| MATRILINY | • matriliny n. Matrilineal society. • MATRILINY n. descent reckoned through the mother. |
| PATRILINY | • patriliny n. Patrilineal society. • PATRILINY n. descent reckoned through the father. |
| TRILINEAR | • trilinear adj. Having, or bounded by, three lines. • trilinear n. (Mathematics) A triple (x, y, z) of the algebraic distances of a point to each side of a surrounding triangle. • TRILINEAR adj. of, pertaining to, or included by, three lines; as, trilinear coordinates. |
| TRILINEATE | • TRILINEATE adj. marked with three lines. |
| TRILINGUAL | • trilingual adj. Able to read or speak three languages. • trilingual adj. Expressed or written in three languages. • trilingual n. A person who speaks three languages. |
| MATRILINEAL | • matrilineal adj. (Anthropology) Tracing descent only through female ancestors. • MATRILINEAL adj. of descent or kinship, reckoned through the mother or through females alone, also MATRILINEAR. |
| MATRILINEAR | • matrilinear adj. Alternative form of matrilineal. • MATRILINEAR adj. of descent or kinship, reckoned through the mother or through females alone, also MATRILINEAL. |
| MATRILINIES | • matrilinies n. Plural of matriliny. • MATRILINY n. descent reckoned through the mother. |
| PATRILINEAL | • patrilineal adj. (Anthropology) Pertaining to descent through male lines. • PATRILINEAL adj. traced through the father or through males alone, also PATRILINEAR. |
| PATRILINEAR | • patrilinear adj. Alternative form of patrilineal. • PATRILINEAR adj. traced through the father or through males alone, also PATRILINEAL. |
| PATRILINIES | • patrilinies n. Plural of patriliny. • PATRILINY n. descent reckoned through the father. |
| PATRILINEAGE | • patrilineage n. Lineage based upon the paternal line; a group of descendants related through a common male lineage. • PATRILINEAGE n. descent through the male line. |
| TRILINGUALLY | • trilingually adv. In a trilingual manner; in or with three languages. • TRILINGUAL adv. pertaining to, in or speaking three languages. |
| MATRILINEALLY | • matrilineally adv. In matrilineal fashion. • MATRILINEAL adv. of descent or kinship, reckoned through the mother or through females alone, also MATRILINEAR. |
| PATRILINEAGES | • patrilineages n. Plural of patrilineage. • PATRILINEAGE n. descent through the male line. |
| PATRILINEALLY | • patrilineally adv. In patrilineal fashion. • PATRILINEAL adv. traced through the father or through males alone, also PATRILINEAR. |
| PATRILINEARLY | • patrilinearly adv. In a patrilinear manner; tracing descent through the male line. • PATRILINEAR adv. traced through the father or through males alone, also PATRILINEAL. |
| TRILINGUALISM | • trilingualism n. The condition of being trilingual; the ability to speak three languages. • TRILINGUALISM n. the state of being trilingual. |
| TRILINGUALISMS | • TRILINGUALISM n. the state of being trilingual. |