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Thinkable
(Think"a*ble) a. Capable of being thought or conceived; cogitable. Sir W. Hamilton.
Thinker
(Think"er) n. One who thinks; especially and chiefly, one who thinks in a particular manner; as, a
close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherent thinker.
Thinking
(Think"ing), a. Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as,
man is a thinking being. — Think"ing*ly, adv.
Thinking
(Think"ing), n. The act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment.
I heard a bird so sing,
Whose music, to my thinking, pleased the king.
Shak. Thinly
(Thin"ly) a. In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly
planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited.
Thinner
(Thin"ner) n. One who thins, or makes thinner.
Thinness
(Thin"ness), n. The quality or state of being thin
Thinnish
(Thin"nish) a. Somewhat thin.
Thinolite
(Thin"o*lite) n. [Gr. shore + -lite.] (Min.) A calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a
large scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of Nevada.
Thin-skinned
(Thin"-skinned`) a. Having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable.
Thio-
(Thi"o-) (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of sulphur. See
Sulpho-.
Thiocarbonate
(Thi`o*car"bon*ate) n. (Chem.) A sulphocarbonate.
Thiocarbonic
(Thi`o*car*bon"ic) a. [Thio- + carbonic.] (Chem.) Same as Sulphocarbonic.
Thiocyanate
(Thi`o*cy"a*nate) n. (Chem.) Same as Sulphocyanate.
Thiocyanic
(Thi`o*cy*an"ic) a. [Thio- + cyanic.] (Chem.) Same as Sulphocyanic.
Thionaphthene
(Thi`o*naph"thene) n. [Thiophene + naphthalene.] (Chem.) A double benzene and
thiophene nucleus, C8H6S, analogous to naphthalene, and like it the base of a large series of derivatives.
[Written also thionaphtene.]
Thionic
(Thi*on"ic) a. [Gr. brimstone, sulphur.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to sulphur; containing or resembling
sulphur; specifically, designating certain of the thio compounds; as, the thionic acids. Cf. Dithionic, Trithionic,
Tetrathionic, etc.
Thionine
(Thi"on*ine) n. [Gr. brimstone, sulphur.] (Chem.) An artificial red or violet dyestuff consisting
of a complex sulphur derivative of certain aromatic diamines, and obtained as a dark crystalline powder; —
called also phenylene violet.
Thionol
(Thi"on*ol) n. [Thionine + - ol.] (Chem.) A red or violet dyestuff having a greenish metallic
luster. It is produced artificially, by the chemical dehydration of thionine, as a brown amorphous powder.
Thionoline
(Thi*on"o*line) n. (Chem.) A beautiful fluorescent crystalline substance, intermediate in
composition between thionol and thionine.
Thionyl
(Thi"on*yl) n. [Thionic + - yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical SO, regarded as an essential
constituent of certain sulphurous compounds; as, thionyl chloride.
