Reverse Dictionary: TEN – TER

TEN – ADJECTIVES
– DACHA ten …1996 UK polari sl.
– DAITURE ten …1996 UK polari sl.
– DECADAL relating to the number ten; belonging to a decade or a period of ten years …1753
– DECADIC belonging to the system of counting by tens …1838
– DECINARY divisible by ten …1650 obs.
– DECUPLATE multiplied by ten …1690 obs.
– DECUPLE ten times as much; tenfold …1613
– DEGER ten …1996 UK polari sl.
– TEN-SIGHT ten times …B1900 Eng. dial.
– TENSOME consisting of ten …1721 Sc.

TEN – NOUNS
– DACHA the number 10 …M19 sl.
– DAITURE the number 10 …M19 sl.
– DECAD the number ten …1616
– DECUPLATION multiplication by ten, increase tenfold …1690 obs.
– DEGER the number 10 …M19 sl.
– TENSOME ten …1721 Sc.
– WATER HEN the number ten …1960s rhyming sl.

TEN – VERBS
– DECUPLATE to increase or multiply by ten …1690
– DECUPLE to increase or multiply by ten …1674

TENACIOUS, TENACIOUSLY, TENACITY – ADJECTIVES
– FAST gripping, tenacious …c1510 obs.

TENACIOUS etc. – ADVERBS
– LIKE UGLY ON A BABOON tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly …1968 Amer. dial.
– LIKE UGLY ON AN APE tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly …1968 Amer. dial.
– LIKE UGLY ON A TOAD tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly …2005 Amer. dial.
– LIKE UGLY ON WARTHOG tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly …2006 Amer. dial.

TENACIOUS etc. – NOUNS
– FASTNESS capacity for gripping tightly or retaining; tenacity, retentiveness …1552 obs.
– SAND courage; tenacity; stamina; pluck; determination; perseverance; obstinacy …1867 Amer. dial.

TENACIOUS etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BIRD DOG a persistent, tenacious person …1922 sl.
– JUNKYARD DOG an aggressive, ruthless, or tenacious person, esp. a lawyer or government official …1981

TENACIOUS etc. – VERBS
– BE LIKE A DOG WITH A BONE to be tenacious, persistent, or obstinate; to be unwilling to yield, relent, or let go; to be unable to set aside a preoccupation or obsession …1887
– HAVE SAND IN ONE’S CRAW to be courageous, tenacious, or energetic; to be determined and plucky …1881 Amer. dial.

TENANCY, TENANT – ADJECTIVES
– TENANT-STEAD occupied by a tenant …1759 Sc.

TENANCY etc. – NOUNS
– TENANTSHIP tenancy …B1900 Eng. dial.

TENANCY etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– GERSMAN the tenant of a cottage in the country, who has no land attached to it …1825 Sc.
– MAIL-MAN one who pays rent; a tenant …1609 Sc.
– MAIL PAYER one liable to pay rent; a tenant …1724 Sc.
– NAIF a kindly tenant …Bk1841 Sc.
– SUBSETTLE an under-tenant …1583 obs.
– TAKER one who takes a lease of a farm, a mine, etc.; a lessee or tenant …1778
– TAXMAN a tack’s-man; one who holds a tack or lease of land, a water-mill, coal-mines, fishers, tithes, customs, or anything farmed or leased; a lessee; esp. in the Highlands, a middleman who leases directly from the proprietor of the estate a large piece of land which he sublets in small farms; a tenant of a higher class …1533 Sc. 

TEN COMMANDMENTS – NOUNS
– the Ten Commandments collectively as a body of law DECALOGUE 1382

TEN COMMANDMENTS – NOUNS, PERSON
– a person who expounds the decalogue or Ten Commandments DECALOGIST 1650 rare

TEND – VERBS
– to tend, to bring up, to rear, to care for TIDD Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to tend, to care for something, to look after someone AINT 1908 Sc.
– to tend, to nurse NESTLE a1548 obs.

TENDER, TENDER-HEARTED, TENDERLY, TENDERNESS – ADJECTIVES
– AFFECTUOUS favourably or kindly disposed; loving, affectionate, tender …c1441 obs.
– BUTTER-HEARTED tender-hearted …1952 Amer. dial.
– EFFEMINATE gentle, tender, compassionate …1594 obs.
– LUSH lax, flaccid; soft, tender …c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– MILCH-HEARTED nervous, timid, mild, tender-hearted …B1900 Eng. dial.
– NARK delicate, tender …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NESH tender, mild, gentle, kind; inclined to pity, mercy, or other tender feelings …c897 obs.
– NESH tender, delicate, weak; unable to endure fatigue or exposure; susceptible to cold …c1000 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
– NESHY fragile, tender …1854 Eng. dial.
– TAFFETY tender, delicate …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TART of pain, punishment, suffering, discipline, law: sharp, severe, painful, grievous, tender to the touch, smarting, stinging …c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– TENELLOUS somewhat tender …1651 obs. rare
– TEW tender, sickly, small, weak …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TID tender; nice, fanciful …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TIDD tender; nice, fanciful …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

TENDER etc. – ADVERBS
– AFFECTUOUSLY affectionately; kindly, lovingly, tenderly …1447 obs.
– NESH softly, gently, tenderly …1297 obs. rare
– SAWFLY carefully, tenderly …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

TENDER etc. – NOUNS
– MOLLITUDE softness, tenderness, weakness, effeminacy …1656 obs.
– NESHNESS delicacy, tenderness …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TENERITUDE tenderness, softness …c1440 obs. rare
– TETUZ anything tender; a delicate person …1824 Sc. obs.

TENDER etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– NICELING an effeminate, tender, or delicate person …1549 obs.

TENDON – NOUNS
– a tendon, a ligament, a sinew LEADER 1899 Amer. dial.

TEND TO – VERBS
– to tend carefully, to nurse, to cherish TIDDLE 1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.

TENFOLD – ADJECTIVES
– tenfold DECEMPLEX Bk1897
– tenfold; ten times as much DECUPLE 1613

TENFOLD – ADVERBS
– ten-fold – tenfold c1330 obs.

TENFOLD – NOUNS
– a tenfold amount; a number or quantity ten times another DECUPLE c1425

TENNESSEE – NOUNS
– a nickname for Memphis, Tennessee BIG M 1976 US sl.
– Tennessee TENNESSY 1903 Amer. dial.

TENNESSEE – NOUNS, PERSON
– a native of Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, or Virginia CORNCRACKER M19 US sl.
– an East Tennessean YELLOW LEG 1857 US sl.

TENNIS – NOUNS
– BACK-RACKET the return of a ball in tennis …1608 obs.
– BAGEL in tennis: a score of 6-0 in a set; a match in which all sets have been won 6-0 …1976 Amer. sl.
– BAGEL JOB in tennis: a score of 6-0 in a set; a match in which all sets have been won 6-0 …1976 Amer. sl.
– BANDY in tennis: a stroke with a racket; a ball of struck; a ‘return’ at tennis …1598 obs.
– CACHESPELL;  CACHESPULE a tennis court …1526 Sc. obs.
– CACHESPELL;  CACHESPULE the game of tennis …1568 Sc. obs.
– CADDY a tennis-ball …1847 Eng. dial.
– CADDY-BALL a tennis-ball …1847 Eng. dial.
– CATCH tennis …c1475 Sc. obs.
– CATCHPOLE;  CATCHPULE tennis …1663 obs.
– DAISY-CUTTER a very low tennis shot …1897 Amer. sl.
– DINK a drop shot in tennis …M20 US
– FAG PACKET a racket (tennis, exorbitant prices, and noise) …Brit. sl.
– GROUNDIE in tennis: a ground stroke …1981 Amer. sl.
– HIT-AND-GIGGLE a sexist term for a light-hearted tennis game played b women …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– MONKEY ON YOUR BACK in sports: the inability to beat a certain opponent; most commonly used in tennis …1988 US sl.
– RABBITRY a state of being a poor player. esp. in golf or tennis …1920s sl.

TENNIS – NOUNS, PERSON
– BASELINER in tennis: one who plays a baseline game (a playing strategy in which a player stays close to the baseline and seldom moves into the forecourt) …1883
– BIG SERVER in tennis: a player who has a powerful serve …Bk1979 usage
– HACKER in tennis: an ineffective player …Bk1979 sports usage
– MOONBALLER in tennis: a person who frequently hits moonballs (high lobs) …1976
– NACKET a tennis court-keeper’s boy …1500-20 obs.
– NETMAN a tennis player
– RABBIT a poor performer at any game, especially cricket, golf, or tennis …1904 sl.
– RACKETER one who a racket game, esp. tennis ..1581 rare

TENNIS – VERBS
– DINK in tennis, volleyball, and other games with a net: to execute a drop shot that falls just beyond the net …M20 chiefly US
– SHACK to retrieve stray balls for a baseball or tennis player; to retrieve a stray ball; broadly, to go in search of …1890 Amer. dial.

TENSE – ADJECTIVES
– EDGY nervous, irritable, tense …1837 UK sl.
– HEATED UP tense, nervous, angry, excited …L19 sl.
– HET UP tense, nervous, angry, excited …L19 sl.
– NERVY nervous; ill at ease; scared, cowardly, tense …1891 sl.
– ON EDGE very tense, nervy, anxious …1870 UK sl.
– UP tense, nervous …1990s African-American sl.
– UPTIGHT nervous, anxious, tense …1934 US
– WIRED anxious, nervous, uptight; tense …1970s Amer. sl.
– WIRED UP tense …1970s sl., orig. & chiefly US
– WOUND tense, anxious, on edge …1788 sl.
– WOUND UP tense, anxious, on edge …1788 sl.

TENSE – NOUNS, PERSON
– WHITE-KNUCKLER a person with an extreme fear of flying; a tense or anxious person …1972 colloq.

TENSE – VERBS
– CLUTCH UP to become very tense and anxious; to freeze with anxiety …Bk2006 US sl.

TENT – ADJECTIVES
– UNDER CANVAS in a tent …1864

TENT – NOUNS
– BIVVY,  BIVY a small tent or any temporary shelter for troops …1916 sl.
– BOUDOIR an army tent …1945 US sl.
– CABINET a little cabin, hut, soldier’s tent; a rustic cottage; a dwelling, lodging; a den of a beast …1572 obs.
– COT HOUSE a tent …L19 sl.
– HALE a place roofed over, but usually open at the sides; a pavilion; a tent; a booth, hut, or other temporary structure for shelter …c1330 obs.
– MANSION a structure or edifice serving as a dwelling or lodging place; a house, a tent, etc. …a1340 obs.
– PAY ME RENT a tent …20C Aust. rhyming sl.
– RAG a tent, or tent-like shelter …c1930 Amer. dial.
– RAG ALLEY a nickname for a settlement composed of ‘rag houses’ (tents), or a poor or run-down part of town …1859 Amer. dial.
– RAG BUILDING a tent, or tent-like shelter …1968 Amer. dial.
– RAG BUNGALOW a tent, or tent-like shelter …1919 Amer. dial.
– RAG CITY a nickname for a settlement composed of ‘rag houses’ (tents), or a poor or run-down part of town …1917 Amer. dial.
– RAG HOUSE a tent, or tent-like shelter …1890 Amer. sl.
– RAG HUT a tent, or tent-like shelter …1851 Amer. dial.
– RAG SHANTY a tent, or tent-like shelter …1851 Amer. sl.
– RAG TOWN a nickname for a settlement composed of ‘rag houses’ (tents), or a poor or run-down part of town …1859 Amer. dial.
– TABERNACLE a temporary dwelling; generally movable, constructed of branches, boards, or canvas; a hut, tent, booth …1382
– TAN a temporary tent, hut, or cabin, such as set up by tinkers or gypsies …1895 Sc.
– TILT a covering of coarse cloth; an awning; a booth, tent, or tabernacle …c1440
– WICKY a teepee …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.

TENT – VERBS
– STEND to erect a tent …a1600 obs.
– STRETCH to pitch a tent …1382 obs.
– TILL to pitch a tent …1362 obs.

TENTATIVE – ADJECTIVES
– tentative and based on informed speculation HORSEBACK 1879 US colloq.

TENTH – ADJECTIVES
– TITHE tenth …c1250

TENTH – NOUNS
– DECIM a tenth part, tithe …1638 obs.
– DECIMATION the exaction of tithes, or of a tax of one-tenth …1549
– EDECIMATION the act or process of taking a tithe or tenth …a1693 obs. rare
– TITHE a tenth part of anything; later, a very small part …1494
– TITHELING tenth part, tithe …c1320 obs. rare
– TITHING a tenth part of anything …1382 obs.

TENTH – VERBS
– DECIMATE to exact a tenth or a tithe from; to tax to the amount of one-tenth …1656 obs.
– DECIMATE to divide into tenths, to divide decimally …1749 obs.
– TITHE to take every tenth thing or person from the whole number; to take one tenth of the whole; to divide into tenths …c1000 obs.

TENURE – NOUNS
– tenure or seniority on a job WHISKERS 1973 US sl.

TEPID – ADJECTIVES
– tepid FLAKE c1400 obs.
– tepid; lukewarm LEW c1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– tepid; warm, hot CALID 1599 arch.

TEPID – VERBS
– to make moderately tepid or warm TEPEFY 1656
– to make tepid or warm; to become warm LEW 971 obs. exc. Eng. dial.

TEQUILA – NOUNS
– tequila MEXICAN LIGHTNING 1975 Amer. sl.
– tequila, mescal CACTUS JUICE 1960s sl.

TERMAGANT – NOUNS, PERSON
– BALSCAT a shrew; a termagant; a crosspatch; a bad-tempered person …Bk1880 Eng. dial.
– BAT a disagreeable, despicable, or foolish woman or girl; a quarrelsome, unpleasant or cranky woman; a gossipy or mean old woman; a shrew or termagant …1886
– JEZEBEL an objectionable woman; a termagant or shrew …1553 colloq.
– RANDWHANG a termagant …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RANDY a loud-tongued, coarse-mannered woman; a scold, a virago, a termagant …1816 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– RANDY-WHANG a termagant …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RANTIPOLE a rude, romping boy or girl; a wild, ill-behaved or reckless person; a scold, a termagant, a shrew; a dissolute person …a1700 rare
– RANTIPOW a termagant; a romping, boisterous child; a clumsy person …1807 Eng. dial.
– SCOURGE a termagant; a brawling, domineering woman …1868 Sc. 
– TADGER a violent, quarrelsome, domineering person, esp. a scolding woman, a shrew, a termagant …1888 Sc. 
– TAIRGER a termagant; a scold; a shrew …1822 Sc.
– TARGER a termagant; a scold; a shrew; a quarrelsome woman …1822 Sc.
– TARMIGAN a termagant …Bk1880 Eng. dial.
– TARTAR a savage person; a rough and violent or irritable person, an irascible person; an ill-natured, shrewish woman, a vixen, a termagant …1663
– TASTRILL a termagant; one of violent temper and tongue; a passionate child …Bk1873 Eng. dial.
– TATTER-CAN a termagant; a kicking cow …Bk1878 Eng. dial.

TERMINAL – NOUNS
– anything terminal or fatal, esp. a disease, as cancer; also syphilis BIG CASINO 1930s US sl.

TERMINATE, TERMINATING, TERMINATION – ADJECTIVES
– DESINENT forming the end, ending, closing, terminating …1605 obs.

TERMINATE etc. – NOUNS
– END-DAY a termination, end …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– WRITE-OFF a farewell, a termination …1970s sl., orig. military

TERMINATE etc. – VERBS
– ACHIEVE to bring to an end or termination; to finish, to terminate …c1385 obs.
– ADETERMINE to bring to an end, to terminate …1413 obs. rare
– BAIL to terminate a relationship, to break up …1970s African-American & teen sl.
– END OFF to come to an end, to terminate …1934 Amer. dial.
– SACK IT UP to terminate, to bring to a conclusion …1970s African-American sl.
– TERMINE to put and end to, to cause to cease; to bring to a conclusion, to complete; to terminate …c1390 obs.

TERN – NOUNS
– the common tern, Sterna fluviatilis RIXY 1885 Eng. dial.

TERRACE – NOUNS
– a small terrace on a hill CATSTEP 1939 Amer. dial.

TERRIBLE, TERRIBLY – ADJECTIVES
– ADJECTIVAL euphemism for ‘bloody’, abominable, terrible …L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
– ADJECTIVE euphemism for ‘bloody’, abominable, terrible …L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
– ALL-FIRED terrible, extreme, confounded …1829 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– ANOINTED very great, terrible …1877 Eng. dial.
– ASS terrible, bad …1992 US sl.
– AWFUL frightful, offensive, exceedingly bad or inferior; unpleasant; terrible …c1786 colloq.
– AWSOME awful, terrible …1824 Sc.
– BALD bad; terrible …20C teen & high school sl.
– BURNT terrible; tough; strict …20C teen & high school sl.
– DEADLY excessive, terrible, awful …1660 colloq.
– DERF painful, grievous; terrible, dreadful, cruel …a1225 obs.
– DOUTOUS fraught with terror; fearful, dreadful, terrible …a1300 obs.
– EISFUL fearful, terrible …a1000 obs.
– EISLICH fearful, terrible …c888 obs.
– ELDRITCH weird, ghostly, unnatural; frightful, hideous, ghastly, fearful, terrible …1508 Sc.
– EYEFUL arousing, awe, fear, or dread; terrible, dreadful …a1200 obs.
– EYESFUL arousing awe, fear, or dread; terrible, dreadful …a1225 obs.
– FIERCE terrible, disagreeable in the extreme; extremely bad or severe …1907 Amer. dial.
– FORMIDOLOUS to be feared, fearful, dreadful, terrible …1656 obs.
– GAG-AWFUL horrible, terrible …1981 US college sl.
– GHASTFUL dreadful, terrible …LME arch.
– GOD-AWFUL terrible, dreadful …1897 US sl.
– GRIMFUL fierce, terrible …ME rare
– HAEMATOID ‘bloody’, abominable or terrible …1920s euphemism
– HAYNESS horrible, dreadful, terrible, heinous …1881 Eng. dial.
– HELLACIOUS dreadful, terrible …1976 US sl.
– RAT-SHIT dreadful, terrible; of poor quality …1980 Aust. & NZ sl.
– ROTTEN very bad or unpleasant; nasty, terrible, awful …1813 colloq.
– SAD terrible …1946 US sl.
– SADDER THAN A MAP very bad, terrible, disgusting …1930s African-American sl.
– TIMOROUS causing fear or dread; dreadful, terrible …1455 obs.
– TIRABLE terrible …1562 obs.
– UNCO weird, uncanny; terrible; unlucky …1828 Sc.
– UNKED; UNKERD; UNKID weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible …1861 Eng. dial.
– VERMILION abominable, terrible …L19 Aust. euphemism for ‘bloody’

TERRIBLE etc. – ADVERBS
– DERF grievously, terribly …c1325 obs.
– MARVELLOUS exceedingly, terribly …1953 Amer. dial.

TERRIBLE etc. – INTERJECTIONS
– BEAT! that’s terrible! …20C teen & high school sl.

TERRIBLE etc. – NOUNS
– DEATH a terrible situation or event …1980s US college sl.
– FEAR a sudden and terrible event; peril …a1000 obs.
– OLD NICK something terrible …1920s sl.
– TERRILOQUY the speaking of terrible or dreadful things

TERRIBLE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– HUMGRUFFIN a terrible or repulsive person …1842

TERRIBLE etc. – VERBS
– TERRIBLIZE to make or become terrible …1605 nonce word obs.

TERRIFIC – ADJECTIVES
– BADASS terrific, excellent …M20 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– DING-DONG of top quality, great, terrific, startling, extraordinary; excellent, first-rate …Bk1900
– CURL A MO great, terrific, excellent …1941 Aust. sl.
– CURL THE MO great, terrific, excellent …1941 Aust. sl.
– DEF outstanding; terrific; common in rap music lyrics …20C teen & high school sl.
– DING-DONG of top quality, great, terrific …1953 Aust. sl.
– FIERCE terrific …20C teen & high school sl.
– SKOOKUM big; powerful, terrific; smart …1965 Can. sl.

TERRIFIC – INTERJECTIONS
– CURL A MO!; CURL THE MO! terrific! …1954 Aust. sl.

TERRIFIED, TERRIFY,  TERRIFYING – ADJECTIVES
– AFEARD afraid, frightened, struck with fear or terror …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– AGAST terrified, afraid …1790 Eng. dial.
– AGEST terrified, afraid …1790 Eng. dial.
– AGUSH’D terrified, afraid …1790 Eng. dial.
– AWESOME;  AWSOME awful, appalling, terrifying …1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– AWESOME;  AWSOME susceptible to fear, terrified …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– DART frightened, terrified …Bk1900 Sc.
– DERT frightened, terrified …Bk1900 Sc.
– FERDY fearful, timid, afraid, terrified …c1340 obs. rare
– FORFRIGHTED greatly terrified, badly frightened, afraid …c1250
– GARGRUGOUS austere, both in aspect and manners; terrifying, awe-inspiring; ugly …1841 Sc.
– GAST terrified, afraid …a1300 obs.
– GUT-WRENCHING terrifying, extremely unpleasant or distressing; that causes nausea or severely upsets the stomach …1972
– OFGRISEN terrified …c1200 obs. rare
– PACKING DEATH terrified, frightened …1950s Aust. sl.
– SCARED RIGID utterly scared or terrified …20C sl.
– SCARED STIFF utterly scared or terrified …20C sl.
– SCARED WITLESS absolutely scared or terrified …1920s sl.
– SCAREFUL terrifying, frightful …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SHIT-SCARED extremely frightened; terrified; afraid …1958 sl.
– SHITTERS terrified …1990s sl.
– TERRIFICK afraid, terrified …1821 Sc. obs.
 
TERRIFIED etc. – ADVERBS
– FEARINGLY in a terrifying manner …1556 obs.
 
TERRIFIED etc. – INTERJECTIONS
– HAIRBALL! terrifying! …1998 US sl.
 
TERRIFIED etc. – NOUNS
– PAVEFACTION a terrifying or making afraid …1658 obs. rare
 
TERRIFIED etc. – PHRASES
– ONE’S ASSHOLE SUCKS WIND one is thoroughly confused or terrified; hence, one is talking nonsense; used derisively …1967 Amer. sl.
– ONE’S ASS SUCKS BUTTERMILK one is thoroughly confused or terrified; hence, one is talking nonsense; used derisively …c1954 Amer. sl.
– ONE’S ASS SUCKS STRAIGHT WIND one is thoroughly confused or terrified; hence, one is talking nonsense; used derisively …1961 Amer. sl.
– ONE’S ASS SUCKS WIND one is thoroughly confused or terrified; hence, one is talking nonsense; used derisively …1920 Amer. sl.
 
TERRIFIED etc. – VERBS
– ADRAD;  ADREAD to make afraid; to terrify …c1314 obs.
– AFEAR;  AFERE;  AFFERE to frighten, to terrify, to make afraid …a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– ASTONY to stun, astonish, astound, bewilder; to terrify, to confound with fear or amazement …1340 arch.
– AWHAPE to amaze, to stupefy with fear, to terrify, to confound utterly …c1300 obs.
– BEGALLOW to frighten or terrify …c1320 obs.
– BOGLE to bewitch, to bamboozle; to terrify …Bk1911 Sc.
– BREAK OUT INTO ASSHOLES to become thoroughly terrified; used derisively …1978 Amer. sl.
– CACK to be terrified …1960s sl.
– CACK ONE’S PANTS to be extremely scared; to be absolutely terrified  …Aust. sl.
– CACK YOURSELF to be terrified; to ‘shit yourself’ …2000 UK sl.
– CHILL SOMEONE’S BLOOD to terrify someone …Bk1999 
– CURDLE THE BLOOD to afflict a person with strong negative emotion, esp. fear or dread; to terrify …1760
– DARE to daunt, to terrify, to paralyze with fear; to stupefy .,..1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– DASTARD to make a dastard of; to cow, to terrify …1593 obs.
– DASTARDIZE to make a dastard of’; to cow, to terrify …c1645
– DAUNTON to terrify, to intimidate, to subdue; to depress, to awe, to dismay …1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DERE to terrify, to paralyze with fear, to stupefy …1790 Sc.
– FRIGHTEN INTO FITS to terrify someone …L19 sl.
– FRIGHTEN INTO FORTY FITS to terrify someone …L19 sl.
– FRIGHTEN THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF to frighten; to terrify  …1951 sl.
– FRIGHTEN THE JEW JESUS OUT OF to terrify …1940s Irish sl.
– FRIGHTEN THE LARD OUT OF to terrify …L19 sl.
– FRIGHTEN THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF to frighten; to terrify …1951 sl.
– FRIGHTEN THE SHITE OUT OF to terrify …L19 sl.
– GALLOW to frighten or terrify …Bk1893 Eng. dial.
– GALLY to frighten, to alarm, to scare, to terrify …1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GAST to frighten, to alarm, to scare, to terrify …c1000 obs.
– GASTER to frighten, to scare, to terrify …1593 obs.
– GET THE FRIGHTENERS to become terrified …1960s sl.
– GLOPPEN to startle, to astound, to surprise; to scare, to frighten, to terrify; to stupefy …a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GRUNGE to assault, to attack, to terrify …1960s sl.
– HAVE ONE’S BALLS UNDER ONE’S CHIN to be terrified …1937 US sl.
– HAZEN to scare, to terrify, to be afraid of …1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– HIDOUS to be terrified of …c1380 obs. rare
– KACK IT to be terrified …1960s sl.
– MAKE SOMEONE CREAK IN THEIR SHOES to terrify, to frighten someone ..L19 sl.
– OFDREDE to terrify, to frighten …c1000 obs.
– OFFEAR to frighten, to terrify …1131 obs.
– OFFRIGHT to frighten, to terrify …c1160 obs.
– PISS BULLETS to be terrified …1940s US sl.
– PUT THE FEAR OF GOD INTO to terrify someone …1905 sl.
– SCARE OUT OF MIND to terrify greatly …1876 Eng. dial.
– SCARE SOMEONE SHITLESS to terrify …1970s sl.
– SCARE THE BEJABBERS OUT OF to completely and utterly terrify …1920s sl.
– SCARE THE BEJAZUS OUT OF to completely and utterly terrify …1920s sl.
– SCARE THE CRAP OUT OF to terrify …1920s sl.
– SCARE THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF to scare one severely, to terrify …L19 sl.
– SCARE THE DOOKEY OUT OF to terrify …1960s US sl.
– SCARE THE FUCK OUT OF to terrify …1990s sl.
– SCARE THE GUTS OUT OF to terrify …M19 sl.
– SCARE THE HOLY SHIT OUT OF to terrify …1920s sl.
– SCARE THE LIGHTS OUT OF to terrify …M19 sl.
– SCARE THE LIVER AND LIGHTS OUT OF to terrify …M19 sl.
– SCARE THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF to scare one severely, to terrify …L19 sl.
– SCARE THE LIVING HELL OUT OF to terrify …1930s sl.
– SCARE THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF to terrify …1920s sl.
– SCARE THE NUTS OFF to terrify …1930s sl.
– SCARE THE PANTS OFF to terrify …1930s sl.
– SCARE THE PISS OUT OF to terrify …1920s sl.
– SCARE THE SLACKS OFF to terrify …1930s sl.
– SCARE THE STUFFING OUT OF to terrify …M19 sl.
– SCARE THE WHOSIS OUT OF to terrify …1950s US sl.
– SCARIFY;  SCARRIFY to scare, to terrify …1897 Eng. dial.
– SHIT BULLETS to be terrified …1940s US sl.
– SKRIK to be terrified …L19 S. Afr.

TERRITORY – NOUNS
– territory, country MARCH a1300 obs.

TERRITORY – NOUNS, PERSON
– a person whose territory adjoins that of another MARCHER c1440 obs.

TERROR – ADJECTIVES
– AFEARD;  AFEARED;  AFFERED affected with fear or terror; frightened, afraid …c1000
– DOUTOUS fraught with terror; fearful, dreadful, terrible …a1300 obs.

TERROR – NOUNS
– AGASTMENT sudden terror …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– AGUSHMENT sudden terror …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– AMP fear, terror …B1900 Sc.
– BACK-FEAR an object of terror behind one, an intuitive dread of something sinister in the rear …1894 Sc.
– BOGLE-BO a hobgoblin; any object of terror …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOO an object of terror; a bugbear …Bk1911 Sc.
– EFFRAY fear, terror …1375 obs.
– EYE fear, terror, dread …c1175 obs.
– FEAREDNESS the condition of being frightened or afraid; terror, fear; also, a cause of fright …a1300 obs.
– FEARLAC fear, terror …a1225 obs.
– FEE-FAW-FUM nonsense, such as might terrify children …E19 rare
– FUNK a state of cowardice, terror, fear …1743 orig. Oxford University sl.
– GALDIMENT a great fright; terror …1790 Eng. dial. obs.
– GALLY-BAGGER a scarecrow; an object of terror …1790 Eng. dial.
– GALLY-BEGGAR a scarecrow; an object of terror …1790 Eng. dial.
– GASTNESS terrified condition or appearance; terror, dread …c1374 obs.
– HAG an object of terror; a bogey …1611 obs.
– HEART-QUAKE sudden and violent emotion, as of terror, delight, etc.; a trembling of the heart; fearfulness …1561
– HEART-QUALM sudden and violent emotion, as of terror, delight, etc. …1673
– RADDOUR fear, terror …c1375 Sc. obs.
– SPINE-FREEZER something that inspires excitement and terror; a horror or suspense story, film, etc. …1960
– TERRICULAMENT a source or object of dread or terror, especially of needless dread; a bugbear …1548 obs.
– TERRIFICATION terror, anything causing terror …1822 Sc.

TERROR – PHRASES
– IT GROWLS ME I have a feeling of terror or horror …1482 obs.

TERROR – VERBS
– EFFRAY to frighten, affect with terror; to alarm, startle; to scare …1375 obs.
– FREEZE to inspire terror …1607

TERRORIST – NOUNS
– a group of political terrorists or underworld assassins HIT SQUAD 1969 Amer. sl., esp. journalism
– a group of political terrorists or underworld assassins HIT TEAM 1978 Amer. sl., esp. journalism

​TERRORIST – NOUNS, PERSON
– a terrorist GANDANGA 1990 S. Afr.

TERRORIZE – NOUNS, PERSON
– a person hired by racketeers, etc. to terrorize political or industrial opponents GOON 1938 sl., orig. US