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Thiourea organocatalysis
Thiourea organocatalysis is a branch of organocatalysis in which metal-free thiourea derivatives activate substrates through dual hydrogen bonding; chiral thioureas like Takemoto's 2003 catalyst are prominent in asymmetric synthesis.
Thip Chang
Thip Chang, also called Pho Chao Thip Chang, was an eighteenth-century elephant handler from Lampang, Thailand, who liberated the city from Burmese control and founded the Thipchak dynasty.
Thiram
Thiram, also known as tetramethylthiuram disulfide or TMTD, is a dithiocarbamate fungicide introduced in 1931 and used for seed treatment, as an animal repellent, and as a rubber accelerator.
Third Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Third Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, or Amendment III, bars quartering soldiers in private homes without consent in peacetime. Rooted in the Quartering Acts, it has never been decided by the Supreme Court; Engblom v. Carey is its leading case.
Third Anglo-Afghan War
The Third Anglo-Afghan War (War of Independence), May-June 1919: Amanullah's Afghanistan invaded British India; the Treaty of Rawalpindi of 8 August 1919 recognized full Afghan independence.
Third Anglo-Burmese War
The Third Anglo-Burmese War (तीसरा आंग्ल-बर्मा युद्ध), fought in November 1885, was the final conflict between Britain and Burma's Konbaung kingdom, ending with King Thibaw's deposition and the annexation of Upper Burma in 1886.
Third Anglo-Maratha War
Third Anglo-Maratha War, also the Pindari War (1817–1818): final East India Company victory over the Maratha Confederacy. Baji Rao II's defeats at Kirkee, Koregaon, and Mahidpur ended the Peshwa's office; the Company took Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Berar.
Third Anglo-Mysore War
The Third Anglo-Mysore War (1790–1792) began when Tipu Sultan attacked Travancore and ended with his defeat by Lord Cornwallis's East India Company forces, ceding half his kingdom.
Third Arc Bio
Third Arc Bio Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in Spring House, Pennsylvania, founded in 2022, developing multifunctional antibodies for solid tumors and inflammatory and immunology diseases.
Third Battle of Changsha
The Third Battle of Changsha (第三次长沙会战) was a Second Sino-Japanese War battle in Hunan, China, where Chinese forces under Xue Yue repelled the Japanese in January 1942.
Third Battle of Kharkov
Third Battle of Kharkov, or Manstein's Donets Campaign, February-March 1943 German counteroffensive by Army Group South and the SS Panzer Corps that recaptured Kharkov from the Soviets after Stalingrad and set the stage for Kursk.
Third Battle of Nola
The Third Battle of Nola, fought in 214 BC during the Second Punic War, saw the Roman consul Marcellus repel Hannibal's assault on Nola, killing over 2,000 Carthaginians.
Third Battle of Panipat
The Third Battle of Panipat, also called the Durrani Empire–Maratha Confederacy War, was fought on 14 January 1761 near Delhi, where Ahmad Shah Durrani's coalition destroyed the Maratha army.
Third Battle of Seoul
The Third Battle of Seoul, also called the Chinese New Year's Offensive, was a Korean War battle in which Chinese forces recaptured Seoul on 4 January 1951.
Third branchial cleft anomaly
Third branchial cleft anomaly (third branchial fistula, pyriform sinus tract): rare congenital neck malformation, 2–8% of branchial anomalies, left-sided, presenting as recurrent neck abscess or suppurative thyroiditis.
Third Buddhist Council
The Third Buddhist Council (तृतीय बौद्ध संगीति) was an assembly of Buddhist monks held at Pataliputra under Emperor Ashoka around 250 BC, presided over by Moggaliputta Tissa.
Third cabinet of Andrej Babiš
Third cabinet of Andrej Babiš (Třetí vláda Andreje Babiše), Czech three-party coalition of ANO, SPD, and Motorists for Themselves, appointed 15 December 2025, sworn in by President Petr Pavel, won confidence 15 January 2026.
Third cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa
Third cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa, the Government of National Unity executive of South Africa's seventh administration, announced 30 June 2024 with 32 ministers and 43 deputy ministers from eleven GNU parties; reshuffled in December 2024, November 2025, and June 2026.
Third Council of Lima
The Third Council of Lima (Tercer Concilio Limense) was a 1582 Catholic council convoked by Archbishop Toribio de Mogrovejo to organize evangelization of Spanish South America.
Third Crusade
Third Crusade (1189–1192): Latin European expedition after Saladin's 1187 victory at Hattin and capture of Jerusalem, led by Barbarossa, Philip II, and Richard I; centered on the two-year siege of Acre and ended with the Treaty of Jaffa, leaving Jerusalem in Muslim hands.
Third culture
The third culture is John Brockman's 1992 concept, answering C. P. Snow's two cultures, in which scientists themselves interpret science's meaning for the general public.
Third culture kid
Third culture kid (TCK), also called global nomad: a child raised for a year or more outside a parent's passport country due to the parent's work, coined by Ruth Hill Useem; distinct from immigrant, refugee, and adoptee children.
Third Day
Third Day is an American Christian rock band formed in 1991 near Atlanta by Mac Powell and Mark Lee; 10 million albums, 31 No. 1 singles, four Grammy Awards, disbanded 2018, reunited for a 2026 30th anniversary tour.
Third degree haemorrhoids
Third degree haemorrhoids (Goligher grade III) are internal haemorrhoids that prolapse and need manual reduction. Office banding helps selected cases; surgery is the standard indication, with excisional procedures most durable but most complications.
Third Doctor
The Third Doctor is Jon Pertwee's incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who (1970-1974), exiled to Earth by the Time Lords, working for UNIT with companions Liz Shaw, Jo Grant, and Sarah Jane Smith, ending in Planet of the Spiders.
Third Dynasty of Egypt
The Third Dynasty of Egypt, also written Dynasty 3, was an early Old Kingdom royal house, c. 2687–2632 BC, whose king Djoser built the first pyramid.
Third Dynasty of Ur
Third Dynasty of Ur (Ur III, Neo-Sumerian Empire), 2193–2004 BCE Mesopotamian state founded by Ur-Namma, first king to write laws; centralized bureaucracy under deified Shulgi; ended when Elamites sacked Ur and captured Ibbi-Sin.
Third Energy Package
The Third Energy Package is a set of five EU legislative acts adopted in 2009 that reorganized the internal market for electricity and natural gas.
Third engineer
The third engineer is a licensed officer on a merchant ship, usually third in the engine department and in charge of boilers, fuel, and auxiliary engines.
Third Epistle of John (Γ΄ Ἰωάννου)
The Third Epistle of John (Γ΄ Ἰωάννου), also called Third John, is a New Testament letter by "the Elder" to Gaius, the shortest book of the Greek New Testament.