thermocouple | (noun) a kind of thermometer consisting of two wires of different metals that are joined at both ends; one junction is at the temperature to be measured and the other is held at a fixed lower temperature; the current generated in the circuit is proportional to the temperature difference | Synonyms: thermocouple junction |
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turacou | (noun) large brightly crested bird of Africa | Synonyms: touraco, turaco, turakoo |
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uncouthness | (noun) inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor | Synonyms: boorishness |
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viscount | (noun) a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron | - |
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(noun) (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count | - |
viscountcy | (noun) the title of a viscount | - |
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(noun) the dignity or rank or position of a viscount or viscountess | Synonyms: viscounty |
viscountess | (noun) a noblewoman holding the rank of viscount in her own right | - |
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(noun) a wife or widow of a viscount | - |
viscounty | (noun) the domain controlled by a viscount or viscountess | - |
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(noun) the dignity or rank or position of a viscount or viscountess | Synonyms: viscountcy |
viscousness | (noun) resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow) | Synonyms: viscosity |
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watercourse | (noun) a conduit through which water flows | Synonyms: waterway |
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(noun) a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth | Synonyms: stream |
(noun) natural or artificial channel through which water flows | - |