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To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.

With great violence; with a slamming or banging noise. [Colloq.]

A slut; a slatternly woman. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Situated under the optic thalamus.

To retard the motion of, as a carriage, by preventing one or more of its wheels from revolving, either by means of a chain or otherwise. [Obs.]

Same as Atlantes.

The segment of the brain next in front of the midbrain, including the thalami, pineal gland, and pituitary body; the diencephalon; the interbrain.

Of or pertaining to a thalamus or to thalami.

Bearing the stamens directly on the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of polypetalous dicotyledonous plants in the system of De Candolle.

The cavity or ventricle of the thalamencephalon; the third ventricle.

Same as Foraminifera.

ervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain; -- called also optic thalamus.

itel, Eng.; hence, a wandering mendicant, either mad or feigning to be so; a madman; a bedlamite.

A tertiary amine analogous to trimethylamine.

A colorless volatile alkaline liquid, N.(CH3)3, obtained from herring brine, beet roots, etc., with a characteristic herringlike odor. It is regarded as a substituted ammonia containing three methyl groups.

An electric glow lamp having filaments of metallic tungsten. Such lamps, owing to the refractory nature of the metal, may be maintained at a very high temperature and require an expenditure of only about 1.25 watts per candle power.

A vortex tube of infinitesimal cross section.

An acid amide derivative of xylic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

Of or pertaining to a tribe (Zalambdodonta) of Insectivora in which the molar teeth have but one V-shaped ridge.

hiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable.