| throat | (noun) the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat | - |
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| (noun) a passage resembling a throat in shape or function | - |
| (noun) an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep | - |
| (noun) the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone | Synonyms: pharynx |
| throatwort | (noun) European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat | Synonyms: Campanula trachelium, nettle-leaved bellflower |
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| throb | (noun) an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart) | Synonyms: pounding, throbbing |
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| (noun) a deep pulsating type of pain | - |
| throbbing | (noun) an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart) | Synonyms: pounding, throb |
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| (noun) a sound with a strong rhythmic beat | - |
| throe | (noun) severe spasm of pain | - |
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| (noun) hard or painful trouble or struggle | - |
| throes | (noun) violent pangs of suffering | - |
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| thrombasthenia | (noun) a rare autosomal recessive disease in which the platelets do not produce clots in the normal way and hemorrhage results | - |
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| thrombectomy | (noun) surgical removal of a blood clot (thrombus) from a blood vessel | - |
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| thrombin | (noun) an enzyme that acts on fibrinogen in blood causing it to clot | - |
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| thrombocyte | (noun) tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting | Synonyms: blood platelet, platelet |
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| thrombocytopenia | (noun) a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood | Synonyms: thrombopenia |
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| thrombocytosis | (noun) increase in the number of platelets in the blood which tends to cause clots to form; associated with many neoplasms and chronic infections and other diseases | - |
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| thromboembolism | (noun) occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus that has broken away from a thrombus | - |
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| thrombokinase | (noun) an enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot | Synonyms: factor III, thromboplastin |
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| thrombolysis | (noun) the process of breaking up and dissolving blood clots | - |
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| thrombolytic | (noun) a kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle | Synonyms: clot buster, thrombolytic agent |
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| thrombopenia | (noun) a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood | Synonyms: thrombocytopenia |
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| thrombophlebitis | (noun) phlebitis in conjunction with the formation of a blood clot (thrombus) | - |
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| thromboplastin | (noun) an enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot | Synonyms: factor III, thrombokinase |
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| thrombosis | (noun) the formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel | - |
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| thrombus | (noun) a blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin | - |
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| throne | (noun) the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions | - |
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| (noun) the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc. | - |
| (noun) a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination | Synonyms: can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, toilet |
| throng | (noun) a large gathering of people | Synonyms: concourse, multitude |
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| throstle | (noun) common Old World thrush noted for its song | Synonyms: mavis, song thrush, Turdus philomelos |
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| (noun) a spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously | - |
| throttle | (noun) a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine | Synonyms: accelerator, throttle valve |
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| (noun) a pedal that controls the throttle valve | Synonyms: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, gun |
| throttlehold | (noun) complete power over a person or situation | Synonyms: chokehold, stranglehold |
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| throttler | (noun) someone who kills by strangling | Synonyms: choker, garroter, garrotter, strangler |
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| throttling | (noun) the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe | Synonyms: choking, strangling, strangulation |
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| throughput | (noun) output relative to input; the amount passing through a system from input to output (especially of a computer program over a period of time) | - |
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| throughway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, thruway |
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| throw | (noun) the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist) | - |
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| (noun) casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly | - |
| (noun) bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something | - |
| (noun) the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam | Synonyms: cam stroke, stroke |
| (noun) a single chance or instance | - |
| throwaway | (noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill |
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| (noun) words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis | - |
| (noun) (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets | Synonyms: gamin, street arab |
| throwback | (noun) a reappearance of an earlier characteristic | Synonyms: atavism, reversion |
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| (noun) an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism | Synonyms: atavist |
| thrower | (noun) someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm) | - |
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| (noun) a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln | Synonyms: ceramicist, ceramist, potter |
| (noun) a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn | Synonyms: throwster |
| throwster | (noun) a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn | Synonyms: thrower |
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