| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| thaler | noun | A German silver coin worth about three shillings sterling, or about 73 cents. |
| thalia | noun | That one of the nine Muses who presided over comedy., One of the three Graces., One of the Nereids. |
| thalli | plural | of Thallus |
| thamyn | noun | An Asiatic deer (Rucervus Eldi) resembling the swamp deer; — called also Eld’s deer. |
| thanks | plural | of Thank |
| tharms | noun pl. | Twisted guts. |
| tharos | noun | A small American butterfly (Phycoides tharos) having the upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black, the outer margins black with small white crescents; — called also pearl crescent. |
| thatch | noun | Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain., A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching., To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain. |
| thawed | imp. & past participle | of Thaw |
| theave | noun | A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old. |
| theban | adjective | Of or pertaining to Thebes., A native or inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man. |
| thecae | plural | of Theca |
| thecal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a theca; as, a thecal abscess. |
| thecla | noun | Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; — called also hairstreak, and elfin. |
| thedom | noun | Success; fortune; luck; chance. |
| theine | noun | See Caffeine. Called also theina. |
| theism | noun | The belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a God, as opposed to atheism, pantheism, or polytheism. |
| theist | noun | One who believes in the existence of a God; especially, one who believes in a personal God; — opposed to atheist. |
| themis | noun | The goddess of law and order; the patroness of existing rights. |
| thenal | adjective | Alt. of Thenar |
| thenar | adjective | Of or pertaining to the thenar; corresponding to thenar; palmar., The palm of the hand., The prominence of the palm above the base of the thumb; the thenar eminence; the ball of the thumb. Sometimes applied to the corresponding part of the foot. |
| thence | adverb | From that place., From that time; thenceforth; thereafter., For that reason; therefore., Not there; elsewhere; absent. |
| theory | noun | A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation., An exposition of the general or abstract principles of any science; as, the theory of music., The science, as distinguished from the art; as, the theory and practice of medicine., The philosophical explanation of phenomena, either physical or moral; as, Lavoisier’s theory of combustion; Adam Smith’s theory of moral sentiments. |
| theses | plural | of Thesis |
| thesis | noun | A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument., Hence, an essay or dissertation written upon specific or definite theme; especially, an essay presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree., An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis., The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; — the opposite of arsis., The depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word., The part of the foot upon which such a depression falls. |
| thewed | adjective | Furnished with thews or muscles; as, a well-thewed limb., Accustomed; mannered. |
| thible | noun | A slice; a skimmer; a spatula; a pudding stick. |
| thider | adverb | Thither. |
| thieve | verb t. & i. | To practice theft; to steal. |
| thinly | adjective | In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited. |
| thirst | noun | A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation., Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; — usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold., To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink., To have a vehement desire., To have a thirst for. |
| thirty | adjective | Being three times ten; consisting of one more than twenty-nine; twenty and ten; as, the month of June consists of thirty days., The sum of three tens, or twenty and ten; thirty units or objects., A symbol expressing thirty, as 30, or XXX. |
| tholed | imp. & past participle | of Thole |
| thooid | adjective | Of or pertaining to a group of carnivores, including the wovels and the dogs. |
| thoral | adjective | Of or pertaining to a bed. |
| thorax | noun | The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest., The middle region of the body of an insect, or that region which bears the legs and wings. It is composed of three united somites, each of which is composed of several distinct parts. See Illust. in Appendix. and Illust. of Coleoptera., The second, or middle, region of the body of a crustacean, arachnid, or other articulate animal. In the case of decapod Crustacea, some writers include under the term thorax only the three segments bearing the maxillipeds; others include also the five segments bearing the legs. See Illust. in Appendix., A breastplate, cuirass, or corselet; especially, the breastplate worn by the ancient Greeks. |
| thoria | noun | A rare white earthy substance, consisting of the oxide of thorium; — formerly called also thorina. |
| thoric | adjective | Of or pertaining to thorium; designating the compounds of thorium. |
| thorny | superl. | Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown., Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing. |
| thorow | preposition | Through., Thorough. |
| thorpe | noun | A group of houses in the country; a small village; a hamlet; a dorp; — now chiefly occurring in names of places and persons; as, Althorp, Mablethorpe. |
| though | conj. | Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if., However; nevertheless; notwithstanding; — used in familiar language, and in the middle or at the end of a sentence. |
| thowel | noun | Alt. of Thowl |
| thrack | verb t. | To load or burden; as, to thrack a man with property. |
| thrall | noun | A slave; a bondman., Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom., A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc., Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved., To enslave. |
| thrash | verb t. | Alt. of Thresh, Alt. of Thresh |
| thresh | verb t. | To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw., To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub., To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well., Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently., Same as Thrash. |
| thrast | past participle | of Thraste |
| thrave | noun | Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook., The number of two dozen; also, an indefinite number; a bunch; a company; a throng. |
| thread | noun | A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted., A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver., The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1., Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse., Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness., To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle., To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one’s way, through or between obstacles; to thrid., To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut. |
| threap | verb t. | To call; to name., To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; also, to contend or argue against (another) with obstinacy; to chide; as, he threaped me down that it was so., To beat, or thrash., To cozen, or cheat., To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious., An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation. |
| threat | noun | The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation., To threaten. |
| threne | noun | Lamentation; threnody; a dirge. |
| threpe | verb t. | To call; to term. |
| threst | past participle & | of Threste |
| thrice | adverb | Three times., In a threefold manner or degree; repeatedly; very. |
| thrift | noun | A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality., Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity., Vigorous growth, as of a plant., One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria. |
| thrill | noun | A warbling; a trill., A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird., To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill., Hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a shivering, throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate., To hurl; to throw; to cast., To pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills through the whole frame., To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body., A drill. See 3d Drill, 1., A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy. |
| throng | imp. | of Thring, A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd., A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng., To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes., To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings., To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street., Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy. |
| thring | verb t. & i. | To press, crowd, or throng. |
| thrips | noun | Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips (Thrips cerealium). |
| thrist | noun | Thrist. |
| throve | imp. | of Thrive, imp. of Thrive. |
| thrive | verb i. | To prosper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry., To prosper in any business; to have increase or success., To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil. |
| throat | noun | The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column., Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; — sometimes restricted to the fauces., A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase., The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue., The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail., That end of a gaff which is next the mast., The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank., The inside of a timber knee., The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces., To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats., To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending. |
| throne | noun | A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary., Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage., A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; — a meaning given by the schoolmen., To place on a royal seat; to enthrone., To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt., To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne. |
| thrown | past participle | of Throw, a. & p. p. from Throw, v. |
| throwe | noun | A turning lathe. |
| thrush | noun | Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to Turdus and allied genera. They are noted for the sweetness of their songs., Any one of numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush (or thrasher). See Brown thrush., An affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called aphthae. See Aphthae., An inflammatory and suppurative affection of the feet in certain animals. In the horse it is in the frog. |
| thrust | noun & verb | Thrist., of Thrust, To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument., To stab; to pierce; — usually with through., To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist., To enter by pushing; to squeeze in., To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude., A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; — a word much used as a term of fencing., An attack; an assault., The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them., The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight. |
| thryes | adjective | Thrice. |
| thulia | noun | Oxide of thulium. |
| thunny | noun | The tunny. |
| thurgh | preposition | Through. |
| thurst | noun | The ruins of the fallen roof resulting from the removal of the pillars and stalls. |
| thuyin | noun | A substance extracted from trees of the genus Thuja, or Thuya, and probably identical with quercitrin. |
| thwack | verb t. | To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump., To fill to overflow., A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump. |
| thwart | adjective | Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique., Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained., Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart., Across; athwart., A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat., To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air., To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat., To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner., Hence, to be in opposition; to clash. |
| thwite | verb t. | To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle. |
| thymic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the thymus gland., Pertaining to, or derived from, thyme; as, thymic acid. |
| thymol | noun | A phenol derivative of cymene, C10H13.OH, isomeric with carvacrol, found in oil of thyme, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a pleasant aromatic odor and strong antiseptic properties; — called also hydroxy cymene. |
| thymus | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, the thymus gland., The thymus gland. |
| thyro- | A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the thyroid body or the thyroid cartilage; as, thyrohyal. | |
| thyrse | noun | A thyrsus. |
| thyrsi | plural | of Thyrsus |
| thysbe | noun | A common clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe). |