- Thu
- abbreviation see Thurs
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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THU — is most often an abbreviation for Thursday.Also:* THU, Three letter abbreviation for Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. * THU, IATA airport code for Thule Air Base * early name for Sauron in J. R. R. Tolkien s Middle earth legendarium * Þu, an… … Wikipedia
Thu. — Thu. abbr. Thursday. * * * … Universalium
Thu — abbrev. Thursday * * * … Universalium
thü — thü·rin·ger; … English syllables
Thu — abbrev. Thursday … English World dictionary
thu|ja — «THOO juh, THYOO », noun. any coniferous evergreen tree of a group of the cypress family; arbor vitae. A common American kind yields an aromatic oil (oil of thuja) that is used in medicine. Also, thuya. ╂[< New Latin Thuja the genus name,… … Useful english dictionary
Thu|le — «THOO lee», noun. the part of the world that the ancient Greeks and Romans regarded as farthest north; some island or region north of Britain, sometimes identified as Iceland, a part of Denmark or Norway, or Mainland (largest of the Shetland… … Useful english dictionary
thu|li|a — «THOO lee uh», noun. a greenish white, amorphous powder, an oxide of thulium. Formula: Tm2O3 ╂[< thulium] … Useful english dictionary
thu|li|um — «THOO lee uhm», noun. a silver white metallic chemical element of the yttrium group, found in gadolinite and various other minerals. It is a rare earth element. An isotope of thulium is used as the radiating element in portable X ray units.… … Useful english dictionary
thu|ri|fy — «THUR uh fy, THYUR », transitive verb, fied, fy|ing. to burn incense before or about; perfume with incense; cense. ╂[< Old French thurifier < Late Latin thūrificāre < thūs, thūris incense + facere to make] … Useful english dictionary
thu|ya — «THOO yuh», noun. = thuja. (Cf. ↑thuja) … Useful english dictionary
