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Trillion :: Trillion (n.) According to the French notation, which is used upon the Continent generally and in the United States, the number expressed by a unit with twelve ciphers annexed; a million millions; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the third power, or the number represented by a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration..

Ischiocerite :: Ischiocerite (n.) The third joint or the antennae of the Crustacea.

Snowshoe :: Snowshoe (n.) A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the foot; -- used by persons for walking on soft snow..

Trifallow :: Trifallow (v. t.) To plow the third time before sowing, as land..

Hypoplastron :: Hypoplastron (n.) The third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyposternum.

Canton :: Canton (n.) A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side..

Omasum :: Omasum (n.) The third division of the stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies, and Illust. under Ruminant..

Autumn :: Autumn (n.) The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called the fall. Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November..

Foot :: Foot (n.) A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard.

Ordinal :: Ordinal (a.) Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc..

Covin :: Covin (n.) A collusive agreement between two or more persons to prejudice a third.

Cube :: Cube (v. t.) To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) A change in the order of the terms of a proportion, so that the second takes the place of the first, and the fourth of the third..

Centilitre :: Centilitre (n.) The hundredth part of a liter; a measure of volume or capacity equal to a little more than six tenths (0.6102) of a cubic inch, or one third (0.338) of a fluid ounce..

Ischiopodite :: Ischiopodite (n.) The third joint of the typical appendages of Crustacea.

Umpire :: Umpire (n.) A third person, who is to decide a controversy or question submitted to arbitrators in case of their disagreement..

Adoration :: Adoration (n.) A method of electing a pope by the expression of homage from two thirds of the conclave.

Lever :: Lever (n.) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; -- used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. Specif., a bar of metal, wood, or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mecha

Priapean :: Priapean (n.) A species of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each, having generally a trochee in the first and the fourth foot, and an amphimacer in the third; -- applied also to a regular hexameter verse when so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each..

Tertian :: Tertian (n.) A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day..

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