terrestrial
terrestrial is a 11-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals.
- adjective. Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe.
- adjective. Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane.
- adjective. Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents.
- adjective. Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope.
- noun. An inhabitant of the earth.
- adjective. operating or living or growing on land
- adjective. of this earth
"transcendental motives for sublunary actions"
"fleeting sublunary pleasures"
- adjective. concerned with the world or worldly matters
"mundane affairs"
"he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"
- adjective. of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants- L.C.Eiseley
"planetary rumblings and eructations"
"the planetary tilt"
- adjective. of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
Synonyms
sublunar, sublunary, mundane, planetary, tellurian, telluric, terrene
Common word forms
terrestrials, terrestrially, terrestriality, terrestrialize, terrestrialness
Words from these letters
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