Richweed :: Richweed (n.) An herb (Pilea pumila) of the Nettle family, having a smooth, juicy, pellucid stem; -- called also clearweed..

Strich :: Striature (n.) A stria.

Trichiasis :: Trichiasis (n.) A disease of the eye, in which the eyelashes, being turned in upon the eyeball, produce constant irritation by the motion of the lids..

Trichina :: Trichina (n.) A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their

Trichinae :: Trichinae (pl. ) of Trichin.

Trichiniasis :: Trichiniasis (n.) Trichinosis.

Trichinize :: Trichinize (v. t.) To render trichinous; to affect with trichinae; -- chiefly used in the past participle; as, trichinized pork..

Trichinoscope :: Trichinoscope (n.) An apparatus for the detection of trichinae in the flesh of animals, as of swine..

Trichinosis :: Trichinosis (n.) The disease produced by the presence of trichinae in the muscles and intestinal track. It is marked by fever, muscular pains, and symptoms resembling those of typhoid fever, and is frequently fatal..

Trichinous :: Trichinous (a.) Of or pertaining to trichinae or trichinosis; affected with, or containing, trichinae; as, trichinous meat..

Trichite :: Trichite (n.) A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian. See Illust. of Crystallite..

Trichite :: Trichite (n.) A delicate, hairlike siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges..

Trichiuriform :: Trichiuriform (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Trichiurus or family Trichiuridae, comprising the scabbard fishes and hairtails..

Trichiuroid :: Trichiuroid (a.) Of, like, or pertaining to, Trichiurus..

Trichiurus :: Trichiurus (n.) A genus of fishes comprising the hairtails. See Hairtail.

Trichloride :: Trichloride (n.) A chloride having three atoms of chlorine in the molecule.

Trichobranchia :: Trichobranchia (n.) The gill of a crustacean in which the branchial filaments are slender and cylindrical, as in the crawfishes..

Trichocyst :: Trichocyst (n.) A lasso cell.

Trichogyne :: Trichogyne (n.) The slender, hairlike cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in red seaweeds..

Trichomanes :: Trichomanes (n.) Any fern of the genus Trichomanes. The fronds are very delicate and often translucent, and the sporangia are borne on threadlike receptacles rising from the middle of cup-shaped marginal involucres. Several species are common in conservatories; two are native in the United States..

Trichomatose :: Trichomatose (a.) Affected with a disease which causes agglutination and matting together; -- said of the hair when affected with plica. See Plica, 1..

Trichome :: Trichome (n.) A hair on the surface of leaf or stem, or any modification of a hair, as a minute scale, or star, or gland. The sporangia of ferns are believed to be of the nature of trichomes..

Trichophore :: Trichophore (n.) The special cell in red algae which produces or bears a trichogyne. See Illust. of Trichogyne.

Trichophore :: Trichophore (n.) One of the saclike organs from which the setae of annelids arise.

Trichopter :: Trichopter (n.) One of the Trichoptera.

Trichoptera :: Trichoptera (n. pl.) A suborder of Neuroptera usually having the wings covered with minute hairs. It comprises the caddice flies, and is considered by some to be a distinct order..

Trichopteran :: Trichopteran () One of the Trichoptera.

Trichopterous :: Trichopterous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the Trichoptera..

Trichord :: Trichord (n.) An instrument, as a lyre or harp, having three strings..

Trichoscolices :: Trichoscolices (n. pl.) An extensive group of wormlike animals characterized by being more or less covered with cilia.

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