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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

triple
noun a set of three similar things considered as a unit

triple cream
triple creme noun fresh soft French cheese containing at least 72% fat

triple crown
noun (baseball) an unofficial title won by a batter who leads the league in hitting average and runs batted in and home runs

Triple Frontier
noun the border area where Argentina and Brazil and Paraguay meet; an active South American center for contraband and drug trafficking and money laundering; a suspected locale for Islamic extremist groups

triple jump
hop-step-and-jump noun an athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement

triple play
noun the act of getting three players out on one play

triple sec
noun type of curacao having higher alcoholic content

triple time
noun musical time with three beats in each bar

triple-crown
adjective unofficial championship title for player who heads the league in batting average and home runs and runs batted in

triple-crown season
noun a season of baseball during which a player wins the triple crown

triple-spacing
noun typing that leaves two lines blank between lines of typing

triplet
noun one of three offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy

triplet
noun a set of three similar things considered as a unit

triplet code
noun the normal version of the genetic code in which a sequence of three nucleotides codes for the synthesis of a specific amino acid

tripletail
noun large food fish of warm waters worldwide having long anal and dorsal fins that with a caudal fin suggest a three-lobed tail

Tripleurospermum
genus Tripleurospermum noun small genus comprising plants often included in genus Matricaria

Tripleurospermum tchihatchewii
Matricaria tchihatchewii noun low densely tufted perennial herb of Turkey having small white flowers; used as a ground cover in dry places; sometimes included in genus Matricaria

triplicate
noun one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly

triplicity
trigon noun (astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees

tripling
noun increase by a factor of three

Triplochiton
genus Triplochiton noun small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leaves

triploid
adjective of a cell or organism having three complete sets of chromosomes; `human triploid fetuses are usually spontaneously aborted`

tripod
noun a three-legged rack used for support

Tripoli
capital of Libya noun the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC

tripos
noun final honors degree examinations at Cambridge University

tripper
trip noun a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; `the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water`

trippingly
adverb moving with quick light steps; `she walked lightsomely down the long staircase`

triptych
noun art consisting of a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on three panels (usually hinged together)

triquetral
triquetral bone noun a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones

trireme
noun ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship having three tiers of oars on each side

trisaccharide
noun any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield three monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis

triskaidekaphobic
adjective suffering from triskaidekaphobia (abnormal fear of the number 13)

triskaidekaphobia
noun a morbid fear of the number 13

triskelion
triskele noun a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center

trismus
noun prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles

trisodium phosphate
trisodium orthophosphate noun the tertiary phosphate of sodium used as a builder in soaps and detergents

trisomy
noun chrosomal abnormality in which there is one more than the normal number of chromosomes in a cell

Tristan
Tristram noun (Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle`s bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other

tristearin
glycerol tristearate noun a triglyceride of stearic acid

trisyllable
noun a word having three syllables

tritanopia
blue-blindness noun rare form of dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to blue light resulting in an inability to distinguish blue and yellow

tritanopic
blue-blind adjective inability to see the color blue or to distinguish the colors blue and yellow

tritely
adverb in a trite manner; `tritely expressed emotions`

triteness
staleness noun unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed

tritheism
noun (Christianity) the heretical belief that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate gods

tritheist
noun someone (not an orthodox Christian) who believes that the Father and Son and Holy Ghost are three separate gods

Triticum
genus Triticum noun annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely cultivated in temperate regions

tritium
noun a radioactive isotope of hydrogen; atoms of tritium have three times the mass of ordinary hydrogen atoms

Triton
noun the largest moon of Neptune

Triturus
genus Triturus noun chiefly aquatic salamanders

triumph
noun the exultation of victory

triumphal
adjective relating to or celebrating a triumph; `a triumphal procession`; `a triumphal arch`

triumphal arch
noun a monumental archway; usually they are built to commemorate some notable victory

triumphant
victorious adjective experiencing triumph

triumphantly
adverb in a triumphant manner; `she shouted triumphantly`

triumvir
noun one of a group of three sharing public administration or civil authority especially in ancient Rome

triumvirate
noun a group of three men responsible for public administration or civil authority

triune
adjective being three in one; used especially of the Christian Trinity; `a triune God`

trivalent
adjective having a valence of three

trivial
adjective obvious and dull; `trivial conversation`; `commonplace prose`

triviality
trivia noun something of small importance

trivially
adverb in a frivolously trivial manner; `trivially motivated requests`

trivium
noun (Middle Ages) an introductory curriculum at a medieval university involving grammar and logic and rhetoric; considered to be a triple way to eloquence

trochaic
adjective of or consisting of trochees; `trochaic dactyl`

trochanter
noun one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached

trochee
noun a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables

Trochilidae
family Trochilidae noun hummingbirds

trochlear
trochlear nerve noun either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes

Trogium
genus Trogium noun a genus of Psocidae

Troglodytes
genus Troglodytes noun type genus of the Troglodytidae

Troglodytidae
family Troglodytidae noun wrens

trogon
noun forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails

Trogonidae
family Trogonidae noun coextensive with the order Trogoniformes

Trogoniformes
order Trogoniformes noun trogons

troika
noun a Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast

Trojan
adjective of or relating to the ancient city of Troy or its inhabitants; `Trojan cities`

Trojan Horse
Wooden Horse noun a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War

Trojan War
noun (Greek mythology) a great war fought between Greece and Troy; the Greeks sailed to Troy to recover Helen of Troy, the beautiful wife of Menelaus who had been abducted by Paris; after ten years the Greeks (via the Trojan Horse) achieved final victory and burned Troy to the ground; `the story of the Trojan War is told in Homer`s Iliad`

troll
trolling noun angling by drawing a baited line through the water

trolley line
noun a transit line using streetcars or trolley buses

trolleybus
trolley coach noun a passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires

Trollius
genus Trollius noun perennial herbs of north temperate regions: globeflowers

Trollope
Anthony Trollope noun English writer of novels (1815-1882)

Trombicula
genus Trombicula noun type genus of the family Trombiculidae

trombiculiasis
noun infestation with chiggers

Trombiculidae
family Trombiculidae noun mites

trombiculiid
noun mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates

trombidiid
noun mite that in all stages feeds on other arthropods

Trombidiidae
family Trombidiidae noun mites

trombone
noun a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide

trombonist
trombone player noun a musician who plays the trombone

trompe l`oeil
noun a painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality

trompillo
white horse nettle noun weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America

Trondheim
Nidaros noun a port in central Norway on Trondheim Fjord

Trondheim Fjord
Trondheim Fiord noun a long narrow inlet of the Norwegian Sea

troop
noun a group of soldiers

troop
scout group noun a unit of girl or boy scouts

troop carrier
troop transport noun any land or sea or air vehicle designed to carry troops

troop movement
noun movement of military units to a new location

trooper
noun a mounted policeman