the-; them-, themat-, thes-, thet- +

To put in, to insert, to add, or to throw in an additional statement, often as an ad lib which is something thought of and said on the spur of the moment.

1. An artificial device used to replace a missing body part, such as a limb, tooth, eye, or heart valve.
2. Replacement of a missing body part by an artificial substitute; such as, an artificial extremity.
3. A device to augment performance of a natural function; such as, a hearing aid.
4. In linguistics, the addition of a letter or a syllable to a word.
5. The "addition of a letter" or "syllable to a word"; from Late Latin, from Greek prosthesis, "addition" from prostithenai, "add to", from pros, "to" + tithenai, "to put, to place". The reference to "artificial body part" is first recorded in 1706.

Additional information about prostheses.

1. The addition of a sound or sounds at the beginning of a word to make the word easier to pronounce.
2. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the preparations for the offering of Communion.

1. The combination of ideas into a complex whole.
2. The process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds).
3. Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect).
4. A new unified whole resulting from the combination of different ideas, influences, or objects.
5. The process of combining different ideas, influences, or objects into a new whole.
6. The formation of compounds through one or more chemical reactions involving simpler substances.
7. The production of music or speech using an electronic synthesizer.
8. The expression of syntactic relationships by means of inflections rather than word order or prepositions and other function words.
9. In Hegelian philosophy, the new idea that resolves the conflict between the initial proposition thesis and its negation antithesis.

1. An intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods.
2. Someone who composes or combines parts or elements so as to form a whole.

1. Made artificially by chemical synthesis, especially so as to resemble a natural product.
2. Not of natural origin; prepared, or made, artificially.
3. Not genuine, especially expressed but not genuinely felt: "He made synthetic expressions of sympathy."
4. A description of a proposition whose truth or falsity is a matter of facts and not merely a matter of the meaning of the words in the sentence.
5. A description of a language that expresses syntactic relationships by means of inflections rather than word order or prepositions and other function words.
6. Etymology: via French or modern Latin from Greek sunthetikos, "component", from sunthetos, "combined".

1. A reference the subject of a discourse, discussion, piece of writing, or artistic composition.
2. Characterized by a distinct, recurring, and unifying quality or idea: "Accuracy will be the thematic motto of our project."
3. Relating to a melody that is repeated, often with variations, throughout a piece of music.
4. Referring to a song or tune that is played at the beginning or end of, or during, a movie or television program and is identified with it.
5. A description of something with a single distinct character, issue, or subject that is discussed often or repeatedly: "The growing deficit was a dominant thematic issue during the election."

With regard to thematic content or relating to a topic: "The poems are grouped thematically."

1. The subject of a discourse, discussion, piece of writing, or artistic composition.
2. A distinct, recurring, and unifying quality or idea: "Efficiency will be the theme of this energy organization."
3. A melody that is repeated, often with variations, throughout a piece of music; such as, one of the themes of the concerto.
4. A song or tune that is played at the beginning, or end of, or during, a movie or television program and is identified with it: "We always loved to hear the theme from "The Magnificent Seven".
5. A short essay or written exercise for a student.
6. Etymology: from Old French tesme; from Latin thema, "a subject, a thesis"; from Greek thema, "a proposition, a subject, a deposit". Literally, "something set down", from the root of tithenai, "to put down, to place".

A reference to a thesaurus or a list of subject headings or descriptors usually with a cross-reference system for use in the organization of a collection of documents for reference and retrieval.

The plural form of thesaurus.

A treasury much like a naiskos (small Greek temple or shrine) and located in a temenos as storage of the valuables of foreign states. There is an elaborate series of thesauroi in Delphi leading up to the sacred way.

A temenos relates to Greek antiquity, the enclosure of a sanctuary, the holy ground belonging to the god and governed by special rules, or the sacred precinct at a cult center; containing the altar, temple, and other features.

There might be numerous buildings for the main cult and a series of thesauroi, stoas (classical Greek building with a long open colonnade), and dedications from worshipers. In Egyptian architecture, loosely applied to the area within the enclosure wall of a temple.

1. A book that lists words related to each other in meaning, usually giving synonyms and antonyms.
2. A dictionary of words relating to a particular subject.
3. A place in which valuable things are stored.
4. Etymology: from 1823, "treasury, storehouse"; from Latin thesaurus "treasury, treasure"; from Greek thesauros, "a treasure, treasury, storehouse, chest"; from root of tithenai "to put, to place".

The meaning "encyclopedia filled with information" is from 1840, but it existed earlier as thesaurarie (1592), used as a title by early dictionary compilers. The meaning, "collection of words arranged according to sense" is first attested 1852 in Roget's title. Thesaur is attested in Middle English with the meaning, "treasure" (about 15th century-16th century).

1. An unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument; a proposition advanced as an argument.
2. A dissertation based on original research, especially as work toward an academic degree.

Other words for long research papers include: "treatise, dissertation, monograph, disquisition, research, essay", or "investigation".

3. A treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree.
4. An "unaccented syllable" or "note", from Latin thesis, "unaccented syllable in poetry"; later "a stressed part of a metrical foot", from Greek thesis, "a proposition"; also, "downbeat" (in music).

Originally, "a setting down" or "placing"; from root of tithenai, "to place, to put, to set".

A law-maker; a law-giver.

A thesmothete was a legislator, originally any of the six inferior archons [chief magistrates] in ancient Athens. The Oxford English Dictionary defines thesmothete as: "Each of the six inferior archons in ancient Athens, who were judges and law-givers; hence, one who lays down the law" and a thesmophilist is "someone who loves the law".

Thesmos is "that which is laid down, the law".