html
<textarea onkeydown="checkEnter(event)"></textarea>
javascript
function checkEnter(e) {
var et = e || window.event;
var keycode = et.charCode || et.keyCode;
if (keycode == 13) {
if (window.event) {
window.event.returnValue = false;
} else {
e.preventDefault(); //for firefox
}
}
}