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think through to consider (something) in a thorough, unhurried manner so that one can reach a conclusion about it.
think up to use the mind to invent (a story, excuse, or the like).
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thiosulfuric acid a sulfuric acid, occurring only in solution or in its salts and esters, in which one oxygen atom has been replaced by a sulfur atom.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]