These are the meanings of the letters THERAVADA when you unscramble them.
- Advert (v. i.)
To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.
- Avatar (n.)
Incarnation; manifestation as an object of worship or admiration.
- Avatar (n.)
The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu.
- Dearth (n.)
Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.
- Hatred (n.)
Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil.
- Thrave (n.)
The number of two dozen; also, an indefinite number; a bunch; a company; a throng.
- Thrave (n.)
Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook.
- Thread (n.)
A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver.
- Thread (n.)
A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted.
- Thread (n.)
Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness.
- Thread (n.)
Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse.
- Thread (n.)
The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1.
- Thread (v. t.)
To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.
- Thread (v. t.)
To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.
- Thread (v. t.)
To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid.