| airport |
a large area of level land where airplanes can land and take off, usu. including a passenger terminal and cargo and repair facilities. |
| aldehyde |
in chemistry, any of a group of organic compounds, such as formaldehyde, the molecule of which contains a terminal carbon atom bound separately to a hydrogen and an oxygen atom. |
| alveolar |
of or pertaining to small cavities such as the terminal air sacs of the lungs or the cells of a honeycomb. [1/4 definitions] |
| alveolus |
a small cavity or pit, such as one of the terminal air sacs of the lungs or one cell of a honeycomb. [1/2 definitions] |
| anode |
the negative terminal of a battery. (Cf. cathode.) |
| cathode |
the positive terminal of a battery. (Cf. anode.) |
| comal |
in botany, of or pertaining to terminal tufts, such as the silky hairs at the ends of some seeds or the bracts at the top of a pineapple. |
| cutoff |
a prescribed terminal point or limit. [1/5 definitions] |
| electronic mail |
messages typed into a computer terminal and sent via telephone cable to another terminal. |
| email |
the practice or system by which messages may be typed into one computer terminal and sent by telephone, cable, or wireless to another computer terminal; electronic mail. [1/4 definitions] |
| ferry |
a terminal for a ferry service. [1/6 definitions] |
| fireplug |
a large terminal water pipe that protrudes from the ground, to which hoses can be connected for fighting fires; fire hydrant. |
| interterminal |
combined form of terminal. |
| living will |
a document directing that all medical life-support systems or treatment that prolong the signer's life be ended in the event of a terminal illness. |
| monitor |
a visual display screen for a computer terminal. [1/11 definitions] |
| multiterminal |
combined form of terminal. |
| nonterminal |
combined form of terminal. |
| online |
designating a computer terminal that is in operation. [1/3 definitions] |
| radius vector |
a vector with a fixed point of origin and movable terminal point, such as a straight line connecting two bodies in relative orbital motion. [1/2 definitions] |
| skycap |
a baggage porter at an airline terminal. |
| telecommuting |
the performing of office work at home by using a computer terminal and sending this work back to the employer by electronic means. |