Thin (v. i.) To grow or become thin; -- used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear.
Thine (pron. & a.) A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers.
Thing (n.) Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.
Thing (n.) An inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material.
Thing (n.) A transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed.
Thing (n.) A portion or part; something.
Thing (n.) A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt.
Thing (n.) Clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things.
Thing (n.) Whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; -- distinguished from person.
Thing (n.) In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.
Thought (imp. & p. p.) of Think
Thinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Think
Think (v. t.) To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.
Think (v. t.) To employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties.
Think (v. t.) To call anything to mind; to remember; as, I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it.
Think (v. t.) To reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate.
Think (v. t.) To form an opinion by reasoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe; as, I think it will rain to-morrow.
Think (v. t.) To purpose; to intend; to design; to mean.
Think (v. t.) To presume; to venture.
Think (v. t.) To conceive; to imagine.
Think (v. t.) To plan or design; to plot; to compass.
Think (v. t.) To believe; to consider; to esteem.
Thinkable (a.) Capable of being thought or conceived; cogitable.
Thinker (n.) One who thinks; especially and chiefly, one who thinks in a particular manner; as, a close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherent thinker.
Thinking (a.) Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being.
Thinking (n.) The act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment.
Thinly (a.) In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited.
Thinner (n.) One who thins, or makes thinner.
Thinness (n.) The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word).
Thinnish (a.) Somewhat thin.
Thinolite (n.) A calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of Nevada.
Thin-skinned (a.) Having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable.
Thio- () A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of sulphur. See Sulpho-.
Thiocarbonate (n.) A sulphocarbonate.
Thiocarbonic (a.) Same as Sulphocarbonic.
Thiocyanate (n.) Same as Sulphocyanate.
Thiocyanic (a.) Same as Sulphocyanic.
Thionaphthene (n.) A double benzene and thiophene nucleus, C8H6S, analogous to naphthalene, and like it the base of a large series of derivatives.
Thionic (a.) Of or pertaining to sulphur; containing or resembling sulphur; specifically, designating certain of the thio compounds; as, the thionic acids. Cf. Dithionic, Trithionic, Tetrathionic, etc.
Thionine (n.) An artificial red or violet dyestuff consisting of a complex sulphur derivative of certain aromatic diamines, and obtained as a dark crystalline powder; -- called also phenylene violet.
Thionol (n.) A red or violet dyestuff having a greenish metallic luster. It is produced artificially, by the chemical dehydration of thionine, as a brown amorphous powder.
Thionoline (n.) A beautiful fluorescent crystalline substance, intermediate in composition between thionol and thionine.
Thionyl (n.) The hypothetical radical SO, regarded as an essential constituent of certain sulphurous compounds; as, thionyl chloride.
Thiophene (n.) A sulphur hydrocarbon, C4H4S, analogous to furfuran and benzene, and acting as the base of a large number of substances which closely resemble the corresponding aromatic derivatives.
Thiophenic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, thiophene; specifically, designating a certain acid analogous to benzoic acid.
Thiophenol (n.) A colorless mobile liquid, C6H5.SH, of an offensive odor, and analogous to phenol; -- called also phenyl sulphydrate.
Thiophthene (n.) A double thiophene nucleus, C6H4S2, analogous to thionaphthene, and the base of a large series of compounds.
Thiosulphate (n.) A salt of thiosulphuric acid; -- formerly called hyposulphite.
Thiosulphuric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an unstable acid, H2S2O3, analogous to sulphuric acid, and formerly called hyposulphurous acid.
Thiotolene (n.) A colorless oily liquid, C4H3S.CH3, analogous to, and resembling, toluene; -- called also methyl thiophene.
Thioxene (n.) Any one of three possible metameric substances, which are dimethyl derivatives of thiophene, like the xylenes from benzene.
Third (a.) Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.
Third (a.) Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.
Third (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
Third (n.) The sixtieth part of a second of time.
Third (n.) The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
Third (n.) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.
Third-borough (n.) An under constable.
Thirdings (n. pl.) The third part of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, due to the lord for a heriot, as within the manor of Turfat in Herefordshire.
Thirdly (adv.) In the third place.
Third-penny (n.) A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl.
Thirled (imp. & p. p.) of Thirl
Thirling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thirl
Thirl (v. t.) To bore; to drill or thrill. See Thrill.
Thirlage (n.) The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding.
Thirst (n.) 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.
Thirst (n.) Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; -- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold.
Thirsted (imp. & p. p.) of Thirst
Thirsting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thirst
Thirst (n.) To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.
Thirst (n.) To have a vehement desire.
Thirst (v. t.) To have a thirst for.
Thirster (n.) One who thirsts.
Thirstily (adv.) In a thirsty manner.
Thirstiness (n.) The state of being thirsty; thirst.
Thirstle (n.) The throstle.
Thirsty (n.) Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.
Thirsty (n.) Deficient in moisture; dry; parched.
Thirteen (a.) One more than twelve; ten and three; as, thirteen ounces or pounds.
Thirteen (n.) The number greater by one than twelve; the sum of ten and three; thirteen units or objects.
Thirteen (n.) A symbol representing thirteen units, as 13 or xiii.
Thirteenth (a.) Next in order after the twelfth; the third after the tenth; -- the ordinal of thirteen; as, the thirteenth day of the month.
Thirteenth (a.) Constituting or being one of thirteen equal parts into which anything is divided.
Thirteenth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by thirteen; one of thirteen equal parts into which anything is divided.
Thirteenth (n.) The next in order after the twelfth.
Thirteenth (n.) The interval comprising an octave and a sixth.
Thirtieth (a.) Next in order after the twenty-ninth; the tenth after the twentieth; -- the ordinal of thirty; as, the thirtieth day of the month.
Thirtieth (a.) Constituting or being one of thirty equal parts into which anything is divided.
Thirtieth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by thirty; one of thirty equal parts.
Thirty (a.) Being three times ten; consisting of one more than twenty-nine; twenty and ten; as, the month of June consists of thirty days.
Thirties (pl. ) of Thirty
Thirty (n.) The sum of three tens, or twenty and ten; thirty units or objects.
Thirty (n.) A symbol expressing thirty, as 30, or XXX.
Thirty-second (a.) Being one of thirty-two equal parts into which anything is divided.
These (pl. ) of This
This (pron. & a.) As a demonstrative pronoun, this denotes something that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned, or that is just about to be mentioned.
This (pron. & a.) As an adjective, this has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun; as, this book; this way to town.
Thistle (n.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants.
Thistly (a.) Overgrown with thistles; as, thistly ground.
Thistly (a.) Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.