Thagawain
"Thagawain Anfirig" Thagawain Anfirig is the Galeoth Earl of Gesindal .

Thagawain Anfirig

Title(s): Earl of Gesindal
Lived: 4057 -
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Galeoth
Gender: Male
Occupation: Earl of Gesindal
Books: The Warrior-Prophet The Thousandfold Thought

Thagawain Anfirig

Thagawain Anfirig
Thagawain Anfirig is the Galeoth Earl of Gesindal .

Thagawain Anfirig

Thaila
"Nersei Thaila (elder)" Nersei Thaila was a Queen of Conriya , wife to King Nersei Eukernas II and mother to Nersei Tirummas and Nersei Proyas . While she is mentioned in most books of the series, she is only named in The Unholy Consult . Her granddaughter was presumably named after her.

The Darkness That Comes Before

Achamian remembers falling in love with Proyas' "legendary mother" over the years he spent as Proyas' tutor in Aöknyssus . Later on, he also mentions how Thaila was furious over her son's delight at the answer Achamian had given him after being asked about the God ("I've heard many rumours, but I've never met the man.") and almost dismissed him .

The Warrior-Prophet

Achamian thinks about how Proyas still looks much the same as he did as a boy, including his curly black hair, which his mother had "both cursed and adored" .

The Thousandfold Thought

Achamian remembers accompanying Proyas and his mother to her dowager estates in Anplei . At Shimeh , Proyas casts his Chorae against one of the Cishaurim , and thinks about how it had been a gift from his mother on his seventh birthday .

The White-Luck Warrior

Proyas recalls how, as a child, one of his duties had been to bear his mother's train at public ceremonies .

The Great Ordeal

Proyas remembers how his mother would sometimes weep over the dangerous things he used to do as a child, such as climbing trees to the peak .

The Unholy Consult

Proyas thinks about how he had inherited the face and eyes of his mother, "just as the poets said" .

Nersei Thaila

Title(s): Queen
Lived: ? - ?
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Conriyan
Gender: Female
Occupation: Queen of Conriya
Relatives: Eukernas II (husband) Tirummas (son) Proyas (son) Miramis (daughter-in-law) Xinemus (grandson) Thaila (granddaughter)
Books: The Darkness That Comes Before (mentioned) The Warrior-Prophet (mentioned) The Thousandfold Thought (mentioned) The White-Luck Warrior (mentioned) The Great Ordeal (mentioned) The Unholy Consult (mentioned)

Nersei Thaila

Thallei
"Thallei Numemarius" Thallei Numemarius is the Patridomos of House Thallei, and General of the Kidruhil until his death in Nagogris . Numemarius's death results from infighting among the Holy War . Ikurei Conphas promises Imperial protection to Nagogris in exchange for the city's surrender, but the Thunyeri begin plundering the city regardless. When the Kidruhil try to stop them, fighting breaks out between the two factions. Numemarius attempts to speak to Yalgrota Sranchammer under a flag of truce, only to be killed.

Thallei Numemarius

Title(s): Patridomos General
Lived: 4069 - 4111
Race: Men
Nationality: Nansur
Gender: Male
Occupation: Patridomos of House Thallei General of the Kidruhil
Books: The Warrior-Prophet

Thallei Numemarius

Thallei Numemarius
Thallei Numemarius is the Patridomos of House Thallei, and General of the Kidruhil until his death in Nagogris . Numemarius's death results from infighting among the Holy War . Ikurei Conphas promises Imperial protection to Nagogris in exchange for the city's surrender, but the Thunyeri begin plundering the city regardless. When the Kidruhil try to stop them, fighting breaks out between the two factions. Numemarius attempts to speak to Yalgrota Sranchammer under a flag of truce, only to be killed.

Thallei Numemarius

Thampis
"Kemetti Thampis" Kemetti Thampis is a Conriyan Baron from the Anpleian frontier.

Kemetti Thampis

Title(s): Baron
Lived: 4076 -
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Conriyan
Gender: Male
Occupation: Baron
Books: mention only

Kemetti Thampis

Title(s): Baron
Lived: 4076 -
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Conriyan
Gender: Male
Occupation: Baron
Books: mention only

Thanteus
"Thanteus Eskeles" Thanteus Eskeles is a Mandate Schoolman and tutor to Varalt Sorweel .

Thanteus Eskeles

Lived: ? - ?
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Gender: Male
Occupation: Mandate Sorcerer
Books: The Judging Eye The White-Luck Warrior

Thanteus Eskeles

Lived: ? - ?
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Gender: Male
Occupation: Mandate Sorcerer
Books: The Judging Eye The White-Luck Warrior

Thanteus Eskeles
Thanteus Eskeles is a Mandate Schoolman and tutor to Varalt Sorweel .

Thanteus Eskeles

Lived: ? - ?
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Gender: Male
Occupation: Mandate Sorcerer
Books: The Judging Eye The White-Luck Warrior

Thanteus Eskeles

Lived: ? - ?
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Gender: Male
Occupation: Mandate Sorcerer
Books: The Judging Eye The White-Luck Warrior

Tharias
"Polpi Tharias" A man from whom Esmenet secured an Exception in her efforts to try to recover Mimara.

Tharschilka
"Heänar Tharschilka" Heänar Tharschilka is the Galeoth Earl of Nergaöta , and one of the three leaders of the Vulgar Holy War .

The Darkness That Comes Before

Along with Nersei Calmemunis and Akori Kumrezzer , Tharschilka agrees to the Indenture so that he can be one of the leaders of the Vulgar Holy War, expecting to achieve glory with a quick victory over the Fanim . He is killed in the Fourth Battle of Mengedda .

Heänar Tharschilka

Title(s): Earl of Nergaöta
Lived: 4068 - 4110
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Galeoth
Gender: Male
Occupation: Earl of Nergaöta
Books: The Darkness That Comes Before

Heänar Tharschilka

Thassius
A ranking member of the Imperial Saik.

That
"Darkness That Comes Before" The Darkness That Comes Before is the first novel in both The Prince of Nothing trilogy and The Second Apocalypse series. It was R. Scott Bakker ’s debut novel and was published in 2003.

Publisher’s Summary

Strikingly original in its conception, ambitious in scope, with characters engrossingly and vividly drawn, the first book in R. Scott Bakker’s Prince of Nothing series creates a remarkable world from whole cloth—its language and classes of people, its cities, religions, mysteries, taboos, and rituals—the kind of all—embracing universe Tolkien and Herbert created unforgettably in the epic fantasies The Lord of the Rings and Dune. It’s a world scarred by an apocalyptic past, evoking a time both two thousand years past and two thousand years into the future, as untold thousands gather for a crusade. Among them, two men and two women are ensnared by a mysterious traveller, Anasûrimbor Kellhus—part warrior, part philosopher, part sorcerous, charismatic presence—from lands long thought dead. The Darkness That Comes Before is a history of this great Holy War, and like all histories, the survivours write its conclusion.

The Holy War

The Holy War is the name of the great host called by Maithanet , the Shriah of the Thousand Temples , to liberate Shimeh from the heathen Fanim of Kian . Word of Maithanet’s call spreads across the Three Seas , and faithful from all the great Inrithi nations— Galeoth , Thunyerus , Ce Tydonn , Conriya , High Ainon , and their tributaries—travel to the city of Momemn , the capital of the Nansur Empire , to become Men of the Tusk . Almost from the outset, the gathering host is mired in politics and controversy. First, Maithanet somehow convinces the Scarlet Spires , the most powerful of the sorcerous Schools , to join his Holy War. Despite the outrage this provokes— sorcery is anathema to the Inrithi—the Men of the Tusk realize they need the Scarlet Spires to counter the heathen Cishaurim , the sorcerer -priests of the Fanim. The Holy War would be doomed without one of the Major Schools. The question is one of why the Scarlet Schoolmen would agree to such a perilous arrangement. Unknown to most, Hanamanu Eleäzaras , the Grandmaster of the Scarlet Spires, has waged a long and secret war against the Cishaurim, who for no apparent reason assassinated his predecessor, Sasheoka , some ten years previously. Second, Ikurei Xerius III , the Emperor of Nansur, hatches an intricate plot to usurp the Holy War for his own ends. Much of what is now heathen Kian once belonged to the Nansur, and Xerius has made recovering the Empire’s lost provinces his heart’s most fervent desire. Since the Holy War gathers in the Nansur Empire, it can march only if provisioned by the Emperor, something he refuses to do until every leader of the Holy War signs his Indenture , a written oath to cede all lands conquered to him. Of course, the first caste -nobles to arrive repudiate the Indenture, and a stalemate ensues. As the Holy War’s numbers swell into the hundreds of thousands, however, the titular leaders of the host begin to grow restless. Since they war in the God ’s name, they think themselves invincible, and as a result see little reason to share the glory with those yet to arrive. A Conriyan noble named Nersei Calmemunis comes to an accommodation with the Emperor, and convinces his fellows to sign the Imperial Indenture. Once provisioned, most of those gathered march, even though their lords and a greater part of the Holy War have yet to arrive. Because the host consists primarily of lordless rabble, it comes to be called the Vulgar Holy War . Despite Maithanet’s attempts to bring the makeshift host to heel, it continues marching southward, and passes into heathen lands, where—precisely as the Emperor had planned—the Fanim destroy it utterly. Xerius knows that in military terms, the loss of the Vulgar Holy War is insignificant, since the rabble that largely constituted it would have proven more a liability than an advantage in battle. In political terms, however, the Vulgar Holy War’s destruction is invaluable, since it has shown Maithanet and the Men of the Tusk the true mettle of their adversary. The Fanim, as the Nansur well know, are not to be trifled with, even with the God’s favour. Only an outstanding general, Xerius claims, can assure the Holy War’s victory—a man like his nephew, Ikurei Conphas , who, after his recent victory over the dread Scylvendi at the Battle of Kiyuth , has been hailed as the greatest tactician of his age. The leaders of the Holy War need only sign the Imperial Indenture, and Conphas’s preternatural skill and insight will be theirs. Maithanet, it seems, now finds himself in a dilemma. As Shriah, he can compel the Emperor to provision the Holy War, but he cannot compel him to send Ikurei Conphas, his only living heir. The first truly great Inrithi potentates of the Holy War—Prince Nersei Proyas of Conriya, Prince Coithus Saubon of Galeoth, Earl Hoga Gothyelk of Ce Tydonn, King-Regent Chepheramunni of High Ainon—arrive in the midst of this controversy, and the Holy War amasses new strength, though it remains a hostage in effect, bound by the scarcity of food to the walls of Momemn and the Emperor’s granaries. To a man, the caste-nobles repudiate Xerius’s Indenture and demand that he provision them. The Men of the Tusk begin raiding the surrounding countryside. In retaliation, the Emperor calls in elements of the Imperial Army. Pitched battles are fought. In an effort to forestall disaster, Maithanet calls a Council of Great and Lesser Names, and all the leaders of the Holy War gather in the Emperor’s palace, the Andiamine Heights , to make their arguments. Here Nersei Proyas shocks the assembly by offering a many-scarred Scylvendi Chieftain, a veteran of past wars against the Fanim, as a surrogate for the famed Ikurei Conphas. The Scylvendi, Cnaiür urs Skiötha , shares hard words with both the Emperor and his nephew, and the leaders of the Holy War are impressed. The Shriah’s Envoy, however, remains undecided: the Scylvendi are as apostate as the Fanim, after all. Only the wise words of Prince Anasûrimbor Kellhus of Atrithau settle the matter. The Envoy reads the decree demanding that the Emperor, under pain of Shrial Censure, provision the Men of the Tusk. The Holy War will march.

Drusas Achamian

Drusas Achamian is a sorcerer sent by the School of Mandate to investigate Maithanet and his Holy War. Though he no longer believes in his School’s ancient mission, he travels to Sumna , where the Thousand Temples is based, in the hope of learning more about the mysterious Shriah, whom the Mandate fears could be an agent of the Consult . In the course of his probe, he resumes an old love affair with a harlot named Esmenet , and despite his misgivings, he recruits a former student of his, a Shrial Priest named Paro Inrau , to report on Maithanet’s activities. During this time, his nightmares of the Apocalypse intensify, particularly those involving the so-called “ Celmomian Prophecy ,” which foretells the return of a descendant of Anasûrimbor Celmomas II before the Second Apocalypse. Then Inrau dies under mysterious circumstances. Overcome by guilt, and heartbroken by Esmenet’s refusal to cease taking custom, Achamian flees Sumna and travels to Momemn, where the Holy War gathers under the Emperor’s covetous and uneasy eyes. A powerful rival of the Mandate, a School called the Scarlet Spires, has joined the Holy War to prosecute its long contest with the sorcerer-priests of the Cishaurim, who reside in Shimeh. Seidru Nautzera , Achamian’s Mandate handler, has ordered him to observe them and the Holy War. When he reaches the encampment, Achamian joins the fire of Krijates Xinemus , an old friend of his from Conriya. Pursuing his investigation of Inrau’s death, Achamian convinces Xinemus to take him to see another old student of his, Prince Nersei Proyas of Conriya, who’s become a confidant of the enigmatic Shriah. When Proyas scoffs at his suspicions and repudiates him as a blasphemer, Achamian implores him to write Maithanet regarding the circumstances of Inrau’s death. Embittered, Achamian leaves his old student’s pavilion certain his meagre request will go unfulfilled. Then a man hailing from the distant north arrives—a man calling himself Anasûrimbor Kellhus. Battered by his recurrent dreams of the Apocalypse, Achamian finds himself fearing the worst: the Second Apocalypse. Is Kellhus’s arrival a mere coincidence, or is he the Harbinger foretold in the Celmomian Prophecy? Achamian questions the man, only to find himself utterly disarmed by his humour, honesty, and intellect. They talk history and philosophy long into the night, and before retiring, Kellhus asks Achamian to be his teacher. Inexplicably awed and affected by the stranger, Achamian agrees … But he finds himself in a dilemma. The reappearance of an Anasûrimbor is something the School of Mandate simply has to know—few discoveries could be more significant. But he fears what his brother Schoolmen will do: a lifetime of dreaming horrors, he knows, has made them cruel and pitiless. And he blames them, moreover, for the death of Inrau. Before he can resolve this dilemma, Achamian is summoned by the Emperor’s nephew, Ikurei Conphas, to the Imperial Palace in Momemn, where the Emperor wants him to assess a highly placed adviser of his—an old man called Skeaös —for the Mark of sorcery. The Emperor himself, Ikurei Xerius III, brings Achamian to Skeaös, demanding to know whether the old man bears the blasphemous taint of sorcery. Achamian sees nothing amiss. Skeaös, however, sees something in Achamian. He begins writhing against his chains, speaking a tongue from Achamian’s ancient dreams. Impossibly, the old man breaks free, killing several before being burned by the Emperor’s sorcerers. Dumbfounded, Achamian confronts the howling Skeaös, only to watch horrified as his face peels apart and opens into scorched limbs … The abomination before him, he realizes, is a Consult spy, one that can mimic and replace others without bearing sorcery’s telltale Mark. A skin-spy . Achamian flees the palace without warning the Emperor and his court, knowing they would think his conviction nonsense. For them, Skeaös can only be an artifact of the heathen Cishaurim, whose art also bears no Mark. Senseless to his surroundings, Achamian wanders back to Xinemus’s camp, so absorbed by his horror that he fails to see or hear Esmenet, who has come to rejoin him at long last. The mysteries surrounding Maithanet. The coming of Anasûrimbor Kellhus. The discovery of the first Consult spy in generations … How can he doubt it any longer? The Second Apocalypse is about to begin. Alone in his humble tent, he weeps, overcome by loneliness, dread, and remorse.

Esmenet

Esmenet is a Sumni prostitute who mourns both her life and her dead daughter . When Achamian arrives on his mission to learn more about Maithanet, she readily takes him in. During this time, she continues to take and service her customers, knowing full well the pain this causes Achamian. But she really has no choice: sooner or later, she realizes, Achamian will be called away. And yet she falls ever deeper in love with the hapless sorcerer, in part because of the respect he accords her, and in part because of the worldly nature of his work. Though her sex has condemned her to sit half-naked in her window, the world beyond has always been her passion. The intrigues of the Great Factions, the machinations of the Consult: these are the things that quicken her soul. Then disaster strikes: Achamian’s informant, Inrau, is murdered, and the bereaved Schoolman is forced to travel to Momemn. Esmenet begs him to take her with him, but he refuses, and she finds herself once again marooned in her old life. Not long after, a threatening stranger comes to her room, demanding to know everything about Achamian. Twisting her desire against her, the man ravishes her, and Esmenet finds herself answering all his questions. Come morning he vanishes as suddenly as he appears, leaving only pools of black seed to mark his passing. Horrified, Esmenet flees Sumna, determined to find Achamian and tell him what happened. In her bones, she knows the stranger is somehow connected to the Consult. On her way to Momemn, she pauses in a village, hoping to find someone to repair her broken sandal. When the villagers recognize the whore’s tattoo on her hand, they begin stoning her—the punishment the Tusk demands of prostitutes. Only the sudden appearance of a Shrial Knight named Cutias Sarcellus saves her, and she has the satisfaction of watching her tormentors humbled. Sarcellus takes her the rest of the way to Momemn, and Esmenet finds herself growing more and more infatuated with his wealth and aristocratic manner. He seems so free of the melancholy and indecision that plague Achamian. Once they reach the Holy War, Esmenet stays with Sarcellus, even though she knows Achamian is only miles away. As the Shrial Knight continually reminds her, Schoolmen such as Achamian are forbidden to take wives. If she were to run to him, he says, it would be only a matter of time before he abandoned her again. Weeks pass, and she finds herself esteeming Sarcellus less and pining for Achamian more and more. Finally, on the night before the Holy War is to march, she sets off in search of the portly sorcerer, determined to tell him everything that has happened. After a harrowing search, she finally locates Xinemus’s camp, only to find herself too ashamed to make her presence known. She hides in the darkness instead, waiting for Achamian to appear, and wondering at the strange collection of men and women about the fire. When dawn arrives without any sign of Achamian, Esmenet wanders across the abandoned site, only to see him trudging toward her. She holds out her arms to him, weeping with joy and sorrow … And he simply walks past her as though she were a stranger. Heartbroken, she flees, determined to make her own way in the Holy War.

Cnaiür urs Skiötha

Cnaiür urs Skiötha is a Chieftain of the Utemot , a tribe of Scylvendi, who are feared across the Three Seas for their skill and ferocity in war. Because of the events surrounding the death of his father, Skiötha urs Hannut , some thirty years previously, Cnaiür is despised by his own people, though none dare challenge him because of his savage strength and his cunning in war. Word arrives that the Emperor’s nephew, Ikurei Conphas, has invaded the Holy Steppe , and Cnaiür rides with the Utemot to join the Scylvendi horde on the distant Imperial frontier. Knowing Conphas’s reputation, Cnaiür senses a trap, but his warnings go unheeded by Xunnurit , the chieftain elected King-of-Tribes for the coming battle. Cnaiür can only watch as the disaster unfolds. Escaping the horde’s destruction, Cnaiür returns to the pastures of the Utemot more anguished than ever. He flees the whispers and the looks of his fellow tribesmen and rides to the graves of his ancestors, where he finds a grievously wounded man sitting upon his dead father’s barrow, surrounded by circles of dead Sranc . Warily approaching, Cnaiür nightmarishly realizes that he recognizes the man—or almost recognizes him. He resembles Anasûrimbor Moënghus in almost every respect, save that he is too young … Moënghus had been captured thirty years previous, when Cnaiür was little more than a stripling, and given to Cnaiür’s father as a slave. He claimed to be Dûnyain , a people possessed of an extraordinary wisdom, and Cnaiür spent many hours with him, speaking of things forbidden to Scylvendi warriors. What happened afterward—the seduction, the murder of Skiötha, and Moënghus’s subsequent escape—has tormented Cnaiür ever since. Though he once loved the man, he now hates him with a deranged intensity. If only he could kill Moënghus, he believes, his heart could be made whole. Now, impossibly, this double has come to him, travelling the same path as the original. Realizing the stranger could make possible his vengeance, Cnaiür takes him captive. The man, who calls himself Anasûrimbor Kellhus, claims to be Moënghus’s son. The Dûnyain, he says, have sent him to assassinate his father in a faraway city called Shimeh. But as much as Cnaiür wants to believe this story, he’s wary and troubled. After years of obsessively pondering Moënghus, he’s come to realize that the Dûnyain are gifted with preternatural skills and intelligence. Their sole purpose, he now knows, is domination, though where others use force and fear, they use deceit and love. The story Kellhus has told him, Cnaiür realizes, is precisely the story a Dûnyain seeking escape and safe passage across Scylvendi lands would tell. Nevertheless, he makes a bargain with the man, agreeing to accompany him on his quest. The two of them strike out across the Steppe, locked in a shadowy war of word and passion. Time and again, Cnaiür finds himself drawn into Kellhus’s insidious nets, only to recall himself at the last moment. Only his hatred of Moënghus and knowledge of the Dûnyain preserve him. Near the Imperial frontier they encounter a party of hostile Scylvendi raiders. Kellhus’s unearthly skill in battle both astounds and terrifies Cnaiür. In the battle’s aftermath they find a captive concubine, a woman named Serwë , cowering among the raiders’ chattel. Struck by her beauty, Cnaiür takes her as his prize, and through her he learns of Maithanet’s Holy War for Shimeh, the city where Moënghus supposedly dwells … Can this be a coincidence? Coincidence or not, the Holy War forces Cnaiür to reconsider his original plan to travel around the Empire, where his Scylvendi heritage will mean almost certain death. With the Fanim rulers of Shimeh girding for war, the only possible way they can reach the holy city is to become Men of the Tusk. They have no choice, he realizes, but to join the Holy War, which, according to Serwë, gathers about the city of Momemn in the heart of the Empire—the one place he cannot go. Now that they have safely crossed the Steppe, Cnaiür is convinced Kellhus will kill him: the Dûnyain brook no liabilities. Descending the mountains into the Empire, Cnaiür confronts Kellhus, who claims he has use of him still. While Serwë watches in horror, the two men battle on the mountainous heights, and though Cnaiür is able to surprise Kellhus, the man easily overpowers him, holding him by the throat over a precipice. To prove his intent to keep their bargain, he spares Cnaiür’s life. After so many years among worldborn men, Kellhus claims, Moënghus will be far too powerful for him to face alone. They will need an army, he says, and unlike Cnaiür he knows nothing of war. Despite his misgivings, Cnaiür believes him, and they resume their journey. As the days pass, Cnaiür watches Serwë become more and more infatuated with Kellhus. Though troubled by this, he refuses to admit as much, reminding himself that warriors care nothing for women, particularly those taken as the spoils of battle. What does it matter that she belongs to Kellhus during the day? She is Cnaiür’s at night. After a desperate journey and pursuit through the heart of the Empire, they at last find their way to Momemn and the Holy War, where they are taken before one of the Holy War’s leaders, a Conriyan Prince named Nersei Proyas. In keeping with their plan, Cnaiür claims to be the last of the Utemot, travelling with Anasûrimbor Kellhus, a Prince of the northern city of Atrithau, who has dreamed of the Holy War from afar. Proyas, however, is far more interested in Cnaiür’s knowledge of the Fanim and their way of battle. Obviously impressed by what he has to say, the Conriyan Prince takes Cnaiür and his companions under his protection. Soon afterward, Proyas takes Cnaiür and Kellhus to a meeting of the Holy War’s leaders and the Emperor, where the fate of the Holy War is to be decided. Ikurei Xerius III has refused to provision the Men of the Tusk unless they swear to return all the lands they wrest from the Fanim to the Empire. The Shriah, Maithanet, can force the Emperor to provision them, but he fears the Holy War lacks the leadership to overcome the Fanim. The Emperor offers his brilliant nephew, Ikurei Conphas, flush from his spectacular victory over the Scylvendi at Kiyuth, but only—once again—if the leaders of the Holy War pledge to surrender their future conquests. In a daring gambit, Proyas offers Cnaiür in Conphas’s stead. A vicious war of words ensues, and Cnaiür manages to best the precocious Imperial Nephew. The Shriah’s representative orders the Emperor to provision the Men of the Tusk. The Holy War will march. In a mere matter of days, Cnaiür has gone from a fugitive to a leader of the greatest host ever assembled in the Three Seas. What does it mean for a Scylvendi to treat with outland princes, with peoples he is sworn to destroy? What must he surrender to see his vengeance through? That night, he watches Serwë surrender to Kellhus body and soul, and he wonders at the horror he has delivered to the Holy War. What will Anasûrimbor Kellhus—a Dûnyain—make of these Men of the Tusk? No matter, he tells himself, the Holy War marches to distant Shimeh—to Moënghus and the promise of blood.

Anasûrimbor Kellhus

Anasûrimbor Kellhus is a monk sent by his order, the Dûnyain, to search for his father, Anasûrimbor Moënghus. Since discovering the secret redoubt of the Kûniüric High Kings during the Apocalypse some two thousand years previous, the Dûnyain have concealed themselves, breeding for reflex and intellect, and continually training in the ways of limb, thought, and face—all for the sake of reason, the sacred Logos . In the effort to transform themselves into the perfect expression of the Logos, the Dûnyain have bent their entire existence to mastering the irrationalities that determine human thought: history, custom, and passion. In this way, they believe, they will eventually grasp what they call the Absolute , and so become true self-moving souls. But their glorious isolation is at an end. After thirty years of exile, one of their number, Anasûrimbor Moënghus, has reappeared in their dreams, demanding they send to him his son. Knowing only that his father dwells in a distant city called Shimeh, Kellhus undertakes an arduous journey through lands long abandoned by men. While wintering with a trapper named Leweth , he discovers he can read the man’s thoughts through the nuances of his expression. Worldborn men, he realizes, are little more than children in comparison with the Dûnyain. Experimenting, he finds that he can exact anything from Leweth—any love, any sacrifice—with mere words. So what of his father, who has spent thirty years among such men? What is the extent of Anasûrimbor Moënghus’s power? When a band of inhuman Sranc discovers Leweth’s steading, the two men are forced to flee. Leweth is wounded, and Kellhus leaves him for the Sranc, feeling no remorse. The Sranc overtake him, and after driving them away, he battles their leader , a deranged Nonman , who nearly undoes him with sorcery. Kellhus flees, racked by questions without answers: Sorcery, he’d been taught, was nothing more than superstition. Could the Dûnyain have been wrong? What other facts had they overlooked or suppressed? Eventually he finds refuge in the ancient city of Atrithau, where, using his Dûnyain abilities, he assembles an expedition to cross the Sranc-infested plains of Suskara . After a harrowing trek, he crosses the frontier, only to be captured by a mad Scylvendi Chieftain named Cnaiür urs Skiötha—a man who both knows and hates his father, Moënghus. Though his knowledge of the Dûnyain renders Cnaiür immune to direct manipulation, Kellhus quickly realizes he can turn the man’s thirst for vengeance to his advantage. Claiming to be an assassin sent to murder Moënghus, he asks the Scylvendi to join him on his quest. Overpowered by his hatred, Cnaiür reluctantly agrees, and the two men set out across the Jiünati Steppe. Time and again, Kellhus tries to secure the trust he needs to possess the man, but the barbarian continually rebuffs him. His hatred and his penetration are too great. Then, near the Imperial frontier, they find a concubine named Serwë, who informs them of a Holy War gathering about Momemn—a Holy War for Shimeh. The fact that his father has summoned him to Shimeh at the same time, Kellhus realizes, can be no coincidence. But what could Moënghus be planning? They cross the mountains into the Empire, and Kellhus watches Cnaiür struggle with the growing conviction that he’s outlived his usefulness. Thinking that murdering Kellhus is as close as he’ll ever come to murdering Moënghus, Cnaiür attacks him, only to be defeated. To prove that he still needs him, Kellhus spares his life. He must, Kellhus knows, dominate the Holy War, but he as yet knows nothing of warfare. The variables are too many. Though Cnaiür’s knowledge of Moënghus and the Dûnyain renders him a liability, his skill in war makes him invaluable. To secure this knowledge, Kellhus starts seducing Serwë, using her and her beauty as detours to the barbarian’s tormented heart. Once in the Empire, they stumble across a patrol of Imperial cavalrymen; their journey to Momemn quickly becomes a desperate race. When they finally reach the encamped Holy War, they find themselves before Nersei Proyas, the Crown Prince of Conriya. To secure a position of honour among the Men of the Tusk, Kellhus lies, and claims to be a Prince of Atrithau. To lay the groundwork for his future domination, he claims to have suffered dreams of the Holy War—implying, without saying as much, that they were godsent. Since Proyas is more concerned with Cnaiür and how he can use the barbarian’s knowledge of battle to thwart the Emperor, these claims are accepted without any real scrutiny. Only the Mandate Schoolman accompanying Proyas, Drusas Achamian, seems troubled by him—especially by his name. The following evening, Kellhus dines with the sorcerer, disarming him with humour, flattering him with questions. He learns of the Apocalypse and the Consult and many other sundry things, and though he knows Achamian harbours some terror regarding the name Anasûrimbor , he asks the melancholy man to become his teacher. The Dûnyain, Kellhus has come to realize, have been mistaken about many things, the existence of sorcery among them. There is so much he must know before he confronts his father … A final gathering is called to settle the issue between the Lords of the Holy War, who want to march, and the Emperor, who refuses to provision them. With Cnaiür at his side, Kellhus charts the souls of all those present, calculating the ways he might bring them under his thrall. Among the Emperor’s advisers, however, he observes an expression he cannot read. The man, he realizes, possesses a false face. While Ikurei Conphas and the Inrithi caste-nobles bicker, Kellhus studies the man, and determines that his name is Skeaös by reading the lips of his interlocutors. Could this Skeaös be an agent of his father? Before he can draw any conclusions, however, his scrutiny is noticed by the Emperor himself, who has the adviser seized. Though the entire Holy War celebrates the Emperor’s defeat, Kellhus is more perplexed than ever. Never has he undertaken a study so deep. That night he consummates his relationship with Serwë, continuing the patient work of undoing Cnaiür—as all Men of the Tusk must be undone. Somewhere, a shadowy faction lurks behind faces of false skin. Far to the south in Shimeh, Anasûrimbor Moënghus awaits the coming storm.

Point of View Characters

Each chapter in the book is divided into sections of limited third person point of views of alternating characters. Some chapters include an omniscient third person point of view. The numbers in brackets indicate how many sections the character has in the novel. - Anasûrimbor Kellhus (26)
- Cnaiür urs Skiötha (18)
- Drusas Achamian (25)
- Esmenet (11)
- Geshrunni (2)
- Hanamanu Eleäzaras (1)
- Ikurei Conphas (5)
- Ikurei Xerius III (7)
- Leweth (3)
- Nersei Proyas (4)
- Omniscient (8)
- Paro Inrau (2)
- Seidru Nautzera (1)
- Serwë (10)
- The-Thing-Called- Sarcellus ( Maëngi ) (1)
- Yursalka (1)

The Darkness That Comes Before

Series: The Prince of Nothing #1 The Second Apocalypse #1
Author: R. Scott Bakker
Publisher: Penguin (Canada) Overlook (USA) Orbit (UK)
Released: 2003

The Darkness That Comes Before

Series: The Prince of Nothing #1 The Second Apocalypse #1
Author: R. Scott Bakker
Publisher: Penguin (Canada) Overlook (USA) Orbit (UK)
Released: 2003

Theliopa
"Anasûrimbor Theliopa" Anasûrimbor Theliopa was the eldest daughter and second child of Kellhus and Esmenet . Over the course of the Aspect-Emperor series, she remained with her mother in Momemn in her capacity as Imperial Adviser .

Appearance

Theliopa was tall and pale-skinned like her father , with sallow blonde hair and pale blue eyes . She was thin to the point of emaciation, her features angular and her skin being referred to as "tented over the woodwork of her bones" . She was known for wearing outlandish garments of her own design and arranging her hair in equally eccentric hairstyles .

Personality

Theliopa was remarkably intelligent, but almost completely devoid of emotion and oblivious to most social norms . She almost always avoided meeting other people's gazes , her stare being very intense on the rare occasions she did so . She spoke with a very high and cold voice and possessed a verbal tic that manifested as the repetition of certain words . She was an avid reader, remembering all she read with perfect detail . However, she was so consumed by her interests she often forgot to eat or sleep, having to be forced to do so (the latter situation resulting in her emaciated state) .

What Came Before

Theliopa was born in Nenciphon during the Unification Wars , probably in or around the winter of 4113 . Due to her prodigious intellect and memory, she was made an Imperial Adviser at the age of twelve . At some point during her youth, she underwent a traumatic experience (presumably involving rape) at the hands of her brother Inrilatas . This was likely the catalyst for Kellhus' decision to imprison his son (it is implied Esmenet never learned about this) . This event remained the only thing to cause Theliopa to show any kind of emotion, as Kelmomas discovered years later .

The Judging Eye

Theliopa was one of her mother's closest advisers in the Andiamine Heights , using her Dûnyain mental abilities to provide detailed reports and oversee Esmenet's meetings with various dignitaries. She was also the one to detect a skin-spy among the stable slaves in Momemn. She was present when Samarmas was killed in an accident engineered by Kelmomas, the latter describing her as observing the scene "with fey curiosity".

The White-Luck Warrior

After Esmenet started to mistrust Maithanet , she asked her daughter for advice on how to gauge his true intentions. Theliopa eventually suggested that Inrilatas could read their uncle's face, as he had been the only one trained to do so by their father. When the Andiamine Heights were stormed by Maithanet's men in the coup following Inrilatas' murder, Theliopa told her brother Kelmomas to run. Later, during Maithanet's reconciliation with Esmenet, he told her that Theliopa was safe.

The Great Ordeal

Theliopa advised her mother against forgiving Naree for betraying her location (and indirectly causing Imhailas ' death). She offered to kill Naree herself, but Esmenet declined. It is revealed that Theliopa had grown increasingly suspicious of Kelmomas's behaviour since the events following Maithanet's murder of Inrilatas. She confronted her younger brother, telling him that she had figured out that he was more than he seemed, and asked him if he had been the one to kill Biaxi Sankas . When Kelmomas denied it, she left him alone, but not before threatening him, as Momemn needed its Empress, and Kelmomas was making her weak (and the revelation of his crimes would make the situation even worse). Later, while Esmenet was giving Kelmomas a bath, Theliopa arrived to inform her mother that General Iskaul had arrived. Esmenet promptly left, asking her daughter to finish bathing Kelmomas. Theliopa then told her brother that she knew that he had made the decision to kill her. Kelmomas, in turn, brought up the past incident between her and Inrilatas, reminding her of how he would call her "Sranky". Overcome by uncharacteristic emotion, she quickly fled the room. Some time after that, Kelmomas tracked the White-Luck Warrior to his own bedroom. He watched as Theliopa walked in and confronted the White-Luck Warrior, who made it clear that she was "already dead", him just being "someone who was there when it happened". At the end of their conversation, an earthquake wracked the city, causing Theliopa to be crushed by falling debris. After the White-Luck Warrior left the now-destroyed room, Kelmomas walked to Theliopa and smashed her head with a brick to make sure she was dead. He then pretended to cry over her body. By the time a grieving Esmenet found her daughter's body, she caught a glimpse of Kelmomas' joyful expression.

Trivia

- Theliopa is the only one of Kellhus and Esmenet's children not to have a clear or probable namesake. Kayûtas , Serwa and Kelmomas are explicitly named after Anasûrimbor Nau-Cayûti , Serwë and Anasûrimbor Celmomas II , respectively . Inrilatas ' name is likely derived from that of Inri Sejenus , while Samarmas ' is quite similar to those of Samarmau Uän or Sag-Marmau .

Anasûrimbor Theliopa

Title(s): Princess-Imperial
Aliases: Thelli
Lived: ca. 4113 - 4132
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Half- Dûnyain ( Norsirai ), half- Ketyai
Nationality: New Empire
Gender: Female
Occupation: Imperial Adviser
Relatives: Moënghus (grandfather) Kellhus (father) Esmenet (mother) Maithanet (uncle) Mimara (half-sister) Koringhus (half-brother) Moënghus (adoptive brother) Kayûtas (brother) Serwa (sister) Inrilatas (brother) Kelmomas (brother) Samarmas (brother) The Boy (nephew) Unnamed nephew Unnamed nephew or niece
Books: The Judging Eye The White-Luck Warrior The Great Ordeal The Unholy Consult (mentioned)

Anasûrimbor Theliopa

Theophysics
Theophysics is a work by the famous philosopher Ajencis .

Therishut
"Gishtari Therishut" Gishtari Therishut is a Conriyan Baron from the Ainoni frontier, murdered by persons unknown.

Appearance

Therishut has a thin beard.

The Warrior-Prophet

After the Holy War captures Shigek , Therishut informs Krijates Xinemus about the discovery of books related to the Gnosis in the Sareötic Library . Xinemus then passes the information to Drusas Achamian , who travels there only to discover it to be a trap set by the Scarlet Spires .

Gishtari Therishut

Title(s): Baron
Lived: 4067 - 4111
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Conriyan
Gender: Male
Occupation: Baron
Books: The Warrior-Prophet

Gishtari Therishut

Title(s): Baron
Lived: 4067 - 4111
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Conriyan
Gender: Male
Occupation: Baron
Books: The Warrior-Prophet

They
"Fourth Dialogue of Movements of Planets as They Pertain to Astrology" The Fourth Dialogue of the Movements of the Planets as They Pertain to Astrology is one of the famed "lost works" of Ajencis .

Thipil
"Thipil Mepiro" Amoti Ordealman, one of the captains of Coithus Saubon's Knights of the Desert Lion and his Swordbearer.

Thipil Mepiro
Amoti Ordealman, one of the captains of Coithus Saubon's Knights of the Desert Lion and his Swordbearer.

Third
"Third Analytic of Men" The Third Analytic of Men is a work by Ajencis , regarded by many to be his magnum opus. The Third Analytic interrogates the aspects of human nature that make knowledge possible, as well as the human weaknesses that make knowledge so difficult to attain. As Ajencis notes, "if all Men disagree on all matters, then most Men confuse deception for truth". He investigates the reasons, not only for deception in general, but for the erroneous sense of conviction that sustains it, giving what has come to be called the "selfish knower" thesis, the idea that convenience, conditioning, and appeal (as opposed to evidence and rational argumentation) are the primary motivation for the beliefs of the vast majority .

Excerpts

"If it is only after that we understand what has come before, then we understand nothing. Thus we shall define the soul as follows: that which precedes everything." "The world is a circle that possesses as many centers as it does men." "The proposition "I am the center" need never be uttered. It is the assumption upon which all certainty and all doubt turns." "One can look into the future, or one can look at the future. The latter is by far the more instructive." "Love is lust made meaningful. Hope is hunger made human." "What is the meaning of a deluded life?" "Death, in the strict sense, cannot be defined, for whatever predicate we, the living, attribute to it necessarily belongs to Life. This means that Death, as a category, behaves in a manner indistinguishable from the Infinite, and from God ." "When a man possesses the innocence of a child, we call him a fool. When a child possesses the cunning of a man, we call him an abomination. As with love, knowledge has its season." "The world is only as deep as we can see. This is why fools think themselves profound. This is why terror is the passion of revelation." "It is not so much the wisdom of the wise that saves us from the foolishness of the fools as it is the latter's inability to agree." "Everything is concealed always. Nothing is more trite than a mask." "Complexity begets ambiguity, which yields in all ways to prejudice and avarice. Complication does not so much defeat Men as arm them with fancy." "Gods are epochal beings, not quite alive. Since the Now eludes them, they are forever divided. Sometimes nothing blinds souls more profoundly than the apprehension of the Whole. Men need recall this when they pray." "Any fool can see the limits of seeing, but not even the wisest know the limits of knowing. Thus is ignorance rendered invisible, and are all Men made fools."

Third Analytic of Men
The Third Analytic of Men is a work by Ajencis , regarded by many to be his magnum opus. The Third Analytic interrogates the aspects of human nature that make knowledge possible, as well as the human weaknesses that make knowledge so difficult to attain. As Ajencis notes, "if all Men disagree on all matters, then most Men confuse deception for truth". He investigates the reasons, not only for deception in general, but for the erroneous sense of conviction that sustains it, giving what has come to be called the "selfish knower" thesis, the idea that convenience, conditioning, and appeal (as opposed to evidence and rational argumentation) are the primary motivation for the beliefs of the vast majority .

Excerpts

Thirûmmû
"Thirûmmû Sek" Ordealman and sorcerer of the Scarlet Spires.

Thirûmmû Sek
Ordealman and sorcerer of the Scarlet Spires.

Thopsis
Thopsis is Eunuch Master of Imperial Protocol.

Thopsis

Title(s): Master of Imperial Protocol
Lived: ? - ?
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Shigeki
Gender: Male
Occupation: Master of Imperial Protocol
Books: The Judging Eye

Thopsis

Thoti-Eannorean
The Mother tongue of all Men , and the language of The Chronicle of the Tusk .

Languages derived from Thoti-Eannorean

- Vasnosri : The language group of the Norsirai peoples.
- Kengetic : The language group of the Ketyai peoples.
- Satiothi : The language group of the Satyothi peoples.
- Skaaric : The language group of the Scylvendi peoples.
- Xiangic : The language group of the Xiuhianni peoples.

Thoti-Eännorean
The Mother tongue of all Men , and the language of The Chronicle of the Tusk .

Languages derived from Thoti-Eannorean

Thought
"Epigraphs: Thousandfold Thought"

Opening Quote

In pursuing yonder what they have lost, they encounter only the nothing they have. In order not to lose touch with the everyday dreariness in which, as irremediable realists, they are at home, they adapt the meaning they revel in to the meaninglessness they flee. The worthless magic is nothing other than the worthless existence it lights up. —THEODOR ADORNO, MINIMA MORALIA All progressions from a higher to a lower order are marked by ruins and mystery and a residue of nameless rage So. Here are the dead fathers. —CORMAC MCCARTHY, BLOOD MERIDIAN

Chapter One: Caraskand

My heart shrivels even as my intellect bristles. Reasons—I find myself desperate for reasons. Sometimes I think every word written is written for shame. —DRUSAS ACHAMIAN, COMPENDIUM OF THE FIRST HOLY WAR

Chapter Two: Caraskand

I tell you, guilt dwells nowhere but in the eyes of the accuser. This men know even as they deny it, which is why they so often make murder their absolution. The truth of crime lies not with the victim but with the witness. —HATATIAN, EXHORTATIONS

Chapter Three: Caraskand

If soot stains your tunic, dye it black. This is vengeance. —EKYANNUS I, 44 EPISTLES Here we find further argument for Gotagga’s supposition that the world is round. How else could all men stand higher than their brothers? —AJENCIS, DISCOURSE ON WAR

Chapter Four: Enathpaneah

Like a stern father, war shames men into hating their childhood games. —PROTATHIS, ONE HUNDRED HEAVENS I returned from that campaign a far different man, or so my mother continuously complained. “Now only the dead,” she would tell me, “can hope to match your gaze.” —TRIAMIS I, JOURNALS AND DIALOGUES

Chapter Five: Joktha

To indulge it is to breed it. To punish it is to feed it. Madness knows no bridle but the knife. —SCYLVENDI PROVERB When others speak, I hear naught but the squawking of parrots. But when I speak, it always seems to be the first time. Each man is the rule of the other, no matter how mad or vain. —HATATIAN, EXHORTATIONS

Chapter Six: Xerash

Of course we make crutches of one another. Why else would we crawl when we lose our lovers? —ONTILLAS, ON THE FOLLY OF MEN History. Logic. Arithmetic. These all should be taught by slaves. —ANONYMOUS, THE NOBLE HOUSES

Chapter Seven: Joktha

Every woman knows there are only two kinds of men: those who feel and those who pretend. Always remember, my dear, though only the former can be loved, only the latter can be trusted. It is passion that blackens eyes, not calculation. —ANONYMOUS LETTER It is far better to outwit Truth than to apprehend it. —AINONI PROVERB

Chapter Eight: Xerash

That hope is little more than the premonition of regret. This is the first lesson of history. —CASIDAS, THE ANNALS OF CENEI To merely recall the Apocalypse is to have survived it. This is what makes The Sagas, for all their cramped beauty, so monstrous. Despite their protestations, the poets who authored them do not tremble, even less do they grieve. They celebrate. —DRUSAS ACHAMIAN, COMPENDIUM OF THE FIRST HOLY WAR

Chapter Nine: Joktha

In the skins of elk I pass over grasses. Rain falls, and I cleanse my face in the sky. I hear the Horse Prayers spoken, but my lips are far away. I slip down weed and still twig—into their palms I pool. Then I am called out and am among them. In sorrow, I rejoice. Pale endless life. This, I call my own. —ANONYMOUS, THE NONMAN CANTICLES

Chapter Ten: Xerash

Souls can no more see the origins of their thought than they can see the backs of their heads or the insides of their entrails. And since souls cannot differentiate what they cannot see, there is a peculiar sense in which the soul cannot self-differentiate. So it is always, in a peculiar sense, the same time when they think, the same place where they think, and the same individual who does the thinking. Like tipping a spiral on its side until only a circle can be seen, the passage of moments always remains now, the carnival of spaces always sojourns here, and the succession of people always becomes me. The truth is, if the soul could apprehend itself the way it apprehended the world—if it could apprehend its origins—it would see that there is no now, there is no here, and there is no me. In other words, it would realize that just as there is no circle, there is no soul. —MEMGOWA, CELESTIAL APHORISMS You are fallen from Him like sparks from the flame. A dark wind blows, and you are soon to flicker out. —SONGS 6:33, THE CHRONICLE OF THE TUSK

Chapter Eleven: Holy Amoteu

Of all the Cants, none better illustrates the nature of the soul than the Cants of Compulsion. According to Zarathinius, the fact that those compelled unerringly think themselves free shows that Volition is one more thing moved in the soul, and not the mover we take it to be. While few dispute this, the absurdities that follow escape comprehension altogether —MEREMNIS, THE ARCANA IMPLICATA As a miller once told me, when the gears to not meet, they become as teeth. So it is with men and their machinations. —ONTILLAS, ON THE FOLLY OF MEN

Chapter Twelve: Holy Amoteu

Death, in the strict sense, cannot be defined, for whatever predicate we, the living, attribute to it necessarily belongs to Life. This means that Death, as a category, behaves in a manner indistinguishable from the Infinite, and from God. —AJENCIS, THE THIRD ANALYTIC OF MEN One cannot assume the truth of what one declares without presuming the falsity of all incongruous declarations. Since all men assume the truth of their declarations, this presumption becomes at best ironic and at worst outrageous. Given the infinity of possible claims, who could be so vain as to think their dismal claims true? The tragedy, of course, is that we cannot but make declarations. So it seems we must speak as Gods to converse as Men. —HATATIAN, EXHORTATIONS

Chapter Thirteen: Shimeh

What frightens me when I travel is not that so many men possess customs and creeds so different from my own. Nay, what frightens me is that they think them as natural and as obvious as I think my own. —SERATANTAS III, SUMNI MEDITATIONS A return to a place never seen. Always is it thus, when we understand what we cannot speak. —PROTATHIS, ONE HUNDRED HEAVENS

Chapter Fourteen: Shimeh

Some say I learned dread knowledge that night. But of this, as with so many other matters, I cannot write for fear of summary execution. —DRUSAS ACHAMIAN, COMPENDIUM OF THE FIRST HOLY WAR Truth and hope are like travelers in contrary directions. They meet but once in any man’s life. —AINONI PROVERB

Chapter Fifteen: Shimeh

If war does not kill the woman in us, it kills the man. —TRIAMIS I, JOURNALS AND DIALOGUES Like so many who undertake arduous journeys, I left a country of wise men and came back to a nation of fools. Ignorance, like time, brooks no return. —SOKWË, TEN SEASONS IN ZEÜM

Chapter Sixteen: Shimeh

Doubt begets understanding, and understanding begets compassion. Verily, it is conviction that kills —PARCIS, THE NEW ANALYTICS

Chapter Seventeen: Shimeh

Faith, they say, is simply hope confused for knowledge. Why believe when hope alone is enough? —CRATIANAS, NILNAMESHI LORE Ajencis, in the end, argued that ignorance was the only absolute. According to Parcis, he would tell his students that he knew only that he knew more than when he was an infant. This comparative assertion was the only nail, he would say, to which one could tie the carpenter-string of knowledge. This has come down to us as the famed “Ajencian Nail,” and it is the only thing that prevented the Great Kyranean from falling into the tail-chasing scepticism of Nirsolfa, or the embarrassing dogmatism of well-nigh every philosopher and theologian who ever dared scratch ink across parchment. But even this metaphor, “nail,” is faulty, a result of what happens when we confuse our notation with what is noted. Like the numeral “zero” used by the Nilnameshi mathematicians to work such wonders, ignorance is the occluded frame of all discourse, the unseen circumference of our every contention. Men are forever looking for the one point, the singular fulcrum they can use to dislodge all competing claims. Ignorance does not give us this. What it provides, rather, is the possibility of comparison, the assurance that not all claims are equal. And this, Ajencis would argue, is all that we need. For so long as we admit our ignorance, we can hope to improve our claims, and so long as we can improve our claims, we can aspire to the Truth, even if only in rank approximation. And this is why I mourn my love of the Great Kyranean. For despite the pull of his wisdom, there are many things of which I am absolutely certain, things that feed the hate which drives this very quill. —DRUSAS ACHAMIAN, COMPENDIUM OF THE FIRST HOLY WAR

Thousand
"Thousand Year Siege" The Thousand Year Siege or One-Thousand-Year Siege was a legendary conflict that erupted between Siöl and Nihrimsul , two of the High Mansions of the Nonmen , in the millennia preceding Arkfall . Siöl had long claimed pre-eminence among the High Mansions, proclaiming itself the "House Primordial", the wellspring from which Nonmen civilisation spread across Eärwa under the rule of the House of Tsonos . However, this claim was disputed by Nihrimsul, which claimed to be the true "House Primordial" and that Tsonos has been banished from Nihrimsul for the murder of his father Imimorûl , the progenitor of the Nonman species (according to the Isûphiryas ). Although denying such a claim, Siöl did agree that Nihrimsul stood apart from the other Mansions (which shared the blood of Tsonos) and used this as a justification for repeated conflict and war. Nihrimsul endured the Thousand Year Siege intact, the conflict apparently ending with Siöl abandoning the siege. The true length of the siege and when precisely it happened - given the lack of a dating methodology relatable to men in the Isûphiryas - remain wholly conjectural.

Thousand Temples
The Thousand Temples are the ecclesiastical and administrative framework of Inrithism , based in Sumna but omnipresent throughout most of the Three Seas . The Thousand Temples first became a dominant social and political institution during the reign of the first Aspect-Emperor, Triamis the Great , who declared Inrithism the official faith of the Ceneian Empire in 2505. Authority is nominally centralized in the person of the Shriah , who is regarded as the Latter Prophet 's living representative, but the sheer size and complexity of the Thousand Temples often renders that authority ceremonial. Aside from the management of the temples proper, there are the ecclesiastical courts, the political missions, the various Colleges, and the labyrinthine interconnections with the Cults to administer. As a result, the Thousand Temples often suffers from weak leadership, and is regarded with cynicism by many in the Three Seas.

Shriahs

- Ekyannus I
- Ekyannus III
- Diagol
- Psailas II
- Maithanet

Thousand Thousand Halls
The labyrinth constructed by the Dûnyain beneath Ishuäl and used by them to test their initiates. Those who become lost in the Thousand Thousand Halls invariably die, ensuring that only the most intelligent survive. Light is forbidden in the labyrinth except in the Unmasking Room , where Dûnyain children are taught to read facial muscles.

Thousand Year Siege
The Thousand Year Siege or One-Thousand-Year Siege was a legendary conflict that erupted between Siöl and Nihrimsul , two of the High Mansions of the Nonmen , in the millennia preceding Arkfall . Siöl had long claimed pre-eminence among the High Mansions, proclaiming itself the "House Primordial", the wellspring from which Nonmen civilisation spread across Eärwa under the rule of the House of Tsonos . However, this claim was disputed by Nihrimsul, which claimed to be the true "House Primordial" and that Tsonos has been banished from Nihrimsul for the murder of his father Imimorûl , the progenitor of the Nonman species (according to the Isûphiryas ). Although denying such a claim, Siöl did agree that Nihrimsul stood apart from the other Mansions (which shared the blood of Tsonos) and used this as a justification for repeated conflict and war. Nihrimsul endured the Thousand Year Siege intact, the conflict apparently ending with Siöl abandoning the siege. The true length of the siege and when precisely it happened - given the lack of a dating methodology relatable to men in the Isûphiryas - remain wholly conjectural.

Thousandfold
"Epigraphs: Thousandfold Thought"

Opening Quote

Chapter One: Caraskand

Chapter Two: Caraskand

Chapter Three: Caraskand

Chapter Four: Enathpaneah

Chapter Five: Joktha

Chapter Six: Xerash

Chapter Seven: Joktha

Chapter Eight: Xerash

Chapter Nine: Joktha

Chapter Ten: Xerash

Chapter Eleven: Holy Amoteu

Chapter Twelve: Holy Amoteu

Chapter Thirteen: Shimeh

Chapter Fourteen: Shimeh

Chapter Fifteen: Shimeh

Chapter Sixteen: Shimeh

Doubt begets understanding, and understanding begets compassion. Verily, it is conviction that kills —PARCIS, THE NEW ANALYTICS

Chapter Seventeen: Shimeh

Thousandfold Thought
The Thousandfold Thought is the third novel in both The Prince of Nothing trilogy and The Second Apocalypse series. It was published in 2006. The text of the novel was accompanied by an "Encyclopedic Glossary", an extensive guide to the people, places and history of Eärwa . A second and updated Encyclopedic Glossary was later published in The Unholy Consult .

Publisher’s Summary

The Darkness That Comes Before, R. Scott Bakker’s magnificent debut, drew thunderous acclaim from reviewers and fellow fantasy authors. Readers were invited into a darkly threatening, thrillingly imaginative universe as fully realized as that of any in modern fantasy and introduced to one of the genre’s great characters: the powerful warrior-philosopher Anasûrimbor Kellhus, on whom the fate of a violently apocalyptic Holy War rests. Bakker’s follow up to The Darkness That Comes Before, The Warrior-Prophet enticed readers further into the richly imagined world of myth, violence, and sorcery. The startling and far-reaching answers to these questions are brought into thrilling focus in The Thousandfold Thought, the conclusion to The Prince of Nothing trilogy. Casting into question all the action that has taken place before, twisting readers’ intuitions in unforeseen directions, remolding the fantasy genre to broaden the scope of intricacy and meaning, R. Scott Bakker has once again written a fantasy novel that defies all expectations and rewards the reader with an experience unlike any to be had in the canon of fantasy literature.

Point of View Characters

- Anasûrimbor Kellhus
- Aurang
- Biaxi Sompas
- Boy
- Cnaiür urs Skiötha
- Drusas Achamian
- Esmenet
- Fanashila
- Guardsman
- Hanamanu Eleäzaras
- Heramari Iyokus
- Ikurei Conphas
- Ikurei Xerius III
- Nersei Proyas
- Omniscient
- Seidru Nautzera
- Skin-spy
- Sol
- Zioz

The Thousandfold Thought

Series: The Prince of Nothing #3 The Second Apocalypse #3
Author: R. Scott Bakker
Publisher: Penguin (Canada), Overlook (USA), Orbit (UK)
Released: 2006

The Thousandfold Thought

Series: The Prince of Nothing #3 The Second Apocalypse #3
Author: R. Scott Bakker
Publisher: Penguin (Canada), Overlook (USA), Orbit (UK)
Released: 2006

Three
"Three Seas" The Three Seas are, specifically, the Seas of Meneanor , Nyranisas , and Oncis , located in south central Eärwa . More generally, the “Three Seas” refers to the (primarily Ketyai ) civilization that has thrived in this region since the end of the Apocalypse .

The Three Seas

- Meneanor
- Nyranisas
- Oncis

Ketyai Nations

- Cengemis
- Cingulat
- Cironj
- Conriya
- Girgash
- High Ainon
- Kian
- Nansur Empire
- Nilnamesh
- Nron
- Sansor

Norsirai Nations

- Ce Tydonn
- Cepalor
- Galeoth
- Thunyerus

Xiuhianni Nations

- Jekhia

Three Seas
The Three Seas are, specifically, the Seas of Meneanor , Nyranisas , and Oncis , located in south central Eärwa . More generally, the “Three Seas” refers to the (primarily Ketyai ) civilization that has thrived in this region since the end of the Apocalypse .

The Three Seas

- Meneanor
- Nyranisas
- Oncis

Ketyai Nations

- Cengemis
- Cingulat
- Cironj
- Conriya
- Girgash
- High Ainon
- Kian
- Nansur Empire
- Nilnamesh
- Nron
- Sansor

Norsirai Nations

- Ce Tydonn
- Cepalor
- Galeoth
- Thunyerus

Xiuhianni Nations

- Jekhia

Throseanis
Throseanis was a late Ceneian dramatist, famed for his Triamis Imperator , a dramatic account of the life of Triamis the Great , the greatest of the Ceneian Aspect-Emperors.

Throseanis

Lived: 3256 - 3317
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Ceneian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Dramatist
Books: mentioned only

Throseanis

Lived: 3256 - 3317
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Ceneian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Dramatist
Books: mentioned only

Thunyeri
Thunyerus is a Norsirai nation of the Three Seas located on the northeastern coasts of the Meneanor Sea . According in Thunyeri legend, their peoples migrated down the length of the River Wernma , continually pressured by the Sranc tribes that largely rule the great forests of the Dameöri Wilderness . For two hundred years the Thunyeri plied the Three Seas as pirates and raiders. Then, in 3987, after three generations of Inrithi missionaries had largely converted them from their traditional Kiünnat beliefs, the tribes elected their first King, Hringa Hurrausch , and began adopting the institutions of their Three Seas neighbours. Thunyeri are typically described as having long beards.

Fiefdoms

- Ingraul
- Skagwa

Structures

- Cern Auglai

Thunyeric
Language of Thunyerus . Derived from Meoric . One of the Norsirai languages .

Thunyerus
Thunyerus is a Norsirai nation of the Three Seas located on the northeastern coasts of the Meneanor Sea . According in Thunyeri legend, their peoples migrated down the length of the River Wernma , continually pressured by the Sranc tribes that largely rule the great forests of the Dameöri Wilderness . For two hundred years the Thunyeri plied the Three Seas as pirates and raiders. Then, in 3987, after three generations of Inrithi missionaries had largely converted them from their traditional Kiünnat beliefs, the tribes elected their first King, Hringa Hurrausch , and began adopting the institutions of their Three Seas neighbours. Thunyeri are typically described as having long beards.

Fiefdoms

- Ingraul
- Skagwa

Structures

- Cern Auglai

Thurhig
"Thurhig Bogyar" Holca Ordealman, one of the captains of Coithus Saubon's Knights of the Desert Lion and his Spearbearer.

Thurhig Bogyar
Holca Ordealman, one of the captains of Coithus Saubon's Knights of the Desert Lion and his Spearbearer.

Thurror
"Thurror Eryelk" Holca freebooter who earned fame as both a hero and a criminal during the Scholastic Wars.

Thurror Eryelk
Holca freebooter who earned fame as both a hero and a criminal during the Scholastic Wars.

th
-in old english, the article the, when the following word began with a vowel, was often written with elision as if a part of the word. thus in chaucer, the forms thabsence, tharray, thegle, thend, thingot, etc., are found for the absence, the array, the eagle, the end, etc.

thack
-alt. of thacker

thacker
-see thatch, thatcher.

thak
-to thwack.

thalamencephalon
-the segment of the brain next in front of the midbrain, including the thalami, pineal gland, and pituitary body; the diencephalon; the interbrain.

thalami
-of thalamus

thalamic
-of or pertaining to a thalamus or to thalami.

thalamifloral
-alt. of thalamiflorous

thalamiflorous
-bearing the stamens directly on the receptacle;
-- said of a subclass of polypetalous dicotyledonous plants in the system of de candolle.

thalamocoele
-the cavity or ventricle of the thalamencephalon; the third ventricle.

thalamophora
-same as foraminifera.

thalamus
-a mass of nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain;
-- called also optic thalamus.
-same as thallus.
-the receptacle of a flower; a torus.

thalassian
-any sea tortoise.

thalassic
-of or pertaining to the sea;
-- sometimes applied to rocks formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.

thalassinian
-any species of thalaassinidae, a family of burrowing macrurous crustacea, having a long and soft abdomen.

thalassography
-the study or science of the life of marine organisms.

thaler
-a german silver coin worth about three shillings sterling, or about 73 cents.

thalia
-that one of the nine muses who presided over comedy.
-one of the three graces.
-one of the nereids.

thaliacea
-a division of tunicata comprising the free
-swimming species, such as salpa and doliolum.

thalian
-of or pertaining to thalia; hence, of or pertaining to comedy; comic.

thallate
-a salt of a hypothetical thallic acid.

thallene
-a hydrocarbon obtained from coal
-tar residues, and remarkable for its intense yellowish green fluorescence.

thalli
-of thallus

thallic
-of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with the thallous compounds; as, thallic oxide.

thalline
-consisting of a thallus.
-an artificial alkaloid of the quinoline series, obtained as a white crystalline substance, c10h13no, whose salts are valuable as antipyretics;
-- so called from the green color produced in its solution by certain oxidizing agents.

thallious
-see thallous.

thallium
-a rare metallic element of the aluminium group found in some minerals, as certain pyrites, and also in the lead
-chamber deposit in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. it is isolated as a heavy, soft, bluish white metal, easily oxidized in moist air, but preserved by keeping under water. symbol tl. atomic weight 203.7.

thallogen
-one of a large class or division of the vegetable kingdom, which includes those flowerless plants, such as fungi, algae, and lichens, that consist of a thallus only, composed of cellular tissue, or of a congeries of cells, or even of separate cells, and never show a distinction into root, stem, and leaf.

thalloid
-resembling, or consisting of, thallus.

thallophyte
-same as thallogen.

thallous
-of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the thallic compounds.

thallus
-a solid mass of cellular tissue, consisting of one or more layers, usually in the form of a flat stratum or expansion, but sometimes erect or pendulous, and elongated and branching, and forming the substance of the thallogens.

thammuz
-alt. of tammuz

thamnophile
-a bush shrike.

thamyn
-an asiatic deer (rucervus eldi) resembling the swamp deer;
-- called also eld's deer.

than
-a particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. it is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, i would rather suffer than that you should want.
-then. see then.

thanage
-the district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.

thanatoid
-deathlike; resembling death.

thanatology
-a description, or the doctrine, of death.

thanatopsis
-a view of death; a meditation on the subject of death.

thane
-a dignitary under the anglo
-saxons and danes in england. of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. after the conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place.

thanedom
-the property or jurisdiction of a thane; thanage.

thanehood
-the character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes, collectively.

thaneship
-the state or dignity of a thane; thanehood; also, the seignioralty of a thane.

thank
-a expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude;
-- now generally used in the plural.
-to express gratitude to (anyone) for a favor; to make acknowledgments to (anyone) for kindness bestowed;
-- used also ironically for blame.

thanked
-of thank

thankful
-obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.
-impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful.

thanking
-of thank

thankless
-not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful.
-not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task.

thankly
-thankfully.

thanks
-of thank

thanksgive
-to give or dedicate in token of thanks.

thanksgiver
-one who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness.

thanksgiving
-the act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.
-a public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of god, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties.

thankworthiness
-the quality or state of being thankworthy.

thankworthy
-deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude; mreitorious.

thar
-a goatlike animal (capra jemlaica) native of the himalayas. it has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. the hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. called also serow, and imo.
-it needs; need.

tharms
-twisted guts.

tharos
-a small american butterfly (phycoides tharos) having the upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black, the outer margins black with small white crescents;
-- called also pearl crescent.

that
-as a demonstrative pronoun (pl. those), that usually points out, or refers to, a person or thing previously mentioned, or supposed to be understood. that, as a demonstrative, may precede the noun to which it refers; as, that which he has said is true; those in the basket are good apples.
-as an adjective, that has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun.
-as a relative pronoun, that is equivalent to who or which, serving to point out, and make definite, a person or thing spoken of, or alluded to, before, and may be either singular or plural.
-as a conjunction, that retains much of its force as a demonstrative pronoun.
-to introduce a clause employed as the object of the preceding verb, or as the subject or predicate nominative of a verb.
-to introduce, a reason or cause;
-- equivalent to for that, in that, for the reason that, because.
-to introduce a purpose;
-- usually followed by may, or might, and frequently preceded by so, in order, to the end, etc.
-to introduce a consequence, result, or effect;
-- usually preceded by so or such, sometimes by that.
-in an elliptical sentence to introduce a dependent sentence expressing a wish, or a cause of surprise, indignation, or the like.
-as adverb: to such a degree; so; as, he was that frightened he could say nothing.

thatch
-straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
-a name in the west indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
-to cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain.

thatched
-of thatch

thatcher
-one who thatches.

thatching
-of thatch
-the act or art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to keep out rain, snow, etc.
-the materials used for this purpose; thatch.

thaught
-see thwart.

thaumatolatry
-worship or undue admiration of wonderful or miraculous things.

thaumatrope
-an optical instrument or toy for showing the presistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn.

thaumaturge
-a magician; a wonder worker.

thaumaturgic
-alt. of thaumaturgical

thaumaturgical
-of or pertaining to thaumaturgy; magical; wonderful.

thaumaturgics
-feats of legerdemain, or magical performances.

thaumaturgist
-one who deals in wonders, or believes in them; a wonder worker.

thaumaturgus
-a miracle worker;
-- a title given by the roman catholics to some saints.

thaumaturgy
-the act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain.

thave
-same as theave.

thaw
-to melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften;
-- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.
-to become so warm as to melt ice and snow;
-- said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
-fig.: to grow gentle or genial.
-to cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
-the melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost; also, a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed.

thawed
-of thaw

thawing
-of thaw

thawy
-liquefying by heat after having been frozen; thawing; melting.

the
-see thee.
-a word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.
-by that; by how much; by so much; on that account;
-- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.

the gapes
-a fit of yawning.
-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.

thea
-a genus of plants found in china and japan; the tea plant.

theandric
-relating to, or existing by, the union of divine and human operation in christ, or the joint agency of the divine and human nature.

theanthropic
-alt. of theanthropical

theanthropical
-partaking of, or combining, both divinity and humanity.

theanthropism
-a state of being god and man.
-the ascription of human atributes to the deity, or to a polytheistic deity; anthropomorphism.

theanthropist
-one who advocates, or believes in, theanthropism.

theanthropy
-theanthropism.

thearchic
-divinely sovereign or supreme.

thearchy
-government by god; divine sovereignty; theocracy.

theater
-alt. of theatre

theatin
-alt. of theatine

theatine
-one of an order of italian monks, established in 1524, expressly to oppose reformation, and to raise the tone of piety among roman catholics. they hold no property, nor do they beg, but depend on what providence sends. their chief employment is preaching and giving religious instruction.
-one of an order of nuns founded by ursula benincasa, who died in 1618.

theatral
-of or pertaining to a theater; theatrical.

theatre
-an edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed.
-any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc.
-that which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater.
-a sphere or scheme of operation.
-a place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war.

theatric
-theatrical.

theatrical
-of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures.

theatricals
-dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs.

theave
-a ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old.

thebaic
-of or pertaining to thebes in egypt; specifically, designating a version of the bible preserved by the copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. this version is also called the sahidic version.

thebaid
-a latin epic poem by statius about thebes in boeotia.

thebaine
-a poisonous alkaloid, c19h21no3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine.

theban
-of or pertaining to thebes.
-a native or inhabitant of thebes; also, a wise man.

theca
-a sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord.
-the chitinous cup which protects the hydranths of certain hydroids.
-the more or less cuplike calicle of a coral.
-the wall forming a calicle of a coral.

thecae
-of theca

thecal
-of or pertaining to a theca; as, a thecal abscess.

thecaphore
-a surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecae.
-see basigynium.

thecasporous
-having the spores in thecae, or cases.

thecata
-same as thecophora.

thecla
-any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to thecla and allied genera;
-- called also hairstreak, and elfin.

thecodactyl
-any one of a group of lizards of the gecko tribe, having the toes broad, and furnished with a groove in which the claws can be concealed.

thecodont
-having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.
-of or pertaining to the thecodonts.
-one of the thecodontia.

thecodontia
-a group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebrae and the teeth implanted in sockets.

thecophora
-a division of hydroids comprising those which have the hydranths in thecae and the gonophores in capsules. the campanularians and sertularians are examples. called also thecata. see illust. under hydroidea.

thecosomata
-an order of pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. see pteropoda.

thedom
-success; fortune; luck; chance.

thee
-to thrive; to prosper.
-the objective case of thou. see thou.

theft
-the act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.
-the thing stolen.

theftbote
-the receiving of a man's goods again from a thief, or a compensation for them, by way of composition, with the intent that the thief shall escape punishment.

thegn
-thane. see thane.

thegnhood
-thanehood.

theiform
-having the form of tea.

theine
-see caffeine. called also theina.

their
-the possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country.

theism
-the belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a god, as opposed to atheism, pantheism, or polytheism.

theist
-one who believes in the existence of a god; especially, one who believes in a personal god;
-- opposed to atheist.

theistic
-alt. of theistical

theistical
-of or pertaining to theism, or a theist; according to the doctrine of theists.

thelphusian
-one of a tribe of fresh
-water crabs which live in or on the banks of rivers in tropical countries.

thelytokous
-producing females only;
-- said of certain female insects.

them
-the objective case of they. see they.

thematic
-of or pertaining to the theme of a word. see theme, n., 4.
-of or pertaining to a theme, or subject.

theme
-a subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.
-discourse on a certain subject.
-a composition or essay required of a pupil.
-a noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem.
-that by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument.
-the leading subject of a composition or a movement.

themis
-the goddess of law and order; the patroness of existing rights.

themselves
-the plural of himself, herself, and itself. see himself, herself, itself.

then
-at that time (referring to a time specified, either past or future).
-soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward.
-at another time; later; again.
-than.
-in that case; in consequence; as a consequence; therefore; for this reason.

thenadays
-at that time; then; in those days;
-- correlative to nowadays.

thenal
-alt. of thenar

thenar
-of or pertaining to the thenar; corresponding to thenar; palmar.
-the palm of the hand.
-the prominence of the palm above the base of the thumb; the thenar eminence; the ball of the thumb. sometimes applied to the corresponding part of the foot.

thenardite
-anhydrous sodium sulphate, a mineral of a white or brown color and vitreous luster.

thence
-from that place.
-from that time; thenceforth; thereafter.
-for that reason; therefore.
-not there; elsewhere; absent.

thenceforth
-from that time; thereafter.

thenceforward
-from that time onward; thenceforth.

thencefrom
-from that place.

theobroma
-a genus of small trees. see cacao.

theobromic
-of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from cacao butter (from the theobroma cacao), peanut oil (from arachis hypogaea), etc., as a white waxy crystalline substance.

theobromine
-an alkaloidal ureide, c7h8n4o2, homologous with and resembling caffeine, produced artificially, and also extracted from cacao and chocolate (from theobroma cacao) as a bitter white crystalline substance;
-- called also dimethyl xanthine.

theochristic
-anointed by god.

theocracy
-government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of god; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the deity.
-the state thus governed, as the hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom.

theocrasy
-a mixture of the worship of different gods, as of jehovah and idols.
-an intimate union of the soul with god in contemplation,
-- an ideal of the neoplatonists and of some oriental mystics.

theocrat
-one who lives under a theocratic form of government; one who in civil affairs conforms to divine law.

theocratic
-alt. of theocratical

theocratical
-of or pertaining to a theocracy; administred by the immediate direction of god; as, the theocratical state of the israelites.

theodicy
-a vindication of the justice of god in ordaining or permitting natural and moral evil.
-that department of philosophy which treats of the being, perfections, and government of god, and the immortality of the soul.

theodolite
-an instrument used, especially in trigonometrical surveying, for the accurate measurement of horizontal angles, and also usually of vertical angles. it is variously constructed.

theodolitic
-of or pertaining to a theodolite; made by means of a theodolite; as, theodolitic observations.

theogonic
-of or relating to theogony.

theogonism
-theogony.

theogonist
-a writer on theogony.

theogony
-the generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the theogony of hesiod.

theologaster
-a pretender or quack in theology.

theologer
-a theologian.

theologian
-a person well versed in theology; a professor of theology or divinity; a divine.

theologic
-theological.

theological
-of or pertaining to theology, or the science of god and of divine things; as, a theological treatise.

theologics
-theology.

theologies
-of theology

theologist
-a theologian.

theologize
-to render theological; to apply to divinity; to reduce to a system of theology.
-to frame a system of theology; to theorize or speculate upon theological subjects.

theologized
-of theologize

theologizer
-one who theologizes; a theologian.

theologizing
-of theologize

theologue
-a theologian.
-a student in a theological seminary.

theology
-the science of god or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of god, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) "the knowledge derivable from the scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of christian faith and life."

theomachist
-one who fights against the gods; one who resists god of the divine will.

theomachy
-a fighting against the gods, as the battle of the gaints with the gods.
-a battle or strife among the gods.
-opposition to god or the divine will.

theomancy
-a kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles among heathen nations.

theopathetic
-alt. of theopathic

theopathic
-of or pertaining to a theopathy.

theopathy
-capacity for religious affections or worship.

theophanic
-of or pertaining to a theopany; appearing to man, as a god.

theophany
-a manifestation of god to man by actual appearance, usually as an incarnation.

theophilanthropic
-pertaining to theophilanthropy or the theophilanthropists.

theophilanthropism
-the doctrine of the theophilanthropists; theophilanthropy.

theophilanthropist
-a member of a deistical society established at paris during the french revolution.

theophilanthropy
-theophilanthropism.

theophilosophic
-combining theism and philosophy, or pertaining to the combination of theism and philosophy.

theopneusted
-divinely inspired; theopneustic.

theopneustic
-given by the inspiration of the spirit of god.

theopneusty
-divine inspiration; the supernatural influence of the divine spirit in qualifying men to receive and communicate revealed truth.

theorbist
-one who plays on a theorbo.

theorbo
-an instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes.

theorem
-that which is considered and established as a principle; hence, sometimes, a rule.
-a statement of a principle to be demonstrated.
-to formulate into a theorem.

theorematic
-alt. of theorematical

theorematical
-of or pertaining to a theorem or theorems; comprised in a theorem; consisting of theorems.

theorematist
-one who constructs theorems.

theoremic
-theorematic.

theoretic
-alt. of theoretical

theoretical
-pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences.

theoretics
-the speculative part of a science; speculation.

theoric
-of or pertaining to the theorica.
-relating to, or skilled in, theory; theoretically skilled.
-speculation; theory.

theorica
-public moneys expended at athens on festivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people;
-- also called theoric fund.

theorical
-theoretic.

theorically
-in a theoretic manner.

theories
-of theory

theorist
-one who forms theories; one given to theory and speculation; a speculatist.

theorization
-the act or product of theorizing; the formation of a theory or theories; speculation.

theorize
-to form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.

theorized
-of theorize

theorizer
-one who theorizes or speculates; a theorist.

theorizing
-of theorize

theory
-a doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.
-an exposition of the general or abstract principles of any science; as, the theory of music.
-the science, as distinguished from the art; as, the theory and practice of medicine.
-the philosophical explanation of phenomena, either physical or moral; as, lavoisier's theory of combustion; adam smith's theory of moral sentiments.

theosoph
-alt. of theosopher

theosopher
-a theosophist.

theosophic
-alt. of theosophical

theosophical
-of or pertaining to theosophy.

theosophism
-belief in theosophy.

theosophist
-one addicted to theosophy.

theosophistical
-of or pertaining to theosophy; theosophical.

theosophize
-to practice theosophy.

theosophized
-of theosophize

theosophizing
-of theosophize

theosophy
-any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with god and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient platonists, or by the chemical processes of the german fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed, knowledge of god, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the interior relations of the divine nature.

therapeutae
-a name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of alexandria. they are described in a work attributed to philo, the genuineness and credibility of which are now much discredited.

therapeutic
-alt. of therapeutical
-one of the therapeutae.

therapeutical
-of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases; curative.

therapeutics
-that part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases.

therapeutist
-one versed in therapeutics, or the discovery and application of remedies.

therapy
-therapeutics.

there
-in or at that place.
-in that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech.
-to or into that place; thither.

there
-anent
-concerning that.

thereabout
-alt. of thereabouts

thereabouts
-near that place.
-near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten men, or thereabouts.
-concerning that; about that.

thereafter
-after that; afterward.
-according to that; accordingly.
-of that sort.

thereagain
-in opposition; against one's course.

thereat
-at that place; there.
-at that occurrence or event; on that account.

therebefore
-alt. of therebiforn

therebiforn
-before that time; beforehand.

thereby
-by that; by that means; in consequence of that.
-annexed to that.
-thereabout;
-- said of place, number, etc.

therefor
-for that, or this; for it.

therefore
-for that or this reason, referring to something previously stated; for that.
-consequently; by consequence.

therefrom
-from this or that.

therein
-in that or this place, time, or thing; in that particular or respect.

thereinto
-into that or this, or into that place.

thereof
-of that or this.

thereology
-therapeutios.

thereon
-on that or this.

thereout
-out of that or this.
-on the outside; out of doors.

thereto
-to that or this.
-besides; moreover.

theretofore
-up to that time; before then;
-- correlative with heretofore.

thereunder
-under that or this.

thereunto
-unto that or this; thereto; besides.

thereupon
-upon that or this; thereon.
-on account, or in consequence, of that; therefore.
-immediately; at once; without delay.

therewhile
-at that time; at the same time.

therewith
-with that or this.
-in addition; besides; moreover.
-at the same time; forthwith.

therewithal
-over and above; besides; moreover.
-with that or this; therewith; at the same time.

therf
-not fermented; unleavened;
-- said of bread, loaves, etc.

theriac
-alt. of theriaca
-alt. of theriacal

theriaca
-an ancient composition esteemed efficacious against the effects of poison; especially, a certain compound of sixty
-four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and reduced by means of honey to an electuary;
-- called also theriaca andromachi, and venice treacle.
-treacle; molasses.

theriacal
-of or pertaining to theriac; medicinal.

therial
-theriac.

theriodont
-one of the theriodontia. used also adjectively.

theriodonta
-same as theriodontia.

theriodontia
-an extinct order of reptiles found in the permian and triassic formations in south africa. in some respects they resembled carnivorous mammals. called also theromorpha.

theriotomy
-zootomy.

thermae
-springs or baths of warm or hot water.

thermal
-of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters.

thermally
-in a thermal manner.

thermetograph
-a self
-registering thermometer, especially one that registers the maximum and minimum during long periods.

thermic
-of or pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; as, thermic lines.

thermidor
-the eleventh month of the french republican calendar,
-- commencing july 19, and ending august 17. see the note under vendemiaire.

thermifugine
-an artificial alkaloid of complex composition, resembling thalline and used as an antipyretic,
-- whence its name.

thermo
-
-a combining form from gr. qe`rmh heat, qermo`s hot, warm; as in thermochemistry, thermodynamic.

thermobarometer
-an instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point of water.

thermobattery
-a thermoelectric battery; a thermopile.

thermocautery
-cautery by the application of heat.

thermochemic
-alt. of thermochemical

thermochemical
-of or pertaining to thermochemistry; obtained by, or employed in, thermochemistry.

thermochemistry
-that branch of chemical science which includes the investigation of the various relations existing between chemical action and that manifestation of force termed heat, or the determination of the heat evolved by, or employed in, chemical actions.

thermochrosy
-the property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission through diathermic substances.

thermocurrent
-a current, as of electricity, developed, or set in motion, by the action of heat.

thermodynamic
-relating to thermodynamics; caused or operated by force due to the application of heat.

thermodynamics
-the science which treats of the mechanical action or relations of heat.

thermoelectric
-pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents.

thermoelectricity
-electricity developed in the action of heat. see the note under electricity.

thermoelectrometer
-an instrument for measuring the strength of an electric current in the heat which it produces, or for determining the heat developed by such a current.

thermogen
-caloric; heat; regarded as a material but imponderable substance.

thermogenic
-relating to heat, or to the production of heat; producing heat; thermogenous; as, the thermogenic tissues.

thermogenous
-producing heat; thermogenic.

thermograph
-an instrument for automatically recording indications of the variation of temperature.

thermology
-a discourse on, or an account of, heat.

thermolysis
-the resolution of a compound into parts by heat; dissociation by heat.

thermolyze
-to subject to thermolysis; to dissociate by heat.

thermomagnetism
-magnetism as affected or caused by the action of heat; the relation of heat to magnetism.

thermometer
-an instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the principle that changes of temperature in bodies are accompained by proportional changes in their volumes or dimensions.

thermometric
-alt. of thermometrical

thermometrical
-of or pertaining to a thermometer; as, the thermometrical scale or tube.
-made, or ascertained, by means of a thermometer; as, thermometrical observations.

thermometrically
-in a thermometrical manner; by means of a thermometer.

thermometrograph
-an instrument for recording graphically the variations of temperature, or the indications of a thermometer.

thermometry
-the estimation of temperature by the use of a thermometric apparatus.

thermomultiplier
-same as thermopile.

thermopile
-an instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slight differences and degrees of heat. it is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different capacities for the conduction of heat, connected with an astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric current induced in the system of bars when exposed even to the feeblest degrees of heat.

thermoscope
-an instrument for indicating changes of temperature without indicating the degree of heat by which it is affected; especially, an instrument contrived by count rumford which, as modified by professor leslie, was afterward called the differential thermometer.

thermoscopic
-of or pertaining to the thermoscope; made by means of the thermoscope; as, thermoscopic observations.

thermostat
-a self
-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing the damper of a stove, or the like, as the heat becomes greater or less than is desired.

thermostatic
-of or pertaining to the thermostat; made or effected by means of the thermostat.

thermosystaltic
-influenced in its contraction by heat or cold;
-- said of a muscle.

thermotaxic
-pertaining to, or connected with, the regulation of temperature in the animal body; as, the thermotaxic nervous system.

thermotension
-a process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted.

thermotic
-alt. of thermotical

thermotical
-of or pertaining to heat; produced by heat; as, thermotical phenomena.

thermotics
-the science of heat.

thermotropic
-manifesting thermotropism.

thermotropism
-the phenomenon of turning towards a source of warmth, seen in the growing parts of some plants.

thermotype
-a picture (as of a slice of wood) obtained by first wetting the object slightly with hydrochloric or dilute sulphuric acid, then taking an impression with a press, and next strongly heating this impression.

thermotypy
-the art or process of obtaining thermotypes.

thermovoltaic
-of or relating to heat and electricity; especially, relating to thermal effects produced by voltaic action.

theromorpha
-see theriodonta.

theropoda
-an order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet are less birdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped, than in the ornithopoda. it includes the rapacious genera megalosaurus, creosaurus, and their allies.

thesauri
-of thesaurus

thesaurus
-a treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge;
-- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia.

these
-the plural of this. see this.
-of this

theses
-of thesis

thesicle
-a little or subordinate thesis; a proposition.

thesis
-a position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument.
-hence, an essay or dissertation written upon specific or definite theme; especially, an essay presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree.
-an affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.
-the accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat;
-- the opposite of arsis.
-the depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word.
-the part of the foot upon which such a depression falls.

thesmothete
-a lawgiver; a legislator; one of the six junior archons at athens.

thespian
-of or pertaining to thespis; hence, relating to the drama; dramatic; as, the thespian art.
-an actor.

thessalian
-of or pertaining to thessaly in greece.
-a native or inhabitant of thessaly.

thessalonian
-of or pertaining to thessalonica, a city of macedonia.
-a native or inhabitant of thessalonica.

theta
-a letter of the greek alphabet corresponding to th in english;
-- sometimes called the unlucky letter, from being used by the judges on their ballots in passing condemnation on a prisoner, it being the first letter of the greek qa`natos, death.

thetical
-laid down; absolute or positive, as a law.

thetine
-any one of a series of complex basic sulphur compounds analogous to the sulphines.

theurgic
-alt. of theurgical

theurgical
-of or pertaining to theurgy; magical.

theurgist
-one who pretends to, or is addicted to, theurgy.

theurgy
-a divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery.
-a kind of magical science or art developed in alexandria among the neoplatonists, and supposed to enable man to influence the will of the gods by means of purification and other sacramental rites.
-in later or modern magic, that species of magic in which effects are claimed to be produced by supernatural agency, in distinction from natural magic.

thew
-manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind; disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues.
-muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew.

thewed
-furnished with thews or muscles; as, a well
-thewed limb.
-accustomed; mannered.

thewy
-having strong or large thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy; strong.

they
-the plural of he, she, or it. they is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed.

thialdine
-a weak nitrogenous sulphur base, c6h13ns2.

thialol
-a colorless oily liquid, (c2h5)2s2, having a strong garlic odor;
-- called also ethyl disulphide. by extension, any one of the series of related compounds.

thibet cloth
-a fabric made of coarse goat's hair; a kind of camlet.
-a kind of fine woolen cloth, used for dresses, cloaks, etc.

thibetan
-of or pertaining to thibet.
-a native or inhabitant of thibet.

thibetian
-same as thibetan.

thible
-a slice; a skimmer; a spatula; a pudding stick.

thick
-measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length;
-- said of a solid body; as, a timber seven inches thick.
-having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; not thin or slender; as, a thick plank; thick cloth; thick paper; thick neck.
-dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. also used figuratively; as, thick darkness.
-not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain.
-abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.
-not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.
-deep; profound; as, thick sleep.
-dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing.
-intimate; very friendly; familiar.
-the thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.
-a thicket; as, gloomy thicks.
-frequently; fast; quick.
-closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.
-to a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure.
-to thicken.

thick wind
-a defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema.

thick
-headed
-having a thick skull; stupid.

thick
-knee
-a stone curlew. see under stone.

thick
-skinned
-having a thick skin; hence, not sensitive; dull; obtuse.

thick
-skulled
-having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.

thick
-winded
-affected with thick wind.

thickbill
-the bullfinch.

thicken
-to make thick (in any sense of the word).
-to render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint.
-to make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men.
-to strengthen; to confirm.
-to make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.
-to become thick.

thickened
-of thicken

thickening
-of thicken
-something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.

thicket
-a wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket.

thickhead
-a thick
-headed or stupid person.
-any one of several species of australian singing birds of the genus pachycephala. the males of some of the species are bright
-colored. some of the species are popularly called thrushes.

thickish
-somewhat thick.

thickly
-in a thick manner; deeply; closely.

thickness
-the quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).

thickset
-close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge.
-having a short, thick body; stout.
-a close or thick hedge.
-a stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.

thickskin
-a coarse, gross person; a person void of sensibility or sinsitiveness; a dullard.

thickskull
-a dullard, or dull person; a blockhead; a numskull.

thider
-thither.

thiderward
-thitherward.

thief
-one who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. see theft.
-a waster in the snuff of a candle.

thiefly
-like a thief; thievish; thievishly.

thienone
-a ketone derivative of thiophene obtained as a white crystalline substance, (c4h3s)2.co, by the action of aluminium chloride and carbonyl chloride on thiophene.

thienyl
-the hypothetical radical c4h3s, regarded as the essential residue of thiophene and certain of its derivatives.

thieve
-to practice theft; to steal.

thieved
-of thieve

thievery
-the practice of stealing; theft; thievishness.
-that which is stolen.

thieves
-of thief

thieving
-of thieve

thievish
-given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie.
-like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret.
-partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish practice.

thigh
-the proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. see femur.
-the coxa, or femur, of an insect.

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.
-the floor of a coal mine.

thiller
-the horse which goes between the thills, or shafts, and supports them; also, the last horse in a team;
-- called also thill horse.

thimble
-a kind of cap or cover, or sometimes a broad ring, for the end of the finger, used in sewing to protect the finger when pushing the needle through the material. it is usually made of metal, and has upon the outer surface numerous small pits to catch the head of the needle.
-any thimble
-shaped appendage or fixure.
-a tubular piece, generally a strut, through which a bolt or pin passes.
-a fixed or movable ring, tube, or lining placed in a hole.
-a tubular cone for expanding a flue;
-- called ferrule in england.
-a ring of thin metal formed with a grooved circumference so as to fit within an eye
-spice, or the like, and protect it from chafing.

thimbleberry
-a kind of black raspberry (rubus occidentalis), common in america.

thimbleeye
-the chub mackerel. see under chub.

thimbleful
-as much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.

thimblefuls
-of thimbleful

thimblerig
-a sleight
-of
-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.
-to swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick.

thimblerigged
-of thimblerig

thimblerigger
-one who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain.

thimblerigging
-of thimblerig

thimbleweed
-any plant of the composite genus rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower;
-- so called from their conical receptacles.

thin
-having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.
-rare; not dense or thick;
-- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.
-not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
-not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
-not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.
-wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
-slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.
-not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.
-to make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
-to grow or become thin;
-- used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear.

thin
-skinned
-having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable.

thine
-a form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the friends, or quakers.

thing
-whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.
-an inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material.
-a transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed.
-a portion or part; something.
-a diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing;
-- often used in pity or contempt.
-clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things.
-whatever may be possessed or owned; a property;
-- distinguished from person.
-in scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.

think
-to seem or appear;
-- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.
-to employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties.
-to call anything to mind; to remember; as, i would have sent the books, but i did not think of it.
-to reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate.
-to form an opinion by reasoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe; as, i think it will rain to
-morrow.
-to purpose; to intend; to design; to mean.
-to presume; to venture.
-to conceive; to imagine.
-to plan or design; to plot; to compass.
-to believe; to consider; to esteem.

thinkable
-capable of being thought or conceived; cogitable.

thinker
-one who thinks; especially and chiefly, one who thinks in a particular manner; as, a close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherent thinker.

thinking
-of think
-having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being.
-the act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment.

thinly
-in a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited.

thinned
-of thin

thinner
-one who thins, or makes thinner.

thinness
-the quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word).

thinning
-of thin

thinnish
-somewhat thin.

thinolite
-a calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large scale as a shore deposit about the quaternary lake basins of nevada.

thio
-
-a combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of sulphur. see sulpho
-.

thiocarbonate
-a sulphocarbonate.

thiocarbonic
-same as sulphocarbonic.

thiocyanate
-same as sulphocyanate.

thiocyanic
-same as sulphocyanic.

thionaphthene
-a double benzene and thiophene nucleus, c8h6s, analogous to naphthalene, and like it the base of a large series of derivatives.

thionic
-of or pertaining to sulphur; containing or resembling sulphur; specifically, designating certain of the thio compounds; as, the thionic acids. cf. dithionic, trithionic, tetrathionic, etc.

thionine
-an artificial red or violet dyestuff consisting of a complex sulphur derivative of certain aromatic diamines, and obtained as a dark crystalline powder;
-- called also phenylene violet.

thionol
-a red or violet dyestuff having a greenish metallic luster. it is produced artificially, by the chemical dehydration of thionine, as a brown amorphous powder.

thionoline
-a beautiful fluorescent crystalline substance, intermediate in composition between thionol and thionine.

thionyl
-the hypothetical radical so, regarded as an essential constituent of certain sulphurous compounds; as, thionyl chloride.

thiophene
-a sulphur hydrocarbon, c4h4s, analogous to furfuran and benzene, and acting as the base of a large number of substances which closely resemble the corresponding aromatic derivatives.

thiophenic
-of, pertaining to, or derived from, thiophene; specifically, designating a certain acid analogous to benzoic acid.

thiophenol
-a colorless mobile liquid, c6h5.sh, of an offensive odor, and analogous to phenol;
-- called also phenyl sulphydrate.

thiophthene
-a double thiophene nucleus, c6h4s2, analogous to thionaphthene, and the base of a large series of compounds.

thiosulphate
-a salt of thiosulphuric acid;
-- formerly called hyposulphite.

thiosulphuric
-of, pertaining to, or designating, an unstable acid, h2s2o3, analogous to sulphuric acid, and formerly called hyposulphurous acid.

thiotolene
-a colorless oily liquid, c4h3s.ch3, analogous to, and resembling, toluene;
-- called also methyl thiophene.

thioxene
-any one of three possible metameric substances, which are dimethyl derivatives of thiophene, like the xylenes from benzene.

third
-next after the second; coming after two others;
-- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.
-constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.
-the quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
-the sixtieth part of a second of time.
-the third tone of the scale; the mediant.
-the third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.

third
-borough
-an under constable.

third
-penny
-a third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl.

thirdings
-the third part of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, due to the lord for a heriot, as within the manor of turfat in herefordshire.

thirdly
-in the third place.

thirl
-to bore; to drill or thrill. see thrill.

thirlage
-the right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding.

thirled
-of thirl

thirling
-of thirl

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.
-fig.: a want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing;
-- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold.
-to feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.
-to have a vehement desire.
-to have a thirst for.

thirsted
-of thirst

thirster
-one who thirsts.

thirstily
-in a thirsty manner.

thirstiness
-the state of being thirsty; thirst.

thirsting
-of thirst

thirstle
-the throstle.

thirsty
-feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.
-deficient in moisture; dry; parched.

thirteen
-one more than twelve; ten and three; as, thirteen ounces or pounds.
-the number greater by one than twelve; the sum of ten and three; thirteen units or objects.
-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.
-constituting or being one of thirteen equal parts into which anything is divided.
-the quotient of a unit divided by thirteen; one of thirteen equal parts into which anything is divided.
-the next in order after the twelfth.
-the interval comprising an octave and a sixth.

thirties
-of thirty

thirtieth
-next in order after the twenty
-ninth; the tenth after the twentieth;
-- the ordinal of thirty; as, the thirtieth day of the month.
-constituting or being one of thirty equal parts into which anything is divided.
-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.
-the sum of three tens, or twenty and ten; thirty units or objects.
-a symbol expressing thirty, as 30, or xxx.

thirty
-second
-being one of thirty
-two equal parts into which anything is divided.

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.
-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.
-fig.: resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.

thither
-to that place;
-- opposed to hither.
-to that point, end, or result; as, the argument tended thither.
-being on the farther side from the person speaking; farther;
-- a correlative of hither; as, on the thither side of the water.
-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).
-a black varnish obtained from the tree.

thlipsis
-compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause.

tho
-the.
-those.
-then.
-though.

thole
-a wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing.
-the pin, or handle, of a scythe snath.
-to bear; to endure; to undergo.
-to wait.

tholed
-of thole

tholing
-of thole

thomaean
-alt. of thomean

thomaism
-the doctrine of thomas aquinas, esp. with respect to predestination and grace.

thomean
-a member of the ancient church of christians established on the malabar coast of india, which some suppose to have been originally founded by the apostle thomas.

thomism
-alt. of thomaism

thomist
-a follower of thomas aquinas. see scotist.

thomite
-a thomaean.

thomsen's disease
-an affection apparently congenital, consisting in tonic contraction and stiffness of the voluntary muscles occurring after a period of muscular inaction.

thomsenolite
-a fluoride of aluminium, calcium, and sodium occurring with the cryolite of greenland.

thomsonian
-of or pertaining to thomsonianism.
-a believer in thomsonianism; one who practices thomsonianism.

thomsonianism
-an empirical system which assumes that the human body is composed of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, and that vegetable medicines alone should be used;
-- from the founder, dr. samuel thomson, of massachusetts.

thomsonite
-a zeolitic mineral, occurring generally in masses of a radiated structure. it is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda. called also mesole, and comptonite.

thong
-a strap of leather; especially, one used for fastening anything.

thooid
-of or pertaining to a group of carnivores, including the wovels and the dogs.

thor
-the god of thunder, and son of odin.

thoracentesis
-the operation of puncturing the chest wall so as to let out liquids contained in the cavity of the chest.

thoracic
-of or pertaining to the thorax, or chest.
-one of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectorial fins.

thoracica
-a division of cirripeds including those which have six thoracic segments, usually bearing six pairs of cirri. the common barnacles are examples.

thoracometer
-same as stethometer.

thoracoplasty
-a remodeling or reshaping of the thorax; especially, the operation of removing the ribs, so as to obliterate the pleural cavity in cases of empyema.

thoracostraca
-an extensive division of crustacea, having a dorsal shield or carapec/ //niting all, or nearly all, of the thoracic somites to the head. it includes the crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and similar species.

thoracotomy
-the operation of opening the pleural cavity by incision.

thoral
-of or pertaining to a bed.

thorax
-the part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest.
-the middle region of the body of an insect, or that region which bears the legs and wings. it is composed of three united somites, each of which is composed of several distinct parts. see illust. in appendix. and illust. of coleoptera.
-the second, or middle, region of the body of a crustacean, arachnid, or other articulate animal. in the case of decapod crustacea, some writers include under the term thorax only the three segments bearing the maxillipeds; others include also the five segments bearing the legs. see illust. in appendix.
-a breastplate, cuirass, or corselet; especially, the breastplate worn by the ancient greeks.

thoria
-a rare white earthy substance, consisting of the oxide of thorium;
-- formerly called also thorina.

thoric
-of or pertaining to thorium; designating the compounds of thorium.

thorite
-a mineral of a brown to black color, or, as in the variety orangite, orange
-yellow. it is essentially a silicate of thorium.

thorium
-a metallic element found in certain rare minerals, as thorite, pyrochlore, monazite, etc., and isolated as an infusible gray metallic powder which burns in the air and forms thoria;
-- formerly called also thorinum. symbol th. atomic weight 232.0.

thorn
-a hard and sharp
-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
-any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.
-fig.: that which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
-the name of the anglo
-saxon letter /, capital form /. it was used to represent both of the sounds of english th, as in thin, then. so called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine.
-to prick, as with a thorn.

thorn
-headed
-having a head armed with thorns or spines.

thornback
-a european skate (raia clavata) having thornlike spines on its back.
-the large european spider crab or king crab (maia squinado).

thornbill
-any one of several species of small, brilliantly colored american birds of the genus rhamphomicron. they have a long, slender, sharp bill, and feed upon honey, insects, and the juice of the sugar cane.

thornbird
-a small south american bird (anumbius anumbii) allied to the ovenbirds of the genus furnarius). it builds a very large and complex nest of twigs and thorns in a bush or tree.

thornbut
-the turbot.

thornless
-destitute of, or free from, thorns.

thornset
-set with thorns.

thorntail
-a beautiful south american humming bird (gouldia popelairii), having the six outer tail feathers long, slender, and pointed. the head is ornamented with a long, pointed crest.

thorny
-full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
-like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing.

thoro
-thorough.

thorough
-through.
-passing through; as, thorough lights in a house.
-passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.
-thoroughly.
-through.
-a furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.

thorough bass
-the representation of chords by figures placed under the base; figured bass; basso continuo;
-- sometimes used as synonymous with harmony.

thorough
-brace
-a leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs, or serving as a spring. see illust. of chaise.

thorough
-lighted
-provided with thorough lights or windows at opposite sides, as a room or building.

thoroughbred
-bred from the best blood through a long line; pure
-blooded;
-- said of stock, as horses. hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of elegant form, or the like.
-a thoroughbred animal, especially a horse.

thoroughfare
-a passage through; a passage from one street or opening to another; an unobstructed way open to the public; a public road; hence, a frequented street.
-a passing or going through; passage.

thoroughgoing
-going through, or to the end or bottom; very thorough; complete.
-going all lengths; extreme; thoroughplaced;
-- less common in this sense.

thoroughly
-in a thorough manner; fully; entirely; completely.

thoroughness
-the quality or state of being thorough; completeness.

thoroughpaced
-perfect in what is undertaken; complete; going all lengths; as, a thoroughplaced tory or whig.

thoroughpin
-a disease of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid;
-- probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through.

thoroughsped
-fully accomplished; thoroughplaced.

thoroughstitch
-so as to go the whole length of any business; fully; completely.

thoroughwax
-an umbelliferous plant (bupleurum rotundifolium) with perfoliate leaves.
-thoroughwort.

thoroughwort
-same as boneset.

thorow
-through.
-thorough.

thorp
-alt. of thorpe

thorpe
-a group of houses in the country; a small village; a hamlet; a dorp;
-- now chiefly occurring in names of places and persons; as, althorp, mablethorpe.

those
-the plural of that. see that.

thoth
-the god of eloquence and letters among the ancient egyptians, and supposed to be the inventor of writing and philosophy. he corresponded to the mercury of the romans, and was usually represented as a human figure with the head of an ibis or a lamb.
-the egyptian sacred baboon.

thou
-the second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn or poetical style.
-to address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt.
-to use the words thou and thee in discourse after the manner of the friends.

though
-granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if.
-however; nevertheless; notwithstanding;
-- used in familiar language, and in the middle or at the end of a sentence.

thought
-of think
-imp. & p. p. of think.
-the act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms; reflection; cogitation.
-meditation; serious consideration.
-that which is thought; an idea; a mental conception, whether an opinion, judgment, fancy, purpose, or intention.
-solicitude; anxious care; concern.
-a small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought longer; a thought better.

thoughtful
-full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind.
-attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain; thoughtful in seeking truth.
-anxious; solicitous; concerned.

thoughtless
-lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act.
-giddy; gay; dissipated.
-deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull.

thousand
-the number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects.
-hence, indefinitely, a great number.
-a symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, m or ci/.
-consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.
-hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely.

thousand legs
-a millepid, or galleyworm;
-- called also thousand
-legged worm.

thousandfold
-multiplied by a thousand.

thousandth
-next in order after nine hundred and ninty
-nine; coming last of a thousand successive individuals or units;
-- the ordinal of thousand; as, the thousandth part of a thing.
-constituting, or being one of, a thousand equal parts into which anything is divided; the tenth of a hundredth.
-occurring as being one of, or the last one of, a very great number; very small; minute;
-- used hyperbolically; as, to do a thing for the thousandth time.
-the quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a thousand equal parts into which a unit is divided.

thowel
-alt. of thowl

thowl
-a thole pin.
-a rowlock.

thracian
-of or pertaining to thrace, or its people.
-a native or inhabitant of thrace.

thrack
-to load or burden; as, to thrack a man with property.

thrackscat
-metal still in the mine.

thraldom
-the condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of servitude.

thrall
-a slave; a bondman.
-slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom.
-a shelf; a stand for barrels, etc.
-of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved.
-to enslave.

thrall
-less
-having no thralls.
-not enslaved; not subject to bonds.

thrall
-like
-resembling a thrall, or his condition, feelings, or the like; slavish.

thralldom
-thraldom.

thranite
-one of the rowers on the topmost of the three benches in a trireme.

thrapple
-windpipe; throttle.

thrash
-alt. of thresh
-alt. of thresh

thrashed
-of thresh

thrashel
-an instrument to thrash with; a flail.

thrasher
-alt. of thresher

thrashing
-of thresh
-a. & n. from thrash, v.

thrasonical
-of or pertaining to thraso; like, or becoming to, thraso; bragging; boastful; vainglorious.

thrast
-of thraste

thraste
-of thraste
-to thrust.

thrave
-twenty
-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook.
-the number of two dozen; also, an indefinite number; a bunch; a company; a throng.

thraw
-see throse.

thread
-a very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted.
-a filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver.
-the prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. see screw, n., 1.
-fig.: something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse.
-fig.: composition; quality; fineness.
-to pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.
-to pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid.
-to form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.

thread
-shaped
-having the form of a thread; filiform.

threadbare
-worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes.
-fig.: worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations.

threadbareness
-the state of being threadbare.

threaded
-of thread

threaden
-made of thread; as, threaden sails; a threaden fillet.

threader
-a device for assisting in threading a needle.
-a tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut.

threadfin
-any one of several species of fishes belonging to polynemus and allied genera. they have numerous long pectoral filaments.

threadfish
-the cutlass fish.
-a carangoid fish (caranx gallus, or c. crinitus) having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins prolonged in the form of long threads.

threadiness
-quality of being thready.

threading
-of thread

threadworm
-any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and filaria.

thready
-like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub.
-containing, or consisting of, thread.

threap
-to call; to name.
-to maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; also, to contend or argue against (another) with obstinacy; to chide; as, he threaped me down that it was so.
-to beat, or thrash.
-to cozen, or cheat.
-to contend obstinately; to be pertinacious.
-an obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation.

threaped
-of threap

threaping
-of threap

threat
-the expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.
-to threaten.

threaten
-to utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn.
-to exhibit the appearance of (something evil or unpleasant) as approaching; to indicate as impending; to announce the conditional infliction of; as, to threaten war; to threaten death.
-to use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance.

threatened
-of threaten

threatener
-one who threatens.

threatening
-of threaten
-a. & n. from threaten, v.

threatful
-full of threats; having a menacing appearance.

threave
-same as thrave.

three
-one more than two; two and one.
-the number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
-a symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.

three
-coat
-having or consisting of three coats;
-- applied to plastering which consists of pricking
-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the united states, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat.

three
-cornered
-having three corners, or angles; as, a three
-cornered hat.
-having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three
-cornered stem.

three
-decker
-a vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.

three
-flowered
-bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.

three
-handed
-said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three
-handed game of cards.

three
-leafed
-alt. of three
-leaved

three
-leaved
-producing three leaves; as, three
-leaved nightshade.
-consisting of three distinct leaflets; having the leaflets arranged in threes.

three
-lobed
-having three lobes.

three
-nerved
-having three nerves.

three
-parted
-divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite.

three
-pile
-an old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.

three
-piled
-having the quality of three
-pile; best; most costly.
-fig.: extravagant; exaggerated; high
-flown.
-accustomed to wearing three
-pile; hence, of high rank, or wealth.

three
-ply
-consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.

three
-pointed
-having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.

three
-quarter
-measuring thirty inches by twenty
-five;
-- said of portraitures.

three
-score
-thrice twenty; sixty.

three
-sided
-having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three
-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.

three
-square
-having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle;
-- said especially of a kind of file.

three
-valved
-consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three
-valved pericarp.

three
-way
-connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three
-way cock or valve.

threefold
-consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice.

threepence
-a small silver coin of three times the value of a penny.

threepenny
-costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean.

threne
-lamentation; threnody; a dirge.

threnetic
-alt. of threnetical

threnetical
-pertaining to a threne; sorrowful; mournful.

threnode
-a threne, or threnody; a dirge; a funeral song.

threnodist
-one who composes, delivers, or utters, a threnode, or threnody.

threnody
-a song of lamentation; a threnode.

threpe
-to call; to term.

threpsology
-the doctrine of nutrition; a treatise on nutrition.

thresh
-to beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw.
-to beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.
-to practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.
-hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently.
-same as thrash.

thresh
-fold
-threshold.

threshed
-of thresh

thresher
-one who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine.
-a large and voracious shark (alopias vulpes), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. it is found both upon the american and the european coasts. called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swingle
-tail, and thrasher shark.
-a name given to the brown thrush and other allied species. see brown thrush.
-same as thrasher.

threshing
-of thresh

threshold
-the plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door.
-fig.: the place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.

threshwold
-threshold.

threst
-of threste

threste
-of threste
-to thrust.

thretteen
-thirteen.

thretty
-thirty.

threw
-imp. of throw.
-of throw

thribble
-triple; treble; threefold.

thrice
-three times.
-in a threefold manner or degree; repeatedly; very.

thricecock
-the missel thrush.

thrid
-third.
-to pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find a course through; to thread.
-to make or effect (a way or course) through something; as, to thrid one's way through a wood.
-thread; continuous line.

thridded
-of thrid

thridding
-of thrid

thrifallow
-see thryfallow, and trifallow.

thrift
-a thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.
-success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.
-vigorous growth, as of a plant.
-one of several species of flowering plants of the genera statice and armeria.

thriftily
-in a thrifty manner.
-carefully; properly; becomingly.

thriftiness
-the quality or state of being thrifty; thrift.

thriftless
-without thrift; not prudent or prosperous in money affairs.

thrifty
-given to, or evincing, thrift; characterized by economy and good menegement of property; sparing; frugal.
-thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth; as, a thrifty farmer or mechanic.
-growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving; as, a thrifty plant or colt.
-secured by thrift; well husbanded.
-well appearing; looking or being in good condition; becoming.

thrill
-a warbling; a trill.
-a breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
-to perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
-hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a shivering, throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate.
-to hurl; to throw; to cast.
-to pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills through the whole frame.
-to feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body.
-a drill. see 3d drill, 1.
-a sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy.

thrillant
-piercing; sharp; thrilling.

thrilled
-of thrill

thrilling
-of thrill
-causing a thrill; causing tremulous excitement; deeply moving; as, a thrilling romance.

thring
-to press, crowd, or throng.

thrips
-any one of numerous small species of thysanoptera, especially those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips (thrips cerealium).

thrist
-thrist.

thrittene
-thirteen.

thrive
-to prosper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry.
-to prosper in any business; to have increase or success.
-to increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil.

thrived
-of thrive
-of thrive

thriven
-of thrive
-p. p. of thrive.

thriver
-one who thrives, or prospers.

thriving
-of thrive

thrivingly
-in a thriving manner.

thrivingness
-the quality or condition of one who thrives; prosperity; growth; increase.

thro'
-a contraction of through.

throat
-the part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column.
-hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx;
-- sometimes restricted to the fauces.
-a contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.
-the part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
-the upper fore corner of a boom
-and
-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
-that end of a gaff which is next the mast.
-the angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
-the inside of a timber knee.
-the orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
-to utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats.
-to mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending.

throatband
-same as throatlatch.

throatboll
-the adam's apple in the neck.

throating
-a drip, or drip molding.

throatlatch
-a strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat.

throatwort
-a plant (campanula trachelium) formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of its throat
-shaped corolla.

throaty
-guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice.

throb
-to beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate;
-- said of the heart, pulse, etc.
-a beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation:

throbbed
-of throb

throbbing
-of throb

throdden
-to grow; to thrive.

throe
-extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition.
-a tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
-to struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
-to put in agony.

thrombi
-of thrombus

thrombosis
-the obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction;
-- distinguished from embolism, which is produced by a clot or foreign body brought from a distance.

thrombus
-a clot of blood formed of a passage of a vessel and remaining at the site of coagulation.
-a tumor produced by the escape of blood into the subcutaneous cellular tissue.

throne
-a chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary.
-hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage.
-a high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy;
-- a meaning given by the schoolmen.
-to place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
-to place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
-to be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.

throned
-of throne

throneless
-having no throne.

throng
-of thring
-a multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.
-a great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.
-to crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.
-to crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.
-to crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street.
-thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy.

thronged
-of throng

thronging
-of throng

throngly
-in throngs or crowds.

throning
-of throne

throp
-a thorp.

thropple
-the windpipe.
-to throttle.

throstle
-the song thrush. see under song.
-a machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous;
-- so called because it makes a singing noise.

throstling
-a disease of bovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under the throat, which, unless checked, causes strangulation.

throttle
-the windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.
-the throttle valve.
-to compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.
-to utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
-to shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.
-to have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
-to breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.

throttled
-of throttle

throttler
-one who, or that which, throttles, or chokes.
-see flasher, 3 (b).

throttling
-of throttle

through
-from end to end of, or from side to side of; from one surface or limit of, to the opposite; into and out of at the opposite, or at another, point; as, to bore through a piece of timber, or through a board; a ball passes through the side of a ship.
-between the sides or walls of; within; as, to pass through a door; to go through an avenue.
-by means of; by the agency of.
-over the whole surface or extent of; as, to ride through the country; to look through an account.
-among or in the midst of;
-- used to denote passage; as, a fish swims through the water; the light glimmers through a thicket.
-from the beginning to the end of; to the end or conclusion of; as, through life; through the year.
-from one end or side to the other; as, to pierce a thing through.
-from beginning to end; as, to read a letter through.
-to the end; to a conclusion; to the ultimate purpose; as, to carry a project through.
-going or extending through; going, extending, or serving from the beginning to the end; thorough; complete; as, a through line; a through ticket; a through train. also, admitting of passage through; as, a through bridge.

throughly
-thoroughly.

throughout
-quite through; from one extremity to the other of; also, every part of; as, to search throughout the house.
-in every part; as, the cloth was of a piece throughout.

throve
-of thrive
-imp. of thrive.

throw
-pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.
-time; while; space of time; moment; trice.
-to fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball;
-- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl.
-to fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames.
-to drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.
-to cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river.
-to overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.
-to cast, as dice; to venture at dice.
-to put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
-to divest or strip one's self of; to put off.
-to form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.
-to give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.
-to bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear;
-- said especially of rabbits.
-to twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves;
-- sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
-to perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.
-the act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.
-a stroke; a blow.
-the distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.
-a cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.
-an effort; a violent sally.
-the extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston.
-a potter's wheel or table; a jigger. see 2d jigger, 2 (a).
-a turner's lathe; a throwe.
-the amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault;
-- according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow.

throw
-crook
-an instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.

throw
-off
-a start in a hunt or a race.

throwe
-a turning lathe.

thrower
-one who throws. specifically: (a) one who throws or twists silk; a throwster. (b) one who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.

throwing
-of throw
-a. & n. from throw, v.

thrown
-of throw
-a. & p. p. from throw, v.

throwster
-one who throws or twists silk; a thrower.

thru
-through.

thrum
-one of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.
-any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.
-a threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
-a shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
-a mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
-to furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
-to insert short pieces of rope
-yarn or spun yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface.
-to play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.
-hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table.
-to play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner.
-hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table.

thrum
-eyed
-having the anthers raised above the stigma, and visible at the throat of the corolla, as in long
-stamened primroses;
-- the reverse of pin
-eyed.

thrummed
-of thrum

thrumming
-of thrum

thrummy
-like thrums; made of, furnished with, or characterized by, thrums.

thrumwort
-a kind of amaranth (amarantus caudatus).

thruout
-throughout.

thrush
-any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to turdus and allied genera. they are noted for the sweetness of their songs.
-any one of numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or habits; as the thunderbird and the american brown thrush (or thrasher). see brown thrush.
-an affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called aphthae. see aphthae.
-an inflammatory and suppurative affection of the feet in certain animals. in the horse it is in the frog.

thrushel
-the song thrush.

thrusher
-the song thrush.

thrust
-thrist.
-of thrust
-to push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.
-to stab; to pierce;
-- usually with through.
-to make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.
-to enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
-to push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude.
-a violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab;
-- a word much used as a term of fencing.
-an attack; an assault.
-the force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them.
-the breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.

thruster
-one who thrusts or stabs.

thrusting
-of thrust
-the act of pushing with force.
-the act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey.
-the white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made.

thrustle
-the throstle, or song thrust.

thryes
-thrice.

thryfallow
-to plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow.

thud
-a dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow producing such sound; as, the thrud of a cannon ball striking the earth.

thug
-one of an association of robbers and murderers in india who practiced murder by stealthy approaches, and from religious motives. they have been nearly exterminated by the british government.

thuggee
-the practice of secret or stealthy murder by thugs.

thuggery
-alt. of thuggism

thuggism
-thuggee.

thuja
-a genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves.

thule
-the name given by ancient geographers to the northernmost part of the habitable world. according to some, this land was norway, according to others, iceland, or more probably mainland, the largest of the shetland islands; hence, the latin phrase ultima thule, farthest thule.

thulia
-oxide of thulium.

thulium
-a rare metallic element of uncertain properties and identity, said to have been found in the mineral gadolinite.

thumb
-the short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. see pollex.
-to handle awkwardly.
-to play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune.
-to soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the thumb; as, to thumb the touch
-hole of a cannon.
-to play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.

thumbbird
-the goldcrest.

thumbed
-of thumb
-having thumbs.
-soiled by handling.

thumbing
-of thumb

thumbkin
-an instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.

thumbless
-without a thumb.

thumbscrew
-a screw having a flat
-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger.
-an old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.

thummie
-the chiff
-chaff.

thummim
-a mysterious part or decoration of the breastplate of the jewish high priest. see the note under urim.

thump
-the sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.
-a blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall.
-to strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound.
-to give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound.

thumped
-of thump

thumper
-one who, or that which, thumps.

thumping
-of thump
-heavy; large.

thunder
-the sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
-the discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
-any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.
-an alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.
-to produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity;
-- often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously.
-fig.: to make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance.
-to utter violent denunciation.
-to emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation.

thunderbird
-an australian insectivorous singing bird (pachycephala gutturalis). the male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. called also white
-throated thickhead, orange
-breasted thrust, black
-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black
-breasted flycatcher.

thunderbolt
-a shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth.
-something resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness.
-vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
-a belemnite, or thunderstone.

thunderburst
-a burst of thunder.

thunderclap
-a sharp burst of thunder; a sudden report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

thundercloud
-a cloud charged with electricity, and producing lightning and thunder.

thundered
-of thunder

thunderer
-one who thunders;
-- used especially as a translation of l. tonans, an epithet applied by the romans to several of their gods, esp. to jupiter.

thunderfish
-a large european loach (misgurnus fossilis).

thunderhead
-a rounded mass of cloud, with shining white edges; a cumulus,
-- often appearing before a thunderstorm.

thundering
-of thunder
-emitting thunder.
-very great;
-- often adverbially.
-thunder.

thunderless
-without thunder or noise.

thunderous
-producing thunder.
-making a noise like thunder; sounding loud and deep; sonorous.

thunderproof
-secure against the effects of thunder or lightning.

thundershower
-a shower accompanied with lightning and thunder.

thunderstone
-a thunderbolt,
-- formerly believed to be a stone.
-a belemnite. see belemnite.

thunderstorm
-a storm accompanied with lightning and thunder.

thunderstrike
-to strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning.
-to astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible;
-- rarely used except in the past participle.

thunderstriking
-of thunderstrike

thunderstruck
-of thunderstrike
-of thunderstrike

thunderworm
-a small, footless, burrowing, snakelike lizard (rhineura floridana) allied to amphisbaena, native of florida;
-- so called because it leaves its burrows after a thundershower.

thundery
-accompanied with thunder; thunderous.

thundrous
-thunderous; sonorous.

thunny
-the tunny.

thurgh
-through.

thurghfare
-thoroughfare.

thurible
-a censer of metal, for burning incense, having various forms, held in the hand or suspended by chains;
-- used especially at mass, vespers, and other solemn services.

thuriferous
-producing or bearing frankincense.

thurification
-the act of fuming with incense, or the act of burning incense.

thuringian
-of or pertaining to thuringia, a country in germany, or its people.
-a native, or inhabitant of thuringia.

thuringite
-a mineral occurring as an aggregation of minute scales having an olive
-green color and pearly luster. it is a hydrous silicate of aluminia and iron.

thurl
-a hole; an aperture.
-a short communication between adits in a mine.
-a long adit in a coalpit.
-to cut through; to pierce.
-to cut through, as a partition between one working and another.

thurling
-same as thurl, n., 2 (a).

thurrok
-the hold of a ship; a sink.

thursday
-the fifth day of the week, following wednesday and preceding friday.

thurst
-the ruins of the fallen roof resulting from the removal of the pillars and stalls.

thus
-the commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the norway spruce, the long
-leaved pine, and other conifers.
-in this or that manner; on this wise.
-to this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus peaceble; thus bold.

thussock
-see tussock.

thuya
-same as thuja.

thuyin
-a substance extracted from trees of the genus thuja, or thuya, and probably identical with quercitrin.

thwack
-to strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump.
-to fill to overflow.
-a heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump.

thwacked
-of thwack

thwacking
-of thwack

thwaite
-the twaite.
-forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart.

thwart
-situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
-fig.: perverse; crossgrained.
-thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.
-across; athwart.
-a seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.
-to move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air.
-to cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
-to move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.
-hence, to be in opposition; to clash.

thwarted
-of thwart

thwarter
-a disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions.

thwarting
-of thwart

thwartingly
-in a thwarting or obstructing manner; so as to thwart.

thwartly
-transversely; obliquely.

thwartness
-the quality or state of being thwart; obliquity; perverseness.

thwite
-to cut or clip with a knife; to whittle.

thwittle
-to cut or whittle.
-a small knife; a whittle.

thy
-of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou;
-- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. see thine.

thyine wood
-the fragrant and beautiful wood of a north african tree (callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called thuja articulata. the tree is of the cedar family, and furnishes a balsamic resin called sandarach.

thylacine
-the zebra wolf. see under wolf.

thymate
-a compound of thymol analogous to a salt; as, sodium thymate.

thyme
-any plant of the labiate genus thymus. the garden thyme (thymus vulgaris) is a warm, pungent aromatic, much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.

thymene
-a liquid terpene obtained from oil of thyme.

thymiatechny
-the art of employing perfumes in medicine.

thymic
-of or pertaining to the thymus gland.
-pertaining to, or derived from, thyme; as, thymic acid.

thymol
-a phenol derivative of cymene, c10h13.oh, isomeric with carvacrol, found in oil of thyme, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a pleasant aromatic odor and strong antiseptic properties;
-- called also hydroxy cymene.

thymus
-of, pertaining to, or designating, the thymus gland.
-the thymus gland.

thymy
-abounding with thyme; fragrant; as, a thymy vale.

thyro
-
-a combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the thyroid body or the thyroid cartilage; as, thyrohyal.

thyroarytenoid
-of or pertaining to both the thyroid and arytenoid cartilages of the larynx.

thyrohyal
-one of the lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidated with the body of the hyoid bone and forming one of its great horns, as in man.

thyrohyoid
-of or pertaining to the thyroid cartilage of the larynx and the hyoid arch.

thyroid
-shaped like an oblong shield; shield
-shaped; as, the thyroid cartilage.
-of or pertaining to the thyroid body, thyroid cartilage, or thyroid artery; thyroideal.

thyroideal
-thyroid.

thyrotomy
-the operation of cutting into the thyroid cartilage.

thyrse
-a thyrsus.

thyrsi
-of thyrsus

thyrsoid
-alt. of thyrsoidal

thyrsoidal
-having somewhat the form of a thyrsus.

thyrsus
-a staff entwined with ivy, and surmounted by a pine cone, or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or berries. it is an attribute of bacchus, and of the satyrs and others engaging in bacchic rites.
-a species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse
-chestnut.

thysanopter
-one of the thysanoptera.

thysanoptera
-a division of insects, considered by some writers a distinct order, but regarded by others as belonging to the hemiptera. they are all of small size, and have narrow, broadly fringed wings with rudimentary nervures. most of the species feed upon the juices of plants, and some, as those which attack grain, are very injurious to crops. called also physopoda. see thrips.

thysanopteran
-one of the thysanoptera.

thysanopterous
-of or pertaining to the thysanoptera.

thysanura
-an order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform caudal appendages, either bent beneath the body to form a spring, or projecting as bristles. it comprises the cinura, or bristletails, and the collembola, or springtails. called also thysanoura. see lepisma, and podura.

thysanuran
-one of the thysanura. also used adjectively.

thysanurous
-of or pertaining to the thysanura.

thysbe
-a common clearwing moth (hemaris thysbe).

thyself
-an emphasized form of the personal pronoun of the second person;
-- used as a subject commonly with thou; as, thou thyself shalt go; that is, thou shalt go, and no other. it is sometimes used, especially in the predicate, without thou, and in the nominative as well as in the objective case.