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Theophilosophic

Combining theism and philosophy, or pertaining to the combination of theism and philosophy.

Theopneusty

Divine inspiration; the supernatural influence of the Divine Spirit in qualifying men to receive and communicate revealed truth.

Theorbo

An instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes.

Theorem

To formulate into a theorem.

Theoretical Theoretic

Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences.

Theoretics

The speculative part of a science; speculation.

Theorica

Public moneys expended at Athens on festivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people; -- also called theoric fund.

Theorist

One who forms theories; one given to theory and speculation; a speculatist.

Theorization

The act or product of theorizing; the formation of a theory or theories; speculation.

Theorize

To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.

Theorizer

One who theorizes or speculates; a theorist.

Theory

A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.

Theosophy

Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed, knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the interior relations of the divine nature.

Therapeutae

A name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of Alexandria. They are described in a work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and credibility of which are now much discredited.

Therapeutical Therapeutic

Of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases; curative.

Therapeutics

That part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases.

Therapeutist

One versed in therapeutics, or the discovery and application of remedies.

There

In or at that place.

Thereby

By that; by that means; in consequence of that.

Therefore

For that or this reason, referring to something previously stated; for that.

Therein

In that or this place, time, or thing; in that particular or respect.

Thereinto

Into that or this, or into that place.

Theretofore

Up to that time; before then; -- correlative with heretofore.

Thereunto

Unto that or this; thereto; besides.

Therf

Not fermented; unleavened; -- said of bread, loaves, etc.

Theriaca Theriac

An ancient composition esteemed efficacious against the effects of poison; especially, a certain compound of sixty-four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and reduced by means of honey to an electuary; -- called also theriaca Andromachi, and Venice treacle.

Theriodont

One of the Theriodontia. Used also adjectively.

Theriodontia

An extinct order of reptiles found in the Permian and Triassic formations in South Africa. In some respects they resembled carnivorous mammals. Called also Theromorpha.

Therm

one of several units of heat, especially one equivalent to 1000 large calories, or 100,000 British thermal units.

Thermae

Springs or baths of warm or hot water.

Thermal

Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters.

Thermantidote

A device for circulating and cooling the air, consisting essentially of a kind of roasting fan fitted in a window and incased in wet tatties.

Thermetograph

A self-registering thermometer, especially one that registers the maximum and minimum during long periods.

Thermic

Of or pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; as, thermic lines.

Thermidor

The eleventh month of the French republican calendar, -- commencing July 19, and ending August 17. See the Note under Vend/miaire.

Thermifugine

An artificial alkaloid of complex composition, resembling thalline and used as an antipyretic, -- whence its name.

Thermobarograph

An instrument for recording simultaneously the pressure and temperature of a gas; a combined thermograph and barograph.

Thermobarometer

An instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point of water.

Thermochemistry

That branch of chemical science which includes the investigation of the various relations existing between chemical action and that manifestation of force termed heat, or the determination of the heat evolved by, or employed in, chemical actions.

Thermochroic

Pertaining to or designating heat rays that have undergone selective absorption and are therefore analogous to colored light rays.

Thermochrosy

The property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission through diathermic substances.

Thermocurrent

A current developed or set in motion by heat; specif., an electric current, in a heterogeneous circuit, due to differences of temperature between the junctions of the substances of which the circuit is composed.

Thermodin

A white crystalline substance derived from urethane, used in medicine as an antipyretic, etc.

Thermodynamic

Relating to thermodynamics; caused or operated by force due to the application of heat.

Thermodynamics

The science which treats of the mechanical action or relations of heat.

Thermoelectric

Pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents.

Thermoelectricity

Electricity developed in the action of heat. See the Note under Electricity.

Thermoelectrometer

An instrument for measuring the strength of an electric current in the heat which it produces, or for determining the heat developed by such a current.

Thermogen

Caloric; heat; regarded as a material but imponderable substance.

Thermogenic

Relating to heat, or to the production of heat; producing heat; thermogenous; as, the thermogenic tissues.

Thermogram

The trace or record made by means of a thermograph.

Thermograph

An instrument for automatically recording indications of the variation of temperature.

Thermography

Any process of writing involving the use of heat.

Thermojunction

A junction of two dissimilar conductors used to produce a thermoelectric current, as in one form of pyrometer; a thermocouple.

Thermoluminescence

Luminescence exhibited by a substance on being moderately heated. It is shown esp. by certain substances that have been exposed to the action of light or to X-rays.

Thermolysin

a proteolytic enzyme obtained from the bacterium Bacillus thermoproteolyticus, which hydrolyses the N-terminal amide bonds of hydrophobic amino acid residues in proteins. It is used in studies of protein structure. It has a molecular weight of about 37,500 and contains zinc and calcium in its active configuration.

Thermolysis

The resolution of a compound into parts by heat; dissociation by heat.

Thermolyze

To subject to thermolysis; to dissociate by heat.

Thermomagnetism

Magnetism as affected or caused by the action of heat; the relation of heat to magnetism.

Thermometer

An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the principle that changes of temperature in bodies are accompanied by proportional changes in their volumes or dimensions.

Thermometrograph

An instrument for recording graphically the variations of temperature, or the indications of a thermometer.

Thermometry

The estimation of temperature by the use of a thermometric apparatus.

Thermoneurosis

A neurosis caused by exposure to heat. A neurosis causing a rise or fall of a body's temperature.

Thermophilic

Heat-loving; -- applied especially to microorganisms such as certain bacteria, fungi and algae, which grow best at temperatures above 40/ C (e.g. between 50/ and 60/), and in some cases at temperatures that would kill ordinary microorganisms. They are found in naturally hot locations, such as at hot springs or the thermal vents at the ocean bottom.

Thermophone

A portable form of telethermometer, using a telephone in connection with a differential thermometer.

Thermophore

An apparatus for conveying heat, as a case containing material which retains its heat for a considerable period.

Thermopile

An instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slight differences and degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different capacities for the conduction of heat, connected with an astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric current induced in the system of bars when exposed even to the feeblest degrees of heat.

Thermoregulator

A device for the automatic regulation of temperature; a thermostat.

Thermoscope

An instrument for indicating changes of temperature without indicating the degree of heat by which it is affected; especially, an instrument contrived by Count Rumford which, as modified by Professor Leslie, was afterward called the differential thermometer.

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