Words that Rhyme with term
1 Syllable Words
berm, ferm, firm, germ, germe, herm, hurm, schirm, sperm, squirm, sturm, therm, thurm, worm, wurm
2 Syllable Words
affirm, bookworm, confirm, cutworm, earthworm, infirm, long-term, longterm, midterm, shortterm
3 Syllable Words
endosperm, nicoderm, reaffirm, reconfirm
Definitions of term
n. That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.
n. The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life.
n. In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms.
n. A point, line, or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.
n. A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration
n. The limitation of an estate; or rather, the whole time for which an estate is granted, as for the term of a life or lives, or for a term of years.
n. A space of time granted to a debtor for discharging his obligation.
n. The time in which a court is held or is open for the trial of causes.
n. The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
n. A word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term.
n. A quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr; -- called also terminal figure. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3.
n. A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd.
n. The menses.
n. Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions.
n. In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.
n. A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
n. To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.