| THREADBARE | • threadbare adj. (Of cloth) shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show. • threadbare adj. Damaged or shabby. • threadbare adj. (Of a person) wearing clothes of threadbare material. |
| THREADFINS | • threadfins n. Plural of threadfin. • THREADFIN n. any small, spiny-finned tropical fish of the family Polynemidae, with five threads on its pectoral fins. |
| THREADIEST | • threadiest adj. Superlative form of thready: most thready. • THREADY adj. resembling a thread. |
| THREADLESS | • threadless adj. Without a thread. • THREADLESS adj. without a thread. |
| THREADLIKE | • threadlike adj. Having the form of a thread. • threadlike adj. Resembling a thread in length or thinness. • THREADLIKE adj. like thread. |
| THREADWORM | • threadworm n. A parasitic roundworm, Strongyloides stercoralis, which causes strongyloidiasis. • threadworm n. (UK, Australia) The pinworm. • THREADWORM n. any long, slender nematode worm, esp. the pinworm and filaria. |
| THREATENED | • threatened v. Simple past tense and past participle of threaten. • threatened adj. (Ecology, of a plant or animal) At risk of becoming endangered in the near future. • threatened adj. Feeling insecure or vulnerable. |
| THREATENER | • threatener n. One who threatens. • THREATENER n. one who threatens. |
| THREEPEATS | • threepeats n. Plural of threepeat. • three-peats n. Plural of three-peat. • THREEPEAT v. to win a sporting trophy on three consecutive occasions. |
| THREEPENCE | • threepence n. (Uncountable) The amount of money equal to that of three pence (old or new). • threepence n. (Countable, historical) A former (pre-decimalisation) British or Irish coin worth three old pence. • THREEPENCE n. a coin worth three pence, also THREEPENNY, THRUPPENCE, THRUPPENNY. |
| THREEPENNY | • threepenny adj. Having a value or cost of threepence. • threepenny adj. Of little worth; mean; vulgar. • threepenny n. A stamp worth three pence. |
| THREEQUELS | • threequels n. Plural of threequel. • THREEQUEL n. a film, play, book etc. that is a sequel to a first sequel. |
| THREESCORE | • threescore n. (Archaic) Sixty. (60) • THREESCORE n. three times twenty. |
| THREESOMES | • threesomes n. Plural of threesome. • THREESOME n. a set of three. |
| THRENODIAL | • threnodial adj. Pertaining or similar to a threnody. • THRENODIAL adj. of or like a threnody, a song of lamentation for the dead, also THRENETIC, THRENETICAL, THRENODIC. |
| THRENODIES | • threnodies n. Plural of threnody. • THRENODY n. (Greek) a song of lamentation, also THRENODE. |
| THRENODIST | • threnodist n. (Rare) A person who writes or says a threnody. • THRENODIST n. one who composes, delivers, or utters, a threnode, or threnody. |
| THREONINES | • threonines n. Plural of threonine. • THREONINE n. an essential amino acid. |
| THRESHINGS | • threshings n. Plural of threshing. • THRESHING n. the act of threshing. |
| THRESHOLDS | • thresholds n. Plural of threshold. • THRESHOLD n. the sill of a house door; the place or point of entering. |