| ESTRICHES | • estriches n. Plural of estrich. • ESTRICH n. (obsolete) an ostrich, also ESTRIDGE, OYSTRIGE. |
| OSTRICHES | • ostriches n. Plural of ostrich. • OSTRICH n. a large, flightless bird, also ESTRICH, ESTRIDGE, OYSTRIGE. |
| PERITRICH | • peritrich n. (Microbiology) A ciliate protozoan of the subclass Peritrichia. • PERITRICH n. a bacterium bearing a ring of cilia around the body. |
| PETRICHOR | • petrichor n. The distinctive scent, caused by geosmin, which accompanies the first rain after a long, warm, dry spell. • petrichor n. The yellow organic oil that yields this scent. • PETRICHOR n. a sweet smell that is produced when rain falls on parched earth. |
| TRICHINAE | • trichinae n. Plural of trichina. • TRICHINA n. (Greek) a type of nematode worm parasitic in rat, pig, and man. |
| TRICHINAL | • trichinal adj. Of or relating to a trichina. • TRICHINAL adj. relating to a trichina, a small, slender nematoid worm. |
| TRICHINAS | • trichinas n. Plural of trichina. • TRICHINA n. (Greek) a type of nematode worm parasitic in rat, pig, and man. |
| TRICHITES | • trichites n. Plural of trichite. • TRICHITE n. a kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian. |
| TRICHITIC | • trichitic adj. Of or relating to a trichite. • TRICHITIC adj. relating to a trichite, a kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian. |
| TRICHOMES | • trichomes n. Plural of trichome. • TRICHOME n. a hairlike outgrowth. |
| TRICHOMIC | • trichomic adj. (Botany) Relating to trichomes. • TRICHOMIC adj. relating to a trichome, a plant hair or outgrowth from the epidermis. |
| TRICHORDS | • trichords n. Plural of trichord. • TRICHORD n. an instrument, such as a lyre or harp, having three strings. |
| TRICHOSES | • trichoses n. Plural of trichosis. • TRICHOSIS n. arrangement, distribution or disorder of hair. |
| TRICHOSIS | • trichosis n. (Medicine) Any disease or abnormality of the hair. • trichosis n. (Specifically) An overgrowth of hair; hairiness. • TRICHOSIS n. arrangement, distribution or disorder of hair. |
| TRICHROIC | • trichroic adj. Of, relating to, or exhibiting trichroism. • TRICHROIC adj. exhibiting trichroism; pleochroic. |
| TRICHROME | • trichrome adj. Trichromatic (involving three colours). • trichrome adj. (Cytology, of a stain) Staining three different tissues three different colours. • trichrome n. (Cytology) A combined stain that stains three different tissues three different colours. |
| ULOTRICHY | • ulotrichy n. Quality of being ulotrichous. • ULOTRICHY n. the state of being woolly-haired. |