| think the world of |
to have a very high opinion of. |
| think up |
to invent a new idea. |
| thinner1 |
turpentine or other liquid used for diluting paint to the desired consistency. [2 definitions] |
| thinner2 |
comparative of thin. |
| thin-skinned |
having a thin skin. [2 definitions] |
| thio- |
sulfur. |
| thiopental |
a yellowish white powder that is administered intravenously as an anesthetic or hypnotic; thiopental sodium. |
| thiosulfate |
a salt or ester of thiosulfuric acid. |
| thiosulfuric acid |
a sulfuric acid, occurring only in solution or in its salts and esters, in which one oxygen atom has been replaced by a sulfur atom. |
| third |
indicating rank or position between second and fourth. [4 definitions] |
| third base |
in baseball, the base that is located between second base and home plate. [2 definitions] |
| third baseman |
in baseball, the player whose position is at third base when the other team is batting and whose primary function is to defend that base. |
| third-class |
of or designating the class below second class, as in railroad passenger accommodations, postal delivery, or the like. [3 definitions] |
| third class |
the class, status, or rank next below second class. [3 definitions] |
| third degree |
intensive, often painful questioning, as of a police prisoner (usu. prec. by the.) [2 definitions] |
| third dimension |
the dimension of depth or volume, as distinguished from the two dimensions provided on a plane surface. [2 definitions] |
| Third International |
an international Communist organization founded in Moscow in 1919 to unite all national Communist groups and advocate the spread of Communism. |
| third party |
a political party formed in dissension from or opposition to the major parties in a two-party system. [2 definitions] |
| third person |
in grammar, the category of pronouns, inflections, and the like that indicates one that is neither the speaker of a sentence nor one to whom the speaker is speaking, but rather, a person or thing that the speaker is speaking about. [3 definitions] |
| third rail |
an added rail that carries the electric current in an electric railway or subway. |
| third-rate |
of third rate, class, or the like. [2 definitions] |