English words: throw of the dice to thumbmarked
300 English words, part 58 of 131 of the words starting with T, A to Z. 25 have a page of their own.
English words throw of the dice to thumbmarked
- throw of the dice noun: Synonym of roll of the dice.
- throw off noun, verb: To confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
- throw off balance verb: To unsettle, to catch by surprise.
- throw off on verb: To tease or ridicule (someone); to reject (someone) verbally; to scold (someone).
- throw off the trail verb: To misguide.
- throw on verb: To hastily put on (clothes).
- throw one's cap over the windmill verb: To act in a bizarre, eccentric or immoral manner.
- throw one's hat in the ring verb: To announce one's candidacy in a contest.
- throw one's hat into the ring verb: Alternative form of throw one's hat in the ring.
- throw one's hat over the fence verb: To commit fully.
- throw one's hat over the wall verb: To commit fully.
- throw one's hat over the windmill phrase: Synonym of throw one's cap over the windmill.
- throw one's luck in with verb: To take the side of, risking good or bad fortune.
- throw one's name in the hat verb: Alternative form of put one's name in the hat.
- throw one's rattle out of the cot verb: Synonym of throw one's toys out of the pram.
- throw one's rattle out of the pram verb: Synonym of throw one's toys out of the pram.
- throw one's toys out of the cot verb: Synonym of throw one's toys out of the pram.
- throw one's toys out of the pram verb: To lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum.
- throw one's voice verb: to make one’s voice appear to come from somewhere else
- throw one's weight around verb: To exercise influence or authority, especially to an excessive degree or in an objectionable manner.
- throw one's weight behind verb: To support (a cause, a decision, etc.) using one's influence; to endorse.
- throw oneself at verb: To make an embarrassingly desperate attempt to get the romantic attention of (a person).
- throw oneself behind verb: To begin to or decide to begin supporting (a campaign, idea, philosophy, leader, etc.).
- throw oneself into verb: To engage heartily in; to get fully involved in.
- throw oneself on someone's mercy verb: To put oneself in a situation where someone else is in a position to rescue or forgive one.
- throw open verb: To open to visitors
- throw out noun, verb /ˈθɹəʊ ˌaʊt/: Alternative form of throw-out.
- throw out the baby with the bath water verb: Alternative form of throw the baby out with the bathwater.
- throw out the baby with the bathwater verb: Alternative form of throw the baby out with the bathwater.
- throw over verb: To discard or give up (a plan or project, etc.).
- throw overboard verb: To throw off a boat into the water; to jettison
- throw pearls before swine verb: Synonym of cast pearls before swine.
- throw pillow noun: A small pillow, usually sealed, usually placed on a chair or sofa and used primarily for decoration rather than to sleep on.
- throw rug noun: Synonym of area rug.
- throw salt verb: To disparage or belittle.
- throw shade verb: To subtly insult someone.
- throw shapes verb: To act tough or put up a front. For example, to threaten a person by making "karate chops" at them, without actually doing harm or knowing karate.
- throw signs verb: To make a gesture of group affiliation (especially with a gang) from a distance.
- throw smoke verb: To consistently pitch fastballs that are difficult to hit.
- throw some shapes verb: To dance.
- throw someone a bone verb: Alternative form of throw a bone to.
- throw someone a curve verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To pitch a curve ball.
- throw someone a curveball verb: Alternative form of throw someone a curve.
- throw someone a rope verb: To rescue someone by providing them with help, such as material aid, financial aid, a face-saving excuse, or a clue.
- throw someone out of bed verb: Synonym of kick someone out of bed.
- throw something in someone's face verb: To reject some act in a spiteful manner.
- throw something in someone's teeth verb: Synonym of cast something in someone's teeth.
- throw spaghetti against the wall verb: Alternative form of throw spaghetti at the wall.
- throw spaghetti at the wall verb: To make a large amount of attempts or guesses, with the hope that one of them will be successful.
- throw stones verb: To insult or criticize someone or something.
- throw stones in a glass house verb: To criticize others when one has similar weaknesses oneself.
- throw tantrums verb: To habitually have temper tantrums.
- throw the baby out with the bath water verb: Alternative form of throw the baby out with the bathwater.
- throw the baby out with the bathwater verb /θɹəʊ ðə ˈbeɪbi aʊt wɪð ðə ˈbɑːθwɔːtə(ɹ)/: To discard, inadvertently or through overzealousness, something valuable or essential ("the baby") in the process of removing or rejecting something...
- throw the book at verb: To charge with or convict of as many crimes as possible.
- throw the bull verb: To chat idly.
- throw the bull around verb: Synonym of shoot the breeze.
- throw the handkerchief verb: To call upon the next person, for example when giving speeches.
- throw the hatchet verb: Synonym of draw the long bow (“to exaggerate; to tell tall tales”).
- throw the rulebook at verb: Synonym of throw the book at.
- throw them bows verb: To throw one's elbows around; to strike people with one's elbows.
- throw things at the wall and see what sticks verb: To experiment in a haphazard or random manner with the hope that some amount of success may be achieved.
- throw to the dogs verb: To throw away as useless.
- throw to the lions verb: To place someone in a difficult situation for which they are completely unprepared.
- throw to the wind verb: To discard or dispense with, especially in an abrupt or reckless manner.
- throw to the winds verb: Alternative form of throw to the wind.
- throw to the wolves verb: To sacrifice someone, especially in an attempt to save oneself.
- throw together verb: To assemble rapidly, without precision.
- throw true verb: to inherit a characteristic
- throw under a bus verb: Alternative form of throw under the bus.
- throw under the bus verb: To betray or blame (something or someone); to deliberately put (something or someone) in an unfavorable situation and then leave to their fate; to make...
- throw up interjection, noun, verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, up.
- throw up a brick verb: Synonym of put up a brick.
- throw up one's hands verb: To raise both hands in the air in an exasperated manner.
- throw up the sponge verb: To give up a contest; to acknowledge defeat; to throw in the towel.
- throw up to verb: To remind someone of a blunder; to insult someone regarding a fault or failure; to throw something in someone's face.
- throw-weight noun: A measure of the effective weight of ballistic missile payloads, given in kilograms or tonnes.
- throw wobblies verb: To throw tantrums (habitually have temper tantrums).
- throwability noun: The quality or degree of being throwable.
- throwable adjective, noun /ˈθɹoʊ.ə.bəl/: Capable of being thrown.
- throward adjective: Twisted; crooked.
- throwaway adjective, noun: Disposable; intended for a single use prior to being discarded.
- throwaway panel noun: A panel in the top row of a Sunday strip, intended to be inessential so it can be removed to save space.
- throwaway ticketing noun: The purchase of a ticket with the intent to use only a portion of the included travel, in order to save on airfare.
- throwback noun /ˈθɹəʊ.bæk/: A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
- Throwback Thursday noun: Thursday as a traditional day for sharing previously-used content via social media.
- throwball noun: An Asian ball sport played over a net by two teams of seven players on a rectangular court.
- throwboard noun: A game played on an 11×11 board in medieval Wales, a Welsh variant of tafl.
- throwbot noun: A small, throwable robotic device, typically used by military and law enforcement for reconnaissance and situational awareness.
- throwbox noun: A stationary access point used to forward data in a delay-tolerant network.
- throwdown noun: A fall, indicating defeat.
- throwee noun: A person who is thrown, such as by the thrower in a martial arts attack.
- Throwendish adjective /ˈθrəʊ(ə)ndɪʃ/: related or pertaining to Throwends or Throwendham
- Throwends noun /ˈθɹəʊ(ə)ndz/: The people of Trøndelag
- thrower noun: Someone who throws.
- throwie noun /θɹoʊ.i/: A type of graffiti produced relatively quickly, generally with a single-colour outline and one layer of fill colour.
- throwin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of throwing.
- throwing noun, verb /ˈθɹoʊ.ɪŋ/: The act by which something is thrown.
- throwing ax noun: Alternative form of throwing axe.
- throwing axe noun: An axe that is used as a missile weapon.
- throwing knife noun: A knife designed and weighted so that it can be thrown effectively, typically as a weapon or for competitions of knife-throwing skill.
- throwing star noun: Synonym of shuriken (“weapon with star points”).
- throwing stick noun: A wooden tool used to throw a dart, spear or other missile; a spearthrower; (Australia) a woomera.
- throwing stone noun: A stone to throw, as a weapon or as part of a sport.
- throwing table noun: throwing wheel
- throwing wheel noun: A small, rotating circular table of variable speed used in the manufacture of ceramics.
- throwline noun: A line that may be thrown to assist a person at peril in the water.
- thrown adjective, verb /θɹəʊn/: Launched by throwing.
- thrownness noun: The Heideggerian concept of individual human existence as a case of being thrown arbitrarily into the world.
- throwoff noun: Income minus expenses and depreciation
- throwout noun: A folded sheet that opens out to one side; half a gatefold.
- throwover noun: Synonym of throw (“piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing”).
- throwster noun: One who twists or spins silk to prepare it for weaving.
- throwstick noun: Synonym of throwing stick.
- throwup noun: Vomit.
- thru preposition /θɹuː/: Nonstandard spelling of through.
- thru-hike noun, verb: an end-to-end walk of a long-distance trail in one unbroken trek
- thru-hiker noun: One who thru-hikes.
- thru-hole technology noun: Alternative form of through-hole technology.
- thruff preposition: Pronunciation spelling of through.
- thruly adverb: Nonstandard spelling of throughly.
- thrum adjective, noun, verb /θɹʌm/: A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.
- thrum-eyed adjective: Having the anthers raised above the stigma, and visible at the throat of the corolla, as in long-stamened primroses.
- thrumb noun: Alternative form of thrum
- thrummed adjective, verb: Made with thrums (leftover warp thread) woven into the fabric.
- thrummer noun: One who thrums.
- thrumming noun, verb: The sound or action of something that thrums.
- thrummingly adverb: With a thrumming sound or vibration.
- thrummy adjective /ˈθɹʌmi/: Like thrums; made of, furnished with, or characterized by, thrums.
- thrump noun, verb: The sound or vibration from a dull, heavy, pounding blow or pulsation.
- thrumwort noun: A species of flowering marsh plant, Damasonium alisma.
- thrunk noun, verb: A throw-in of the ball in from above the rim without one's hand touching the rim (so that it is not strictly speaking a dunk).
- thruout adverb, preposition: Nonstandard spelling of throughout.
- thrupenny noun: Alternative form of thruppenny.
- thruple noun: Alternative form of throuple.
- Thrupp proper noun /θɹʌp/: A village in Brimscombe and Thrupp parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8603).
- thruppence noun: Threepence.
- thruppenny noun: threepence
- thruppeny adjective: Alternative form of threepenny.
- thrupple noun: Alternative form of throuple.
- thruput noun: Alternative spelling of throughput.
- thrush noun /θɹʌʃ/: Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.
- thrush nightingale noun: A small passerine bird of species Luscinia luscinia, related to the common nightingale.
- thrush-tanager noun: A rosy thrush-tanager (Rhodinocichla rosea).
- thrusher noun: The song thrush.
- thrushlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a thrush (the bird).
- thrushling noun: A young thrush.
- thrushy adjective: Having the disease thrush.
- thrust noun, verb /θɹʌst/: An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
- thrust bucket noun: A reduction in thrust performed by some launch vehicles when approaching max Q, in order to reduce aerodynamic stresses on the vehicle's structure.
- thrust diamond noun: Synonym of shock diamond.
- thrust fault noun: A type of reverse fault in which the angle that the hanging wall makes with the horizontal is less than 45 degrees.
- thrust load noun: A force that is applied along a bearing's axis.
- thrust one's nose in verb: Synonym of stick one's nose in.
- thrust out verb: to stick out; to jut out prominently or forcefully
- thrust reverser noun: A feature of modern aircraft that diverts the exhaust of the aircraft engines forward to function as a brake.
- thrust sheet noun: Synonym of nappe.
- thrust stage noun: A stage that extends into the audience on three sides and is connected to the backstage area by its upstage end.
- thrust vectoring noun: The deflection of the exhaust nozzle(s) of a jet engine or rocket so as to alter the direction in which the engine produces thrust and help control the...
- thrustable adjective: Capable of being thrust.
- thruster noun /ˈθɹʌ.stɚ/: One who thrusts, who pushes or stabs.
- thrusterless adjective: Without thrusters.
- thrusters noun: Those who are for military engagement.
- thrustful adjective: Tending to thrust oneself forward; pushy.
- thrustfulness noun: The quality of being thrustful.
- thrusting noun, verb: The motion by which someone or something thrusts.
- thrustingly adverb: So as to thrust outward or protrude.
- thrustless adjective: Without thrust.
- thrustlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a thrust.
- thrustmeter noun: An instrument for measuring thrust.
- Thruston proper noun: A surname.
- thrustor noun: Alternative form of thruster.
- thrutch noun, verb /θɹʌt͡ʃ/: To push; press; shove; thrust.
- thrutch up verb: To scoot over to make room in a crowded space; to press or push together to make room.
- thruway noun: Standard form of throughway.
- Thruxton proper noun: A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2945).
- thrymsa noun /ˈθɹɪm.zə/: An ancient coin, one of the earliest Anglo-Saxon gold tremisses.
- thryonomyid noun: Any cane rat in the family Thryonomyidae.
- thsd. noun: Abbreviation of thousand.
- thselves pronoun: Abbreviation of themselves.
- tht conjunction, noun: Initialism of through-hole technology.
- thu noun, pronoun: Abbreviation of Thursday.
- thua nao noun: A fermented soybean product of Burmese and Thai cuisine.
- thucholite noun: A radioactive pyrobitumen mineral.
- thucholitic adjective: Of or relating to thucholite.
- thuck noun: The sound of a bullet or missile striking a target.
- Thucydidean adjective, noun: Relating to, or characteristic of Thucydides.
- Thucydides proper noun /θjuːˈsɪdɪdiːz/: A great ancient Greek historian (c. 460 BCE – c. 395 BCE) and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century BCE war between...
- Thucydides trap noun /θjuːˈsɪdɪdiːz tɹæp/: An apparent tendency towards war when an emerging power threatens to displace an existing great power as a regional or international hegemon.
- Thucydidesian adjective: Of or pertaining to the writings of Thucydides.
- Thucydidian adjective: Alternative form of Thucydidean.
- thud noun, verb /ˈθʌd/: The sound of a dull impact.
- thud and blunder noun: An adventure or active endeavor that is characterized by, often humorous, errors.
- thudding noun, verb: A dull banging sound; a thud.
- thuddingly adverb: In a thudding way; making a thudding sound.
- thudless adjective /ˈθʌdləs/: Without (the sound of a) dull impact.
- Thue-Morse sequence noun: The infinitely long binary sequence obtained by starting with 0 and successively appending the Boolean complement of the sequence obtained thus far.
- thug noun, verb /θʌɡ/: A person who is a member of a gang or criminal organization.
- thug it out verb: To endure; to tough it out.
- thug life noun: A life in which one has to go through many struggles, like that of poor gangstas.
- thugdom noun: The condition, state, or world of a thug; thugs collectively
- thugduggery noun: unscrupulous behavior or illegal machinations.
- thugee noun: Alternative form of thuggee.
- thugess noun: A female thug.
- thugette noun: A female thug (intimidating or violent person; hoodlum).
- thugged out adjective: Imitating a thug or gangster, especially in dress and speech.
- thuggee noun /θʌˈɡiː/: A thug (a member of band of assassins in India).
- thuggeeism noun: Alternative form of Thuggism.
- thuggery noun /ˈθʌɡəɹi/: The violent, criminal acts that are associated with thugs, and/or the fashion, manner of speaking, and demeanor associated with them.
- thuggess noun: Alternative form of thugess.
- thuggette noun: Alternative form of thugette.
- thuggi noun: Alternative spelling of thuggee.
- thugging noun, verb: thuggery; the behaviour of a thug
- thuggish adjective /ˈθʌɡɪʃ/: Characterized by thuggery; behaving in a violent or intimidating way; appearing to be violent or intimidating.
- thuggishly adverb: In a thuggish way.
- thuggishness noun: The quality or state of being thuggish.
- thuggism noun: The violent acts of the thuggee.
- thuggo noun: a thug
- thuggy adjective: thuggish
- thugi noun: Alternative spelling of thuggee.
- thugification noun: The process of rendering or becoming more tough, violent, or brutal.
- thuglet noun: A violent or delinquent young person.
- thuglike adjective: thuggish
- thugness noun: The state, quality, or condition of a thug
- thugocracy noun /θʌɡˈɑkɹəsi/: Government by a group of thugs.
- thugsta noun: Someone who is both a thug and a gangsta.
- thuja noun /ˈθu.jə/: A tree of the genus Thuja.
- thujaplicin noun: Any of the isopropyl cycloheptatrienolones, a series of tropolone-related chemical substances found in the softwood of the trees of the Cupressaceae family,...
- thujene noun: Any of several isomeric bicyclic monoterpenes found in various herbs.
- thujin noun: Quercitrin.
- thujol noun: A monoterpenoid alcohol with the molecular formula C₁₀H₁₈O.
- thujone noun: Either of two isomers of a bicyclic monoterpenoid ketone found in several aromatic plants.
- thujopsane noun: A tricyclic sesquiterpene with IUPAC name (1aS,2R,4aS,8aS)-2,4a,8,8-tetramethyl-1,1a,2,3,4,5,6,7-octahydrocyclopropa[j]naphthalene
- thujopsene noun: A sesquiterpene with the molecular formula C₁₅H₂₄, found in the essential oils of a variety of conifers, in particular Juniperus cedrus and Thujopsis dolabrata.
- thujyl noun: A univalent chemical group C₁₀H₁₇, ultimately derived from thujol, a terpene naturally found in various essential oils, particularly wormwood.
- thukdam noun: Alternative form of tukdam.
- thukpa noun /tʊkpɑː/: A Tibetan noodle soup.
- Thul proper noun: A surname from German.
- thula noun: A kind of ancient poem in Germanic languages, consisting of metrical lists of poetic synonyms for oral recitation.
- thulate noun: Any oxyanion of thulium; any salt containing such an anion.
- Thule proper noun /ˈθjuːliː/: The semi-legendary island of classical antiquity considered to represent the northernmost location in the inhabited world (the Ecumene).
- Thulean adjective /θjuːˈliː.ən/: Of or relating to Thule.
- thulia noun: The rare earth thulium oxide, Tm₂O₃.
- thulian adjective: Containing thulium.
- Thulin proper noun: A surname.
- thulite noun: A pink, translucent variety of zoisite first discovered in Norway, often spotted with white calcite.
- thulium noun /ˈθjuːliəm/: A metallic chemical element (symbol Tm) with atomic number 69: a fairly soft, easily workable metal with a bright silvery-gray lustre.
- thulr noun: Alternative form of thyle.
- thuluth noun: Alternative form of Thuluth.
- Thum proper noun: A surname from German.
- thumb noun, verb /ˈθʌm/: The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
- thumb a lift verb: To hitchhike.
- thumb a ride verb: To hitchhike.
- thumb-a-war noun: Synonym of thumb war.
- thumb blue noun: An indigo dye, in the form of small balls or lumps, used in the 19th century for dyeing linen etc.
- thumb buster noun: Alternative spelling of thumbuster.
- thumb down noun, verb: To get (a passing vehicle) to stop and give one a ride, signalling to the driver by holding out one's thumb (as a hitchhiker).
- thumb drive noun: A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive.
- thumb fight noun: Synonym of thumb war.
- thumb index noun: A series of alphabetically marked or otherwise labelled semicircular cut-outs in the fore edge of a large reference book, encyclopaedia, Bible, etc., that...
- thumb-indexed adjective: Of a book, having a thumb index.
- thumb knot noun: An overhand knot.
- Thumb Master noun: A drinking game in which one player puts their thumb on the table, or other surface. The last of the other players to put their thumb on it has to drink.
- thumb on the scale noun: An act of bias or a tactic for cheating which creates a situation that unfairly benefits one party involved in an interaction.
- thumb on the scales noun: Alternative form of thumb on the scale.
- thumb one's nose verb: To place a thumb upon the tip of the nose, typically with the fingers spread and while simultaneously wiggling one's fingers, in a gesture of disrespect.
- thumb-over adjective: Of guitar playing technique, extending the thumb over the top of the neck to fret the lowest string and the fingers to fret the other strings from beneath...
- thumb piano noun: Any type of lamellophone having a small sound box fitted with a row of tuned tabs that are plucked with the thumbs; a mbira.
- thumb position noun: The position when the thumb is contacting the string or strings of a stringed instrument.
- thumb ring noun: A ring worn over the end of the thumb to protect it during archery.
- thumb screw noun: Alternative spelling of thumbscrew.
- thumb-sized adjective: miniature
- thumb sketch noun: A crude representation, as if drawn with the thumb
- thumb splitter noun: Synonym of mantis shrimp.
- thumb stone noun: Synonym of worry stone
- thumb through verb: To use one's thumb to quickly flip through the pages of a book, magazine, etc., especially without reading them thoroughly or at all.
- thumb tip noun: A stage magician's prop consisting of a realistic artificial thumb worn over the real thumb, most often used to conceal small objects.
- thumb-toe noun: big toe
- thumb war noun: A children's game in which the two opponents interlock each other's right- or left-handed fingers, each attempting to hold down the other's thumb.
- thumb wrestle noun: A thumb war.
- thumbable adjective: Capable of being handled, manipulated, or operated with a thumb or thumbs.
- thumbboard noun /ˈθʌm.bɔɹd/: A small keyboard designed to be operated with the thumbs, as on smartphones.
- thumbed adjective, verb: Having some specific type of thumb.
- Thumbelina noun /ˌθʌmbəˈliːnə/: A variety of small, roundish carrot that does not need to be peeled.
- thumber noun: One who thumbs (a book, one's nose, etc.).
- thumbhole noun, verb: A hole designed to receive a thumb.
- thumbholer noun /ˈθʌmhoʊləɹ/: A person or machine that cuts thumbholes (for carrying) in the lids of boxes.
- thumbies noun: Knitted hand or thumb mitts
- thumbikin noun: Alternative form of thumbikins.
- thumbikins noun: An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbkin or thumbscrew.
- thumbing noun, verb: The act by which something is thumbed.
- thumbkin noun: An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.
- thumbless adjective: Without thumbs.
- thumbless wave noun: A hand gesture used to indicate contrition. The hand is held up with the palm facing outward, thumb placed across the palm, and the fingers extended upward....
- thumblessness noun: Absence of thumbs.
- thumblike adjective: Resembling a thumb.
- thumbling noun: A tiny, thumb-sized person; manikin
- thumbload noun: An amount equal to a thumb; a thumb's worth (of volume, pressure, etc).
- thumbmark noun: The mark left by a thumb.
- thumbmarked adjective: Marked with thumbmarks.
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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.