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Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern usage or mode of expression.

• 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.
• Threadworm
  Any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and filaria.
• Theophilanthropy
  Theophilanthropism.
• Thrumming
  of Thrum
• Thermotropism
  The phenomenon of turning towards a source of warmth, seen in the growing parts of some plants.
• THEANTHROPICTHEANTHROPICAL
  Partaking of, or combining, both divinity and humanity. [R.] The gorgeous and imposing figures of his [Homer's] theanthropic sytem. Gladstone.
• Thirstle
  The throstle.
• Thaumaturgus
  A miracle worker; -- a title given by the Roman Catholics to some saints.
• Three-flowered
  Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.
• 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.
• Thuggee
  The practice of secret or stealthy murder by Thugs.
• 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.
• THERMO
  A combining form from Gr. qe`rmh heat, qermo`s hot, warm; as in thermochemistry, thermodynamic.
• Thearchy
  Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy.
• Three-sided
  Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.
• Theosophist
  One addicted to theosophy.
• Thump
  The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.
• Thible
  A slice; a skimmer; a spatula; a pudding stick.
• THERMOPHORE
  An apparatus for conveying heat, as a case containing material which retains its heat for a considerable period.

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