telluric

Plural: tellurics

Adjective

Pertaining to the Earth or derived from the Earth.
of or relating to or containing the chemical element tellurium
of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air

Adj

Pertaining to the Earth, earthly.
Containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds.

Noun

Synonym of telluric current.

Examples

His telluric vocabulary included many words related to geology and landforms.

Origin / Etymology

A borrowing of French tellurique, from Latin tellus (“earth; earthy”) and Tellus (“Earth, Gaia”) and -ique (forming adjectives). Subsequently also from tellurium, originally in telluric oxide from German Telluroxyd.

Synonyms

tellurian, terrene, terrestrial, earthly, telluric current

Scrabble Score: 10

telluric: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
telluric: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
telluric: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

telluric: valid Words With Friends Word