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Meaning of "termitary" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TERMITARY

termitary  [ˈtɜːmɪtərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TERMITARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Termitary is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TERMITARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

termitary

Termite

Termites are a group of eusocial insects that, until recently, were classified at the taxonomic rank of order Isoptera, but are now accepted as the infraorder Isoptera, of the cockroach order Blattodea. While termites are commonly known, especially in Australia, as "white ants", they are for practical purposes unrelated to the ants. Like ants, and some bees and wasps—which are all placed in the separate order Hymenoptera—termites divide labor among castes, produce overlapping generations and take care of young collectively. Termites mostly feed on dead plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, soil, or animal dung, and about 10% of the estimated 4,000 species are economically significant as pests that can cause serious structural damage to buildings, crops or plantation forests. Termites are major detritivores, particularly in the subtropical and tropical regions, and their recycling of wood and other plant matter is of considerable ecological importance. As eusocial insects, termites live in colonies that, at maturity, number from several hundred to several million individuals.

Definition of termitary in the English dictionary

The definition of termitary in the dictionary is a termite nest.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TERMITARY


auditory
ˈɔːdɪtərɪ
depository
dɪˈpɒzɪtərɪ
dormitory
ˈdɔːmɪtərɪ
extralimitary
ˌekstrəˈlɪmɪtərɪ
fumitory
ˈfjuːmɪtərɪ
hereditary
hɪˈrɛdɪtərɪ
inhibitory
ɪnˈhɪbɪtərɪ
limitary
ˈlɪmɪtərɪ
military
ˈmɪlɪtərɪ
monetary
ˈmʌnɪtərɪ
monitory
ˈmɒnɪtərɪ
planetary
ˈplænɪtərɪ
proprietary
prəˈpraɪɪtərɪ
regulatory
ˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪtərɪ
repository
rɪˈpɒzɪtərɪ
sanitary
ˈsænɪtərɪ
solitary
ˈsɒlɪtərɪ
territory
ˈtɛrɪtərɪ
unitary
ˈjuːnɪtərɪ
vomitory
ˈvɒmɪtərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TERMITARY

terminatively
terminator
terminator seed
terminatory
terminer
termini
terminism
terminist
terminological
terminologically
terminologies
terminologist
terminology
terminus
terminus a quo
terminus ad quem
termitaria
termitarium
termite
termitic

WORDS THAT END LIKE TERMITARY

antimilitary
cavitary
depositary
dignitary
elementary
hyperpituitary
hypopituitary
infinitary
insanitary
intracavitary
nonhereditary
nonmilitary
paramilitary
phytosanitary
pituitary
plebiscitary
primogenitary
promilitary
the military
unmilitary
unsanitary

Synonyms and antonyms of termitary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «termitary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TERMITARY

Find out the translation of termitary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of termitary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «termitary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

termitary
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

termitero
570 millions of speakers

English

termitary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

termitary
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

termitary
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

термитник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

termitary
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উইপোকার বাসা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

termitière
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Termal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Termitennest
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

termitary
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

termitary
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Termal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gò mối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

termitary
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मादक द्रव्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

termitary
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

termitary
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

termitary
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

термітник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

termitary
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

termitary
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

miernes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

termitary
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

termitary
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of termitary

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TERMITARY»

The term «termitary» is barely ever used and occupies the 197.894 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TERMITARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «termitary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «termitary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about termitary

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TERMITARY»

Discover the use of termitary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to termitary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Soul of the White Ant
What constitutes the difference in quality between the skin of a dead termitary and that of a living one? What keeps the outer layer whole and healthy as long as the living stream continues moving within? What causes the cell walls to retain ...
Eugene Marais, 2009
2
Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Games-Based ...
On the level nine (Figure 10) above the termitary there is a number and termites are carrying arithmetic expressions. For example, if above the termitary there is a “9” then the player should allow only termites with expressions whose result ...
Academic Conferences, Bente Meyer, 2010
3
The Desert Shore: Literatures of the Sahel
The Mosse represent society as a termitary: the termites are the citizens; the termites work in all seasons; that is to say, people find meaning only in daily work . They should always build upon the work of the ancestors, contributing to what they ...
Christopher Wise, 2001
4
Beyond Nature Writing: Expanding the Boundaries of Ecocriticism
The termitary is an impressive domain, chambered, dotted with food fungus, composed of "tunnels for conveying water from as much as forty feet underground [and an] elaborate defence and communications system" (120). Once the queen is ...
Karla Armbruster, Kathleen R. Wallace, 2001
5
Se Recréer Femme:
It is made out of a small termitary (mbaam- bakhuku) of a reddish-brown color and is attached to the center of the ridgepole. The termitary is wrapped in the fibrous scales taken from the base of the palm (mbuundyambati). It contains, aside ...
Renaat Devisch, 1993
6
New Scientist
In The Life of the White Ant he wrote: " In the termitary the gods of communism have become insatiable molochs . . . the species which appears to be the most highly civilised also appears to be the most enslaved and the most pitiable.
7
New Scientist
The community is sharply divided into castes, each of which has a special function in the life of the termitary. The population size is controlled by allowing usually only one pair of repro- ductives to be active in one colony at any period.
8
Handbook of Bioinspired Algorithms and Applications
For example, opening a hole in the body of a termitary causes a disruption of the termitary's carefully maintained internal atmosphere (intense gradients in temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, and oxygen). Sensing some problem in the body ...
Stephan Olariu, Albert Y. Zomaya, 2005
9
The Synthetic Beast: When Corporations Come to Life
About a hundred years ago he argued that a colony of the type of termites South Africans call "white ants," and the termitary in which they live, should be thought of as a single "composite animal."7 He said the individual termites are analogous  ...
Andy Turnbull, 2002
10
Romantic Colonization and British Anti-Slavery
Substituting a termitary for Virgil's beehive, his essay then delves into termite society for a rich source of metaphors about an entire range of human activities and conditions, such as freedom and slavery, the social and labour organization of ...
Deirdre Coleman, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TERMITARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term termitary is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Danang's Termitary House spotlighted in foreign magazine
The DEZEEN architecture and design magazine has praised a new residence named the Termitary House designed by Vietnamese Tropical Space architects. «VietNamNet Bridge, Jul 15»
2
“Ngôi nhà tổ mối” làm từ gạch nung ở Đà Nẵng được báo Tây khen …
Termitary House được lấy cảm hứng từ khả năng làm tổ đặc biệt của loài mối. Termitary House là tên gọi của ngôi nhà độc đáo được xây dựng tại Đà Nẵng, ... «BizLIVE, Jul 15»
3
Vietnamsko bivališče nagrajeno med izbranimi Hišami sveta
Strokovno nagrado hiše awards 2015 je prejela vietnamska Hiša termitnjak (The Termitary House) avtorjev iz arhitekturnega biroja Tropical Space Co. «SiOL.net, May 15»
4
Nhà gạch nung ở Đà Nẵng lên báo nước ngoài
CafeLand - Hoàn thành vào năm 2014, ngôi nhà gạch nung (Termitary House) có diện tích 90m2 tại Đà Nẵng được các kiến trúc sư thiết kế lấy cảm hứng từ tổ ... «CafeLand, Apr 15»
5
Pathologic Wiki – Everything you need to know about the game
... setting the scene for the game, the addition of a Termitary and a Abattoir, Lucid Dreaming for the player characters, the Steppe extended (the Steppe is a “town ... «GamingBolt, Mar 15»
6
Celosía de ladrillo. Termitary House
En la ciudad de Da Nang, en la costa de Vietnam, se ha edificado esta interesante vivienda regulada a la perfección para el clima extremo del lugar, con ... «InfoCIF.es, Mar 15»
7
brick home by tropical space is conceived as a termite's nest
... region's extreme seasonal changes. completed by local practice tropical space, the dwelling references the configuration of a termitary, with a large communal ... «Designboom, Feb 15»
8
Perforated brick house by Tropical Space is based on termites' nests
Retaining only the concrete slab structure, the architects enclosed the space with a perforated grille of brickwork to create a new residence named The Termitary ... «Dezeen, Feb 15»
9
Pathologic reaches Kickstarter target; new stretch goal could fund a …
At $400k we can expect surrealist interactions brought on by the plague, and at $450k, the fully-realised innards of the town's termitary and abattoir buildings. «PCGamesN, Oct 14»
10
Pathologic stretch goals tease a trip to the "Termitary and Abattoir"
The Kickstarter for the Pathologic remake is going well enough that developer Ice-Pick Lodge now feels comfortable adding a few stretch goals. Each of them ... «PC Gamer Magazine, Sep 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Termitary [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/termitary>. Apr 2024 ».
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