Consisting of, or pertaining to, triglyphs.

The quality or state of being trig; smartness; neatness.

Having three angles, or corners; triangular; as, a trigonal stem, one having tree prominent longitudinal angles.

A smooth triangular area on the inner surface of the bladder, limited by the apertures of the ureters and urethra.

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.

Having horns with three angles, like those of some species of goats.

See Trituberculy.

That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations of the sides and angles of triangles, which the methods of deducing from certain given parts other required parts, and also of the general relations which exist between the trigonometrical functions of arcs or angles.

Same as Trigonal.

Same as Trigraph.

Containing three letters or characters, or three sets of letters or characters.

Same as Trigrammatic.

Three letters united in pronunciation so as to have but one sound, or to form but one syllable, as -ieu in adieu; a triphthong.

Any one of the Trigynia.

A Linnaean order of plants having three pistils or styles.

Having three pistils or styles; of or pertaining to the Trigynia.

Having three sides or faces; thus, a trihedral angle is a solid angle bounded by three plane angles.

A figure having three sides.

Occurring once in every three hours.

A hybrid whose parents differ by three pairs of contrasting Mendelian characters.

In three pairs; as, a trijugate leaf, or a pinnate leaf with three pairs of leaflets.

Same as Trijugate.

A hydrocarbon, C23H48, of the methane series, resembling paraffin; -- so called because it has twenty-three atoms of carbon in the molecule.

Having three sides; being three-sided; as, a trilateral triangle.

A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the major premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. See Dilemma.

Of, pertaining to, or included by, three lines; as, trilinear coordinates.

Containing, or consisting of, three languages; expressed in three languages.

See Trilingual.

Consisting of three letters; trigrammic; as, a triliteral root or word. A triliteral word.

Same as Triliterality.

The quality of being triliteral; as, the triliterality of Hebrew roots.

Same as Trilithon.

Pertaining to a trilith.

A monument consisting of three stones; especially, such a monument forming a kind of doorway, as among the ancient Celts.

To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.

The oyster catcher.

One of tree children born at the same birth.

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.

A genus of liliaceous plants; the three-leaved nightshade; -- so called because all the parts of the plant are in threes.

A trill or shake. See Trill.

Having three lobes.

The state of being trilobate.

Same as Trilobate.

An extinct order of arthropods comprising the trilobites.

Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the Silurian and Devonian periods, but became extinct at the close of the Paleozoic. So named from the three lobes usually seen on each segment.

Of, pertaining to or containing, trilobites; as, trilobitic rocks.

Having three cells or cavities; as, a trilocular capsule; a trilocular heart.

A series of three dramas which, although each of them is in one sense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form one historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare's / Henry VI./ is an example.

Having three lights

Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands erect.

Marked with three spots, or maculae.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain tribasic acid (called also trimellitic acid) metameric with trimesitic acid.

Having, or consisting of, three members.

A division of Coleoptera including those which have but three joints in the tarsi.

One of the Trimera. Also used adjectively.

Having the parts in threes.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a tribasic acid, C6H3.(CO2)3, of the aromatic series, obtained, by the oxidation of mesitylene, as a white crystalline substance.

A term or period of three months.

Trimestrial.

Of or pertaining to a trimester, or period of three months; occurring once in every three months; quarterly.

A colorless volatile alkaline liquid, N.(CH3)3, obtained from herring brine, beet roots, etc., with a characteristic herringlike odor. It is regarded as a substituted ammonia containing three methyl groups.

A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H6, isomeric with propylene and obtained from it indirectly. It is the base of a series of compounds analogous to the aromatic hydrocarbons.

Same as Orthorhombic.

Same as Trimeter.

In a trim manner; nicely.

One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.

The act of one who trims.

In a trimming manner.

The quality or state of being trim; orderliness; compactness; snugness; neatness.

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.

The property of crystallizing in three forms fundamentally distinct, as is the case with titanium dioxide, which crystallizes in the forms of rutile, octahedrite, and brookite. See Pleomorphism.

Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, trimorphism; -- contrasted with monomorphic, dimorphic, and polymorphic.

The triad, or trinity, of Hindu gods, consisting of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer.

A lamellibranch which has three muscular scars on each valve.

Threefold.

See Trundle.

To put in the aspect of a trine.

Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex; -- said of a leaf.

Same as Trinervate.

A genus of limicoline birds including many species of sandpipers. See Dunlin, Knot, and Sandpiper.

A curtain rod for a bedstead.

Of or pertaining to Tringa, or the Sandpiper family.

One who believes in the doctrine of the Trinity.

The doctrine of the Trinity; the doctrine that there are three distinct persons in the Godhead.

Gun cotton; -- so called because regarded as containing three nitro groups.

Picric acid.

The union of three persons (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, so that all the three are one God as to substance, but three persons as to individuality.

Triunity; trinity.

A kind of fishing net.

To give trinkets; hence, to court favor; to intrigue.

One who trinkets.

Ornaments of dress; trinkets, collectively.

To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper.

Lasting during three nights; comprising three nights.

Having three knots or nodes; having three points from which a leaf may shoot; as, a trinodal stem.

Consisting of three terms; of or pertaining to trinomials; as, a trinomial root.

Trinomial.

A genus of Lower Silurian trilobites in which the glabella and cheeks form three rounded elevations on the head.

Three, considered collectively; three in company or acting together; a set of three; three united.

Of the value of three oboli; hence, mean; worthless.

An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are three octants, or three eighths of a circle, that is, 135 degrees, distant from each other.

The third order of the Linnaean class Polygamia.

Having three sorts of flowers on the same or on different plants, some of the flowers being staminate, others pistillate, and others both staminate and pistillate; belonging to the order Tri/cia.

Same as Triplet.

See Olein.

A short poem or stanza of eight lines, in which the first line is repeated as the fourth and again as the seventh line, the second being, repeated as the eighth.

A compound similar to sulphonal, used as a hypnotic in medicine.

A division of chelonians which comprises Trionyx and allied genera; -- called also Trionychoides, and Trionychina.

A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle.

Same as Trier, 2 and 3.

A sugar derived from a trihydric alcohol A trisaccharide.

An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen; as, sulphur trioxide, SO3; -- formerly called tritoxide.

A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.

A palmitate derived from three molecules of palmitic acid.

See Palmitin.

See Trepang.

Divisible into three parts.

Dividing into three parts; -- said of a number which exactly divides another into three parts.

Divided into three parts; triparted; as, a tripartite leaf.

In a tripartite manner.