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Department :: Department (v. i.) A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac..

Subdeposit :: Subdepartment (n.) A subordinate department; a bureau. See the Note under Bureau.

Myodynamics :: Myodynamics (n.) The department of physiology which deals with the principles of muscular contraction; the exercise of muscular force or contraction.

Polity :: Polity (n.) The form or constitution of the civil government of a nation or state; the framework or organization by which the various departments of government are combined into a systematic whole.

Carcinology :: Carcinology (n.) The department of zoology which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology..

Hygiene :: Hygiene (n.) That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of principles or rules designated for the promotion of health..

Department :: Department (v. i.) Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics..

Congregation :: Congregation (n.) A body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some department of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church..

Doctor :: Doctor (n.) An academical title, originally meaning a men so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it. Hence: One who has taken the highest degree conferred by a university or college, or has received a diploma of the highest degree; as, a doctor of divinity, of law, of medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Such diplomas may confer an honorary title only..

Dean :: Dean (n.) A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department..

Girondist :: Girondist (n.) A member of the moderate republican party formed in the French legislative assembly in 1791. The Girondists were so called because their leaders were deputies from the department of La Gironde.

Tocology :: Tocology (n.) The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition..

Milreis :: Milreis (n.) A Portuguese money of account rated in the treasury department of the United States at one dollar and eight cents; also, a Brazilian money of account rated at fifty-four cents and six mills..

Miasmology :: Miasmology (n.) That department of medical science which treats of miasma.

Treasury :: Treasury (n.) That department of a government which has charge of the finances.

Aerology :: Aerology (n.) That department of physics which treats of the atmosphere.

Arrondissement :: Arrondissement (n.) A subdivision of a department.

Language :: Language (n.) The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology..

Melodics :: Melodics (n.) The department of musical science which treats of the pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody..

Branch :: Branch (n.) Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.

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