Word Meanings - SPOILFIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A certain game at cards in which, if no player wins three of the five tricks possible on any deal, the game is said to be spoiled.
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- THREE-SQUARE
Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file. - THREE-MILE
Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine belt of three miles included in territorial waters of a state. - THREE-PILE
An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile. I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile. Shak. - THREE-DECKER
A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks. - THREE-SIDED
Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three- sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp. - THREE-CORNERED
Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three- cornered stem. (more info) 1. Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat. - THREE-PORT
Having three ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine in which the mixture enters the crank case through a port uncovered by the piston near the end of its stroke. - THREE-PLY
Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold. - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - THREE-PARTED
Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite. Three- parted leaf , a leaf divided into three parts down to the base, but not entirely separate. - THREE-FLOWERED
Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers. - THREEPENNY
Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean. - TRICKSTER
One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat. - THREEFOLD
Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice. A threefold cord is not quickly broken. Eccl. iv. 12. - THREE-LOBED
Having three lobes. Three-lobed leaf , a leaf divided into three parts, the sinuses extending not more than half way to the middle, and either the parts of the sinuses being rounded. - SPOILER
1. One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler. 2. One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless. - CERTAINTY
Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty, certainly. (more info) 1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames. 2. A fact or truth - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - SPOILSMAN
One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public - THREE-WAY
Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve. - ASCERTAINMENT
The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke. - ASCERTAINABLE
That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv. - COMPOSSIBLE
Able to exist with another thing; consistent. Chillingworth. - DISPLAYER
One who, or that which, displays. - UNCERTAINTY
1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange. - UNCERTAINLY
In an uncertain manner. - SPOIL
1. To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession. "Ye shall spoil the Egyptians." Ex. iii. 22. My sons their old, unhappy sire despise, Spoiled of