Tracheal (a.) Of or pertaining to the trachea; like a trachea.
Trachearia (n.pl.) A division of Arachnida including those that breathe only by means of tracheae. It includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, and harvestmen.
Tracheary (a.) Tracheal; breathing by means of tracheae.
Tracheary (n.) One of the Trachearia.
Tracheata (n.pl.) An extensive division of arthropods comprising all those which breathe by tracheae, as distinguished from Crustacea, which breathe by means of branchiae.
Tracheate (a.) Breathing by means of tracheae; of or pertaining to the Tracheata.
Tracheate (n.) Any arthropod having tracheae; one of the Tracheata.
Tracheid (n.) A wood cell with spiral or other markings and closed throughout, as in pine wood.
Tracheitis (n.) Inflammation of the trachea, or windpipe.
Trachelidan (n.) Any one of a tribe of beetles (Trachelides) which have the head supported on a pedicel. The oil beetles and the Cantharides are examples.
Trachelipod (n.) One of the Trachelipoda.
Trachelipoda (n.pl.) An extensive artificial group of gastropods comprising all those which have a spiral shell and the foot attached to the base of the neck.
Trachelipodous (a.) Having the foot united with the neck; of or pertainingto the Trachelipoda.
Trachelobranchiate (a.) Having the gills situated upon the neck; -- said of certain mollusks.
Trachelorrhaphy (n.) The operation of sewing up a laceration of the neck of the uterus.
Trachenchyma (n.) A vegetable tissue consisting of tracheae.
Tracheobranchlae (pl. ) of Tracheobranchia
Tracheobranchia (n.) One of the gill-like breathing organs of certain aquatic insect larvae. They contain tracheal tubes somewhat similar to those of other insects.
Tracheobronchial (a.) Pertaining both to the tracheal and bronchial tubes, or to their junction; -- said of the syrinx of certain birds.
Tracheocele (n.) Goiter.
Tracheocele (n.) A tumor containing air and communicating with the trachea.
Tracheophonae (n. pl.) A group of passerine birds having the syrinx at the lower end of the trachea.
Tracheoscopy (n.) Examination of the interior of the trachea by means of a mirror.
Tracheotomy (n.) The operation of making an opening into the windpipe.
Trachinoid (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, Trachinus, a genus of fishes which includes the weevers. See Weever.
Trachitis (n.) Tracheitis.
Trachycarpous (a.) Rough-fruited.
Trachymedusae (n. pl.) A division of acalephs in which the development is direct from the eggs, without a hydroid stage. Some of the species are parasitic on other medusae.
Trachyspermous (a.) Rough-seeded.
Trachystomata (n. pl.) An order of tailed aquatic amphibians, including Siren and Pseudobranchus. They have anterior legs only, are eel-like in form, and have no teeth except a small patch on the palate. The external gills are persistent through life.
Trachyte (n.) An igneous rock, usually light gray in color and breaking with a rough surface. It consists chiefly of orthoclase feldspar with sometimes hornblende and mica.
Trachytic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, trachyte.
Trachytoid (a.) Resembling trachyte; -- used to define the structure of certain rocks.
Tracing (n.) The act of one who traces; especially, the act of copying by marking on thin paper, or other transparent substance, the lines of a pattern placed beneath; also, the copy thus producted.
Tracing (n.) A regular path or track; a course.
Track (n.) A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.
Track (n.) A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint.
Track (n.) The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said of birds, etc.
Track (n.) A road; a beaten path.
Track (n.) Course; way; as, the track of a comet.
Track (n.) A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
Track (n.) The permanent way; the rails.
Track (n.) A tract or area, as of land.
tracked (imp. & p. p.) of Track
tracking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Track
Track (v. t.) To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow.
Track (v. t.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow.
Trackage (n.) The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage.
Tracker (n.) One who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.
Tracker (n.) In the organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling.
Trackless (a.) Having no track; marked by no footsteps; untrodden; as, a trackless desert.
Trackmaster (n.) One who has charge of the track; -- called also roadmaster.
Track-road (n.) A towing path.
Trackscout (n.) See Trackschuyt.
Tract (n.) A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.
Tract (v.) Something drawn out or extended; expanse.
Tract (v.) A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea.
Tract (v.) Traits; features; lineaments.
Tract (v.) The footprint of a wild beast.
Tract (v.) Track; trace.
Tract (v.) Treatment; exposition.
Tract (v.) Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech.
Tract (v.) Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.
Tract (v.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons.
Tract (v. t.) To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.
Tractability (n.) The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.
Tractable (v. t.) Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.
Tractable (v. t.) Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures.
Tractarian (n.) One of the writers of the Oxford tracts, called "Tracts for the Times," issued during the period 1833-1841, in which series of papers the sacramental system and authority of the Church, and the value of tradition, were brought into prominence. Also, a member of the High Church party, holding generally the principles of the Tractarian writers; a Puseyite.
Tractarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Tractarians, or their principles.
Tractarianism (n.) The principles of the Tractarians, or of those persons accepting the teachings of the "Tracts for the Times."
Tractate (n.) A treatise; a tract; an essay.
Tractation (n.) Treatment or handling of a subject; discussion.
Tractator (n.) One who writes tracts; specif., a Tractarian.
Tractile (a.) Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile.
Tractility (n.) The quality of being tractile; ductility.
Traction (n.) The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle.
Traction (n.) Specifically, the act of drawing a body along a plane by motive power, as the drawing of a carriage by men or horses, the towing of a boat by a tug.
Traction (n.) Attraction; a drawing toward.
Traction (n.) The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like.
Tractite (n.) A Tractarian.
Tractitious (a.) Treating of; handling.
Tractive (a.) Serving to draw; pulling; attracting; as, tractive power.
Tractor (n.) That which draws, or is used for drawing.
Tractor (n.) Two small, pointed rods of metal, formerly used in the treatment called Perkinism.
Tractoration (n.) See Perkinism.
Tractory (n.) A tractrix.
Tractrix (n.) A curve such that the part of the tangent between the point of tangency and a given straight line is constant; -- so called because it was conceived as described by the motion of one end of a tangent line as the other end was drawn along the given line.
Trad () imp. of Tread.
Trade (v.) A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.
Trade (v.) Course; custom; practice; occupation; employment.
Trade (v.) Business of any kind; matter of mutual consideration; affair; dealing.
Trade (v.) Specifically: The act or business of exchanging commodities by barter, or by buying and selling for money; commerce; traffic; barter.
Trade (v.) The business which a person has learned, and which he engages in, for procuring subsistence, or for profit; occupation; especially, mechanical employment as distinguished from the liberal arts, the learned professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician.
Trade (v.) Instruments of any occupation.
Trade (v.) A company of men engaged in the same occupation; thus, booksellers and publishers speak of the customs of the trade, and are collectively designated as the trade.
Trade (v.) The trade winds.
Trade (v.) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
Traded (imp. & p. p.) of Trade
Trading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trade