Index of English words, starting with "th"

(1) - Thule (n.) 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.

(1) - Thulium (n.) A rare metallic element of uncertain properties and identity, said to have been found in the mineral gadolinite.

(1) - Thumb (v. i.) To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.
(2) - Thumb (v. t.) 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.
(3) - Thumb (v. t.) To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune.
(4) - Thumb (v. t.) To handle awkwardly.
(5) - Thumb (n.) The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex.

(1) - Thumbless (a.) Without a thumb.