Word Meanings - TRINOCTIAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Lasting during three nights; comprising three nights.

• Threepenny
  Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean.
• 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.
• Durance
  Continuance; duration. See Endurance.
• Durion
  The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts.
• Lastly
  In the last place; in conclusion.
• 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.
• Durancy
  Duration.
• During
  In the time of; as long as the action or existence of; as, during life; during the space of a year.
• 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.
• 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.
• Comprisal
  The act of comprising or comprehending; a compendium or epitome.
• Nightshirt
  A kind of nightgown for men.
• Three-ply
  Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.

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