Tepid: alternatives and connections

The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of su…

The science which treats of rays of light, especially of the actinic or chemical rays.

To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat.

The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or th…

To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.

A kind of bath tub for sitting baths; a sitz bath.

Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.

To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.

To expose to the action of fumes; to treat with vapors, smoke, etc.; as, to bleach straw by fuming it with sulphur; to fill with fumes…

Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth in a great degree; very warm; -- opposed to cold, and exceeding warm in degr…

Exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; a sun bath.

Of or pertaining to Laodicea, a city in Phrygia Major; like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion.

Lukewarm; tepid.

Not copious or heavy; not dense; not inconsiderable; as, a light rain; a light snow; light vapors.

Moderately warm; not hot; tepid.

A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we rea…

Nearsightedness; shortsightedness; a condition of the eye in which the rays from distant object are brought to a focus before they rea…

Especially, emitting or darting rays of light or heat; issuing in beams or rays; beaming with brightness; emitting a vivid light or sp…