Word Meanings - BITERNATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets. -- Bi*ter"nate*ly, adv. Gray.
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- THREE-SQUARE
Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file. - THREE-MILE
Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine belt of three miles included in territorial waters of a state. - THREE-PILE
An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile. I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile. Shak. - THREE-DECKER
A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks. - THREE-SIDED
Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three- sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp. - THREE-CORNERED
Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three- cornered stem. (more info) 1. Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat. - THREE-PORT
Having three ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine in which the mixture enters the crank case through a port uncovered by the piston near the end of its stroke. - THREE-PLY
Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold. - THREE-PARTED
Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite. Three- parted leaf , a leaf divided into three parts down to the base, but not entirely separate. - THREE-FLOWERED
Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers. - THREEPENNY
Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean. - THREEFOLD
Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice. A threefold cord is not quickly broken. Eccl. iv. 12. - THREE-LOBED
Having three lobes. Three-lobed leaf , a leaf divided into three parts, the sinuses extending not more than half way to the middle, and either the parts of the sinuses being rounded. - THREE-WAY
Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve. - THREE-QUARTER
Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of portraitures. Three-quarter length, a portrait showing the figure to the hips only. - THREE-TORQUE SYSTEM OF CONTROL
Any system of rudders by which the pilot can exert a turning moment about each of the three rectangular axes of an aƫroplane or airship. - THREE-NERVED
Having three nerves. Three-nerved leaf , a leaf having three distinct and prominent ribs, or nerves, extending from the base. - DOUBLY
1. In twice the quantity; to twice the degree; as, doubly wise or good; to be doubly sensible of an obligation. Dryden. 2. Deceitfully. "A man that deals doubly." Huloet. - THREE-COAT
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. - THREE-VALVED
Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp. - SUBALTERNATE
1. Succeeding by turns; successive. 2. Subordinate; subaltern; inferior. All their subalternate and several kinds. Evelyn. - BITERNATE
Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets. -- Bi*ter"nate*ly, adv. Gray. - ALTERNATENESS
The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns. - LATHEREEVE; LATHREEVE
Formerly, the head officer of a lathe. See 1st Lathe. - TRIPLICATE-TERNATE
Triternate.