Word Meanings - INCLINATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The angle made by two lines or planes; as, the inclination of the plane of the earth's equator to the plane of the ecliptic is about 23º 28'; the inclination of two rays of light. 5. A leaning or tendency of the mind, feelings, preferences, or will; propensity; a disposition more favorable to one thing than to another; favor; desire; love. A mere inclination to a thing is not properly a willing of that thing. South. How dost thou find the inclination of the people Shak. 6. A person or thing loved or admired. Sir W. Temple. 7. (Pharm.)

• Earthquave
  An earthquake.
• Thyme
  Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus. The garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris) is a warm, pungent aromatic, much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.
• 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.
• Personifier
  One who personifies.
• THERMANTIDOTE
  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] Will you bring me to book on the mountains, or where the thermantidotes play Kipling.
• Thin-skinned
  Having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable.
• Thanks
  of Thank
• Thralldom
  Thraldom.
• Theology
  The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) "t
• Throned
  of Throne
• Favoring
  of Favor
• Thyrsoidal
  Having somewhat the form of a thyrsus.
• Thermometer
  An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the principle that changes of temperature in bodies are accompained by proportional changes in their volumes or dimensions.
• Pharmacologist
  One skilled in pharmacology.
• THERMOPHILIC
  Heat-loving; -- applied esp. to certain bacteria.
• Thiosulphate
  A salt of thiosulphuric acid; -- formerly called hyposulphite.
• Thatch
  Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
• Thraw
  See Throse.
• Theopneusty
  Divine inspiration; the supernatural influence of the Divine Spirit in qualifying men to receive and communicate revealed truth.
• Throughout
  Quite through; from one extremity to the other of; also, every part of; as, to search throughout the house.

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