Index of English words, starting with "th"

(1) - Thorn (v. t.) To prick, as with a thorn.
(2) - Thorn (n.) 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.
(3) - Thorn (n.) Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
(4) - Thorn (n.) Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.
(5) - Thorn (n.) A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.

(1) - Thornback (n.) The large European spider crab or king crab (Maia squinado).
(2) - Thornback (n.) A European skate (Raia clavata) having thornlike spines on its back.

(1) - Thornless (a.) Destitute of, or free from, thorns.

(1) - Thorny (superl.) Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing.
(2) - Thorny (superl.) Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.