Word Meanings - TERRESTRE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Terrestrial; earthly. "His paradise terrestre." Chaucer.

Related words: (words related to TERRESTRE)

• EARTHLY-MINDED
  Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded. -- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n.
• PARADISEAN
  Paradisiacal.
• TERRESTRE
  Terrestrial; earthly. "His paradise terrestre." Chaucer.
• EARTHLY
  1. Pertaining to the earth; belonging to this world, or to man's existence on the earth; not heavenly or spiritual; carnal; worldly; as, earthly joys; earthly flowers; earthly praise. This earthly load Of death, called life. Milton. Whose glory
• TERRESTRIAL
  1. Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals. "Bodies terrestrial." 1 Cor. xv. 40. 2. Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe. "The dark terrestrial ball." Addison. 3. Of or
• PARADISE
  An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc. 5. A churchyard or cemetery. Oxf. Gloss. Fool's paradise. See under Fool, and Limbo. -- Grains of paradise.
• PARADISED
  Placed in paradise; enjoying delights as of paradise.
• UNEARTHLY
  Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. -- Un*earth"li*ness, n.
• EMPARADISE
  See IMPARADISE
• SUPERTERRESTRIAL
  Being above the earth, or above what belongs to the earth. Buckminster.
• DISPARADISED
  Removed from paradise. Cockeram.
• IMPARADISE
  To put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy. "Imparadised in one another's arms." Milton.
• BIRD OF PARADISE
  The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers. Note: The Great emerald and
• SUBTERRESTRIAL
  Subterranean.
• UNPARADISE
  To deprive of happiness like that of paradise; to render unhappy. Young.