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tho Click to Search tho
in spite of, despite, though

Thomas Alva Edison Click to Search Thomas Alva Edison
(1847-1931) American inventor, inventor of the electric light bulb

Thomas Bodley Click to Search Thomas Bodley
(1545-1613) English diplomat and scholar who founded the Bodleian Library

Thomas Bowdler Click to Search Thomas Bowdler
(1754-1825) English editor who censored and published Shakespeare`s writings for family reading

Thomas Carlyle Click to Search Thomas Carlyle
(1795-1881) Scottish born English essayist and historian who wrote about the French Revolution in 1837

Thomas Dudley Click to Search Thomas Dudley
(1576-1653) British governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Thomas Edison Click to Search Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), United States inventor, inventor of the electric light bulb

Thomas Gainsborough Click to Search Thomas Gainsborough
(1727-1788) British portrait and landscape painter, creator of "The Mall" and "The Blue Boy"

Thomas Gresham Click to Search Thomas Gresham
Sir Thomas Gresham (1519-1579), English financier and trader

Thomas Hardy Click to Search Thomas Hardy
(1840-1928) English short story writer and poet, author of "Tess of the D`Urbervilles"

Thomas Harriot Click to Search Thomas Harriot
(1560-1621) English mathematician and astronomer who founded the English school of algebra and introduced new symbols and notation

Thomas Hastings Click to Search Thomas Hastings
(1860-1929) famous United States architect who together with his partner John Merven Carrere founded a prominent architectural firm

Thomas Hobbes Click to Search Thomas Hobbes
(1588-1679) English philosopher and writer, author of "Leviathan"

Thomas Jefferson Click to Search Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1826) American statesman, one of the authors of the Declaration of Independence, 3rd president of the United States (1801-1809)

Thomas Keneally Click to Search Thomas Keneally
(born 1935) Australian author who is most famous for his 1982 novel "Schindler`s Ark" that was published in the United States as "Schindler`s List" (and was the basis of the 1993 movie)

Thomas Lanier Williams Click to Search Thomas Lanier Williams
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), 20th century United States author playwright and poet

Thomas Malory Click to Search Thomas Malory
(1405-1471) English author who published translation of romances about King Arthur taken from an assortment of French prose romances

Thomas Malthus Click to Search Thomas Malthus
(1766-1834) English priest and economist famous for his theories on population control

Thomas Mann Click to Search Thomas Mann
(1875-1955) German-born American novelist and critic, author of "The Magic Mountain", winner of the 1929 Nobel Prize for literature

Thomas Minton Click to Search Thomas Minton
Thomas Minton (1765-1836), English pottery maker founded the pottery factory in Stoke-on-Trent (England)

Thomas More Click to Search Thomas More
(1478-1535) English statesman and scholar, author of "Utopia"

Thomas Nast Click to Search Thomas Nast
(1840-1902) United States editorial political cartoonist (born in Germany)

Thomas Paine Click to Search Thomas Paine
(1737-1809) English-born American colonialist writer and patriot, author of the essays "Common Sense" and "The Rights of Man"

Thomas Penfield Jackson Click to Search Thomas Penfield Jackson
federal judge in the US court trial against Microsoft

Thomas Watson Click to Search Thomas Watson
chairman of IBM (introduced the company to the computer age and expanded the business worldwide)

Thomas Wilson Dorr Click to Search Thomas Wilson Dorr
(1805-1854) USA lawyer and leader of Dorr`s Rebellion

Thomas Woolner Click to Search Thomas Woolner
(1822-1892) English sculptor and poet

Thomsen Click to Search Thomsen
family name

thong Click to Search thong
strip of leather used as whip or reins or for fastening; bikini bottom or underwear that has only a thin strap covering the rear-end; flip-flops

thoracectomy Click to Search thoracectomy
surgery for removing a rib (or part of a rib)

thoracentesis Click to Search thoracentesis
procedure in which a needle is inserted into the chest cavity in order to aspirate fluids (Medicine)

thoracic cavity Click to Search thoracic cavity
space inside the chest, anatomic cavity where the lungs and heart are located

thoracic surgery Click to Search thoracic surgery
chest surgery, operation on the chest

thoracopagus Click to Search thoracopagus
embryonic twins who are joined at the chest, unborn Siamese twins who are joined at the chest

thoracoplasty Click to Search thoracoplasty
surgery performed on the thorax

thoracoscopy Click to Search thoracoscopy
pleural endoscopy, visual examination of the chest cavity by means of an endoscope

thoracostomy Click to Search thoracostomy
incision made in the chest (Medicine)

thoracotomy Click to Search thoracotomy
incision into the chest (Medicine)

thorax Click to Search thorax
area between the neck and abdomen, chest (of four-legged animals); middle body segment of an insect crustacean or arachnid

Thorazine Click to Search Thorazine
brand name of chlorpromazine, medication used an as antiemetic and antipsychotic

Thorbjoern Jagland Click to Search Thorbjoern Jagland
(born 1950) Norwegian prime minister (1996-1997)

thorium Click to Search thorium
radioactive element (Chemistry)

thorn in his flesh Click to Search thorn in his flesh
constant irritant, something which is very bothersome and cannot be avoided or escaped

thorn in his side Click to Search thorn in his side
constant irritant, something which is very bothersome and cannot be avoided or escaped

thorn in one`s flesh Click to Search thorn in one`s flesh
constant irritant, something which is very bothersome and cannot be avoided or escaped

thorn in one`s side Click to Search thorn in one`s side
pain in the ass, nudge, disturber

thorn-bush Click to Search thorn-bush
type of bush that has sharp briars

Thornton Click to Search Thornton
city in Colorado (USA); male first name; family name

Thornton Wilder Click to Search Thornton Wilder
(1897-1975) United States author and dramatist

thorny Click to Search thorny
having thorns, prickly, spiky; difficult, trying

thoro Click to Search thoro
thorough, profound, extensive

thoron Click to Search thoron
radioactive isotope of radon (Chemistry)

thorough check Click to Search thorough check
intensive search, careful check

thorough cleaning Click to Search thorough cleaning
deep cleaning, cleaning completely, disinfecting, purifying, polishing

thorough examination Click to Search thorough examination
intensive test

thorough investigation Click to Search thorough investigation
extensive search, deep search

thorough knowledge Click to Search thorough knowledge
deep knowledge, wide knowledge

thorough person Click to Search thorough person
diligent person, methodical person

thorough search Click to Search thorough search
methodical search, search of all areas

thorough type Click to Search thorough type
meticulous person, one who takes care of small details, strict person

thorough work Click to Search thorough work
good job, intensive work, detailed job

thoroughbred Click to Search thoroughbred
pure-bred, pedigreed; cultured

thoroughbred Click to Search thoroughbred
pure bred, pedigree; cultured person

thoroughgoing Click to Search thoroughgoing
deep, basic; profound; complete

thoroughly ashamed Click to Search thoroughly ashamed
embarrassed and shamefaced, in great shame

thoroughness Click to Search thoroughness
diligence, neatness

thoroughpaced Click to Search thoroughpaced
thoroughgoing, deep, basic, complete; trained to perform all the paces

thoroughpin Click to Search thoroughpin
edema of the leg (disease in horses)

thoroughwort Click to Search thoroughwort
North American perennial herb of the daisy having healing properties, boneset

thorp Click to Search thorp
village (Archaic)

those above Click to Search those above
people who are elevated in relation to me (in position, rank, authority, etc.)

those above me Click to Search those above me
my superiors

those against Click to Search those against
those who oppose, those in opposite position

those were the days Click to Search those were the days
things looked different in the past, what was was

those who cherish his memory Click to Search those who cherish his memory
those people who honor his memory, those who remember him with respect

thou Click to Search thou
you (Archaic)

thou shalt not covet Click to Search thou shalt not covet
you will not lust for, you will not desire

thou shalt not kill Click to Search thou shalt not kill
you will not murder

thou shalt not murder Click to Search thou shalt not murder
you will not kill

though Click to Search though
anyway

though Click to Search though
despite, in spite of

thought about it Click to Search thought about it
thought it through, made up his mind

thought disorder Click to Search thought disorder
disorder that affects the thought processes where connections between ideas are lost, loosening of associations (Psychiatry)

thought highly of him Click to Search thought highly of him
respected him very much, valued him to a great extent, was very impressed by him, he was very important to him

thought highly of himself Click to Search thought highly of himself
saw in himself the right person for the job, showed an excess of self-confidence

thought it out Click to Search thought it out
considered a topic, had ideas concerning something

thought it over Click to Search thought it over
gave something consideration, reflected about something

thought it right Click to Search thought it right
thought that it was proper, though it was correct

thought nothing of him Click to Search thought nothing of him
did not respect him, did not appreciate him, was not impressed by him

thought to himself Click to Search thought to himself
reflected to himself, thought matters out alone

thought transference Click to Search thought transference
transferal of thoughts, telepathy

thought twice Click to Search thought twice
did not rush to decide, took pains to decide, wavered, thought the matter through

thoughtful Click to Search thoughtful
pensive, contemplative; considerate, kind

thoughtfully Click to Search thoughtfully
pensively, contemplatively; considerately, kindly

thoughtfulness Click to Search thoughtfulness
considerateness, kindness, concern; reflectiveness, meditativeness

thoughtless Click to Search thoughtless
inconsiderate, insensitive; rash, careless

thoughtlessly Click to Search thoughtlessly
inconsiderately, insensitively; rashly, carelessly

thoughtlessness Click to Search thoughtlessness
rashness, impulsiveness; indifference, lack of thought

thousand Click to Search thousand
number 1000

thousand and one excuses Click to Search thousand and one excuses
many excuses, various ways of trying to explain his bad behavior

Thousand and One Nights Click to Search Thousand and One Nights
"Arabian Nights" (collection of 8th-16th century Arabic stories)

Thousand Island dressing Click to Search Thousand Island dressing
type of salad dressing

Thousand Islands Click to Search Thousand Islands
group of over 1500 islands along the Canadian-United States border (in Canada in southeast Ontario and in the US in northern New York State) in the St. Lawrence River at the outlet of Lake Ontario

Thousand Islands dressing Click to Search Thousand Islands dressing
type of salad dressing made of mayonnaise and ketchup and mixture of chopped pickles and onions

thousands separator Click to Search thousands separator
separador de millares

Linguatic English German Dictionary

tho Click to Search tho
adv. obwohl

tholepin Click to Search tholepin
n. Dolle

Thomas Alva Edison Click to Search Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931, US-Erfinder, unter anderem von der Glühbirne) Thomas Edison n. Thomas Edison, Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), amerikanischer Erfinder der elektrischen Glühbirne

Thomas Bodley Click to Search Thomas Bodley
n. Thomas Bodley (1545-1613), englischer Diplomat und Wissenschaftler und Gründer der Bodley Bücherei

Thomas Bowdler Click to Search Thomas Bowdler
n. Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825), englischer Redakteur der Shakespeares Werke auf eine Weise zensierte sodass sie von der ganzen Familie gelesen werden konnten und veröffentlichte

Thomas Dudley Click to Search Thomas Dudley
n. Thomas Dudley (1576-1653), britischer Gouverneur der Massachusetts Bay Colony

Thomas Edison Click to Search Thomas Edison
n. Thomas Edison, Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), amerikanischer Erfinder der elektrischen Glühbirne

Thomas Gainsborough Click to Search Thomas Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough, (1727-88) britischer Portrait- und Landschaftsmaler, Erschaffer von "Knabe in Blau" und "Ritt zum Markt"

Thomas Gresham Click to Search Thomas Gresham
n. Thomas Gresham, Sir Thomas Gresham (1519-1579), englischer Finanzier und Handelsmann

Thomas Harriot Click to Search Thomas Harriot
n. Thomas Harriot (1560-1621), englischer Mathematiker und Astronom der die Englische Schule der Algebra gründete und neue Symbole einführte

Thomas Hobbes Click to Search Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes (englischer Philosoph, Autor von "Der Wal")

Thomas Jefferson Click to Search Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (3. Präsident der USA, Abschaffer der Sklaverei)

Thomas Keneally Click to Search Thomas Keneally
n. Thomas Keneally (1935 geboren), australischer Schriftsteller bekannt für seine Novelle "Schindlers Liste" (das als Grundlage für den Film aus 1993 diente)

Thomas Lanier Williams Click to Search Thomas Lanier Williams
n. Thomas Lanier Williams, Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), amerikanischer Schriftsteller Dramatiker und Dichter des 20sten Jahrhunderts

Thomas Malory Click to Search Thomas Malory
n. Thomas Malory (1405-1471), englischer Schriftsteller der die Übersetzung der Romane über König Artus aus französischem Prosa veröffentlichte

Thomas Malthus Click to Search Thomas Malthus
n. Thomas Malthus (1766-1834), englischer Priester und Wirtschaftswissenschaftler berühmt für seine Therien über Bevölkerungskontrolle

Thomas Mann Click to Search Thomas Mann
n. Thomas Mann (1875-1955, deutsch-jüdischer Autor der in die USA immigrierte, Nobelpreisträger)

Thomas Minton Click to Search Thomas Minton
n. Thomas Minton (1765-1836), englischer Töpfer und Gründer der Töpferei in Stroke-on-Trent (England)

Thomas More Click to Search Thomas More
Thomas Moore (1779-1852, Irischer Poet, Verfasser von "Utopia")

Thomas Nast Click to Search Thomas Nast
n. Thomas Nast (1840-1902), amerkanischer (in Deutschland geboren) politischer Karikaturist

Thomas Paine Click to Search Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine, (1737-1809) in England geborener amerikanischer Kolonist Autor und Patriot, Autor des "Common Sense" und "Die Rechte des Menschen"

Thomas Penfield Jackson Click to Search Thomas Penfield Jackson
Thomas Penfield Jackson, Bundesrichter der USA in dem Prozeß gegen Microsoft

Thomas Watson Click to Search Thomas Watson
Thomas Watson (Name), Vorsitzender der Konzerns IBM, brachte sein Unternehmen ins Computerzeitalter und vergrößerte es zu einem weltweit operierenden Konzern

Thomas Woolner Click to Search Thomas Woolner
n. Thomas Woolner (1822-1892), englischer Bildhauer und Dichter

Thomsen Click to Search Thomsen
n. Thomsen, Nachname

thong Click to Search thong
n. Lederriemen der als Peitsche oder Zügel oder zur Befestigung benutzt wird; Unterwäsche oder Bademode die nur ein dünnes Band an der hinteren Seite hat

thoracectomy Click to Search thoracectomy
n. Thorakoplastik, Operation mit Rippenentfernung

thoracentesis Click to Search thoracentesis
n. Pleura-Punktion, Vorgang bei dem eine Nadel in den Brustkorb eingeführt wird um Flüssigkeiten abzusaugen (Medizin)

thoracic cavity Click to Search thoracic cavity
Brustraum, Thoraxraum

thoracic surgery Click to Search thoracic surgery
Thoraxoperation, Operation am Brustkorb

thoracopagus Click to Search thoracopagus
n. zwei Embryos die im Bereich des Brustkorbs miteinander verbunden sind

thoracoplasty Click to Search thoracoplasty
n. Brustkorboperation

thoracoscopy Click to Search thoracoscopy
n. Pleuraendoskopie, visuelle Untersuchung des Brustkorbs durch Endoskopie (Medizin)

thoracostomy Click to Search thoracostomy
n. Eindringen bis zum Brustfell um Flüßigkeiten aufzusaugen (Medizin)

thoracotomy Click to Search thoracotomy
n. Einschnitt der Brust (Medizin)

thorax Click to Search thorax
n. Brustkorb

Thorazine Click to Search Thorazine
n. Thorazine, Markenname von Chlorpromazine, Medikament das bei verschiedene mit der Psyche zusammenhängende Leiden eingesetzt wird (Medizin)

Thorbjoern Jagland Click to Search Thorbjoern Jagland
Thorbjoern Jagland, norwegischer Außenminister

thorium Click to Search thorium
n. Thorium (chem. Grundstoff, Metall; Th)

thorn in his flesh Click to Search thorn in his flesh
ein Dorn im Auge

thorn in his side Click to Search thorn in his side
ein Dorn im Hintern

thorn in one`s flesh Click to Search thorn in one`s flesh
ein Dorn im Auge, etwas sehr lästiges das nicht behoben werden kann

thorn in one`s side Click to Search thorn in one`s side
eine Nervensäge, ein Ärgernis

thorn-bush Click to Search thorn-bush
Dornenbusch (brennender Busch den Mose sah)

Thornton Click to Search Thornton
n. Thornton, Stadt in Colorado (USA); männlicher Vorname; Nachname

thorny Click to Search thorny
adj. dornig

thoro Click to Search thoro
adj. tief, gründlich

thoron Click to Search thoron
n. Thoron, radioaktives Isotop des Radon (Chemie)

thorough check Click to Search thorough check
gründliche Untersuchung

thorough cleaning Click to Search thorough cleaning
gründliche Reinigung (Saubermachen, Desinfizierung)

thorough examination Click to Search thorough examination
gründliche Untersuchung

thorough investigation Click to Search thorough investigation
gründliches Verhör, Untersuchung

thorough knowledge Click to Search thorough knowledge
gründliches Wissen, gründliche Kenntnisse

thorough person Click to Search thorough person
grünliche Person

thorough search Click to Search thorough search
gründliche Suche

thorough type Click to Search thorough type
die gründliche Type (sorgfältiger Mensch, verläßlicher Typ)

thorough work Click to Search thorough work
gründliche Arbeit (gute Arbeit)

thoroughbred Click to Search thoroughbred
adj. reinrassig; vollblütig n. Reinrassigkeit; Vollblut

thoroughgoing Click to Search thoroughgoing
adj. richtiggehend, durchgreifend, gründlich, tatkräftig, energisch, extrem

thoroughly ashamed Click to Search thoroughly ashamed
sich gründlich schämen

thoroughness Click to Search thoroughness
n. Gründlichkeit; Vollständigkeit

thoroughpaced Click to Search thoroughpaced
adj. gründlich, tiefgründig, kompromisslos, vollständig; tariniert alle Gangarten auszuführen

thoroughpin Click to Search thoroughpin
n. Schwellung im Bein eines Pferdes (Krankheit)

thorp Click to Search thorp
n. Dorf (veraltet)

those above Click to Search those above
die oben

those above me Click to Search those above me
die über mir

those against Click to Search those against
Diejenigen die gegen

those were the days Click to Search those were the days
das waren Zeiten (alles sah anders aus)

those who cherish his memory Click to Search those who cherish his memory
die ihn in Erinnerung behalten

thou shalt not covet Click to Search thou shalt not covet
Du sollst nicht begehren

thou shalt not kill Click to Search thou shalt not kill
Du sollst nicht töten

thou shalt not murder Click to Search thou shalt not murder
Du sollst nicht morden

though Click to Search though
adv. trotzdem conj. trotzdem; obwohl

thought about it Click to Search thought about it
dachte darüber nach, dachte daran

thought highly of him Click to Search thought highly of him
er hielt viel von ihm (er beeindruckte ihn, schätzte ihn sehr)

thought highly of himself Click to Search thought highly of himself
hielt viel von sich selbst (sah sich selbst als der richtige Mann am richtigen Ort, zeigte übertriebende Selbstsicherheit)

thought it out Click to Search thought it out
hat es sich überlegt

thought it over Click to Search thought it over
hat es sich überlegt, hat sich die Sache überlegt think it over darüber nachdenken

thought it right Click to Search thought it right
fand es für richtig, hielt es für richtig

thought nothing of him Click to Search thought nothing of him
er hielt nichts von ihm (er war nicht beeindruckt von ihm, er schätzte ihn nicht)

thought to himself Click to Search thought to himself
dachte sich (dachte für sich)

thought transference Click to Search thought transference
Gedankenübertragung, Telepathie

thought twice Click to Search thought twice
überlegte es zweimal, überlegte es gründlich think twice sich zweimal, doppelt überlegen

thoughtful Click to Search thoughtful
adj. nachdenklich, gedankenvoll

thoughtfully Click to Search thoughtfully
adv. nachdenklich; gedankenvoll

thoughtfulness Click to Search thoughtfulness
n. Nachdenklichkeit; Rücksicht; Wohlüberlegtheit

thoughtless Click to Search thoughtless
adj. gedankenlos; leichtsinnig

thoughtlessly Click to Search thoughtlessly
adv. gedankenlos, leichtsinnig

thoughtlessness Click to Search thoughtlessness
n. Gedankenlosigkeit; Rücksichtslosigkeit

thousand and one excuses Click to Search thousand and one excuses
tausend-und-eine Ausrede, tausend-und-eine Entschuldigung (vielfache Ausreden)

Thousand and One Nights Click to Search Thousand and One Nights
Tausend-und-Eine-Nacht

Thousand Island dressing Click to Search Thousand Island dressing
Tausend Insel Soße Thousand Islands dressing n. Tausend Insel Soße

Thousand Islands Click to Search Thousand Islands
n. Thousand Islands, Region mit über 1500 Inseln an der kanadisch-amerikanischen Grenze (in Kanada südöstlich von Ontario und in den USA nördlich des Staates von New York) im St. Lawrence Fluss an der Mündung der Sees von Ontario

Thousand Islands dressing Click to Search Thousand Islands dressing
n. Tausend Insel Soße Thousand Island dressing Tausend Insel Soße

WordNet 3.0 Dictionary

Le Duc Tho Click to Search Le Duc Tho
noun Vietnamese diplomat who negotiated with Henry Kissinger to end the war in Vietnam (1911-1990) • Instance Hypernyms: diplomat, diplomatist

Tho Click to Search Tho
noun a branch of the Tai languages • Hypernyms: Tai

thole Click to Search thole
noun a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing • Syn: peg, pin, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock • Hypernyms: holder • Part Holonyms: dinghy, dory, rowboat

tholepin Click to Search tholepin
noun a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing • Syn: peg, pin, thole, rowlock, oarlock • Hypernyms: holder • Part Holonyms: dinghy, dory, rowboat

Thomas Click to Search Thomas
noun 1. the Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes • Syn: Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, doubting Thomas, Thomas the doubting Apostle • Instance Hypernyms: Apostle, saint 2. Welsh poet (1914-1953) • Syn: Dylan Thomas, Dylan Marlais Thomas • Instance Hypernyms: poet 3. a radio broadcast journalist during World War I and World War II noted for his nightly new broadcast (1892-1981) • Syn: Lowell Thomas, Lowell Jackson Thomas • Instance Hypernyms: broadcast journalist 4. United States socialist who was a candidate for president six times (1884-1968) • Syn: Norman Thomas, Norman Mattoon Thomas • Instance Hypernyms: socialist 5. United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859) • Syn: Seth Thomas • Instance Hypernyms: clocksmith, clockmaker

Thomas a Becket Click to Search Thomas a Becket
noun (Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170) • Syn: Becket, Saint Thomas a Becket, St. Thomas a Becket • Topics: Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church • Instance Hypernyms: archbishop, martyr, saint

Thomas a Kempis Click to Search Thomas a Kempis
noun German ecclesiastic (1380-1471) • Syn: a Kempis • Instance Hypernyms: cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic

Thomas Alva Edison Click to Search Thomas Alva Edison
noun United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931) • Syn: Edison, Thomas Edison • Instance Hypernyms: inventor, discoverer, artificer

Thomas Aquinas Click to Search Thomas Aquinas
noun (Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology; presented philosophical proofs of the existence of God (1225-1274) • Syn: Aquinas, Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, Saint Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas Aquinas • Topics: Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church • Instance Hypernyms: theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser, saint, Doctor of the Church, Doctor

Thomas Augustus Watson Click to Search Thomas Augustus Watson
noun United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934) • Syn: Watson • Instance Hypernyms: engineer, applied scientist, technologist

Thomas Babington Macaulay Click to Search Thomas Babington Macaulay
noun English historian noted for his history of England (1800-1859) • Syn: Macaulay, First Baron Macaulay, Lord Macaulay • Instance Hypernyms: historian, historiographer

Thomas Bayes Click to Search Thomas Bayes
noun English mathematician for whom Bayes' theorem is named (1702-1761) • Syn: Bayes • Instance Hypernyms: mathematician

Thomas Bowdler Click to Search Thomas Bowdler
noun English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825) • Syn: Bowdler • Derivationally related forms: bowdlerise (for: Bowdler) • Instance Hypernyms: editor, editor in chief

Thomas Bradley Click to Search Thomas Bradley
noun United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998) • Syn: Bradley, Tom Bradley • Instance Hypernyms: politician, politico, pol, political leader

Thomas Carew Click to Search Thomas Carew
noun Englishman and Cavalier poet whose lyric poetry was favored by Charles I (1595-1639) • Syn: Carew • Instance Hypernyms: poet

Thomas Carlyle Click to Search Thomas Carlyle
noun Scottish historian who wrote about the French Revolution (1795-1881) • Syn: Carlyle • Instance Hypernyms: historian, historiographer

Thomas Chippendale Click to Search Thomas Chippendale
noun a British cabinetmaker remembered for his graceful designs (especially of chairs) which influenced his contemporaries (1718-1779) • Syn: Chippendale • Instance Hypernyms: cabinetmaker, furniture maker

Thomas Clayton Wolfe Click to Search Thomas Clayton Wolfe
noun United States writer best known for his autobiographical novels (1900-1938) • Syn: Wolfe, Thomas Wolfe • Instance Hypernyms: writer, author

Thomas Crawford Click to Search Thomas Crawford
noun United States neoclassical sculptor (1814-1857) • Syn: Crawford • Instance Hypernyms: sculptor, sculpturer, carver, statue maker

Thomas De Quincey Click to Search Thomas De Quincey
noun English writer who described the psychological effects of addiction to opium (1785-1859) • Syn: De Quincey • Instance Hypernyms: writer, author

Thomas Decker Click to Search Thomas Decker
noun English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632) • Syn: Dekker, Decker, Thomas Dekker • Instance Hypernyms: dramatist, playwright, pamphleteer

Thomas Dekker Click to Search Thomas Dekker
noun English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632) • Syn: Dekker, Decker, Thomas Decker • Instance Hypernyms: dramatist, playwright, pamphleteer

Thomas Edison Click to Search Thomas Edison
noun United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931) • Syn: Edison, Thomas Alva Edison • Instance Hypernyms: inventor, discoverer, artificer

Thomas Edward Lawrence Click to Search Thomas Edward Lawrence
noun Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935) • Syn: Lawrence, T. E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia • Instance Hypernyms: soldier, writer, author

Thomas Gainsborough Click to Search Thomas Gainsborough
noun English portrait and landscape painter (1727-1788) • Syn: Gainsborough • Instance Hypernyms: painter

Thomas Gray Click to Search Thomas Gray
noun English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771) • Syn: Gray • Instance Hypernyms: poet

Thomas Hardy Click to Search Thomas Hardy
noun English novelist and poet (1840-1928) • Syn: Hardy • Instance Hypernyms: writer, author

Thomas Hart Benton Click to Search Thomas Hart Benton
noun 1. United States artist whose paintings portrayed life in the Midwest and South (1889-1975) • Syn: Benton • Instance Hypernyms: painter 2. United States legislator who opposed the use of paper currency (1782-1858) • Syn: Benton, Old Bullion • Instance Hypernyms: legislator

Thomas Hastings Click to Search Thomas Hastings
noun United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929) • Syn: Hastings • Instance Hypernyms: architect, designer

Thomas Henry Huxley Click to Search Thomas Henry Huxley
noun English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895) • Syn: Huxley, Thomas Huxley • Derivationally related forms: Huxleian (for: Huxley), Huxleyan (for: Huxley) • Instance Hypernyms: biologist, life scientist

Thomas Higginson Click to Search Thomas Higginson
noun United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823-1911) • Syn: Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson • Instance Hypernyms: soldier, writer, author

Thomas Hobbes Click to Search Thomas Hobbes
noun English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679) • Syn: Hobbes • Instance Hypernyms: philosopher

Thomas Hodgkin Click to Search Thomas Hodgkin
noun English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866) • Syn: Hodgkin • Instance Hypernyms: doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet Click to Search Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
noun United States educator who established the first free school in the United States for the hearing impaired (1787-1851) • Syn: Gallaudet • Instance Hypernyms: educator, pedagogue, pedagog

Thomas Hunt Morgan Click to Search Thomas Hunt Morgan
noun United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (1866-1945) • Syn: Morgan • Instance Hypernyms: biologist, life scientist

Thomas Huxley Click to Search Thomas Huxley
noun English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895) • Syn: Huxley, Thomas Henry Huxley • Derivationally related forms: Huxleian (for: Huxley), Huxleyan (for: Huxley) • Instance Hypernyms: biologist, life scientist

Thomas J. Hanks Click to Search Thomas J. Hanks
noun United States film actor (born in 1956) • Syn: Hanks, Tom Hanks • Instance Hypernyms: actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player

Thomas J. Jackson Click to Search Thomas J. Jackson
noun general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863) • Syn: Jackson, Thomas Jackson, Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Stonewall Jackson • Instance Hypernyms: general, full general

Thomas Jackson Click to Search Thomas Jackson
noun general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863) • Syn: Jackson, Thomas J. Jackson, Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Stonewall Jackson • Instance Hypernyms: general, full general

Thomas Jefferson Click to Search Thomas Jefferson
noun 3rd President of the United States; chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore it (1743-1826) • Syn: Jefferson, President Jefferson • Derivationally related forms: Jeffersonian (for: Jefferson) • Instance Hypernyms: President of the United States, United States President, President, Chief Executive

Thomas Jonathan Jackson Click to Search Thomas Jonathan Jackson
noun general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863) • Syn: Jackson, Thomas Jackson, Thomas J. Jackson, Stonewall Jackson • Instance Hypernyms: general, full general

Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. Click to Search Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr.
noun United States writer who has written extensively on American culture (born in 1931) • Syn: Wolfe, Tom Wolfe, Thomas Wolfe • Instance Hypernyms: writer, author

Thomas Kid Click to Search Thomas Kid
noun English dramatist (1558-1594) • Syn: Kyd, Kid, Thomas Kyd • Instance Hypernyms: dramatist, playwright

Thomas Kyd Click to Search Thomas Kyd
noun English dramatist (1558-1594) • Syn: Kyd, Kid, Thomas Kid • Instance Hypernyms: dramatist, playwright

Thomas Lanier Williams Click to Search Thomas Lanier Williams
noun United States playwright (1911-1983) • Syn: Williams, Tennessee Williams • Instance Hypernyms: dramatist, playwright

Thomas Malory Click to Search Thomas Malory
noun English writer who published a translation of romances about King Arthur taken from French and other sources (died in 1471) • Syn: Malory, Sir Thomas Malory • Instance Hypernyms: writer, author

Thomas Malthus Click to Search Thomas Malthus
noun an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834) • Syn: Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthus • Derivationally related forms: Malthusian (for: Malthus) • Instance Hypernyms: economist, economic expert

Thomas Mann Click to Search Thomas Mann
noun German writer concerned about the role of the artist in bourgeois society (1875-1955) • Syn: Mann • Instance Hypernyms: writer, author

Thomas Merton Click to Search Thomas Merton
noun United States religious and writer (1915-1968) • Syn: Merton • Instance Hypernyms: religious, writer, author

Thomas Middleton Click to Search Thomas Middleton
noun English playwright and pamphleteer (1570-1627) • Syn: Middleton • Instance Hypernyms: dramatist, playwright, pamphleteer

Thomas Moore Click to Search Thomas Moore
noun Irish poet who wrote nostalgic and patriotic verse (1779-1852) • Syn: Moore • Instance Hypernyms: poet

Thomas More Click to Search Thomas More
noun English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state • Syn: More, Sir Thomas More • Instance Hypernyms: statesman, solon, national leader, writer, author

Thomas Nast Click to Search Thomas Nast
noun United States political cartoonist (1840-1902) • Syn: Nast • Instance Hypernyms: cartoonist

Thomas Nelson Page Click to Search Thomas Nelson Page
noun United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922) • Syn: Page • Instance Hypernyms: writer, author, diplomat, diplomatist

Thomas Paine Click to Search Thomas Paine
noun American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809) • Syn: Paine, Tom Paine • Instance Hypernyms: American Revolutionary leader, pamphleteer

Thomas Pynchon Click to Search Thomas Pynchon
noun United States writer of pessimistic novels about life in a technologically advanced society (born in 1937) • Syn: Pynchon • Instance Hypernyms: writer, author

Thomas Reid Click to Search Thomas Reid
noun Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796) • Syn: Reid • Instance Hypernyms: philosopher

Thomas Robert Malthus Click to Search Thomas Robert Malthus
noun an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834) • Syn: Malthus, Thomas Malthus • Derivationally related forms: Malthusian (for: Malthus) • Instance Hypernyms: economist, economic expert

Thomas Stearns Eliot Click to Search Thomas Stearns Eliot
noun British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965) • Syn: Eliot, T. S. Eliot • Instance Hypernyms: poet, dramatist, playwright

Thomas Straussler Click to Search Thomas Straussler
noun British dramatist (born in Czechoslovakia in 1937) • Syn: Stoppard, Tom Stoppard, Sir Tom Stoppard • Instance Hypernyms: dramatist, playwright

Thomas Sully Click to Search Thomas Sully
noun United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872) • Syn: Sully • Instance Hypernyms: painter

Thomas Sydenham Click to Search Thomas Sydenham
noun English physician (1624-1689) • Syn: Sydenham, English Hippocrates • Instance Hypernyms: doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico

Thomas Tallis Click to Search Thomas Tallis
noun English organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585) • Syn: Tallis • Instance Hypernyms: organist, composer

Thomas the doubting Apostle Click to Search Thomas the doubting Apostle
noun the Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes • Syn: Thomas, Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, doubting Thomas • Instance Hypernyms: Apostle, saint

Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson Click to Search Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson
noun United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823-1911) • Syn: Higginson, Thomas Higginson • Instance Hypernyms: soldier, writer, author

Thomas Willis Click to Search Thomas Willis
noun English physician who was a pioneer in the study of the brain (1621-1675) • Syn: Willis • Instance Hypernyms: neurologist, brain doctor

Thomas Wolfe Click to Search Thomas Wolfe
noun 1. United States writer best known for his autobiographical novels (1900-1938) • Syn: Wolfe, Thomas Clayton Wolfe • Instance Hypernyms: writer, author 2. United States writer who has written extensively on American culture (born in 1931) • Syn: Wolfe, Tom Wolfe, Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. • Instance Hypernyms: writer, author

Thomas Woodrow Wilson Click to Search Thomas Woodrow Wilson
noun 28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924) • Syn: Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, President Wilson • Derivationally related forms: Wilsonian (for: Wilson) • Instance Hypernyms: President of the United States, United States President, President, Chief Executive

Thomas Wright Waller Click to Search Thomas Wright Waller
noun United States jazz musician (1904-1943) • Syn: Waller, Fats Waller • Instance Hypernyms: jazz musician, jazzman

Thomas Young Click to Search Thomas Young
noun British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829) • Syn: Young • Instance Hypernyms: physicist, Egyptologist

Thomism Click to Search Thomism
noun the comprehensive theological doctrine created by Saint Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century and still taught by the Dominicans • Hypernyms: theological doctrine

Thomomys Click to Search Thomomys
noun western pocket gophers • Syn: genus Thomomys • Hypernyms: mammal genus • Member Holonyms: Geomyidae, family Geomyidae • Member Meronyms: valley pocket gopher, Thomomys bottae, northern pocket gopher, Thomomys talpoides

Thomomys bottae Click to Search Thomomys bottae
noun of valleys and mountain meadows of western United States • Syn: valley pocket gopher • Hypernyms: gopher, pocket gopher, pouched rat • Member Holonyms: Thomomys, genus Thomomys

Thomomys talpoides Click to Search Thomomys talpoides
noun greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States • Syn: northern pocket gopher • Hypernyms: gopher, pocket gopher, pouched rat • Member Holonyms: Thomomys, genus Thomomys

Thompson Click to Search Thompson
noun 1. English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814) • Syn: Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford • Instance Hypernyms: physicist 2. United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000) • Syn: Homer Thompson, Homer A. Thompson, Homer Armstrong Thompson • Instance Hypernyms: archeologist, archaeologist

Thompson Seedless Click to Search Thompson Seedless
noun seedless green table grape of California • Hypernyms: vinifera grape

Thompson submachine gun Click to Search Thompson submachine gun
noun a .45-caliber submachine gun • Syn: Tommy gun • Hypernyms: submachine gun

Thomsen's disease Click to Search Thomsen's disease
noun a mild, rare, congenital form of myotonia characterized by muscle stiffness • Syn: myotonia congenita • Hypernyms: myotonia

Thomson Click to Search Thomson
noun 1. United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989) • Syn: Virgil Thomson, Virgil Garnett Thomson • Instance Hypernyms: composer 2. English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940) • Syn: Joseph John Thomson, Sir Joseph John Thomson • Instance Hypernyms: physicist 3. English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975) • Syn: George Paget Thomson, Sir George Paget Thomson • Instance Hypernyms: physicist 4. United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937) • Syn: Elihu Thomson • Instance Hypernyms: electrical engineer

Thomson's gazelle Click to Search Thomson's gazelle
noun East African gazelle; the smallest gazelle • Syn: Gazella thomsoni • Hypernyms: gazelle • Member Holonyms: Gazella, genus Gazella

thong Click to Search thong
noun 1. leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip (Freq. 1) • Syn: lash • Derivationally related forms: lash (for: lash) • Hypernyms: leather strip • Part Holonyms: whip 2. underpants resembling a G-string; worn by women especially under very tight pants - example : she wore thongs in her quest for the callipygian ideal • Hypernyms: underpants 3. a thin strip of leather; often used to lash things together • Hypernyms: leather strip 4. minimal clothing worn by stripteasers; a narrow strip of fabric that covers the pubic area, passes between the thighs, and is supported by a waistband • Syn: G-string • Hypernyms: woman's clothing 5. a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe • Syn: flip-flop • Hypernyms: sandal

Thor Click to Search Thor
noun (Norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with Teutonic Donar • Topics: Norse mythology • Instance Hypernyms: Norse deity

Thor Hyerdahl Click to Search Thor Hyerdahl
noun Norwegian anthropologist noted for his studies of cultural diffusion (1914-2002) • Syn: Heyerdahl • Instance Hypernyms: anthropologist

thoracentesis Click to Search thoracentesis
noun removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes • Syn: thoracocentesis • Hypernyms: centesis

thoracic Click to Search thoracic
adjective of or relating to the chest or thorax - example : pectoral organ • Syn: pectoral • Pertains to noun: chest, chest (for: pectoral) • Derivationally related forms: pectoral (for: pectoral)

thoracic actinomycosis Click to Search thoracic actinomycosis
noun a serious form of actinomycosis that affects the chest • Hypernyms: actinomycosis

thoracic aorta Click to Search thoracic aorta
noun a branch of the descending aorta; divides into the iliac arteries • Hypernyms: aorta • Part Holonyms: thorax, chest, pectus

thoracic cavity Click to Search thoracic cavity
noun the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart • Syn: chest cavity • Hypernyms: cavity, bodily cavity, cavum • Part Holonyms: thorax, chest, pectus • Part Meronyms: mediastinum

thoracic duct Click to Search thoracic duct
noun the major duct of the lymphatic system • Hypernyms: lymph vessel, lymphatic vessel • Part Holonyms: lymphatic system, systema lymphaticum

thoracic medicine Click to Search thoracic medicine
noun the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the chest • Hypernyms: medicine, medical specialty

thoracic nerve Click to Search thoracic nerve
noun any of twelve pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the thoracic region of the spinal cord • Hypernyms: spinal nerve, nervus spinalis

thoracic outlet syndrome Click to Search thoracic outlet syndrome
noun tingling sensations in the fingers; caused by compression on a nerve supplying the arm • Hypernyms: syndrome

thoracic vein Click to Search thoracic vein
noun veins that drain the thoracic walls • Syn: vena thoracica • Hypernyms: vein, vena, venous blood vessel • Part Holonyms: thorax, chest, pectus

thoracic vertebra Click to Search thoracic vertebra
noun one of 12 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; thoracic vertebrae extend from the seventh cervical vertebra down to the first lumbar vertebra • Syn: dorsal vertebra • Hypernyms: vertebra • Part Holonyms: back, dorsum

thoracocentesis Click to Search thoracocentesis
noun removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes • Syn: thoracentesis • Hypernyms: centesis

thoracoepigastric vein Click to Search thoracoepigastric vein
noun a vein arising from the region of the superficial epigastric vein and opening into the axillary vein or thoracic vein • Syn: vena thoracoepigastrica • Hypernyms: vein, vena, venous blood vessel

thoracotomy Click to Search thoracotomy
noun surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity • Hypernyms: incision, section, surgical incision

thorax Click to Search thorax
noun 1. the middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen • Hypernyms: body part • Part Holonyms: arthropod 2. the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates • Syn: chest, pectus • Derivationally related forms: chesty (for: chest) • Hypernyms: body part • Hyponyms: female chest, bust, male chest • Part Holonyms: torso, trunk, body, vertebrate, craniate • Part Meronyms: sternum, breastbone, thoracic aorta, thoracic vein, vena thoracica, gallbladder, gall bladder, area of cardiac dullness, pectoral, pectoral muscle, pectoralis, musculus pectoralis, pecs, chest cavity, thoracic cavity, breast, chest, rib cage 3. part of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs • Hypernyms: body part • Hyponyms: prothorax • Part Holonyms: insect

Thorazine Click to Search Thorazine
noun a drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has antipsychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer • Syn: chlorpromazine • Usage Domain: trade name • Hypernyms: major tranquilizer, major tranquillizer, major tranquilliser, antipsychotic drug, antipsychotic agent, antipsychotic, neuroleptic drug, neuroleptic agent, neuroleptic, phenothiazine, thiodiphenylamine

Thoreau Click to Search Thoreau
noun United States writer and social critic (1817-1862) (Freq. 1) • Syn: Henry David Thoreau • Derivationally related forms: Thoreauvian • Instance Hypernyms: writer, author

Thoreauvian Click to Search Thoreauvian
adjective relating to or like or in the manner of Henry David Thoreau • Pertains to noun: Thoreau • Derivationally related forms: Thoreau

thoriate Click to Search thoriate
verb impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emission • Derivationally related forms: thorium • Topics: chemistry, chemical science • Hypernyms: impregnate, saturate • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something

thoriated Click to Search thoriated
adjective being or sounding of nervous or suppressed laughter (Freq. 1) • Syn: tittering • Participle of verb: titter (for: tittering), thoriate

thorite Click to Search thorite
noun a radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate; it is a source of thorium that is found in coarse granite • Hypernyms: mineral • Substance Meronyms: thorium, Th, atomic number 90

thorium Click to Search thorium
noun a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands • Syn: Th, atomic number 90 • Derivationally related forms: thoriate • Hypernyms: metallic element, metal • Hyponyms: thorium-228, radiothorium • Substance Holonyms: monazite, thorite

thorium-228 Click to Search thorium-228
noun radioactive isotope of thorium with mass number 228 • Syn: radiothorium • Hypernyms: thorium, Th, atomic number 90

thorn Click to Search thorn
noun 1. something that causes irritation and annoyance (Freq. 1) - example : he's a thorn in my flesh • Syn: irritant • Derivationally related forms: irritate (for: irritant) • Hypernyms: annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass 2. a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf • Syn: spine, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet • Derivationally related forms: stick (for: sticker), prick (for: pricker), prickly (for: prickle), thorny, spinous (for: spine) • Hypernyms: aculeus • Hyponyms: glochidium, glochid 3. a Germanic character of runic origin • Hypernyms: rune, runic letter

thorn apple Click to Search thorn apple
noun any of several plants of the genus Datura • Hypernyms: shrub, bush • Hyponyms: jimsonweed, jimson weed, Jamestown weed, common thorn apple, apple of Peru, Datura stramonium • Member Holonyms: Datura, genus Datura

thornbill Click to Search thornbill
noun any of various South American hummingbirds with a sharp pointed bill • Hypernyms: hummingbird • Member Holonyms: Chalcostigma, genus Chalcostigma, Ramphomicron, genus Ramphomicron

Thorndike Click to Search Thorndike
noun 1. English actress (1882-1976) • Syn: Dame Sybil Thorndike • Instance Hypernyms: actress 2. United States educational psychologist (1874-1949) • Syn: Edward Lee Thorndike • Instance Hypernyms: psychologist

thorniness Click to Search thorniness
noun 1. a rough and bitter manner • Syn: bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness • Derivationally related forms: tart (for: tartness), jaundice (for: jaundice), acerbic (for: acerbity), acerbate (for: acerbity), acrimonious (for: acrimony), bitter (for: bitterness) • Hypernyms: disagreeableness 2. the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines • Syn: prickliness, bristliness, spininess • Derivationally related forms: thorny, spiny (for: spininess), bristly (for: bristliness), prickly (for: prickliness) • Hypernyms: roughness, raggedness

thornless Click to Search thornless
adjective lacking thorns • Syn: spineless • Similar to: unarmed

thorn-tipped Click to Search thorn-tipped
adjective of a plant tipped with a thorn • Similar to: tipped

Thornton Click to Search Thornton
noun American architect (1759-1828) • Syn: William Thornton • Instance Hypernyms: architect, designer

Thornton Niven Wilder Click to Search Thornton Niven Wilder
noun United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975) • Syn: Wilder, Thornton Wilder • Instance Hypernyms: writer, author, dramatist, playwright

Thornton Wilder Click to Search Thornton Wilder
noun United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975) • Syn: Wilder, Thornton Niven Wilder • Instance Hypernyms: writer, author, dramatist, playwright

thorny Click to Search thorny
adjective 1. bristling with perplexities - example : the thorny question of states' rights • Similar to: difficult, hard 2. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. - example : a horse with a short bristly mane - example : bristly shrubs - example : burred fruits - example : setaceous whiskers • Syn: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny • Similar to: armed • Derivationally related forms: thorniness, thorn, spininess (for: spiny), seta (for: setaceous), prickle (for: prickly), prickliness (for: prickly), burr (for: burry), bristliness (for: bristly), bristle (for: bristly), briar (for: briary), barbel (for: barbellate)

thorny amaranth Click to Search thorny amaranth
noun erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes • Syn: Amaranthus spinosus • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: Amaranthus, genus Amaranthus

thorny skate Click to Search thorny skate
noun cold-water bottom fish with spines on the back; to 40 inches • Syn: Raja radiata • Hypernyms: skate • Member Holonyms: Raja, genus Raja

thorough Click to Search thorough
adjective 1. painstakingly careful and accurate (Freq. 4) - example : our accountant is thorough - example : thorough research • Similar to: careful • Derivationally related forms: thoroughness 2. performed comprehensively and completely (Freq. 3) - example : an exhaustive study - example : made a thorough search - example : thoroughgoing research • Syn: exhaustive, thoroughgoing • Similar to: complete • Derivationally related forms: thoroughness

thorough bass Click to Search thorough bass
noun a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played • Syn: figured bass, basso continuo, continuo • Hypernyms: bass, bass part

thoroughbred Click to Search thoroughbred
I noun 1. a well-bred person • Hypernyms: adult, grownup 2. a racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares • Hypernyms: racehorse, race horse, bangtail • Instance Hyponyms: Sir Barton, Gallant Fox, Omaha, War Admiral, Whirlaway, Count Fleet, Assault, Citation, Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed 3. a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses • Syn: purebred, pureblood • Derivationally related forms: pureblood (for: pureblood), purebred (for: purebred) • Hypernyms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna II adjective having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal • Syn: pedigree, pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded • Similar to: purebred • Derivationally related forms: pureblood (for: pureblood)

thoroughbred race Click to Search thoroughbred race
noun a race between thoroughbred horses • Hypernyms: horse race • Hyponyms: Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Belmont Stakes

thoroughbred racing Click to Search thoroughbred racing
noun the sport of racing thoroughbred horses • Hypernyms: horse racing

thoroughfare Click to Search thoroughfare
noun a public road from one place to another (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: road, route • Hyponyms: artery, blind alley, cul de sac, dead-end street, impasse, street

thoroughgoing Click to Search thoroughgoing
adjective 1. performed comprehensively and completely (Freq. 2) - example : an exhaustive study - example : made a thorough search - example : thoroughgoing research • Syn: exhaustive, thorough • Similar to: complete • Derivationally related forms: thoroughness (for: thorough) 2. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers - example : an arrant fool - example : a complete coward - example : a consummate fool - example : a double-dyed villain - example : gross negligence - example : a perfect idiot - example : pure folly - example : what a sodding mess - example : stark staring mad - example : a thoroughgoing villain - example : utter nonsense - example : the unadulterated truth • Syn: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, utter, unadulterated • Similar to: unmitigated

thoroughly Click to Search thoroughly
adverb 1. in an exhaustive manner (Freq. 8) - example : we searched the files thoroughly • Syn: exhaustively • Derived from adjective: thorough 2. completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly') (Freq. 7) - example : he was soundly defeated - example : we beat him good • Syn: soundly, good • Derived from adjective: sound (for: soundly), thorough • Usage Domain: colloquialism

thoroughness Click to Search thoroughness
noun conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task (Freq. 1) • Derivationally related forms: thorough • Hypernyms: conscientiousness, painstakingness

thoroughwort Click to Search thoroughwort
noun perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine • Syn: boneset, agueweed, Eupatorium perfoliatum • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: Eupatorium, genus Eupatorium

Thorpe Click to Search Thorpe
noun outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953) • Syn: Jim Thorpe, James Francis Thorpe • Instance Hypernyms: athlete, jock

Thorshavn Click to Search Thorshavn
noun the administrative center of the Faroe Islands • Instance Hypernyms: city, metropolis, urban center • Part Holonyms: Faroe Islands, Faeroe Islands, Faroes, Faeroes

Thorstein Bunde Veblen Click to Search Thorstein Bunde Veblen
noun United States economist who wrote about conspicuous consumption (1857-1929) • Syn: Veblen, Thorstein Veblen • Instance Hypernyms: economist, economic expert

Thorstein Veblen Click to Search Thorstein Veblen
noun United States economist who wrote about conspicuous consumption (1857-1929) • Syn: Veblen, Thorstein Bunde Veblen • Instance Hypernyms: economist, economic expert

thortveitite Click to Search thortveitite
noun a mineral consisting of scandium yttrium silicate; a source of scandium • Hypernyms: mineral • Substance Meronyms: scandium, Sc, atomic number 21

Thoth Click to Search Thoth
noun Egyptian Moon deity with the head of an ibis; god of wisdom and learning and the arts; scribe of the gods • Instance Hypernyms: Egyptian deity

thou Click to Search thou
noun the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 • Syn: thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, yard • Hypernyms: large integer • Hyponyms: millenary

though Click to Search though
adverb (postpositive) however (Freq. 11) - example : it might be unpleasant, though

thought Click to Search thought
noun 1. the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about (Freq. 70) - example : it was not a good idea - example : the thought never entered my mind • Syn: idea • Derivationally related forms: think, ideal (for: idea), ideate (for: idea) • Hypernyms: content, cognitive content, mental object • Hyponyms: inspiration, cogitation, concept, conception, construct, preoccupation, misconception, plan, program, programme, figment, generalization, generalisation, generality, suggestion, impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion, reaction, theorem, whim, whimsy, whimsey, meaning, substance, burden, theme, motif, ideal, idealization, idealisation, keynote, kink 2. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully (Freq. 21) - example : thinking always made him frown - example : she paused for thought • Syn: thinking, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation • Derivationally related forms: cerebrate (for: cerebration), think, think (for: thinking) • Hypernyms: higher cognitive process • Hyponyms: free association, construction, mental synthesis, reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought, line of thought, train of thought, thread, mysticism, ideation, consideration, excogitation, explanation, planning, preparation, provision, problem solving, convergent thinking, divergent thinking, out-of-the-box thinking 3. the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual (Freq. 11) - example : 19th century thought - example : Darwinian thought • Derivationally related forms: think • Hypernyms: belief • Hyponyms: mainstream 4. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty - example : my opinion differs from yours - example : I am not of your persuasion - example : what are your thoughts on Haiti? • Syn: opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view • Derivationally related forms: think, view (for: view), opine (for: opinion) • Hypernyms: belief • Hyponyms: idea, judgment, judgement, mind, eyes, preconception, prepossession, parti pris, preconceived opinion, preconceived idea, preconceived notion, pole, politics, political sympathies

thought process Click to Search thought process
noun the process of using your mind to consider something carefully - example : thinking always made him frown - example : she paused for thought • Syn: thinking, thought, cerebration, intellection, mentation • Derivationally related forms: cerebrate (for: cerebration), think (for: thought), think (for: thinking) • Hypernyms: higher cognitive process • Hyponyms: free association, construction, mental synthesis, reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought, line of thought, train of thought, thread, mysticism, ideation, consideration, excogitation, explanation, planning, preparation, provision, problem solving, convergent thinking, divergent thinking, out-of-the-box thinking

thought transference Click to Search thought transference
noun apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions • Syn: telepathy • Derivationally related forms: telepathic (for: telepathy), telepathist (for: telepathy), telepathize (for: telepathy) • Hypernyms: psychic communication, psychical communication, anomalous communication

thoughtful Click to Search thoughtful
adjective 1. having intellectual depth (Freq. 2) - example : a deeply thoughtful essay • Similar to: profound 2. exhibiting or characterized by careful thought (Freq. 1) - example : a thoughtful paper • Ant: thoughtless • Similar to: bemused, deep in thought, lost, preoccupied, brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative, cogitative, well thought out, deliberative, excogitative • See Also: considerate • Derivationally related forms: thoughtfulness • Attrubites: thoughtfulness 3. acting with or showing thought and good sense (Freq. 1) - example : a sensible young man • Syn: serious-minded • Similar to: serious • Derivationally related forms: serious-mindedness (for: serious-minded), thoughtfulness 4. taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention - example : heedful of the warnings - example : so heedful a writer - example : heedful of what they were doing • Syn: heedful, attentive, paying attention • Ant: heedless (for: heedful) • Derivationally related forms: thoughtfulness, attend (for: attentive), attentiveness (for: attentive), heedfulness (for: heedful) • Attrubites: attentiveness, heed, regard, paying attention 5. considerate of the feelings or well-being of others • Similar to: considerate • Derivationally related forms: thoughtfulness

thoughtfully Click to Search thoughtfully
adverb 1. in a thoughtful manner (Freq. 8) - example : he stared thoughtfully out the window • Ant: thoughtlessly • Derived from adjective: thoughtful 2. showing consideration and thoughtfulness (Freq. 3) - example : he had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share • Ant: thoughtlessly • Derived from adjective: thoughtful

thoughtfulness Click to Search thoughtfulness
noun 1. kind and considerate regard for others - example : he showed no consideration for her feelings • Syn: consideration, considerateness • Ant: thoughtlessness, inconsideration (for: consideration) • Derivationally related forms: thoughtful, considerate (for: considerateness), consider (for: consideration) • Hypernyms: kindness • Hyponyms: attentiveness, tact, tactfulness 2. a considerate and thoughtful act • Syn: consideration • Derivationally related forms: thoughtful, consider (for: consideration) • Hypernyms: kindness, benignity 3. a calm, lengthy, intent consideration • Syn: contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, musing • Derivationally related forms: thoughtful, muse (for: musing), ruminate (for: rumination), contemplate (for: contemplation) • Hypernyms: consideration • Hyponyms: cogitation, study, meditation, speculation, introspection, self-contemplation, self-examination, retrospect 4. the trait of thinking carefully before acting • Ant: unthoughtfulness • Derivationally related forms: thoughtful • Hypernyms: trait • Hyponyms: pensiveness, meditativeness, contemplativeness, introspectiveness, deliberation, deliberateness, reflectiveness, reflectivity • Part Holonyms: character, fiber, fibre • Attrubites: thoughtful, thoughtless

thought-image Click to Search thought-image
noun a mental image produced by the imagination (Freq. 1) • Syn: imagination image • Hypernyms: image, mental image

thoughtless Click to Search thoughtless
adjective 1. showing lack of careful thought (Freq. 2) - example : the debate turned into thoughtless bickering • Ant: thoughtful • Similar to: inconsiderate, unconsidered, unreflective, unthinking, unthoughtful • See Also: inconsiderate • Derivationally related forms: thoughtlessness • Attrubites: thoughtfulness 2. without care or thought for others (Freq. 1) - example : the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; `Let them eat cake' • Syn: uncaring, unthinking • Similar to: inconsiderate • Derivationally related forms: thoughtlessness

thoughtlessly Click to Search thoughtlessly
adverb 1. in a thoughtless manner - example : he stared thoughtlessly at the picture • Syn: unthinkingly, unthinking • Ant: thoughtfully • Derived from adjective: unthinking (for: unthinkingly), thoughtless 2. showing thoughtlessness - example : he treated his parents thoughtlessly • Ant: thoughtfully • Derived from adjective: thoughtless

thoughtlessness Click to Search thoughtlessness
noun 1. the quality of failing to be considerate of others • Syn: inconsideration, inconsiderateness • Ant: thoughtfulness, consideration (for: inconsideration) • Derivationally related forms: inconsiderate, inconsiderate (for: inconsiderateness) • Hypernyms: unkindness • Hyponyms: tactlessness, bluntness 2. the trait of not thinking carefully before acting • Syn: unthoughtfulness • Ant: thoughtfulness (for: unthoughtfulness) • Derivationally related forms: thoughtless, unthoughtful (for: unthoughtfulness) • Hypernyms: trait • Hyponyms: recklessness, foolhardiness, rashness, impulsiveness

thought-provoking Click to Search thought-provoking
adjective stimulating interest or thought - example : a challenging hypothesis - example : a thought-provoking book • Syn: challenging • Similar to: stimulating

thought-reader Click to Search thought-reader
noun 1. someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly • Syn: telepathist, mental telepathist, mind reader • Derivationally related forms: telepathy (for: telepathist) • Hypernyms: communicator 2. a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice) • Syn: mind reader, telepathist • Derivationally related forms: telepathy (for: telepathist) • Hypernyms: magician, prestidigitator, conjurer, conjuror, illusionist

thousand Click to Search thousand
I noun the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 (Freq. 24) • Syn: one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yard • Hypernyms: large integer • Hyponyms: millenary II adjective denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units (Freq. 14) • Syn: one thousand, 1000, m, k • Similar to: cardinal

Thousand and One Nights Click to Search Thousand and One Nights
noun a collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century • Syn: Arabian Nights' Entertainment, Arabian Nights • Members of this Topic: Aladdin's lamp • Instance Hypernyms: folktale, folk tale

Thousand Island dressing Click to Search Thousand Island dressing
noun mayonnaise with chili sauce or catsup and minced olives and peppers and hard-cooked egg • Hypernyms: dressing, salad dressing

thousand times Click to Search thousand times
adverb by three orders of magnitude - example : this poison is a thousand-fold more toxic • Syn: thousand-fold

thousand-fold Click to Search thousand-fold
adverb by three orders of magnitude (Freq. 1) - example : this poison is a thousand-fold more toxic • Syn: thousand times

thousandth Click to Search thousandth
I noun 1. position 1,000 in a countable series of things • Hypernyms: rank 2. one part in a thousand equal parts • Syn: one-thousandth • Hypernyms: common fraction, simple fraction II adjective the ordinal number of one thousand in counting order • Syn: 1000th • Similar to: ordinal

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tho

Thomas Alva Edison

Thomas Bodley

Thomas Bowdler

Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Dudley

Thomas Edison

Thomas Gainsborough

Thomas Gresham

Thomas Hardy

Thomas Harriot

Thomas Hastings

Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Keneally

Thomas Lanier Williams

Thomas Malory

Thomas Malthus

Thomas Mann

Thomas Minton

Thomas More

Thomas Nast

Thomas Paine

Thomas Penfield Jackson

Thomas Watson

Thomas Wilson Dorr

Thomas Woolner

Thomsen

thong

thoracectomy

thoracentesis

thoracic cavity

thoracic surgery

thoracopagus

thoracoplasty

thoracoscopy

thoracostomy

thoracotomy

thorax

Thorazine

Thorbjoern Jagland

thorium

thorn in his flesh

thorn in his side

thorn in one`s flesh

thorn in one`s side

thorn-bush

Thornton

Thornton Wilder

thorny

thoro

thoron

thorough check

thorough cleaning

thorough examination

thorough investigation

thorough knowledge

thorough person

thorough search

thorough type

thorough work

thoroughbred

thoroughbred

thoroughgoing

thoroughly ashamed

thoroughness

thoroughpaced

thoroughpin

thoroughwort

thorp

those above

those above me

those against

those were the days

those who cherish his memory

thou

thou shalt not covet

thou shalt not kill