| GOLDTHREAD | • goldthread n. Any of the genus Coptis of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Asia and North America. • GOLDTHREAD n. a North American woodland ranunculaceous plant, with slender yellow roots that yield a medicinal tonic and a dye. |
| PACKTHREAD | • packthread n. (Archaic) A strong thread or twine used in tying up parcels. • PACKTHREAD n. a strong two- or three ply thread. |
| PHREAKINGS | • PHREAKING n. making illegal phone-calls. |
| RETHREADED | • rethreaded v. Simple past tense and past participle of rethread. • RETHREAD v. to thread again. |
| THREADBARE | • threadbare adj. (Of cloth) shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show. • threadbare adj. Damaged or shabby. • threadbare adj. (Of a person) wearing clothes of threadbare material. |
| THREADFINS | • threadfins n. Plural of threadfin. • THREADFIN n. any small, spiny-finned tropical fish of the family Polynemidae, with five threads on its pectoral fins. |
| THREADIEST | • threadiest adj. Superlative form of thready: most thready. • THREADY adj. resembling a thread. |
| THREADLESS | • threadless adj. Without a thread. • THREADLESS adj. without a thread. |
| THREADLIKE | • threadlike adj. Having the form of a thread. • threadlike adj. Resembling a thread in length or thinness. • THREADLIKE adj. like thread. |
| THREADWORM | • threadworm n. A parasitic roundworm, Strongyloides stercoralis, which causes strongyloidiasis. • threadworm n. (UK, Australia) The pinworm. • THREADWORM n. any long, slender nematode worm, esp. the pinworm and filaria. |
| THREATENED | • threatened v. Simple past tense and past participle of threaten. • threatened adj. (Ecology, of a plant or animal) At risk of becoming endangered in the near future. • threatened adj. Feeling insecure or vulnerable. |
| THREATENER | • threatener n. One who threatens. • THREATENER n. one who threatens. |
| UNTHREADED | • unthreaded v. Simple past tense and past participle of unthread. • UNTHREAD v. to remove the thread from. |