slender thread

  • 1The Slender Thread — is a 1965 film staring Anne Bancroft and Sidney Poitier. It was the first feature length film directed by Academy Award winning director, producer actor Sydney Pollack. It was nominated for two Oscars Best Art Direction Set Decoration, Black and… …

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  • 2The Slender Thread — (ou Trente minutes de sursis) est un film de Sydney Pollack sorti en 1965, avec pour acteurs principaux Anne Bancroft et Sidney Poitier. Il s agit du premier long métrage réalisé au cinéma par Sydney Pollack. Sidney Poitier y incarne Alan, un… …

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  • 3thread lungworm — thred n a slender widely distributed nematode worm of the genus Dictyocaulus (D. filaria) that parasitizes the air passages of the lungs of sheep …

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  • 4The Slender Thread —    Voir Trente Minutes de sursis …

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  • 5thread — I. noun Etymology: Middle English thred, from Old English thrǣd; akin to Old High German drāt wire, Old English thrāwan to cause to twist or turn more at throw Date: before 12th century 1. a. a filament, a group of filaments twisted together, or… …

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  • 6thread-legged bug — /thred leg id, legd / any of certain insects of the family Reduviidae, characterized by an elongated, slender body and long frail legs, the front pair of which are raptorial. Also called spider bug. * * * …

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  • 7thread — 1. A fine strand of suture material. 2. A filamentous structure. [M.E., fr. A.S. thraed] terminal t. SYN: terminal filum. * * * (thred) a long slender structure, such as a continuous filament of some substance used as suture material …

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  • 8thread — I. n. 1. Filament, fibre, small string, slender cord. 2. Filament, fibre, pile, staple. 3. Course, tenor, drift. II. v. a. Thrid, go through, pass through …

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  • 9thread herring — noun 1. : gizzard shad 2. : either of two herrings: a. : a herring (Opisthonema oglinum) of the West Indies and east coast of the United States having the last ray of the dorsal fin long and slender b. : a very similar fish (O. libertate) of the… …

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  • 10thread-legged bug — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) noun : spider bug * * * /thred leg id, legd / any of certain insects of the family Reduviidae, characterized by an elongated, slender body and long frail legs, the front pair of which are raptorial. Also called spider bug …

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