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COMETHER n. 2 definitions
Matter; affair.
COMETIC a.
Relating to a comet.
COMETOGRAPHER n.
One who describes or writes about comets.
COMETOGRAPHY n.
A description of, or a treatise concerning, comets.
COMETOLOGY n.
The department of astronomy relating to comets.
AMPHICOME n.
A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination. [Obs.] Encyc. Brit.
ANCOME n.
A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow. [Obs.] Boucher.
ANTHRACOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in a mixture.
ANTHRACOMETRIC a.
Of or pertaining to an anthracometer.
APOMECOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring the height of objects. Knight.
APOMECOMETRY n.
The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off. [Obs. or R.]
BECOME v. 3 definitions
s the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Gen. ii. 7. That error now which is become my crime. Milton.
BECOMED a.
Proper; decorous. [Obs.] And gave him what becomed love I might. Shak.
BIELA'S COMET n.
A periodic coment, discovered by Biela in 1826, which revolves around the sun in 6.6 years. The November meteors (Andromedes or Bielids) move in its orbit, and may be fragments of the comet.
DISBECOME v.
To misbecome. [Obs.] Massinger.
DOWNCOME n. 2 definitions
Sudden fall; downfall; overthrow. Milton.
GLAUCOMETER n.
See Gleucometer.
GLEUCOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring the specific gravity and ascertaining the quantity of sugar contained in must.
INCOME n. 4 definitions
A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion. [Obs.] Shak. More abundant incomes of light and strength from God. Bp. Rust. At mine income I louted low. Drant.
INCOMER n. 2 definitions
One who comes in. Outgoers and incomers. Lew Wallace.
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