A native or inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man.

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.

Of or pertaining to a theca; as, a thecal abscess.

A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecae. See Basigynium.

Having the spores in thecae, or cases.

Same as Thecophora.

Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; -- called also hairstreak, and elfin.

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.

One of the Thecodontia.

A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebrae and the teeth implanted in sockets.

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.

An order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. See Pteropoda.

Success; fortune; luck; chance.

The objective case of thou. See Thou.

The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.

The receiving of a man's goods again from a thief, or a compensation for them, by way of composition, with the intent that the thief shall escape punishment.

Thane. See Thane.

Thanehood.

Having the form of tea.

See Caffeine. Called also theina.

The possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country.

The morbid condition resulting from the excessive use of tea.

One who believes in the existence of a God; especially, one who believes in a personal God; -- opposed to atheist.

Of or pertaining to theism, or a theist; according to the doctrine of theists.

One of a tribe of fresh-water crabs which live in or on the banks of rivers in tropical countries.

Producing females only; -- said of certain female insects.

The objective case of they. See They.

Of or pertaining to the theme of a word. See Theme, n., 4.

A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

The goddess of law and order; the patroness of existing rights.

The plural of himself, herself, and itself. See Himself, Herself, Itself.

Than.

At that time; then; in those days; -- correlative to nowadays.

The palm of the hand. The prominence of the palm above the base of the thumb; the thenar eminence; the ball of the thumb. Sometimes applied to the corresponding part of the foot.

Of or pertaining to the thenar; corresponding to thenar; palmar.

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

From that place.

From that time; thereafter.

From that time onward; thenceforth.

From that place.

A genus of small trees. See Cacao.

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.

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.

Anointed by God.

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

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

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

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

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

An instrument used, especially in trigonometrical surveying, for the accurate measurement of horizontal angles, and also usually of vertical angles. It is variously constructed.

Of or pertaining to a theodolite; made by means of a theodolite; as, theodolitic observations.

Of or relating to theogony.

Theogony.

A writer on theogony.

The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the Theogony of Hesiod.

A pretender or quack in theology.

A theologian.

A person well versed in theology; a professor of theology or divinity; a divine.

Theological.

Of or pertaining to theology, or the science of God and of divine things; as, a theological treatise.

A theologian.

To frame a system of theology; to theorize or speculate upon theological subjects.

One who theologizes; a theologian.

A theologian.

The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) /the knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of Christian faith and life./

One who fights against the gods; one who resists God of the divine will.

A fighting against the gods, as the battle of the gaints with the gods.

A kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles among heathen nations.

Of or pertaining to a theopathy.

Capacity for religious affections or worship.

Of or pertaining to a theopany; appearing to man, as a god.

A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually as an incarnation.

Pertaining to theophilanthropy or the theophilanthropists.

The doctrine of the theophilanthropists; theophilanthropy.

A member of a deistical society established at Paris during the French revolution.

Theophilanthropism.

Combining theism and philosophy, or pertaining to the combination of theism and philosophy.

Divinely inspired; theopneustic.

Given by the inspiration of the Spirit of God.

Divine inspiration; the supernatural influence of the Divine Spirit in qualifying men to receive and communicate revealed truth.

One who plays on a theorbo.

An instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes.

To formulate into a theorem.

Of or pertaining to a theorem or theorems; comprised in a theorem; consisting of theorems.

One who constructs theorems.

Theorematic.

Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences.

The speculative part of a science; speculation.

Speculation; theory.

Public moneys expended at Athens on festivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people; -- also called theoric fund.

Theoretic.

In a theoretic manner.

One who forms theories; one given to theory and speculation; a speculatist.

The act or product of theorizing; the formation of a theory or theories; speculation.

To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.

One who theorizes or speculates; a theorist.

A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.

A theosophist.

Of or pertaining to theosophy.

Belief in theosophy.

One addicted to theosophy.

Of or pertaining to theosophy; theosophical.

To practice theosophy.

Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed, knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the interior relations of the divine nature.

A name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of Alexandria. They are described in a work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and credibility of which are now much discredited.

One of the Therapeutae.

Of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases; curative.

That part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases.

One versed in therapeutics, or the discovery and application of remedies.

Therapeutics.

In or at that place.

Concerning that.

Near that place.

After that; afterward.

In opposition; against one's course.

At that place; there.

Before that time; beforehand.

By that; by that means; in consequence of that.

For that, or this; for it.

For that or this reason, referring to something previously stated; for that.