English Words: T

27,828 words · Page 220 of 557

third placenoun

A social space separate from the two usual social environments of home (“first place”) and the workplace (“second place”), such as a bar or public library.

Third Positionismnoun

Support for the Third Position as a political stance.

Third Positionistnoun

A person who adopts the Third Position as a political stance.

third railnoun

The electrified rail that runs beside or between train tracks to power electric trains.

Third Reichname

Synonym of Nazi Germany.

Third Romename

A political concept of Moscow as the successor of the Byzantine Empire and the Roman Empire, later extended to Russia in nationalist discourse.

third sexnoun

A third gender, a category of people who are not male or female, or whose sexual roles, anatomy, or identities place them outside of the established male and female categories.

third shiftnoun

A regularly scheduled period of work, being the third one in the standard working day of any particular company: usually the third of three (with 24/3 = 8 hours long), usually at night, and usually from midnight to 8:00 a.m.

third shiftsnoun

plural of third shift

third slipnoun

a fielding position to the off side of second slip; a fielder in that position

third spacenoun

A state or situation in which cultural distinctions do not apply, allowing one to transcend cultural assumptions.

third streamnoun

A form of jazz created in the 1950s, performed in ensembles in a style influenced by Western classical music, such as by using musical notation and eschewing improvisation.

third umpirenoun

A match official who uses TV replays to assist the two umpires in the case of close decisions.

third waynoun

An approach or solution which strives for an alternative to or middle ground between two opposing viewpoints.

Third Worldname

Those countries not aligned with the west or the east during the Cold War.

Third World briefcasenoun

A portable ghetto blaster.

Third Worldernoun

Somebody from the Third World.

third-campismnoun

The third camp socialist ideology.

third-campistnoun

A follower of the third camp socialist ideology.

third-guardernoun

A half-back.

third-hand smokenoun

The residue from cigarette smoke that lands on surfaces such as clothing and furniture.

third-person pluralnoun

The form of a verb used (in English and other languages) with plural nouns and with the pronoun they (or its equivalents in other languages).

third-person singularnoun

The form of a verb used (in English and other languages) with singular nouns and with the pronouns he, she, it and one (or their equivalents in other languages).

third-personaladj

Relating to the third person.

third-poundernoun

A (typically beef) hamburger sandwich, whose patty weighed 1/3 of a lb (pound) before cooking.

third-rateadj

Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 64–80 guns across two gun decks, a complement of 500–650, and weighing approximately 1,750 tons burthen.

third-stringadj

belonging to the third string of a team; one who plays behind the first and second strings.

third-stringernoun

One who is a third string.

third-wavernoun

A third-wave feminist

third-wheelverb

To act as a third wheel; to accompany two people, unwanted, on a date.

Third-Worldianadj

Synonym of Third-Worldish

Third-Worldishadj

Resembling or characteristic of a Third-World country.

Third-Worldismnoun

The socialist practice of supporting Third-World countries, especially in their struggle for liberation from colonial powers

Third-Worldistadj

Relating to Third-Worldism.

Third-Worldizationnoun

The conversion of a nation into a Third-World nation.

thirdbornadj

Born as the third child to parent or family.

thirdernoun

With regard to the Sleeping Beauty problem: one who argues that the probability of heads is 1/3.

thirdhandadj

Having been relayed by two intermediate sources.

thirdienoun

a Third Worlder; a person from the Third World

thirdlyadv

In the third place; third in a row.

thirdnessnoun

The quality of being or coming third.

thirdsnoun

plural of third

thirdsmannoun

A third party who acts as mediator.

Thirdspacenoun

Space as both a perceived and conceptualized phenomenon, both a physical locality and its meaning.

thirdynum

Pronunciation spelling of thirty.

Thirkename

An abugida used to write the Kodava language.

Thirkellname

A surname.

Thirkettlename

A surname from Old Norse.

Thirkillname

A surname.

thirlnoun

A hole, an aperture, especially a nostril.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter T contains 27,828 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 557 pages, and you are currently viewing page 220. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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