Aeroscope :: Aeroscope (n.) An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria, etc., suspended in the air..

Aethrioscope :: Aethrioscope (n.) An instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer. It is used for measuring changes of temperature produced by different conditions of the sky, as when clear or clouded..

Alethoscope :: Alethoscope (n.) An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations..

Altiscope :: Altiscope (n.) An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects.

Anemoscope :: Anemoscope (n.) An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind..

Angioscope :: Angioscope (n.) An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.

Anorthoscope :: Anorthoscope (n.) An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted..

Apocope :: Apocope (n.) The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word..

Apocope :: Apocope (n.) A cutting off; abscission.

Astroscope :: Astroscope (n.) An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated..

Auriscope :: Auriscope (n.) An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.

Baroscope :: Baroscope (n.) Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which rises and falls with atmospheric changes..

Ceraunoscope :: Ceraunoscope (n.) An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning.

Chromascope :: Chromascope (n.) An instrument for showing the optical effects of color.

Chromatoscope :: Chromatoscope (n.) A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star, instead of a point; -- used in studying the scintillation of the stars..

Chronoscope :: Chronoscope (n.) An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used in determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of short-lived luminous phenomena, etc..

Cope :: Cope (n.) A covering for the head.

Cope :: Cope (n.) Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door..

Cope :: Cope (n.) An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, where it is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions..

Cope :: Cope (n.) An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England..

Cope :: Cope (n.) The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold.

Cope :: Cope (v. i.) To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow.

Cope :: Cope (v. t.) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).

Cope :: Cope (v. i.) To exchange or barter.

Cope :: Cope (v. i.) To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.

Cope :: Cope (v. i.) To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed by with..

Cope :: Cope (v. t.) To bargain for; to buy.

Cope :: Cope (v. t.) To make return for; to requite; to repay.

Cope :: Cope (v. t.) To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.

Cope-chisel :: Cope-chisel (n.) A narrow chisel adapted for cutting a groove.

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