thebe |
the smaller monetary unit of Botswana. (Cf. pula.) |
The Beatles |
an English rock group from 1962 to 1970 that achieved an unprecedented level of popularity and has sold over one billion records. |
the bends |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) a serious, sometimes fatal condition of divers who ascend too rapidly, resulting from the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the bloodstream; decompression sickness. |
the blue |
the sky. [3 definitions] |
theca |
in biology, a case, covering, or sac that encloses an organ, part, or entire organism, such as the horny covering of an insect pupa or the spore case of a moss capsule. |
The Canterbury Tales |
an unfinished series of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the fourteenth century. |
the chase |
hunting, esp. as a sport or profession. [2 definitions] |
the die is cast |
a decision has been made and will not be reversed. |
thee |
the objective case of thou (used chiefly in earlier literature and religious writing); you. |
the few |
the minority of people, or the elite group within a group. |
theft |
the act or an instance of stealing; thievery. |
The Gambia |
a West African country on the Atlantic coast, surrounded by Senegal. [2 definitions] |
the goods |
(informal) evidence of wrongdoing. |
the gory details |
(informal) all the details, esp. unpleasant or sensational ones. |
The Hague |
the seat of government and site of the monarch's residence in the Netherlands. (Cf. Amsterdam.) |
The Iliad |
an ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer that narrates the ten-year siege of Troy by the Greeks. |
theine |
caffeine. |
their |
a possessive form of they; of or belonging to those ones already mentioned. [2 definitions] |
theirs |
that or those belonging to or connected with the people or things already mentioned. |
theism |
belief in the existence of one God that created the world and is known through revelation. (Cf. deism.) [2 definitions] |
the last straw |
the final, decisive defeat, failure, indignity, burden, or the like that causes collapse, exhaustion, the losing of one's temper, or the like. |