terrene

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Blue-eyed Mrs. Slocum, president of Boat Transit Co., is no terrene "Tugboat Annie," does not drive a truck herself.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sometimes these angels are vested in terrene habiliments, as in the annexed cut, from a drawing of a sculptured stone among the ruins of Robertsbridge Abbey.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

It is a picture of the coronation of George V. by one Fernand Piret, a French aviator—so the story goes—who never before dabbled in terrene arts.

From Pot-Boilers by Bell, Clive

Apollion: I have, Lord Belzebub, The low terrene observed with keenest eye.

From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den

By perfecting a method for changing matter from terrene to contraterrene, we have managed to bridge the million light years of space separating our worlds as we saw fit.

From Twelve Times Zero by Browne, Howard