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- pronunciation:
- thur
m
 l
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of, pertaining to, generating, utilizing, or resulting from heat.
Thermal currents in the air lifted the hawk higher and higher. |
| definition 2: |
designed to conserve heat, esp. of the body.
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(adj.)thermal
+ adverb
currently
(adj.)thermal
+ noun
activation,
analysis,
atom,
barrier,
bath,
beam,
blanket,
boot,
boundary,
burn,
camera,
capability,
capacity,
chamber,
characteristic,
chimney,
coating,
component,
condition,
conduction,
conductivity,
conductor,
contraction,
convection,
conversion,
current,
cycle,
cycling,
damage,
deformation,
density,
design,
detector,
device,
diffusion,
distortion,
dye,
dynamics,
effect,
efficiency,
electron,
electronics,
emission,
energy,
engine,
engineer,
engineering,
environment,
equilibrium,
expansion,
fax,
feature,
flow,
fluctuation,
gas,
glove,
goggle,
gradient,
heat,
heater,
heating,
imaging,
injury,
input,
insulation,
layer,
load,
management,
mass,
measurement,
motion,
neutron,
noise,
output,
panel,
performance,
photon,
physics,
plant,
plastic,
pollution,
pool,
power,
pressure,
printer,
processing,
property,
protection,
quantum,
radiation,
receiver,
reconditioning,
recovery,
relaxation,
resistance,
response,
rocket,
science,
sensor,
shield,
shirt,
shock,
sight,
source,
spa,
spectrometer,
spectrum,
spring,
stability,
storage,
stress,
suit,
system,
tank,
technique,
technology,
therapy,
tile,
tissue,
transfer,
treatment,
underwear,
unit,
updraft,
vent,
vibration,
wavelength,
wrap
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a warm upward-moving current of air, often occurring over plowed farmland.
His glider rode the thermals. |
| derivation: |
thermally (adv.) |
The word thermal
contains the following parts:
therm, thermo
Greek
root
that means heat, temperature
  Example words:
diathermy, endothermic, eurytherm, exothermic, geothermal, hypothermia, isotherm, isothermal, stenotherm, thermal, thermic, thermistor, thermocline, thermocouple, thermodynamics, thermoelectricity, thermograph, thermojunction, thermometer, thermonuclear, thermoplastic, thermoregulation, thermos, thermosetting, thermosphere, thermostat, thermotropism
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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