7-letter words starting with th
- thebaic — an ancient city in Upper Egypt, on the Nile, whose ruins are located in the modern towns of Karnak and Luxor: a former capital of Egypt.
- thebaid — the ancient region surrounding Thebes, in Egypt.
- thecate — having or being contained in a theca.
- thecium — hymenium.
- theelin — estrone
- theelol — an estriol or an estrogen hormone found in a pregnant woman's urine, C18H24O3
- thegnly — of or relating to a thegn
- theiler — Max, 1899–1972, South African medical scientist, in the U.S. after 1922: Nobel Prize in medicine 1951.
- themata — theme (def 7).
- theming — a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting.
- theocon — a person with conservative views who believes that religion, esp Christianity, should be the dominant influence in government policy
- theolog — a theological student.
- theorbo — an obsolete bass lute with two sets of strings attached to separate peg boxes, one above the other, on the neck.
- theorem — Mathematics. a theoretical proposition, statement, or formula embodying something to be proved from other propositions or formulas.
- theoric — a theory or conjecture
- therapy — the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process: speech therapy.
- there's — in or at that place (opposed to here): She is there now.
- thereat — at that place or time; there: Seeing the gate, they entered thereat.
- thereby — by that; by means of that.
- therein — in or into that place or thing.
- thereof — of that or it.
- thereon — on or upon that or it.
- theresa — Saint. Also, Teresa. Also called Theresa of Avila [ah-vee-lah] /ˈɑ viˌlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1515–82, Spanish Carmelite nun, mystic, and writer.
- thérèse — Saint(1873-97); Fr. Carmelite nun: her day is Oct. 3
- thereto — to that place, thing, etc.
- theriac — molasses; treacle.
- therian — (in some classification systems) belonging or pertaining to the group Theria, comprising the marsupial and placental mammals and their extinct ancestors.
- thermae — hot springs; hot baths.
- thermal — Also, thermic. of, relating to, or caused by heat or temperature: thermal capacity.
- thermel — thermocouple.
- thermic — thermal (def 1).
- thermit — a mixture of aluminium powder and a metal oxide, such as iron oxide, which when ignited reacts with the evolution of heat to yield aluminium oxide and molten metal: used for welding and in some types of incendiary bombs
- thermo- — Thermo- combines with adjectives to form adjectives that mean using or relating to heat.
- thermos — a vacuum bottle or similar container lined with an insulating material, such as polystyrene, to keep liquids hot or cold.
- theroid — of, relating to, or resembling a beast
- theroux — Paul (Edward). born 1941, US novelist and travel writer. His novels include Picture Palace (1978), The Mosquito Coast (1981), and My Other Life (1996); travel writings include The Great Railway Bazaar (1975)
- theseus — an Attic hero, the husband of Phaedra, father of Hippolytus, and slayer of the Minotaur and the robber Procrustes.
- thespis — flourished 6th century b.c, Greek poet.
- theurgy — a system of beneficent magic practiced by the Egyptian Platonists and others.
- they'll — They'll is the usual spoken form of 'they will'.
- they're — They're is the usual spoken form of 'they are'.
- they've — They've is the usual spoken form of 'they have', especially when 'have' is an auxiliary verb.
- thiamin — a white, crystalline, water-soluble compound of the vitamin-B complex, containing a thiazole and a pyrimidine group, C 12 H 17 ClN 4 OS, essential for normal functioning of the nervous system, a deficiency of which results chiefly in beriberi and other nerve disorders: occurring in many natural sources, as green peas, liver, and especially the seed coats of cereal grains, the commercial product of which is chiefly synthesized in the form of its chloride (thiamine chloride or thiamine hydrochloride) for therapeutic administration, or in nitrate form (thiamine mononitrate) for enriching flour mixes.
- thiasus — (in ancient Greece) a congregation of people who have gathered to sing and dance at a festival in honour of a god
- thicken — make thicker
- thicker — having relatively great extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thin: a thick slice.
- thicket — a thick or dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees; a thick coppice.
- thickly — having relatively great extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thin: a thick slice.
- thieves — a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny.
- thigger — a beggar or a person who thigs