il·lit·er·ate 
(ĭ-lĭtər-ĭt)
(ĭ-lĭtər-ĭt)adj.
1.
a. Unable to read and write.
b. Having little or no formal education.
2.
a. Marked by inferiority to an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature: an illiterate magazine.
b. Violating prescribed standards of speech or writing: a paragraph with several illiterate expressions.
3. Ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of knowledge: musically illiterate. See Usage Note at literate.
n.
1. A person who is illiterate.
2. (used with a pl. verb) People who are illiterate, considered as a group.
[Middle English, from Latin illīterātus : in-, not; see IN-1 + līterātus, literate; see LITERATE.]
il·liter·ate·ly adv.
il·liter·ate·ness n.
- theretofore
- thereunder
- thereunto
- thereupon
- therewith
- therewithal
- theriomorphic
- theriomorphous
- -therm
- therm
- therm-
- therm-
- thermal
- thermal anemometer
- thermal capacity
- thermal conductance
- thermal conductivity
- thermal equilibrium
- thermally
- thermal neutron analyzer
- thermal noise
- thermal pollution
- thermal resistance
- thermanesthesia
- thermesthesia