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The science which treats of the laws relating to organic tissues, their formation, development, functions, etc.

ematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in s…

e, with course of life correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the duty imposed by conscience, position, or privilege. Say, what is honor 'T is the finest sense Of justice which the human mind can frame, Intent each lurking frailty to disclaim, And guard the way of life from all offense Suffered or done. Wordsworth…

A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook.

The science of measuring time, or the principles and art of constructing instruments for measuring and indicating portions of time, as clocks, watches, dials, etc.

ing frightful and shocking. How could this, in the sight of heaven, without horrors of conscience be uttered Milton.

ruction in classical and polite literature. Polished with humanity and the study of witty science. Holland.

An injury causing pain of mind or conscience; a slight; a stain; as of sin. But the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that Honor feels. Tennyson.

, England, who believed that the Hebrew Scriptures contained a complete system of natural science and of theology.

That branch of science, or of engineering, which treats of fluids in motion, especially of water, its action in rivers and canals, the works and machinery for conducting or raising it, its use as a prime mover, and the like.

That branch of the science of mechanics which relates to fluids, or, as usually limited, which treats of the laws of motion and action of nonelastic fluids, whether as investigated mathematically, or by observation and experiment; the principles of dynamics, as applied to water and other fluids.

The science of water, its properties, phenomena, and distribution over the earth's surface.

The branch of science which relates to the pressure and equilibrium of nonelastic fluids, as water, mercury, etc.; the principles of statics applied to water and other liquids.

The branch of physical science which treats of the geographical distribution of rain.

The science which treats of the precipitation of rain, snow, etc. -- Hy`e*to*log"ic*al, a.

That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of principles or rules designated for the promotion of health.

The science of health; hygiene.

A treatise on, or the science of, the preservation of health. [R.]

The science which treats of the fluids of the body.

The science or art of comparing or measuring degrees of moisture. Evelyn.