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- English Word Threatening Definition a. & n. from Threaten, v.
- English Word Threatful Definition Full of threats; having a menacing appearance.
- English Word Threave Definition Same as Thrave.
- English Word Three Definition One more than two; two and one.
- English Word Three Definition The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
- English Word Three Definition A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.
- English Word Three-coat Definition Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat.
- English Word Three-cornered Definition Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.
- English Word Three-cornered Definition Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three-cornered stem.
- English Word Three-decker Definition A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
- English Word Three-flowered Definition Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.
- English Word Three-handed Definition Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards.
- English Word Three-leafed Definition Alt. of Three-leaved
- English Word Three-leaved Definition Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade.
- English Word Three-leaved Definition Consisting of three distinct leaflets; having the leaflets arranged in threes.
- English Word Three-lobed Definition Having three lobes.
- English Word Three-nerved Definition Having three nerves.
- English Word Three-parted Definition Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite.
- English Word Three-pile Definition An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.
- English Word Three-piled Definition Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly.
- English Word Three-piled Definition Fig.: Extravagant; exaggerated; high-flown.
- English Word Three-piled Definition Accustomed to wearing three-pile; hence, of high rank, or wealth.
- English Word Three-ply Definition Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.
- English Word Three-pointed Definition Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.
- English Word Three-quarter Definition Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of portraitures.
- English Word Three-score Definition Thrice twenty; sixty.
- English Word Three-sided Definition Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.
- English Word Three-square Definition Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
- English Word Three-valved Definition Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.
- English Word Three-way Definition Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.