superl.
Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.
Next Wordn.
A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its nature heat is a mode if motion, being in general a form of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was given the name caloric. →
n.
A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part resembling a network. →
n.
An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. →
n.
A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor. →