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72 words match “ROPY”

drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees.

Difference of quality or property in different directions.

ALLOTROPISM; ALLOTROPY n.

The property of existing in two or more conditions which are distinct in their physical or chemical relations.

An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude.

APHILANTHROPY n.

Want of love to mankind; -- the opposite of philanthropy. Coxe.

A kind of madness in which men fancy themselves changed into dogs, and imitate the voice and habits of that animal.

One of the hexane paraffins, found in petroleum, consisting of two propyl radicals. See Hexane.

Same as Emmetropia.

t, h, of heat enters the body when its temperature is t in the thermodynamic scale the entropy of the body is increased by h . The entropy is regarded as measured from some standard temperature and pressure. Sometimes called the thermodynamic function. The entropy of the universe tends towards a maximum. Clausius.…

Twin composition in crystals.

HYPERMETROPIA; HYPERMETROPY n.

A condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina; farsightedness; -- called also hyperopia. Cf. Emmetropia.

Uniformity of physical properties in all directions in a body; absence of all kinds of polarity; specifically, equal elasticity in all directions.

LYCANTHROPY n. 2 definitions

The supposed act of turning one's self or another person into a wolf. Lowell.

MACROPYRAMID n.

See Macroprism.

MICROPYLE n. 2 definitions

An opening in the membranes surrounding the ovum, by which nutrition is assisted and the entrance of the spermatozoa permitted.

Hatred of, or dislike to, mankind; -- opposed to philanthropy. Orrery.

PHILANTHROPY n.

ly; universal good will; desire and readiness to do good to all men; -- opposed to misanthropy. Jer. Taylor.

PHYSIANTHROPY n.

The philosophy of human life, or the doctrine of the constitution and diseases of man, and their remedies.

The hypothetical radical C3H7, regarded as the essential residue of propane and related compounds.

Any court or vestibule before a building or leading into any inclosure.