| thud | (noun) a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) | Synonyms: clump, clunk, thump, thumping |
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| (verb) strike with a dull sound | - |
| (verb) make a dull sound | Synonyms: thump |
| (verb) make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants | Synonyms: crump, scrunch |
| thudding | (adjective) not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft | Synonyms: dull |
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| thug | (noun) an aggressive and violent young criminal | Synonyms: goon, hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, tough, toughie |
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| (verb) Acting like a criminal or antisocially but with positive connotations | - |
| thuggee | (noun) murder and robbery by thugs | - |
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| thuggery | (noun) violent or brutal acts as of thugs | - |
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| thulium | (noun) a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group; isotope 170 emits X-rays and is used in small portable X-ray machines; it occurs in monazite and apatite and xenotime | Synonyms: atomic number 69, Tm |
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| thumb | (noun) the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb | - |
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| (noun) a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse | Synonyms: ovolo, quarter round |
| (noun) the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb | Synonyms: pollex |
| (verb) feel or handle with the fingers | Synonyms: finger |
| (verb) travel by getting free rides from motorists | Synonyms: hitch, hitchhike |
| (verb) look through a book or other written material | Synonyms: flick, flip, leaf, riff, riffle |
| thumbed | (adjective) (of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning | - |
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| thumbhole | (noun) a finger hole made to fit the thumb (as in a bowling ball) | - |
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| (noun) the hole in a woodwind that is closed and opened with the thumb | - |
| thumbnail | (noun) the nail of the thumb | - |
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| thumbnut | (noun) a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning | Synonyms: butterfly nut, wing-nut, wing nut, wing screw |
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| thumbprint | (noun) fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb) | - |
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| thumbscrew | (noun) screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers | - |
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| (noun) instrument of torture that crushes the thumb | - |
| thumbstall | (noun) protective covering for an injured thumb | - |
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| thumbtack | (noun) a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board | Synonyms: drawing pin, pushpin |
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| (verb) fasten with thumbtacks | - |
| thump | (noun) a heavy blow with the hand | - |
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| (noun) a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) | Synonyms: clump, clunk, thud, thumping |
| (verb) hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument | Synonyms: poke, pound |
| (verb) move rhythmically | Synonyms: beat, pound |
| (verb) make a dull sound | Synonyms: thud |
| thumping | (adjective) (used informally) very large | Synonyms: banging, humongous, walloping, whopping |
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| (noun) a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) | Synonyms: clump, clunk, thud, thump |
| thunder | (noun) street names for heroin | Synonyms: big H, hell dust, nose drops, scag, skag, smack |
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| (noun) a deep prolonged loud noise | Synonyms: boom, roar, roaring |
| (noun) a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning | - |
| (verb) utter words loudly and forcefully | Synonyms: roar |
| (verb) to make or produce a loud noise | - |
| (verb) move fast, noisily, and heavily | - |
| (verb) be the case that thunder is being heard | Synonyms: boom |
| thunderbird | (noun) (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird | - |
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| thunderbolt | (noun) a shocking surprise | Synonyms: bombshell, thunderclap |
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| (noun) a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder | Synonyms: bolt, bolt of lightning |
| thunderclap | (noun) a single sharp crash of thunder | - |
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| (noun) a shocking surprise | Synonyms: bombshell, thunderbolt |
| thundercloud | (noun) a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms | Synonyms: cumulonimbus, cumulonimbus cloud |
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| thunderer | (noun) a noisemaker that makes a sound like thunder | - |
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| thunderhead | (noun) a rounded projecting mass of a cumulus cloud with shining edges; often appears before a thunderstorm | - |
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| thundering | (adjective) extraordinarily big or impressive | - |
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| (adjective) sounding like thunder | - |
| thunderous | (adjective) loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss | Synonyms: deafening, earsplitting, thundery |
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| (adjective) extremely ominous | - |
| thunderousness | (noun) The state or condition of being very loud, suggestive of thunder; booming loudness. | - |
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| thundershower | (noun) a short rainstorm accompanied by thunder and lightning | - |
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| thunderstorm | (noun) a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning | Synonyms: electric storm, electrical storm |
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| thunderstruck | (adjective) as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise | Synonyms: dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied |
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| thundery | (adjective) loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss | Synonyms: deafening, earsplitting, thunderous |
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| (adjective) accompanied with thunder | - |
| thunk | (noun) a dull hollow sound | - |
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| thurible | (noun) a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual) | Synonyms: censer |
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| thurifer | (noun) an acolyte who carries a thurible | - |
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| thurify | (verb) perfume especially with a censer | Synonyms: cense, incense |
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| thus | (noun) an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation | Synonyms: frankincense, gum olibanum, olibanum |
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| (adverb) (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result | Synonyms: hence, so, thence, therefore |
| (adverb) in the way indicated | Synonyms: so, thusly |
| thusly | (adverb) in the way indicated | Synonyms: so, thus |
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