"a term that describes" is a correct and usable expression in written English.
You can use it when you want to introduce or refer to a word or phrase that explains a concept or idea. For example: "Homophobia is a term that describes an irrational fear or hatred of LGBTQ people."
Hybrid tactics is a term that describes the deployment of unbadged Russian troops and the use of local pro-Moscow forces in eastern Ukraine.
Big is not a term that describes Soria, whose wiry frame weighs just 59 kilograms, or 130 pounds, and who stands 165 centimeters tall, or 5-foot-4.
In fact, AI is not simply the creation of intelligent robots, but a term that describes a group of techniques and approaches in engineering and technology.
"Of course we are not just AstroTurfers," said Luc Van Daele, a Belgian user who has been active in antiregulation protests, using a term that describes phony consumer groups set up by industry.
Two years on, the state government admitted that Mr Sheikh had been killed in a "fake encounter", a term that describes Indian security forces' practice of shooting suspects rather than prosecuting them.
Apparently, it's quite easy to take a term that describes a group that you disagree with and reinvent its meaning to make the group you're talking to really scared of them.
Alternatively, pick a term that describes an Internet-based business system – such as application service provider (ASP), customer-relations management (CRM), or supply-chain execution (SCE), and create an annotated diagram that explains how this system works.
Boucher's alter ego is Grimes, the name under which, since 2009, she has been producing and singing home-brewed electronic music that is irreducibly weird but insistently pop, a term that describes both its sound and, increasingly, its reception.
