5 letter word starting with thu

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thuja noun A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves.
thule noun The name given by ancient geographers to the northernmost part of the habitable world. According to some, this land was Norway, according to others, Iceland, or more probably Mainland, the largest of the Shetland islands; hence, the Latin phrase ultima Thule, farthest Thule.
thumb noun The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex., To handle awkwardly., To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune., To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the thumb; as, to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon., To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.
thump noun The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like., A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall., To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound., To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound.
thurl noun A hole; an aperture., A short communication between adits in a mine., A long adit in a coalpit., To cut through; to pierce., To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.
thuya noun Same as Thuja.