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tertiary

tertiary is a 8-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 10 · 9 senses

Definitions

  1. 1adjective

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

  2. 2adjective

    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.

  3. 3adjective

    Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary.

  4. 4adjective

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

  5. 5noun

    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.

  6. 6noun

    The Tertiary era, period, or formation.

  7. 7noun

    One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

  8. 8noun

    from 63 million to 2 million years ago

  9. 9adjective

    coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position

    Synonyms

    third

Synonyms

third

Common word forms

tertiaries

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