TRIANDER
TRIAN'DER, noun [Gr. three, and a male.] A plant having three stamens.
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TRIANDRIAN
TRIAN'DRIAN, adjective Having three stamens.
TRIANGLE
TRI'ANGLE, noun [Latin triangulum; tres, tria, three, and angulus, a corner.] In geometry, a figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles. The three angles of a tr...
TRIANGLED
TRIAN'GLED, adjective Having three angles.
TRIANGULAR
TRIAN'GULAR, adjective Having three angles.In botany, a triangular stem has three prominent longitudinal angles; a triangular leaf has three prominent angles, without any refere...
TRIANGULARLY
TRIAN'GULARLY, adverb After the form of a triangle.
TRIARIAN
TRIA'RIAN, adjective [Latin triarii.] Occupying the third post or place.
TRIBE
TRIBE, noun [Latin tribus.]1. A family, race or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, desc...
TRIBLET
TRIB'LETTRIBOM'ETER, noun [Gr. to rub or wear, and measure.] An instrument to ascertain the degree of friction.
TRIBOULET
TRIB'OULET, noun A goldsmith's tool for making rings.
TRIBRACH
TRI'BRACH, noun [Gr. three, and short.] In ancient prosody, a poetic foot of three short syllables, as melius.
TRIBRACTEATE
TRIBRAC'TEATE, adjective Having three bracts about the flower.
TRIBULATION
TRIBULA'TION, noun [Latin tribulo, to thrash, to beat.] Severe affliction; distresses of life; vexations. In Scripture, it often denotes the troubles and distresses which procee...
TRIBUNAL
TRIBU'NAL, noun [Latin tribunal from tribunus, a tribune, who administered justice.]1. Properly, the seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for admin...
TRIBUNARY
TRIB'UNARY, adjective [from tribune.] Pertaining to tribunes.
TRIBUNE
TRIB'UNE, noun [Latin tribunus, from tribus, tribe.]1. In ancient Rome, an officer or magistrate chosen by the people to protect them from the oppression of the patricians or no...
TRIBUNESHIP
TRIB'UNESHIP, noun The office of a tribune.
TRIBUNICIAN
TRIBUNI'CIANTRIBUNI'TIAL, adjective Pertaining to tribunes; as tribunician power or authority.1. Suiting a tribune.
TRIBUNITIAL
TRIBUNI'TIAL, a. Pertaining to tribunes; as tribunician power or authority.1. Suiting a tribune.
TRIBUTARY
TRIB'UTARY, adjective [from tribute.] Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purch...
TRIBUTE
TRIB'UTE, noun [Latin tributum, from tribuo, to give, bestow or divide.]1. An annual or stated sum of money or other valuable thing, paid by one prince or nation to another, eit...
TRICAL
CATADIOPTRIC, TRICAL, adjective Reflecting light.
TRICAPSULAR
TRICAP'SULAR, adjective [Latin tres, three, and capsula, a little chest.]In botany, three-capsuled; having three capsules to each flower.
TRICE
TRICE, verb transitive In seamen's language, to haul and tie up by means of a small rope or line.TRICE, noun A very short time; an instant; a moment.If they get never so great s...
TRICHOTOMOUS
TRICHOT'OMOUS, adjective [See Trichotomy.] Divided into three parts, or divided by threes; as a trichotomous stem.
TRICHOTOMY
TRICHOT'OMY, noun [Gr. three, and to cut or divide.] Division into three parts.
TRICK
TRICK, noun [Latin tricor, to play tricks, to trifle, to baffle. We see the same root in the Low Latin intrico, to fold, and in intrigue. trick is from drawing, that is, a drawi...