1. Either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
   - tonsil, palatine tonsil, tonsilla

Derived forms: faucial tonsils

Type of: lymphatic tissue, lymphoid tissue

Part of: nasopharynx

• thermolysis
• thermolytic
• thermometer
• thermometric
• thermometrograph
• thermometry
• thermonuclear
• thermonuclear bomb
• thermonuclear reaction
• thermonuclear reactor
• thermonuclear warhead
• thermophile
• thermophilic
• thermopile
• thermoplastic
• thermoplastic resin
• Thermopsis
• Thermopsis macrophylla
• Thermopsis villosa
• Thermopylae
• thermoreceptor
• thermoregulator
• thermos
• thermos bottle
• thermos flask