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An order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet are less birdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped, than in the Ornithopoda. It includes the repacious genera Megalosaurus, Creosaurus, and their allies.

A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia.

The plural of this. See This.

A little or subordinate thesis; a proposition.

Hence, an essay or dissertation written upon specific or definite theme; especially, an essay presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree. I told them of the grave, becoming, and sublime deportment they should assume upon this mystical occasion, and read them two homilies and a thesis of my own composing, to prepa…

A lawgiver; a legislator; one of the six junior archons at Athens.

Of or pertaining to Thespis; hence, relating to the drama; dramatic; as, the Thespian art. -- n.

Of or pertaining to Thessaly in Greece. Shak. -- n.

Of or pertaining to Thessalonica, a city of Macedonia. -- n.

A letter of the Greek alphabet corresponding to th in English; -- sometimes called the unlucky letter, from being used by the judges on their ballots in passing condemnation on a prisoner, it being the first letter of the Greek qa`natos, death. Theta function (Math.), one of a group of functions used in developing the…

Laid down; absolute or positive, as a law. Dr. H. More.

Any one of a series of complex basic sulphur compounds analogous to the sulphines.

Of or pertaining to theurgy; magical. Theurgic hymns, songs of incantation.

One who pretends to, or is addicted to, theurgy. Hallywell.

A kind of magical science or art developed in Alexandria among the Neoplatonists, and supposed to enable man to influence the will of the gods by means of purification and other sacramental rites. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

pecifically, good qualities; virtues. [Obs.] For her great light Of sapience, and for her thews clear. Chaucer. Evil speeches destroy good thews. Wyclif (1 Cor. xv. 33). To be upbrought in gentle thews and martial might. Spenser.

Furnished with thews or muscles; as, a well-thewed limb.

Having strong or large thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy; strong.

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…