terr-, terra-, -ter +

1. A small enclosure or closed container in which selected living plants and sometimes a vivarium for small land animals; such as, turtles and lizards, are kept and observed in a simulated natural environment; as distinguished from an aquarium for aquatic animals.
2. A sealed glass container often in the shape of a globe that is used for growing ornamental plants that require a high level of humidity.
3. From Latin terra "earth" and modeled on aquarium; because, as stated above, it was designed for land animals.

They will enlighten [many] lands.

Motto of Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. Also translated as, "Let them illuminate the lands." Also, "May they illumine the earth."

1. Literally, dry land, earth.
2. Any of the light-colored highland or mountainous areas of the moon or of a planet.

A type of mosaic used as a floor or wall covering that is made by laying marble or stone chips in mortar and grinding them to a polished level surface [Early 20th century, from Italian, "terrace".].

1. City in western Indiana, on the eastern bank of the Wabash River, northwest of Bloomington and southwest of Indianapolis.
2. Literally, haute "elevated, upper" or "high" and terre "land" ["High Land" or "Upper Land"?].

A magnetic model of the earth.

Seismic motion or activity.

1. Of or relating to Earth; earthly.
2. Of the Earth; earthly; worldly; mundane

Consisting of earth; earthy; as, terreous substances; terreous particles.

1. A platform or level ground surface on which heavy guns are mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart.
2. The top of a rampart where guns are mounted.

1. Pertaining to, or living habitually on, the land or ground surface.
2. Living or developing in or on the land.
3. Of or relating to the land or to the planet Earth.
4. Of or relating to Earth or its inhabitants.
5. Having a worldly, mundane character or quality.
6. Of, relating to, or composed of land.
7. In biology, living or growing on land; not aquatic; such as, a terrestrial plant or animal.
8. About 1432, from Latin terrestris "earthly", from terra "earth". Originally opposed to celestial; natural history sense of "living on land" is attested from 1638. The noun meaning "a human being, a mortal" is recorded from 1598.

Carbon that is contained in vegetation and soil.

A collective term for all natural electrical phenomena of the earth, including atmospheric electricity.

Radiant energy emitted by the earth, including its atmosphere.

1. A reference to a land environment.
2. In a worldly manner.