| Thirty Years' War |
a series of European wars occurring from 1618 to 1648, originally between German Catholics and German Protestants but later involving Sweden, France, and Spain, from which France emerged as the most powerful nation in Europe. |
| this |
the person, thing, or matter mentioned, understood, or at hand. [7 definitions] |
| thistle |
any of various plants with prickly leaves and showy heads of usu. purplish flowers. |
| thistledown |
the fluffy, seed-carrying down on the mature flower head of a thistle. |
| thither |
to or toward that place; that way; there. [2 definitions] |
| thitherto |
until that time; up to then. |
| tho |
(informal) though. |
| thole |
a wooden peg or metal pin, usu. one of a pair, set into the gunwale of a boat to act as the fulcrum for an oar. |
| 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. |