Tricarpous, trī-kar′pus, adj. (bot.) having three carpels.
Tricaudate, trī-kaw′dāt, adj. having three tail-like processes, as a butterfly's wing.
Trice, trīs, v.t. (naut.) to haul or lift up by means of a rope:—pr.p. trīc′ing; pa.p. triīced. [Ger. trissen.]
Trice, trīs, n. a very short time: an instant. [Perh. from thrice, while one can count three; or from Sp. tris, noise of breaking glass; cf. Scot. 'in a crack.']
Tricennial, trī-sen′i-al, adj. pertaining to thirty years: occurring every thirty years. [L. tricennium, thirty years—triginta, thirty, annus, a year.]
Tricentenary, trī-sen′te-nā-ri, n. a space of three hundred years. [L. trecenti, three hundred—tres, three, centum, a hundred.]
Tricephalous, trī-sef′a-lus, adj. three-headed [Gr., treis, three, kephalē, a head.]
Triceps, trī′seps, adj. three-headed.—Also Tricip′ital. [L., tres, three, caput, head.]
Tricerion, trī-sē′ri-on, n. in Greek ecclesiastical use, a candlestick with three lights. [Late Gr.,—Gr. treis, three, kēros, wax.]
Trichangia, trī-kan′ji-a, n.pl. the capillary blood vessels. [Gr. thriks—trichos, hair, angeion, a vessel.]