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Thick Skin: Smooth skin caused by too much fatty tissue between the layers of muscle and beneath the skin.

Tardive Dyskinesia: (tar-div dis-ki-ne-se-ah) A syndrome of potentially irreversible, involuntary, movements that may develop in patients treated with antipsychotic drugs. Characterized by abnormal, spasmodic, . . . View Full Definition

Skins: (also 'skin game, skins game') a type of competition or wager format where only a uniquely low score can win a hole

Skin: One of eleven major body organ systems in animals; the outermost layer protecting multicellular animals from the loss or exchange of internal fiuids and from invasion by foreign microorganis . . . View Full Definition

Thick: A relatively high level of solid material suspended in the coffee beverage. A result of fine particles of bean fiber and insoluble proteins present in substantial amounts. Most often charact . . . View Full Definition

Thick Negative: Antique term used to describe a dense negative.

Wall Thickness: Is equal to 1/2 the difference between the inside diameter and outside diameter of a chamber or tank. The actual gauge of the material used to make the vessel.

Thickness: The thickness of a layer in the atmosphere is proportional to the mean temperature of that whole layer. The layer most often used in meteorology is between 1000 and 500 millibars. There can . . . View Full Definition

Buskins: Originally called kothorni in Greek, the word buskins is a Renaissance term for the elegantly laced boots worn by actors in ancient Greek tragedy. The buskins later became elevator shoes tha . . . View Full Definition

Silverskin: The thin, innermost skin of the coffee fruit. It clings to the dried coffee beans until it is either removed by polishing or floats free during roasting and becomes what roasters call chaff.