Latin Root Terr/Terra
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terrace
1. An area of ground on the side of a hill that has a flattened top in order to grow things 2. A platform built out from a house; a patio, A flat strip of ground on a hillside used for growing crops
territory
A large are of land, a region; a settlement or colony
Mediterranean
A large sea between two continents, southern Europe and northern Africa
terrestrial
A term that describes an organism associated with a land environment.
terr / terra /geo
Latin root meaning land or earth
subterranean
Under the earth
terrier
a breed of a dog that burrows into the earth after game
terrazzo
a floor containing small pieces of marble or granite
terra cotta
baked earth; hard brownish-red pottery
terrain
land or ground
interred
placed in the ground or buried
