Real Dictionary

termite
countable noun: Termites are small white insects which live in hot countries in homes made of earth. Termites do a lot of damage by eating wood.

termite in American English
any of an order (Isoptera) of pale-colored social insects having a soft body and living in colonies composed of winged forms that mate and wingless workers and soldiers that are usually sterile or immature: they are very destructive to wooden structures a
noun: any of numerous pale-colored, soft-bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc

termite in British English
noun: any whitish antlike social insect of the order Isoptera, of warm and tropical regions. Some species feed on wood, causing damage to furniture, buildings, trees, etc