Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 27

Thanedom (n.) The property or jurisdiction of a thane; thanage.

Thanehood (n.) The character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes, collectively.

Thaneship (n.) The state or dignity of a thane; thanehood; also, the seignioralty of a thane.

Thanks (pl. ) of Thank

Thank (n.) A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural.

Thanked (imp. & p. p.) of Thank

Thanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thank

Thank (n.) To express gratitude to (anyone) for a favor; to make acknowledgments to (anyone) for kindness bestowed; -- used also ironically for blame.

Thankful (a.) Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.

Thankful (a.) Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful.

Thankless (a.) Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful.

Thankless (a.) Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task.

Thankly (adv.) Thankfully.

Thanksgive (v. t.) To give or dedicate in token of thanks.

Thanksgiver (n.) One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness.

Thanksgiving (n.) The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.

Thanksgiving (n.) A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties.

Thankworthiness (n.) The quality or state of being thankworthy.

Thankworthy (a.) Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude; mreitorious.

Thar (n.) A goatlike animal (Capra Jemlaica) native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. Called also serow, and imo.

Thar (v. impersonal, pres.) It needs; need.

Tharms (n. pl.) Twisted guts.

Tharos (n.) 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.

That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) As a demonstrative pronoun (pl. Those), that usually points out, or refers to, a person or thing previously mentioned, or supposed to be understood. That, as a demonstrative, may precede the noun to which it refers; as, that which he has said is true; those in the basket are good apples.

That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) As an adjective, that has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun.

That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) As a relative pronoun, that is equivalent to who or which, serving to point out, and make definite, a person or thing spoken of, or alluded to, before, and may be either singular or plural.

That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) As a conjunction, that retains much of its force as a demonstrative pronoun.

That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) To introduce a clause employed as the object of the preceding verb, or as the subject or predicate nominative of a verb.

That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) To introduce, a reason or cause; -- equivalent to for that, in that, for the reason that, because.

That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) To introduce a purpose; -- usually followed by may, or might, and frequently preceded by so, in order, to the end, etc.

That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) To introduce a consequence, result, or effect; -- usually preceded by so or such, sometimes by that.

That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) In an elliptical sentence to introduce a dependent sentence expressing a wish, or a cause of surprise, indignation, or the like.

That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) As adverb: To such a degree; so; as, he was that frightened he could say nothing.

Thatch (n.) Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.

Thatch (n.) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.

Thatched (imp. & p. p.) of Thatch

Thatching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thatch

Thatch (n.) 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.

Thatcher (n.) One who thatches.

Thatching (n.) The act or art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to keep out rain, snow, etc.

Thatching (n.) The materials used for this purpose; thatch.

Thaught (n.) See Thwart.

Thaumatolatry (n.) Worship or undue admiration of wonderful or miraculous things.

Thaumatrope (n.) An optical instrument or toy for showing the presistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn.

Thaumaturge (n.) A magician; a wonder worker.

Thaumaturgic (a.) Alt. of Thaumaturgical

Thaumaturgical (a.) Of or pertaining to thaumaturgy; magical; wonderful.

Thaumaturgics (n.) Feats of legerdemain, or magical performances.

Thaumaturgist (n.) One who deals in wonders, or believes in them; a wonder worker.

Thaumaturgus (n.) A miracle worker; -- a title given by the Roman Catholics to some saints.

Thaumaturgy (n.) The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain.

Thave (n.) Same as Theave.

Thawed (imp. & p. p.) of Thaw

Thawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thaw

Thaw (v. i.) To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.

Thaw (v. i.) To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.

Thaw (v. i.) Fig.: To grow gentle or genial.

Thaw (v. t.) To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.

Thaw (n.) The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost; also, a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed.

Thawy (a.) Liquefying by heat after having been frozen; thawing; melting.

The (v. i.) See Thee.

The (definite article.) A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.

The (adv.) By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.

Thea (n.) A genus of plants found in China and Japan; the tea plant.

Theandric (a.) Relating to, or existing by, the union of divine and human operation in Christ, or the joint agency of the divine and human nature.

Theanthropic (a.) Alt. of Theanthropical

Theanthropical (a.) Partaking of, or combining, both divinity and humanity.

Theanthropism (n.) A state of being God and man.

Theanthropism (n.) The ascription of human atributes to the Deity, or to a polytheistic deity; anthropomorphism.

Theanthropist (n.) One who advocates, or believes in, theanthropism.

Theanthropy (n.) Theanthropism.

Thearchic (a.) Divinely sovereign or supreme.

Thearchy (n.) Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy.

Theater (n.) Alt. of Theatre

Theatre (n.) An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed.

Theatre (n.) Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc.

Theatre (n.) That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater.

Theatre (n.) A sphere or scheme of operation.

Theatre (n.) A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war.

Theatin (n.) Alt. of Theatine

Theatine (n.) One of an order of Italian monks, established in 1524, expressly to oppose Reformation, and to raise the tone of piety among Roman Catholics. They hold no property, nor do they beg, but depend on what Providence sends. Their chief employment is preaching and giving religious instruction.

Theatine (n.) One of an order of nuns founded by Ursula Benincasa, who died in 1618.

Theatral (a.) Of or pertaining to a theater; theatrical.

Theatric (a.) Theatrical.

Theatrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures.

Theatricals (n. pl.) Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs.

Theave (n.) A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old.

Thebaic (a.) Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. This version is also called the Sahidic version.

Thebaid (n.) A Latin epic poem by Statius about Thebes in Boeotia.

Thebaine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine.

Theban (a.) Of or pertaining to Thebes.

Theban (n.) A native or inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man.

Thecae (pl. ) of Theca

Theca (n.) A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord.

Theca (n.) The chitinous cup which protects the hydranths of certain hydroids.

Theca (n.) The more or less cuplike calicle of a coral.

Theca (n.) The wall forming a calicle of a coral.

Thecal (a.) Of or pertaining to a theca; as, a thecal abscess.

Thecaphore (n.) A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecae.

Thecaphore (n.) See Basigynium.

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