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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,314 words match “TOM”

HOLOSTOME n.
One of the Holostomata.
HYPOSTOME; HYPOSTOMA n.
The lower lip of trilobites, crustaceans, etc.
HYSTEROTOMY n.
The Cæsarean section. See under Cæsarean.
ICHTHYOTOMIST n.
One skilled in ichthyotomy.
ICHTHYOTOMY n.
The anatomy or dissection of fishes. [R.]
INDUCTOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the degree or rate of electrical induction.
INTERATOMIC a.
Between atoms; situated, or acting, between the atoms of bodies; as, interatomic forces.
INTOMB v.
To place in a tomb; to bury; to entomb. See Entomb.
INTOMBMENT n.
See Entombment.
IRIDECTOMY n.
The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris in order to form an artificial pupil.
KATHETOMETER n.
Same as Cathetometer.
KELOTOMY n.
See Celotomy.
KERATOME n.
An instrument for dividing the cornea in operations for cataract.
KLEPTOMANIA n.
A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility. Wharton.
KLEPTOMANIAC n.
A person affected with kleptomania.
KYTOMITON n.
See Karyomiton.
LACTOMETER n.
An instrument for estimating the purity or richness of milk, as a measuring glass, a specific gravity bulb, or other apparatus.
LAPAROTOMY n.
A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Cæsarean section.
LARYNGECTOMY n.
Excision of the larynx.
LARYNGOTOME n.
An instrument for performing laryngotomy.
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