a. [ Gr.
a. (Biol.) Relating to bacterioscopy;
n. (Biol.) One skilled in bacterioscopic examinations. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a natural family comprising the froghoppers or spittlebugs.
n. a natural family of Old World monkeys including the guenon, baboon, colobus monkey, langur, macaque, mandrill, mangabey, patas, and proboscis monkey.
n. type genus of the
adj. reproducing the features of an original especially in an inferior manner.
n. [ From. Copy. ]
n. [ See Cope, n. ] (Arch.) The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called
a. [ L. copiosus, fr. copia abundance: cf. F. copieux. See Copy, Opulent. ] Large in quantity or amount; plentiful; abundant; fruitful. [ 1913 Webster ]
Kindly pours its copious treasures forth. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hail, Son of God, Savior of men! thy name
Shall be the copious matter of my song. Milton.
adv. In a copious manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being copious; abudance; plenty; also, diffuseness in style. [ 1913 Webster ]
To imitatethe copiousness of Homer. Dryden.
n. [ F. copiste. See Copy. ] A copier. [ Obs. ] “A copist after nature.” Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
☞ Some writers maintain that this word should be written, in the singular,
n. One skilled in, or who practices, cranioscopy. [ 1913 Webster ]
It was found of equal dimension in a literary man whose skull puzzied the cranioscopists. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a natural family of Atlantic fishes comprising the sand stargazers.
a. Pertaining to the dichroscope, or to observations with it. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Relating to, or made by means of, the electroscope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to endoscopy or an endoscope. [ PJC ]
n. [ L. episcopus bishop + caedere to kill. ] The killing of a bishop. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make a bishop of by consecration. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To perform the duties of a bishop. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to a galvanoscope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to gastroscopy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
a. Pertaining to the gyroscope; resembling the motion of the gyroscope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. hygroscopique. ]
n. (Bot.) The property possessed by vegetable tissues of absorbing or discharging moisture according to circumstances. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the inspection of the larynx; of or pertaining to the laryngoscope or laryngoscopy. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
n. One skilled in laryngoscopy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One versed in metoposcopy. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Microscopic. [ R. ] Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]
Why has not man a microscopic eye? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. By the microscope; with minute inspection; in a microscopic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One skilled in, or given to, microscopy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who interprets dreams. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Opt.) Giving an image in correct or normal proportions; giving a flat field of view;
a. [ Ozone + Gr.
a. Viewing all; taking a view of the whole. See under Camera. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Panto- + -scope + -ic. ] Literally, seeing everything; -- a term applied to eyeglasses or spectacles divided into two segments, the upper being designed for distant vision, the lower for vision of near objects. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. périscopique. ] Viewing all around, or on all sides. [ 1913 Webster ]
Periscopic spectacles (Opt.),
a. Of or pertaining to the photoscope or its uses. [ 1913 Webster ]