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1,571 words match “THOR”

HAYTHORN n.
Hawthorn. R. Scot.
HEMOTHORAX n.
An effusion of blood into the cavity of the pleura.
HYDROTHORAX n.
An accumulation of serous fluid in the cavity of the chest.
INAUTHORITATIVE a.
Without authority; not authoritative.
INTERTHORACIC a.
In the thorax.
INTRATHORACIC a.
Within the thora
LANTHORN n.
See Lantern. [Obs.]
MESOTHORACIC a.
Of or pertaining to the mesothorax.
MESOTHORAX n.
The middle segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.
MESOTHORIUM n.
A radioactive product intermediate between thorium and radiothorium, with a period of 5.5 years.
METATHORACIC a.
Of or pertaining to the metathorax.
METATHORAX n.
The last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.
ORNITHORHYNCHUS n.
See Duck mole, under Duck.
ORTHORHOMBIC a.
Noting the system of crystallization which has three unequal axes at right angles to each other; trimetric. See Crystallization.
PHTHOR n.
Fluorine. [Written also phthor.]
PLETHORA n. 2 definitions
State of being overfull; excess; superabundance. He labors under a plethora of wit and imagination. Jeffrey.
PLETHORETIC a.
Plethoric. [Obs.] Johnson.
PLETHORIC a.
Haeving a full habit of body; characterized by plethora or excess of blood; as, a plethoric constitution; -- used also metaphorically. "Plethoric phrases." Sydney Smith. "Plethoric fullness of thought." De Quincey.
PLETHORICAL a.
Plethoric. [R.] -- Ple*thor"ic*al*ly, adv. Burke.
PLETHORY n.
Plethora. Jer. Taylor.
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