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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,314 words match “TOM”

GUNSTOME n.
A cannon ball; -- so called because originally made of stone. [Obs.] Shak.
HAEMACYTOMETER n.
An apparatus for determining the number of corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.
HAEMATOMETER n. 2 definitions
Same as Hemadynamometer.
HAEMOCYTOMETER n.
See Hæmacytometer.
HARMOTOME n.
A hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta, occurring usually in white cruciform crystals; cross-stone.
HECATOMB n.
e time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims. Slaughtered hecatombs around them bleed. Addison. More than a human hecatomb. Byron.
HECATOMPEDON n.
A name given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate.
HECTOMETER; HECTOMETRE n.
A measure of length, equal to a hundred meters. It is equivalent to 328.09 feet.
HEKTARE; HEKTOGRAM; HEKTOLITER; HEKTOMETER n.
Same as Hectare, Hectogram, Hectoliter, and Hectometer.
HEMATOMA n.
A circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin.
HERNIOTOMY n.
A cutting for the cure or relief of hernia; celotomy.
HERPETOTOMIST n.
One who dissects, or studies the anatomy of, reptiles.
HERPETOTOMY n.
The anatomy or dissection of reptiles.
HEXATOMIC a. 2 definitions
Having six atoms in the molecule. [R.]
HIGH-STOMACHED a.
Having a lofty spirit; haughty. [Obs.] Shak.
HIPPOTOMY n.
Anatomy of the horse.
HISTOTOMY n.
The dissection of organic tissues.
HOLOSTOMATA n.
An artificial division of gastropods, including those that have an entire aperture.
HOLOSTOMATE a.
Same as Holostomatous.
HOLOSTOMATOUS a.
Having an entire aperture; -- said of many univalve shells.
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