Of or pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; as, thermic lines.
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The eleventh month of the French republican calendar, -- commencing July 19, and ending August 17. See the Note under Vend/miaire.
An artificial alkaloid of complex composition, resembling thalline and used as an antipyretic, -- whence its name.
Loss of power to distinguish heat or cold by touch.
An instrument for recording simultaneously the pressure and temperature of a gas; a combined thermograph and barograph.
An instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point of water.
A thermoelectric battery; a thermopile.
Cautery by the application of heat.
Of or pertaining to thermochemistry; obtained by, or employed in, 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.
Pertaining to or designating heat rays that have undergone selective absorption and are therefore analogous to colored light rays.
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.
A thermoelectric couple.
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.
A white crystalline substance derived from urethane, used in medicine as an antipyretic, etc.
Relating to thermodynamics; caused or operated by force due to the application of heat.
The science which treats of the mechanical action or relations of heat.
Pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents.
Electricity developed in the action of heat. See the Note under Electricity.
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.
Caloric; heat; regarded as a material but imponderable substance.
Relating to heat, or to the production of heat; producing heat; thermogenous; as, the thermogenic tissues.
Producing heat; thermogenic.
The trace or record made by means of a thermograph.
An instrument for automatically recording indications of the variation of temperature.
Any process of writing involving the use of heat.
A junction of two dissimilar conductors used to produce a thermoelectric current, as in one form of pyrometer; a thermocouple.
A discourse on, or an account of, heat.
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.
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.
The resolution of a compound into parts by heat; dissociation by heat.
Of or pertaining to thermolysis.
To subject to thermolysis; to dissociate by heat.
Magnetism as affected or caused by the action of heat; the relation of heat to magnetism.
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.
Of or pertaining to a thermometer; as, the thermometrical scale or tube.
In a thermometrical manner; by means of a thermometer.
An instrument for recording graphically the variations of temperature, or the indications of a thermometer.
The estimation of temperature by the use of a thermometric apparatus.
A heat engine; a hot-air engine.
Same as Thermopile.
A neurosis caused by exposure to heat. A neurosis causing a rise or fall of a body's temperature.
Neutrality as regards heat effects.
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.
A portable form of telethermometer, using a telephone in connection with a differential thermometer.
An apparatus for conveying heat, as a case containing material which retains its heat for a considerable period.
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.
A device for the automatic regulation of temperature; a thermostat.
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.
Of or pertaining to the thermoscope; made by means of the thermoscope; as, thermoscopic observations.
An arrangement of siphon tubes for assisting circulation in a liquid.
Capable of being heated to or somewhat above 55/ C. without loss of special properties; -- said of proteins, immune substances, etc.
A device which automatically regulates temperature, or provides a signal used by another device to regulate temperature. The temperature-sensitive signal may be electronic, as that produced by a thermocouple. The signal may also be caused mechanically, as by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, which can then cause the opening or closing of the damper of a stove, or the like, as the heat becomes greater or less than is desired.
Of or pertaining to the thermostat; made or effected by means of the thermostat.
Influenced in its contraction by heat or cold; -- said of a muscle.
Of or retaining to thermotaxis.
A tank containing pipes through which circulates steam, water, air, or the like, for heating or cooling; -- used in some heating and ventilation systems.
Pertaining to, or connected with, the regulation of temperature in the animal body; as, the thermotaxic nervous system.
The property possessed by protoplasm of moving under the influence of heat. Determination of the direction of locomotion by heat.
Pertaining to the variation of tensile strength with the temperature.
A process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted.
Treatment of disease by heat, esp. by hot air.
Of or pertaining to heat; produced by heat; as, thermotical phenomena.
The science of heat.
A condition of tonicity with respect to temperature.
Manifesting thermotropism.
The phenomenon of turning towards a source of warmth, seen in the growing parts of some plants.
A picture (as of a slice of wood) obtained by first wetting the object slightly with hydrochloric or dilute sulphuric acid, then taking an impression with a press, and next strongly heating this impression.
The art or process of obtaining thermotypes.
Of or relating to heat and electricity; especially, relating to thermal effects produced by voltaic action.
Resembling a beast in nature or habit; marked by animal characteristics; as, theroid idiocy.
See Theriodonta.
An order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet are less birdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped, than in the Ornithopoda. It includes the rapacious genera Megalosaurus, Creosaurus, and their allies.
A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia.
The plural of this. See This.
A little or subordinate thesis; a proposition.
A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument.
A lawgiver; a legislator; one of the six junior archons at Athens.
Of or pertaining to Thespis; hence, relating to the drama; dramatic; as, the Thespian art. An actor.
Of or pertaining to Thessaly in Greece. A native or inhabitant of Thessaly.
Of or pertaining to Thessalonica, a city of Macedonia. A native or inhabitant of Thessalonica.
A letter of the Greek alphabet corresponding to th in English; -- sometimes called the unlucky letter, from being used by the judges on their ballots in passing condemnation on a prisoner, it being the first letter of the Greek qa`natos, death.
Laid down; absolute or positive, as a law.
Any one of a series of complex basic sulphur compounds analogous to the sulphines.
Of or pertaining to theurgy; magical.
One who pretends to, or is addicted to, theurgy.
A divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery.
Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind; disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues.
Furnished with thews or muscles; as, a well-thewed limb.
Having strong or large thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy; strong.
The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed.
A weak nitrogenous sulphur base, C6H13NS2.
A colorless oily liquid, (C2H5)2S2, having a strong garlic odor; -- called also ethyl disulphide. By extension, any one of the series of related compounds.
Of or pertaining to Thibet. A native or inhabitant of Thibet.
Same as Thibetan.
A slice; a skimmer; a spatula; a pudding stick.
To thicken.
Having a thick skull; stupid.
A stone curlew. See under Stone.
Having a thick skin; hence, not sensitive; dull; obtuse.
Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.
Affected with thick wind.
The bullfinch.
To become thick.
Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket.
A thick-headed or stupid person.
Somewhat thick.
In a thick manner; deeply; closely.
The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).
A close or thick hedge.
A coarse, gross person; a person void of sensibility or sinsitiveness; a dullard.
A dullard, or dull person; a blockhead; a numskull.
Thither.
Thitherward.
One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.
Like a thief; thievish; thievishly.
A ketone derivative of thiophene obtained as a white crystalline substance, (C4H3S)2.CO, by the action of aluminum chloride and carbonyl chloride on thiophene.
The hypothetical radical C4H3S., regarded as the essential residue of thiophene and certain of its derivatives.
To practice theft; to steal.
The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness.
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