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- English Word Trilling Definition A compound crystal, consisting of three individuals.
- English Word Trillion Definition 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.
- English Word Trillium Definition A genus of liliaceous plants; the three-leaved nightshade; -- so called because all the parts of the plant are in threes.
- English Word Trillo Definition A trill or shake. See Trill.
- English Word Trilobate Definition Having three lobes.
- English Word Trilobation Definition The state of being trilobate.
- English Word Trilobed Definition Same as Trilobate.
- English Word Trilobita Definition An extinct order of arthropods comprising the trilobites.
- English Word Trilobite Definition 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.
- English Word Trilobitic Definition Of, pertaining to or containing, trilobites; as, trilobitic rocks.
- English Word Trilocular Definition Having three cells or cavities; as, a trilocular capsule; a trilocular heart.
- English Word Trilogy Definition 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.
- English Word Triluminar Definition Alt. of Triluminous
- English Word Triluminous Definition Having three lights
- English Word Trim Definition To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
- English Word Trim Definition To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to trim a hat.
- English Word Trim Definition To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree.
- English Word Trim Definition To dress, as timber; to make smooth.
- English Word Trim Definition To adjust, as a ship, by arranging the cargo, or disposing the weight of persons or goods, so equally on each side of the center and at each end, that she shall sit well on the water and sail well; as, to trim a ship, or a boat.
- English Word Trim Definition To arrange in due order for sailing; as, to trim the sails.
- English Word Trim Definition To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat.
- English Word Trim Definition To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each.
- English Word Trim Definition Dress; gear; ornaments.
- English Word Trim Definition Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim.
- English Word Trim Definition The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing.
- English Word Trim Definition The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building; especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points.
- English Word Trim Definition 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.
- English Word Trimaculated Definition Marked with three spots, or maculae.
- English Word Trimellic Definition Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain tribasic acid (called also trimellitic acid) metameric with trimesitic acid.
- English Word Trimembral Definition Having, or consisting of, three members.