Word Meanings - TRIUMVIRATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Government by three in coalition or association; the term of such a government. 2. A coalition or association of three in office or authority; especially, the union of three men who obtained the government of the Roman empire.

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• THREE-SQUARE
  Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
• ASSOCIATION
  1. The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things. "Some . . . bond of association." Hooker. Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God. Boyle. 2. Mental connection, or that which is
• 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.
• ASSOCIATIONIST
  One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.
• OFFICEHOLDER
  An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
• UNIONISTIC
  Of or pertaining to union or unionists; tending to promote or preserve union.
• ROMANY
  1. A gypsy.
• THREE-DECKER
  A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
• ROMANTICAL
  Romantic.
• COALITIONIST
  One who joins or promotes a coalition; one who advocates coalition.
• ROMANISH
  Pertaining to Romanism.
• 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.
• ROMANTICIST
  One who advocates romanticism in modern literature. J. R. Seeley.
• OBTAINABLE
  Capable of being obtained.
• 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.
• EMPIRE STATE
  New York; -- a nickname alluding to its size and wealth.
• THREE-PLY
  Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.
• 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.
• INTERCOMMUNION
  Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities. Faber.
• POST OFFICE
  See POST
• REUNION
  1. A second union; union formed anew after separation, secession, or discord; as, a reunion of parts or particles of matter; a reunion of parties or sects. 2. An assembling of persons who have been separated, as of a family, or the members of a
• ELEUTHEROMANIAC
  Mad for freedom.
• BOOKING OFFICE
  1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
• REOBTAINABLE
  That may be reobtained.
• NECROMANCER
  One who practices necromancy; a sorcerer; a wizard.
• CROWN OFFICE
  The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
• HIEROMANCY
  Divination by observing the objects offered in sacrifice.