Agnomen :: Agnomen (n.) An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus..

Agnomen :: Agnomen (n.) An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just..

Agnominate :: Agnominate (v. t.) To name.

Agnomination :: Agnomination (n.) A surname.

Agnomination :: Agnomination (n.) Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination..

Chirognomy :: Chirognomy (n.) The art of judging character by the shape and appearance of the hand.

Cognomen :: Cognomen (n.) The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family..

Cognomen :: Cognomen (n.) A surname.

Cognominal :: Cognominal (a.) Of or pertaining to a cognomen; of the nature of a surname.

Cognominal :: Cognominal (n.) One bearing the same name; a namesake.

Cognomination :: Cognomination (n.) A cognomen or surname.

Craniognomy :: Craniognomy (n.) The science of the form and characteristics of the skull.

Gnome :: Gnome (n.) An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc..

Gnome :: Gnome (n.) A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance..

Gnome :: Gnome (n.) A small owl (Glaucidium gnoma) of the Western United States.

Gnome :: Gnome (n.) A brief reflection or maxim.

Gnomic :: Gnomic (a.) Alt. of Gnomica.

Gnomical :: Gnomical (a.) Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic..

Gnomical :: Gnomical (a.) Gnomonical.

Gnomically :: Gnomically (adv.) In a gnomic, didactic, or sententious manner..

Gnomologic :: Gnomologic (a.) Alt. of Gnomologica.

Gnomological :: Gnomological (a.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a gnomology..

Gnomology :: Gnomology (n.) A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections..

Gnomon :: Gnomon (n.) The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis..

Gnomon :: Gnomon (n.) A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by measuring the length of its shadow..

Gnomon :: Gnomon (n.) The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df..

Gnomon :: Gnomon (n.) The index of the hour circle of a globe.

Gnomonic :: Gnomonic (a.) Alt. of Gnomonica.

Gnomonical :: Gnomonical (a.) Of or pertaining to the gnomon, or the art of dialing..

Gnomonically :: Gnomonically (adv.) According to the principles of the gnomonic projection.

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