| Thomas |
according to the New Testament, one of the twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, who doubted the truth of Christ's resurrection until shown physical proof of it. |
| Thomas Alva Edison |
a U.S. inventor (b.1847--d.1931). |
| Thomas Jefferson |
U.S. statesman, architect, and one of the authors of the Declaration of Independence, who became the third President of the United States, serving from 1801 to 1809 (b.1743--d.1826). |
| Thomas Malthus |
an English economist (b.1766--d.1834). |
| Thomas More |
an English statesman and writer who was canonized in 1935; St. Thomas More (b.1478--d.1535). |
| Thomism |
the theological and philosophical system of St. Thomas Aquinas, on which thirteenth-century scholasticism was based. |
| Thompson submachine gun |
a portable .45-caliber submachine gun; tommy gun. |
| thong |
a narrow strip of leather or the like, used esp. as a fastening or as a whiplash. [2 definitions] |
| Thor |
in Scandinavian mythology, the god of thunder, who rides a wagon drawn by goats and is armed with a hammer. |
| thoracic |
of, pertaining to, in, or near the thorax. |
| thoraco- |
thorax. |
| thorax |
in humans and in animals with four limbs, the part of the body between the neck and the abdomen, including the ribs and the cavity that contains the heart and lungs; chest. [2 definitions] |
| Thorazine |
trademark for the sedative drug chlorpromazine. |
| thorium |
a radioactive chemical element of the actinide series that has ninety protons in each nucleus and that occurs as a malleable, lustrous, grayish white solid metal. (symbol: Th) |
| thorn |
a short, spiny protrusion on a plant stem or branch. [3 definitions] |
| thorn apple |
any of various related plants, such as the jimson weed, that bear poisonous fruit covered with thorns. [2 definitions] |
| thornless |
combined form of thorn. |
| thorny |
covered with or full of thorns; prickly. [3 definitions] |
| thoron |
a radioactive isotope of radon produced in the disintegration of thorium. |
| thorough |
complete. [3 definitions] |
| thoroughbred |
bred from pure or unmixed stock, as a horse, dog, or other animal. [6 definitions] |