8-letter words containing tri
- electric — Of, worked by, charged with, or producing electricity.
- epitrite — a metrical foot with three long syllables and one short one
- eupatrid — One well born, or of noble birth.
- fewtrils — trifles; things of little value
- g-string — a loincloth or breechcloth, usually secured by a cord at the waist.
- gantries — Plural form of gantry.
- gastrick — Obsolete form of gastric.
- gematria — a cabbalistic system of interpretation of the Scriptures by substituting for a particular word another word whose letters give the same numerical sum.
- genetrix — a female progenitor
- gentrice — gentility; high birth.
- gentries — Plural form of gentry.
- gentrify — to alter (a deteriorated urban neighborhood) through the buying and renovation of houses and stores by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- hattrick — Alternative spelling of hat trickt; three goals in one game.
- heretrix — a female inheritor, heiress
- histrion — (obsolete) A stage actor.
- iatrical — of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- intrigue — to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
- intrince — intricate or involved
- janitrix — A female janitor.
- kortrijk — Flemish name of Courtrai.
- laetrile — a controversial drug, purported to cure cancer, prepared from the pits of apricots or peaches and containing about 6 percent cyanide by weight: banned by the FDA.
- latrines — Plural form of latrine.
- lustring — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- maitrise — mastery; skill.
- matrices — something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops: The Greco-Roman world was the matrix for Western civilization.
- matrixes — Plural form of matrix.
- metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- metrists — Plural form of metrist.
- metritis — inflammation of the uterus.
- mistrial — a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings.
- monitrix — (archaic) A female monitor; a monitress.
- moultrie — William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
- neustria — the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- neutrino — any of the massless or nearly massless electrically neutral leptons. There is a distinct kind of neutrino associated with each of the massive leptons.
- nitrides — Plural form of nitride.
- nitrites — Plural form of nitrite.
- nostrils — either of the two external openings of the nose.
- nutrient — nourishing; providing nourishment or nutriment.
- oestriol — a weak oestrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary: a synthetic form is used to treat oestrogen deficiency. Formula: C18H24O3
- on trial — Law. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact. the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- outrider — a mounted attendant riding before or beside a carriage.
- outrides — Plural form of outride.
- outright — complete or total: an outright loss.
- outrival — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- outstrip — to outdo; surpass; excel.
- outtrick — to outdo in trickery
- overtrim — to trim too much
- overtrip — to tread lightly over
- pastries — a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- patriate — to transfer (legislation) to the authority of an autonomous country from its previous mother country.