Acrolithan :: Acrolithan (a.) Alt. of Acrolithi.

Athanasian :: Athanasian (a.) Of or pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4th century..

Athanor :: Athanor (n.) A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain uniform and durable heat..

Chlormethane :: Chlormethane (n.) A colorless gas, CH3Cl, of a sweet odor, easily condensed to a liquid; -- called also methyl chloride..

Cisleithan :: Cisleithan (a.) On the Austrian side of the river Leitha; Austrian.

Elizabethan :: Elizabethan (a.) Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers, drama, literature..

Elizabethan :: Elizabethan (n.) One who lived in England in the time of Queen Elizabeth.

Ethane :: Ethane (n.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6, forming a constituent of ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin series, and its most important derivatives are common alcohol, aldehyde, ether, and acetic acid. Called also dimethyl..

Euthanasia :: Euthanasia (n.) An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired.

Euthanasy :: Euthanasy (n.) Same as Euthanasia.

Hydroxanthane :: Hydroxanthane (n.) A persulphocyanate.

Lanthanite :: Lanthanite (n.) Hydrous carbonate of lanthanum, found in tabular while crystals..

Lanthanum :: Lanthanum (n.) A rare element of the group of the earth metals, allied to aluminium. It occurs in certain rare minerals, as cerite, gadolinite, orthite, etc., and was so named from the difficulty of separating it from cerium, didymium, and other rare elements with which it is usually associated. Atomic weight 138.5. Symbol La..

Leviathan :: Leviathan (n.) An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of Scripture..

Leviathan :: Leviathan (n.) The whale, or a great whale..

Malamethane :: Malamethane (n.) A white crystalline substance forming the ethyl salt of malamic acid.

Methane :: Methane (n.) A light, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, CH4; marsh gas. See Marsh gas, under Gas..

Nitromethane :: Nitromethane (n.) A nitro derivative of methane obtained as a mobile liquid; -- called also nitrocarbol.

Oxamethane :: Oxamethane (n.) Ethyl oxamate, obtained as a white scaly crystalline powder..

Pickthank :: Pickthank (n.) One who strives to put another under obligation; an officious person; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively..

Sathanas :: Sathanas (n.) Satan.

Shorthand :: Shorthand (n.) A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography..

Than :: Than (conj.) 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, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer than that y

Than :: Than (adv.) Then. See Then.

Thanage :: Thanage (n.) The district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.

Thanatoid :: Thanatoid (a.) Deathlike; resembling death.

Thanatology :: Thanatology (n.) A description, or the doctrine, of death..

Thanatopsis :: Thanatopsis (n.) A view of death; a meditation on the subject of death.

Thane :: Thane (n.) A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place..

Thanedom :: Thanedom (n.) The property or jurisdiction of a thane; thanage.

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