tertiary

1. Chemistry Of or relating to organic compounds in which a group, such as an alcohol or amine, is bound to three nonelementary radicals.

2. Chemistry Of or relating to salts of acids containing three replaceable hydrogen atoms.

3. Of or belonging to the geologic time, system of rocks, or sedimentary deposits of the first period of the Cenozoic Era, characterized by the appearance of modern flora and of apes and other large mammals. See Table at geologic time.

4. Third in place, order, degree, or rank.

5. Of third rank, importance, or value.

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1. A tertiary feather.

2. Roman Catholic Church A member of a religious Third Order.

3. The Tertiary Period or its system of deposits.

4. A member of a monastic especially of lay people.

5. The Tertiary period or system of rocks.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
tertiary	11	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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ar	2
at	2
ay	5
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re	2
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ye	5

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
artery	9
artier	6
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irater	6
rarity	9
ratite	6
ratter	6
ritter	6
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territ	6
treaty	9
triter	6
yatter	9
yttria	9

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
rattier	7
retiary	10
tartier	7

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
tertiary	11