Word Meanings - TRIPLE-HEADED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having three heads; three-headed; as, the triple-headed dog Cerberus.

• Triple
  Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie.
• THREECOLOR
  Designating, or pert. to, a photomechanical process employing printings in three colors, as red, yellow, and blue.
• THREESQUARE
  Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
• Havildar
  In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant.
• Headforemost
  With the head foremost.
• Headmould shot
  An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other at the sutures.
• Headstock
  A part (usually separate from the bed or frame) for supporting some of the principal working parts of a machine
• Three-leaved
  Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade.
• Tripled
  of Triple
• 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.
• Headfish
  The sunfish (Mola).
• Headmost
  Most advanced; most forward; as, the headmost ship in a fleet.
• Headstone
  The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.
• Three-lobed
  Having three lobes.
• Triple-crowned
  Having three crowns; wearing the triple crown, as the pope.
• THREEDECKER
  A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
• Cerberus
  A monster, in the shape of a three-headed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian or guardian, esp. if surly.
• THREEVALVED
  Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.

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