Thesaurus / thickenings
FEEDBACKsynonyms for thickenings
synonyms for thickenings
- advance
- advancement
- expansion
- gain
- hike
- improvement
- increase
- production
- prosperity
- rise
- success
- surge
- aggrandizement
- augmentation
- boost
- buildup
- crop
- cultivation
- enlargement
- evolution
- extension
- flowering
- germination
- maturation
- multiplication
- produce
- proliferation
- sprouting
- stretching
- swell
- thickening
- unfolding
- vegetation
- waxing
- widening
- beefing up
- evolvement
- fleshing out
- heightening
- maturing
- up
- upping
- Cancer
- cancroid
- excrescence
- fibrousness
- fungus
- lump
- mole
- outgrowth
- parasite
- polyp
- swelling
- thickening
- wen
- fibrous tissue
antonyms for thickenings
MOST RELEVANT
- decline
- decrease
- failure
- halt
- loss
- stagnation
- stop
- worsening
- abridgment
- compression
- destruction
- reduction
- abatement
- diminishment
- lessening
- underdevelopment
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How to use thickenings in a sentence
In the new wing, protected by these thickenings, are air-tubes, which divide and branch into all parts of the wing.
LITTLE BUSYBODIESJEANETTE AUGUSTUS MARKS AND JULIA MOODYThese thickenings are the first rudiments of the ventral nerve ganglia.
THE WORKS OF FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOUR, VOLUME 1FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOURThe ventral ganglionic thickenings are now developed in all the segments in the abdominal as well as in the thoracic region.
THE WORKS OF FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOUR, VOLUME 1FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOURThe central thickenings constitute the so-called nuclear plate.
THE WORKS OF FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOUR, VOLUME II (OF 4)FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOURThese thickenings appear to give origin to the lateral ciliated plates.
THE WORKS OF FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOUR, VOLUME II (OF 4)FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOURThe latter arises as two independent thickenings of the epiblast, one on each side of the ventral furrow (fig. 157, Vg).
THE WORKS OF FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOUR, VOLUME II (OF 4)FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOURThe supra-œsophageal ganglia are formed independently of the ventral cords as two thickenings of the procephalic lobes (fig. 205).
THE WORKS OF FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOUR, VOLUME II (OF 4)FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOURThe supra-œsophageal ganglia originate as thickenings of the epiblast of the procephalic lobes.
THE WORKS OF FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOUR, VOLUME II (OF 4)FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOURSpecial thickenings of the diffuse nervous layer of the epidermis occur in certain regions and along certain lines.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 3, PART 1, SLICE 2VARIOUSMany diatoms possess thickenings of the cell-wall, visible in the valve view, in the centre of the valve and at each extremity.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 8, SLICE 4VARIOUS