frequently_asked_questions_files/Oxford Thesaurus.pdf

--n. 3 terminus, (terminal) station, end of the line, depot:
We arrived at the air terminal with five minutes to catch our
plane. 4 keyboard, monitor, position, station, VDU (= 'visual
display unit'), PC (= 'personal computer'), module, CRT (=
'cathode ray tube'), screen, (control) panel: The computer
system supported a terminal for each member of the team. 5
connection, wire, connector, coupler, coupling, conductor: Do I
attach the red cable to the positive or the negative terminal?
terminate v. stop, end, come to an end, finish; put an end to, cease,
conclude, discontinue, drop, abort, bring to an end or a close,
wind up or down, sign off, cut off: The railway line once
terminated at the port. They said they wanted to terminate the
contract.
termination
n. 1 end, ending, stop, stopping, stoppage, ceasing, cessation,
discontinuation, abortion, Colloq wind-up, winding up, close,
finish, finishing, conclusion: The rights revert to us at the
termination of the agreement. Because of her condition,
termination of the pregnancy was recommended. 2 suffix,
desinence, ending: The English termination -ly usually denotes
an adverb but is occasionally adjectival, as in sickly .
terminology
n. nomenclature, vocabulary, language, words, locutions,
wording, terms, phraseology, phrasing, jargon, shop-talk, argot,
cant, Colloq lingo: Medical terminology requires specialized
dictionaries.
terrain n. topography, landscape, ground, territory: These vehicles
are specially designed for rough terrain.
terrestrial
adj. 1 earthly, earthbound, worldly, terrene, tellurian or
telluric, global, sublunary, subastral; mundane: He insists
that we tackle our terrestrial problems before spending a
fortune on space travel.
--n. 2 earth-man, earth-woman, earth-person, earthling, mortal,
human: My experiences are beyond the imaginations of you mere
terrestrials.