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Full :: Full (n.) To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a mill..

Pseudo-bulb :: Pseudo-bulb (n.) An aerial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic orchidaceous plants..

Coagulation :: Coagulation (n.) The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification..

Curd :: Curd (n.) The coagulated or thickened part of milk, as distinguished from the whey, or watery part. It is eaten as food, especially when made into cheese..

Thickened :: Thickened (imp. & p. p.) of Thicke.

Incrassated :: Incrassated (a.) Thickened; becoming thicker.

Paunch :: Paunch (n.) The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper..

Corn :: Corn (n.) A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome..

Incrassation :: Incrassation (n.) The act or process of thickening or making thick; the process of becoming thick or thicker.

Roux :: Roux (n.) A thickening, made of flour, for soups and gravies..

Heteroptera :: Heteroptera (n. pl.) A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera..

Footing :: Footing (n.) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot..

Pterostigma :: Pterostigma (n.) A thickened opaque spot on the wings of certain insects.

Thicken :: Thicken (v. i.) To become thick.

Heteracanth :: Heteracanth (a.) Having the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides..

Incrassative :: Incrassative (a.) Having the quality of thickening; tending to thicken.

Torus :: Torus (n.) One of the ventral parapodia of tubicolous annelids. It usually has the form of an oblong thickening or elevation of the integument with rows of uncini or hooks along the center. See Illust. under Tubicolae.

Inspissate :: Inspissate (v. t.) To thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation..

Tapioca :: Tapioca (n.) A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of the cassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening for soups. See Cassava..

Inspissate :: Inspissate (a.) Thick or thickened; inspissated.

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