temblor

3 definitions found

temblor - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Temblor \Tem*blor"\, n. [Sp.]
     An earthquake. [Western U. S.]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

temblor - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  temblor
      n 1: shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting
           from underground movement along a fault plane of from
           volcanic activity [syn: earthquake, quake, temblor,
           seism]

temblor - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "temblor":
     apoplexy, breakup, cataclysm, climax, convulsion, diastrophism,
     disaster, fit, overthrow, paroxysm, quake, quaker, shake, shock,
     spasm, stroke, tidal wave, tremor, tsunami, upheaval