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Showing words for TIERCE using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Tierce

cerite, certie, recite, tierce

5 Letter Words for Tierce

citee, citer, crete, erect, recit, recti, reice, retie, terce, ticer, trice

4 Letter Words for Tierce

cere, cert, cete, ceti, cire, cite, crit, eire, eric, erie, etic, icer, iter, rect, reet, reit, rete, rice, rite, teer, tice, tier, tire, tree, trie

3 Letter Words for Tierce

cee, cer, cie, cir, cit, crt, cte, ctr, ect, eec, eer, eir, ere, ert, etc, ice, ire, rct, rec, ree, rei, rie, rit, rte, rti, tec, tee, ter, tic, tie, tri

Definitions for Tierce

[1] an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
[2] a cask or vessel holding this quantity.
[3] Also terce. Ecclesiastical . the third of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the third hour of the day (or 9 a.m.).
[4] Fencing . the third of eight defensive positions.
[5] Piquet . a sequence of three cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, and queen (tierce major) , or a king, queen, and jack (tierce minor) .
[6] Obsolete . a third or third part.
[7] a variant of terce
[8] the third of eight basic positions from which a parry or attack can be made in fencing
[9] (tɜːs ) cards a sequence of three cards in the same suit
[10] an obsolete measure of capacity equal to 42 wine gallons

Words nearby Tierce

tientsin, tiepin, tiepolo, tier, tier table, tierce, tierce de picardie, tierced, tiercel, tierceron, tiered

Origin of Tierce

1325–75; Middle English < Middle French, feminine of tiers < Latin tertius third

Word origin for Tierce

C15: from Old French, feminine of tiers third, from Latin tertius