Word Meanings - THREE-LEAVED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade.

• 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.
• Nightshade
  A common name of many species of the genus Solanum, given esp. to the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low, branching weed with small white flowers and black berries reputed to be poisonous.
• Productress
  A female producer.
• Three-pile
  An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.
• 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.
• Produced
  of Produce
• Productus
  An extinct genus of brachiopods, very characteristic of the Carboniferous rocks.
• Three-piled
  Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly.
• THREEFLOWERED
  Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.
• THREEWAY
  Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.
• Producing
  of Produce
• Three-ply
  Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.
• 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-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.

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