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English words: thread necromancy to threetangle

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English words thread necromancy to threetangle

  1. thread necromancy noun: On an Internet forum, the act of posting in a thread that is already considered dead or out of discussion.
  2. thread needle noun: Alternative form of thread the needle (“children's game”).
  3. thread of life noun: A metaphor for a person’s lifespan, as generated by Clotho, measured out by Lachesis, and terminated by Atropos.
  4. thread of thought noun: A train of thought; a thought process.
  5. thread-paper noun: A piece of thin soft paper for wrapping up a skein of thread.
  6. thread pool noun: A pool of threads of execution created to perform a number of tasks.
  7. thread-safe adjective: Alternative form of threadsafe.
  8. thread snake noun: Any of the fossorial snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae.
  9. thread the needle noun, verb: To perform a tedious task with extreme precision; to manage to find harmony or strike a balance between conflicting forces, interests, etc.
  10. threadability noun: The state or condition of being threadable.
  11. threadable adjective: Suitable for multithreading.
  12. threadbare adjective /ˈθɹɛdbɛə/: Of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.
  13. threadbareness noun: The state or condition of being threadbare.
  14. threadbarity noun: Threadbareness.
  15. threaded adjective, verb: Having threads.
  16. threadedly adverb: By means of threads, such as screw threads
  17. threaden adjective: Made of or woven from thread.
  18. threader noun: A device used to thread needles.
  19. threadfin noun /ˈθɹɛdfɪn/: Any of many fish of the family Polynemidae.
  20. threadfish noun: A cutlassfish (Trichiuridae).
  21. threadful noun: The amount that a thread will hold.
  22. Threadgill proper noun: A surname.
  23. threadgoldite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic greenish yellow mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium.
  24. threadily adverb: In a thready manner.
  25. threadiness noun: The state or quality of being thready.
  26. threading noun, verb /ˈθɹɛdɪŋ/: The act or process by which something is threaded (in various senses).
  27. threadish adjective: Threadlike or thready.
  28. threadjack verb: To take over a discussion thread with a subject unrelated to the original posting.
  29. threadjacker noun: One who takes over a discussion thread with a subject unrelated to the original posting.
  30. threadjacking noun: The act of taking over an e-mail list or discussion thread with a subject unrelated to the original posting.
  31. threadless adjective: Without a thread.
  32. threadlessness noun: Absence of a thread or threads.
  33. threadlet noun: A little thread.
  34. threadlike adjective: Having the form of a thread.
  35. threadlock noun: Synonym of thread-locking fluid.
  36. threadlocker noun: Synonym of thread-locking fluid.
  37. threadly adjective: Occurring on every thread of discussion.
  38. threadmaker noun: A manufacturer of thread.
  39. threadmaking noun: The manufacture of thread.
  40. threadmill noun: A factory or machine specialized in the manufacture of thread.
  41. threadpaper noun: Alternative form of thread-paper.
  42. threads noun, verb /θɹɛdz/: Clothes, clothing.
  43. threadsafe adjective: That can be safely accessed from multiple threads.
  44. threadsnake noun: Alternative form of thread snake.
  45. threadtail noun: Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Nososticta, endemic to Australasia.
  46. threadwork noun: Work made with, or as if with, threads.
  47. threadworm noun: A parasitic roundworm, Strongyloides stercoralis, which causes strongyloidiasis.
  48. thready adjective: Of, resembling, or capable of forming a thread; filamentous.
  49. threap noun, verb /θɹiːp/: An altercation, quarrel, argument.
  50. threaric acid noun: tartaric acid
  51. threat noun, verb /θɹɛt/: An expression of intent to injure or punish another.
  52. threat actor noun: A person or entity that conducts malicious activities against digital targets, particularly cyberattacks.
  53. threaten verb /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/: To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
  54. threatenable adjective: Capable of being threatened.
  55. threatened adjective, verb /ˈθɹɛt.n̩d/: At risk of becoming endangered in the near future.
  56. threatened abortion noun /ˈθɹɛt.n̩d əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩/: A condition approximating an imminent abortion, where there is bleeding but the fetus remains attached to the uterine wall.
  57. threatened species noun: Any species of organism that is vulnerable to extinction in the near future
  58. threatenee noun: One who is threatened by another.
  59. threatener noun: One who threatens.
  60. threatenin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of threatening.
  61. threatening adjective, noun, verb /ˈθɹɛtə.nɪŋ/: Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm.
  62. threateningly adverb: In a threatening manner.
  63. threateningness noun: The quality of being threatening, presenting or making a threat.
  64. threatensome adjective: Characterised by threat or threatening.
  65. threatful adjective /ˈθɹɛtfəl/: Threatening.
  66. threatfully adverb: In a threatful manner; threateningly
  67. threatfulness noun: The quality of being threatful.
  68. threatless adjective: Devoid of threats; unthreatening.
  69. threatlessness noun: Absence of threats.
  70. threatmate noun: A situation in which a checkmate sequence will be created by the player's next move but can be thwarted with a proper defense.
  71. threatproof adjective: Resistant to threats.
  72. threatscape noun: The various possible threats; the spectrum of possible threats.
  73. threatsome adjective: Characterised or marked by threat; threatening
  74. threatspot noun: A location that is the habitat of a rare or threatened species.
  75. Thredbo proper noun: A locality in the Snowy Monaro council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  76. three noun, number /θɹɪj/: A numerical value equal to 3; the number following two and preceding four.
  77. three-and-out noun: The situation where a team is forced to punt the football without having made any first downs.
  78. three-and-twenty number: Twenty-three (23).
  79. three-bagger noun: A triple.
  80. three bags full, sir phrase /ˌθɹiː bæɡz ˈfʊl ˌsɜː/: Intensifies a statement of agreement, indicating that the speaker is craven or obsequious.
  81. three-ball noun: A simplified game of pool in which players attempt to pot three object balls in as few shots as possible.
  82. three-banded courser noun: Rhinoptilus cinctus, a species of courser bird.
  83. three-banded grasshopper noun: Hadrotettix trifasciatus, a species of North American band-winged grasshopper.
  84. three-banded warbler noun: Basileuterus trifasciatus, a species of perching bird native to Ecuador and Peru.
  85. three body problem noun: The problem of calculating the motion of three celestial bodies that interact with each other gravitationally
  86. three-bottle man noun: A man who can drink a lot of alcohol without becoming noticeably drunk.
  87. three-camera adjective: Synonym of multicamera.
  88. three camera sitcom noun: A multicamera sitcom; uses multiple cameras simultaneously on a set, often with a live studio audience, capturing wide shots and close-ups in one take for...
  89. three card brag noun: A card game somewhat like a simplified form of poker, and one of poker's several ancestors
  90. three-card marney noun: Synonym of three-card monte.
  91. three-card monte noun: A confidence game in which the victim, or mark, is tricked into betting a sum of money that they can find the money card, for example the queen of hearts,...
  92. three-card shuffle noun: Synonym of three-card monte.
  93. three-card trick noun: Three-card monte.
  94. three-card trickster noun: A fraudster who operates a game of three-card monte.
  95. three-center two-electron bond noun: Any of several forms of extended covalent bond, deficient in one electron, joining three atoms.
  96. three cheers interjection: An exclamation of congratulations, usually followed by "hip hip hooray" three times.
  97. three-cornered adjective: Having three corners; triangular.
  98. three-cornered jack noun: A weed of species Emex australis.
  99. three-cueing noun: A technique in learning to read, in which the reader attempts to identify difficult words by means of three cues: visual information (e.g. the shapes of...
  100. three-D adjective, noun: Alternative form of 3D.
  101. three day eventing noun: A three-phase equestrian sport consisting of dressage, cross country, and show jumping.
  102. three-day fever noun: Roseola infantum.
  103. three-day measles noun: German measles, rubella.
  104. three day sickness noun: Alternative form of three-day sickness.
  105. three-day weekend noun: A period of time off from school or work where people are off an additional day along with Saturday and Sunday.
  106. three-decker noun: Anything with three layers or levels.
  107. three-dee noun: Alternative form of 3D.
  108. three-dimensional adjective: Existing in three dimensions.
  109. three-dimensional chess noun: Alternative spelling of 3D chess.
  110. three-dimensional printer noun: Synonym of 3D printer.
  111. three-dimensional printing noun: Synonym of 3D printing.
  112. three-dimensionalism noun: A view that the world is three-dimensional.
  113. three-dimensionality noun: The state or characteristic of occupying, or of appearing to occupy, three dimensions of space.
  114. three-dimensionally adverb: In a three-dimensional way or manner.
  115. three dog night noun: A very cold night.
  116. three-door adjective, noun: Of a motor vehicle, having three doors, consisting of two side doors and a rear hatch or bootlid.
  117. three eighths noun, number: rare spelling of three-eighths
  118. three episode rule noun: Alternative form of three-episode rule.
  119. three fifths number: rare spelling of three-fifths
  120. three figures noun: An unspecified amount of money ranging from 100 to 999 dollars or other unit of currency.
  121. three-finger salute noun: Control-Alt-Delete, a keypress used to reset or interrupt the computer.
  122. three fires noun: Three Poisons; three primary causes of unskillful action that lead to the creation of "negative" karma
  123. three-fisted adjective: Having three components or parts.
  124. three-foiled adjective: Alternative form of threefoiled.
  125. three-forked adjective: Having three forks or prongs.
  126. three-four time noun: Synonym of three-quarter time.
  127. three fourths noun, number: Three of four equal parts (3/4, ¾, 0.75).
  128. three fries short of a Happy Meal adjective: Alternative form of one fry short of a Happy Meal.
  129. three Fs noun: Free sale, fixity of tenure, and fair rent: the three demands of the Irish Land League.
  130. three G's noun: God, guns and gays, as wedge issues
  131. three green phrase: A confirmation given by the pilots that the landing gear has gone down successfully and has locked.
  132. three guys in a garage noun: A small, agile group of startup innovators with a big idea, passion, and modest resources.
  133. three halfpence noun: Such an English coin (1½d.), minted 1561–1582.
  134. three halfpennies noun: Synonym of three halfpence.
  135. three-headed adjective /ˈθɹiːˌhɛdəd/: Having three heads.
  136. three-high noun: A series of three rollers in a roller mill, stacked one above the other.
  137. three-hole punch noun: A type of hole punch that creates three separate holes in a standard sheet of paper, in order to allow the paper to be stored in a binder or duotang.
  138. three-horned adjective: having three horns
  139. three hots and a cot noun: Prison.
  140. three hundred number /ˈθɹiː ˈhʌn.dɹəd/: The cardinal number occurring after two hundred ninety-nine and before three hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 300.
  141. three-hundredth adjective /ˈθɹiː ˈhʌn.dɹədθ/: The ordinal form of the number three hundred.
  142. three-in-hand noun: A carriage drawn by three horses controlled by one driver.
  143. three-in-one noun: A fast food dish consisting of chips, boiled rice (or egg-fried rice) and curry sauce, served in a single container.
  144. three-in-oneness noun: Triunity.
  145. three kings' cake noun: king cake
  146. three L adjective, noun: A law student in their third (and usually final) year of law school.
  147. three-legged adjective, noun /θɹiːˈlɛɡɪd/: Having three legs.
  148. three-legged mare noun: A type of gallows consisting of a wooden triangle supported by three wooden legs, used for public hangings.
  149. three-legged race noun: A race in which a team of two players are joined together at opposite ankles, and must complete a short sprint before the other teams.
  150. three letter agency noun: Any intelligence agency of the United States federal government.
  151. three-line whip noun: A directive to MPs from party leaders to attend a parliamentary meeting and vote in a particular way, despite what the MP might believe or what his or her...
  152. three-lips noun: A fish, Opsariichthys uncirostris.
  153. three marks of existence noun: In the Pali tradition of the Theravada school, the three marks are
  154. three-martini lunch noun: A leisurely, expensive midday meal associated with drinking, which is tax-deductible because business is discussed.
  155. three-men-in-a-boat noun: The plant Tradescantia spathacea.
  156. Three Mile Island noun: An informal unit of measurement for a nuclear disaster, equivalent to that of the incident in 1979 in Pennsylvania
  157. three-milk cake noun: Pastel de tres leches.
  158. three-minute warning noun: A timeout and warning given to the coaches with three minutes to go before the end of each half; after this point, the clock stops at the end of every play....
  159. Three Musketeer noun: Any one of the Three Musketeers in Alexandre Dumas' novel of the same name, i.e. either Athos, Aramis, or Porthos.
  160. three musketeers noun: A group of three people who are very closely associated; a trio.
  161. three-name verb: The act of vocatively referring to someone (usually a child in one's family) using their full legal name (first, middle, and last) in order to emphasize a...
  162. three o'clock noun: The start of the fourth hour of the day; 3:00 a.m. (03:00).
  163. three of a kind noun: A hand including three cards of the same rank.
  164. three-on-the-tree noun: On an automobile (especially those produced from 1939 through the mid-1970s), a three-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is a column shifter...
  165. three-parent adjective: Having three genetic parents; that is, having been produced by a process in which the nucleus of one egg is inserted into the cytoplasm of another egg,...
  166. three-party adjective: Of a state or government, having only three political parties which dominate.
  167. three-party system noun: The availability or dominance of three political parties in a government.
  168. three-peat noun, verb: To win something three times consecutively.
  169. three-penny bit noun: Alternative form of threepenny bit.
  170. three per cents noun: Bonds or other securities paying 3% interest, especially a portion of the consolidated debt of Great Britain.
  171. three-phase adjective: Using three separate alternating currents of the same voltage at different phases.
  172. three-piece adjective: Comprising three pieces.
  173. three-piece suit noun: A suit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat.
  174. three-piece suite noun: A furniture set consisting of one sofa with two matching chairs.
  175. three-pile noun: The finest and most costly kind of velvet, with a fine, thick pile.
  176. three-pipe problem noun: A particularly complex or challenging problem or puzzle.
  177. three-ply adjective, noun: Having three strands or layers
  178. three-point landing noun: An airplane landing in which the two main landing gears and the front landing gear or rear landing gear or skid all touch the ground simultaneously.
  179. three-point line noun: An arc on the floor of a basketball court beyond which a successful shot is worth three points.
  180. three-point shot noun: A shot attempted from beyond the three-point line.
  181. three-point turn noun: An act of turning around a car, involving one forward turn and two backward turns (or vice-versa).
  182. three-pointer noun: A goal or other means of scoring worth three points.
  183. three-pounder noun: A cannon of a certain bore size (caliber) that was named for an iron cannonball that weighed three pounds in a certain outdated system of weights and measures.
  184. three-pronged adjective: Having three prongs or similar parts; trifurcate.
  185. three-quarter adjective, noun: of three fourths of the usual dimension
  186. three-quarter back noun: Any of a group of players positioned between the half-backs and the full-backs; consists of the left wing, the inside centre, the outside centre and the...
  187. three-quarter bathroom noun: A bathroom with a toilet, sink, and shower stall but without a bathtub.
  188. three-quarter brother noun: The male offspring of a horse's sire/dam that is by/out of a sibling of its other parent.
  189. three-quarter coat noun: Synonym of paletot.
  190. three-quarter moon noun: The phase where the moon is three-fourths of the way through its cycle from one new moon to the next.
  191. three-quarter sibling noun: The offspring of a horse's sire/dam that is by/out of a sibling of its other parent.
  192. three-quarter sister noun: The female offspring of a horse's sire/dam that is by/out of a sibling of its other parent.
  193. three quarter time noun: A time signature of a composition indicating three quarter notes or their equivalent in each measure.
  194. three quarters noun /θɹiˈk(w)ɔɹtɚz/: Three of four equal parts (3/4, ¾, 0.75).
  195. three quartertime noun: Alternative form of three-quarter time.
  196. three-quel noun: Alternative form of threequel.
  197. three R's noun: Alternative form of three Rs.
  198. three-ring noun: Any of various satyrine butterflies of the genus Ypthima, having circular markings on the wings.
  199. three ring circus noun: A large circus in which three separate performances, each within its own circular enclosure, are staged simultaneously before a single audience.
  200. three Rs noun: The basic education received in primary schools, especially (but not necessarily limited to) reading, writing and arithmetic.
  201. three's a crowd phrase: Alternative form of two's company, three's a crowd.
  202. three score and fifth adjective: Sixty-fifth.
  203. three score and ten number: Seventy, being the number of years in a full lifetime of traditionally-expected duration.
  204. three-second rule noun: Any rule that prescribes or proscribes behavior in a three-second interval, especially
  205. three seconds rule noun: Alternative form of three-second rule.
  206. three-sheet verb: To exaggerate, hype up, or show off.
  207. three sheets adjective, verb: Ellipsis of three sheets to the wind.
  208. three sheets in the wind adjective: Drunk.
  209. three sheets to the wind adjective: Unsteady from drink.
  210. three-shot noun: A talking head shot of three people together.
  211. three sisters noun: The combination of maize (corn), pole beans (Phaseolus vulgaris or climbing beans, string beans, etc.), and squash (i.e. pumpkin), especially when planted...
  212. three sixty noun: Alternative form of 360.
  213. three skips of a louse noun: The worth of some trifling or insignificant matter; a whit or jot of value.
  214. three-space noun: A vector space whose basis of real numbers has three vectors
  215. three-spine stickleback noun: Gasterosteus aculeatus, a small fish of coastal and inland waters of the Northern Hemisphere, that can make its spines erect when threatened, which makes it...
  216. three-spined stickleback noun: Gasterosteus aculeatus, a small fish of coastal and inland waters of the Northern Hemisphere, that can make its spines erect when threatened, which makes it...
  217. three-spot seahorse noun: A species of seahorse, Hippocampus trimaculatus
  218. three-square noun: An object having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle
  219. three squares noun: Three square meals, understood as a complete, satisfying, and nourishing regimen of food taken over the course of a day.
  220. three-star adjective: Of average or mediocre quality; said of items typically measured on a five-point scale.
  221. three stars noun: The three best players in a game as chosen by a third party.
  222. three-state solution noun: A proposed approach to resolving the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, by returning administrative control of the West Bank to Jordan and the Gaza Strip to Egypt.
  223. three-step snake noun: Any highly venomous snake.
  224. Three Stooges noun: A group of three stupid people.
  225. three stops short of Dagenham adjective /ˌθɹiː stɒps ˈʃɔːt əv ˈdæɡən(ə)m/: Crazy; mad.
  226. three strikes and you're out phrase: Three mistakes, rule breaches etc. will result in termination, disqualification or similar.
  227. three-strikes law noun: A criminal-sentencing structure under which the third conviction results in a mandatory life sentence.
  228. three-striped ground squirrel noun: Lariscus insignis, a species of striped ground squirrel.
  229. three-striped palm civet noun: Synonym of small-toothed palm civet.
  230. three-tap verb: To kill an enemy in three shots.
  231. three thousand number: cardinal number between two thousand nine hundred and ninety nine and three thousand and one
  232. three-thousander noun: Any mountain on Earth that extends more than 3,000 metres (9,843 ft) but less than 4,000 metres (13,123 ft) above sea level.
  233. three-thousandth adjective: The ordinal form of the number three thousand.
  234. three-tiered adjective: Having three tiers.
  235. three times a charm proverb: Alternative form of third time is the charm.
  236. three times three noun: Three cheers; a cry of "hip hip hooray" repeated three times.
  237. three-toed box turtle noun: Terrapene triunguis, a species of box turtle that is native to the United States.
  238. three-toed sloth noun: Any member of the species of the genus Bradypus of sloth having three toes on each limb.
  239. three-toed woodpecker noun: Any member of either of the species of woodpecker of the genus Picoides.
  240. three togethers noun: A policy stating that peasants should eat together, live together, and labour together.
  241. three true outcomes noun: The three results of a plate appearance that do not involve the fielders: home runs, walks, and strikeouts.
  242. three-up noun: A gambling game played with three coins.
  243. three up, three down noun: The recording of three outs in an inning without allowing a batter to reach first base.
  244. three-vee noun: Alternative form of threevee.
  245. three-way adjective, noun: Relating to three different directions.
  246. three-way girl noun: A female prostitute who offers oral, vaginal, and anal sex.
  247. three-way stop noun: An intersection with stop signs on all three sides of the intersection.
  248. three-way switch noun: A type of light switch that can be arranged in pairs to control lights from two locations, as at either end of a stairway or long hallway; a double-throw...
  249. three-wheel adjective: having three wheels
  250. three-wheeled adjective: Having three wheels.
  251. three-wheeler noun: A car, cycle or motorbike having three wheels.
  252. three wise men noun: three of a kind kings
  253. three wood noun: Synonym of fairway wood.
  254. threeawn noun /ˈθɹiːɔːn/: Any grass in the genus Aristida.
  255. threed adjective: Having a specific number of threes.
  256. threedee noun /θɹiːˈdiː/: Alternative form of 3D.
  257. threedimensional adjective: Alternative form of three-dimensional.
  258. threedimensionally adverb: Alternative form of three-dimensionally.
  259. threedy noun: A three-dimensional movie or television program.
  260. threefer noun: Something sold at a discount of three for the price of one.
  261. threefin noun: A triplefin.
  262. threefoil noun: Alternative form of trefoil.
  263. threefoiled adjective: Of an object or design: featuring three leaf-like or petal-like lobes.
  264. threefold adjective, adverb, noun, verb: Three times as great.
  265. threefold law noun: A key tenet of Wicca, stating that the energy a person puts out into the world, whether positive or negative, will return to them multiplied three times.
  266. threefoldedness noun: threefoldness
  267. threefoldly adverb: In a threefold manner
  268. threefoldness noun: The property of being threefold.
  269. threegether adverb: Together as a group of three.
  270. threeish noun /ˈθɹiːɪʃ/: Any time close to three o'clock.
  271. threek noun /θɹiːk/: A three-pronged fork.
  272. threeling noun: One of three children born at the same birth; triplet.
  273. threemake noun: A remake of a remake.
  274. threemasted adjective: Having three masts.
  275. threenager noun: A rebellious and strong-willed three-year-old.
  276. threeness noun /ˈθɹiːnəs/: The state of being three; triunity; trinity.
  277. threep noun, verb: Alternative form of threap.
  278. threepeat noun, verb /ˈθɹiːˌpiːt/: To win something three times consecutively.
  279. threepeater noun: One who threepeats.
  280. threepence noun /ˈθɹʌpəns/: The amount of money equal to that of three pence (old or new).
  281. threepenny adjective, noun /ˈθɹʌpəni/: Having a value or cost of threepence.
  282. threepenny bit noun /ˈθɹʌpəni bɪt/: Alternative form of threepenny bit.
  283. threepennyworth noun: A portion worth threepence.
  284. threeplex noun: A building divided into three separate residences or commercial premises.
  285. threepronged adjective: Having three prongs or similar parts.
  286. threequarter noun: Alternative spelling of three-quarter.
  287. threequarters noun: Rare spelling of three-quarters.
  288. threequel noun /ˈθɹiːkwəl/: The chronologically third part of any series of works, especially a movie trilogy.
  289. threes noun: The age of three; three years old.
  290. threescore noun /ˈθɹiskɔɹ/: Sixty (60).
  291. threescore and ten number: Alternative form of three score and ten.
  292. threeside adjective, noun: Any object or shape consisting of three sides; triangle.
  293. threesies noun: A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where three actions must be performed.
  294. threesome noun /ˈθɹiː.səm/: A group of three people or things.
  295. threesomeness noun: The property of being a group of three.
  296. threespace noun: Alternative spelling of three-space.
  297. threespine adjective: Having three spines
  298. threespine stickleback noun: Gasterosteus aculeatus, an endangered species of European stickleback.
  299. threesquare noun /ˈθɹiːskwɛə(ɹ)/: Schoenoplectus americanus (American threesquare, Olney's bulrush, chairmaker's bulrush).
  300. threetangle noun: The entanglement of three qubits

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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under T: 39,191 words, in 131 parts.