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- English Word Theatre Definition Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc.
- English Word Theatre Definition That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater.
- English Word Theatre Definition A sphere or scheme of operation.
- English Word Theatre Definition A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war.
- English Word Theatric Definition Theatrical.
- English Word Theatrical Definition Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures.
- English Word Theatricals Definition Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs.
- English Word Theave Definition A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old.
- English Word Thebaic Definition Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. This version is also called the Sahidic version.
- English Word Thebaid Definition A Latin epic poem by Statius about Thebes in Boeotia.
- English Word Thebaine Definition A poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine.
- English Word Theban Definition Of or pertaining to Thebes.
- English Word Theban Definition A native or inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man.
- English Word Theca Definition A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord.
- English Word Theca Definition The chitinous cup which protects the hydranths of certain hydroids.
- English Word Theca Definition The more or less cuplike calicle of a coral.
- English Word Theca Definition The wall forming a calicle of a coral.
- English Word Thecae Definition of Theca
- English Word Thecal Definition Of or pertaining to a theca; as, a thecal abscess.
- English Word Thecaphore Definition A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecae.
- English Word Thecaphore Definition See Basigynium.
- English Word Thecasporous Definition Having the spores in thecae, or cases.
- English Word Thecata Definition Same as Thecophora.
- English Word Thecla Definition Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; -- called also hairstreak, and elfin.
- English Word Thecodactyl Definition Any one of a group of lizards of the Gecko tribe, having the toes broad, and furnished with a groove in which the claws can be concealed.
- English Word Thecodont Definition Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.
- English Word Thecodont Definition Of or pertaining to the thecodonts.
- English Word Thecodont Definition One of the Thecodontia.
- English Word Thecodontia Definition A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebrae and the teeth implanted in sockets.
- English Word Thecophora Definition A division of hydroids comprising those which have the hydranths in thecae and the gonophores in capsules. The campanularians and sertularians are examples. Called also Thecata. See Illust. under Hydroidea.