Law .

the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.

the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.

the act of trying, testing, or putting to the proof.

test; proof.

an attempt or effort to do something.

a tentative or experimental action in order to ascertain results; experiment.

the state or position of a person or thing being tried or tested; probation.

subjection to suffering or grievous experiences; a distressed or painful state

comfort in the hour of trial.

an affliction or trouble.

a trying, distressing, or annoying thing or person.

Ceramics . a piece of ceramic material used to try the heat of a kiln and the progress of the firing of its contents.

of, pertaining to, or employed in a trial.

done or made by way of trial, proof, or experiment.

used in testing, experimenting, etc.

acting or serving as a sample, experimental specimen, etc.

a trial offer.

on trial

undergoing examination before a judicial tribunal.

undergoing a probationary or trial period.

adjective

definite , known , proven

noun

happiness , peace

adjective

balloon , exploratory , pilot , preliminary , probationary , provisional , tentative , test , testing , experimental , accusatorial , empiric , inquisitorial , judiciary , justiciable

noun

analysis , assay , attempt , audition , check , crack * , dry run * , effort , endeavor , essay , examination , experience , experiment , experimentation , fling * , go * , hassle * , investigation , lick * , probation , proof , r and d , research and development , shakedown * , shot * , showcase , stab * , striving , struggle , testing , test run , trial and error * , trial run , try , try on * , tryout , undertaking , venture , whack * , workout , action , arraignment , case , citation , claim , contest , counterclaim , court action , court martial , cross-examination , habeas corpus , hearing , impeachment , indictment , lawsuit , litigation , prosecution , rap * , seizure , suit , tribunal , adversity , affliction , albatross * , anguish , annoyance , bane , blow , bother , burden , calvary , care , complication , cross to bear , crucible * , difficulty , distress , drag * , grief , hardship , hard time , heartbreak , inconvenience , irritation , load , misery , misfortune , nightmare , nuisance , ordeal , pain , pain in the neck * , pest , plague , rigor , severe test , sorrow , suffering , thorn , tribulation , trying time , unhappiness , vexation , vicissitude , visitation , woe , wretchedness , crack , go , offer , stab , crucible , cross , agony , criterion , demonstration , evidence , exertion , inquiry , probationary , proceedings , sample , test , trial , trouble