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Thick :: Thick (v. t. & i.) To thicken.

Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men..

Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To strengthen; to confirm.

Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint..

Atheroma :: Atheroma (n.) A disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the arteries.

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

Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To make thick (in any sense of the word).

Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows..

Seminose :: Seminose (n.) A carbohydrate of the glucose group found in the thickened endosperm of certain seeds, and extracted as yellow sirup having a sweetish-bitter taste..

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

Splenius :: Splenium (n.) The thickened posterior border of the corpus callosum; -- so called in allusion to its shape.

Tuber :: Tuber (n.) A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of Tuberous..

Incrassate :: Incrassate (v. t.) To make thick or thicker; to thicken; especially, in pharmacy, to thicken (a liquid) by the mixture of another substance, or by evaporating the thinner parts..

Brain :: Brain (n.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three seg

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..

Jump :: Jump (v. t.) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.

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..

Elephantiasis :: Elephantiasis (n.) A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide..

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

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