| BARATHRUMS | • barathrums n. Plural of barathrum. • BARATHRUM n. (Latin) an insatiable extortioner or glutton; (historical) a pit in Athens into which condemned criminals were thrown. |
| HEARTHRUGS | • hearthrugs n. Plural of hearthrug. • HEARTHRUG n. a rug spread in front of a hearth. |
| MEGATHRUST | • megathrust n. (Geology) A sudden large-scale slip along a fault between a subducting and an overriding plate, resulting… • MEGATHRUST adj. as in megathrust earthquake, an earthquake of exceptional destructive power. |
| OUTTHRUSTS | • outthrusts n. Plural of outthrust. • outthrusts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outthrust. • OUTTHRUST v. to extend outwards. |
| OVERTHRUST | • overthrust n. (Geology, transitive, intransitive) A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock. • overthrust v. (Geology, intransitive) Of a body of rock: to force itself over another. • overthrust adj. (Geology) Belonging to earlier strata, pushed by faulting over later and higher strata. |
| PYRETHRUMS | • pyrethrums n. Plural of pyrethrum. • PYRETHRUM n. a name still applied to various garden flowers, esp. varieties of Chrysanthemum. |
| SHRUBBIEST | • shrubbiest adj. Superlative form of shrubby: most shrubby. • SHRUBBY adj. covered with shrubs. |
| SHRUBLANDS | • shrublands n. Plural of shrubland. • SHRUBLAND n. land covered by shrubs. |
| SUBSHRUBBY | • subshrubby adj. Being or resembling a subshrub. • SUBSHRUBBY adj. like a subshrub, a low shrub. |
| THRUMMIEST | • THRUMMY adj. made of or like thrums, that is, ends of the warp threads in a loom, left unwoven and remaining attached to the loom when the web is cut off. |
| THRUMMINGS | • thrummings n. Plural of thrumming. • THRUMMING n. the act of thrumming. |
| THRUPPENCE | • thruppence n. (Britain, informal, dated) Threepence (in pre- or post-decimalisation currency). • THRUPPENCE n. threepence, also THREEPENCE, THREEPENNY, THRUPPENNY. |
| THRUPPENNY | • thruppenny n. (Britain, informal, dated) threepence. • THRUPPENNY n. threepence, as in thruppenny bit, also THREEPENCE, THREEPENNY, THRUPPENCE. |
| THRUSHLIKE | • thrushlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a thrush (the bird). • thrushlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of thrush (the fungal infection). • THRUSHLIKE adj. like a thrush. |
| THRUSTINGS | • thrustings n. Plural of thrusting. • THRUSTING n. the act of thrusting. |
| THRUTCHING | • thrutching v. Present participle of thrutch. • THRUTCH v. (dialect) to press, thrust, shove. |
| UNDERSHRUB | • undershrub n. A low-growing shrub. • UNDERSHRUB n. a shrub smaller than the usual shrub. |
| UNSHRUBBED | • unshrubbed adj. Without shrubs. • UNSHRUBBED adj. being without shrubs, also UNSHRUBD. |
| UPTHRUSTED | • upthrusted v. Simple past tense and past participle of upthrust. • UPTHRUST v. to thrust up. |
| WOODTHRUSH | • WOODTHRUSH n. an American bird. |