Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z thighless Without thighs. thighplate An armour piece covering the thigh. thighward Towards a thigh. thigle In Dzogchen, the substance which forms the primordial state of the world. thigmatropic Relating to thigmatropism. thigmatropism The turning of an organism when in contact with a solid object; stereotropism thigmokinesis movement in response to touch thigmokinetic Relating to thigmokinesis thigmomorphogenesis The response of a plant to touch or other mechanical sensation. thigmomorphogenetic Relating to thigmomorphogenesis thigmomorphogenic Relating to thigmomorphogenesis thigmonastic Of or relating to thigmonasty. thigmonasty A nastic response to touch or vibration. thigmotactic Relating to thigmotaxis. thigmotactically By means of thigmotaxis. thigmotaxic Relating to thigmotaxis thigmotaxis The movement of an organism either towards or away from the stimulus of physical contact. thigmotherm An animal that derives warmth from a warm object in its environment thigmothermic Relating to thigmotherms thigmothermy The condition of being thigmothermic thigmotropic Relating to thigmotropism thigmotropically In a thigmotropic manner. thigmotropism Growth or motion in response to touch. Thigpen A surname. thiick This. thiirane The saturated three-membered heterocycle containing two carbon atoms and one sulfur atom; ethylene sulfide thiirene The unsaturated three-membered heterocycle containing two carbon atoms, one sulfur atom and a double bond. Thilanottine A member of a Chipewyan group that lived along the lakes of the Upper Churchill River area. Thilgen A surname. thilk That same; this; that. thill One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft. thilled That has been fitted with a thill. (one of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched) thiller The horse that goes between the thills, or shafts of a carriage, and supports them. thilly Characteristic of a thill. thimble A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material. thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus, a species of Rubus, native to western and northern North America, from Alaska east to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to northern Mexico. Thimbleby A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2370). thimbled Of a finger: having a thimble (“cup-shaped cap used in sewing to push the needle through material”) on the tip; of a person: wearing a thimble on one's finger. thimbleeye An Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias). thimbleful As much as a thimble will hold. thimblelike Resembling or characteristic of a thimble. thimblemaker A manufacturer of thimbles. thimblemaking The manufacture of thimbles. thimbleman A fraudster who operates a thimblerig game. thimblerig A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups (or thimbles) a pea-sized object has been placed after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery; a shell game. thimblerigger Someone who cheats by thimblerigging, or similar tricks involving sleight of hand. thimbleriggery thimblerigging; deception thimblette A rubber cap covering the finger typically used when handling paper, such as in archival work. thimbleweed Rudbeckia laciniata thimbling Synonym of thimblerigging (“the act of cheating (someone) in a thimblerig game, or by trickery”). thimerasol Sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate, an organomercury compound used as an antiseptic and antifungal agent. Thimmesh A surname from Kannada. Thimphu The capital city of Bhutan. thin Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite. thinclad A track and field athlete. thincoat A type of coating that is applied by spraying, as opposed to one that must be applied with a trowel. Thind A surname from Punjabi. thine Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy). thineself Synonym of thyself. thineselves Yourselves; a plural of the archaic or pseudo-archaic pronoun thineself. thing That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept. thingal Belonging or pertaining to a thing or things; real. thingamabob A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten. thingamadoodle thingamabob thingamafuck A placeholder term. thingamajig Something that one does not know the name of. thingamajigger An item that one does not know the name of. thingamajiggy A thingy; something whose name cannot be recalled. Thingbaijam A Meitei surname from Manipuri belonging to Khuman clan thinger A realist; one who considers only things or objects. thinghood The quality, condition, or character of being a thing. thingification The fact or process of turning something into a thing. thingify To convert into a thing; to make concrete or tangible. thinginess The quality of being a thing, or like a thing; tangible reality; thinghood. thingish Like a physical, tangible thing; objective. thingism Materialism. thingless Without a thing or things. thinglet A little thing. Thingley A hamlet in Corsham parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8970). thinglike Resembling a thing; having the properties associated with a physical object; objectlike. thinglikeness The quality of being thinglike. thingliness The quality of being thingly. thingly Pertaining to the substance of a work, separate from what is conveyed; material, substantive. thingman One of several men gathered at a thing, for example to settle a dispute over a debt. thingmy Agitated, flustered, in a lather. Thingnam A Meitei surname from Manipuri thingness The quality of a material thing; objectivity; actuality; reality. thingo A thingamajig; something the name of which is unknown or cannot be recalled. thingodontan Any extinct marsupial of the informal order Thingodonta, more formally known as †Yalkaparidontia Thingom A Meitei surname from Manipuri things One's clothes, furniture, luggage, or possessions collectively; stuff thingstead A place where a Thing (governing meeting or assembly) was held; forum Thingujam A Meitei surname from Manipuri thingum Synonym of thingummy. thingummy Synonym of thingy: something one cannot remember the name of, or is unable to or does not care to specify precisely. thingy A thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name). Thingyan The Burmese New Year festival, celebrated from 13 to 16 April. thinhorn thinhorn sheep Thinite Of or relating to the ancient Egyptian city of Thinis. think To ponder, to go over in one's mind. thinkability The property of being thinkable. thinkable Able to be thought or imagined; conceivable. thinkableness The property of being thinkable. thinkably Such that it can be thought. thinkalike One who has similar opinions to another. thinkative Inclined to think about things. thinker One who spends time thinking, contemplating or meditating. thinkfluence The amount of influence or power that someone has over the public's thoughts or ideas. thinkfluencer An influencer who posts their thoughts and analysis. thinkful thoughtful thinking The action or process of using one's mind to consider or reason about something. thinkingly With thought or thinking. thinkingness The quality of having thoughts; faculty of thinking. thinkism The principle that any problem or technological obstacle can be solved by spending large amounts of effort in thinking about a solution. thinko A careless mistake made in thinking. thinksome Thoughtful, full of thoughts. thinktanker A member of a think tank. thinky Tending to think, or inspire thinking. thinliness Synonym of thinness. thinly In a thin, loose, or scattered manner; scantily; not thickly. thinnable That may be thinned. thinner A liquid substance used to thin the consistency of another liquid. thinness The state or quality of being thin. thinnet 10BASE2, a form of Ethernet using a thin coaxial cable thinning Process of removing plants or parts of plants to facilitate the growth of other plants thinnish Somewhat thin. thinny A thin person. thinocorid Any bird in the family Thinocoridae, the seedsnipes thinocorine Relating to thinocorids thinolite a pseudomorph of ikaite, found in Quaternary lake basins of Nevada. thinozerconid Any member of the Thinozerconidae. thinset An adhesive mortar made of cement, fine sand, and a water-retaining agent. thinspiration Material provided as an inspiration to stay thin or lose weight. thinsplain To explain to a fat person (as a thin person) in a condescending manner, presuming the listener's inferior understanding. Thinus A diminutive of the male given name Marthinus. thinwire 10BASE2, a form of Ethernet using thin coaxial cable thioacetal either a monothioacetal or a dithioacetal thioacetamide An organosulfur compound with chemical formula C₂H₅NS, a white crystalline solid that is soluble in water and serves as a source of hydrogen sulfide in the synthesis of organic and inorganic compounds. thioacetate Any salt or ester of a thioacetic acid thioacetazone A thiosemicarbazone used in the treatment of tuberculosis thioacetone The thioketone CH₃-CS-CH₃, an analogue of acetone thioacetyl A radical derived from thioacetic acid thioacid Any acid formally derived from an oxyacid by replacement of one or more oxygen atoms with sulfur. thioacidolysis acidolysis using a thioacid thioacrolein The thioaldehyde 2-propenethial CH₂=CH-CH=S thioacyl A univalent radical R-CS- derived from a thiocarboxylic acid thioacylated Modified by addition of a thioacyl group thioacylation Modification by addition of a thioacyl group thioadenosine A derivative of adenosine in which one of the ribose hydroxyls is replaced by a thiol group thioalcohol thiol, mercaptan