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Same as Theriodontia.

An extinct order of reptiles found in the Permian and Triassic formations in South Africa. In some respects they resembled carnivorous mammals. Called also Theromorpha.

Zoötomy.

Springs or baths of warm or hot water.

Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters. The thermal condition of the earth. J. D. Forbes. Thermal conductivity, Thermal spectrum. See under Conductivity, and Spectrum. -- Thermal unit (Physics), a unit chosen for the comparison or calculation of quantities of heat. The unit most comm…

In a thermal manner.

A device for circulating and cooling the air, consisting essentially of a kind of roasting fan fitted in a window and incased in wet tatties. [India]

A self-registering thermometer, especially one that registers the maximum and minimum during long periods. Nichol.

Of or pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; as, thermic lines. Thermic balance. See Bolometer. -- Thermic fever (Med.), the condition of fever produced by sunstroke. See Sunstroke. -- Thermic weight. (Mech.) Same as Heat weight, under Heat.

The eleventh month of the French republican calendar, -- commencing July 19, and ending August 17. See the Note under Vendémiaire.

An artificial alkaloid of complex composition, resembling thalline and used as an antipyretic, -- whence its name.

A combining form from Gr. qe`rmh heat, qermo`s hot, warm; as in thermochemistry, thermodynamic.

Loss of power to distinguish heat or cold by touch.

An instrument for recording simultaneously the pressure and temperature of a gas; a combined thermograph and barograph.

An instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point of water.

A thermoelectric battery; a thermopile.

Cautery by the application of heat. Paquelin's thermocautery, thermocautery by means of a hollow platinum point, which is kept constantly hot by the passage through it of benzine vapor.

Of or pertaining to thermochemistry; obtained by, or employed in, thermochemistry.

That branch of chemical science which includes the investigation of the various relations existing between chemical action and that manifestation of force termed heat, or the determination of the heat evolved by, or employed in, chemical actions.

Pert. to or designating heat rays that have undergone selective absorption and are therefore analogous to colored light rays.