| therapeutic | (adjective) relating to or involved in therapy | Synonyms: therapeutical |
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| (adjective) tending to cure or restore to health | Synonyms: alterative, curative, healing, remedial, sanative |
| (noun) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | Synonyms: curative, cure, remedy |
| therapeutical | (adjective) relating to or involved in therapy | Synonyms: therapeutic |
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| therapeutically | (adverb) for therapeutic purposes | - |
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| therapeutics | (noun) branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease | - |
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| therapist | (noun) a person skilled in a particular type of therapy | Synonyms: healer |
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| therapsid | (noun) probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals | Synonyms: protomammal |
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| therapy | (noun) (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) | Synonyms: treatment |
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| there | (noun) a location other than here; that place; location, medial pronoun; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, distal; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, singular, distal | - |
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| (adverb) in or at that place or location | - |
| (adverb) to or toward that place; away from the speaker | Synonyms: thither |
| (adverb) in that matter; in that respect; on that point | - |
| thereabout | (adverb) near that place | Synonyms: thereabouts |
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| (adverb) near that time or date | Synonyms: thereabouts |
| thereabouts | (adverb) near that place | Synonyms: thereabout |
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| (adverb) near that time or date | Synonyms: thereabout |
| thereafter | (adverb) from that time on | Synonyms: thenceforth |
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| thereby | (adverb) by that means or because of that | - |
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| therefor | (adverb) (in formal usage, especially legal usage) for that or for it | - |
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| therefore | (adverb) (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result | Synonyms: hence, so, thence, thus |
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| (adverb) as a consequence | Synonyms: consequently |
| therefrom | (adverb) from that place or from there | Synonyms: thence |
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| (adverb) from that circumstance or source | Synonyms: thence, thereof |
| therein | (adverb) (formal) in or into that thing or place | Synonyms: in that, in this |
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| thereinafter | (adverb) in the following part of a given matter, as in a document or speech | - |
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| theremin | (noun) an electronic musical instrument; melodies can be played by moving the right hand between two rods that serve as antennas to control pitch; the left hand controls phrasing | - |
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| thereness | (noun) the state of being there--not here--in position | - |
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| (noun) real existence | - |
| thereof | (adverb) of or concerning this or that | - |
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| (adverb) from that circumstance or source | Synonyms: thence, therefrom |
| thereon | (adverb) on that | Synonyms: on it, on that |
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| thereto | (adverb) to that | Synonyms: to it, to that |
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| theretofore | (adverb) up to that time | - |
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| therewith | (adverb) with that or this or it | - |
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| therewithal | (adverb) together with all that; besides | - |
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| theridiid | (noun) spider having a comb-like row of bristles on each hind foot | Synonyms: comb-footed spider |
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| therm | (noun) a unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units | - |
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| thermal | (adjective) relating to or associated with heat | Synonyms: caloric, thermic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a hot spring | - |
| (adjective) caused by or designed to retain heat | - |
| (noun) rising current of warm air | - |
| thermalgesia | (noun) pain caused by heat | - |
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| thermally | (adverb) by means of heat or with respect to thermal properties | - |
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| thermel | (noun) a thermometer that uses thermoelectric current to measure temperature | Synonyms: electric thermometer, thermoelectric thermometer |
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| thermic | (adjective) relating to or associated with heat | Synonyms: caloric, thermal |
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| thermion | (noun) an electrically charged particle (electron or ion) emitted by a substance at a high temperature | - |
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| thermionic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of thermions | - |
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| thermionics | (noun) the branch of electronics dealing with thermionic phenomena (especially thermionic vacuum tubes) | - |
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| thermistor | (noun) a semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature; can be used to compensate for temperature variation in other components of a circuit | Synonyms: thermal resistor |
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| thermoacidophile | (noun) archaebacteria that thrive in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures | - |
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| thermocautery | (noun) cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat | - |
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| thermochemistry | (noun) the branch of chemistry that studies the relation between chemical action and the amount of heat absorbed or generated | - |
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| thermocoagulation | (noun) congealing tissue by heat (as by electric current) | - |
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| thermocompressor | (noun) An injector, ejector, steam ejector, steam injector, eductor-jet pump or thermocompressor is a type of pump. | Synonyms: eductor-jet pump, ejector, injector, steam ejector, steam injector |
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| thermocouple | (noun) a kind of thermometer consisting of two wires of different metals that are joined at both ends; one junction is at the temperature to be measured and the other is held at a fixed lower temperature; the current generated in the circuit is proportional to the temperature difference | Synonyms: thermocouple junction |
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| thermodynamic | (adjective) of or concerned with thermodynamics | Synonyms: thermodynamical |
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| thermodynamical | (adjective) of or concerned with thermodynamics | Synonyms: thermodynamic |
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| thermodynamically | (adverb) with respect to thermodynamics | - |
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| thermodynamics | (noun) the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy | - |
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| thermoelectric | (adjective) involving or resulting from thermoelectricity | Synonyms: thermoelectrical |
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| thermoelectrical | (adjective) involving or resulting from thermoelectricity | Synonyms: thermoelectric |
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| thermoelectricity | (noun) electricity produced by heat (as in a thermocouple) | - |
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| thermogram | (noun) a graphical record produced by a thermograph | - |
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| thermograph | (noun) a thermometer that records temperature variations on a graph as a function of time | Synonyms: thermometrograph |
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| (noun) medical instrument that uses an infrared camera to reveal temperature variations on the surface of the body | - |
| thermography | (noun) diagnostic technique using a thermograph to record the heat produced by different parts of the body; used to study blood flow and to detect tumors | - |
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| thermogravimeter | (noun) a hydrometer that includes a thermometer | Synonyms: thermohydrometer |
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| thermogravimetric | (adjective) of or relating to thermal hydrometry | Synonyms: thermohydrometric |
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| thermogravimetry | (noun) the measurement of changes in weight as a function of changes in temperature used as a technique of chemically analyzing substances | - |
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| thermohydrometer | (noun) a hydrometer that includes a thermometer | Synonyms: thermogravimeter |
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| thermohydrometric | (adjective) of or relating to thermal hydrometry | Synonyms: thermogravimetric |
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| thermojunction | (noun) a junction between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears | - |
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| thermolabile | (adjective) (chemistry, physics, biology) readily changed or destroyed by heat | - |
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| thermometer | (noun) measuring instrument for measuring temperature | - |
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| thermometric | (adjective) of or relating to thermometry | - |
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| thermometrograph | (noun) a thermometer that records temperature variations on a graph as a function of time | Synonyms: thermograph |
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| thermometry | (noun) the measurement of temperature | - |
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| thermonuclear | (adjective) using nuclear weapons based on fusion as distinguished from fission | - |
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| thermopile | (noun) a kind of thermometer for measuring heat radiation; consists of several thermocouple junctions in series | - |
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| thermoplastic | (adjective) having the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled | - |
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| (noun) a material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled | Synonyms: thermoplastic resin |
| thermoreceptor | (noun) a sensory receptor that responds to heat and cold | - |
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| thermoregulator | (noun) a regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat | Synonyms: thermostat |
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| thermos | (noun) vacuum flask that preserves temperature of hot or cold drinks | Synonyms: thermos bottle, thermos flask |
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| thermoset | (adjective) having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured | Synonyms: thermosetting |
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| thermosetting | (adjective) having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured | Synonyms: thermoset |
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| thermosphere | (noun) the atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere | - |
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| thermostat | (noun) a regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat | Synonyms: thermoregulator |
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| (verb) control the temperature with a thermostat | - |
| thermostatic | (adjective) of or relating to a thermostat | - |
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| thermostatically | (adverb) by thermostat; in a thermostatic manner | - |
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| thermostatics | (noun) the aspect of thermodynamics concerned with thermal equilibrium | Synonyms: thermodynamics of equilibrium |
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| thermotherapy | (noun) the use of heat to treat a disease or disorder; heating pads or hot compresses or hot-water bottles are used to promote circulation in peripheral vascular disease or to relax tense muscles | - |
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| thermotropism | (noun) an orienting response to warmth | - |
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| theropod | (noun) any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs | Synonyms: bird-footed dinosaur, theropod dinosaur |
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