Word Meanings - BITERNATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets.

• Three-nerved
  Having three nerves.
• THREECORNERED
  Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three- cornered stem.
• THREETORQUESYSTEMOFCONTROL
  Any system of rudders by which the pilot can exert a turning moment about each of the three rectangular axes of an aëroplane or airship.
• Three-parted
  Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite.
• THREEDECKER
  A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
• THREEVALVED
  Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.
• Threepence
  A small silver coin of three times the value of a penny.
• THREEFLOWERED
  Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.
• Threepenny
  Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean.
• THREEHANDED
  Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards.
• Three-pile
  An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.
• THREELOBED
  Having three lobes. Three-lobed leaf (Bot.), 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-piled
  Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly.

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