ne living _beyond_ the _years_ of
active service and allowed to retire on a pension.
2. Lofty with _pride_; _over_bearing. "A _supercilious_ nabob of the
east, haughty and purse-proud."
3. Literally, not extending below (i. e. in depth _beyond_) the
sur_face_; shallow. "She despised _superficiality_, and looked deeper
than the color of things."
4. _Overflowing_; more than is needed; as, a composition abounding
with _superfluous_ words.
5. Being _beyond_ or exceeding the powers of _nature_. Miracles were
performed by _supernatural_ power.
6. _Beyond_ a stated or required _number_; as, a _supernumerary_
officer in a regiment.
7. To _put over_ or upon; as to _superpose_ one rock upon another.
8. A _superscription_ is a _writing over_ or _upon_; especially an
address on a letter.
9. A _superstructure_ is something _built over_ something else;
particularly an edifice in relation to its foundation.
10. To _oversee_; as, to _supervise_ the erection of a house.
#tri# = three.
1. tri _angle_, angle
2. tri _cuspid_, point
3. tri _cycle_, circle
4. tri _dent_, tooth
5. tri _enni_ al, year
6. tri _gam_ ist, marriage.
7. tri gon _ometry_, measure
8. tri _later_ al, side
9. tri _nomi_ al, term
10. trio
11. tri _pod_, foot
12. tri _sect_, cut
13. tri _syllable_, syllable
14. trium _vir_, man
15. tri _une_, one
16. tri _via_ l, way
2. A _tricuspid_ tooth has _three points_.
4. A _three-toothed_ or three-pronged spear. Specifically, a fishing
spear.
"His nature is too noble for the world;
He would not flatter Neptune for his _trident_,
Or Jove for his power to thunder."
6. A _trigamist_ is one who has been _three_ times _married_;
especially one who has three wives or three husbands at the same time.
7. _Trigonometry_ literally means _three angle measure_. That branch
of mathematics which treats of the relations of sides and angles of
triangles, and applies them to other figures.
9. A _trinomial_ in algebra is a quantity consisting of _three terms_.
10. A _trio_ is a musical composition in _three_ parts.
11. A _tripod_ has _three feet_ or legs; as a three-legged table or
stool, a three-footed kettle or vase.
14. A _triumvir_ is one of _three men_ united in office; specifically
in ancient Rome.
15. The _triune_ is _three_ in _one_; the three-fold personality of
one divine being,--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
16. _Trivial_ formerly meant, pertaining to _three w
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