Abaciscus :: Abaciscus (n.) One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.

Adosculation :: Adosculation (n.) Impregnation by external contact, without intromission..

Aesculapian :: Aesculapian (a.) Pertaining to Aesculapius or to the healing art; medical; medicinal.

Aesculapius :: Aesculapius (n.) The god of medicine. Hence, a physician..

Aesculin :: Aesculin (n.) Same as Esculin.

Arbuscular :: Arbuscular (a.) Of or pertaining to a dwarf tree; shrublike.

Ascus :: Ascus (n.) A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.

Asteriscus :: Asteriscus (n.) The smaller of the two otoliths found in the inner ear of many fishes.

Auscult :: Auscult (v. i. & t.) To auscultate.

Auscultate :: Auscultate (v. i. & t.) To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation.

Auscultation :: Auscultation (n.) The act of listening or hearkening to.

Auscultation :: Auscultation (n.) An examination by listening either directly with the ear (immediate auscultation) applied to parts of the body, as the abdomen; or with the stethoscope (mediate auscultation), in order to distinguish sounds recognized as a sign of health or of disease..

Auscultator :: Auscultator (n.) One who practices auscultation.

Auscultatory :: Auscultatory (a.) Of or pertaining to auscultation.

Bascule :: Bascule (n.) In mechanics an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls..

Bescumber :: Bescumber (v. t.) Alt. of Bescumme.

Bescummer :: Bescummer (v. t.) To discharge ordure or dung upon.

Bimuscular :: Bimuscular (a.) Having two adductor muscles, as a bivalve mollusk..

Biscuit :: Biscuit (n.) A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet, or fancy, formed into flat cakes, and bakes hard; as, ship biscuit..

Biscuit :: Biscuit (n.) A small loaf or cake of bread, raised and shortened, or made light with soda or baking powder. Usually a number are baked in the same pan, forming a sheet or card..

Biscuit :: Biscuit (n.) Earthen ware or porcelain which has undergone the first baking, before it is subjected to the glazing..

Biscuit :: Biscuit (n.) A species of white, unglazed porcelain, in which vases, figures, and groups are formed in miniature..

Biscutate :: Biscutate (a.) Resembling two bucklers placed side by side.

Camera Obscura :: Camera obscura () An apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the outlines may be traced..

Camera Obscura :: Camera obscura () An apparatus in which the image of an external object or objects is, by means of lenses, thrown upon a sensitized plate or surface placed at the back of an extensible darkened box or chamber variously modified; -- commonly called simply the camera..

Chiaro-oscuro :: Chiaro-oscuro (n.) The arrangement of light and dark parts in a work of art, such as a drawing or painting, whether in monochrome or in color..

Chiaro-oscuro :: Chiaro-oscuro (n.) The art or practice of so arranging the light and dark parts as to produce a harmonious effect. Cf. Clair-obscur.

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

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

Clair-obscur :: Clair-obscur (n.) See Chiaroscuro.

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