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

Aeroscopy :: Aeroscopy (n.) The observation of the state and variations of the atmosphere.

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

Astroscopy :: Astroscopy (n.) Observation of the stars.

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..

Baroscopic :: Baroscopic (a.) Alt. of Baroscopica.

Baroscopical :: Baroscopical (a.) Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope..

Cerebroscopy :: Cerebroscopy (n.) Examination of the brain for the diagnosis of disease; esp., the act or process of diagnosticating the condition of the brain by examination of the interior of the eye (as with an ophthalmoscope)..

Chiaroscurist :: Chiaroscurist (n.) A painter who cares for and studies light and shade rather than color.

Chiaroscuro :: Chiaroscuro (n.) Alt. of Chiaro-oscur.

Deuteroscopy :: Deuteroscopy (n.) Second sight.

Deuteroscopy :: Deuteroscopy (n.) That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense; the second intention; a hidden signification.

Dichroscope :: Dichroscope (n.) An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals.

Dichroscopic :: Dichroscopic (a.) Pertaining to the dichroscope, or to observations with it..

Electroscope :: Electroscope (n.) An instrument for detecting the presence of electricity, or changes in the electric state of bodies, or the species of electricity present, as by means of pith balls, and the like..

Electroscopic :: Electroscopic (a.) Relating to, or made by means of, the electroscope..

Fluoroscope :: Fluoroscope (n.) An instrument for observing or exhibiting fluorescence.

Gastroscope :: Gastroscope (n.) An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of the stomach.

Gastroscopic :: Gastroscopic (a.) Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.

Gastroscopy :: Gastroscopy (n.) Examination of the abdomen or stomach, as with the gastroscope..

Groschen :: Groschen (n.) A small silver coin and money of account of Germany, worth about two cents. It is not included in the new monetary system of the empire..

Gyroscope :: Gyroscope (n.) A rotating wheel, mounted in a ring or rings, for illustrating the dynamics of rotating bodies, the composition of rotations, etc. It was devised by Professor W. R. Johnson, in 1832, by whom it was called the rotascope..

Gyroscope :: Gyroscope (n.) A form of the above apparatus, invented by M. Foucault, mounted so delicately as to render visible the rotation of the earth, through the tendency of the rotating wheel to preserve a constant plane of rotation, independently of the earth's motion..

Gyroscopic :: Gyroscopic (a.) Pertaining to the gyroscope; resembling the motion of the gyroscope.

Heteroscian :: Heteroscian (n.) One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward)..

Hieroscopy :: Hieroscopy (n.) Divination by inspection of entrails of victims offered in sacrifice.

Horoscope :: Horoscope (n.) The representation made of the aspect of the heavens at the moment of a person's birth, by which the astrologer professed to foretell the events of the person's life; especially, the sign of the zodiac rising above the horizon at such a moment..

Horoscope :: Horoscope (n.) The diagram or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole circuit of the heavens was divided for the purposes of such prediction of fortune..

Horoscope :: Horoscope (n.) The planisphere invented by Jean Paduanus.

Horoscope :: Horoscope (n.) A table showing the length of the days and nights at all places.

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