thurber
— Noun
– English
~ United States humorist and cartoonist who published collections of essays and stories (1894-1961)
thurible
— Noun
– English
~ a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual)
thurifer
— Noun
– English
~ an acolyte who carries a thurible
thurify
— Verb
– English
~ perfume especially with a censer
thuringia
— Noun
– English
~ a historical region of southern Germany
thursday
— Noun
– English
~ the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
thus
— Noun
– English
~ an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
thus
— Adverb
– English
~ in the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the pieces thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant)
thus far
— Adverb
– English
~ used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time; "So far he hasn't called"; "the sun isn't up yet"
thus
— Adverb
– English
~ (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted"
thusly
— Adverb
– English
~ in the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the pieces thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant)
thwack
— Noun
– English
~ a hard blow with a flat object
thwack
— Verb
– English
~ deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved"
thwart
— Noun
– English
~ a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
thwart
— Verb
– English
~ hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
thwarted
— Adjective
– English
~ disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"
thwarter
— Noun
– English
~ someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take
thwarting
— Noun
– English
~ an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
thwarting
— Adjective
– English
~ preventing realization or attainment of a desire
thwartwise
— Adjective
– English
~ extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon"