Judging from the thickness of his speech he had been drinking heavily. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Hair three quarters the length of the women, and of wonderful thickness, is common. From Wordnik.com. [Six Months in Mexico] Reference
The thickness is the reason that the soap looks more like an oval, rather than a cute little round. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-12-01] Reference
Add the turkey broth a little at a time, stirring constantly, until the desired thickness is reached. From Wordnik.com. [Oaxacan Black Mole: Mole Negro Oaxaqueño] Reference
The stones vary in thickness from two inches to six inches, and are approximately thirty inches wide. From Wordnik.com. [Bluestone Sidewalk Slates Available] Reference
To do this, roll the dough out to about 1 inch in thickness, wrap tightly in plastic wrap, and freeze. From Wordnik.com. [a danish braid for the daring bakers] Reference
Her turrets (5¾ in. of iron in thickness) were fairly riddled, and came out of the contest mere sieves. From Wordnik.com. [The Attack on Charleston] Reference
FLOOR TILLERING Shaving the belly of each limb to achieve the correct thickness is a process called tillering. From Wordnik.com. [Make a Homemade (and Deadly) Bow in Five Easy Steps] Reference
It averages approx. 1 inch in thickness and will turn or absorb lighter bullets, well, except the younger pigs. From Wordnik.com. [.270 vs.] Reference
Mesh is not necessary unless the stuco will be an inch or more in thickness, which would be very unusual. sparks. From Wordnik.com. [applying stucco over old brick] Reference
On the ground before me was a bar of iron, as big in thickness as my arm, and a long step away was another bar of iron —. From Wordnik.com. [Nam-Bok the Unveracious] Reference
The peribolos wall, twenty-four feet in thickness, enclosed a quadrangular space of about fifty-five thousand square yards. From Wordnik.com. [Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers] Reference
Again, ginger is sliced to a paper thin thickness and treated to some mirrin (cooking rice wine) which brings on the blush. From Wordnik.com. [JFI ginger-avocado filled with myoga] Reference
On the ground before me was a bar of iron, as big in thickness as my arm, and a long step away was another bar of iron — —. From Wordnik.com. [Nam-Bok, The Liar] Reference
Electrons only affect layers of a few atoms, or at most tens of atoms, in thickness, and so are eminently suited for the purpose. From Wordnik.com. [G.P. Thomson - Nobel Lecture] Reference
It also used previous NASA airborne mapping of the edges of the Greenland ice sheets to determine how fast the thickness is changing. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Change Heats Up Again] Reference
If unavailable, I suggest substituting chile de arbol, which is of similar size and skin thickness and has a similar degree of "heat.". From Wordnik.com. [Goat and vegetable mole: Mole de caderas] Reference
Not only these cellars, but also the great wall of circuit twenty-four feet in thickness, were probably the work of the oppressed Hebrews. From Wordnik.com. [Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers] Reference
Glass goes green when it gets to a certain thickness. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2009 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
His head became his neck with no difference in thickness. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2008 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
Sanding to reduce the thickness is a time consuming business. From Wordnik.com. [ePHOTOzine News Feed] Reference
The obvious cause of the thickness is the Matrix's dual sliders. From Wordnik.com. [WMExperts] Reference
It should be fairly thin, but the thickness is a matter of taste. From Wordnik.com. [Homemade Corn Tortillas | Baking Bites] Reference
With a 10 nM thickness, that is an electric field of ~5 million volts per meter. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
The thickness was a little hard to measure but it's approximately a centimeter thick. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
To beings living in a two-dimensional world the idea of thickness would have no significance. From Wordnik.com. [The Fourth Dimension Simply Explained] Reference
Fill a tall glass with crushed ice and pour in coffee about a thumb’s thickness from the top. From Wordnik.com. [An Iced Coffee Primer] Reference
Doubtless from the idea of thickness, want of clearness; so, muddy is used for a state of inebriety. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc] Reference
Being finished on both sides, it gives to the mind the idea of thickness as well as length and breadth. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864] Reference
There is a much longer serpent or snake, but not more than four inches round in thickness, which is dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846] Reference
Was it thicker because of the migraine or as a result of the migraine or the thickness was the cause of the migraine?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2007] Reference
One of the most important, but most easily overlooked, forms of thickness is what I will call thickness for application. From Wordnik.com. [Rad Geek People's Daily] Reference
Disintegrated weathered rocks form a blanket of variable thickness, which is sometimes spoken of as the residual mantle, or. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
It's not any lighter feeling and the bulk from the thickness is the same, but the feel of the FUZE in hand is quite awesome. From Wordnik.com. [Mobility Site] Reference
It is powered by a 1.6 GHz processor and employs a hard-disk storage giving this baby a 35mm thickness, which is really thick. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
However with mill shop pieces, we have decided to use the same part number as long as the thickness is the same no matter where it goes. From Wordnik.com. [All Discussion Groups: Message List - root] Reference
The model just demands books of a certain thickness.). From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » (Many) Books Are Too Long] Reference
Probably part of a program to protect America’s essential capacity to manufacture clock movements over 12mm in thickness. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Regulation Gone Mad] Reference
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