point at the end of a pipeline etc. [latin, = end, limit, boundary]

n. - n. American edible freshwater turtle.

- (terrapin) propr. Type of prefabricated one-storey building. [algonquian]

n. (pl. -s) smooth flooring-material of stone chips set in concrete. [italian, = terrace]

adj. - colloq. Very great or bad (terrible bore).

- colloq. Very incompetent (terrible at maths).

- causing or likely to cause terror; dreadful, formidable. [latin terreo frighten]

adv. - colloq. Very, extremely (terribly nice).

- in a terrible manner.

adj. - colloq. A huge; intense (terrific noise). B excellent (did a terrific job).

- causing terror. terrifically adv. [latin: related to *terrible]

—adj. - third in order or rank etc.

- (tertiary) of the first period in the cenozoic era. —n. (tertiary) tertiary period. [latin tertius third]

n. Propr. Synthetic textile fibre of polyester. [from terephthalic acid, *ethylene]