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Pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents.

, as bars or wires of dissimilar metals joined at their extremities, for producing a thermoelectric current.

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.

the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition. Prodogious motion felt, and rueful throes. Milton.

The end, or tip, of the toe. He must . . . stand on his typtoon [tiptoes]. Chaucer. Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by. Spenser. To be, or To stand, a tiptoe or on tiptoe, to be awake or alive to anything; to be roused; to be eager or alert; as, to be a tiptoe with expectation.

rminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal. "Each one, tripping on his toe." Shak.

A morbid condition of the foot in which the toe is depressed and the heel elevated.

A hold in which the agressor bends back his opponent's foot.

Having (such or so many) toes; -- chiefly used in composition; as, narrow-toed, four-toed.

The third order of the Linnæan class Polygamia.

e, others pistillate, and others both staminate and pistillate; belonging to the order Trioecia.

A curious vegetable production of the Southern Atlantic United States, growing under ground like a truffle and often attaining immense size. The real nature is unknown. Called also Indian bread, and Indian loaf.

Of or pertaining to Typhoeus (ti*fo"us), the fabled giant of Greek mythology, having a hundred heads; resembling Typhoeus.

Not obstructed by barricades; open; as, unbarricadoed streets. Burke.

One who underdoes; a shirk.

One who undoes anything; especially, one who ruins another.

Same as Euphroe.

A reddish urinary pigment, considered as the substance which gives to the urine of rheumatism its characteristic color. It also causes the red color often seen in deposits of urates.

Producing, or favoring the production of, urine.