thickened bronchial arteries. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Flour-thickened gravy. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object), verb (used without object) : The plot thickens. From Dictionary.com.
"That's what I call thickened truth," said the American, looking solemnly round. From Wordnik.com. [Essays in Rebellion] Reference
The name thickened to a sob as he repeated it, and then suddenly he rose and cried in an awful voice, "Oh, I'm a fool!. From Wordnik.com. [The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable] Reference
I have let my son have the jacket as I have "thickened" some and it is a little tight on me now. From Wordnik.com. [Petzal's Picks For New Hunting Fashions] Reference
By the time the plot had "thickened" thus far, the scene changed, and we got to London at once. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot] Reference
"Just a drop!" she whispered, in a thickened whine. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
Once thickened, turn off heat and stir in sour cream. From Wordnik.com. [Dlisted - Be Very Afraid] Reference
The trees thickened and darkened as the day passed on. From Wordnik.com. [s Vacation] Reference
The skin appears moist, later dirty, scabby and thickened. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The ranks thickened, for the men out of the streets poured in. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The more I reflected, the more the darkness thickened about me. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The gravy may be thickened or not, according to individual taste. From Wordnik.com. [The Suffrage Cook Book] Reference
The crowd thickened, heads bobbing, faces now cheek to jowl. From Wordnik.com. [Roanne's Dream] Reference
The skin becomes greatly thickened and covered with crusts and scabs. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
In chronic tendinitis the tendon may be thickened and rough or knotty. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Juice, hot or cold, thickened when necessary with a little cornstarch. From Wordnik.com. [Armour's Monthly Cook Book, Volume 2, No. 12, October 1913 A Monthly Magazine of Household Interest] Reference
A pause thickened like a fog on the line between New York and Tel Aviv. From Wordnik.com. [Getaway] Reference
In the chronic form, a dirty, thickened, wrinkled skin is commonly observed. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The snow increased as the train sped on and the darkness gradually thickened. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
Later the skin is thickened, smooth, wrinkled, cracked, or covered with sores. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The liquor makes a delicious soup, thickened with two tablespoonfuls of flour. From Wordnik.com. [Things Mother Used to Make] Reference
They are 80,000 soldiers, and they will be thickened by an international force. From Wordnik.com. ['We Are at War'] Reference
Having acanthosis nigricans (dark, thickened skin around you neck or armpits). From Wordnik.com. [Could you have diabetes and not know it?] Reference
By the thin longitudinal lines decorating the thickened folds of intestine. From Wordnik.com. [What Hands Can Do] Reference
Although the designs vary, toners typically have strongly curved, thickened soles. From Wordnik.com. [Skechers Shape-Ups: A wobbly experience] Reference
In the chronic form the skin may become thickened and greatly changed in structure. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The plot thickened slightly when Jim Schefter's "" All Corvettes Are Red '' came out. From Wordnik.com. [Lifting Some Hoods] Reference
Light snow was falling and as it touched the ground it thickened into a crimson pool. From Wordnik.com. [The Door] Reference
She stepped back and fog thickened, tough not enough for her to lose sight of the mirror. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi - c.8: Realization] Reference
Simmer until the sauce has thickened and the vegetables are very tender, about 5 minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Big Girls, Small Kitchen: Making Fish (Meat) Balls with Economy Bites!] Reference
Later it may become more firm and feel like a loose, thickened, fibrous cap for the hock. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Two days later, with security thickened around Hitler, an officers 'bomb plot was abandoned. From Wordnik.com. [Almost Killing Hitler] Reference
Celery is also very nice stewed in broth or gravy and thickened with a little butter and flour. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
It's a slightly pungent, rich dip, thickened with bread, nuts, and oil, and flavored with paprika. From Wordnik.com. [Big Girls, Small Kitchen: Romesco, the Sauce of Summer] Reference
Independently of shortening, the disused wing-bones have actually thickened or increased in weight. From Wordnik.com. [Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin] Reference
It grew thinner in slow, afternoon-long decays, like an accordion exhaling, then thickened again at night. From Wordnik.com. [running, returning] Reference
His voice has thickened with age, his pace slowed by an abdominal aneurysm that nearly killed him last year. From Wordnik.com. [On the Road Again] Reference
His palms calloused, his hair grayed along the nape and behind his ears, his shoulders broadened, his waist thickened. From Wordnik.com. [Better] Reference
If the dictator has softened, however, the hard shell of corruption and cronyism surrounding his party, ZANU-PF, has thickened. From Wordnik.com. [Africa’s Worst Job] Reference
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