one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)

following the second position in an ordering or series

the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it

the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle

the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball

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

in the third place

English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon; made important contributions to acoustic theory (1842-1919)

the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball

the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)

(baseball) the person who plays third base

battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery

mail consisting of printed matter qualifying for reduced postal rates

inexpensive accommodations on a ship or train

the sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human

supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye

a Crusade from 1189 to 1192 led by Richard I and the king of France that failed because an army torn by dissensions and fighting on foreign soil could not succeed against forces united by religious zeal

the deck below the main deck

interrogation often accompanied by torture to extort information or a confession

the dimension whereby a solid object differs from a two-dimensional drawing of it

the third New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle

the common people

a sensory structure capable of light reception located on the dorsal side of the diencephalon in various reptiles

a protective fold of skin in the eyes of reptiles and birds and some mammals

the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle

a group of people who try actively to influence legislation

the Lateran Council in 1179 that condemned the heresies of the Albigenses and the Waldenses

action and reaction are equal and opposite

law stating that the entropy of a substance approaches zero as its temperature approaches absolute zero

someone other than the principals who are involved in a transaction

a political party organized in opposition to the major parties in a two-party system

pronouns and verbs that are used to refer to something other than the speaker or addressee of the language in which they occur

the product of three equal terms

a rail through which electric current is supplied to an electric locomotive

the Nazi dictatorship under Hitler (1933-1945)

(baseball) the person who plays third base

the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant

a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)

time period extending from the 28th week of gestation until delivery

a narrow ventricle in the midplane below the corpus callosum; communicates with the fourth ventricle via the Sylvian aqueduct

underdeveloped and developing countries of Asia and Africa and Latin America collectively

mail consisting of printed matter qualifying for reduced postal rates

burn characterized by destruction of both epidermis and dermis

involving or relating to three dimensions or aspects; giving the illusion of depth

the property of having three dimensions

a finish in third place (as in a race)

of lesser quality than second-rate

one who is third-rate or distinctly inferior

used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college