| 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] |
| Third Reich |
Germany under Nazi rule, from 1933 to 1945; Nazi Germany. |
| Third Republic |
the republic of France from 1870 to 1940. |
| third stream |
a kind of music that combines jazz improvisation with classical forms. |
| Third World |
(often l.c.) the developing nations, as of Asia and Africa, esp. those not aligned with either of the two dominant political blocs. |
| thirst |
a feeling of dryness in the mouth or throat, associated with the need or desire to drink. [5 definitions] |
| thirsty |
experiencing thirst; needing to drink. [4 definitions] |
| thirteen |
the number represented by the Arabic numeral 13 and by the Roman numeral XIII. [3 definitions] |
| thirteenth |
indicating rank or position between twelfth and fourteenth. [3 definitions] |
| thirtieth |
indicating rank or position between twenty-ninth and thirty-first. [3 definitions] |