Definition of Thermites

1. thermite [n] - See also: thermite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thermites

thermionic current
thermionic emission
thermionic tube
thermionic vacuum tube
thermionic valve
thermionic valves
thermionics
thermions
thermister
thermisters
thermistor
thermistors
thermit
thermitase
thermite
thermites (current term)
thermits
thermo-
thermoacidophile
thermoacidophiles
thermoacoustic
thermoacoustics
thermoacoustimetry
thermoactivated
thermoalgesia
thermoanalgesia
thermoanalytical
thermoanesthesia
thermobaric
thermobaric bomb

Literary usage of Thermites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rural Economy, in Its Relations with Chemistry, Physics, and Meteorology by Jean Baptiste Boussingault (1845)
"Some years ago the thermites, or white ants, spread in such strength through the docks and arsenals of Rochelle and Rochefort, that in a very short space of ..."

2. Rural Economy: In Its Relations with Chemistry, Physics, and Meteorology by Jean Baptiste Boussingault, George Law (1865)
"Some years ago the thermites, or white ants, spread in such strength through the docks and arsenals of Rochelle and Rochefort, that in a very short space of ..."

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