Word Meanings - SPECIFIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug; the specific distinction between virtue and vice.
- Thalian
Of or pertaining to Thalia; hence, of or pertaining to comedy; comic. - Thoroughpin
A disease of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; -- probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of t - Theocracy
Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity. - Throve
of Thrive - Thermochemic
Alt. of Thermochemical - Thuyin
A substance extracted from trees of the genus Thuja, or Thuya, and probably identical with quercitrin. - Animalize
To endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form. - Thinking
of Think - Than
A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, ho - Thousand legs
A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm. - Theological
Of or pertaining to theology, or the science of God and of divine things; as, a theological treatise. - Throbbed
of Throb - Thermolyze
To subject to thermolysis; to dissociate by heat. - Thylacine
The zebra wolf. See under Wolf. - THOMASPHOSPHATETHOMASSLAG
Same as Basic slag, above. - Constitutionality
The quality or state of being constitutional, or inherent in the natural frame. - Thionic
Of or pertaining to sulphur; containing or resembling sulphur; specifically, designating certain of the thio compounds; as, the thionic acids. Cf. Dithionic, Trithionic, Tetrathionic, etc. - Thanksgive
To give or dedicate in token of thanks. - Thrash
Alt. of Thresh - Theophanic
Of or pertaining to a theopany; appearing to man, as a god.
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