(c. 460 – c. 395 A great ancient Greek historian and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411
thumbscrew
thumbscrew
noun
(figuratively) A weakness that can be taken advantage of.
A screw that can be turned with the thumb and fingers.
An instrument of torture used to crush the fingers.
thumbtacks
thumbtacks
noun
plural of thumbtack
thylacynus
tophaceous
tophaceous
adj
Relating to tophus.
gritty; sandy; rough; stony
touchbacks
touchbacks
noun
plural of touchback
touchdowns
touchdowns
noun
plural of touchdown
touchiness
touchiness
noun
the property of being touchy
touchstone
touchstone
noun
(figurative, by extension) A standard of comparison or evaluation.
A stone used to check the quality of gold alloys by rubbing them to leave a visible trace.
tracherous
trekschuit
trekschuit
noun
A horse-drawn canal boat or riverboat, used to carry goods or passengers in the Netherlands.
trichauxis
trichauxis
noun
(medicine, rare) hypertrichosis
trichechus
trichinous
trichinous
adj
Relating to, or affected with, trichinae or trichinosis.
trichiurus
trochiscus
trochiscus
noun
(obsolete) A kind of tablet or lozenge; a troche.
trumscheit
truncheons
truncheons
noun
plural of truncheon
typhaceous
typhaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Typhaceae of cattails.
ulotriches
unchastely
unchastely
adv
In an unchaste manner.
unchastity
unchastity
noun
The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; sexual impropriety.
unchristen
unchristen
verb
(transitive) To render unchristian.
unesthetic
unesthetic
adj
Alternative spelling of unaesthetic
unhistoric
unhistoric
adj
Not historic or historical.
unscotched
unscotched
adj
Not scotched.
unsketched
unsketched
adj
Not sketched.
unsmutched
unsmutched
adj
Not smutched.
unsnatched
unsnatched
adj
Not snatched.
unstanched
unstanched
adj
Not stanched.
unstarched
unstarched
adj
Not starched.
unstitched
unstitched
adj
not stitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unstitch
unswitched
unswitched
adj
(physics, computing) Directly connected without an intervening switch.
Not switched.
untheistic
untheistic
adj
Not theistic.
urosthenic
watchhouse
watchhouse
noun
A small prison attached to a police station, usually used on a temporary basis.