trice | (noun) a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | Synonyms: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, twinkling, wink |
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triceps | (noun) any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii) | - |
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triceratops | (noun) huge ceratopsian dinosaur having three horns and the neck heavily armored with a very solid frill | - |
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trichina | (noun) parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles | Synonyms: Trichinella spiralis |
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trichiniasis | (noun) infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encysted | Synonyms: myositis trichinosa, trichinosis |
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trichinosis | (noun) infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encysted | Synonyms: myositis trichinosa, trichiniasis |
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trichion | (noun) point where the hairline meets the midpoint of the forehead | Synonyms: crinion |
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trichloride | (noun) any compound containing three chlorine atoms in each molecule | - |
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trichlormethiazide | (noun) diuretic drug (trade name Naqua) used to treat hypertension | Synonyms: Naqua |
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trichloroethane | (noun) a heavy colorless highly toxic liquid used as a solvent to clean electronic components and for dry cleaning and as a fumigant; causes cancer and liver and lung damage | Synonyms: TCE, trichloroethylene |
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trichloroethylene | (noun) a heavy colorless highly toxic liquid used as a solvent to clean electronic components and for dry cleaning and as a fumigant; causes cancer and liver and lung damage | Synonyms: TCE, trichloroethane |
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trichloromethane | (noun) a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic | Synonyms: chloroform |
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trichobezoar | (noun) a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur) | Synonyms: hair ball, hairball |
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trichodesmium | (noun) large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters; important in carbon and nitrogen fixation | - |
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trichomonad | (noun) cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds | - |
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trichomoniasis | (noun) infection of the vagina | - |
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trichopteran | (noun) caddis fly | Synonyms: trichopteron, trichopterous insect |
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trichopteron | (noun) caddis fly | Synonyms: trichopteran, trichopterous insect |
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trichotillomania | (noun) an irresistible urge to pull out your own hair | - |
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trichotomy | (noun) being threefold; a classification into three parts or subclasses | - |
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trichroism | (noun) pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits three different colors when viewed from three different directions | - |
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trichromacy | (noun) the normal ability to see colors | Synonyms: chromatic vision, color vision |
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trichuriasis | (noun) infestation by a roundworm; common in tropical areas with poor sanitation | - |
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trick | (noun) a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement | Synonyms: antic, caper, joke, prank, put-on |
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(noun) (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner | - |
(noun) an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | Synonyms: conjuration, conjuring trick, deception, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy |
(noun) an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent | - |
(noun) a cunning or deceitful action or device | Synonyms: fast one |
(noun) a prostitute's customer | Synonyms: john, whoremaster, whoremonger |
(noun) a period of work or duty | - |
tricker | (noun) someone who plays practical jokes on others | Synonyms: cut-up, hoaxer, practical joker, prankster, trickster |
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trickery | (noun) the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | Synonyms: chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, wile |
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(noun) verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way | Synonyms: hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness |
trickiness | (noun) the quality of being a slippery rascal | Synonyms: rascality, shiftiness, slipperiness |
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(noun) the quality of requiring skill or caution | - |
trickle | (noun) flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid | Synonyms: dribble, drip |
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trickster | (noun) someone who plays practical jokes on others | Synonyms: cut-up, hoaxer, practical joker, prankster, tricker |
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(noun) someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | Synonyms: beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker |
(noun) a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts | - |
triclinium | (noun) a dining table with couches along three sides in ancient Rome | - |
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(noun) a dining room (especially a dining room containing a dining table with couches along three sides) | - |
tricolor | (noun) a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag) | Synonyms: tricolour |
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tricolour | (noun) a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag) | Synonyms: tricolor |
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tricorn | (noun) cocked hat with the brim turned up to form three points | Synonyms: tricorne |
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tricorne | (noun) cocked hat with the brim turned up to form three points | Synonyms: tricorn |
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tricot | (noun) a knitted fabric or one resembling knitting | - |
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tricycle | (noun) a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals | Synonyms: trike, velocipede |
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tricyclic | (noun) an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin and thus making more of those substances available to act on receptors in the brain | Synonyms: tricyclic antidepressant, tricyclic antidepressant drug |
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