Dictionary
Showing 1-50 of 5000 results
tted
() of Cat
ties
() of Constitutionality
To compound a felony
() See under Compound, v. t.
The gapes
() A fit of yawning.
The gapes
() A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm.
ties
() of Rurality
Thirst
() A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation.
Thirst
() Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; -- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold.
Thirsted
() of Thirst
Thirsting
() of Thirst
Thirst
() To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.
Thirst
() To have a vehement desire.
Thirst
() To have a thirst for.
Thirster
() One who thirsts.
Thirstily
() In a thirsty manner.
Thirstiness
() The state of being thirsty; thirst.
Thirstle
() The throstle.
Thirsty
() Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.
Thirsty
() Deficient in moisture; dry; parched.
Thirteen
() One more than twelve; ten and three; as, thirteen ounces or pounds.
Thirteen
() The number greater by one than twelve; the sum of ten and three; thirteen units or objects.
Thirteen
() A symbol representing thirteen units, as 13 or xiii.
Thirteenth
() Next in order after the twelfth; the third after the tenth; -- the ordinal of thirteen; as, the thirteenth day of the month.
Thirteenth
() Constituting or being one of thirteen equal parts into which anything is divided.
Thirteenth
() The quotient of a unit divided by thirteen; one of thirteen equal parts into which anything is divided.
Thirteenth
() The next in order after the twelfth.
Thirteenth
() The interval comprising an octave and a sixth.
Thirtieth
() Next in order after the twenty-ninth; the tenth after the twentieth; -- the ordinal of thirty; as, the thirtieth day of the month.
Thirtieth
() Constituting or being one of thirty equal parts into which anything is divided.
Thirtieth
() The quotient of a unit divided by thirty; one of thirty equal parts.
Thirty
() Being three times ten; consisting of one more than twenty-nine; twenty and ten; as, the month of June consists of thirty days.
Thirties
() of Thirty
Thirty
() The sum of three tens, or twenty and ten; thirty units or objects.
Thirty
() A symbol expressing thirty, as 30, or XXX.
Thirty-second
() Being one of thirty-two equal parts into which anything is divided.
These
() of This
This
() As a demonstrative pronoun, this denotes something that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned, or that is just about to be mentioned.
This
() As an adjective, this has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun; as, this book; this way to town.
Thistle
() Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants.
Thistly
() Overgrown with thistles; as, thistly ground.
Thistly
() Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.
Thither
() To that place; -- opposed to hither.
Thither
() To that point, end, or result; as, the argument tended thither.
Thither
() Being on the farther side from the person speaking; farther; -- a correlative of hither; as, on the thither side of the water.
Thither
() Applied to time: On the thither side of, older than; of more years than. See Hither, a.
Thitherto
() To that point; so far.
Thitherward
() To ward that place; in that direction.
Thitsee
() The varnish tree of Burmah (Melanorrhoea usitatissima).
Thitsee
() A black varnish obtained from the tree.
Thlipsis
() Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause.