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The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed. Jolif and glad they went unto here [their] rest And casten hem [them] full early for to sail. Chaucer. They of Italy salute you. Heb. xiii. 24. Blessed are they…

The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).

To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).

A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of sulphur. See Sulpho-.

As an adjective, this has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun; as, this book; this way to town.

One of the Thysanura. Also used adjectively.

, many of which are injurious to woolen and fur goods and to cultivated plants. Also used adjectively.

A combining form (also used adjectively) designating certain double compounds of titanium with some other elements; as, titano- cyanide, titano-fluoride, titano-silicate, etc.

s of application, to connects transitive verbs with their remoter or indirect object, and adjectives, nouns, and neuter or passive verbs with a following noun which limits their action. Its sphere verges upon that of for, but it contains less the idea of design or appropriation; as, these remarks were addressed to a la…

o the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance. Too many of the financiers by professions are apt to see nothing in revenue but banks, and circulations, and annuities on lives, and tontines, and perpetual rents, and all the small wares of the…

The light of a torch, or of torches. Also adjectively; as, a torchlight procession.

chain of special bacteria. (b) A genus of budding fungi. Same as Saccharomyces. Also used adjectively.

One of the Trematodea. Also used adjectively.

A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting three proportional or combining part, or the third degree of that to the name of which it is prefixed; as in trisulphide, trioxide, trichloride.

One of the Trimera. Also used adjectively.

(Chem.) A prefix or combining form (also used adjectively) indicating the presence of three methyl groups.

One of the Turbellaria. Also used adjectively.

s forming a glass, colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. Also used adjectively. Green ultramarine, a green pigment obtained as a first product in the manufacture of ultramarine, into which it is changed by subsequent treatment. -- Ultramarine ash or ashes (Paint.), a pigment which is the residuu…

he noun, or separation from it; as in unchild, unsex. Sometimes particles and participial adjectives formed with this prefix coincide in form with compounds of the negative prefix un- (see 2d Un-); as in undone (from undo), meaning unfastened, ruined; and undone (from 2d un- and done) meaning not done, not finished. Un…

eless acknowledges the supremacy of the Pope of Rome; one of the United Greeks. Also used adjectively.