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Vortex :: Vortex (n.) A supposed collection of particles of very subtile matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or a planet. Descartes attempted to account for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it, by a theory of vortices..

Aura :: Aura (n.) Any subtile, invisible emanation, effluvium, or exhalation from a substance, as the aroma of flowers, the odor of the blood, a supposed fertilizing emanation from the pollen of flowers, etc..

Effluvium :: Effluvium (a.) Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage..

Etherealize :: Etherealize (v. t.) To convert into ether, or into subtile fluid; to saturate with ether..

Penetrating :: Penetrating (a.) Having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading; sharp; subtile; penetrative; as, a penetrating odor..

Sophistical :: Sophistical (a.) Of or pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry; fallaciously subtile; not sound.

Subtilty :: Subtilty (n.) The quality or state of being subtile; thinness; fineness; as, the subtility of air or light..

Subtility :: Subtilism (n.) The quality or state of being subtile; subtility; subtlety.

Subtiliate :: Subtile (a.) Sly; artful; cunning; crafty; subtle; as, a subtile person; a subtile adversary; a subtile scheme..

Heat :: Heat (n.) A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its nature heat is a mode if motion, being in general a form of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was given the name caloric..

Fine :: Fine (superl.) Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.

Subtile :: Subtile (a.) Thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile vapor; a subtile medium..

Penetrancy :: Penetrancy (n.) The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power of quality; as, the penetrancy of subtile effluvia..

Subtilization :: Subtilization (n.) The act of making subtile.

Aroma :: Aroma (n.) Fig.: The fine diffusive quality of intellectual power; flavor; as, the subtile aroma of genius..

Penetrant :: Penetrant (a.) Having power to enter or pierce; penetrating; sharp; subtile; as, penetrant cold..

Tenuous :: Tenuous (a.) Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.

Imponderable :: Imponderable (n.) An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism, regarded as subtile fluids destitute of weight but in modern science little used..

Sotil :: Sotil (a.) Subtile.

Subtile :: Subtile (a.) Characterized by nicety of discrimination; discerning; delicate; refined; subtle.

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