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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. 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.

Of or relating to heat and electricity; especially, relating to thermal effects produced by voltaic action. Faraday.

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 repacious 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.

Hence, an essay or dissertation written upon specific or definite theme; especially, an essay presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree. I told them of the grave, becoming, and sublime deportment they should assume upon this mystical occasion, and read them two homilies and a thesis of my own composing, to prepa…

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. -- n.

Of or pertaining to Thessaly in Greece. Shak. -- n.