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.)

• Theriodonta
  Same as Theriodontia.
• Willer
  One who wills.
• Personal
  Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
• Thimbleweed
  Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their conical receptacles.
• THICKSKULLED
  Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.
• Thallophyte
  Same as Thallogen.
• Thoth
  The god of eloquence and letters among the ancient Egyptians, and supposed to be the inventor of writing and philosophy. He corresponded to the Mercury of the Romans, and was usually represented as a human figure with the head of an ibis or a lamb
• Theogonism
  Theogony.
• Throat
  The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column.
• Earthquave
  An earthquake.
• 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.
• Willow-weed
  A European species of loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris).
• Personifier
  One who personifies.
• Thin-skinned
  Having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable.
• THOMSONPROCESS
  A process of electric welding in which heat is developed by a large current passing through the metal.
• 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
• Thumbscrew
  A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger.

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