Name Report For First Name THEA:
THEA
First name THEA's origin is Greek. THEA means "divine". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with THEA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of thea.(Brown names are of the same origin (Greek) with THEA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with THEA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming THEA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES THEA AS A WHOLE:
dorothea alethea amalthea eidothea leucothea panthea penthea philothea timothea annathea bethea mathea matthea thearl anthea althea elethea attheaeldreNAMES RHYMING WITH THEA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (hea) - Names That Ends with hea:
rhea alyshea lashea cumhea o'shea sheaRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ea) - Names That Ends with ea:
aurea chelsea dorotea aeaea airlea althaea antea anticlea astraea cytherea ennea gaea galatea medea metea orea penthesilea thaddea alamea kamea maylea amalea floarea andrea mircea alesea aletea alexandrea alurea anndreea audrea bernadea boadicea bodiccea bodicea boudicea brea clodovea deandrea dukinea dulcinea erea galea holea janea kailea kaylea kealsea kelsea kolleea lea leondrea linnea maitea mattea nacumbea orquidea shawnasea trinitea gildea costea tea dea ricwea pennlea kea harelea graeglea fearnlea aenedlea marea matea azalea nicea lydea astrea edrea nerea enea kalea hoseaNAMES RHYMING WITH THEA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (the) - Names That Begins with the:
the thecla theda thegn thekla thelma thema themis thenoma thenomia theoclymenus theodora theodore theodorus theodosios theola theomund theon theone theophaneia theophania theophanie theophile theophilia theora theore theoris thera therese thermuthis theron therron thersites theseus thetis theynRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (th) - Names That Begins with th:
thabit thacher thacker thackere thaddeus thaddia thaddius thadina thadine thady thai thain thais thalassa thaleia thalia tham thamyris than thana' thanasis thanatos thane thang thanh thanos thao thaqib thara' tharen thatcher thaumas thaw thawain thaxte thaxter thay thayne thi thia thibaud thieny thierry thiery thinh thira thirza thisbe tho thom thoma thomas thomasin thomdic thomkins thompson thomsina thor thora thoraldtun thorley thorm thormond thormundNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH THEA:
First Names which starts with 't' and ends with 'a':
tabatha tabetha tabia tabitha tablita tabora tadita tahlia tahra taipa taiyana taka takala takara takoda tala taletha talia talisha talitha tallia talora talya talyssa tama tamanna tamara tamera tamika tamma tammara tamra tandra taneisha tanessa tangerina tania tanisha tanya tara taraka tarana tarina tasa tashia tasina tassa tatiana taura taurina tavia tavisha tawia tawnia tawnya taya tayanita tayba taylia tayzia teadora tealia teanna teaonia teca tecla tedra teela teetonka tehya teisha teka telma temima temira teodora teofila teoma terceira terentia teresa teresina teresita teriana terika terra terza tesia tessa tessema tessia teva thressa thrisha thurayya thwayya thyra tia tiahna tiannaEnglish Words Rhyming THEA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES THEA AS A WHOLE:
| althea | noun (n.) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks. |
| noun (n.) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family. |
| amphitheater | noun (n.) Alt. of Amphitheatre |
| amphitheatre | noun (n.) An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena. |
| noun (n.) Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater. |
| amphitheatral | adjective (a.) Amphitheatrical; resembling an amphitheater. |
| amphitheatric | adjective (a.) Alt. of Amphitheatrical |
| amphitheatrical | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater. |
| billethead | noun (n.) A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off. |
| bolthead | noun (n.) A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver. |
| noun (n.) The head of a bolt. |
| barathea | noun (n.) A soft fabric with a kind of basket weave and a diapered pattern. |
| cathead | noun (n.) A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured. |
| entheal | adjective (a.) Alt. of Enthean |
| enthean | adjective (a.) Divinely inspired; wrought up to enthusiasm. |
| entheasm | noun (n.) Inspiration; enthusiasm. |
| entheastic | adjective (a.) Of godlike energy; inspired. |
| entheat | adjective (a.) Divinely inspired. |
| fainthearted | adjective (a.) Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. |
| fathead | noun (n.) A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley (Pimephales promelas); -- called also black-headed minnow. |
| noun (n.) A labroid food fish of California; the redfish. |
| flathead | noun (n.) A Chinook Indian. See Chinook, n., 1. |
| adjective (a.) Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians. |
| gilthead | noun (n.) A marine fish. |
| noun (n.) The Pagrus, / Chrysophrys, auratus, a valuable food fish common in the Mediterranean (so named from its golden-colored head); -- called also giltpoll. | |
| noun (n.) The Crenilabrus melops, of the British coasts; -- called also golden maid, conner, sea partridge. |
| grouthead | noun (n.) See Growthead. |
| growthead | noun (n.) A lazy person; a blockhead. |
| jolthead | noun (n.) A dunce; a blockhead. |
| knighthead | noun (n.) A bollard timber. See under Bollard. |
| lethean | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Lethe; resembling in effect the water of Lethe. |
| masthead | noun (n.) The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to go to the masthead as a punishment. |
| northeast | noun (n.) The point between the north and east, at an equal distance from each; the northeast part or region. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind. | |
| adverb (adv.) Toward the northeast. |
| northeaster | noun (n.) A storm, strong wind, or gale, coming from the northeast. |
| northeasterly | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the northeast; toward the northeast, or coming from the northeast. |
| adverb (adv.) Toward the northeast. |
| northeastern | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly. |
| promethea | noun (n.) A large American bombycid moth (Callosamia promethea). Its larva feeds on the sassafras, wild cherry, and other trees, and suspends its cocoon from a branch by a silken band. |
| promethean | noun (n.) An apparatus for automatic ignition. |
| noun (n.) A kind of lucifer match. | |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Prometheus. See Prometheus. | |
| adjective (a.) Having a life-giving quality; inspiring. |
| philathea | noun (n.) An international, interdenominational organization of Bible classes of young women. |
| shorthead | noun (n.) A sucking whale less than one year old; -- so called by sailors. |
| southeast | noun (n.) The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind. |
| southeaster | noun (n.) A storm, strong wind, or gale coming from the southeast. |
| adverb (adv.) Toward the southeast. |
| southeastern | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly. |
| sweetheart | noun (n.) A lover of mistress. |
| sweethearting | noun (n.) Making love. |
| thea | noun (n.) A genus of plants found in China and Japan; the tea plant. |
| theandric | adjective (a.) 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 | adjective (a.) Alt. of Theanthropical |
| theanthropical | adjective (a.) Partaking of, or combining, both divinity and humanity. |
| theanthropism | noun (n.) A state of being God and man. |
| noun (n.) The ascription of human atributes to the Deity, or to a polytheistic deity; anthropomorphism. |
| theanthropist | noun (n.) One who advocates, or believes in, theanthropism. |
| theanthropy | noun (n.) Theanthropism. |
| thearchic | adjective (a.) Divinely sovereign or supreme. |
| thearchy | noun (n.) Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy. |
| theater | noun (n.) Alt. of Theatre |
| theatre | noun (n.) 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. |
| noun (n.) Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc. | |
| noun (n.) That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater. | |
| noun (n.) A sphere or scheme of operation. | |
| noun (n.) A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH THEA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (hea) - English Words That Ends with hea:
| blennorrhea | noun (n.) An inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus. |
| noun (n.) Gonorrhea. |
| bohea | noun (n.) Bohea tea, an inferior kind of black tea. See under Tea. |
| diarrhea | noun (n.) Alt. of Diarrhoea |
| dysmenorrhea | noun (n.) Difficult and painful menstruation. |
| gonorrhea | noun (n.) Alt. of Gonorrhoea |
| rhea | noun (n.) The ramie or grass-cloth plant. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass. |
| noun (n.) Any one of three species of large South American ostrichlike birds of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. Called also the American ostrich. |
| seborrhea | noun (n.) A morbidly increased discharge of sebaceous matter upon the skin; stearrhea. |
| spermatorrhea | noun (n.) Alt. of Spermatorrhoea |
| stearrhea | noun (n.) seborrhea. |
| trachea | noun (n.) The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung. |
| noun (n.) One of the respiratory tubes of insects and arachnids. | |
| noun (n.) One of the large cells in woody tissue which have spiral, annular, or other markings, and are connected longitudinally so as to form continuous ducts. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH THEA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (the) - Words That Begins with the:
| theatin | noun (n.) Alt. of Theatine |
| theatine | noun (n.) 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. |
| noun (n.) One of an order of nuns founded by Ursula Benincasa, who died in 1618. |
| theatral | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a theater; theatrical. |
| theatric | adjective (a.) Theatrical. |
| theatrical | adjective (a.) 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 | noun (n. pl.) Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs. |
| theave | noun (n.) A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old. |
| thebaic | adjective (a.) 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 | noun (n.) A Latin epic poem by Statius about Thebes in Boeotia. |
| thebaine | noun (n.) A poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine. |
| theban | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Thebes. |
| theca | noun (n.) 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. |
| noun (n.) The chitinous cup which protects the hydranths of certain hydroids. | |
| noun (n.) The more or less cuplike calicle of a coral. | |
| noun (n.) The wall forming a calicle of a coral. |
| thecal | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a theca; as, a thecal abscess. |
| thecaphore | noun (n.) A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecae. |
| noun (n.) See Basigynium. |
| thecasporous | adjective (a.) Having the spores in thecae, or cases. |
| thecata | noun (n. pl.) Same as Thecophora. |
| thecla | noun (n.) Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; -- called also hairstreak, and elfin. |
| thecodactyl | noun (n.) 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 | noun (n.) One of the Thecodontia. |
| adjective (a.) Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws. | |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the thecodonts. |
| thecodontia | noun (n. pl.) A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebrae and the teeth implanted in sockets. |
| thecophora | noun (n. pl.) 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 | noun (n. pl.) An order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. See Pteropoda. |
| thedom | noun (n.) Success; fortune; luck; chance. |
| thee | noun (pron.) The objective case of thou. See Thou. |
| adjective (a.) To thrive; to prosper. |
| theft | noun (n.) 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. |
| noun (n.) The thing stolen. |
| theftbote | noun (n.) 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 | noun (n.) Thane. See Thane. |
| thegnhood | noun (n.) Thanehood. |
| theiform | adjective (a.) Having the form of tea. |
| theine | noun (n.) See Caffeine. Called also theina. |
| their | adjective (pron. & a.) The possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country. |
| theism | noun (n.) The belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a God, as opposed to atheism, pantheism, or polytheism. |
| noun (n.) The morbid condition resulting from the excessive use of tea. |
| theist | noun (n.) One who believes in the existence of a God; especially, one who believes in a personal God; -- opposed to atheist. |
| theistic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Theistical |
| theistical | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to theism, or a theist; according to the doctrine of theists. |
| thelphusian | noun (n.) One of a tribe of fresh-water crabs which live in or on the banks of rivers in tropical countries. |
| thelytokous | adjective (a.) Producing females only; -- said of certain female insects. |
| them | noun (pron.) The objective case of they. See They. |
| thematic | noun (n.) Of or pertaining to a theme, or subject. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the theme of a word. See Theme, n., 4. |
| theme | noun (n.) A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text. |
| noun (n.) Discourse on a certain subject. | |
| noun (n.) A composition or essay required of a pupil. | |
| noun (n.) 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. | |
| noun (n.) That by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument. | |
| noun (n.) The leading subject of a composition or a movement. |
| themis | noun (n.) The goddess of law and order; the patroness of existing rights. |
| themselves | noun (pron.) The plural of himself, herself, and itself. See Himself, Herself, Itself. |
| thenal | adjective (a.) Alt. of Thenar |
| thenar | noun (n.) The palm of the hand. |
| noun (n.) 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. | |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the thenar; corresponding to thenar; palmar. |
| thenardite | noun (n.) Anhydrous sodium sulphate, a mineral of a white or brown color and vitreous luster. |
| theobroma | noun (n.) A genus of small trees. See Cacao. |
| theobromic | adjective (a.) 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 | noun (n.) 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 | adjective (a.) Anointed by God. |
| theocracy | noun (n.) Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity. |
| noun (n.) The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH THEA:
English Words which starts with 't' and ends with 'a':
| tabula | noun (n.) A table; a tablet. |
| noun (n.) One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids. |
| tabulata | noun (n. pl.) An artificial group of stony corals including those which have transverse septa in the calicles. The genera Pocillopora and Favosites are examples. |
| tacamahaca | noun (n.) A bitter balsamic resin obtained from tropical American trees of the genus Elaphrium (E. tomentosum and E. Tacamahaca), and also from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar. |
| noun (n.) Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera). |
| tachina | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to Tachina and allied genera. Their larvae are external parasites of other insects. |
| tachyglossa | noun (n. pl.) A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna. |
| taenia | noun (n.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm. |
| noun (n.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain. | |
| noun (n.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave. |
| taeniada | noun (n. pl.) Same as Taenioidea. |
| taeniata | noun (n. pl.) A division of Ctenophora including those which have a long, ribbonlike body. The Venus's girdle is the most familiar example. |
| taenioglossa | noun (n. pl.) An extensive division of gastropod mollusks in which the odontophore is long and narrow, and usually bears seven rows of teeth. It includes a large number of families both marine and fresh-water. |
| taenioidea | noun (n. pl.) The division of cestode worms which comprises the tapeworms. See Tapeworm. |
| taeniola | noun (n.) One of the radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of certain medusae. |
| taffeta | noun (n.) Alt. of Taffety |
| tafia | noun (n.) A variety of rum. |
| taglia | noun (n.) A peculiar combination of pulleys. |
| taha | noun (n.) The African rufous-necked weaver bird (Hyphantornis texor). |
| taira | noun (n.) Same as Tayra. |
| talaria | noun (n. pl.) Small wings or winged shoes represented as fastened to the ankles, -- chiefly used as an attribute of Mercury. |
| talegalla | noun (n.) A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. See Brush turkey. |
| talma | noun (n.) A kind of large cape, or short, full cloak, forming part of the dress of ladies. |
| noun (n.) A similar garment worn formerly by gentlemen. |
| talpa | noun (n.) A genus of small insectivores including the common European mole. |
| tana | noun (n.) Same as Banxring. |
| tanghinia | noun (n.) The ordeal tree. See under Ordeal. |
| tanka | noun (n.) A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia. |
| tankia | noun (n.) See Tanka. |
| tanystomata | noun (n. pl.) A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillae. The horseflies and robber flies are examples. |
| tapa | noun (n.) A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also kapa. |
| taphrenchyma | noun (n.) Same as Bothrenchyma. |
| tapioca | noun (n.) A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of the cassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening for soups. See Cassava. |
| tarantella | noun (n.) A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the tarantula. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia. |
| noun (n.) Music suited to such a dance. |
| tarantula | noun (n.) Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species (Tarantula apuliae). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale. |
| tardigrada | adjective (a.) A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3. |
| adjective (a.) An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also bear animalcules, sloth animalcules, and water bears. |
| tarentula | noun (n.) See Tarantula. |
| tarsia | noun (n.) Alt. of Tarsiatura |
| tarsiatura | noun (n.) A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood. |
| tataupa | noun (n.) A South American tinamou (Crypturus tataupa). |
| tatta | noun (n.) A bamboo frame or trellis hung at a door or window of a house, over which water is suffered to trickle, in order to moisten and cool the air as it enters. |
| taurocolla | noun (n.) Glue made from a bull's hide. |
| taxeopoda | noun (n. pl.) An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations. |
| tayra | noun (n.) A South American carnivore (Galera barbara) allied to the grison. The tail is long and thick. The length, including the tail, is about three feet. |
| tazza | noun (n.) An ornamental cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl, resting on a pedestal and often having handles. |
| tchawytcha | noun (n.) The quinnat salmon. |
| tea | noun (n.) The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree (Thea, / Camellia, Chinensis). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other countries. |
| noun (n.) A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage. | |
| noun (n.) Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea; chamomile tea; catnip tea. | |
| noun (n.) The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper. | |
| verb (v. i.) To take or drink tea. |
| tectibranchia | noun (n. pl.) Same as Tectibranchiata. |
| tectibranchiata | noun (n. pl.) An order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca in which the gills are usually situated on one side of the back, and protected by a fold of the mantle. When there is a shell, it is usually thin and delicate and often rudimentary. The aplysias and the bubble shells are examples. |
| tegula | noun (n.) A small appendage situated above the base of the wings of Hymenoptera and attached to the mesonotum. |
| tellina | noun (n.) A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells. |
| telotrocha | noun (n.) An annelid larva having telotrochal bands of cilia. |
| tempera | noun (n.) A mode or process of painting; distemper. |
| noun (n.) A mode or process of painting; distemper. |
| tenia | noun (n.) See Taenia. |
| tentaculata | noun (n. pl.) A division of Ctenophora including those which have two long tentacles. |
| tentaculifera | noun (n. pl.) Same as Suctoria, 1. |
| tephrosia | noun (n.) A genus of leguminous shrubby plants and herbs, mostly found in tropical countries, a few herbaceous species being North American. The foliage is often ashy-pubescent, whence the name. |
| tequila | noun (n.) An intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of Tequila, Mexico. |
| teratoma | noun (n.) A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle. |
| terebra | noun (n.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell. |
| noun (n.) The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect. |
| terebrantia | noun (n. pl.) A division of Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the sawflies. |
| terebratula | noun (n.) A genus of brachiopods which includes many living and some fossil species. The larger valve has a perforated beak, through which projects a short peduncle for attachment. Called also lamp shell. |
| terma | noun (n.) The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain. |
| terminalia | noun (n. pl.) A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 in honor of Terminus, the god of boundaries. |
| terra | noun (n.) The earth; earth. |
| tessellata | noun (n. pl.) A division of Crinoidea including numerous fossil species in which the body is covered with tessellated plates. |
| tessera | noun (n.) A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes. |
| testa | noun (n.) The external hard or firm covering of many invertebrate animals. |
| noun (n.) The outer integument of a seed; the episperm, or spermoderm. |
| testacea | noun (n. pl.) Invertebrate animals covered with shells, especially mollusks; shellfish. |
| testudinata | noun (n. pl.) An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several plates. |
| tethyodea | noun (n. pl.) A division of Tunicata including the common attached ascidians, both simple and compound. Called also Tethioidea. |
| tetrabranchiata | noun (n. pl.) An order of Cephalopoda having four gills. Among living species it includes only the pearly nautilus. Numerous genera and species are found in the fossil state, such as Ammonites, Baculites, Orthoceras, etc. |
| tetracoralla | noun (n. pl.) Same as Rugosa. |
| tetractinellida | noun (n. pl.) A division of Spongiae in which the spicules are siliceous and have four branches diverging at right angles. Called also Tetractinellinae. |
| tetradecapoda | noun (n. pl.) Same as Arthrostraca. |
| tetradrachma | noun (n.) A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, of the value of four drachms. |
| tetradynamia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having six stamens, four of which are longer than the others. |
| tetragynia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants having four styles. |
| tetramera | noun (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera having, apparently, only four tarsal joints, one joint being rudimentary. |
| tetrandria | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having four stamens. |
| tetraneumona | noun (n. pl.) A division of Arachnida including those spiders which have four lungs, or pulmonary sacs. It includes the bird spiders (Mygale) and the trapdoor spiders. See Mygale. |
| thalamophora | noun (n. pl.) Same as Foraminifera. |
| thalia | noun (n.) That one of the nine Muses who presided over comedy. |
| noun (n.) One of the three Graces. | |
| noun (n.) One of the Nereids. |
| thaliacea | noun (n. pl.) A division of Tunicata comprising the free-swimming species, such as Salpa and Doliolum. |
| theorica | noun (n. pl.) Public moneys expended at Athens on festivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people; -- also called theoric fund. |
| theriaca | noun (n.) 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. |
| noun (n.) Treacle; molasses. |
| theriodonta | noun (n. pl.) Same as Theriodontia. |
| theriodontia | noun (n. pl.) 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. |
| theromorpha | noun (n. pl.) See Theriodonta. |
| theropoda | noun (n. pl.) 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. |
| theta | noun (n.) 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. |
| thoracica | noun (n. pl.) A division of cirripeds including those which have six thoracic segments, usually bearing six pairs of cirri. The common barnacles are examples. |
| thoracostraca | adjective (a.) 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. |
| thoria | noun (n.) A rare white earthy substance, consisting of the oxide of thorium; -- formerly called also thorina. |
| thuja | noun (n.) A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves. |
| thulia | noun (n.) Oxide of thulium. |
| thuya | noun (n.) Same as Thuja. |
| thysanoptera | noun (n. pl.) 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. |
| thysanura | noun (n. pl.) 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. |
| tiara | noun (n.) A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over. |
| noun (n.) The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity. |
| tibia | noun (n.) The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee. |
| noun (n.) The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See Illust. under Coleoptera, and under Hexapoda. | |
| noun (n.) A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal. |
| ticpolonga | noun (n.) A very venomous viper (Daboia Russellii), native of Ceylon and India; -- called also cobra monil. |
| tigella | noun (n.) That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle. |
| tillandsia | noun (n.) A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses. |
| noun (n.) An immense genus of epiphytic bromeliaceous plants confined to tropical and subtropical America. They usually bear a rosette of narrow overlapping basal leaves, which often hold a considerable quantity of water. The spicate or paniculate flowers have free perianth segments, and are often subtended by colored bracts. Also, a plant of this genus. |
| tillodontia | noun (n. pl.) An extinct group of Mammalia found fossil in the Eocene formation. The species are related to the carnivores, ungulates, and rodents. Called also Tillodonta. |
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