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Thermopile :: Thermopile (n.) An instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slight differences and degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different capacities for the conduction of heat, connected with an astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric current induced in the system of bars when exposed even to the feeblest degrees of heat..

Bullion :: Bullion (n.) Base or uncurrent coin.

Flicker :: Flicker (v. i.) To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light..

Rheochord :: Rheochord (n.) A metallic wire used for regulating the resistance of a circuit, or varying the strength of an electric current, by inserting a greater or less length of it in the circuit..

Flue :: Flue (n.) An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage.

Current :: Current (a.) A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity..

Money :: Money (n.) Any written or stamped promise, certificate, or order, as a government note, a bank note, a certificate of deposit, etc., which is payable in standard coined money and is lawfully current in lieu of it; in a comprehensive sense, any currency usually and lawfully employed in buying and selling..

Eddy :: Eddy (n.) A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current..

Torrent :: Torrent (n.) Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence..

Pitot''s Tube :: Pitot's tube () A bent tube used to determine the velocity of running water, by placing the curved end under water, and observing the height to which the fluid rises in the tube; a kind of current meter..

Intercurrent :: Intercurrent (n.) Something intervening.

Bit :: Bit (v.) In the Southern and Southwestern States, a small silver coin (as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12 1/2 cents; also, the sum of 12 1/2 cents..

Spermist :: Spermist (n.) A believer in the doctrine, formerly current, of encasement in the male (see Encasement), in which the seminal thread, or spermatozoid, was considered as the real animal germ, the head being the true animal head and the tail the body..

Passable :: Passable (a.) Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current.

Occurrent :: Occurrent (n.) One who meets; hence, an adversary..

Roust :: Roust (n.) A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel..

Coin :: Coin (n.) A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; -- much used in a collective sense..

Excurrent :: Excurrent (a.) Running or flowing ou.

Underset :: Underset (n.) Undercurrent.

Concurrent :: Concurrent (a.) Meeting in one point.

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