8-letter words containing tri
- trimurti — (in later Hinduism) a trinity consisting of Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Preserver, and Shiva the Destroyer.
- trinidad — an island in the SE West Indies, off the NE coast of Venezuela: formerly a British colony in the Federation of the West Indies; now part of the republic of Trinidad and Tobago. 1864 sq. mi. (4828 sq. km).
- trinodal — having three nodes or joints.
- triolein — olein (def 1).
- trioxide — an oxide containing three oxygen atoms, as As 2 O 3 .
- trip out — a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris.
- trip-hop — a type of British electronic dance music of the 1990s, influenced by drug culture
- tripedal — having three feet.
- triphase — operating in three phases
- triphone — a group of three phonemes
- triplane — an aeroplane having three wings arranged one above the other
- triple a — anti-aircraft artillery
- triplets — three children born at the same time to the same mother
- tripling — threefold; consisting of three parts: a triple knot.
- triplite — a dark-brown, massive mineral, fluorophosphate of iron and manganese.
- triploid — having a chromosome number that is three times the basic or haploid number.
- tripodal — pertaining to or having the form of a tripod.
- tripodic — having or using three feet or legs.
- trippant — (of a deer or the like) represented in the act of walking: a stag trippant.
- trippery — like a tripper
- tripping — light and quick, as a step or pace.
- trippler — a horse that moves at a tripple
- triptane — a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- triptote — a word that has only three cases
- triptych — Fine Arts. a set of three panels or compartments side by side, bearing pictures, carvings, or the like.
- tripwire — a wire used to set off concealed explosives, as one stretched across a footpath to be struck and activated by the foot of an enemy soldier.
- triratna — the three components of Buddhism, which are the Buddha, or teacher, the dharma, or teaching, and the Sangha, or priesthood.
- trisemic — relating to a triseme
- triskele — a symbolic figure consisting of three legs, arms, or branches radiating from a common center, as the device of Sicily and the Isle of Man.
- trisomic — having one chromosome in addition to the usual diploid number.
- trispast — an ancient hoist or hauling device having three blocks.
- tristate — pertaining to a territory made up of three adjoining states: a tristate league.
- tristeza — a disease of certain citrus trees, characterized by yellowed leaves, wilting, and root destruction, caused by a virus.
- tristful — full of sadness; sorrowful.
- tristich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of three lines.
- tristram — one of the knights of the Round Table, whose love for Iseult, wife of King Mark, is the subject of many romances.
- trithing — riding2 .
- tritiate — to replace normal hydrogen atoms in (a compound) by those of tritium
- tritical — trite or hackneyed
- triticum — any annual cereal grass of the genus Triticum, which includes the wheats
- tritonia — any plant of the perennial cormous S African genus Tritonia, with typically scarlet or orange flowers: family Iridaceae
- tritonis — (in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- triumvir — Roman History. one of three officers or magistrates mutually exercising the same public function.
- triunity — Trinity (defs 4, 5).
- trivalve — having three valves, as a shell.
- trizonal — formed or arranged in three layers or zones
- unstring — to deprive of strings: to unstring a violin.
- wastrife — wastefulness
- wintrier — Comparative form of wintry.
- wintrily — In a wintry manner.