diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/equationOfState/icoPolynomial/icoPolynomial.C b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/equationOfState/icoPolynomial/icoPolynomial.C
index a227493a65..36ac002845 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/equationOfState/icoPolynomial/icoPolynomial.C
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/equationOfState/icoPolynomial/icoPolynomial.C
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ void icoPolynomial<PolySize>::write(Ostream& os) const
 {
     specie::write(os);
 
-    dictionary dict("equationOfState");
+    dictionaryEntry dict("equationOfState");
     dict.add
     (
         word("rhoCoeffs<" + Foam::name(PolySize) + '>'),
diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/equationOfState/incompressible/incompressible.C b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/equationOfState/incompressible/incompressible.C
index 4174ddfa97..8f658e92c1 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/equationOfState/incompressible/incompressible.C
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/equationOfState/incompressible/incompressible.C
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void Foam::incompressible::write(Ostream& os) const
 {
     specie::write(os);
 
-    dictionary dict("equationOfState");
+    dictionaryEntry dict("equationOfState");
     dict.add("rho", rho_);
 
     os  << dict;
diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/specie/specie.C b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/specie/specie.C
index cfd925ab19..e361c21bd7 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/specie/specie.C
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/specie/specie.C
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Foam::specie::specie(const dictionary& dict)
 
 void Foam::specie::write(Ostream& os) const
 {
-    dictionary dict("specie");
+    dictionaryEntry dict("specie");
     dict.add("nMoles", nMoles_);
     dict.add("molWeight", molWeight_);
     os  << dict;
diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/thermo/eConst/eConstThermo.C b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/thermo/eConst/eConstThermo.C
index a89059c52b..6f154ce181 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/thermo/eConst/eConstThermo.C
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/thermo/eConst/eConstThermo.C
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void Foam::eConstThermo<EquationOfState>::write(Ostream& os) const
 {
     EquationOfState::write(os);
 
-    dictionary dict("thermodynamics");
+    dictionaryEntry dict("thermodynamics");
     dict.add("Cv", Cv_);
     dict.add("Hf", Hf_);
     os  << dict;
diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/thermo/hConst/hConstThermo.C b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/thermo/hConst/hConstThermo.C
index 3f1b831e03..857d53eed6 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/thermo/hConst/hConstThermo.C
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/thermo/hConst/hConstThermo.C
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void Foam::hConstThermo<equationOfState>::write(Ostream& os) const
 {
     equationOfState::write(os);
 
-    dictionary dict("thermodynamics");
+    dictionaryEntry dict("thermodynamics");
     dict.add("Cp", Cp_);
     dict.add("Hf", Hf_);
     os  << dict;
diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/thermo/hPolynomial/hPolynomialThermo.C b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/thermo/hPolynomial/hPolynomialThermo.C
index 10d1a280b3..319c7af5fb 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/thermo/hPolynomial/hPolynomialThermo.C
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/thermo/hPolynomial/hPolynomialThermo.C
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ void Foam::hPolynomialThermo<EquationOfState, PolySize>::write
 {
     EquationOfState::write(os);
 
-    dictionary dict("thermodynamics");
+    dictionaryEntry dict("thermodynamics");
     dict.add("Hf", Hf_);
     dict.add("Sf", Sf_);
     dict.add
diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/thermo/janaf/janafThermo.C b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/thermo/janaf/janafThermo.C
index 895a886ca6..aa744f2532 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/thermo/janaf/janafThermo.C
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/thermo/janaf/janafThermo.C
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void Foam::janafThermo<EquationOfState>::write(Ostream& os) const
 {
     EquationOfState::write(os);
 
-    dictionary dict("thermodynamics");
+    dictionaryEntry dict("thermodynamics");
     dict.add("Tlow", Tlow_);
     dict.add("Thigh", Thigh_);
     dict.add("Tcommon", Tcommon_);
diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/transport/const/constTransport.C b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/transport/const/constTransport.C
index c6e028db30..373404d04b 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/transport/const/constTransport.C
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/transport/const/constTransport.C
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void Foam::constTransport<Thermo>::constTransport::write(Ostream& os) const
 
     Thermo::write(os);
 
-    dictionary dict("transport");
+    dictionaryEntry dict("transport");
     dict.add("mu", mu_);
     dict.add("Pr", 1.0/rPr_);
     os  << dict;
diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/transport/polynomial/polynomialTransport.C b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/transport/polynomial/polynomialTransport.C
index f7e823160d..98db9a794c 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/transport/polynomial/polynomialTransport.C
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/transport/polynomial/polynomialTransport.C
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void Foam::polynomialTransport<Thermo, PolySize>::write(Ostream& os) const
 
     Thermo::write(os);
 
-    dictionary dict("transport");
+    dictionaryEntry dict("transport");
     dict.add
     (
         word("muCoeffs<" + Foam::name(PolySize) + '>'),
diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/transport/sutherland/sutherlandTransport.C b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/transport/sutherland/sutherlandTransport.C
index ad0ea57d2b..bb63dbadac 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/transport/sutherland/sutherlandTransport.C
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/transport/sutherland/sutherlandTransport.C
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void Foam::sutherlandTransport<Thermo>::write(Ostream& os) const
 
     Thermo::write(os);
 
-    dictionary dict("transport");
+    dictionaryEnrtry dict("transport");
     dict.add("As", As_);
     dict.add("Ts", Ts_);
     os  << dict;