| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| triality | noun | Three united; state of being three. |
| triamide | noun | An amide containing three amido groups. |
| triamine | noun | An amine containing three amido groups. |
| triander | noun | Any one of the Triandria. |
| triangle | noun | A figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles., An instrument of percussion, usually made of a rod of steel, bent into the form of a triangle, open at one angle, and sounded by being struck with a small metallic rod., A draughtsman’s square in the form of a right-angled triangle., A kind of frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which soldiers were bound when undergoing corporal punishment, — now disused., A small constellation situated between Aries and Andromeda., A small constellation near the South Pole, containing three bright stars. |
| triarchy | noun | Government by three persons; a triumvirate; also, a country under three rulers. |
| triarian | adjective | Occupying the third post or rank. |
| triassic | adjective | Of the age of, or pertaining to, the Trias., The Triassic formation. |
| tribasic | adjective | Capable of neutralizing three molecules of a monacid base, or their equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basic elements on radicals; — said of certain acids; thus, citric acid is a tribasic acid. |
| tribolet | noun | A goldsmith’s tool used in making rings., A steel cylinder round which metal is drawn in the process of forming tubes., A tapering mandrel. |
| tribrach | noun | A poetic foot of three short syllables, as, meblius. |
| tribular | adjective | Of or relating to a tribe; tribal; as, a tribual characteristic; tribular worship. |
| tribunal | noun | The seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice., Hence, a court or forum; as, the House of Lords, in England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom. |
| tributed | imp. & past participle | of Tribute |
| tributer | noun | One who works for a certain portion of the ore, or its value. |
| trichina | noun | A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their presence in the muscles and the intestines in large numbers produces trichinosis. |
| trichite | noun | A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian. See Illust. of Crystallite., A delicate, hairlike siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges. |
| trichome | noun | A hair on the surface of leaf or stem, or any modification of a hair, as a minute scale, or star, or gland. The sporangia of ferns are believed to be of the nature of trichomes. |
| trichord | noun | An instrument, as a lyre or harp, having three strings. |
| tricking | present participle & vb. noun | of Trick, Given to tricks; tricky., Dress; ornament. |
| trickery | noun | The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture. |
| trickish | adjective | Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to deception and cheating; knavish. |
| trickled | imp. & past participle | of Trickle |
| tricolor | noun | The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white, and red, adopted at the first revolution., Hence, any three-colored flag. |
| tricycle | noun | A three-wheeled velocipede. See Illust. under Velocipede. Cf. Bicycle. |
| tridacna | noun | A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species (T. gigas) often weighs four or five hundred pounds, and is sometimes used for baptismal fonts. Called also paw shell, and fountain shell. |
| triddler | noun | The jacksnipe. |
| triedral | adjective | See Trihedral. |
| trifling | present participle & vb. noun | of Trifle, Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair. |
| trigenic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7N3O2, obtained, by the action of the vapor of cyanic acid on cold aldehyde, as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste and faint smell; — called also ethidene- / ethylidene-biuret. |
| triglyph | noun | An ornament in the frieze of the Doric order, repeated at equal intervals. Each triglyph consists of a rectangular tablet, slightly projecting, and divided nearly to the top by two parallel and perpendicular gutters, or channels, called glyphs, into three parts, or spaces, called femora. A half channel, or glyph, is also cut upon each of the perpendicular edges of the tablet. See Illust. of Entablature. |
| trigness | noun | The quality or state of being trig; smartness; neatness. |
| trigonal | adjective | Having three angles, or corners; triangular; as, a trigonal stem, one having tree prominent longitudinal angles. |
| trigonia | noun | A genus of pearly bivalve shells, numerous extinct species of which are characteristic of the Mesozoic rocks. A few living species exist on the coast of Australia. |
| trigraph | noun | Three letters united in pronunciation so as to have but one sound, or to form but one syllable, as -ieu in adieu; a triphthong. |
| trigynia | noun pl. | A Linnaean order of plants having three pistils or styles. |
| trihoral | adjective | Occurring once in every three hours. |
| trilemma | noun | A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the major premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. See Dilemma., A state of things in which it is difficult to determine which one of three courses to pursue. |
| trilling | present participle & vb. noun | of Trill, One of tree children born at the same birth., A compound crystal, consisting of three individuals. |
| trillion | noun | According to the French notation, which is used upon the Continent generally and in the United States, the number expressed by a unit with twelve ciphers annexed; a million millions; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the third power, or the number represented by a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration. |
| trillium | noun | A genus of liliaceous plants; the three-leaved nightshade; — so called because all the parts of the plant are in threes. |
| trilobed | adjective | Same as Trilobate. |
| trimming | present participle & vb. noun | of Trim, a. from Trim, v., The act of one who trims., That which serves to trim, make right or fitting, adjust, ornament, or the like; especially, the necessary or the ornamental appendages, as of a garment; hence, sometimes, the concomitants of a dish; a relish; — usually in the pluraltrimmings. –., The act of reprimanding or chastisting; as, to give a boy a trimming. |
| trimeran | noun | One of the Trimera. Also used adjectively. |
| trimeter | adjective | Consisting of three poetical measures., A poetical division of verse, consisting of three measures. |
| trimness | noun | The quality or state of being trim; orderliness; compactness; snugness; neatness. |
| trimorph | noun | A substance which crystallizes in three distinct forms, or which has three distinct physical states; also, any one of these distinct forms. See Trimorphism, 1. |
| trimurti | noun | The triad, or trinity, of Hindu gods, consisting of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer. |
| trinerve | adjective | Alt. of Trinerved |
| tringoid | adjective | Of or pertaining to Tringa, or the Sandpiper family. |
| trinodal | adjective | Having three knots or nodes; having three points from which a leaf may shoot; as, a trinodal stem., Having three nodal points. |
| triolein | noun | See Olein. |
| trioxide | noun | An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen; as, sulphur trioxide, SO3; — formerly called tritoxide. |
| tripping | present participle & vb. noun | of Trip, Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly., Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; — said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing., Act of one who, or that which, trips., A light dance., The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope. |
| tripedal | adjective | Having three feet. |
| tripeman | noun | A man who prepares or sells tripe. |
| triphane | noun | Spodumene. |
| tripling | present participle & vb. noun | of Triple |
| triplite | noun | A mineral of a dark brown color, generally with a fibrous, massive structure. It is a fluophosphate of iron and manganese. |
| triposes | plural | of Tripos |
| trippant | adjective | See Tripping, a., 2. |
| triptote | noun | A noun having three cases only. |
| triptych | noun | Anything in three parts or leaves., A writing tablet in three parts, two of which fold over on the middle part., A picture or altarpiece in three compartments. |
| trispast | noun | Alt. of Trispaston |
| tristtul | adjective | Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. |
| tristoma | noun | Any one of numerous species of trematode worms belonging to Tristoma and allied genera having a large posterior sucker and two small anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin, and disklike bodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin of fishes. |
| trithing | noun | One of three ancient divisions of a county in England; — now called riding. |
| tritical | adjective | Trite. |
| triticin | noun | A carbohydrate isomeric with dextrin, obtained from quitch grass (Agropyrum, formerly Triticum, repens) as a white amorphous substance. |
| triticum | noun | A genus of grasses including the various species of wheat. |
| tritovum | noun | An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin previous to hatching from the egg. |
| triumvir | noun | One of tree men united in public office or authority. |
| triunity | noun | The quality or state of being triune; trinity. |
| trivalve | noun | Anything having three valves, especially a shell. |