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Posttertiary :: Posttertiary (a.) Following, or more recent than, the Tertiary; Quaternary..

Pretertiary :: Pretertiary (a.) Earlier than Tertiary.

Semitertian :: Semitertian (a.) Having the characteristics of both a tertian and a quotidian intermittent.

Semitertian :: Semitertian (n.) An intermittent combining the characteristics of a tertian and a quotidian.

Sesquitertial :: Sesquitertial (a.) Sesquitertian.

Sesquitertian :: Sesquitertian (a.) Alt. of Sesquitertiana.

Sesquitertianal :: Sesquitertianal (a.) Having the ratio of one and one third to one (as 4 : 3).

Tertial :: Tertial (a. & n.) Same as Tertiary.

Tertian :: Tertian (a.) Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever..

Tertian :: Tertian (n.) A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day..

Tertian :: Tertian (n.) A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a tun..

Tertiaries :: Tertiaries (pl. ) of Tertiar.

Tertiary :: Tertiary (a.) Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word..

Tertiary :: Tertiary (a.) Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals; as, a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt. Cf. Primary, and Secondary..

Tertiary :: Tertiary (a.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary..

Tertiary :: Tertiary (a.) Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; -- said of quills.

Tertiary :: Tertiary (n.) A member of the Third Order in any monastic system; as, the Franciscan tertiaries; the Dominican tertiaries; the Carmelite tertiaries. See Third Order, under Third..

Tertiary :: Tertiary (n.) The Tertiary era, period, or formation..

Tertiary :: Tertiary (n.) One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

Tertiate :: Tertiate (v. t.) To do or perform for the third time.

Tertiate :: Tertiate (v. t.) To examine, as the thickness of the metal at the muzzle of a gun; or, in general, to examine the thickness of, as ordnance, in order to ascertain its strength..