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n. [ Acetic + phenyl + one. ] (Chem.) A crystalline ketone, CH3.CO.C6H5, which may be obtained by the dry distillation of a mixture of the calcium salts of acetic and benzoic acids. It is used as a hypnotic under the name of hypnone. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; that may be increased + &unr_; sound, voice. ] A pneumatic reproducer for a phonograph, controlled by the recording stylus on the principle of the relay. It produces much clearer and louder tones than does the ordinary vibrating disk reproducer. [ obsolescent ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Chætopoda. -- n. One of the Chætopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; hair + -poda. ] (Zool.) A very extensive order of Annelida (segmented worms), characterized by the presence of lateral setæ, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligochæta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polychæta, including most of the marine species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The hair on the forepart of the head; esp., a tuft or lock of hair which hangs over the forehead, as of a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That part of a headdress that is in front; the top of a periwig. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) The platform at the head of the foremast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) A modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gamete + Gr. fyto`n plant. ] (Bot.) In the alternation of generations in plants, that generation or phase which bears sex organs and produces gametes. In the lower plants, as the algæ, the gametophyte is the conspicuous part of the plant body; in mosses it is the so-called moss plant; in ferns it is reduced to a small, early perishing body; and in seed plants it is usually microscopic or rudimentary. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The roof of a house, especially the flat part of a roof; as, shout it from the housetops. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Kinetic, Phone. ] A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds. It has been superseded by recording techniques allowing the sounds to be recorded directly on the motion-picture film. [ obsolescent ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; meta` with, between + &unr_; opening, hole, the hole in the frieze between the beam ends. ] 1. (Arch.) The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust. of Entablature. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The face of a crab. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the Parthenon, groups of centaurs and heroes in high relief occupy the metopes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; the forehead. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the forehead or frontal bones; frontal; as, the metopic suture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; the forehead + -mancy. ] Fortune telling by physiognomy. [ R. ] Urquhart. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or relating to metoposcopy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in metoposcopy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; observing the forehead; &unr_; the forehead + &unr_; to view: cf. F. métoposcopie. ] The study of physiognomy; the art of discovering the character of persons by their features, or the lines of the face. [ 1913 Webster ]