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n. [ Aëro- + lithology. ] The science of aërolites. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Alcohol + -meter. ] (Chem.) An instrument for determining the strength of spirits, with a scale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of pure alcohol, either by weight or volume. It is usually a form of hydrometer with a special scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, a. Relating to the alcoholometer or alcoholometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

The alcoholometrical strength of spirituous liquors. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process or method of ascertaining the proportion of pure alcohol which spirituous liquors contain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to anthology; consisting of beautiful extracts from different authors, especially the poets. [ 1913 Webster ]

He published a geographical and anthological description of all empires and kingdoms . . . in this terrestrial globe. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who compiles an anthology. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 1. compile an anthology. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. 'anqolo`gos flower gathering; 'a`nqos flower + le`gein to gather. ] 1. A discourse on flowers. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A collection of flowers; a garland. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams; -- particularly applied to a collection of ancient Greek epigrams. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Gr. Ch.) A service book containing a selection of pieces for the festival services. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + -logy. See Anthropomorphism. ] The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Astro- + lithology. ] The science of aërolites. [ 1913 Webster ]

Time of the festival of St. Bartholomew, August 24th. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cacholong, said to be from Cach, the name of a river in Bucharia + cholon, a Calmuck word for stone; or fr. a Calmuck word meaning “beautiful stone” ] (Min.) An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ka`rfos any small dry body + -logy: cf. F. carphologie. ] (Med.) See Floccillation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, bile + &unr_; color. ] (Physiol.) See Bilirubin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, bile + &unr_; dusky. ] (Physiol.) See Bilirubin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Pertaining to, or connected with, conchology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One who studies, or is versed in, conchology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Conch + -logy. ] (Zool.) The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as demythologization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms.
Syn. -- demythologisation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to remove the mythical elements from; -- of writings, such as the Bible. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. having mythical elements removed. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ } a. [ See Ethology. ] treating of, or pertaining to, ethnic or morality, or the science of character. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. One who studies or writes upon ethology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a depicting of character; &unr_; custom, moral nature + &unr_; to speak. ] 1. A treatise on morality; ethics. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The science of the formation of character, national and collective as well as individual. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. euchologe. ] Euchology. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. euchologion, Gr. &unr_; prayer book; &unr_; prayer, vow (fr. &unr_; to pray) + &unr_; to say, speak. ] (Eccl.) A formulary of prayers; the book of offices in the Greek Church, containing the liturgy, sacraments, and forms of prayers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person skilled in or professing to be skilled in graphology. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. gra`fein to write + -logy: cf. F. graphologie. ] 1. The art of judging of a person's character, disposition, and aptitude from his handwriting; called graphoanalysis by its practitioners. Though its practitioners consider it a science, it is widely considered a pseudoscience, as is astrology. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. (Math.) The system or notation used in dealing with graphs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. (Linguistics) The study of systems of writing of languages; also called grammatology. [ PJC ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. helminthologique. ] Of or pertaining to helminthology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. helminthologiste. ] One versed in helminthology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a worm + -logy: cf. F. helminthologie. ] The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hemi- + holohedral. ] (Crystallog.) Presenting hemihedral forms, in which half the sectants have the full number of planes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "i`ppos horse + E. pathology: cf. F. hippopathologie.] The science of veterinary medicine; the pathology of the horse. [1913 Webster]

A combining form fr. Gr. "o`los whole. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Holo + -blast. ] (Biol.) an ovum composed entirely of germinal matter. See Meroblast. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to meroblastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. holocaustum, Gr. &unr_;, neut. of &unr_;, &unr_;, burnt whole; "o`los whole + kaysto`s burnt, fr. kai`ein to burn (cf. Caustic): cf. F. holocauste.] 1. A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations. Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.] [1913 Webster]

3. Specifically: The mass killing of millions of Jews by the Nazis during the period from 1933 to 1945 in Germany and German-occupied lands; usually referred to as The Holocaust. In Hebrew, the same event is referred to by the word Shoah. [PJC]

n. 1. The geological period comprising approximately the last 10, 000 years.
Syn. -- Holocene epoch, Recent epoch. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family of fish including the squirrelfishes and soldierfishes.
Syn. -- family Holocentridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. The type genus of the family Holocentridae, comprising some of the squirrelfishes.
Syn. -- genus Holocentrus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A member of the Holocephali, fish with high compressed heads and a bodies tapering off into a long tail. See also Hoocephali. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. "o`los whole + kefalh` head.] (Zool.) An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among living species, only the chimæras; -- called also Holocephala. See Chimæra; also Illustration in Appendix. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Holo- + Gr. kry`ptein to conceal. ] Wholly or completely concealing; incapable of being deciphered. [ 1913 Webster ]

Holocryptic cipher, a cipher so constructed as to afford no clew to its meaning to one ignorant of the key. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Holo + crystalline. ] (Min.) Completely crystalline; -- said of a rock like granite, all the constituents of which are crystalline.

n. A photographic image giving the observer a seemingly three-dimensional view of the represented object. The three-dimensional effect is produced by exposing a photographic recording medium to an interference pattern generated by a coherent beam of light (as from a laser) reflected from the subject, interacting with a beam directly from the source. The full three-dimensional effect requires illumination of the image with coherent light, but less perfect three-dimensional visual effects may also be observed when the hologram is illuminated with white light. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. holographus entirely autograph, Gr. "olo`grafos; "o`los whole + gra`fein to write: cf. F. holographe, olographe. ] 1. A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it purports to be. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To produce a holographic image of, by holography. [ PJC ]