| INTRIGUE | • intrigue n. A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem. • intrigue n. The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary… • intrigue n. Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair. |
| OUTRIGHT | • outright adv. Wholly, completely and entirely. • outright adv. Openly and without reservation. • outright adv. At once. |
| OYSTRIGE | • OYSTRIGE n. (Spenser) an ostrich, also ESTRICH, ESTRIDGE. |
| STRIGATE | • strigate adj. (Zoology) Having transverse bands of colour. • STRIGATE adj. having strigae, bristles, also STRIGOSE. |
| STRIGGED | • strigged v. Simple past tense and past participle of strig. • STRIG v. (dialect) to remove the stalks from. |
| STRIGILS | • strigils n. Plural of strigil. • STRIGIL n. (Latin) an instrument used by ancient Romans/Greeks for scraping the skin esp. after the bath. |
| STRIGINE | • strigine adj. Of or pertaining to owls. • STRIGINE adj. owllike. |
| STRIGOSE | • strigose adj. (Zoology) Having fine grooves, ridges, or streaks. • strigose adj. (Botany) Having stiff hairs, pressed together. • STRIGOSE adj. having strigae, bristles, also STRIGATE. |
| TRIGGERS | • triggers n. Plural of trigger. • triggers v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trigger. • TRIGGER v. to set in action. |
| TRIGGEST | • triggest adj. Superlative form of trig: most trig. • TRIG adj. (Scots) trim, neat. |
| TRIGGING | • trigging v. Present participle of trig. • TRIG v. to make something trig. |
| TRIGLOTS | • triglots n. Plural of triglot. • TRIGLOT n. a book written in three languages. |
| TRIGLYPH | • triglyph n. (Architecture) A vertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze. • TRIGLYPH n. an architectural ornament. |
| TRIGNESS | • trigness n. The quality or state of being trig; smartness; neatness. • TRIGNESS n. (Scots) neatness. |
| TRIGONAL | • trigonal adj. Having three angles and three sides, triangular. • trigonal adj. (Crystallography) Of or pertaining to a crystal system with three equal and equally inclined but not… • trigonal adj. (Anatomy) Relating to the trigone. |
| TRIGONIC | • trigonic adj. (Rare) Relating to a trigon or triangle. • TRIGONIC adj. pertaining to or having three angles, also TRIGONAL. |
| TRIGRAMS | • trigrams n. Plural of trigram. • TRIGRAM n. a cluster of three successive letters. |
| TRIGRAPH | • trigraph n. (Linguistics) A specific sequence of three letters, especially one used collectively to represent a single phoneme. • trigraph n. (Computing) A three-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character. • TRIGRAPH n. a combination of three letters for one sound. |