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  • 51than / then —    Than is used to compare: Philippa Byrd thinks she is smarter than any of us.    Then is a word to describe a time that is not now: I prefer Friday; it would be better to meet then because then I will be ready …

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  • 52than / then —    Than is used to compare: Philippa Byrd thinks she is smarter than any of us.    Then is a word to describe a time that is not now: I prefer Friday; it would be better to meet then because then I will be ready …

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  • 53than|a|tism — «THAN uh tihz uhm», noun. the belief that at death the human soul ceases to exist …

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  • 54than|a|toid — «THAN uh toyd», adjective. 1. resembling death; apparently dead: »We carted the old man into the restaurant and propped him up at a table. He looked exactly the same thanatoid (Truman Capote). 2. deadly, as a venomous snake. ╂[< Greek thánatos …

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  • 55than|a|to|log|i|cal — «THAN uh tuh LOJ uh kuhl», adjective. of or having to do with thanatology or thanatologists: »Undertakers from eleven European countries have organized the European Thanatological Association (Time) …

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  • 56than|a|tol|o|gist — «THAN uh TOL uh jihst», noun. 1. a person who studies or is versed in thanatology. 2. an undertaker: »The embalmers of Quebec now prefer to be known as thanatologists (American Speech) …

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  • 57than|a|tol|o|gy — «THAN uh TOL uh jee», noun. the scientific study of death and its causes and phenomena. ╂[< Greek thánatos death] …

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  • 58than|a|top|sis — «THAN uh TOP sihs», noun. a contemplation of death; meditative viewing of the end of life. ╂[< Greek thánatos death + ópsis a view of] …

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  • 59Than|a|tos — «THAN uh tos», noun. Greek Mythology. death personified as a god, identified with the Roman Mors …

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  • 60than|nah — than|na or than|nah «TAH nuh», noun. = tana1. (Cf. ↑tana) …

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