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Of or pertaining to heat; produced by heat; as, thermotical phenomena. Whewell.

The science of heat. Whewell.

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.

A lawgiver; a legislator; one of the six junior archons at Athens.

Of or pertaining to thigmotaxis.

The property possessed by living protoplasm of contracting, and thus moving, when touched by a solid or fluid substance.

A kind of grass (Phleum pratense) with long cylindrical spikes; -- called also herd's grass, in England, cat's-tail grass, and meadow cat's-tail grass. It is much prized for fodder. See Illustration in Appendix.

Deprived of a mother; motherless.

A common gray European moth (Halia vauaria) having a V-shaped spot of dark brown on each of the fore wings.

Causing movement in the walls of vessels; as, the vasomotor mechanisms; the vasomotor nerves, a system of nerves distributed over the muscular coats of the blood vessels. Vasomotor center, the chief dominating or general center which supplies all the unstriped muscles of the arterial system with motor nerves, situated…

faults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like. Brande & C. "Wards and wardmotes." Piers Plowman.

A water engine.

A meeting of wise men; the national council, or legislature, of England in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Norman Conquest.

Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below. Zymotic disease (Med.), any epidemic, endemic, contagious, or sporadic affection which is produced by some morbific principle or organism acting on the system like a ferment.

A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.

Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis. Coxe.