English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Thenardite (n.)

Anhydrous sodium sulphate, a mineral of a white or brown color and vitreous luster.

Thence (adv.)

From that place.

Thence (adv.)

From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.

Thence (adv.)

For that reason; therefore.

Thence (adv.)

Not there; elsewhere; absent.

Thenceforth (adv.)

From that time; thereafter.

Thenceforward (adv.)

From that time onward; thenceforth.

Thencefrom (adv.)

From that place.

Theobroma (n.)

A genus of small trees. See Cacao.

Theobromic (a.)

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from cacao butter (from the Theobroma Cacao), peanut oil (from Arachis hypogaea), etc., as a white waxy crystalline substance.

Theobromine (n.)

An alkaloidal ureide, C7H8N4O2, homologous with and resembling caffeine, produced artificially, and also extracted from cacao and chocolate (from Theobroma Cacao) as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also dimethyl xanthine.

Theochristic (a.)

Anointed by God.

Theocracy (n.)

Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity.

Theocracy (n.)

The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom.

Theocrasy (n.)

A mixture of the worship of different gods, as of Jehovah and idols.

Theocrasy (n.)

An intimate union of the soul with God in contemplation, -- an ideal of the Neoplatonists and of some Oriental mystics.

Theocrat (n.)

One who lives under a theocratic form of government; one who in civil affairs conforms to divine law.

Theocratic (a.)

Alt. of Theocratical

Theocratical (a.)

Of or pertaining to a theocracy; administred by the immediate direction of God; as, the theocratical state of the Israelites.

Theodicy (n.)

A vindication of the justice of God in ordaining or permitting natural and moral evil.