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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 55º C. without loss of special properties; -- said of immune substances, etc.

A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing 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.

Highest; uppermost; as, the topmost cliff; the topmost branch of a tree. The nightngale may claim the topmost bough. Cowper.

Not according to Moses; unlike Moses or his works. By this reckoning Moses should be most un Mosaic. Milton.

Lowest, as in place, rank, or condition. Addison.

Highest; topmost; uppermost. Spenser. Dryden.

Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost; supreme. Whatever faction happens to be uppermost. Swift.

Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge. Spenser. We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is the utmost town in France. Evelyn. Betwixt two thieves I spend my utmost breath. Herbert.…

Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end. "In this uttermost distress." Milton.

To depart quickly; to depart from. [Written also vamos, and vamoose.] [Slang, Eng. & U. S.]

Being farthest to the windward.

Situated the farthest towards the west; most western.

Lying farthest to the west; westernmost.

An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.

Invertin.

A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.