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Word Meanings - INTERSTICE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

interval; inter between + sistere to set, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. 1. That which intervenes between one thing and another; especially, a space between things closely set, or between the parts which compose a body; a narrow chink; a

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interval; inter between + sistere to set, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. 1. That which intervenes between one thing and another; especially, a space between things closely set, or between the parts which compose a body; a narrow chink; a crack; a crevice; a hole; an interval; as, the interstices of a wall. 2. An interval of time; specifically , in the plural, the intervals which the canon law requires between the reception of the various degrees of orders. Nonobservance of the interstices . . . is a sin. Addis & Arnold.

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    Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
  • THINKING
    Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being. -- Think"ing*ly, adv.
  • THEBAIC
    Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. This version is also called the Sahidic version.
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    In a thirsty manner.
  • THERMALLY
    In a thermal manner.
  • THORN-HEADED
    Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm , any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called also thornhead.
  • INTERVALLUM
    An interval. And a' shall laugh without intervallums. Shak. In one of these intervalla. Chillingworth.
  • INTERCOMMUNION
    Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities. Faber.
  • THIRD
    The third tone of the scale; the mediant. 4. pl. (more info) 1. The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided. 2. The sixtieth part of a second of time.
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    Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
  • INTERAMBULACRUM
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    To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave. Severed into stripes That interlaced each other. Cowper. The epic way is every where interlaced with dialogue. Dryden. Interlacing arches
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  • THRYFALLOW
    To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. Tusser.
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    Pertaining to, or connected with, the regulation of temperature in the animal body; as, the thermotaxic nervous system.
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    The objective case of they. See They. Go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. Matt. xxv. 9. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father. Matt. xxv. 34. Note: Them is poetically used
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  • THYROIDEAL
    Thyroid.
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  • INTERAMBULACRAL
    Of or pertaining to the interambulacra.
  • LETHARGIC; LETHARGICAL
    Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, lethargy; morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy. -- Le*thar"gic*al*ly, v. -- Le*thar"gic*al*ness, n. -- Le*thar"gic*ness, n.
  • BREATHE
    Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3.
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    Posthumos. I. Watts. Fuller.
  • PROGNATHIC
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    Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants.
  • AETHER
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    Bold; forward; aggressive.
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    The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of color. Syn. -- Zeal; ardor; fervor; fervency; heat; glow; earnestness; cordiality; animation; eagerness; excitement;
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