<B>thorny, </B>adjective, <B>thornier,</B> <B>thorniest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>full of thorns or spines; spiny; prickly. <BR> <I>Ex. He scratched his hands on the thorny bush.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>abounding in thorn-bearing or prickly plants; overgrown with brambles. <BR> <I>Ex. He tried to make his way through the thorny thicket.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) troublesome; annoying. <BR> <I>Ex. The boys argued over the thorny points in the lesson. Life is thorny (Samuel Taylor Coleridge).</I> (SYN) vexatious, difficult. adv. <B>thornily.</B> noun <B>thorniness.</B> </DL>
<B>thoron, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a radioactive, gaseous isotope of radon, formed by the disintegration of thorium; thorium emanation. </DL>
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<B>thorough, </B>adjective, adverb, preposition.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1a. </B>being all that is needed; complete. <BR> <I>Ex. Please make a thorough search for the lost money.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>that is fully what is expressed by the noun; thoroughgoing. <BR> <I>Ex. a thorough scoundrel.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>doing all that should be done; painstaking. <BR> <I>Ex. a thorough person. The doctor was very thorough in his examination of the sick child.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>going, passing, or extending through (now only in special applications, chiefly with nouns of action or position, being a kind of elliptical use of the adverb). <DD><I>adv., prep. </I> (Archaic.) through. Also, <B>thoro.</B> adv. <B>thoroughly.</B> noun <B>thoroughness.</B> </DL>
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<B>thorough bass,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a bass part extending throughout a piece, having written figures indicating the intended harmony; figured bass. <DD><B> 2. </B>the system or method of so indicating harmonies. <DD><B> 3. </B>the science of harmony in general. </DL>
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<B>thorough brace,</B> or <B>thoroughbrace, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> either of a pair of two strong braces or bands of leather connecting the front and back springs and supporting the body of a coach, carriage, or the like. </DL>
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<B>thoroughbred, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of pure breed or stock; bred from pure stock; purebred. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) well-bred; thoroughly trained. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) having those qualities that are traditionally associated with a thoroughbred horse; high-spirited; mettlesome. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a thoroughbred animal, especially a horse. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a well-bred or thoroughly trained person. </DL>
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<B>Thoroughbred, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> any one of a breed of horses, used especially in racing, that were originally developed by crossing domestic English mares with Arabian stallions. <DD><I>adj. </I> of, having to do with, or characteristic of Thoroughbreds. </DL>
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<B>thoroughfare, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a passage, road, or street open at both ends. <BR> <I>Ex. A city street is a public thoroughfare.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>a main road; highway. <BR> <I>Ex. The Lincoln Highway is one of the main thoroughfares of the United States, extending from New York to San Francisco.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>any road, street, or passage. <BR> <I>Ex. the busy thoroughfares of a great city.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a passage or way through. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) a going or passing through; passage. <BR><I>expr. <B>no thoroughfare,</B> </I>people are forbidden to go through. <BR> <I>Ex. The sign said "no thoroughfare," so instead of driving through the road we took the detour.</I> </DL>
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<B>thoroughgoing, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> thorough; complete. <BR> <I>Ex. Perhaps no coronary patient in medical annals ever had more thoroughgoing treatment than that given the President (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
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<B>thoroughpaced, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(of a horse) trained in all paces. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) thoroughly trained or accomplished (in something). <BR> <I>Ex. A hearty thoroughpaced liar (Charles Lamb).</I> </DL>
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<B>thoroughpin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a swelling in the sheath of a tendon abovea horse's hock, appearing on both sides of the leg as if a pin were passing through, sometimes causing lameness. </DL>
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<B>thoroughwort, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a North American composite herb that has opposite leaves, each pair united at the base so that the stem appears to grow through them, and large corymbs of numerous white flowers; boneset; agueweed; trumpetweed. It is valued for its tonic and diaphoretic properties. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of several other plants of the same group. </DL>
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<B>thorp</B> or <B>thorpe, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) a hamlet, village, or small town. </DL>
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<B>thortveitite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a grayish-green crystalline mineral, a silicate of scandium and yttrium. </DL>
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<B>Thos.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Thomas. </DL>
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<B>those, </B>adjective, pronoun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of <B>that.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. She owns that dog; the boys own those dogs (adj.). That is his book; those are my books (pron.).</I> </DL>
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<B>Thoth, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the ancient Egyptian god of speech, wisdom, and magic, and, as the scribe of the gods, inventor of letters and numbers, identified with the Greek god Hermes. He is represented with a human body and the head of an ibis or a baboon. </DL>
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<B>thou</B> (1), pronoun, sing., nom. <B>thou;</B> poss. <B>thy</B> or <B>thine;</B> obj. <B>thee;</B> pl. nom. <B>you</B> or <B>ye;</B> poss. <B>your</B> or <B>yours;</B> obj. <B>you</B> or <B>ye;</B> verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD><I>pron. </I> the one spoken to; you. <BR> <I>Ex. Thou, God, seest me.</I> <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to use the pronoun <I>thou</I> to a person, especially familiarly, to an inferior, in contempt or insult, etc. </DL>
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<B>thou</B> (2), noun, pl. <B>thou</B> or <B>thous.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a thousand dollars, pounds, or other units of currency. <BR> <I>Ex. A player ... went from twenty thou a year to thirty when he was drafted by Oakland (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
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<B>thou.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> thousand. </DL>
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<B>though, </B>conjunction, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>conj. </I> <B>1. </B>in spite of the fact that; notwithstanding the fact that; although. <BR> <I>Ex. We take our medicine, though we do not like it. Though it was pouring, the girls went to school.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>yet; still; nevertheless; however. <BR> <I>Ex. He is better, though not yet cured.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>even if; even supposing that. <BR> <I>Ex. Though I fail, I shall try again.</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> however; nevertheless. <BR> <I>Ex. I am sorry about our quarrel; you began it, though.</I> <DD> Also, <B>tho,</B> <B>tho'.</B> <BR><I>expr. <B>as though,</B> </I>as if; as it would be if. <BR> <I>Ex. You look as though you were tired.</I> </DL>
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<B>thought</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>what a person thinks; idea; notion. <BR> <I>Ex. Her thought was to have a picnic.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the power or process of thinking; mental activity. <BR> <I>Ex. Thought helps us solve problems.</I> (SYN) cogitation, deliberation, meditation. <DD><B> 3. </B>reasoning. <BR> <I>Ex. He applied thought to the problem.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>care; attention; regard. <BR> <I>Ex. Show some thought for others than yourself. The old man was lost in thought and did not hear us come in.</I> (SYN) consideration. <DD><B> 5. </B>an intention; design; purpose. <BR> <I>Ex. He doesn't have a thought of leaving.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>conception, imagination, or fancy. <BR> <I>Ex. a pretty thought.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>(Figurative.) a very small amount; little bit; trifle. <BR> <I>Ex. Just a thought more sugar, please. Be a thought more polite.</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>the characteristic thinking of a particular person, group, time, or place. <BR> <I>Ex. in modern scientific thought, 16th-century thought.</I> </DL>
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<B>thought</B> (2), verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> the past tense and past participle of <B>think.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. We thought it would snow yesterday.</I> </DL>
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<B>thought control,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the strict limiting or regimentation of ideas, reasoning, education, research, and the like, in all persons so as to conform to that of a particular group or government. </DL>
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<B>thoughtful, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>full of thought; thinking. <BR> <I>Ex. She was thoughtful for a while and then replied, "No."</I> (SYN) reflective, meditative, contemplative. <DD><B> b. </B>indicating thought. <BR> <I>Ex. a thoughtful expression.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>careful; heedful. <BR> <I>Ex. Most speeders are not thoughtful of danger they pose to other drivers.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>careful of others; considerate. <BR> <I>Ex. She is always thoughtful of her mother.</I> adv. <B>thoughtfully.</B> noun <B>thoughtfulness.</B> </DL>
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<B>thoughtless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>without thought; doing things without thinking; careless. <BR> <I>Ex. a thoughtless person, a thoughtless remark. He is a thoughtless boy and is always making blunders.</I> (SYN) remiss, heedless. <DD><B> 2. </B>not thinking; unmindful. <BR> <I>Ex. thoughtless of danger.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>showing little or no care or regard for others; not considerate. <BR> <I>Ex. It is thoughtless of her to keep us waiting so long.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=stupid.</B> adv. <B>thoughtlessly.</B> noun <B>thoughtlessness.</B> </DL>
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<B>thought-out, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> arrived at or developed by thinking; thoroughly considered. <BR> <I>Ex. It is heartening to see such a well-organized and thought-out project (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>thought reading,</B> =mind reading.</DL>
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<B>thought transference,</B> =telepathy.</DL>
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<B>thoughtway, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a habit or manner of thinking. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the dominance of technological thoughtways in which means float free of or determine ends (John R. Seeley).</I> </DL>
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<B>thousand, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>ten hundred; 1,000. (Abbr:) thou. <DD><B> 2. </B>a large number. <BR> <I>Ex. thousands of people.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> being ten hundred; 1,000. </DL>
