telluric

1. 1.

   of or relating to or containing the chemical element tellurium
2. 2.

   of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air

   Synonymstellurianterrestrialterrene

Questions about telluric

What does telluric mean?

telluric means "of or relating to or containing the chemical element tellurium". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in telluric?

telluric has 3 syllables: tel-lu-ric. The stress falls on "lu".

What is another word for telluric?

Close synonyms include tellurian, terrestrial, terrene. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.