Tricliniary (a.) Of or pertaining to a triclinium, or to the ancient mode of reclining at table.
Triclinic (a.) Having, or characterized by, three unequal axes intersecting at oblique angles. See the Note under crystallization.
Triclinia (pl. ) of Triclinium
Triclinium (n.) A couch for reclining at meals, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts.
Triclinium (n.) A dining room furnished with such a triple couch.
Tricoccous (a.) Having three cocci, or roundish carpels.
Tricolor (n.) The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white, and red, adopted at the first revolution.
Tricolor (n.) Hence, any three-colored flag.
Tricolored (a.) Having three colors.
Tricornigerous (a.) Having three horns.
Tricorporal (a.) Alt. of Tricorporate
Tricorporate (a.) Represented with three bodies conjoined to one head, as a lion.
Tricostate (a.) Three-ribbed; having three ribs from the base.
Tricot (n.) A fabric of woolen, silk, or cotton knitted, or women to resemble knitted work.
Tricrotic (a.) Of or pertaining to tricrotism; characterized by tricrotism.
Tricrotism (n.) That condition of the arterial pulse in which there is a triple beat. The pulse curve obtained in the sphygmographic tracing characteristic of tricrotism shows two secondary crests in addition to the primary.
Tricrotous (a.) Tricrotic.
Tricurvate (a.) Curved in three directions; as, a tricurvate spicule (see Illust. of Spicule).
Tricuspid (a.) Having three cusps, or points; tricuspidate; as, a tricuspid molar.
Tricuspid (a.) Of or pertaining to the tricuspid valves; as, tricuspid obstruction.
Tricuspidate (a.) Three-pointed; ending in three points; as, a tricuspidate leaf.
Tricycle (n.) A three-wheeled velocipede. See Illust. under Velocipede. Cf. Bicycle.
Tridacna (n.) 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.
Tridactyl (a.) Alt. of Tridactyle
Tridactyle (a.) Having three fingers or toes, or composed of three movable parts attached to a common base.
Tridactylous (a.) Tridactyl.
Triddler (n.) The jacksnipe.
Tride (a.) Short and ready; fleet; as, a tride pace; -- a term used by sportsmen.
Tridecane (n.) A hydrocarbon, C13H28, of the methane series, which is a probable ingredient both of crude petroleum and of kerosene, and is produced artificially as a light colorless liquid.
Tridecatoic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, that acid of the fatty acids heterologous with tridecane. It is a white crystalline substance.
Tridecatylene (n.) A hydrocarbon, C13H26, of the ethylene series, corresponding to tridecane, and obtained from Burmah petroleum as a light colorless liquid; -- called also tridecylene, and tridecene.
Trident (n.) A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, -- the common attribute of Neptune.
Trident (n.) A three-pronged spear or goad, used for urging horses; also, the weapon used by one class of gladiators.
Trident (n.) A three-pronged fish spear.
Trident (n.) A curve of third order, having three infinite branches in one direction and a fourth infinite branch in the opposite direction.
Trident (a.) Having three teeth or prongs; tridentate.
Tridentate (a.) Alt. of Tridentated
Tridentated (a.) Having three teeth; three-toothed.
Tridented (a.) Having three prongs; trident; tridentate; as, a tridented mace.
Tridentiferous (a.) Bearing a trident.
Tridentine (a.) Of or pertaining to Trent, or the general church council held in that city.
Tridiapason (n.) A triple octave, or twenty-second.
Tridimensional (a.) Having three dimensions; extended in three different directions.
Triding (n.) A riding. See Trithing.
Triduan (a.) Lasting three lays; also, happening every third day.
Tridymite (n.) Pure silica, like quartz, but crystallizing in hexagonal tables. It is found in trachyte and similar rocks.
Tried () imp. & p. p. of Try.
Tried (adj.) Proved; tested; faithful; trustworthy; as, a tried friend.
Triedral (a.) See Trihedral.
Triennial (a.) Continuing three years; as, triennial parliaments; a triennial reign.
Triennial (a.) Happening, coming about, or appearing once in every three years; as, triennial elections; a triennial catalogue; a triennial visitation.
Triennial (n.) Something which takes place or appears once in three years.
Triennially (adv.) Once in three years.
Triens (n.) A Roman copper coin, equal to one third of the as. See 3d As, 2.
Trier (n.) One who tries; one who makes experiments; one who examines anything by a test or standard.
Trier (n.) One who tries judicially.
Trier (n.) A person appointed according to law to try challenges of jurors; a trior.
Trier (n.) That which tries or approves; a test.
Trierarch (n.) The commander of a trireme.
Trierarch (n.) At Athens, one who (singly, or jointly with other citizens) had to fit out a trireme for the public service.
Trierarchises (pl. ) of Trierarchy
Trierarchy (n.) The office duty of a trierarch.
Trieterical (a.) Kept or occurring once in three years; triennial.
Trieterics (n. pl.) Festival games celebrated once in three years.
Triethylamine (n.) A tertiary amine analogous to trimethylamine.
Trifacial (a.) See Trigeminal.
Trifallowed (imp. & p. p.) of Trifallow
Trifallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trifallow
Trifallow (v. t.) To plow the third time before sowing, as land.
Trifarious (a.) Facing three ways; arranged in three vertical ranks, as the leaves of veratrum.
Trifasciated (a.) Having, or surrounded by, three fasciae, or bands.
Trifid (a.) Cleft to the middle, or slightly beyond the middle, into three parts; three-cleft.
Trifistulary (a.) Having three pipes.
Trifle (n.) A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.
Trifle (n.) A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it.
Trifled (imp. & p. p.) of Trifle
Trifling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trifle
Trifle (n.) To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements.
Trifle (v. t.) To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle.
Trifle (v. t.) To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money.
Trifler (n.) One who trifles.
Trifling (a.) Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair.
Trifloral (a.) Alt. of Triflorous
Triflorous (a.) Three-flowered; having or bearing three flowers; as, a triflorous peduncle.
Trifluctuation (n.) A concurrence of three waves.
Trifoliate (a.) Alt. of Trifoliated
Trifoliated (a.) Having three leaves or leaflets, as clover. See Illust. of Shamrock.
Trifoliolate (a.) Having three leaflets.
Trifolium (n.) A genus of leguminous herbs with densely spiked flowers and usually trifoliate leaves; trefoil. There are many species, all of which are called clover. See Clover.
Trifoly (n.) Sweet trefoil.
Triforium (n.) The gallery or open space between the vaulting and the roof of the aisles of a church, often forming a rich arcade in the interior of the church, above the nave arches and below the clearstory windows.
Triform (a.) Having a triple form or character.
Triformity (n.) The state of being triform, or of having a threefold shape.
Trifurcate (a.) Alt. of Trifurcated
Trifurcated (a.) Having three branches or forks; trichotomous.
Trig (v. t.) To fill; to stuff; to cram.
Trig (a.) Full; also, trim; neat.
Trig (v. t.) To stop, as a wheel, by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.
Trig (n.) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
Trigamist (n.) One who has been married three times; also, one who has three husbands or three wives at the same time.