Any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sternidae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.

(dated or obsolete) A thing with three components; a set of three things. / (gambling, dated) A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw.

(chiefly botany, rare) Consisting of three components; ternate, threefold, triple.

plural of term

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus. / A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan.

To phrase a certain way; to name or call.

(medicine, colloquial) Born or delivered at term.

(computing, informal) A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.

(transitive, intransitive) To terminate one's employment