Words starting with therm
5 letter words starting with therm
- therm — any of several units of heat, as one equivalent to 1000 large calories or 100,000 British thermal units.
6 letter words starting with therm
7 letter words starting with therm
- thermae — hot springs; hot baths.
- thermal — Also, thermic. of, relating to, or caused by heat or temperature: thermal capacity.
- thermel — thermocouple.
- thermic — thermal (def 1).
- thermit — a mixture of aluminium powder and a metal oxide, such as iron oxide, which when ignited reacts with the evolution of heat to yield aluminium oxide and molten metal: used for welding and in some types of incendiary bombs
8 letter words starting with therm
- thermals — Also, thermic. of, relating to, or caused by heat or temperature: thermal capacity.
- thermate — a mixture of thermite and other oxidizing agents used as filling for incendiary munitions.
- thermion — an ion emitted by incandescent material.
- thermite — a mixture of finely-divided metallic aluminum and ferric oxide that when ignited produces extremely high temperatures as the result of the union of the aluminum with the oxygen of the oxide: used in welding, incendiary bombs, etc.
9 letter words starting with therm
- thermette — a device, used outdoors, for boiling water rapidly
- thermidor — Also called Fervidor. (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the 11th month of the year, extending from July 19 to August 17.
- thermoset — a material, esp a synthetic plastic or resin, that hardens permanently after one application of heat and pressure
- thermotic — of, related to or produced by heat
10 letter words starting with therm
- thermalize — to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which neutrons lose energy in a moderator and become thermal neutrons
- thermionic — an ion emitted by incandescent material.
- thermistor — a resistor whose action depends upon changes of its resistance material with changes in temperature.
- thermoform — to shape (especially plastic) by the use of heat and pressure.
- thermogram — a graphic or visual record produced by thermography.
11 letter words starting with therm
- thermically — in a thermic manner
- thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
- thermobaric — (of an explosive device or explosion) detonated by means of an explosive substance reacting spontaneously with air
- thermocline — a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below.
- thermoduric — (of certain microorganisms) able to survive high temperatures, as during pasteurization.
12 letter words starting with therm
- thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
- thermidorian — a member of the French moderate group who participated in the downfall of Robespierre and his followers on the 9th Thermidor (July 27th), 1794.
- thermocouple — a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the force being related to the temperature difference: used to determine the temperature of a third substance by connecting it to the junction of the metals and measuring the electromotive force produced.
- thermography — a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
- thermohaline — relating to both the temperature and salinity of ocean water
13 letter words starting with therm
- thermesthesia — ability to perceive or sense cold or heat; sensitiveness to heat.
- thermoammeter — an ammeter that measures amperage by means of a thermocouple.
- thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
- thermocurrent — a thermoelectric current.
- thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
14 letter words starting with therm
- thermaesthesia — ability to perceive or sense cold or heat; sensitiveness to heat.
- thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
- thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
- thermochromism — a phenomenon in which certain dyes made from liquid crystals change colour reversibly when their temperature is changed
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
15 letter words starting with therm
- thermanesthesia — loss of ability to feel cold or heat; loss of the sense or feeling of temperature.
- thermobarograph — a device that simultaneously records the temperature and pressure of the atmosphere
- thermobarometer — Also called hypsometer. an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, and sometimes altitude, from its effect upon the boiling point of a liquid.
- thermochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with the relationship between chemical action and heat.
- thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
16 letter words starting with therm
- thermoacidophile — any organism, especially a type of archaebacterium, that thrives in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures.
- thermoanesthesia — thermanesthesia.
- thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
17 letter words starting with therm
- thermocoagulation — the coagulation of tissue by heat-producing high-frequency electric currents, used therapeutically to remove small growths or to create specific lesions in the brain.
- thermoelectricity — electricity generated by heat or temperature difference, as in a thermocouple.
- thermoperiodicity — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
18 letter words starting with therm
- thermoelectrometer — an instrument for measuring a charge or voltage by means of the heat it produces in a resistance.
- thermogalvanometer — a thermoammeter for measuring small currents, consisting of a thermocouple connected to a direct-current galvanometer.
- thermoluminescence — phosphorescence produced by the heating of a substance.
- thermoluminescence dating — a method of dating archaeological specimens, chiefly pottery, by measuring the radiation given off by ceramic materials as they are heated.
19 letter words starting with therm
- thermoelectromotive — designating or of the electromotive force produced by a thermocouple
- thermoelectromotive force — the electromotive force developed by the thermoelectric effect.
21 letter words starting with therm
- thermophosphorescence — thermoluminescence.
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