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421. theophanīe n.

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A festival celebrating an appearance of God to man; Epiphany.

422. thē̆sis n.

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Mus. A lowering of the voice.

423. thēta n.

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(a) The name of the letter Θ in the Greek alphabet, theta; (b) the sign of the cross [based on the L transliteration of the Greek character; cp. tau n.]; (c) math. the arithmetical symbol for zero.

424. tī̆fō̆nik adj.

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Like a whirlwind, tempestuous.

425. timpanītēs n.

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Med. A disease in which the abdomen is distended by gas.

426. tiriake n.

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A drug used as an antidote for poisonous animal bites.

427. tisane n.

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(a) Shelled or cooked barley; (b) a medicinal drink made from shelled barley and water; tisane water; gruel tisane.

428. tisik(e adj.

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(a) Suffering from the disease phthisic; (b) as noun: one who suffers from the disease phthisic.

429. tītanos n.

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A name for magnesia, one of the two principal ingredients of the philosophers' stone.

430. titimal(le n.

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(a) One of several plants of the genus Euphorbia, spurge; (b) the plant genus Euphorbia.

431. Topikes n. plural

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Phil. The title of Aristotle's treatise on the use of commonplaces in dialectical argument.

432. topographīe n.

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The Topographia Hibernica of Giraldus Cambrensis; topographie of irlond.

433. tragelaphum n.

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Some kind of horned deer.

434. trēne n.

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(a) a lamentation, dirge, wailing; (b) Pl. The Biblical book of the Lamentations of Jeremiah; also, Jeremiah's dirge for Josiah [see Vulg. 2 Chron.35:25].

435. triapolitān adj.

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(a) Of or pertaining to a tripartite ecclesiastical metropolitan division; (b) as noun: one of a triad of ecclesiastical metropolitan seats.

436. trichiasī n.

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Med. The passage of hairs or of threads of mucus in urine, pilimiction.

437. xifion n.

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A medicinal plant, prob. of the genus Gladiolus; ?unbranched bur reed (Sparganium emersum).

438. xilobalsamum n.

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Wood or bark of the balsam tree (Commiphora meccanensis or opobalsamum).

439. xilocassie n.

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Bark from a tree, shrub, or plant of the genus Cassia.

440. zēl(e n.

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(a) Enthusiastic striving toward an objective, fervent commitment or resolve to obtain a result or to pursue a course of action; also, a resolve; an ardent desire or earnest intention; also…