terraqueous

[ ter-ey-kwee-uhs, -ak-wee- ]

adjective

1. consisting of land and water, as the earth.

Other Words From

• subter·raque·ous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of terraqueous¹

First recorded in 1650–60; terr(a) + aqueous

Example Sentences

She was constructed to revolve like the terraqueous globe; some part or other of her was always out of sight or in shadow.

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Throughout the terraqueous globe his achievement is cited as the conquest of abstract Science over Physics.

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Amid such terraqueous conditions it was natural enough that the children should develop a passion for the sea.

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Meanwhile, what portion of this inconsiderable terraqueous Globe have ye actually tilled and delved, till it will grow no more?

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Thus, then, two new oceans are requisite to cover the terraqueous globe merely to the depth of five hundred feet.

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Related Words

• carnal
• mundane
• physical
• temporal
• terrestrial
• worldly