Definition of intense

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Intense (a.) Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; as: (a) Ardent; fervent; as, intense heat. (b) Keen; biting; as, intense cold. (c) Vehement; earnest; exceedingly strong; as, intense passion or hate. (d) Very severe; violent; as, intense pain or anguish. (e) Deep; strong; brilliant; as, intense color or light..

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Drummond Light :: Drummond light () A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called also oxycalcium light, or lime light..
Absinthium :: Absinthium (n.) The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood..
Prurigo :: Prurigo (n.) A papular disease of the skin, of which intense itching is the chief symptom, the eruption scarcely differing from the healthy cuticle in color..
Aconitine :: Aconitine (n.) An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite..
Cointense :: Cointense (a.) Equal in intensity or degree; as, the relations between 6 and 12, and 8 and 16, are cointense..
Deepen :: Deepen (v. t.) To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom..
Intensely :: Intensely (adv.) Intently.
Mitigate :: Mitigate (v. t.) To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief..
Acrolein :: Acrolein (n.) A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely irritating..
Deep :: Deep (superl.) Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror..
Lemon :: Lemon (n.) An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of the genus Citrus, the common fruit known in commerce being that of the species C. Limonum or C. Medica (var. Limonum). There are many varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet..
Intension :: Intension (n.) Increase of power or energy of any quality or thing; intenseness; fervency.
Buck Bean :: Buck bean () A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil; -- called also bog bean..
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
Nicotine :: Nicotine (n.) An alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco. It is a colorless, transparent, oily liquid, having an acrid odor, and an acrid burning taste. It is intensely poisonous..
Irradiation :: Irradiation (n.) The apparent enlargement of a bright object seen upon a dark ground, due to the fact that the portions of the retina around the image are stimulated by the intense light; as when a dark spot on a white ground appears smaller, or a white spot on a dark ground larger, than it really is, esp. when a little out of focus..
Intensification :: Intensification (n.) The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense..
Extremity :: Extremity (n.) The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form.
Beauxite :: Beauxite (n.) A ferruginous hydrate of alumina. It is largely used in the preparation of aluminium and alumina, and for the lining of furnaces which are exposed to intense heat..
Glow :: Glow (v. i.) To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.
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