Rarefy

  • 41rarify — verb see rarefy …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 42Arto Lindsay — (born May 28, 1953, Richmond, Virginia) is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He has a distinctive soft voice and an often noisy, self taught guitar style comprised almost entirely of extended techniques,… …

    Wikipedia

  • 43Airstream mechanism — In phonetics, the airstream mechanism is the method by which airflow is created in the vocal tract. Along with phonation, it is one of two mandatory aspects of sound production; without these, there can be no speech sound. The organ generating… …

    Wikipedia

  • 44Steam whistle — A steam whistle is a device used to produce sound with the aid of live steam. Unlike a horn, the sounding mechanism of a whistle contains no moving parts (compare to train horn).The whistle consists of the following main parts, as seen on the… …

    Wikipedia

  • 45Aræotic — Aræotics, in pre modern medicine, were remedies believed to open up the Sweat pores of the skin, rendering them large enough for diseased matter to be carried off by sweat or perspiration[citation needed]. Such treatments were also believed to… …

    Wikipedia

  • 46Stellar birthline — The stellar birthline is a predicted line on the Hertzsprung Russell diagram that relates the colour and luminosity of protostars at the end of the initial phase of accretion onto them. [cite journal | author = Stahler, S.W. | year = 1983 |… …

    Wikipedia

  • 47rarefiable — See rarefy. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 48dhē- — To set, put. Contracted from *dheə₁ . Derivatives include deed, doom, fashion, defeat, feckless, sacrifice, satisfy, face, and synthesis. I. Basic form …

    Universalium

  • 49rarefaction — rarefactional, adj. rarefactive /rair euh fak tiv/, adj. /rair euh fak sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of rarefying. 2. the state of being rarefied. [1595 1605; < ML rarefaction (s. of rarefactio), equiv. to L rarefact(us) (ptp. of rarefacere;&#8230; …

    Universalium

  • 50rarefied — /rair euh fuyd /, adj. 1. extremely high or elevated; lofty; exalted: the rarefied atmosphere of a scholarly symposium. 2. of, belonging to, or appealing to an exclusive group; select; esoteric: rarefied tastes. [1625 35; RAREFY + ED2] * * * …

    Universalium