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Of or relating to metoposcopy.

Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made with a microscope; as, microscopic observation.

By the microscope; with minute inspection; in a microscopic manner.

Hating or disliking mankind.

Arsenical iron pyrites; arsenopyrite.

Bearing fruit but once, and dying after fructification, as beans, maize, mustard, etc.

Having but one type; containing but one representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species.

A moving picture.

A series of pictures, usually photographs taken with a special machine, presented to the eye in very rapid succession, with some or all of the objects in the picture represented in slightly changed positions, producing, by persistence of vision, the optical effect of a continuous picture in which the objects move in so…

Pertaining to, or affected with, or characterized by, myopia; nearsighted. Myopic astigmatism, a condition in which the eye is affected with myopia in one meridian only.

Or or relating to post-mortem examinations.

region of the earth's surface which comprises most of South America, the Antilles, and tropical North America.

Turning or bending at night into special positions.

in of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods, or to Olympia, a small plain in Elis. Olympic games, or Olympics (Greek Antiq.), the greatest of the national festivals of the ancient Greeks, consisting of athletic games and races, dedicated to Olympian Zeus, celebrated once in four years at Olympia, and continuing five…

A modified revival of the ancient Olympian games, consisting of international athletic games, races, etc., now held once in four years, the first having been at Athens in 1896.

Of or pertaining to orthoëpy, or correct pronunciation. -- Or`tho*ëp"ic*al*ly, adv.

ng an image in correct or normal proportions; giving a flat field of view; as, an orthoscopic eyepiece.

Having the longer axis vertical; -- said of erect stems. Encyc. Brit.

To surpass nature in the picture or representation of. [Obs.] "O'erpicturing that Venus." Shak.

Serving to indicate the presence or the amount of ozone.